introduction
The year 1972 was significant enough for both China and the United States to go down in history – the year Nixon visited China. Previously, for various reasons, the relationship between China and the United States could be described as "broken", so when Nixon came to power, he thought differently from previous US presidents and wanted to improve relations with China, and also to alleviate the international contradictions and international relations at that time. When Nixon came to China and met Chairman Mao, he once made a request to the chairman: He wanted to meet the "Iron Man King Jinxi", and many people may think, don't you just want to meet someone, and the chairman must have agreed. However, Chairman Mao did not accede to the US President's request. See below.
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Why did Nixon still ask Chairman Mao during his visit to China whether he could meet with the "iron man" Wang Jinxi? And why did Chairman Mao refuse Nixon's request? All this has to start with the "iron man" Wang Jinxi. There was an introduction to Wang Jinxi in the middle school textbooks, and we know that he made great contributions to the exploitation of the Daqing oil field. However, few people know the details of what kind of contribution was made.
Wang Jinxi has a title of "Iron Man", and this title is not a vain name, he once used his body to subdue the blowout, and the word "Iron Man" was thus derived. Using the body to subdue blowouts, many people may not know what this concept actually stands for. At that time, when oil was being extracted, oil workers lacked baryroyme powder (the material used to press wells). Wang Jinxi came up with cement instead, but we all know that cement needs to be stirred, and a large number of cement is poured in, but it is difficult to mix evenly, what can be done?
A surprising scene appeared in the next second: Wang Jinxi jumped into the mud pool, stirred with his body, and finally subdued the blowout. There is no heavy crystal powder for pressing wells, so as to retreat to cement, cement poured into the mud pool can not be stirred with flesh and blood, this behavior shocked everyone present, so that people sent the nickname "Iron Man", the deeds were praised by countless people, everyone heard Wang Jinxi will sincerely call him "Iron Man".
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Seeing this, I believe most people will wonder why Wang Jinxi is just an ordinary oil worker, but he is so oil exploitation that he will not hesitate to take his own life? At that time, when the people of New China were founded, everything was in the stage of being wasted, and Wang Jinxi witnessed that cars driving on the streets also needed to carry coal, because there was no gasoline, so the car was still burning coal to get power.
The importance of oil resources to a country is self-evident, just as a person's heart no longer supplies blood, stops beating, and that person dies. Sooner or later, a country's industry without the important link of oil will go to the point of paralysis, and it can be said that the reserve of oil resources for a country will reduce the pressure more and the pressure will increase. And Wang Jinxi, an oil worker who has witnessed that cars also need to provide their own "power supply", has added pressure to his profession.
The discovery of the Daqing oil field left everyone ecstatic. In 1960, Wang Jinxi rushed from the northwest to Daqing, and a vigorous oil exploration campaign began from here. Of course, we can imagine that in that era, there was no such convenient machine as today to replace manpower, and everything was shoulder to shoulder. Even the daqing oilfield's discovery area has no roads, no vehicles, and no guarantee conditions for eating and living. In the face of all this, the oil workers led by Wang Jinxi gave their sonorous and powerful vows: "I would rather live twenty years less, and desperately want to win the big oil field!" ”
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So, let's return to the original question, why didn't Chairman Mao accede to Nixon's request to meet with the "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi? The reason is still on the word "Iron Man". Wang Jinxi used his body to subdue the blowout, and those who have studied chemistry know what chemical reactions cement will occur during the process of stirring. Wang Jinxi soaked in the mud pool for most of the day, and after the blowout, his body was also seriously burned, and his body was full of scars.
However, even so, Wang Jinxi did not complain even a word, and still worked hard at the post and actively mined. Years of work experience made Wang Jinxi's body full of scars, and his foundation became worse and worse in day-to-day labor, just two years before Nixon's visit to China, he suddenly fainted, and people rushed him to the hospital, only to learn that Wang Jinxi had already suffered from lung cancer.
This is why Chairman Mao did not accede to Nixon's request, not because he did not allow Nixon to meet with the "Iron Man King Jinxi", but as early as November 15, 1970, Wang Jinxi died of lung cancer at the age of 47. Wang Jinxi, who retired from the world stage at the age of his prime, never became complacent because of his contributions to the country and the nation, but said: "I want to honestly be an old scalper for the party and the people for a lifetime." ”
epilogue
Wang Jinxi once said something like this: "I am just an ordinary worker, and my greatest ability in this life is to dig a few wells for the country." All honors belong to the Party and the people. Judging from this passage, Wang Jinxi has truly put personal interests aside and put the interests of the country and the people at the highest place. And his feat of jumping into the mud pool and subduing the blowout is also worthy of the title of "Iron Man", and has inspired countless aspiring young people to learn his "Iron Man Spirit", not afraid to pay, and single-mindedly seek rejuvenation. Just as Wang Jinxi himself said, all achievements and honors belong to the party and the people, and we should also have a book in our hearts, not honors, but gaps.