Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, a workshop

Zhang Renkang was smiling as he led dozens of young Red Guards to visit the factory. As an industrial big brother unit and a unit specifically commended by the highest group, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill can be said to be one of the current business cards of the industrial department, and it is also the most dazzling business card. It has become a must-go place for young guards from all over the country to show their style in the city.

This is a unit that has been commended by the highest instructions. How can the young soldiers who came from Shanghai and Hangzhou not come to understand the advanced learning object?

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"What you see is the workshop of our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill that innovates for the motherland. It is also the model workshop of our factory. It is here that the first special steel in my country was produced, making a significant contribution to our research on tanks and armored vehicles."

The young players who visited the production line were amazed as they watched the orange molten iron slowly solidify in the template and then formed into iron plates after being hammered by workers. They opened their mouths wide and exclaimed:

“Workers are really working so hard.”

Looking at the topless man in Liu Hai operating the machine, sweating all over and shouting

"Comrades, work harder. Producing one more steel plate will contribute more to the construction of our country."

"We work hard to produce one more piece every day than yesterday"

Dozens of shirtless workers were shouting slogans.

“We workers have power”

“Hey, we workers have power”

. . . . . .

“It became a high-rise building”

“Railway and coal mines were built”

"The world has changed because of the transformation, hey"

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Inspired by Liu Haizhong, the workers present sang loudly, shouted slogans, swung hammers and forging machines to press out pieces of steel plates. This scene inspired these young red warriors to hum ballads along.

Zhang Renkang saw that the atmosphere had been heated up and said with a smile

"Young comrades, do you see the bald guy who is operating the machine?"

Pointing to the part of his bangs, he explained to them

"This is the director of our Red Workshop, an outstanding worker representative and advanced model of our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Director Liu Haizhong."

"In the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, there is no distinction between workers and leaders, only between positions and jobs. Even our leading cadres have to carry out production and construction together with the workers."

"Our factory has already implemented advanced experience in training worker apprentices last year, and has also exported experience to various provinces and cities as a national training model."

"Our factory overcame various difficulties and not only completed the production targets on time, but also successfully developed a new type of transport vehicle. The tricycles on the streets are the creative results of our leadership under the highest instructions."

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Zhang Renkang's boasting not only made the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill an advanced representative among the workers, but also greatly brought these young and inexperienced people closer to the factory. They all wanted to do something for the country's progress with a passion, but under the instruction of the highest group, they acted without a sound understanding.

Zhang Renkang knew that the best way to deal with these young people who had ideas but lacked cognition was to join them, so that they would become dependent on and have a good impression of the Red Star Steel Mill, so that they would not be provoked by some things to come to the Red Star Steel Mill to start a revolution.

So when he learned that the Red Star Steel Mill was going to be used as a unit for external display and reception of the Red Guards, Zhang Renkang conspired with Li Huaide for more than four hours and finally agreed on a strategy, which was to actively guide these Red Guards to take root in the factory and make them part of the Red Star Steel Mill.

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Aren't we supposed to learn the spirit of the Iron Man now?"

"As the reserve army of our motherland, would you like to experience the life of a worker?"

"We can arrange for everyone to accept the advanced ideas of the working class in the factory and experience the process of the working group making contributions to the motherland."

At this time, a young man with a determined look came out and asked

"President Zhang, I would like to ask on behalf of the students, how will our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill arrange for us to experience the life of our workers?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"That's right, considering that everyone has come from afar to admire the red and learn from the advanced"

"The factory has cleaned up a part of the dormitory building, which can provide accommodation and meals for everyone."

"However, everyone must accept the factory's work arrangements, truly go deep into the front line of production and construction, and understand how our workers and comrades contribute."

"Of course, considering everyone's limited time and the fact that they are not yet adults, we plan to arrange for everyone to learn from the factory's promoters and some apprentices in the basic workshops to experience a day as a worker."

“I don’t know what you think”

The young man thought for a moment and said

"President Zhang, if this is the case, our Red Guards in Shanghai are willing to participate in the arrangements of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

A little girl with twin ponytails also said

"We, the Hangzhou Long March Youth Team, are also willing to participate in activities to learn from our worker comrades"

Zhang Renkang nodded and said with a smile

"In this case, I will arrange for you to start basic learning in the factory and understand the history of our factory, and then assign positions according to your specialties and choices."

Zhang Renkang smiled and called Li Chunhua and the personnel department to help these young red warriors find accommodation and told them to take good care of them, especially the ideological status and mentality of these young people.

Looking at the young players who were choosing their accommodation, Zhang Renkang turned around and went to the office building to discuss the situation with Li Huaide.

Li Huaide looked at Zhang Renkang suspiciously and asked

"Renkang, we are already a red model now, why do we need to bring these students in?"

"If they want to visit, just arrange a visit for them and send them away."

"If you leave them in the factory, it will be troublesome if something happens."

Li Huaide was really scared a while ago. He witnessed the scene where a large crowd of people wearing red armbands dragged those leaders from government units and factory units to be criticized and overthrown. He breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself that it was fortunate that Zhang Renkang had foresight.

I started planning a year in advance, otherwise I might not be in the crowd marching on the street now, especially when I saw my old comrade Wang Fumin being tied up and pressed to the stage to kneel and confess.

He was glad that he had been prepared. Now the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has been commended by the highest group and has become an advanced learning unit in the new era. More importantly, under Zhang Renkang's efforts, the steel rolling mill has successfully won the production task of the new special steel newly researched by the 378th Institute and has become a unit protected and concerned by the military.

With so many protective umbrellas, Li Huaide didn't think these students could cause any big impact.

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"These children are treasures. At least right now, they are the most useful treasures in the factory."

"Secretary, please think about it. We can send out patrol teams to solve other problems."

"What if some hot-headed students want to attack our factory?"

"Don't forget that you are not allowed to lay hands on students."

Li Huaide said doubtfully

"Then what's the point of getting these students?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

“Using students to fight students”

"These students live and eat in the factory, and they also work and study with us. Even their thoughts are influenced by us."

"When they have to deal with this kind of situation, what can the higher-ups say about us?"

Li Huaide said with a chuckle

"That makes sense. You are really good at it."

"Why didn't I notice before? You are quite sinister."

The two of them laughed.

Li Huaide said

"In this case, we don't need a few hundred mouths to feed, so we can hire a group of students, who can then promote our business for us."

"What is this called, an engineering-study alliance?"

“Workers and students come together”

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"That's great. Let's call this activity the Work-Study Integration"

"Workers pass on their hard-earned experience to students, and students accept the advanced ideas of the Reds and inherit the great task of building the motherland."

"Just spread the word, I'll invite some newspapers tomorrow."

Li Huaide laughed

"You, OK."

"Apply to the Supreme Group for instructions in the name of our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill Ideological Committee"

Zhang Renkang nodded, then turned and left to draft the document.