Chapter 158 An Irresistible Love: Ancient Culture, A Brand New Life! ...
A group of people quietly arrived at Feiyan Textile Factory. The tall, thin man in the lead frowned as he looked at the desolate entrance and thought to himself, "It's absurd that a factory has been run like this."
If it weren't for the local commune members pointing the way, I wouldn't have been able to find this place.
"Is this the famous Feiyan Textile Factory? The one that signed a two million yuan foreign trade order?"
"Was the storefront deliberately designed this way?"
A woman's voice said, "This Feiyan Textile Factory only officially started production last year, and the entrance hasn't even been built yet."
“It takes two or three years to build an ordinary textile factory. It’s already quite remarkable if it can produce qualified cotton cloth in the first year of operation.”
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The investigation team that came to Feiyan Textile Factory to investigate the "feudal old patterns" consisted of six members. The team leader, Yan Zhengming, was the director of the Industrial and Transportation Office, who was looking to gain merit through the rectification.
Secondly, there is Zhao Mingxiu, the deputy leader, who belongs to the production department of the Women's Federation. She carefully learned about the history of Feiyan Textile Factory and was very interested in it. She greatly admired the female factory director Qin Xiangxiang, who was able to build a textile factory in two or three years and lead it to achieve such great success. Qin Xiangxiang is simply a role model for women!
Such outstanding female comrades should be praised!
This is an outstanding textile factory led by their female comrades!
The female voice that just spoke was Zhao Mingxiu.
The third member of the joint investigation team was Shen Junru, a leading figure in the textile industry. He had a round face, a beard, and wore round, silver-rimmed glasses. Everyone around him called him "Teacher Shen." He had written articles in the Journal of Textiles criticizing unscientific and improper production practices such as using substandard dyes and natural dyes, and he harbored a natural hostility towards Feiyan Textile Factory.
Textile production should strictly adhere to industrial order, pay attention to industrial standards, and use prescribed industrial materials. However, the industrial standards that Shen Junru followed were still those of the Soviet Union.
Shen Junru determined that the wave yarn produced by Feiyan Textile Factory did not meet industrial standards and was a substandard non-standard textile product.
When he arrived, he said, "Donghai Langyong yarn? This kind of textile, which does not meet industrial standards, is flowing overseas. Wouldn't that make our country a laughing stock?"
The fourth member of the investigation team was Sun Weidong, an officer from the Light Industry Bureau. This officer disapproved of the Feiyan Textile Factory's practices, believing that their ice-patterned poplin and so-called wave yarn were just gimmicks and a mess.
In fact, Sun Weidong was very jealous. He felt that he had been studying textile technology seriously, but had not achieved much success. It was impossible that these ordinary female workers could create textiles that impressed foreign countries!
Sun Weidong concluded that female workers at Feiyan Textile Factory had plagiarized and copied foreign technology for their own use.
The fifth member is Sun Hongying, a veteran textile worker from Shanghai. She is a long-time employee with a fiery and straightforward personality.
The sixth member was Wu Jian'an, a very young political review officer who was eager to use this incident to demonstrate his abilities, address the problems head-on, and achieve results.
"The investigation team has arrived."
Qin Xiangxiang and Assistant He, along with a group of female workers, came to greet the investigation team. Yan Zhengming, with a serious face, said: "In a modern industrialized factory, all acts of engaging in the Four Olds are strictly prohibited."
Gao Rong shouted loudly in the group of female workers: "Down with all monsters and demons!"
"Those who suppress the working masses are reactionaries!"
Everyone was excited and began to sing "We Workers Have Strength" together.
Yan Zhengming was a little dumbfounded. How could the textile factory worker being investigated be so imposing, even more so than the members of their investigation team?
This gave Yan Zhengming and others the illusion that if they made a mistake in their speech, they would be "kicked out".
"Someone reported that your factory is using feudalistic patterns."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "We used patterns from artifacts unearthed from Mawangdui. These are archaeological discoveries certified by the Premier. They represent the cultural pride of the Han people. Furthermore, our working group has made innovative industrial and agricultural aesthetics to the patterns."
“Look at the patterns on our workers’ clothes. These are ears of wheat and gears, clouds and high-voltage symbols. These are all improved patterns learned from the Mawangdui patterns, which meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization.”
Zhao Mingxiu praised, "Very capable! I heard that a silk printing factory in Shanghai has specially replicated the patterns from Mawangdui. This is a world cultural treasure and the pride of our nation."
"Your innovations in industry and agriculture deserve even more praise!"
Yan Zhengming felt a little embarrassed after hearing Zhao Mingxiu's words. He didn't believe that Feiyan Textile Factory couldn't find any problems. "Let's go to your production workshop and take a look."
"I want to see the weaving process of poplin and Donghai wave yarn."
The group arrived at the production workshop and were dumbfounded when they saw the looms that had been modified and looked quite strange. Sun Weidong, the technical officer of the Light Industry Bureau, was also a little dumbfounded, and Shen Junru's eyes widened even more. This is utter chaos! This must be chaos!
Yan Zhengming: "Is this the stuff that produces... Wave-like yarn?"
Sun Weidong scoffed, "This kind of loom can produce good fabric? You must have plagiarized foreign technology! All these strange things on it, are they foreign gadgets you secretly brought over?"
Liao Yumei, who has a fiery temper, immediately got angry: "You say I plagiarized foreign technology? This is a machine that I modified myself. Open your eyes and take a good look. These springs were taken from an old fishing boat!"
"The reason this yarn is called 'Surging Wave Yarn' is because it's made from old parts salvaged from fishing boats!"
Qin Xiangxiang immediately replied, "Yes, this is a technological innovation that our factory's female workers came up with."
Sun Weidong's face turned pale instantly; he hadn't even recognized it as an old spring part.
"Evidence! This is the evidence!" Shen Junru slammed his hand on the machine. "No matter what you say, it can't cover up the fact that you're messing around!"
"Unscientific, unrigorous, everything is done using outdated methods!"
"If you don't adhere to industrialized production standards and continue like this, your factory will go bankrupt sooner or later!"
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"Factory manager, there are people outside again!"
Qin Xiangxiang asked in surprise, "What?"
"It's from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office. They said the prince is coming ahead of schedule and we should prepare to welcome him. They said he's just here for a quick look and there's no need to be too nervous."
Yan Zhengming and the others were stunned: "What prince? Why would he come to Feiyan Textile Factory at this time?"
Shen Junru was also dumbfounded. He had just come from Shanghai to investigate the problems at Feiyan Textile Factory. How did the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office suddenly appear?
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Our factory's ice-patterned poplin and wave-like yarn were selected by the Foreign Affairs Office as provincial gifts to be presented to the prince of the Khmer Kingdom."
Shen Junru was stunned: "?!"
Saving on gifts?
Yan Zhengming and the others knew about the prince's visit, but they didn't expect him to come to Feiyan Textile Factory in person and run into them. So they had no choice but to go out and greet him together.
"What kind of convoy is this?" Zheng Jianguo knew the investigation team was coming, so he squatted outside waiting to see what would happen. But before the investigation team even came out, a convoy arrived instead.
Who are these people?
Little did they know that when the people from the Foreign Affairs Office saw the entrance to the Feiyan Textile Factory, they were all dumbfounded, as were the provincial leaders. This textile factory didn't even have a proper entrance?
The prince and princess got out of the car and were shocked to see the rather desolate gate. "This is the Feiyan Textile Factory, the textile factory that produces the ice-patterned poplin and wave-like yarn that have shocked the world?"
Someone nearby immediately explained, "This textile factory has only been under construction for two or three years and is still in its early stages. The main structure of the factory building has been completed, and the staff and family housing is being improved. Other parts have not yet been completed."
The prince nodded and exclaimed, "This is truly remarkable! This is a real factory! The factory we built to rebuild our homes was also constructed on the ruins in this way."
The person from the Foreign Affairs Office quickly replied, "Thank you for your praise, Your Highness."
The people next to him nodded quickly and said to the reporter, "Comrades, this is His Highness the Prince's high praise for our spirit of self-reliance and hard work. This is a vivid portrayal of our workers not engaging in formalism and focusing on production."
The Foreign Affairs Office staff, along with the Prince and Princess, entered the production workshop for a visit. Like the members of the investigation team, they came to the loom where the Donghai Langyong yarn was being produced and exclaimed in amazement, "This is the production machine for Donghai Langyong yarn? Can we try it out?"
Liao Yumei nodded, started the machine, and immediately the undulating fabric, like the rolling waves of the sea, appeared, surprising everyone.
Liao Yumei said, "This is a loom modified from tools used on fishing boats in the East China Sea. The fabric surface resembles ocean waves, so it is called East China Sea Wave Yarn."
The prince said, "Amazing technological innovation! This is the creation of the workers' wisdom."
"Director Qin, your factory has many excellent workers! No wonder you can produce such amazing textiles."
"Those who dare to innovate are the ones who drive progress. The steam engine revolution is based on this principle, and we should all encourage workers to be innovative."
The translator beside him relayed the prince's words simultaneously.
Shen Junru's face was a kaleidoscope of emotions in the crowd. He had just said that this was just messing around with machines and using rudimentary methods, but now the foreign guests were praising it as a technological innovation and commending the workers' wisdom and technological creativity.
Qin Xiangxiang asked Master Meng to display the gifts he had prepared.
The box contains a Blue Moon Pearl Silk Scarf, as well as a Mawangdui-patterned Pu-erh silk tea flag. The Blue Moon Pearl Silk Scarf features cloud, wave, and seagull patterns, which are also modified from Mawangdui patterns.
These two items were not originally the gifts they prepared for the prince, but since they happened to run into the investigation team today, they brought out the silk scarf and tea flag with the improved Mawangdui pattern.
In front of the prince, he emphasized that it contained the improved patterns from Mawangdui.
The princess, who had been quiet just moments before, was now admiring the blue pearl-embellished silk scarf. "So beautiful! Is this a modified version of the Mawangdui pattern?"
"Ancient culture, brand new life!"
"These improved new patterns belong to the working people and to the future."
The prince immediately decided to order 5,000 silk scarves to be sent back to China.
Feiyan Textile Factory is now delighted to receive another foreign trade order.
The prince and princess did not stay at Feiyan Textile Factory for long before moving on to the next place. Provincial leaders and the Foreign Affairs Office praised Feiyan Textile Factory for its hard work, frugality, and innovative spirit.
They also praised their choice of gifts.
"Your Feiyan Textile Factory should be recognized as a provincial-level model unit for foreign affairs reception! Everyone should learn from you."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
"However, you should still build a new entrance."
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