One big and one small are practicing love

Everyone came to the changing room and put on heat-insulating, anti-scald protective clothing and safety helmets.

It was the first time for Zuo Kunmin to wear such clothes. They were thick, stiff, airtight, and very uncomfortable. Then Zhang Nan, the former general manager of the No. [-] furnace, took them to the No. [-] blast furnace, where molten iron was being mixed.

They watched the hot metal being mixed together.

As soon as I entered the factory, I felt a wave of heat and sweat broke out on my body. They stopped twenty meters away from the blast furnace and watched from a distance as a large tank of red molten iron was hoisted by a crane and poured into the blast furnace.

An employee stood five or six meters in front of the furnace, staring at the large can, making different gestures and instructing the staff on the overhead crane to adjust the angle. Big beads of sweat kept rolling down his face.

When pouring molten iron, the bottom of the jar mouth looks like fireworks, with sparks constantly spraying. There was a golden-red fire at the mouth of the stove, which burned people's eyes. There was thick blue-black smoke rising from the mouth of the jar, which made people feel itchy and dry, making them want to cough.

"How long does it take to mix this bag of molten iron?" asked Zuo Kunmin, who was already sweating profusely.

Zhang Nan replied: "12 to 15 minutes. Now the temperature drops quickly in winter. Generally, it must be completed within 13 minutes."

"Does the commander have to be so close? Isn't there any danger?" Zuo Kunmin asked.

"The conductor has to see clearly the angle of the tank mouth, the flow of molten iron, etc., and also has to let the staff on the crane see the gestures clearly, so they can only get so close." After Zhang Nan finished speaking, he looked at the conductor again and said: "It's very dangerous. Once the steel ladle explodes, if you don't escape in time, you may be burned, or even life-threatening."

Just as he was talking, his eyes suddenly became bright, and he heard urgent shouts: "Run, run." Before he could see clearly, Zhang Nan dragged Zuo Kunmin and ran outside, and everyone followed him towards the factory. Running fast outside.

Everyone stopped after running out of the factory and reaching the monitoring room. Through the glass and the video, I could clearly see what had just happened.

I actually experienced a ladle explosion just now. Molten iron spurted out of the ladle instantly and seeped onto the ground. At this moment, most of the steelmaking factory was filled with thick green smoke and flaming red molten iron. The molten iron was like an out-of-control giant beast carrying sparks. , the whole scene is as terrifying as hell on earth.

"Has everyone come out?" Zuo Kunmin asked urgently.

Xu Lixing checked the team in Beijing and said, "Our team in Beijing are all out."

Zhang Nan replied calmly: "We don't need to watch here on the [-]th. They will definitely run out. We are all used to this kind of scene."

Zuo Kunmin breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the purgatory scene in front of him, and asked: "Does this happen often? Why does this happen?"

Zhang Nan replied: "A lot has happened in recent years. Our factory is old, production is backward, and wages are low. All the experienced and outstanding employees have left and switched to better companies. Most of the remaining ones are not very skilled and often Operational errors, especially in the winter.”

“Why does winter happen more often?”

"Firstly, the temperature difference is too big, and the molten steel is prone to boiling. Secondly, it snows here often, and the cold material is prone to explosion when it gets damp. Thirdly, in winter, it takes 13 minutes to pour the molten steel. Sometimes, in order to finish mixing the molten iron within a limited time, It will pour too fast, the temperature will not blend well, and it will cause an explosion.”

Zuo Kunmin looked at Zhang Nan and frowned: "These workers work under such huge safety hazards every day? Has no one solved these problems?"

"Hmph!" Zhang Nan snorted coldly and said: "A somewhat capable leader has long earned enough money and gone to other places to develop. There are still some food bags left, and he has a job to get paid, and he doesn't do any nonsense. What? If we don’t care about the life and death of the people at the bottom, let’s just say that it snows and the cold materials get damp. We have responded to this matter countless times, but no one has ever taken care of it.”

After just a short while, after understanding this production link, I discovered that the actual problems and difficulties are far more numerous and difficult than imagined.

Zuo Kunmin looked at the group of people around him, and then at the fiery red molten iron flowing in the factory. Zuo Kunmin took a deep breath, and then sighed softly.

He thought again of the words Liu Xiaochen sent in the morning, "Life is short, impermanent, and fast. It is necessary to overcome many defects, difficulties, and areas for improvement. It is necessary to resist the negative influence of the environment and most people on oneself. It is necessary to be in loneliness. Practice earnestly, diligently, and diligently.”

After a long silence, Zuo Kunmin said calmly: "Everyone has a drink of water, rest for a while, and everyone takes a pen and notebook. Today we will squat in front of the stove and look for problems. No matter who finds any problems, they can write them down. Today We don’t solve problems, we only find them.”

Each person drank two or three bottles of salt soda, brought a sweat towel, and then followed Zuo Kunmin into the factory again.

Filling cannon mud, changing drill pipes, measuring temperatures, taking samples, cleaning residual iron... all the work content is done one by one.

Three or four times during the process, Zuo Kunmin and several employees from Beijing were severely dehydrated due to high-temperature steaming and baking, and almost fainted. Cool down with ice cubes in the break room and drink bottle after bottle of soda.

"Chairman, please don't go in again. We will report all the problems to you. You have never suffered this, and you don't understand it. You have to take care of many things and cannot fail." The employees advised that they had all seen Zuo Kunmin's sincerity in solving problems, and could not bear to watch him get dizzy, drink water and go to the front line again and again.

Zuo Kunmin sat on a chair, looked up at the group of employees, and said with a smile: "We are all flesh and blood. You can work in this environment every day. I haven't stayed for a day, and you say I can't do it. Who are you looking down on?" Here!" After saying that, he raised his head and drank half the bottle of salt soda in his hand, stood up and said, "Come with me, no one can be lazy."

I spent 10 hours a day in front of the stove, drank eight bottles of salt soda, but didn't go to the toilet once and didn't want to eat.

Returning to the office at 9 p.m., Zuo Kunmin used his last strength to take a shower in the bathroom in the lounge, put on casual clothes, and lay on the bed. His whole body looked like he had been severely beaten, and he was so exhausted and sore that he couldn't even lift his arms.

Zuo Kunmin just lay on his back on the bed, motionless, staring blankly at the ceiling with a myriad of thoughts.