The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen's previous impression of the earthquake was in 1976, when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school. 1976 was really a sad year for the Chinese. Zhu, Zhou, and Mao passed away one after another that year, and the school There have been organized gatherings one after another, and the Tangshan Earthquake has made it difficult for people to forget this year.

Although Zhang Chen is in elementary school, he would go to the post and telecommunications office not far from his home after dinner every day. There is a newspaper reading column at the door of the post and telecommunications office, and a row of windows with daily copies of "People's Daily" and "Guangming" posted inside. Daily", "Zhejiang Daily", "Hangcheng Daily", and "Reference News".

There are many people in front of the newspaper reading column every day. In addition to the "News Briefing" before the opening of the movie and the programs of the Central People's Broadcasting Station relayed by Yongcheng People's Broadcasting Station, this newspaper reading column is where Yongcheng people accept External information is the only way to know about major events at home and abroad.

Not many people will hear the program time of the Central People's Broadcasting Station when people go to work or go to school. Unlike the newspaper in the newspaper section, you can read it anytime and anywhere 24 hours a day. Many people in Yongcheng regard it as a daily necessity to go to the newspaper reading section of the post office after dinner to read newspapers.

Zhang Chen even often saw people coming over at nine or ten o'clock in the evening, when the lights in the window were turned off, and these people were reading newspapers with flashlights.

During the Tangshan earthquake, newspapers were full of reports about the disaster area every day. Zhang Chen went to see it every day and felt that the place name Tangshan seemed to be closer to Yongcheng than Hangzhou.

Seeing ragged people passing by on the street, or a truck of workers holding shovels passing by, Zhang Chen would wonder if they were fleeing from Tangshan, or if these people were going to earthquake relief.

Of course it's all impossible. Tangshan is more than 1,500 kilometers away from Yongcheng. How is it possible? Of course, this is what Zhang Chen found out later.

TV and the Internet have shortened the distance in space. Zhang Chen watched the reports about the Wenchuan earthquake on TV and online every day, and the shocking pictures, feeling as if the earthquake happened around him.

He did feel the same way. Unlike the Tangshan earthquake, where he only knew about it after reading the news in the newspaper after the earthquake, it was not the case this time.

On the afternoon of May 12th, Zhang Chen was sitting in the office upstairs in the dynamic zone. Suddenly he felt his feet shaking, making him feel dizzy.

Zhang Chen thought it was his hallucination at first, but immediately, the second wave of shaking came again, and the office supplies on the desk also shook. Many people shouted and ran to the yard outside. Zhang Chen stood up and said Looking through the window, I saw many people running out of the dynamic zone downstairs, and many cars stopped on the North Ring Road.

Although Zhang Chen had never experienced this scene before, he immediately knew it was an earthquake.

After the Tangshan earthquake, there was a scientific and educational film called "Earthquake". The school organized them to watch it countless times. Zhang Chen also bought a comic book called "Earthquake" with a dark brown cover, so he still had some knowledge about earthquakes.

Zhang Chen walked into the yard. Ge Ling, Xu Qiaoxin, and Zhao Jingjing all looked at him. Xiaoli was laughing. Zhang Chen asked, "Why are you laughing?"

"There was an earthquake." Xiaoli said.

"Why are you happy about the earthquake?" Zhang Chen was surprised.

"I have never been shocked before, but I was shocked today." Xiaoli smiled.

When Xiaoli said it, Ge Ling, Xu Qiaoxin and Zhao Jingjing also said that they had not been shocked.

Zhang Chen said: "This is not an earthquake. At most, it was felt. The earthquake was far away from here. It might have been Taiwan."

There are very few earthquakes in Zhejiang. In Zhang Chen’s impression, Taiwan and Japan are earthquake-prone areas.

"Taiwan is so far away, but the earthquake hit here?" Zhao Jingjing asked.

"If you are awesome, you will get here." Zhang Chen said.

Everyone stood in the yard for a while, chatting, but there was no movement. Everyone started to go back to the office. Zhang Chen's cell phone rang. He picked it up. It was his mother. His mother asked him if he had just been there. earthquake?

Zhang Chen said yes, but it was far away and nothing happened.

"Hey, dear, we are at the non-staple food wholesale market, and everyone is running outside, so I almost fell down." Zhang Chen's mother said.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry." Zhang Chen said and hung up the phone.

He turned on his computer and looked at it. There was no news on the Internet, but after ten minutes, the first text message from Xinhua News Agency was sent out, saying that at 14:28 this afternoon, an earthquake occurred in the Wenchuan area of ​​Sichuan. The magnitude was 8.0 and was felt in most parts of the country.

Zhang Chen was shocked. Sichuan was so far away and he could feel it here. Zhang Chen quickly called his mother and asked her, was Xiao Zhao's mother there?

Zhang Chen’s mother said, Zaizai, right next to her, they were on the bus home.

Zhang Chen told his mother that there had just been an earthquake in Sichuan, and asked Xiao Zhao's mother to call back quickly to ask how her grandmother and uncle were doing.

Okay, Zhang Chen’s mother said hurriedly.

After a while, the call came back and said it was okay, Chongqing was okay.

Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, pictures of the Wenchuan disaster area and disaster relief pictures were constantly transmitted through TV and the Internet, and the hearts of people across the country were tightened.

Zhang Chen and his company and factory immediately organized donations. In addition to the donations organized by Zhang Chen, his company donated 10 million.

(Abridged here)

But this earthquake, the unity and cohesion shown by the Chinese people in the face of the disaster have been praised by world public opinion.

Zhang Chen was sitting in the office, and Li Yong came suddenly. Following him in hastily came Director Huang from the Hangzhou Red Cross Society. Zhang Chen had just dealt with him when he made donations two days ago.

Zhang Chen stood up and asked Li Yong, why are you here?

Li Yong waved his hand and said to Zhang Chen, "Zhang Chen, I'm here to ask for your help."

"How much more donations are needed?" Zhang Chen asked.

Li Yong shook his head and said: "I don't need you to donate any more. Instead, please see if you can help produce tents in your factory. There is currently a shortage of tents in the disaster area. There is a serious shortage. We are asking for national support."

"We can't buy it even if we want to spend money," said Director Huang from the Red Cross.

Zhang Chen and others had never produced tents, but Xu Qiaoxin and his foreign trade company had exported tents. Zhang Chen called Xu Qiaoxin and asked her to get all the tent samples.

Xu Qiaoxin led two people and came down with more than a dozen tent samples. There were single-person tents that folded with steel wires and could be used by swinging them. There were also camping tents with carbon alloy tubes, and there were also tents that needed to be supported by iron pipes. Up, there are tents with two or three bedrooms and one living room covering a large area.

Li Yong said that such large tents are needed, and the bigger the better. Temporary resettlement of disaster victims, medical and rescue teams all need such tents.

Zhang Chen quickly asked Xu Qiaoxin to contact the factory that produced these tents and asked them if they could still produce them there. Xu Qiaoxin contacted her and the other party told her that their entire factory had been requisitioned by the local government. They were also producing tents needed in the disaster area and would not accept orders. .

Zhang Chen stared at the tent and felt that it was nothing special. The polyester cloth was coated with waterproof coating and was sewn with a sewing machine. As long as it was a sewing product, there was nothing that their factory could not produce. .

What their factory has no way to produce is these spray pipes that match the tents.

Zhang Chen asked Xu Qiaoxin where these spray-coated iron pipes could be produced. Xu Qiaoxin said that Shentu Hongyan could do it. They have a hardware workshop and a spraying workshop.

Zhang Chen immediately called Shentu Hongyan. As soon as Shentu Hongyan heard that Zhang Chen and the others were going to produce tents to support the disaster area, Shentu Hongyan immediately said, take me with you, Mr. Zhang. I have been crying every day while watching TV these past two days. , I don’t know what else I can do to help besides donating. Mr. Zhang, that’s great, you must bring me with you on this matter.

Zhang Chen said okay, thank you, Mr. Shentu, and I will ask Xu Qiaoxin to send you the order when it is finalized.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I've pushed all other orders to complete this task." Shentu Hongyan said.

After putting down the phone, Zhang Chen told Li Yong and Director Huang, "How about I complete 100,000 caps?"

"Great, Zhang Chen! We are worried that we can't find such a large-scale enterprise to produce. It's great that you can produce here!" Li Yong shouted.

Director Huang also said: "This really solves our big problem. Mr. Zhang, I will send people to your factory. If you need our help, we will help coordinate and solve it immediately."

Li Yong said yes, let’s do it.

After they finished speaking, Xu Qiaoxin frowned and said to Zhang Chen: "Mr. Zhang, if this is the case, Target's order will not be completed, and there will definitely be a breach of contract."

Zhang Chen nodded and said: "It doesn't matter. This one is more important than all other orders now. Xu Qiaoxin, please tell Jessica and Jerry clearly why we can't ship. I hope they can understand. Of course, according to the contract, We will compensate those who deserve compensation.”

Xu Qiaoxin said yes.

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and said to Xu Qiaoxin: "Send them the images and pictures of the earthquake-stricken area. I think they will understand after they see it."

"This is everywhere on the Internet, but they still can't see it?" Xu Qiaoxin asked.

"How much do you think Americans care about what is happening in the world? They feel that the United States is the world." Zhang Chen said.

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