Friday, September 18th, 22? Qing

Last May, I watched a CCTV documentary "24 Hours in the City" at home, the first episode of Zhengzhou.

I read it very carefully because Rabbit Xun went to school. Among them, "A cotton spinning road is half the history of Zhengzhou, and six national cotton factories record the glory of Zhengzhou" is even more impressive. I am eager to see it when I have the opportunity.

actually, on the day we went to the art museum, we saw a "Mianfang Road" stop at the end of the B12 route sign on the bus stop, and we guessed that it was the National Cotton Factory we wanted to visit, but we didn't see anything when we opened the Baidu map, so we decided to travel as planned.

this morning, dad Xun, who couldn't sit still, suggested that we take the subway to a busy place. Where should I go? When the subway leaves two or three stations, Xunda says, Let's get off at Bishagang. There is a park nearby and a Greentown Square.

just before leaving the station, we found that there was no 4 cotton spinning factory at exit D. With excitement and curiosity, we appeared at the door of a new modern building. Looking around, there is no shadow of any large state-owned factory! Perhaps this is just the old name of the old site. The National Cotton Factory has already become this high-rise building. It is inevitable that my heart will be disappointed, so I will just walk around.

less than 1 meters ahead, I suddenly saw a gate incompatible with the surrounding environment, four thick red columns and a green glass dovetail top, which startled me. Did we accidentally go to any scenic spot? Looking up, there are six glittering Chinese characters of "Zhengzhou National Cotton No.4 Factory", and there are slogans encouraging production in those days on both sides, "Riveting with all your strength and striving for the upper reaches". Surprise, it's really hard to find a place to get it. It doesn't take much effort to get it!

I think it is necessary to describe past lives of Zhengzhou National Cotton Factory:

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, everything was in ruins.

from 1953 to 1958, China's first five-year plan, one of which was to invest 176 million yuan to build a large textile factory in Zhengzhou.

by 1958, the state had established five national cotton factories in Zhengzhou, plus the newly reformed No.2 national cotton factory, making it a total of six major cotton factories. The address is now Zhongyuan District, which was called the desolate land in the western suburbs before the factory was built.

in the 198s, the cotton factories of the six major countries ushered in the most glorious period in history.

The profits and taxes paid each year account for more than half of Zhengzhou's total tax revenue;

when the number of employees was the largest, there were more than 1, workers, which greatly promoted the construction, development and prosperity of the Central Plains. There are perfect schools, hospitals, accommodation, workers' cultural palace and youth palace.

The income of cotton mill workers is high and stable, plus the monthly income of a cotton mill worker is 5 to 6 yuan. People around you are proud to be able to work in a cotton mill and marry a cotton mill worker.

The girls in the textile factory were affectionately called "Sha Niu" by Zhengzhou citizens, and at that time, "Sha Niu" was equivalent to the white-collar workers now. "Sha Niu" chooses workers and soldiers, and small cadres rank last. At that time, the monthly income of small cadres was only twenty or thirty yuan.

in those days, jobs could take over. After the first generation of cotton spinning workers retired, their children became the second generation of cotton spinning workers.

At that time, Zhongyuan District became the most prosperous district in Zhengzhou.

In the 199s, China Cotton Factory began to lose money continuously for 1 years, and the long-term loss made all aspects overwhelmed.

In 1998, No.2 Guomian Factory declared bankruptcy. A large number of textile workers began to be laid off and had to consider the issue of re-employment.

in the early 21st century, several major cotton mills began to "restructure, relocate and transform", and several major real estate groups successively acquired six major cotton mills.

Today, we entered the No.4 National Cotton Factory and left the No.5 National Cotton Factory to commemorate the glorious days of the cotton mill. There are only rows of old family buildings after the housing reform and the broken and messy roads in the rectification.

There are all kinds of snack bars on both sides of the main road where the gate enters. I found that every few family buildings are divided into a small area, and an iron gate is installed outside the small area for people to enter and leave. There are almost a set of carved round stone tables and benches outside each small area. I saw three or five aunts sitting around chatting here, where six or seven grandfathers played cards. It is hard to imagine that this place was once full of passion and enthusiasm.

Let's find a stone bench to sit down and have a rest, and ask the woman next to us where the factory is. Auntie is a little wary and asks why we are here and what the factory is doing. After we explained our purpose, the aunt pointed to the distance opposite to the gate and said, the factory is over there, and the new house built on it is.

Let's go straight along this direction until we come to an intersection. There is a road sign overhead. It turns out that this is Mianfang West Road, and there is a brand-new property at the other end of the road.

In just 3 or 4 years, the once all-powerful Sixth National Cotton Factory was severely abandoned by the times and became history. It is estimated that everyone in Zhengzhou at that time could not have predicted it.

As far as I know, the closure of Zhengzhou National Cotton Factory is by no means a case. The closure of state-owned enterprises swept across the country in the 199s. I guess the reasons for the collapse are similar: the system is too large; Overstaffed; High cost; Poor management; There are no useful systems, and there are a lot of useless systems; There are no useful people, and useless people will make trouble. Of course, it may be more important to reform the economic system, liberalize the private economy and allow the market to compete freely.

I don't know if the skinny camel is bigger than the horse in this era. Anyway, I am even more distressed by those working-class brothers who were originally well-fed and slightly superior. How many people have no life overnight, running around and finding their own way out. Because not only my parents, but also the elders in my family, most of them are members of the unemployed army in the tide of bankruptcy.

I, as the next generation of the once brilliant working class, have witnessed the scene of my parents and family elders being laid off to find their own way before I was old enough to take over.

I will always remember the glorious days of state-owned enterprises. They were full of vigor and high spirits, and they were extremely motivated to do everything. Those were the years when their passion burned.

I remember even more that after they were laid off, they were decadent and depressed, and there were contradictions everywhere. Then, obey the fate, bite the golden root and make a living hard. It is said that poor couples are sad, and I want to say that poor brothers and sisters are also sad.

There are many people who can't really get rid of this dilemma until they get their retirement salary and start their retirement life.

So I think I can imagine what a difficult time those once proud textile workers went through.

In front of the big machine of the country, we are very small and insignificant individuals. In many cases, our own destiny can't be dominated by ourselves, and what we can do is only a small part.

many people on the internet say that up to now, no matter how Zhengdong New District rises, there are still many people with deep feelings for the western suburbs. I think what they miss more is the glory and passion.