on december 17th, 2004, the three main projects of the fluorine and silicone company were in full swing, and the chief director of the new projects and general manager of fluorine and silicone company was having his fortieth birthday. soon several people learnt this birthday thing, and told the kitchen to prepare birthday noodles and bottled water. they were going to celebrate birthday for wang weidong.
after a busy day in the thermal power plant, wang weidong hurried to the canteen to have dinner with worker who worked over time at 8 pm. then a bowl of hot birthday noodles was served.
‘today is your birthday. happy birthday.’ hearing the birthday wishes from colleagues, wang weidong had tears full of his eyes. at that time, his family lived in jinan, and his wife called several times to ask him to go back home to celebrate the birthday. but there were too many things about the projects that he had to deal with, and he insisted not to go back. colleagues gathered in the canteen, raised the bowls filled with water and sang the birthday song all together.
‘thanks. thanks everyone.’ general manager wang said, and he was so moved. no candles. no cake. a piece of happy birthday song rang in the canteen of fluorine and silicone company, and everyone clapped their hands and sent the best wishes to general manager wang. sitting down at the table, the colleagues included cui angang, zhang lianfeng, hu qingli, yu yuan and others. looking at the general manager‘酸skinny body and grey hair, they had mixed feelings. wang weidong worked there day and night. actually, working at site meant not only missing a birthday for wang weidong. for the purpose of new projects construction, wang weidong moved to the worksite, and worked until 12pm at the spot every day. heavy workloads damaged his sleep. even though he went to bed very late, he always got up at 4am, and then went through various reports or went silently to the site to have a look to check whether there was any flaw in the work.
since the beginning of the market research of the three main projects of fluorine and silicone company, wang weidong has stayed at the scene. during over one year’s construction and testing, he was always seen in the place that was most busy. having taken charge of dongyue research institution for many years, he had a good knowledge of chemical technology. after taking over the thermal power plant, chlor-alkali plant and methane chloride plant, he flexibly used his knowledge and formed his own way. at the beginning of equipment testing, he moved from his dormitory to his office in fluorine and silicone company. he shuttled back and forth among these three plants, and the sites became the place where he stayed for the most time. consequently, he walked dozens of kilometers every day.
this on-site ‘birthday party’ made everyone happy, and was going to be written in the dongyue history.