Building a Bridge to the Clouds
Also known as: Into the Clouds; The Foreman Told Me to Get Lost, but This College Graduate Carried Cement and Became an Executive
"You? A college graduate? Get lost and carry cement!"
A construction site on the plateau, 2009.
The foreman tossed my bedding onto the ground and sneered at me in front of everyone.
Back then, I weighed just sixty kilos. Carrying a fifty-kilo sack of cement made my legs tremble.
No one could have imagined that twenty-seven years later...
He would kneel outside my office, trembling as he said, "Mr. Lu, I was wrong."
My name is Lu Chengyue. I graduated from a junior college and spent my life building bridges.
From a temporary labor-hire worker to a group vice president.
From a laborer carrying cement to the chief engineer overseeing the Sichuan-Tibet Bridge.
Along the way:
~ The foreman cut corners and caused a foundation pit to collapse. I took away his livelihood on the spot.
~ A colleague stabbed me in the back. I turned around and sent him to the discipline inspection commission.
~ A connected insider tried to steal my position. I crushed him beneath a bridge I built.
But I always held to one principle:
A bridge builder must never let his conscience go crooked. A crooked bridge can cost lives.
No showing off, no System, no rebirth.
Just two hands, a tape measure, and a conscience that won't bend.
A true story of construction workers, written for real working people.
