"The Year of Xun Tao Jin"
The Yangtze River is full of water and the wind is blowing along its banks. In the early 1980s, Jiujiang Architectural Ceramics Industry Corporation took root on Jiurui Road in the west of the city. The factory was established on the deserted beach and the kiln fire was first ignited, ushering in the golden age of the state-owned architectural ceramics industry in northern Jiangxi. The machines roared day and night, the ball mills flew dust, and the rollers burned. Thousands of industrial workers took root in the red brick compound of the factory, burning the industrial glory of this small town with their blood and sweat. Technician Lu Jinghuai has been stationed in the equipment workshop for half his life, and female kiln worker Su Guiying has been working in the high-temperature furnace. The fate of the family has been closely intertwined with the rise and fall of the factory.
The 1990s were turbulent, and state-owned factories ushered in their heyday. The company introduced a fully automatic ceramic construction production line from Italy, and also joined hands with Taiwan's Changxin Capital to form a Sino-foreign joint venture and launched a large-scale vitrified brick project, which has become a benchmark for investment in the city and has high hopes for the city's industrial development. At that time, new machines were on the line, production and sales were booming, and everyone believed that Xuncheng's pottery industry could connect the north and south and the sea.
The illusion of prosperity collapsed in an instant. Foshan's private ceramics industry suddenly rose and the market was crushed. Chinese and foreign investors had conflicting philosophies, overseas glaze formulas were not adapted to the local conditions, huge technological transformation loans were burdened, inventory was overstocked, and payment collection was difficult. The much-anticipated joint venture project quickly suffered huge losses and brought down the parent state-owned factory.
Salaries are being paid late, branch factories are closed, and people's hearts are in turmoil. The wave of restructuring swept through the factory area, and buyouts and layoffs shattered the stable life of a generation. The workers were scattered in all directions. Some went south to Guangdong to pursue the waves, while others stayed in their hometown to make a living.
Decades passed by in a blink of an eye, the kiln fire gradually went out, the machine became silent, the factory was demolished,
