Wei Shijie

Wei Shijie

Wei Shijie, male, Han nationality, was born in Jimo, Shandong Province in 1941 and graduated from the Department of physics of Shandong University in 1964. As an associate researcher, he has been engaged in nuclear weapons research for more than 20 years; as a popular science writer, he has written more than 10 books such as the romance of the atom and novels such as Oriental mushroom cloud, anonymous man and forbidden area youth.

In June 2018, Wei Shijie visited CCTV's reader,

His story not only made the host Dong Qing cry, but also moved the audience.

Character experience

In 1964, Wei Shijie graduated from the Department of physics of Shandong University. On the occasion of graduation, he entered the field of nuclear weapons research in New China. in the 1950s and 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union launched a strict nuclear technology blockade against China, and the central government called for independent research and development of two bombs and one satellite. Wei Shijie, together with other patriotic youth full of blood, set foot on the train to the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and went to the Gobi desert. He has worked in the national defense research front for 25 years and participated in the development of China's first atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and missile nuclear weapon. At the same time, in addition to his busy work, he wrote a large number of popular science articles and published novels reflecting the development process of nuclear weapons. after his retirement, he took the popularization of scientific knowledge as his duty. He made more than 200 popular science reports to Shandong University of science and technology, Qingdao University of technology, Qingdao Yucai Middle School, Qingdao railway middle school and nearly 100 schools around the Development Zone, with an audience of more than 60000.

Character achievement

During his time in national defense research, Wei Shijie won 17 awards from the Commission of science, technology and industry for national defense. Because of this experience, people who are familiar with him call him "old technology". After his retirement, Wei Shijie decided to write a popular science book on the development and protection of marine resources. He went to five universities and scientific research institutions to study, and collected 600000 words of data. After three years, he compiled a book "exploring the secrets of Kehai". So far, he has compiled more than one million words of popular science works: the science sketch "the charm of rotation" was included in "selected Chinese science sketches" by Ye yonglie, a famous popular science writer, The essay "the old man and the bird" was included in the simulated test papers of college entrance examination in Shanghai and Hubei. As an excellent key book, the atomic romance, written by him, participated in the Hong Kong Book Fair. The book "modern weapons" is still in short supply after repeated editions, and won the national excellent best seller Awards. The old man is ambitious. in 2010, he wrote an autobiographical novel "youth in the forbidden area - my life in the nuclear base", which is a true story that happened in China's nuclear weapons research and development base. In Tianya's gossip series (named "26 years of experience of the old man of nuclear weapons" on the Internet), more than 6 million hits and more than 60000 replies were received in one year. It is known as the cleanest and most touching post in Tianya. The novel has been adapted into a large-scale TV series "Qinghai flowers" (directed by an Zhanjun, starring Guo Jinglin, He Lin, etc.), which premiered on cctv-8 on September 10, 2012.

family life

Wei Shijie has two children, a son and a daughter. My son was born mentally retarded, similar to a child of six or seven years old. My daughter is schizophrenic. Later, her daughter's schizophrenia turned into auditory hallucination, hearing someone speak to her. She said it was called "Old God", and she always talked to that old God. in the face of such a living situation, Wei Shijie's wife suffered a great spiritual blow, and later, she also suffered from schizophrenia. There are four people in a family and three seriously ill patients. All the family burden basically falls on Wei Shijie alone. once, while Wei Shijie was away, her wife cut her wrist. After Wei Shijie came back, he found that the kitchen was covered with blood. He rushed her to the hospital and rescued her.

Anecdotes of characters

1. The origin of "child king"

After Wei Shijie retired, he was constantly invited by schools to talk about "two bombs and one satellite". Moreover, he joined the lecturer group of Qingdao science and Technology Association and the youth ideological and moral education lecture group, and has been active on campus all the year round. according to the actual situation of the students, Wei Shijie determined two topics for his speech: one is to introduce the latest scientific trends, arouse the curiosity of the children by introducing the new achievements in nanotechnology, robotics, aerospace and Bioengineering, and make them love and yearn for science; the other is to tell the hard process and experience of the development of China's "two bombs and one satellite" through his own experience Brilliant achievements, and then stimulate the patriotic enthusiasm of young people and the ambition to add glory to the country. in his speech, Wei Shijie tries to use humorous and concise language, and pays attention to the attention of the audience, so that children can acquire as much knowledge as possible in the shortest time. Therefore, his report is more and more popular with students. Once, he was invited to give a lecture at Shandong University of science and technology. Before the report began, it suddenly rained heavily. Unexpectedly, the students braved the heavy rain and came to the lecture on time. After listening to the report, a classmate named Jiao Yan said that he had read so many modern love stories that he almost forgot that there was a very broad realm of life in the world besides the love of children. Teacher Wei's report pulled my thoughts out of the sadness of separation, and began to have a kind of pride and ambition rising in my mind Many of his old friends said, "the units that you are invited to give lectures are Qingshui Yamen. It takes weeks or even months to prepare for a lecture. Is it worth it?" He said: "the applause of students is the biggest reward for me, and the progress of children is my highest pursuit. As long as the students like to listen, I will continue to speak

2. Feelings of "old desert"

Fate may seem cruel to Wei Shijie. He has a very special family. His two children are sick all the year round and can't work. Sometimes they can't even take care of themselves. His wife suffered from serious stimulation during the "Cultural Revolution" and some of her mental disorders. He shouldered the burden of taking care of three patients. The misfortunes of his family sometimes left him at a loss. But when he thinks of the harsh natural conditions in the Gobi desert and the comrades in arms who have worked together, he will regain his strength. He said that as an "old desert", we should have the courage and pride to face up to difficulties and life. Wei Shijie's children were hospitalized in the city during the period when he was invited to give a lecture on "breaking superstition and advocating science". Wei Shijie insisted on preparing lessons at night, staying in bed during the day and taking classes in the village. He went to Xin'an, Xuejiadao, liuhuapo, Changjiang Road and other sub district offices and made reports, which were welcomed by the residents. Because of his family's poor health, he encountered many difficulties in life that ordinary people can't imagine. However, he never thought much of it. When he saw that others needed help, he always enthusiastically extended a helping hand. In recent years, he donated more than 20000 yuan to poor students.

3. Old people's life in old age

now living in Huangdao District, Qingdao. His wife Chen Weiying and Wei used to work in the same base, because both children suffered from serious illness that could not be recovered all their lives, which greatly stimulated her. At first, she suffered from severe depression, and then developed into schizophrenia. At this time, she felt a little headache, breathless, while calling her husband, while lying powerless on the sofa, Wei Shijie old man did not wait for breath, and quickly moved a small stool to his wife massage. On the tea table in the living room, there are three plastic bags full of medicines piled up like hills. This is the dosage of my wife and daughter for half a month. Old man Wei Shijie, like a nurse in a hospital, knows exactly what medicine his wife and daughter take every day and how much they take each time. He dispenses the medicine according to the amount three times a day, and then gives it to his wife and daughter three times a day. He doesn't feel at ease until he supervises them to take it. Every morning, his daughter, who had taken a lot of high-efficiency sleeping pills in the middle of the night before, still sleeps in the next room. If his wife doesn't feel sick, it's the most comfortable time of his day. At this time, the old man can lean on the bed to read books, surf the Internet, brush micro blog, or type to write his favorite novels. On the computer screen, he began to conceive another novel "Purple Butterfly". Before that, his novel forbidden youth was adapted into a 31 episode TV series Qinghai flowers, which was a national hit. Another novel, Oriental mushroom cloud, won the national excellent book award as early as 1993. Old man Wei Shijie also wrote some popular science books, such as the romance of the atom, the legend of flight, the knowledge of weapons, and the mystery of the sea, which introduced the mystery of Science in simple terms. A reader named Zhang Yanjiang tried his best to contact old man Wei Shijie, hoping to buy another copy of the atomic romance written by old man Wei Shijie 20 years ago for his children. A book can affect two generations. It's always gratifying for Mr. Wei to mention this. At 10 o'clock in the morning, Haiyan, who had refused to eat for two consecutive days, came out of the room. She looked around blankly and called her father hoarsely. Haiyan suffered from schizophrenia, auditory hallucination, visual hallucination, depression and mania in 2000. Hearing his daughter's call, old man Wei Shijie was overjoyed. He put down his book and took out a porcelain bowl from the kitchen. His eyebrows were filled with joy: "my daughter is going to eat, she is going to drink milk." Haiyan followed his father step by step and repeatedly asked him to "clean the water in the bowl". Mr. Wei patiently shook the bowl, over and over again. After that, he let his daughter see: "there is no water in the bowl, daughter, really no more." It's hot. My daughter with obsessive-compulsive disorder doesn't want to take off her sweater. Wei Shijie

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