Having asked all the questions, Gu Mian and the team separately visited the residents near the plastic factory. They learned that the area was indeed once a textile factory.
Yuwen Hao, sorting the information in his hands, said, "Originally, the Mingliang Plastic Factory site was a wasteland. In 1978, with the implementation of the reform and open-door policy, industrial development surged, and the Shenghong Textile Factory was established.
"Then, by 1990, the reform of state-owned enterprises led to a nationwide wave of layoffs. Numerous factories couldn't survive and declared bankruptcy.
"The Shenghong Textile Factory was one of them; it went bankrupt in 1991.
"A year later, in 1992, the site was bought by someone else. The already small textile factory was demolished, and a new plastic factory was built in its place—what is now the Mingliang Plastic Factory.
