Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 76
Just when Duan Yun was setting up his small studio, it was time for the factory building to get off work.

Unlike workers who work three shifts, the agency goes to and from get off work on time.

Riding a brand new Phoenix [-] with a black document bag hanging on the handlebars, Cheng Changlin was a little depressed today.

As the chief engineer of the factory, although he is not as powerful as the secretary of the factory manager, he still plays an important role. Anyone who sees him in the factory usually greets him with a nod and bow, and he has a good personal relationship with the factory manager. It was Secretary Zhao Dongsheng, and he had to give him some face at ordinary times.

But this morning's meeting made him lose face. Cheng Changlin never imagined that he would be planted in the hands of a young worker who had only been in the factory for a month, and his plan to organize a factory technical team together with Director Qin was completely ruined. And he was also labelled as not working rigorously.

Although other people in the department and the factory still treated him with respect on the surface, Cheng Changlin always felt that after this meeting, everyone looked at him with a hint of sarcasm and schadenfreude.

Maybe it's just his own psychological effect, but in any case, today's meeting is attended by middle-level cadres and worker representatives from all workshops in the whole factory. The news that he and Qin Gang were broken by Duan Yun in the meeting will soon spread throughout the whole factory. Moreover, he was also labelled as not rigorous in technical work. For Qin Gang, who has always cherished his reputation, it will undoubtedly have a great impact on his reputation!

But if Cheng Changlin wanted to take revenge on Duan Yun, it would not be easy. Duan Yun had just been in the factory for a month, and he couldn't find a reason to clean him up. Besides, this kid was obviously wearing a pair of pants with the secretary Zhao Dongsheng. With Zhao Dongsheng covering him, Cheng Changlin Duan Yun is even more helpless.

The anger in his heart was held until he got off work. After pushing the door and entering the house, Cheng Changlin threw the document bag in his hand onto the bed, sat down on the sofa, took out a cigarette and lit it, and took a sharp puff.

Compared with the families of other workers and cadres in the factory, Cheng Changlin’s family background is undoubtedly very superior. As a college student who graduated in 57, he had a hard time in the turbulent years and was regarded as a stinking old nine. Changes in the industry, now the salary is at the level of the chief engineer of the seventh level of technology, and the bonus can be more than 200 yuan a month. My wife was also a factory flower in the factory, and now she is the captain of the gear factory's cultural performance team and the general manager of the propaganda department. Officer, administrative salary level 300, the monthly wages and bonuses of the two add up to more than [-] yuan, and the whole factory can be regarded as a top wealthy family. TV family.

"Dad, what happened to you today?"

At this time, Cheng Qingyan, who had just opened the door after get off work with her mother, asked in surprise when she saw her father sitting in the living room smoking a cigarette with a gloomy face.

Cheng Qingyan is the only daughter of Cheng Changlin, and she is also working as a draftsman in the technical department of the factory. Although it seems to outsiders who do not know, Cheng Qingyan was arranged to work in the agency because of her relationship with her official father, but in fact Cheng Qingyan is a junior high school student. Specialized students, those who have been admitted to technical secondary schools directly after graduating from junior high school, who have studied for four years before being hired to work in the factory, are also considered as cadre establishments based on their ability and academic qualifications.

"Old Cheng, are you not feeling well?" Seeing that Cheng Changlin's expression was wrong, his wife Yang Xiufang also asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I'm hungry, you can cook some food." Cheng Changlin flicked the cigarette ashes and said with a long breath.

"Then I'll go cooking now." Yang Xiufang said. After taking off her coat and hanging up her apron, she winked at her daughter, and the mother and daughter left the living room immediately.

Seeing her mother walk into the kitchen, Cheng Qingyan entered her bedroom and put the reference book borrowed from the factory library on her writing desk. Feeling that the light in the room was a little dark, she turned on the power of the desk lamp.

She has a superior family background and is an only daughter, so Cheng Qingyan has her own room that her peers in the factory envy. In addition to the chair, desk and single bed, there is also a wooden bookcase in the room, except when she was in school. In addition to the various textbooks and information books, there are many books on mechanics, some of which are in English.

It seems that she has inherited the genes of her father's engineering students. Cheng Qingyan is basically not interested in all kinds of popular culture among young people these days, but she is very interested in mechanical design.

When she was very young, Cheng Qingyan liked to read the information books her father used, printed with various drawings and equipment photos. Although she could not understand it at that time, those books of that year undoubtedly had a certain enlightening significance for her.

Later, Cheng Qingyan, who had excellent academic performance, graduated from junior high school and was admitted to a technical secondary school, and chose the major of the engineering machinery department, which she had been interested in since she was a child.

In fact, at the beginning, Cheng Qingyan wanted to go to a key high school and go to university like her father. Her grades in school at that time were considered top-notch, but her family hoped that he could apply for a secondary school.

The reason why Cheng Qingyan's parents suggested that her daughter go to a technical secondary school is also for two reasons.

One is that technical secondary school students are still very popular these days. They are accepted by units after graduation, and they are official cadres within the national establishment!After being transferred to a regular grading (fixed job), the deputy division, the main division, and the deputy division. . .It can be promoted step by step!
In addition, in the 80s, a few years after graduating from a technical secondary school, you can directly take the postgraduate entrance examination. What I am talking about here is not directly "going to graduate school", but having the ability to participate in the competition and take the "examination". The level of technical secondary school students at that time is evident. Therefore, there are schools whose academic qualifications are written in the resumes of master and doctoral students who have experienced that era, but they are actually technical secondary schools.

From this point of view, although the secondary school does not have the halo of a college student, but in terms of the difficulty of the exam and the employment benefits after graduation, there is not much difference, and it is still possible to continue to study after graduation. .

The second is the "service age" system, which is one of the reasons why top students prefer secondary schools.

You must know that at that time, for each additional year of service, the monthly salary was a little more, and it was also linked to the salary promotion, and the retirement benefits were also different!These are all very real reasons.

What's more, Cheng Qingyan's father is the chief engineer of the Red Star Gear Factory, and he can take care of many aspects, so considering these aspects, Cheng Qingyan finally chose to apply for the secondary school.

Even technical secondary schools are divided into several grades. The most powerful technical secondary schools are those subordinate to the central government, with names such as railways, civil aviation, etc. You only need to look at the names to know that these secondary schools can enter state-owned enterprises after graduating. The top central SOEs in China have a bright future.

However, it is extremely difficult to enter this top secondary school. There are only one or two enrollment indicators in a prefecture-level city area. In later generations, it will almost exceed the admission rate of Tsinghua University and Peking University. Although Cheng Qingyan is also a top student, she definitely does not have such strength.

But the provincial secondary school she was admitted to is also a proof of her strength. After graduating this year and entering the Red Star Gear Factory, she directly entered the technical department and became a draftsman. The technical salary is level [-], which is already equivalent to the salary of an intern college student. now...

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