Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 103 If you want to fly, you must first have a unit and then have money
Early the next morning, Cao Zhiqiang dressed neatly and went to work in Hongguang Machinery Factory with great energy.

Originally, today, he didn't have to go to work in the factory, or in other words, he shouldn't have to go to work in the factory.

As mentioned earlier, the Hongguang Tiandi magazine department of Hongguang Machinery Factory is in a special situation. Cao Zhiqiang, as the new editor, theoretically has to wait for the old man to finish his shift, and then everyone will get together again and wait for a new shift. , messing around will disrupt the order, and everyone is dissatisfied.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang can also insist on going to work every day on duty. This is his right, and it is supposed to be right.

But if he really wanted to do this, he would break the original balance and rules.

We only get together to do work at the end of the month, and we usually take turns on duty to dawdle, which is already an unspoken rule on the surface.

You are a newcomer, you go to the office on duty every day, and you are so diligent and competent, what do you make the old man think, what do the leaders who are used to these rules think?
If the leader thinks that new people, new things and new styles, let everyone learn from Cao Zhiqiang and come to work every day, then how to fix it?
Even if you sit in an office and have nothing to do, it is still a restriction, and it is not as comfortable as being at home.

This kind of behavior is obviously breaking the rules and destroying the collective.

Therefore, for the sake of collective harmony, before the new duty schedule was drawn up, Sister Niu warned Cao Zhiqiang that within three days, he would not have to go to work until the previous round of duty ended.

To be more precise, if Cao Zhiqiang doesn't go to work, he respects everyone, and everyone will respect him, but if he goes to work every day, he is looking for trouble, so don't blame everyone for being inhumane.

Sister Niu's words are all for that. If Cao Zhiqiang still goes to work every day, it will be disrespectful to the senior.

Although Cao Zhiqiang is a newcomer and very young, he also understands the principle of doing as the Romans do.

In fact, he went to work in the factory early this morning, not to sit in the office of the magazine department and chat with the old Qian who was on duty today.

He didn't enter his office at all, but went directly to Section Chief Sun of the Propaganda Section.

The reason is that he wants to ask for leave, and by the way, let Section Chief Sun write a letter of introduction to buy air tickets, so that he can buy air tickets, so that he can pick up his sister and brother-in-law back for treatment.

Cao Zhiqiang originally planned to take his sister back, but there were too many things going on recently, and he didn't have time to deal with it for a while.

But now that I have a letter from my sister, especially my brother-in-law's medical records, it's time to move forward.

It's not hard to ask for leave.

In fact, Section Chief Sun also said that you don’t need to ask for leave at all. After all, considering the situation of your department, it is better not to ask for leave, because there is no difference between going to work and taking off work.

Theoretically speaking, Cao Zhiqiang only needs to say hello to Sister Niu and the others to explain the situation, and he doesn't need to ask for leave or stay off work all day.

On the contrary, if you ask for leave seriously, you have to deduct your salary, which is not worthwhile.

But the problem is that Cao Zhiqiang is going to Guiyang, and he needs a letter of introduction from his unit so that he can buy a plane ticket, so he needs to go through the normal procedures.

Section Chief Sun is also a good guy. He told Cao Zhiqiang directly that it is easy for him to issue a letter of introduction if he buys a train ticket, but he cannot issue a letter of introduction if he buys an air ticket. If you don't believe me, you have to find the factory manager.

Because the train ticket introduction letter is different from the air ticket introduction letter, and the names are different.

Only the factory director has the authority to buy a letter of introduction for an airline ticket.

Ever since, Cao Zhiqiang went to Director Li again to explain his situation.

Factory Manager Li took it very seriously, after all, Cao Zhiqiang was now a key figure of the factory leaders.

Hearing Cao Zhiqiang's request, director Li wrote a letter of introduction to Cao Zhiqiang to buy a plane ticket from Peiping to Guiyang with a flick of his pen.

But the problem is that Director Li can only issue a one-way air ticket from Beiping to Guiyang, but not for the return air ticket. A local unit in Guiyang must issue a letter of introduction.

What Cao Zhiqiang meant was that he wanted to bring his sister and brother-in-law to Peking for treatment, and the best way was to fly.

However, this is a private matter and cannot be stated publicly, even if it is an operation.

After all, during this period, air travel has not been completely liberalized, and the old rules are still followed. Most of them are on business. To buy air tickets, you need to issue a work certificate and a letter of introduction from the unit. Without these two things, you will not be able to buy air tickets.

For example, even if you are a self-employed person, even if you have money, you can’t buy a plane ticket because you don’t have a work unit or a letter of introduction.

Because opening a letter of introduction requires the signature and seal of the leader itself is a kind of leadership guarantee. In today's state-owned enterprises, few unit leaders are willing to take this responsibility for self-employed individuals.

In fact, it is not difficult to get a return ticket. There are many ways.

Factory Manager Li's method is the most common method, which is to write a letter of introduction to a local brother factory in Guiyang, who is also a friend he once had dinner with.

In this letter of introduction, I don’t need to say much about the reasons. I just need to explain that Comrade Cao Zhiqiang, an employee of our factory, will come to your place for business in the near future. When I return to Beijing, I hope that your factory will issue a few letters of introduction to buy air tickets.

It is enough to have this letter of introduction, and there is no need to specify what to do. This is a rule among the factory leaders.

Just like the factory in Guiyang, if you want a letter of introduction from the factory here, and send someone over to ask for a letter of introduction for a plane ticket, this side will not refuse.

In short, with these two letters of introduction, Cao Zhiqiang can buy the plane ticket with confidence.

Of course, the company cannot pay for the air ticket. You have to pay for it yourself. After all, you are not really on a business trip.

This is actually enough, after all, Cao Zhiqiang is not short of money, all he needs is a letter of introduction, the qualification to buy a plane ticket.

In fact, many self-employed individuals can afford air tickets and are willing to take a flight to try the feeling of flying, but these self-employed individuals who can afford air tickets and are willing to fly are not qualified to buy air tickets.

As for many cadres and workers who can get a letter of introduction to buy air tickets, most of them are living on dead wages and don’t have much money in hand. Most of them are reluctant to buy air tickets unless the unit really reimburses the expenses, but this kind of reimbursement rarely.

So this creates a dilemma, and this dilemma is also the fundamental reason why in the 70s and early 80s, the attendance rate of my country's civil aviation industry was extremely low, and the entire civil aviation industry was in a downturn.

In the mid-to-late 80s, reforms continued to deepen, especially with the emergence of the first generation of ID cards. Many ordinary people relaxed restrictions on buying air tickets, and no longer required work certificates and work unit introduction letters. This situation has fundamentally improved. The domestic civil aviation industry has just ushered in the spring.

From this perspective, flying during this period is really not just about having money.

In short, after getting the letter of introduction and work certificate, Cao Zhiqiang didn't waste any time, left the factory immediately, took a taxi without any distress, and went straight to the Capital Airport.

Originally, he thought that it would be difficult to buy an air ticket at this time, and he would have to queue up like buying a train ticket, and he might even have to buy a scalper ticket.

But when he went there, he found that there were almost no people at the ticket office, and he could buy tickets as soon as he went, including all economy and first-class tickets.

After asking the conductor, I found out that these days, very few people buy air tickets and fly.

In addition to the need for work certificates and letters of introduction to buy air tickets, the most critical factor is that air tickets are too expensive, and people are generally reluctant to buy them.

At this time, an air ticket from Beiping to Shanghai costs 65 yuan in economy class, and there is no discount. This is basically two months' income of an ordinary worker, and most people are not willing to buy it.

As for the air ticket from Beiping to Guiyang, the price is even more expensive. The first-class ticket costs 180 yuan, and the economy class ticket costs 150 yuan!
This kind of price is indeed not affordable by ordinary people.

Thinking about it carefully, it takes more than two months of income to buy a ticket and take a flight. For most people, this is really reluctant.

With that money, wouldn't it be nice to buy an electronic watch or a tape recorder?

Of course, this price was not a problem for Cao Zhiqiang, so he decisively booked the nearest first-class ticket.

There are very few flights now, especially fewer long-haul flights.

The nearest flight from Beiping to Guiyang will be early in the morning the day after tomorrow, so I won't be able to take the flight today.

But it's also much faster than sending a letter.

You must know that although there are airmails in China nowadays, due to cost, technical and other reasons, airmails are not delivered every day, but accumulate for two or three days or even three to five days. When the accumulated number of envelopes is almost the same, it will be used once by plane. The shipment starts, so the speed of air mail is not much.

So, even if Cao Zhiqiang mailed the airmail to his sister early this morning, and when Cao Zhiqiang flew to his sister's house the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that the airmail he wrote was still in the capital.

In addition, flying in the 80s, crossing mountains and mountains to meet my sister, and giving him a big surprise, is exciting to think about.

Just as a tourist.

After buying the plane ticket, he realized that it was still early, so Cao Zhiqiang planned to go to the publishing house to settle the payment of the manuscript with the publishing house.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang has spent a lot of money recently, and now he doesn't have much money on hand.

The liquid cash he can use now is only more than 1 yuan in total. It is only such a small amount, and I am really flustered.

As for the ten thousand yuan household, in Cao Zhiqiang's heart, it is synonymous with the poor.

It's better to ask the publisher for some money earlier.

(End of this chapter)