Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Although the office building of Hongguang Publishing House is only across an alley from Hongguang Machinery Factory, and the two sides are only separated by a small alley, they are neighbors at all.

But these are two units after all, he can't climb the wall and cross the alley to cross, he still has to walk around the gate for a while.

Generally speaking, when people from the publishing house and the machinery factory want to communicate with each other, they usually ride bicycles or walk, including the vice president, Chen Jiabang, who usually rides bicycles back and forth.

But Cao Zhiqiang is a lazy man, he doesn't like to walk or ride a bicycle, and he has his own special car, that is, the Citroen cx20 that Li Youfu "lend" to him at the beginning, so even if he just goes to the next-door unit Near the road, but also have to drive.

In the past, because Cao Zhiqiang did not have a driver's license, he had to have a driver when he took that Citroen cx20 car. Before that, Zhang Qianjin was his personal driver.

For this reason, Zhang Jinjin had already changed his contract five days ago and became a regular employee in the agency instead of a contract worker without a formal establishment.

The same is true for Li Youfu. He also took the time to come over five days ago to change the contract, and became a full-time employee of the publishing house.

In the past, if Cao Zhiqiang wanted to take a special car, he had to have a driver to drive for him, but now it is different. Cao Zhiqiang can drive by himself because he has a driver's license.

Maybe you should say, isn't it very troublesome to get a driver's license in this period?

For example, Cao Zhiqiang's first follower, Yang Ping'an, is still in the Beiping Automotive Technical School, earnestly learning about car driving and car repair.

Under normal circumstances, he would have to study for at least two years. Before the two-year period expires, he will not be able to come out to work at all, which is why Yang Ping'an has not been on the scene recently.

And even if you can take the driver's license test, the driver's license test at this time is very strict, not to mention very difficult.

Because at this time, if you want to take a formal driver's license test, although there is no academic requirement, the technical requirements are very high.

If you want to get a driver's license, you must not only test the road regulations related to driving, but also test your car repair skills.

That's right, the driver's license test at this time is divided into four items, namely the traffic law test, the general knowledge test, the drill pipe transfer test, and the actual road test.

Here, the test of [-], [-] and [-] is similar to the vehicle test of later generations, but the mechanical knowledge test is much more difficult. It will test your basic knowledge of automobile mechanics, that is, test your basic car repair skills.

Because cars in this period often have to be repaired due to factors such as poor technology, so the driver often not only can drive, but also has to repair the car. up.

For example, Jiefang trucks that are common on the road at this time, as well as domestic cars such as 212 jeeps, are all experts who are prone to breaking down halfway, but the problems of these cars are basically the same. Once you learn it, maintenance is not difficult.

Even high-end Shanghai sedans and Hongqi sedans, despite their good looks, are also prone to breaking down halfway. As a driver, you also need to be able to repair cars.

Basically, the domestically produced cars at this time have a lot of problems, and if they don't know how to repair cars, they can't run far at all.

On the contrary, imported cars like Crown, Duke, and Citroen cx20 are not easy to break down, but it is difficult for ordinary people to afford such imported cars.

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But no matter what, it is really quite difficult to get a car driver's license at this time, and generally only people with formal units can do it.

Fortunately, at least there is a Beiping Automobile Technical School, which can recruit students from all adults in the society. No matter whether you have a unit or not, as long as you spend money to study, you can teach you to drive and repair cars. Before graduation, you will usually be organized to obtain a driver’s license. Exams are usually passed.

But this driving school-style technical school was only established in 1979. Before that, and even now, how did most drivers learn to drive and get a driver's license?
The answer is unit training.

The so-called unit agent training actually means that government agencies, enterprises and institutions train drivers on behalf of them.

That is to say, government agencies, enterprises and institutions will recruit some employees first, and then let you become a driver. You will first learn from the old drivers and learn from the car.

For example, Bang Geng, he didn’t know how to drive at all at the beginning, but because of the relationship of Sha Zhu, he advanced to the Ministry of Metallurgy as an apprentice driver, and learned to drive from the old driver there. After the driver's license is obtained, you can officially drive.

Of course, due to the lax control of the traffic police at that time, driving without a license was actually not a big problem. Even if you were caught driving without a license, as long as nothing happened, you were usually fined, and even drinking and driving was only a fine. Then let you sober up and go on the road.

Well, not to mention before the 80s, it is now 1983, because there are not many vehicles, and the traffic police are still not strict.

This is mainly because the cars that are currently on the road are not personal cars, but unit cars. Even if you check the driver, you will eventually deal with the unit behind the driver. Once it involves business-to-business, as long as it is not a major accident , In the end, it was mostly nothing.

Why do you say that?
Because before 1984, only units could own cars, and individuals were not allowed to own private cars. Even if there were some very small number of self-employed people who had private cars, they were still cars attached to their units.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang's current Citroen cx20 car is actually owned by Cao Zhiqiang and actually owned by Li Youfu, but the nominal owner is Beiping No. [-] Transportation Company.

In other words, when Li Youfu bought this car, he also had to be affiliated with the Beiping Third Transportation Company so that he could go on the road by himself, otherwise it would have been impossible.

In the past and now, or before private individuals are allowed to own cars, those who want to become drivers are basically regular employees with formal units.

Including those taxi drivers who drive taxis on the main road, they are all serious employees of state-owned enterprises at this time, and there are no private taxi drivers at all.

Because of this situation, it is really difficult to get a driver's license at this time.

If you go through the normal process, whether it is a unit training or entering an automotive technical school, if the journey goes smoothly, it will take at least two years from the application to the driver's license to get the driver's license.

Generally speaking, if you want to get a driver's license, you can't do it in three or four years, which is basically the same as the time when you went to college.

That being the case, how did Cao Zhiqiang get his driver's license in such a short period of time?
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It's very simple, what he's going through is not the normal process!

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang has not fully integrated into this era, and his thinking is still stuck in the previous life, which is the beginning of the 21st century, always thinking that everything must be done step by step.

But in fact, in this era, if you really do everything step by step, it will really grind you to death.

For example, to get a driver's license, you really follow the rules and regulations. If there is no two or three years, he will never even want to get a driver's license, even if he can drive a long time ago.

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang planned to give up temporarily, and even planned to let the driver drive for him all the time.

Before recommending Yang An'an to go to Beiping Automobile Technical School, it was also because he wanted to start from scratch with his own team of talents, and wanted to have a good follower who could drive for him in the future.

Who knows that the plan is not as fast as the change, because of an accident, he actually harvested two big treasures, Li Youfu and Zhang Qianjin, and these two people not only know how to drive and have a driver's license, but Li Youfu even offered to offer a car, so that Cao Zhiqiang will have a car at once. got his own car.

But even so, Cao Zhiqiang at that time never thought that he could get a driver's license quickly.

The source of getting a driver's license is Yu Deshui.

In other words, the source was Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli's job hunting.

If Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli hadn't come to apply for jobs, Cao Zhiqiang would not have thought of finding Yu Deshui to handle internship transfers for them.

If you don't ask Yu Deshui for help, you won't get in touch with the various leaders in the city.

For the past half month, Cao Zhiqiang had dinner with a group of leaders, large and small, every night. After going back and forth, he quickly met a large number of leaders.

Coincidentally, among them is the leader of the public security office who can manage the vehicle management office.

Even if he got to know the leader, Cao Zhiqiang didn't take it seriously at first.

After all, at that time Cao Zhiqiang mainly made friends with the first, second and third leaders in the city, such as the small leaders of the district police station, he really didn't pay much attention to them.

However, once he drank too much, and talked about it, he told the little leader of the police station that it was difficult to get a driver's license.

Then the leader patted Cao Zhiqiang on the shoulder and agreed loudly, saying that as long as you really know how to drive, the driver's license matter is trivial.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang thought that the little leader was bragging after being drunk, but he didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, he received a call. It was actually the director of the local vehicle management office who called him personally, asking him to go there.

Cao Zhiqiang was at a loss, but still drove to the vehicle management office by car.

As a result, when I arrived at the vehicle management office, I was warmly received by the director of the vehicle management office and a person who claimed to be the chief of the traffic management section.

After the reception was over, I asked Cao Zhiqiang if he knew that one.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang know that the little leader who drank with him and bragged that night was telling the truth.

After that, it was easy. The director of the vehicle management office personally accompanied Cao Zhiqiang and asked Cao Zhiqiang to drive on the spot to see if he could drive.

Cao Zhiqiang drove the Citroen cx20, and walked straight, detours, detours, and backed into the garage at a very simple site in the vehicle management office.

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After discovering that Cao Zhiqiang really knew how to drive and that there were no major problems, the director accompanied Cao Zhiqiang with a smile on his face and went to apply for a driver's license in person.

Yes, I just took a simple road test at the venue, and I didn't take other tests, so I was given a driver's license directly.

Although according to regulations, what Cao Zhiqiang can get now is only a white-skinned test certificate, not a formal red-skinned driver's license, but with this white-skinned test pass certificate, he can officially drive a vehicle on the road.

Afterwards, as long as Cao Zhiqiang, who owns the white certificate, does not have any traffic accidents within one year, he can come automatically to exchange for the official red driver's license after one year.

In other words, just having a meal with someone, and taking a simple test at the vehicle management office the next day, you can get the white leather certificate that many people dream of, and you can officially drive on the road and become a qualified driver.

What's even more outrageous is that Cao Zhiqiang didn't ask for this. Instead, he begged Cao Zhiqiang to accept it.

What does this mean?It shows the importance of power!

In particular, it can be seen from this incident that in this era, dinner culture is really too important.

In many cases, money alone is not enough, you have to have connections.

With access, your money can be converted into power, and you can move smoothly all the way.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang was a little entangled. After all, he was a little uncomfortable to get his driver's license in this way.

But then the traffic management section chief told him in private that if he didn't accept it, the leader couldn't explain it to him, and it would be hard for him to explain it to the director of the vehicle management office, so he begged Cao Zhiqiang to accept it.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang understand that the little leader wanted to use this method to show his favor to him. If he didn't accept it, he would not give others face. In the end, not only were the two people who were doing things difficult, but he, Cao Zhiqiang, also offended them.

Too lofty, often offending people.

As for why people want to curry favor with such a small person.

Well, that's just because Cao Zhiqiang himself thought that's all.

In fact, in the eyes of some people, Cao Zhiqiang is no longer a small person, and the key lies in Deshui.

After these few days of dinner, Yu Deshui has already registered in the eyes of some leaders.

And Yu Deshui didn't say anything about his qualifications and ability, and now something will happen again, and the next director's position will most likely be given to him.

Once Yu Deshui became the director, his power would be different.

At least the small leader of the district police station should also be under his leadership.

As for Deshui, in private, he always hinted that Cao Zhiqiang was his future son-in-law, which had to make others think too much.

Young and talented, especially rich, and a father-in-law who is about to be promoted, who doesn't like to deal with such people.

The so-called Vanity Fair is actually like this.

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang did not step into this occasion, because he had no chance to introduce him.

But with Yu Deshui, he finally has one foot in this vanity fair.

Now that the little section chief had said everything, Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to pretend to be lofty, so he accepted the white paper certificate, which was equivalent to accepting the kindness of the little leader.

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That's how a friendship is established.

Anyway, with the white driver's license, Cao Zhiqiang can drive by himself, which of course makes him very excited.

So this time, even if he just went to the factory next door, he still had to drive to enjoy himself.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang brought Xiang Dongfang to the Citroen cx20 and was about to drive Xiang Dongfang to Hongguang Machinery Factory, Xiang Dongfang shook his head:
"How can this be done? You are the president, how can you be allowed to drive in person? This is outrageous!

Besides, it hasn't been long since you got the white paper, so your driving skills must be the same, so let me drive it for safety's sake. "

"Are you driving?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "Do you have a driver's license?"

"Yes." Xiang Dongfang smiled and took out a red book from his pocket, "Look, I have a full driver's license, and I have been driving for three years."

"Nani?" Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth again, "You have a driver's license? You still have three years of driving experience? How is that possible?"

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, and took the initiative to hand over his driver's license: "If you don't believe me, take a look."

Cao Zhiqiang quickly took it over to have a look, and found that the driver's license was genuine.

Cao Zhiqiang returned the driver's license to Xiang Dongfang: "How did you get your driver's license?"

Xiang Dongfang said: "I was recommended by the leader of the university to take the exam when I was in school.

But before that, when I was 15 years old, I already knew how to drive and repair cars. Not only could I drive Jeeps and sedans, but I could even drive Jiefang trucks.

In fact, when I first started learning how to drive, I drove a Jiefang truck in the army. "

Cao Zhiqiang blinked, and then remembered that Xiang Dongfang was different from ordinary people, he was the son of an official.

"Hey, what else do you not know?" Cao Zhiqiang sighed softly, "Compared to me, you are the real genius."

"What did you say?" Xiang Dongfang was taken aback.

"It's nothing." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head bored, "Since you have the official copy, then, then, you can open it."

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang casually threw the car keys to Xiang Dongfang.

Xiang Dongfang grabbed the car key and smiled slightly: "Okay, please rest assured that the leader, although I am a woman, I promise to drive it safely!"