Reborn in 1977

After finishing the announcement and explaining it again, clarifying all the details, Chen Fan had Zhang Cuie shut off the broadcast.

Then, he handed her the document and said, "Look at this document, how is it different from the announcement I just made?"

Zhang Cuie took the document, quickly read it, and thought for a moment before saying, "This uses written language, while the announcement you just made is more colloquial."

Chen Fan smiled and nodded, "Do you know why we made this change?"

Zhang Cuie looked at him, "Is it to make it clearer for everyone?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "You're right, but you haven't grasped the essence of the matter. What is the essence? The essence is the audience. The majority of our members are illiterate, or semi-literate graduates from literacy classes. It's okay for them to recognize a few characters, but when it comes to reading books, newspapers, or listening to documents, they're mostly clueless. If you read the document verbatim, even if you talk until your mouth is dry, they still won't understand what it means."

After a pause, he gestured for Zhang Cuie to sit down and continued, "Let me give you an example. Decades ago, progressive people went to factories, docks, and other places where poor workers gathered to promote advanced ideas. In the beginning, they spoke passionately on stage, but not a single worker was willing to stop and listen to them.

They were very puzzled, thinking that they were helping the workers fight for their rights, but why was no one willing to listen to them? And it wasn't like this when they gave speeches at school, so it shouldn't be a problem with their speeches, but people just didn't accept it, which made them feel very discouraged.

But when faced with difficulties, they couldn't give up halfway, so they went to investigate and research, and finally discovered that the problem was actually with themselves.

It turned out that the words they used were too bookish. Students could understand them, but the workers couldn't understand them at all, let alone understand what they were preaching, so naturally no one was willing to listen to them.

In response to this problem, they removed the high platform used for speeches, took off their clean and tidy student uniforms and gowns, wore the simplest clothes, and sat down with the workers to chat, talking about food, income, and life, empathizing with their experiences, and using the simplest language to promote progressive ideas to the workers, and finally achieved great success."

After listening to Chen Fan's words, Zhang Cuie said thoughtfully, "So it's the same when we read announcements to the members now. The things in the document are for the cadres to read, but the members may not understand them, so we should learn from the revolutionary predecessors and speak to them in words that the members can understand."

Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction, "That's the principle, but it can be extended further. As a broadcaster in the production team, your way of speaking should be down-to-earth. If one day you become a broadcaster at a radio station, then it will be different again, because the audience has changed.

Also, broadcasters have broadcasting standards. They must broadcast in Mandarin, and they must use standard characters, not a single word can be wrong, but the listeners must be able to understand. What should you do then?"

Zhang Cuie opened her eyes wide, what should I do?

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I see that you have been studying electrical appliance repair these past few days, but you haven't been paying much attention to broadcast practice. Do you think that a broadcaster just reads from the script and only needs to pronounce Mandarin correctly?"

Seeing Zhang Cuie nod with a red face, Chen Fan smiled and continued, "In the production team, or in the commune, you certainly need to be versatile. Whoever knows more things will naturally be more popular and snatched up by many units.

But the higher you climb, the more specialization you need. You have good roots and a red background. As long as you can master either broadcasting skills or electrical appliance repair technology, and make some achievements here, you will definitely have the opportunity to work in the commune or even the county.

However, on a higher platform, 'versatility' may not be necessary, because their unit has its own broadcasters or repairmen. If you do two jobs yourself, it is easy to offend colleagues and you are not professional enough, far inferior to doing one job well.

The reason I told you those things just now is, on the one hand, to tell you that the technical content of a broadcaster is no lower than that of an electrical appliance repairman, only the direction of development is different. On the other hand, I hope you think carefully about which direction you plan to develop in the future.

If you want to be an electrical appliance repairman, then I will focus on teaching you science, especially knowledge in electronics. If you want to be a broadcaster, then you should shift your learning focus to the humanities. Not only should you study Mandarin seriously, but you should also learn how to refine scripts, that is, to transform the content of the broadcast into what you want to say. In addition, you should read widely, increase your knowledge reserves, broaden your horizons, and even learn foreign languages.

That is to say, in addition to being a broadcaster, you must also be able to take on the role of lecturer and commentator…"

Zhang Cuie is only fourteen or fifteen years old after all. Although she is single-minded in wanting to learn, she can't understand too many things, especially since she doesn't have a clear concept of the two positions of broadcaster and repairman.

Climb up? After climbing up, what is a broadcaster like? What is a repairman like? She has no concept in her mind at all. She only knows that the production team's broadcaster turns the machine on and off every day, occasionally reads an announcement, and may also repair the broadcasting machine and radio.

Oh, right, the broadcasting station has been built for two months, and the broadcasting machine hasn't broken down. I don't know if the knowledge of electrical appliance repair can be used.

Now that Chen Fan asks her which path to choose, how can she say?

However, although she doesn't know how to choose, she has her own little cleverness.

Since she doesn't understand, then she should ask someone who does.

Teacher Chen is so amazing, he definitely knows which one is better to choose.

So, she turned around, picked up the kettle, filled Chen Fan's teacup, and then, holding the teacup with both hands, presented it to Chen Fan with a wide smile, saying, "Teacher, I'll listen to you. Whichever you say I should choose, that's the one I'll choose."

Chen Fan took the teacup, looking at her with surprise. Hey, she's quite the clever little thing.

…

In the corridor outside the broadcasting room, Lin Yuanxiang gently waved to Xiao Liewen, then turned and left. Xiao Liewen glanced at the entrance of the broadcasting room, then turned his head, looking at the back of his old company commander with a strange expression, curled his lips, and followed behind him. From beginning to end, neither of them made any noise.

After descending the small building and leaving the backyard, Xiao Liewen looked back and then whispered, "Old brother, didn't you say you wanted to see Little Chen's work status? Why did you come and not even look?"

Lin Yuanxiang, with his hands behind his back, chuckled twice, "Wasn't it already seen?"

Xiao Liewen curled his lips, "So mysterious."

Lin Yuanxiang ignored him and asked, "That little girl, is she the one you mentioned earlier, the brigade commander's niece?"

Xiao Liewen said, "Yes, his little niece, one of the youngest in this generation."

After a pause, he smiled again, "I know what you mean, wondering why a girl is being allowed to learn the skills instead of arranging for a boy.

Let me tell you, although Gufeng County is just a small county town, it has relied on the Yangtze River waterway since ancient times and has always been a civilized place. The phenomenon of valuing men over women isn't nonexistent here, but it's not very serious. Except when leaving inheritance or dividing the family, where daughters don't get a share, at other times, sons and daughters are treated pretty much the same. Even if some people are still obsessed with having a son, they won't mistreat their daughters.

Little Chen taking Zhang Cuie as a student, on the one hand, is because Zhang Cuie is indeed a promising student, and on the other hand, the production team recently selected veterinary students and took her spot, so they felt somewhat indebted to her. When Little Chen proposed taking her in again, the Zhang family naturally wouldn't take away her opportunity.

Furthermore, Zhang Cuie is still a member of the Zhang family after all. Once she learns the skills, the Zhang family, needless to say, and if the other families in the team ask her to take on apprentices, she would have no reason to refuse. So, from beginning to end, no one objected. Not only that, but both the Zhang family and the brigade will have to remember Little Chen's favor."

Lin Yuanxiang suddenly stopped, pursed his lips, and nodded, "Letting a girl apprentice to learn such great skills as being a broadcaster and an appliance repairer, that would be absolutely impossible in our area. Here, one dares to accept, and one dares to let go. It's much better than our place."

Xiao Liewen grinned awkwardly. The old company commander was criticizing the customs of his hometown, what could he say?

The mentality of the Chinese people has always been "Only I can scold myself, only others can praise." I can bash my hometown to death, but let someone else blacken it? I'll beat their head off!

Since he couldn't say anything, he simply changed the subject, "You asked me to show you Little Chen's work status. Now that you've seen it, what do you say?"

Lin Yuanxiang put his hands behind his back, raised his head, and thought for a moment, then said, "I met this Little Chen as soon as I arrived here, so it can be considered fate."

He turned to look at Xiao Liewen and chuckled softly, "When we came over just now, he helped me carry my luggage. I deliberately didn't refuse, but he didn't even mention inviting me to ride his horse. Interesting, isn't it?"

Xiao Liewen's old face darkened, "You wouldn't not teach him just because he didn't invite you to ride his horse, would you? Let me tell you…"

Before Xiao Liewen could finish speaking, Lin Yuanxiang waved his hand and said, "That's not what I mean. His not inviting me to ride his horse is not only not a demerit, but also a merit."

Xiao Liewen looked at him in surprise, completely not understanding what he meant.

Lin Yuanxiang smiled and said, "He took the initiative to help me carry my luggage, which shows he has kindness, but he didn't invite me to ride his horse, which shows that his kindness has limits and he's not a pushover. You only know that we martial artists absolutely won't teach those who are extremely treacherous and evil, but you don't know that we can't teach pushovers either."

Xiao Liewen asked puzzledly, "Why is that?"

Lin Yuanxiang snorted softly, "Because pushovers are most likely to meddle in other people's business and stand up for injustice. Meddling in other people's business means they're likely to cause trouble. If they cause too much trouble, even if they don't want to, others will force them to fight to the death. Such people will either beat others to death or be beaten to death. Teaching them is the same as teaching them in vain, or even harming them. It's better not to teach them from the beginning, so as not to endanger their lives and possibly bring disaster to their families."

Xiao Liewen nodded in understanding, "That makes some sense."

Lin Yuanxiang added, "Watching him teach that little girl just now, he had the air of a master, teaching both 'skill' and 'way,' letting the girl know how to walk her future path. From this, it seems he has an excellent character."

He turned to look at Xiao Liewen and smiled, "However, these are all minor details. My ultimate skill is not something that just anyone can learn. Minor details are certainly commendable, but one must also have a sense of righteousness. Don't tell him who I am or what I'm here to do. Don't even hint at it. During this time, I want to observe him personally to see if he is a good person."

Xiao Liewen snorted twice, "What did you say before? Good disciples are hard to find, let the brothers help you keep an eye out. Now that you've found one, you're still being picky."

Then, with his hands behind his back, he stomped forward, "I'll just watch how you make a fuss."

Lin Yuanxiang turned to look at his back, couldn't help but frown and glare. Hey, this guy even dares to act up with him?

But he didn't see the smile on Xiao Liewen's face at this moment, almost humming a tune from "Raid on the White Tiger Regiment."