Reborn in 1977

“Interview?”

Hearing this, everyone looked at An Quan.

Chen Fan frowned slightly, then asked, “What interview?”

Are there still interviews these days?

Whether it's entering a factory, joining the army, or going to university, isn't it all about transferring files directly? What else requires an interview?

An Quan pulled out a chair and sat down, grinning, “Of course, it's a college entrance examination interview.”

He pointed to Huang Ying and Liu Dan, “Didn't you apply for foreign trade and journalism majors? All majors related to foreign languages require foreign language teachers to interview in person to see if you have a certain foundation in foreign languages.”

Chen Fan also sat down, looked at the two girls who were confused, and then looked at An Quan, asking, “Foreign trade is understandable, besides trade knowledge, it's almost half a foreign language major. But what's with the journalism major needing an interview?”

An Quan chuckled, “When I heard this news, I asked the school district committee the same question.”

He tapped his fingers on the table, said thank you to Huang Li who was pouring him wine, turned his head and continued, “On the surface, journalism has nothing to do with foreign languages, but don't forget that news agencies also have foreign correspondents. Even if they are not sent abroad, they can be responsible for translating foreign news稿件.

If Xiao Dan hadn't applied for English subjects, it would be fine, but since she participated in the English test, it's natural to understand why they included her in the English interview list.”

Chen Fan nodded in realization, it's good to understand the reason.

His understanding of the college entrance examination mostly comes from the memories of reading era novels before time-traveling, but the novels he read didn't mention that the college entrance examination also had interviews.

Even the last time he went to the district committee, Sister Zuo and Jiang Lili didn't mention this, maybe even they didn't know.

But it doesn't matter, take each move as it comes, isn't it just an interview?

He turned to look at Huang Ying and Liu Dan, and said with a smile, “Your English scores are not bad, and your spoken English is also very good, just go for the exam with confidence, it's not a big deal.”

Seeing Chen Fan's confident look, the two girls also felt relieved and nodded together, “Understood.”

Chen Fan looked at An Quan again, “Time, location?”

An Quan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, “From tomorrow to January 2nd, the admissions office of the district committee education department.”

After a pause, he smiled at Chen Fan, “The commune school district committee said that the two admissions teachers from Peking University and the University of Foreign Trade are coming to the district committee in person to interview them, otherwise, students applying for English majors are generally required to go to the provincial admissions office for interviews. This shows the school's attention to them.”

Chen Fan frowned tightly, squinting his eyes in thought.

Seeing his appearance, An Quan couldn't help but be slightly stunned, “What's wrong?”

After pondering for two seconds, Chen Fan slowly shook his head, looked at Huang Ying and Liu Dan again, and smiled, “It's nothing, even if there is a problem, it's a good thing.”

Then he waved his hand, “Forget it, let's not talk about this, I'll take them to the district committee tomorrow and we'll know.”

After speaking, he picked up the wine glass, “Come on, cheers.”

Then he drank it all in one gulp.

An Quan looked at the yellow wine in his glass, then looked at the white wine in his own glass, his eyes fell into contemplation.

Today An Quan came just in time for dinner, otherwise Huang Ying and the others wouldn't have come to the table together. Since that's the case, the 6 girls could only quickly finish their meal, then simply clean up the table and give the table to the two of them.

Looking at the girls neatly cleaning up the already tidy table and quickly retreating to the kitchen, An Quan couldn't help but shook his head and said with emotion, “You're living a life where someone serves you food, someone washes your clothes, someone cleans up, and someone helps you with all sorts of chores. Even landlords and rich men are not as comfortable as you.”

Chen Fan rolled his eyes, “If you said this two years ago, I would strongly suspect that you want to harm me.”

An Quan smiled, “I wouldn't have said this two years ago either.”

He shook the remaining wine in his glass, raised his head and drank it all, his smile with a bit of emotion, “These days running around in the district committee and county town, I've come to understand that the times are really different. Some things that I didn't dare to say before, I dare to say now. Some things that I didn't dare to do before, I dare to do now.”

Chen Fan blinked, “What happened that made you feel this way?”

An Quan shook his head and smiled, “Isn't it just finding a feed machine for the team? If it were before, writing reports, doing reviews, all kinds of procedures would be annoying to death. This time, guess what?”

Chen Fan picked up a chopstick of food and shook his head, “I can't guess.”

An Quan smiled, “I went to the commune first, the commune said that if I wanted to buy the machine quickly, it would be best to go directly to the county commercial bureau. I went to the county, the commercial bureau said that I could follow the process, but suggested that I go directly to the district committee machinery factory, because just over a year ago, our Yunhu Machinery Factory also manufactured feed machines, formally undertaking the production tasks assigned by the Ministry of Commerce.

He said that if I follow the process, it will be government-to-government, the price is fixed, and I have to wait in line. Not to mention the production tasks arranged by the higher authorities, just Yunhu area alone has more than a dozen districts and counties, more than 100 communes, and hundreds of production teams. Feed machines are not expensive, and many production teams or communes with conditions want to buy them. If I follow the government-to-government process and wait in line, I estimate that I will have to wait several years before I can get it.

It's different if I go directly to the machinery factory. As long as I can get in touch with the machinery factory and accept the price increase, I can buy the feed machine soon.”

After speaking, he smiled at Chen Fan, “The machinery factory also has unplanned production capacity, they can arrange that part themselves. Tell me, would anyone dare to do this kind of thing a few years ago?!”

Chen Fan pursed his lips, holding up his wine glass and smiling, “Drink, drink.”

Many people in later generations thought that the changes started at the end of 1978, but that's not the case.

In the period from the end of that something to 1979, many places in the folk were already restless.

The poorer the place, the more people want to seek new ways and break through restrictions. “Poverty breeds change” is the reason.

Although Yunhu is not a poor place, and can even be considered a wealthy place, it doesn't mean there are no changes.

The poor have their own changes, but the wealthy places also have more talents. Some flexible-minded business leaders have already begun to look for opportunities from the gradually loosening control.

It's just that there are too few such people, and even fewer who can safely pass through the next ten years without capsizing.

It seems that the leader of Yunhu Machinery Factory is this kind of person.

Chen Fan regained his thoughts, looked at An Quan and asked, “So now the feed machine has a clue, it's in Yunhu Machinery Factory?”

An Quan nodded, seriously said, “I haven't told Secretary Yang about this yet. I happened to hear the news about the interview from the school district committee, so I came to you first to discuss it.”

After a pause, he leaned forward slightly and said softly, “Under normal circumstances, the price of a feed machine is around 4500 yuan. After I got the news from the county commercial bureau, I immediately rushed to the machinery factory and found their sales department.

Unfortunately, I didn't see their director, I only met a salesman, gave him two packs of cigarettes, and reported the names of Lujiawan and you, then I found out the private purchase price from him.”

Saying that, he stretched out a palm, then gestured in reverse.

Chen Fan's eyes turned slightly, “5500?”

An Quan nodded lightly, “One price, no bargaining!”

Chen Fan wiped his face, pondered for two seconds, and said, “I think it's okay.”

Isn't it just 1000 yuan more expensive? As long as the feed factory starts operating, it won't take long to earn it back, otherwise, if we wait in line, God knows how long we will have to wait.

Why did some villages organize a few blacksmiths at the beginning of the reform and opening up, using hand-hammered wrenches and pliers to sell, and they could make a fortune?

It's because China's current industrial production capacity is too low, and many industrial products have been in a state of shortage for a long time.

The reason why the hardware and chemical stores have a full supply of industrial products all year round is because industrial products are linked to industrial coupons, so that many people who want to buy them don't have industrial coupons and can't buy them at all.

The things from small workshops don't need industrial coupons, and immediately release a large consumer market. In the early 1980s, it was really a 100% seller's market. As long as industrial products can be produced, and then sold without industrial coupons, whether it is needles, threads, or instruments and tools, there is no worry about selling them.

Even small things are like this, not to mention feed machines, this kind of “big machinery”.

Seeing Chen Fan agree, An Quan nodded and said, “Okay, I'll go to Secretary Yang later to see how to operate.”

He is also used to going through the process and writing reports to buy things. Now he has to buy goods from the factory privately. He still has to figure out the details, so as not to cause any trouble.

… …

The next morning, Chen Fan took Huang Ying and Liu Dan to the district committee.

The small yacht threw out a wave and slowly accelerated, arriving at Yunhu Passenger Terminal in less than an hour.

When they arrived at the education department, the staff had just come to work.