Reborn in 1977

Chapter 468: Give Some Funds

The next morning, Chen Fan first went to the machinery factory to hand over the high-end car design drawings he had been working on for the past few days to Factory Director Yang.

He also conveniently loaded five 20-liter gasoline barrels onto the car.

In this era, there weren't many gas stations to replenish fuel when driving long distances, so almost all cars had to carry their own fuel barrels. Small cars would carry small barrels, either 10 liters, 20 liters, or 30 liters. If they felt the amount was too little, they could bring more. Large trucks almost always carried 50-liter barrels, and they would also bring several, which could last for a long distance.

These fuel barrels were almost all based on the design from the German blitzkrieg era. No matter how the East and West camps adjusted, they never deviated from the original design, and the overall structure remained unchanged.

There was no other reason, the main focus was practicality. Moreover, if any part was changed, it wouldn't be as useful as the original.

(Fuel barrels, the ones with three handles are the original design)

Chen Fan had a severe case of 'insufficient reserves anxiety,' so in addition to the 5 barrels of gasoline, he went to Deputy Factory Director Li's office and asked for 200 liters of gasoline coupons.

Factory Director Yang was very happy because he received the high-end car design drawings.

Deputy Factory Director Li was very depressed because he was extorted for 100 liters of gasoline and 200 liters of gasoline coupons.

This was his hard-earned savings. It was easy for the machinery factory to get diesel, but gasoline was very difficult. If it weren't for the fact that the factory had a small fleet and he had a good relationship with the Transportation Management Bureau, he would be able to get a little more gasoline each time it was allocated.

Plus, he usually saved as much as possible, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to save so many gasoline coupons.

But what was taken away were the new coupons from January 1978!

(New coupons from January 1978)

Then he grumbled, "You have such a good relationship with the long-distance passenger transport company, why don't you go to them?"

Chen Fan was slightly stunned. That's right, the machinery factory had plenty of diesel, but if he wanted gasoline, he still had to go to the passenger transport company.

But when he thought of Xia Yuping, he decided to forget it.

He pondered for two seconds, "The main thing is that I'm afraid of owing favors!"

The main thing was that he was afraid of owing Xia Yuping a favor!

As for the favors he owed before, he had already repaid them with those two sets of books.

Hearing his words, Deputy Factory Director Li instantly became happy.

He was afraid of owing the passenger transport company a favor, but not afraid of owing the machinery factory a favor, which meant that he regarded the machinery factory as his own people. What else was there to say?

He immediately took out a handful of coupons from the drawer and handed them to him, "A poor family should travel with ample resources, take more."

Chen Fan quickly grabbed them, "Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed."

He glanced at them. There were another 100 liters of gasoline coupons, plus some national food coupons. Not bad, not bad.

Factory Director Yang was still looking at the car design drawings, his eyes staring blankly, muttering, "This car... is so beautiful!"

Chen Fan glanced at him from the side. The appearance of the Hongqi Guoya was okay, right?

It's just that with the current level of craftsmanship, let alone the machinery factory, even FAW might not be able to achieve mass production.

However, it was still possible to build it by hand.

Of course, it was just a shell, and the inside couldn't compare with the real Guoya.

It was just a showpiece!

Deputy Factory Director Li glanced at it from the side, then his eyes rolled slightly. He coughed dryly and said seriously, "Old Yang, Xiao Fan is going to the province this afternoon. Don't you have anything to say?"

"Ah?"

Factory Director Yang looked up, first looked at him, then looked at Chen Fan, and asked, "By the way, you haven't said what you're going to the province for? Is the Health Department asking you to go on a business trip?"

Deputy Factory Director Li's eyes were fixed on the design drawings, but unfortunately Factory Director Yang was holding them tightly and there was no chance to get his hands on them.

Then he heard Chen Fan say, "It's not a matter for the Health Department. The Provincial Writers Association is being re-established, and I'm going to attend the meeting. I might be recommended to join."

The Provincial Writers Association?

Factory Director Yang and Deputy Factory Director Li looked at each other, and finally remembered the original intention of bringing Chen Fan into the factory!

The next second, the two acted simultaneously.

Factory Director Yang threw away the design drawings and took out a handful of money from his pocket. Counting it, there were only a dozen yuan... For ordinary people in this era, it was already a "huge sum of money," equivalent to carrying ten or eight thousand yuan in cash in later generations.

It wasn't like they were doing business, who would carry so much money on them for no reason?

Except for Chen Fan!

He felt a severe lack of security if he didn't have dozens of yuan in his pocket.

Don't ask, the answer is "insufficient reserves anxiety."

Moreover, this time he went to the provincial capital, he put money in several different places on his body, ranging from 50 to more than 200, just in case he accidentally dropped his money and had no money to use.

Factory Director Yang also thought so. He took his dozen yuan and looked at Deputy Factory Director Li, "How much do you have there?"

Deputy Factory Director Li didn't take out money, but quickly wrote a note and handed it to him, "What's the use of your little bit? Quickly sign it, I'll go to the finance department to get 200 yuan for him to use as travel expenses."

Saying that, he looked at Chen Fan, "How many days are you going? Is 200 yuan enough?"

Chen Fan hesitated a little. The letter said that travel expenses would be reimbursed and accommodation would be provided, so he shouldn't need to spend his own money, right?

Then he heard Factory Director Yang say, "Don't be afraid of wasting it. If you become a member of the Provincial Writers Association, the machinery factory will also be proud. This is considered a funding subsidy, and you don't need to reimburse it. Use it with peace of mind."

Chen Fan coughed dryly, "Actually, I don't need that much..."

Factory Director Yang signed it quickly before he could finish speaking, and Deputy Factory Director Li quickly called the secretary and asked them to hurry to the finance department to get the money back.

When he turned around, he happened to see the design drawings on the table. He immediately grabbed them with quick eyes and hands. The next second, his eyes went straight. This car... is so beautiful!

Chen Fan was also a little confused. Originally, he was just going to the provincial capital for a meeting, staying for two or three days at most, but he didn't expect that Factory Director Yang and Deputy Factory Director Li would approve him half a year's worth of funding and coupons, and he didn't even need to worry about reimbursement receipts?

Whatever, don't take it for nothing.

...

He drove the gasoline to the Health Department, picked up Sister Zhou, then went to the Education Department, brought Sister Zuo and the Jiang sisters, and went to the Worker-Peasant Restaurant for dinner together.

Sitting in the attic private room of the Worker-Peasant Restaurant, Sister Zhou glared at him unhappily, "If you had said you were coming here for dinner, I definitely wouldn't have come. It would have been enough to find a place to eat something casually, but you deliberately chose this place."

Chen Fan laughed and pointed to Jiang Tiantian and Jiang Lili sitting next to him, "It wasn't me who wanted to choose this place, they decided it."

Sister Zhou looked at the two sisters and instantly realized, "Are you two also resigning?"

Since the first batch of admission notices were sent out, several people from several units of the prefectural committee had resigned and returned home to prepare for school, so the two sisters' choice was also easy to understand.

Seeing the two sisters nodding shyly in agreement, Sister Zhou also nodded and said, "It's good to resign. Anyway, it was a special situation at the time. Now that all the problems have been solved, it's better to resign and go home to prepare for school with peace of mind."

The two sisters looked at each other and raised their glasses in front of them at the same time.

Jiang Tiantian said to Sister Zhou and Sister Zuo, "Thank you, Sister Zhou, thank you, Sister Zuo. If it weren't for your help, we really wouldn't know what to do."

Sister Zhou smiled, first glanced at Zuo Qiuping, then smiled and said, "There's no need to say polite words. If you want to say thank you, you should go home and thank Xiao Fan."

Hearing this, the two sisters both looked at Chen Fan. Jiang Tiantian turned her head back and said seriously, "We definitely need to thank Xiao Fan, but it wouldn't have been so smooth without the help of Sister Zhou and Sister Zuo."

Zuo Qiuping picked up her glass, looked at Sister Zhou, and said to the two sisters, "You two are still too polite. Look at Xiao Fan, he never says thank you."

Chen Fan, who was eating, looked up and smiled, "Sister Zuo, just say I have no manners."

Sister Zuo glared at him, "I'm saying you're too familiar."

As soon as these words came out, the room was filled with laughter.

After taking a sip of wine, Sister Zuo put down her glass and said to Sister Zhou, "Do you know why he's treating us to lunch today?"

Sister Zhou looked at her questioningly, then at Chen Fan, "Isn't it because of Xiaojiang and the others wanting to resign?"

Sister Zuo said, "If it was just for this, he could have done it in the evening. After dinner, we could go home and ride in his car. Wouldn't that be great!"

Speaking of the car, Sister Zhou couldn't help but feel a little envious. As the section chief of the Health Department, she wasn't qualified for a car. She didn't expect that Xiao Chen would get a car after being a consultant at the machinery factory.

It's worthy of being the number one unit in Yunhu. The welfare benefits of factories are better than those of administrative units, especially for such a large unit. He really lucked out.

Coming back to her senses, she looked at Zuo Qiuping and smiled, "Stop being mysterious. If you don't tell me, I'll just ask Xiaofan."

Zuo Qiuping glared at her, "You're not cooperating at all."

She turned to look at Chen Fan and said with a smile, "Xiaofan, after lunch, you're going to the province for a meeting. You're about to become a member of the Provincial Writers Association!"

Sister Zhou was immediately shocked and looked at Chen Fan in surprise, "Really? When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"

This is a big deal. The Provincial Writers Association is being re-established, and the literary front will definitely rise again. The reputation of literary workers will become higher and higher in the future. As Chen Fan's main unit, the Health Department, having him as a member of the Provincial Writers Association is an extremely brilliant achievement from the perspective of cultural promotion!

Coincidentally, she is the leader in charge of cultural promotion. If Chen Fan can really become a member of the Provincial Writers Association, she can commend him within the unit, creating momentum for Chen Fan and herself.

Her name will definitely be on the leadership list at the year-end summary commendation meeting, and she might even take the opportunity to get the title of Deputy Director!

Seeing Sister Zhou so excited, Chen Fan himself didn't take it seriously, "I only received the invitation letter last night. The time is tight, and I thought it wasn't closely related to the work of the unit, so I didn't notify you."

"That's not how you put it!"

Sister Zhou said sternly, "Personal honor is also collective honor. How can you say it's not related?"

After a pause, she frowned and thought, "Okay, after lunch, you send me back to the Health Department. I'll discuss it with the director and the others and get some funding approved for you."

More funding?

Chen Fan didn't dare to take any more, and immediately said, "No, no, the letter said they'll arrange for food and accommodation, and the machinery factory just approved a sum of money for me, …"

Before he could finish his words, Sister Zhou glared at him, "Are you a cadre of the machinery factory or the Health Department? You've already accepted the funding from the machinery factory, but you don't want the funding from your own unit? What are you thinking?"

Chen Fan immediately swallowed the second half of his sentence. I can't even refuse money?

The two sisters beside him were also secretly exchanging glances and whispers.

Jiang Tiantian, "Tell Dad?"

Jiang Lili, "He's leaving soon."

Jiang Tiantian, "It's too late."

After a pause, she smiled again, "We can give a bonus!"

Yesterday, Chen Fan was not yet a health consultant at the cotton mill, so it would not be appropriate to give him funding directly.

But when Chen Fan "returns with honors," the employment procedures should have been completed. At that time, approving a bonus would be completely reasonable.

As the leader in the light industry field in Yunhu, the cotton mill has never lacked money. What it lacks is something that can add glory to its face, and Chen Fan happens to have that!

If we don't give a bonus, how can we live up to the name of the leading big brother?!

The two sisters were already secretly considering how to talk to their father and set the bonus higher.

Jiang Lili suddenly thought of what happened last night, and a blush appeared on her face again.

In the future, this money will still end up in our own family, so we can't let it be less.

Seeing Sister Zhou so excited, Chen Fan was also secretly reflecting. Was his habit of not being greedy for money wrong?!

At this time, Sister Zhou seemed to have made a decision, picked up her chopsticks and said, "Eat quickly, and go back to work after eating."

Zuo Qiuping held back her laughter and looked at her best friend with a mocking gaze. Unfortunately, Sister Zhou was unmoved. She was still calculating how to operate this matter to maximize her benefits.

Seeing that her best friend didn't respond, Zuo Qiuping also gave up her thoughts and focused on eating. However, she was secretly envious. Compared to the Health Department, the Education Department should have a closer relationship with the writer profession, but why doesn't her unit have a standout writer?

The planned thank-you banquet ended hastily under Sister Zhou's urging. The group left the Gongnong Restaurant, got in the car and rushed back.

After getting in the car, Sister Zhou thought and said, "Wait a minute, I'll give you a letter of introduction from the unit, and bring your work permit. When you get to the provincial capital, first take a look at the environment. If it's suitable, stay there. If the environment is not good, just go to the Health Department's guest house. With your level, you can stay in a cadre room."

Chen Fan held the steering wheel and said with a smile, "Isn't that too much trouble?"

Sister Zhou glanced at him, "Listen to me."

Chen Fan could only respond with a smile.

Anyway, his legs are his own, and he can just go to the Jiangnan Literature and Art Publishing House to report when the time comes.

Well, if the conditions are really bad, he can also stay in the Health Department's guest house for two days.

Better rest means better work.

At this time, Zuo Qiuping, who was sitting in the back row, suddenly said, "By the way, Xiaofan, you signed up for the correspondence course at Jiangnan University, right?"

Chen Fan looked at the rearview mirror and nodded, "Yes, but I heard that this year's exam has been postponed."

Zuo Qiuping smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you about this. This morning, I received news that this year's correspondence exam has been postponed to January 20th, which is exactly one week away. Don't stay there for too long."

After a pause, she said again, "If you really can't make it back, just give me a call, and I'll call the Jiangnan University Correspondence Department and apply for a postponement of the exam for you."

She said with a smile, "Even if it's not for my sake, with your relationship with them, they should help with this little favor."

This year, Chen Fan has sent 7 students to Jiangnan University. He had a good relationship with Teacher Guo and Teacher He before, and the correspondence exam is not that formal anyway. As long as there is a proctor to supervise the exam on-site and prove that the exam is valid, it doesn't matter if it's postponed for a few days for them.

At worst, they can report the results a few days later.

Chen Fan calculated the time and felt that he could make it, but he did not refuse Zuo Qiuping's kindness, and nodded with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Zuo."

He first sent Zuo Qiuping to the Education Department, and the Jiang sisters also got out of the car.

Although the leader agreed to resign, they haven't completed the procedures yet, so they have to complete the procedures before leaving.

Then he drove to the Health Department. As soon as Sister Zhou got out of the car, she quickly ran into the unit, "Lao Yan, there's a big deal…"