Reborn in 1977

What things are easy to make mistakes in, and what things are not, seems easy to judge, but often, this boundary is often blurred.

When there is no standard, the leader is the standard.

So even though Chen Fan had given very obvious hints, He Qingsheng and the others were still a little unsure.

He raised his hand and grabbed his hair, smoothing it back, and said very simply, "You are the vice chairman in charge of external liaison work. Find some time in the next two days to have your cousin represent you and sign a publishing contract with us. After getting on this line, your work will be considered a breakthrough.

The Japanese line and the American line, you got both of these lines single-handedly. And then, during this time you were out working, the unit wasn't idle either.

According to your previous arrangements, Director Duan and Xiao Bian have been following up on the matter of using international students as a bridge to contact the writers' associations of relevant European countries, and there is now some progress."

Hearing this, Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "Which countries specifically?"

Xu Qizhen next to him said with a smile, "There are France, Britain, and Italy, as well as several Eastern European countries."

In the previous years, China received very, very few international students, but it wasn't that there were none. Some came from a small number of Eastern European, African, and Latin American countries that maintained long-term friendly relations with China, while others came from leftist individuals in individual Western European countries.

Well, these people especially like the wind, so they came specifically to catch the wind.

Later, when the wind stopped, some of them went back, and some stayed.

Jiangnan University, as one of the best universities in China, has a history of receiving international students since its establishment, so it naturally became a receiving school for international students.

Previously, Chen Fan saw this point and made a suggestion to He Qingsheng, to make use of these international students who were being well-fed and well-cared for. Since they were basically here to study Chinese culture, they could use literature as a name to contact the forces behind them, and international literary exchange would be established!

He Qingsheng waited for a few seconds, and seeing that Chen Fan didn't speak, he smiled and continued, "With the examples of Japan and the United States, if you can open up exchange channels with Europe, Africa, and Latin America, this vice chairman of yours will definitely be convincing.

After that, you can be a mascot in the association like Lao Tan, and no one will care where you go."

Chen Fan's eyes instantly brightened, "Understood, understood."

Immediately, he raised his glass and went around, "Come, come, on behalf of myself, I toast to the three seniors."

Tan Yong raised his glass, but turned to look at He Qingsheng, and said with a smile, "This kid only gets up early for profit. Hearing that no one will care about him, huh, he's already started toasting."

The few people drank and laughed.

Chen Fan put down his glass and let out a long breath. Although he had promised his teacher that he would go to the school as a part-time professor in the second half of the year, and he wouldn't be able to move freely then.

However, there's still half a year, isn't there?

Being able to have a moment of leisure is a moment of leisure.

Looking at the smiling Chen Fan, He Qingsheng picked up his glass, his mind flying back to the time when he went to Beijing to attend a meeting and talked to the leaders in the cultural sector.

Saying they were leaders, they were actually comrades-in-arms who had lived and fought together in the past, so there was no estrangement between the two, and they talked very thoroughly.

The leader said at the time, "Comrade Chen Fan is still very good. Although he is not old, he has made remarkable achievements. No matter which system he goes to, he can perform excellently and make contributions.

It's just that now many old comrades have returned one after another, and talents in all aspects must also take their places. Especially young people, they must settle down, lay a good foundation, and learn work experience from the old comrades."

At that time, He Qingsheng was a little confused and asked, "Do you mean to give Xiao Chen a different position, or to change his management authority? But he was just elected, and you also said that he came up by merit. Without a suitable reason, if you move him casually…"

Before he could finish speaking, the leader quickly denied it, "Absolutely not. Who wants to move him? Don't talk nonsense.

Kick him down as soon as he comes up? Not to mention whether it can be convincing, do you really think his several masters are vegetarians? Or that Old Xu can't lift a knife anymore?"

He Qingsheng expressed that he was very aggrieved, "Then why are you saying this? Can you be more direct when you speak?!"

They are all old-generation literati, and if he wants to, he can also find a position in the General Association, and the level is not worse than others. Who is afraid of whom?

The leader was also very helpless, "In the past, when I followed the old leader, I had to listen to the words and figure out his meaning. Why can't you cooperate a little?"

He sighed resentfully, took a big gulp of water, and then continued, "To put it directly, under normal circumstances, with Xiao Chen's age, even if his merits are high and his abilities are great, he still has to be suppressed.

But he is lucky. He happened to be in the context of negotiations and establishing diplomatic relations, and his uncle has a certain influence in the United States, and he happened to become a member of the White House at that time. It's better to stay put in order not to affect the overall situation, so we turned a blind eye.

But you also know that Xiao Chen is that Monkey King. If you give him a chance, he can create a situation for you.

If you reuse him again, with these achievements in front of you, what do you think we should do? Should Mao Lao give way, or should we give him my position? Or send him to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles?"

He Qingsheng nodded at that time, "Understood, understood. When I go back, I will enshrine him and not let him do anything."

After He Qingsheng finished speaking, the leader hummed twice, looked at him meaningfully, "Then why do you think Old Xu would let him go to school at this time?"

He Qingsheng's eyes widened instantly, looking at his old friend, somewhat speechless.

After a long while, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did you find Old Xu?"

The leader shook his head lightly, turned his head and looked into the distance, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate thousands of mountains and rivers, and smiled softly, "Old Xu has experienced ups and downs and still stands tall. You wouldn't think that the old gentleman only knows how to read dead books, would you?"

He Qingsheng smacked his lips and gave a thumbs up in admiration, "The ideological realm of the old seniors is indeed beyond my reach."

The leader pondered for two seconds, "It's okay for you to be beyond my reach, but don't drag me into it. I still want to catch up with the footsteps of the predecessors."

Retracting his thoughts.

He Qingsheng picked up his glass and looked at Chen Fan with a smile, saying nothing.

I didn't expect that the excuse of entering the university would not be used, not only to complete the task of idling Chairman Chen, but also to get a suggestion about reform and opening up for nothing. It's simply a win-win!

Chen Fan had no idea about the complex thoughts of these old comrades. Seeing He Qingsheng agree to his plan, and knowing that he could legitimately relax as long as he established another external communication channel, he grinned and said, "When I came back, I saw a security booth at the entrance of the residential area. I heard that several of your units jointly set up a service department?"

He Qingsheng frowned slightly. Why bring this up when talking about reform?

Feeling a bit strange, he didn't hesitate on the surface and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, that's right. When you came back, the service department notified Xiao Xu, and that's when she arranged for someone to install a telephone in your house."

After speaking, he looked around, "Where did you install the phone?"

Chen Fan pointed to the room, "In the room."

Then he waved his hand, "What I want to talk about is this service department."

He turned his neck to look at the three of them and smiled, "This service department is actually the same as a property management company abroad, except that foreign property management companies don't have this errand-running service."

Xu Qizhen immediately said, "This errand-running service is like this: the cultural system wasn't very stable in previous years, and many veteran comrades were in poor health. Young people have to go to work, and it's not easy to handle things if something happens. So, several of our units discussed and added errand-running to the service."

Tan Yong continued her words, "Actually, since the establishment of the service department, errand-running has only been used twice. Usually, everyone is very self-aware and won't easily trouble others."

Chen Fan nodded slightly. The old comrades of this era were indeed like this. Most people were very self-aware. Take the leaders, for example. Even if they had phones installed at home, they rarely made personal calls.

It was the young people who didn't play by the rules. For example, a vice chairman of a certain association often used public resources for private gain, staying in free guesthouses and making free phone calls, which was very disgraceful and should be taken as a warning.

Because they could make a lot of money for the unit. If you didn't have that ability and rashly tried to learn from them, you could easily be reported, and if something went wrong, you would regret it too late.

Raising his head, Chen Fan smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else. Just now, didn't you ask what to do to cater to the spirit of the meeting? Why not use this service department as an experiment?"

As soon as the words fell, the three fell into deep thought.

After a moment, He Qingsheng raised his head, looking at him thoughtfully, "You just mentioned that there are property management companies abroad, could it be?"

Chen Fan nodded slightly and said seriously, "That's right, it's to separate the service department and establish a property management company. The service target is the families in the residential area, and the income can be obtained by providing services and charging a certain service fee to the residents."

He Qingsheng straightened his back, grabbed his hair again, and looked around, saying with a bit of excitement, "This thing can be done."

He pressed his hands on the edge of the table, looking at Tan Yong and Xu Qizhen, "The service department was originally established by several units in the cultural system, and the funding is shared proportionally. The main task is to serve the residents of the community.

If we use the service department to experiment and establish a property management company, the management unit will be the Department of Culture, and then we will charge fees to the community families. I think, first of all, the nature of this property management company has not changed, so there is no problem of touching the bottom line.

Secondly, changing from allocating funds to obtaining income through services is in line with the spirit of the meeting, which is to focus on economic construction…"

After a series of comments, his eyes were filled with a bit of hope, "I think it's feasible, what do you think?"

Chen Fan was the proposer, so he could be ignored.

Tan Yong and Xu Qizhen looked at each other, and the next second, they both nodded, "I think it's okay."

He Qingsheng suddenly laughed out loud, "After the meeting, almost all units are thinking about how to do this economic construction. Some people think it has nothing to do with them, that it's a matter for the production units, while the production units are still relying on increasing production as before.

When we unite several units of the cultural system to establish a property management company, if it really succeeds, let alone in Jiangnan Province, even in the whole country, we might be able to get an excellent model!"

After speaking, he suddenly realized and couldn't help but glance at Chen Fan.

No wonder the leader wanted to idle him. Look, a casual idea is a credit. Over time, I'm afraid it won't be long before he really can't be suppressed.

The dinner was enjoyed by both the host and guests. He Qingsheng and others got the answers they wanted, and Comrade Chen Fan also got the promise that he could openly slack off, which was really a win-win situation.

…

The next day, Chen Fan didn't stop and immediately took Zhou Yali to the telephone bureau. After a short conversation of more than ten minutes, he represented the American WMC company and signed a sales contract with the Jiangnan Province Provincial City Telephone Bureau to provide the provincial city with one 10,000-line program-controlled switch.

Although the provincial city was prosperous, it couldn't compare with Beijing and Shanghai after all. One device was enough to use. According to the original development trajectory, this device might last for ten years.

After signing the contract, Zhou Yali immediately sent two telegrams, one to her father in Beijing, informing him of the situation here, and the other to the Hong Kong branch, notifying them to purchase the equipment in time and prepare for installation.

Chen Fan was stunned by the side.

Shouldn't such important large-scale equipment be communicated with technical standards first, then carefully selected, the most suitable model selected, and then the contract signed?

Why did they make a decision so impulsively?

What he didn't know was that after He Qingsheng returned home after dinner last night, he immediately called his son. He didn't mean anything else, just to let him tell the leaders of the unit that Beijing and Shanghai had each ordered two devices, and let them decide what to do.

That night, the leaders of the telephone bureau held a meeting overnight, and they had already learned about the models represented by WMC Technology Company in advance, so they quickly made a decision.

That's why there was a scene today where the contract was signed after more than ten minutes of negotiation.

It's just that the contract was signed, but it won't be so fast when the goods can arrive and be installed.

A 10,000-line program-controlled switch is not a small machine. Even if the equipment can arrive quickly, after arriving here, the two technical standards must be connected, and then installed and debugged.

Referring to the fact that Fuzhou started installing the Fujitsu F150 10,000-line program-controlled telephone exchange in March 1982 and completed the installation on April 12, which took about 40 days, then at least one or two months would be needed.

Today is January 21, so at the earliest, it may be installed in March.

Maybe it will be possible in April.