Chapter 204 Airborne Cadres
"Wasn't the notice delivered yesterday? Why did mine only arrive a few days later?" Xu Qiang asked puzzledly.

"I saw it under the table when I was on duty cleaning this morning. Maybe someone knocked the letter off yesterday. I'm sorry..." said the young man from the security department with an apologetic look on his face.

It turned out that after Xu Qiang's letter fell under the table yesterday, no one noticed it, so the other two received admission notices, but Xu Qiang's letter was not sent.

When the shift changed in the message room in the morning, the person who took over discovered the letter while cleaning the room. He immediately rode his bicycle over there.

"Uh, it's okay." Xu Qiang nodded and glanced at the envelope.

There were only a few red words "Jiangxi TV University" printed on the envelope, and then the address of Shengli Machinery Factory and Xu Qiang's name were written below.

What surprised Xu Qiang was that this university admission letter was not a registered letter. You know, in his previous life, his university admission letter was a registered letter with the words "Admission Letter" written in large letters on the cover, and the mail was also signed for in person.

In fact, these days college admission letters are the same as ordinary letters. The teachers from the admissions office go to the post office to send the letters, just like ordinary letters, and there are not many special treatments. This leads to the phenomenon that many college admission letters are lost these days.

However, in order to prevent this from happening, the university will notify the local education bureau and inform them of the admission list, and the education bureau will also call the relevant units and schools to verify to avoid inadequate notification.

It was not until the mid-1985s that, in order to ensure that admission letters could be delivered accurately and reliably to new students, the State Education Commission and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications jointly issued a notice on August 8, 2, requiring that all admission letters from colleges and universities be sent as registered mail, marked with the words "College Entrance Examination Admission Notice", and given priority for delivery.

Since then, university admission letters have all become registered mail, and the problem of lost letters has been effectively solved.

But no matter what, Xu Qiang finally got the admission letter.

In his two lives, Xu Qiang was admitted to university twice. This sense of accomplishment brings him an indescribable joy, which also means that Xu Qiang's future life will undergo major changes.

"You are really amazing, I knew you were not an ordinary person!" He Yonghong, who was standing next to him, seemed even more excited than Xu Qiang when he saw the notice. He quickly said, "Open it and take a look!"

"Yes, let us see it too. This is a university admission letter." The young man from the security department said with anticipation.

"You'd better get back to work." Xu Qiang smiled when he heard that, but still gently tore open the letter with his hands.

Unlike the exquisite letters of admission in previous lives, the college admission letters these days are just a piece of blank paper.

On this piece of white paper are printed the school name and seal, admitted names, reporting time, etc., and the school's official seal is also printed below.

These also include matters related to reporting to the school, including bringing the admission letter, four one-inch photos of yourself, tuition and book fees totaling 65 yuan, Youth League organization relations, etc.

Since it is a correspondence course, the household registration and grain and oil relations will not be transferred.

This piece of paper may look simple, but it can determine a person's future in life.

Since there was no current technology at that time, it was common for some people to go to college on behalf of others. This even continued to happen after 2000.

"It would be great if I could go to university once in my life..." The young man from the security department said with emotion after seeing the notice.

"You will definitely have a chance in the future. Xu Qiang, a junior high school student, was able to pass the exam. Don't you even go to junior high school?" He Yonghong said with a smile.

"Comrade, thank you for sending me the notice." Xu Qiang said, and took out an unopened box of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket, handed it to him and said, "There are three great joys in life, and passing on your name to the imperial examination is one of them. This box of cigarettes is considered a happy one. Go back and distribute it to the people in your department."

"Hey, this cigarette is good, thank you, I'll be leaving now."

"Walk slowly."

Then the security officer turned around and rode away on his bicycle.

"I knew you were not an ordinary person, but I still underestimated you. Your dream of going to college..." He Yonghong said with some emotion, "I understand why the factory director thinks so highly of you. This Liu has a unique vision for people."

"You can do it if you work hard."

"Forget it. This is how my life will be. I was also very successful back then. If it weren't for my mistakes later, I wouldn't have..." At this point, He Yonghong suddenly shut his mouth and changed the subject, "By the way, shouldn't you treat us to a meal to celebrate such a big event?"

"Let's talk about it in two days. Don't worry, I will definitely call you then." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Then don't forget it!"

"Don't worry, I know you like to drink, so we can drink Wuliangye!"

"Hahaha, that's a very open statement. Okay, I'm going to get to work!"

Afterwards, He Yonghong returned to the laboratory, while Xu Qiang took his stationery and went to the Information Department...

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At ten o'clock in the morning, Factory Director Liu Biao called together leaders of various departments to hold a small meeting to summarize the work of the week.

In the first half of the meeting, each department briefly explained their work situation that week, and the factory director Liu Biao took careful notes.

At the end, Liu Biao put away his notebook and began his speech.

"Today I want to tell you something. Our factory's chemical laboratory has been built. The next step is the management of this laboratory." Liu Biao paused, and then said: "In view of the increasingly important value of the chemical industry to the future development of our factory, last time we held a meeting, we had already agreed that this laboratory will become a newly established independent department. As for the appointment of the person in charge... I decided to adopt Chief Engineer Li's suggestion and let our new comrade Zhao Yong be temporarily responsible for the management of this chemical laboratory..."

As Liu Biao spoke, his eyes turned to a middle-aged man who was a little overweight and sitting next to Li Cunzhu.

"Ah, let me introduce you to Comrade He Yong, who was transferred from our provincial industrial technology institute. He is an expert in chemical engineering and an alumnus of my alma mater, Changchun University of Technology..." At this time, Li Cunzhu quickly signaled Zhao Yong next to him to stand up, and he continued to introduce: "Comrade Zhao Yong is also a well-known chemical expert in our province. He has been engaged in this industry for more than ten years. Considering that our factory is in urgent need of talents in the chemical industry, he decided to transfer to our factory to work, and also to contribute to our country's national defense... Now let Zhao Yong introduce himself."

It was only at this time that everyone present noticed the middle-aged man sitting next to Li Cunzhu. He was a little fat, slightly bald, and wearing a Zhongshan suit, but it seemed that the suit had not been washed for some time.

"Ah... My name is Zhao Yong. I have known Chief Engineer Li for several years. I will obey the factory's arrangements and work hard. Thank you all." Zhao Yong was obviously a little embarrassed at this time. After saying a few simple words, he sat back in his seat. "Good!" Li Cunzhu, who was standing by, immediately led the applause.

The others also clapped their hands, but they looked at Zhao Yong with some confusion.

No one expected that the factory would suddenly transfer a manager from outside, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that this should be a direct descendant promoted by Li Cunzhu.

However, this kind of "airborne" management is generally not very popular. After all, these cadres in the factory have climbed to their current positions step by step, and have formed a stable circle of personal connections over a long period of time. It obviously takes some time for an outsider to quickly integrate into the team.

In addition, people actually had no objection to such a result. It was obvious that the only person in the factory who understood chemical engineering was Xu Qiang, but he had no academic qualifications and naturally had no qualifications to manage an independent department. It was reasonable for Li Cunzhu to recommend his friend who studied chemical engineering to take up the management position.

"Comrade Xu Qiang is currently in charge of our factory's chemical laboratory..." Liu Biao hesitated for a moment and said, "We should call him over and tell him about the current situation."

"Xu Qiang has been in the reading room of the Information Department these two days. Why don't we call him over now? This will give him a good opportunity to meet Comrade Zhao Yong." Li Cunzhu also echoed at this time.

At this time, Li Cunzhu had a smile on his face, and this smile seemed to carry a bit of the pride of a winner.

"Xiao Wang, go to the Information Department and call Xu Qiang over." Liu Biao turned to his secretary Wang Bo and gave instructions.

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Wang Bo stood up and left the meeting room.

Only a few minutes later, when the door of the conference room was pushed open again, Xu Qiang appeared in front of everyone.

"Please sit down." Liu Biao gestured to Xu Qiang to find a place to sit down.

"Xu Qiang, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Zhao Yong. He is a chemical expert from our provincial industrial technology research institute. He has been transferred to our factory. The factory has just decided that he will be the head of the chemical laboratory. I hope you will actively cooperate with Comrade Zhao Yong to complete the factory's future research and development work..." Li Cunzhu said to Xu Qiang at this time.

"Wait!" Xu Qiang interrupted Li Cunzhu and said, "Didn't we agree before that I would be the person in charge of this chemical laboratory?"

Xu Qiang put a lot of effort into building this chemical laboratory. He finally convinced Liu Biao and other factory leaders to allocate funds to set it up based on his research and development results.

But now, when it's time to pick the peaches, Li Cunzhu actually found an "expert" from somewhere and is going to replace the position that should have belonged to Xu Qiang. This is absolutely unacceptable to him, and he will not do wedding dresses for others for nothing!

What's more, this laboratory is crucial to Xu Qiang's future product research and development, and he also wants to develop his own civilian products here, so no matter what, he must strive for control of this laboratory!
"Hahaha!" Hearing Xu Qiang say this, Li Cunzhu immediately laughed, and after a moment he said, "Comrade Xu Qiang, in fact, we all hope that you can be in charge of this laboratory. After all, it was at your suggestion that this chemical laboratory was built. But the problem is that we cannot violate the factory regulations..."

"By the way, I have another good news to share with you leaders..." At this time, Xu Qiang ignored Li Cunzhu, but took out a letter from his inner pocket, took out the university admission letter inside, and shook it in front of everyone.

"This is..." Liu Biao was stunned when he saw this.

"I just received the admission letter from Jiangxi TV University this morning," Xu Qiang said calmly.

"What!?"

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.

Including Li Cunzhu, everyone was staring at the admission letter in Xu Qiang's hand.

For a moment, the conference room became unusually silent, and the air seemed to be frozen.

After nearly ten seconds, Liu Biao finally came to his senses and immediately said to Xu Qiang in a serious tone: "Is your admission letter real?"

"It must be real. There's even the school's official seal on it."

"Let me see it." Liu Biao gestured to Xu Qiang to hand over the admission letter.

The next moment, Xu Qiang stood up and walked to Liu Biao and placed the admission letter in front of him.

For a moment, several leaders sitting next to Liu Biao, including Deputy Factory Director Xie Changjiang and others, could not help but come over.

"It's exactly the same as my Xiaoying's notice. It's real..." After taking a closer look, Liu Biao nodded.

"Congratulations to Comrade Xu Qiang for being admitted to university!" Xie Changjiang clapped his hands at this time.

Then, warm applause broke out in the entire conference room.

Xu Qiang's admission to university this time really shocked everyone.

From being a temporary worker when he first entered the factory, to winning the first prize in the military-to-civilian project, to developing military batteries, to being successfully elected as a model worker, and now being admitted to university with only a junior high school diploma, to everyone, it seems like a dream.

I'm afraid that there is no other example like Xu Qiang in the whole country's military-industrial enterprises, so much so that when they look at Xu Qiang, there is already a bit of respect in their eyes.

As a result, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became subtle.

"Congratulations, Comrade Xu Qiang. However, I think that although Xu Qiang was admitted to the university, he has been engaged in chemical engineering for too short a time. So I still think that Comrade Zhao Yong is the best candidate to be the head of our factory's chemical laboratory..."

Seeing Xu Qiang suddenly do this, Li Cunzhu immediately wanted to decide on the person in charge of the chemical laboratory.

"I remember the last time Xu Qiang came here for a meeting, didn't you, Old Li, say that if Xu Qiang could be admitted to university, you would agree to let him manage this laboratory?" At this moment, He Yong, the head of the Supply and Marketing Section who was sitting on the other side, suddenly interrupted.

"Huh?" Li Cunzhu was stunned when he heard that.

He didn't expect that at this critical moment, He Yong would suddenly stab him in the back...

(End of this chapter)