After putting down the phone, Professor Zheng Ping from Tianyang Institute of Metallurgy sat in deep thought on the sofa in the living room. He looked at the advertisement in the newspaper again, feeling both curious and confused.
As a former university professor, Zheng Ping, who is in his sixties, enjoys the benefits of a retired cadre. He has a house assigned by the school, a generous pension, and enjoys a variety of welfare benefits. Regardless of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, he is a Tianyang
The best people in the city.
but......
Everything is afraid of a ‘but’.
Professor Zheng returned from retirement and is still teaching at the school. Yesterday, a student came with a newspaper and excitedly asked him to see if he could go to this rural enterprise, Shengguang Machinery, for his graduation internship this year.
Whether this company is bad or not is one thing. The key is that the salary of two hundred yuan a month is really impressive. If you work for one month, you can get a year's living expenses.
The student's idea was naturally rejected by Professor Zheng. Nowadays, college students are still assigned, and the internship unit is usually the unit where they will be employed in the future. This cannot be done casually by going to an unknown township enterprise, which will affect the future.
It's just that the machinery manufacturing circle is very small in Tianyang City. After asking around, Professor Zheng knew that technicians from several companies were already interested in this advertisement. However, no one set an example and no one dared to take the first crab.
Two hundred yuan a month is an irresistible temptation for many people. Many companies in the city took out loans to pay wages, but in the end even the loans were gone, and some companies began to owe wages. The management can still hold on.
But ordinary skilled workers cannot hold on.
Professor Zheng bets that within a few days, someone will go to this small rural factory to try out the water. Especially since the working hours requirements in the advertisement are very flexible, and you can work on weekends.
Put down "Tian Yang TV Weekly" and pick up "Tian Yang Daily" again. This is Tian Yang's major newspaper. Not that it is very powerful, but it is the mouthpiece of the party and government. The articles on it are not written casually.
Recently, several news articles from Nantou Township have been serialized in daily newspapers. Grassroots people spontaneously use natural waterways as transportation lines to connect the rural and urban economies. Similar reports have not happened in the past, but the entry point of these articles is very interesting.
It talks about logistics, management, and planning. At first glance, it seems that it is an article written by someone with practical experience. Many people think that this is the handiwork of some subordinate cadre, but they did not expect that the author is a private elementary school teacher and a young girl.
The 'Spring Story' has not yet begun, but economic problems are urgent. If Nantou Township can make something famous, everyone in the city will be happy to see it happen. When attention is focused, other things in this township will naturally be reported.
The Nantou Township Mechanical Repair Factory was insolvent and had to suspend production for rectification. Its factory buildings and equipment were leased to the newly established private enterprise "Shengguang Machinery". The employees of this rural collective enterprise were also diverted and re-employed by private bosses.
The villagers hoped to regard this matter as an attempt to get rid of the burden and a political achievement, so they cautiously reported it to the outside world. So without Zhou Qingfeng's knowledge, his own name had appeared in the newspaper.
Reading the two newspapers together, more people pay attention to 'Shengguang Machinery' than to Nantou Township commercial logistics. After all, one really provides job opportunities and high salaries, while the other seems to have nothing to do with ordinary people.
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Professor Zheng called to ask, but it was just a test move. He didn't want to apply for the job himself, but the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became. He doubled his curiosity and wanted to go and see it in person - a salary of two thousand a month, even
The retired professor is also tempted.
After waiting for another day, the retired old professor couldn't hold himself back. He was just idle at home. He didn't notify anyone, only asked two students to accompany him, and planned to go to Nantou Township to have a look. Even if the 'Holy Light Machinery' let people
Disappointed, he should go to the countryside to relax.
I had to arrange a car when I went out, but the school driver was unwilling to go to Nantou Township. He said that the roads to the countryside were too bad and even a cross-country jeep trip was not possible. The driver recommended taking a boat and asked the old professor to go to the vegetable pier. Just ask and you will find Nantou Township.
Touxiang runs transport ship.
"By boat?"
Professor Zheng was surprised. He had never experienced going to the countryside by boat. Boating along the way was also a beautiful thing. He thought it was a good idea and took the students to the vegetable pier to look for a boat.
Professors and students have lived in ivory towers for a long time and have long been separated from the lives of ordinary people. When they arrived at the vegetable pier, they were disgusted with the mess of the pier, but they were also surprised by the vigorous business activities here.
Because of Zhou Qingfeng's intervention, there are no people in the terminal management office, and the market is under self-management. A large number of goods from the countryside are shipped day and night, and a large number of primary industrial products are also transported through the terminal.
As soon as he saw this situation, Professor Zheng realized the problem. The city said it paid attention to it, but he was afraid that the top leaders only read the reports at all levels, and no one came to conduct on-the-spot investigation. He immediately said to his students: "Bring a camera."
No? Take pictures of what’s going on here.”
The students grabbed their cameras and took pictures of the noise, chaos, and vitality of the entire vegetable market pier. Professor Zheng even went to the people and vendors buying and selling vegetables in the market to directly inquire about the situation, and learned many details of commercial circulation.
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When asked about these details, they all corresponded to the articles written by Ma Jing. For a moment, Professor Zheng marveled in his heart - the female teacher in Nantou Township was really amazing. Her observations of society were penetrating and she wrote about the problems.
crux and pain points.
"It's rare to have a few simple articles without any empty words or clichés. The advantages, disadvantages and difficulties of urban and rural areas are clearly revealed. The article not only writes about the phenomenon, but also writes about the internal reasons and also gives solutions. This teacher Ma Jing is looking forward to
I was really buried in a rural primary school.”
Professor Zheng went out to the Caishi Pier at noon and spent the entire afternoon soaking in the water-stained market. He fully thought that the market would be closed when it got dark, and he would have to wait until tomorrow to go to Nantou Township. But who knew what the weather would be like?
It's dark and the pier is not quiet.
Ships transport agricultural products during the day and industrial products at night. Enterprises in the city have a tacit understanding. After dark, they drive over to bring in the squeezed primary products for each vendor to choose from. Both parties pay with one hand and pay with the other.
Goods, transactions are particularly enjoyable.
On this day, at least 30 small boats docked at the pier for trading, and the boats left at night to carry goods. The trade network was not just a certain town. Professor Zheng gritted his teeth, ignored the students' advice that it was not safe to sail at night, and asked one of the boat bosses if he could send him a boat.
Going to Nantou Township?
The boss of the boat saw that Professor Zheng was older and the students he taught were also elegant and elegant, so he laughed and agreed. When he got on the boat, the motor made a roar, the lights on the bow illuminated the water, the cool breeze blew, and there was something different under the darkness of night.
taste.
Professor Zheng was very curious about night sailing and repeatedly asked the boat boss for details, "Where did your boat come from?"
"This is a former fishing boat, and the engine is newly installed."
"The newly installed engine was bought in the city?"
"There are hundreds of engines in the city, but we can't afford them. This is a second-hand diesel engine repaired by the 'Shengguang' factory in Nantou Township. They now collect second-hand machinery everywhere, repair it and sell it to us. The price is less than that of a new machine.
Thirty percent, just as useful."
The old professor got excited and took advantage of the boat trip to ask: "Master, tell me about the Shengguang Machinery Factory. I was just thinking about where to visit."
The boss of the ship laughed loudly: "The things about that factory can really be said to be non-stop all the way."