Schweic occasionally comes to Guiyang for business trips, but he doesn't stay long.
His job was often to run data for other brother units and also serve as an equipment repairman. Because staying in the valley was too boring, business trips became his only pastime.
The equipment in each unit often has many models, complex interfaces, and uneven performance. There are domestic and foreign products, which are just like IWC.
In order to cope with various situations, Schweich had to practice various unique skills over the past ten years.
It was enough for others to be able to use computing equipment. Not only did Schwitch need to be able to use it, but he also had to be able to build it. He even had to find parts and make it himself.
However, most of the high-end electronic parts that can be found in China are produced in Eastern Europe, and it is a treasure to get some Japanese and Korean samples.
When he went to Tianyang this time, Xiao Jinlang didn't tell Shi Wei about the specific job. Anyway, based on the monthly salary of one thousand yuan, he felt that he could do anything, even if he changed his career.
After two days of staying at the guest house of the Guiyang Aviation System, the secondment team gathered 30 people, and Shiwei's family of three took a flight to Tianyang. The entire plane was chartered, and they were all seconded people who were traveling with them.
Because we get together and have the same purpose, everyone has a lot to talk about. If you ask me casually, there are all kinds of people on this plane.
In addition to people like Schwitch who are engaged in computing applications, most of them are in aviation machinery, and some are actually in chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Gong Wei still stayed in Guiyang to recruit people, and no one on the plane knew anything about Tianyang. Everyone could only guess based on the simple information.
Someone heard Schweic talking about computers and said, "I heard that Tianyang Metallurgical College has a lot of computers."
"Oh..., how did you know?" Schweic asked first.
"Tianyang Metallurgical Institute is a subordinate institution after all, and they have their own scientific research tasks relying on local resources, including mining machinery.
I heard news that because their hospital recently introduced foreign professional mechanical design software and standards, the drawing efficiency has increased several times.
What usually takes a month to complete, they can do in a week.”
The technological progress of foreign countries is not unknown in China.
Computer-aided design and manufacturing is currently a hot topic in the domestic scientific research community. Many units are looking for ways to shift from manual drawing to computer drawing.
It's just that the equipment is too expensive and has not yet become popular. In terms of software, it relies heavily on foreign countries.
Many domestic colleges and universities still only teach manual drawing. But by the end of the 1990s, when all graduates enter the workforce, they will find that computers have long eliminated most of the abilities they have worked so hard to learn.
But no one will refuse the convenience brought by computers.
Schwitch is familiar with computers. He doesn't care if a school has hardware equipment, but he is surprised that this school has supporting software.
You must know that hardware is expensive these days, and software is even more expensive. Professional software is even bundled with the hardware, so there is no piracy problem.
The most famous software and hardware bundle in China is the ‘Hanka’ specially used for inputting Chinese characters. Most people in the new millennium have never heard of this thing.
Problems that can be solved by installing a pinyin input method were solved by using a special card board in the 1990s.
Hearing that Tianyang Metallurgical College valued computer software and hardware, Shiwei felt that his job was definitely stable. No matter what he did, at least he would not break away from his major.
There is no direct flight from Guizhou to Tianyang, so you can only transfer flights. Schweic departs in the morning and arrives in the afternoon. Tianyang Airport does not have a terminal, so you have to take a shuttle bus to leave.
When we arrived outside the airport, we saw several silver cars with signs on them.
"Tianyang Metallurgical College welcomes you."
As soon as the seconded personnel appeared, someone familiar came up to greet them. Both parties asked for their identities, and everyone and their families got on the bus.
Siwei held his lover's child and was surprised to find that the van actually had air conditioning.
"Oh, your car is really nice."
The people who got on the bus praised each other. They had already imagined a very wealthy "Tianyang Yeyuan", but this van once again refreshed their understanding.
Most of the vans on the market today use Japanese technology from the 1970s, which is about fifteen to twenty years behind the Changan Star.
The vans Zhou Qingfeng got are products of the new century and are unique from the inside out.
Nowadays, only high-end cars are equipped with air conditioning, and vans are the only ones equipped with air conditioning. Automatic windows and ABS are even more luxurious features.
The driver was in his thirties, a dark and thin man. He especially liked to hear people praise the car he drove. He shouted with a thick dialect accent:
"The cars provided by our 'Shengguang' company are the best, with large space, beautiful interiors, and extremely easy control."
Shi Wei heard that the driver had a strange accent and asked: "Master, are you from Guangxi? How come you are in Tianyang?"
The driver cursed in dialect, "I am from Guilin, Guangxi. I have been discharged from the army for many years. Suddenly, an old comrade asked me if I would like to come to Tianyang.
What do I have to say? I came right away. After I came, I knew I had finally made it through."
The black and thin driver is lean and alert, and his Mandarin is not standard. From his long sighs, it can be heard that he is similar to Schweic, and he has been living in an unknown place for many years.
Drivers are always willing to chat. The dark and thin driver takes the initiative to introduce himself as soon as he gets on the road.
"I fought in the war in Laoshan. I was injured and discharged from the army. I got some pension and went home to farm. But what kind of farming do we have in Guilin?
When I fought for my life with the Vietnamese, I didn't even frown. Later, when I was poor, I even wanted to kill someone. I was really afraid of being poor. This miserable world is simply unbearable."
Soldiers who have fought in the war often like to brag, and the dark and thin driver occasionally mixes in slang that outsiders cannot understand, making him appear fierce and menacing.
Schweic couldn't tell how much of the other party was telling the truth. He only laughed perfunctorily a few times, but he felt deeply about the words 'I'm afraid of being poor'.
"Why... do you think I'm lying to you?"
The driver, who was dark and thin, stopped at an intersection and waited for a traffic light. He lifted up his clothes, revealing a scar as big as a bowl on his ribs.
"A bullet penetrated from my abdomen to my back, taking away a large piece of flesh. I am very lucky, do you understand?"
The scars from the gunshot wounds were extremely horrific, the flesh was twisted and sticky, and it was so ugly that it looked like there was a ghostly face hidden inside.
The child was so frightened that he almost cried, and Schweic himself was stunned for several seconds.
Only his lover comforted the child in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this is an uncle from the People's Liberation Army. He fought against the bad guys to protect us, and that is his medal of bravery."
The black and thin driver had a lot of resentment accumulated over the years, which would flare up from time to time. After hearing what the child's mother said, he put down his clothes with a smile, waved his hand and said:
"Sigh... It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning. It's good that I'm alive. Many of my comrades didn't come back and were buried in Malipo.
It's just that our hometown is too poor. It's so poor that the government can't provide benefits even if it wants to.
But there are still people who are thinking about us. In our county alone, more than ten veterans have found jobs in Tianyang. Some of them are even disabled."
As long as he talks about life in Tianyang, the black and thin driver is extremely happy.
"I can drive, so the company lets me drive. My wife is uneducated, so she is trained to make breakfast. My children are like monkeys at home, and they go to school in Tianyang.
Now our family can earn more than 400 yuan a month, which is much better than in the provincial capital.
The company said that injured people like me can be treated for free, which saves me a fortune every month. I am satisfied now, and it is as good as when I fought with the Vietnamese."
The black and thin driver has probably told many people about his experience. He smiles and smiles full of joy after bitterness, and everyone who watches is moved.
Schweic suddenly felt that compared with it, his life in the ravine was not the worst.