The train driver in the courtyard

The complicated procedure made Ran Qiuye a little confused.

In Ran Qiuye's opinion, the purchase of building blocks from Li Aiguo was a commissioned transaction.

As the trustee, she has the power to trade independently as long as the price requirements of the Bureau of Culture and Health are met.

in short.

She was the one who negotiated this "deal", so why did she still have to go through the bureau?

Where do so many rules and regulations come from? !
After pondering for a moment, Ran Qiuye suddenly realized something and opened her mouth wide: "Driver Li, are you asking me to give the credit for this business to the leaders in the bureau?"

Li Aiguo almost sprained his back because of her idea.

As expected of a girl who returned from abroad, the idea of ​​doing business is deeply rooted in her bones.

"Ahem, there's something wrong with what you said. What kind of credit? Teacher Ran, you and I are just like bricks. We can be moved wherever we are needed. Even if there is credit, it is the credit of the collective. We must trust the organization."

Li Aiguo's face turned serious.

He finally understood why Ran Qiuye was punished to clean the toilet in the later period.

Seeing that Ran Qiuye was still confused, Li Aiguo continued, "Teacher Ran, if the two of us were to trade privately, it would be a private transaction! Please note that we are not representing individuals now, but an organization. Everything must go through formal procedures."

Only then did Ran Qiuye realize that his idea of ​​"doing business" was taboo.

She was startled when she remembered what she had just proposed.

"Driver Li, thank you so much. If it weren't for your reminder, I..." Ran Qiuye secretly glanced at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo let go of Ran Qiuye's hand: "Teacher Ran, you are a good teacher.

You go report the situation to your leader first, and I will start preparing for production."

Li Aiguo sent Ran Qiuye to the door of the locomotive depot and was about to turn around and go back into the depot when Ran Qiuye called him again.

"Driver Li, have you finished drawing your comics? Can you give me a copy?"

"Comics. Not yet."

"Really? Goodbye then." Ran Qiuye seemed a little disappointed, and rode away shakily on his bicycle.

Li Aiguo scratched his head while looking at her back. He felt that this girl seemed to be hiding something in her heart.

However, Li Aiguo is not a friend of women and does not care about these things.

If Pinyin blocks can be promoted on a large scale across the country, it can be said that they have made some contribution to the promotion of simplified Chinese characters.

As for the price of the building blocks, Li Aiguo initially asked for 30 cents per piece, which was not an exorbitant price.

Everyone knows that the bulk of the price of building blocks is the design cost.

In later generations, dozens of wooden blocks could be sold for more than a hundred yuan. Well, I’m talking about that tall and cheerful guy.

Later, Li Aiguo asked for 2 cents per pill and did not suffer any loss.

Everyone knows that with a hollyhock tree and a bucket of paint, you can make thousands of building blocks.

As for the workers' wages, they are even less.

Li Aiguo did not go directly to the wood products business department to use his personal connections to get the matter done.

Instead, he followed formal procedures, wrote a purchase order, and submitted it to Section Chief Xing.

"Building blocks? Ah, those wooden blocks you made a while ago. Why is it that a company is purchasing them now?"

Duanchang Xing also knew that Li Aiguo was tinkering with the wooden blocks, but he thought they were just some wooden blocks, so he didn't take it seriously.

Now this piece of wood can actually be sold?

Director Xing's eyes fell on the purchasing unit and he couldn't help but gasp: "Cultural and Health Bureau? You sold the wooden blocks to the Education Department? One hundred sets?"

The price of one hundred sets of building blocks was only a few dozen yuan, and not much money was made.

But, that’s the cultural department.

The meaning is completely different.

Seeing that Section Chief Xing would not pour water for him, Li Aiguo could only pick up the thermos and pour a enamel pot of water. He drank the water and said, "The Culture and Health Bureau has ordered 100 sets first, and it is estimated that more will be ordered later. So I hope to sign a cancellation agreement with the Culture and Health Bureau in Section Chief's name."

"You are still so cautious."

Director Xing broke free from his excitement and after careful consideration, he understood Li Aiguo's intention.

"Being able to sell teaching aids to those old pedants will bring honor to us workers. I approve this order."

After receiving the purchase order stamped by Section Chief Xing, Li Aiguo handed the order over to the Materials Section of the Logistics Department.

After the Materials Department reviewed it, it sent an officer to assign the production task to the Wood Products Business Department.

These are just the internal procedures of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. Once the Cultural and Health Bureau signs the agreement, the entire process will be completed.

the other side.

Ran Qiuye reported the finalization of the purchase agreement to the principal.

"Principal, I suggest that the bureau personally sign the purchase agreement with the Qianmen Locomotive Depot." Ran Qiuye pursed her lips and looked at the principal.

The principal pondered over the list for a moment, a look of satisfaction on his face: "Teacher Ran, you have made great progress. How about this, you go to the bureau in person to report this matter."

"Thank you." Ran Qiuye also understood what it meant to report to the bureau.

Being able to show up in front of the leader is a rare opportunity.

Ran Qiuye walked out of the office with a cheerful step and just happened to meet Yan Bugui walking out of the classroom.

Yan Bugui greeted him: "Teacher Ran, where are you going?"

"Go to the bureau and report your work to the leader."

Ran Qiuye left a word and sped away on his bike.

Looking at her back, Yan Bugui covered his heart.

"Ran Qiuye is going to show up in front of the leaders."

“This was my chance.”

Yan Bugui felt that he was very wronged.

Building blocks costing 2 cents each were not considered expensive even in that era. Director Gong quickly signed his name on the agreement and praised Ran Qiuye.

Two days later, one hundred sets of brand new building blocks were delivered to the Bureau of Culture and Health. After the leaders of the bureau inspected them, they decided to distribute them to several schools under its jurisdiction.

Ran Qiuye, who thought that nothing had happened to him, received another notice from the bureau.

"Comrade Ran Qiuye, Pinyin building blocks are a new thing. In order to help the teachers get started, you should personally deliver the building blocks to them and teach them how to use the building blocks to teach students."

"Gong Shi, please rest assured, I will complete the task!"

After leaving the leader's office, Ran Qiuye clenched his fists excitedly.

Now that she has been entrusted with an important task, if she makes further contributions, she will have a shield to use when she is criticized in the future.

In the end, the development of things far exceeded Ran Qiuye's expectations.

The Pinyin building blocks were distributed to several schools and immediately became popular among students. The students’ enthusiasm for learning Pinyin increased significantly.

When other schools in the capital learned about such excellent teaching aids, they all applied to the bureau.

The Bureau of Culture and Health and the Qianmen Locomotive Depot signed a second purchase agreement, this time for a total of 2,000 sets.

A number of beautifully crafted Pinyin building blocks were sent to schools across the capital.

With the help of Pinyin blocks, the Chinese language scores in the entire Beijing area have improved significantly.

Supervisor Gong was singled out for praise by his superiors for being the first to realize the role of Pinyin blocks.

Because of his great achievements, Ran Qiuye was promoted to a level five instructor.

More importantly, at the end-of-year conference, the leaders of the bureau specifically praised Ran Qiuye.

Of course, this is a story.

Li Aiguo did not pay attention to these things, nor did he have the energy to pay attention to them.

Because at this time he was already on a Tu-104 passenger plane from Beijing to Moscow.

Looking at the white clouds outside the window of the passenger plane, Li Aiguo felt a little excited.

"Andre really put in a lot of effort!"

This story starts with diapers.

The Moscow Academy of Sciences believed that there would be brave men who would take risks if there was a big reward, so it offered a reward of one million rubles.

It's just that they don't realize that everyone thinks they are brave.

The one million ruble prize attracted countless scientific researchers, who designed many strange equipment.

From precision-made manual toilets to a few rolls of toilet paper, these things were delivered to Moscow in large quantities.

The very smart leaders of the Academy of Sciences were dumbfounded when they saw the mountains of mail parcels.

What to do?
Just open the parcel.

In the following weeks, the smart leader lived in the warehouse with a group of researchers.

If you have to wait in line for diapers, you will have to wait at least a month.

However, the diapers that Andrei sent through the Ministry of Aviation Industry immediately attracted the attention of the Moscow Academy of Sciences.

The smart leader immediately arranged for people to inspect the diapers.

It turned out that diapers could fully meet the needs of astronauts.

Therefore, it was planned to include diapers in the series of professional aerospace equipment, and to have astronauts wear diapers when flying into space.

After learning that it was a student from the University of Tokyo who developed the diapers, the smart leader came up with a crooked idea. As long as we find a way to purchase some diapers and change the outer packaging, who would know that the astronauts were wearing diapers?

As for that Dongda guy, can he run to the rocket launch site, strip off the astronauts' space suits and see for himself?

Do you really think our Katyusha rocket launchers are just for fun?
We can't blame the smart leader for his poor ideological quality, the main thing is that it's one million rubles!
It's such a waste to give such a large amount of money to Mr. Dong.

but.

As soon as the smart leader's idea was reported, it was rejected.

At first, the smart leader didn’t understand what was going on and did not announce the winning news.

The next day, several GAZ trucks blocked the gate of the Academy of Sciences.

A young man wearing a double-breasted long woolen coat stood on the truck. He put his hands on his waist, pointed at the entrance of the Academy of Sciences and cursed the other party for being dishonest.

It would be even more appropriate if a banner demanding "wages" was put up.

The GAZ truck was not the point, nor were the dozens of soldiers on it. This was the Moscow Academy of Sciences, the most advanced scientific research institute of the Russians, and ordinary people did not dare to act recklessly here.

The key point is that there are dozens of medals hanging on the young man’s coat.

Those medals are just fancy stuff, nothing important, and you can buy them with money.

It was these unimportant medals that attracted the attention of the leaders of the Academy of Sciences.

He actually spent money to get so many useless medals. Can this guy be an ordinary person?
Many people have the good qualities of being able to judge the person and act according to the situation.

The smart leader then remembered that the diapers were transferred from the Ministry of Aviation Industry, and he quickly contacted the other party.

When the leaders heard the name "Yaroslav" on the phone, they immediately changed their minds.

I can't afford to offend you, I can't afford to offend you.

The news that diaper products perfectly solved the big problem of astronauts going to the toilet spread through newspapers.

Li Aiguo was asked to go to Moscow to collect the bonus.

Li Aiguo has been busy drawing railway dispatching maps recently and had no intention of going to the Russians in person.

At this time, Andrei suddenly called again, saying that the senior leader of the Moscow Academy of Sciences would personally present the award, and Li Aiguo would also be able to meet with the six-man commando and observe their training.

The so-called six-man commando team was six elite pilots selected by the Russians from domestic air force pilots for the Eastern Plan.

This included Gagarin.

Li Aiguo had no interest in the top leaders of the Russian Academy of Sciences, nor in the six-man commando team.

What is of interest is the location of the awards ceremony - Star City.

This is where the Russians train astronauts, and it contains many equipment related to the space program.

Even if you can't get any confidential information, just finding out the astronauts' training content and what equipment is in the base can help you avoid a lot of detours.

We will also have our own space program in the future.

At this time, the plane was shaken, awakening Li Aiguo from his memories.
"Dear sir, don't panic, we will definitely land safely." The voice of the Russian flight attendant sounded next to him.

Li Aiguo had ridden in transport planes and had experienced this kind of situation many times, so he was not panicked at the beginning.

However, an old Russian man wearing a gray Zhongshan suit sitting next to him was shivering constantly, which caught Li Aiguo's attention.

"Comrade, are you okay?" Li Aiguo was worried that something was wrong with him and grabbed his arm.

The old man seemed to have escaped from a nightmare and breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay. I'm sorry. My teacher had an accident when he returned to Minsk on this flight last year. I was supposed to be on the flight, but I got a high fever and escaped."

"The flight from two years ago" Li Aiguo's eyes widened suddenly.

In 1950, flights to the Russians were opened in China, but it was not until 1958 that the first direct flight to Moscow was launched.

Soon after the route was opened, a tragic accident occurred. A Tu-104 passenger plane stalled and crashed in Kanasha, Russia.

In fact, there were many important people and experts on the plane.

I guess the Russian teacher was one of the victims.

"Comrade, a bottle of vodka, please."

At this time, the bumps gradually disappeared. Li Aiguo asked the waiter to bring a bottle of vodka, poured a glass and handed it to the Russian.

The Russian took the vodka and drank it all in one gulp. The burning and spicy feeling calmed him down.

"My name is Li Aiguo, a train driver at Qianmen Locomotive Depot." Li Aiguo stretched out his hand.

The old man held the wine glass in one hand and stretched out his other hand to shake hands with Li Aiguo: "Fadeev, a second-level researcher at the Minsk Computer Research and Development and Upgrade Special Design Bureau."

Perhaps thinking that Li Aiguo, as a train driver, did not know what a computer was, Fadeev stretched out his arms and gestured, "It's just a huge iron box.

You put data into the box and get results out the other end.”

Now it was Li Aiguo's turn to pick up the glass and couldn't help but drink a glass of vodka.

Wow, I met the R&D staff of Minsk Computer.

The Minsk computer is not a model of a single computer, but represents a series of computers.

From 58 to 68, the Minsk Computer Research, Development and Upgrading Special Design Bureau developed more than 1 models of computers, ranging from Minsk 27 to Minsk .

The biggest difference between these computers and large vacuum tube computers is that they are dedicated machines.

Each one can only run specific programs.

For example, Minsk-26 and Minsk-27 are used to process meteorological data and satellite data.

The "Minsk 23" computer is equipped with a special ticket sales system.

This dedicated machine approach largely avoids the problem of slow computer calculations these days.

Georgii Lopato, the designer of the Minsk series of computers, left his name in computer history by developing the world's first computer with automatic programming capabilities.

It’s just because the Russians did not attach importance to the promotion of the Minsk series of computers that the production of the Minsk series of computers was particularly low.

In particular, the development plan of Minsk 2 was delayed for seven years by the Russian State Electronics Committee.

At that time, IBM across the ocean had already launched the third-generation electronic computer IBM-360, and the Minsk series of computers no longer had any chance.

The Russians abandoned the Minsk series of computers and began producing the UCS series of computers, whose architecture was a complete copy of IBM computers.

As he flipped through the memories of his past life, a "good" idea suddenly popped up in Li Aiguo's mind.

To achieve nationwide railway dispatching, a huge amount of calculations is required, which is impossible relying solely on an abacus.

Vacuum tube computers are expensive, and it is not practical to configure a vacuum tube computer for each site.

If we could design a number of special computers specifically for running scheduling programs, wouldn't the problem be easily solved?

"Oh, we are from the same hometown." Li Aiguo held Fadeyev's hand tightly.

"Fellow countryman?" Fadeyev was obviously stunned.

He couldn't understand how he and this young man from Dongda became fellow villagers.

"Look, fellow villagers means we are from the same place. We are all proletarians and comrades in the same trench. Tell me, are we fellow villagers?"

"Ah, yes, yes, fellow countryman, our fellow countryman." Fadeev thought carefully and raised his glass: "Come on, let's drink to our fellow countrymen."

While drinking vodka, Li Aiguo chatted with Fadeev.

Fadeev was a typical scientific researcher, and he did not understand the reasoning behind the back-stabbing of his fellow villagers, so he quickly told everything.

In fact, Fadeev currently serves as assistant to Director Gilotti. This time he went to Beijing to attend an international seminar at the Beijing Computer Research Institute on behalf of Gilotti.

The seminar brought together many computer experts from the Eastern bloc.

At the meeting, Fadeev explained the design concept of the Minsk computer.

However, large-scale vacuum tube computers are currently the main research direction, and Fadeev did not receive the support he wanted.

"To be honest, fellow comrade, our institute will be closed down soon." Fadeyev sighed listlessly, "I heard that the higher-ups have already started to lay off staff."

"Really? That's great. What a pity." Li Aiguo patted Fadeev's shoulder and said regretfully: "Leave me your address. Maybe we can continue to communicate in the future."

As Li Aiguo was speaking, he looked up at the flight attendant not far away. Sure enough, the flight attendant was staring at this side.

This stewardess wore the same stewardess uniform as the other stewardesses, but she had one very obvious difference from the other stewardesses - she was a middle-aged lady and not very pretty.

There was a layer of frost on his face, his triangular eyes were squinted, and he didn't look friendly at all.

There are two possibilities for this kind of flight attendant. One is that she is a small leader of the flight attendants. But since Li Aiguo boarded the plane, the middle-aged lady flight attendant has been wandering around or staring at the passengers. She has never assigned any tasks to the flight attendants.

Then there is only one last possibility left - she has other missions.

Considering that she was always an important passenger on flights from Beijing to Moscow these days, Li Aiguo had already confirmed her identity.

Seeing that Fadeyev had only written an address and handed it to Li Aiguo, and Li Aiguo had no intention of continuing to win him over, the flight attendant turned her head and focused her attention on a leader wearing a woolen Zhongshan suit.

"Comrade waiter, yes, I'm calling you, the one with powder on his face, give me a pack of Cosmos cigarettes!"

According to flight regulations, each passenger can get two glasses of vodka and a pack of cigarettes, which are included in the ticket price.

Don't want it for nothing.

When the middle-aged flight attendant heard the shouting, she was stunned for a moment, picked up the mirror and looked at her face, only then did she confirm that the suspected target person was calling her.

She immediately muttered quietly: "She actually asked for cigarettes on her own initiative, it seems there is no problem."

The middle-aged stewardess stood up and took out a pack of cigarettes from the cabinet in front. The word "космос" was clearly printed on the outer packaging of the cigarettes.

космос translated into Chinese is exactly universe.

This can be considered the Russian version of Cosmic brand cigarettes.

"Sir, do you need me to light your cigarette?" The middle-aged stewardess smiled sweetly, her makeup falling down.

Li Aiguo looked at the white clouds floating outside and muttered to himself: Smoking on a passenger plane is really a punishment.

What, this is 1959?
That's okay.

Of course, Li Aiguo did not open the cigarette, but just handed it into Fadeev's hand.

"I'm not used to the cigarettes you old Russians smoke, so you're the lucky one."

The Russian researchers in those days lived a very poor life, and the price of Russian cigarettes was extremely expensive.

Fadeev held the cigarette in his hand, wanting to refuse, but in the end he did not say anything and silently put the cigarette back into his pocket.

The lives of the scientific researchers here in Russia are extremely difficult.

The next morning, the plane arrived at Moscow Airport on time.

When Li Aiguo got off the plane, he saw a black car parked at the airport. Andre, wearing a uniform with exaggerated medals, came over and gave him a warm hug.

The various medals sparkled brightly under the sunlight, almost blinding Li Aiguo's 24K titanium eyes.

Why didn’t I notice before that Andre likes wearing medals so much?

Andrei was very enthusiastic: "Dear driver, did you have a smooth journey?"

Li Aiguo rubbed his eyes and said, "It's OK, but I'm not used to the pickled cucumber strips on the plane."

"Come on, come on, I'll treat you to a feast."

Andre took Li Aiguo's arm, opened the car door and helped him into the car.

The driver stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away.

Fadeev watched the car disappear at the airport and scratched his head. "It seems this train driver has a lot of connections."

(End of this chapter)