The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 670 The last big thing!!!

The reforms led by Liu Zhiye are deepening.

On this day, Yu Wenming, a senior student, happened to read a famous magazine, "Xiaguo College Students", in the library of Renmin University.

Turning to the penultimate page, a fascinating scene caught Yu Wenming's attention.

This is a report on the selection of recent university graduates by various military services, agencies, colleges and scientific research institutions.

The requirements are clear and strict: a bachelor's degree or above, excellent academic performance, and a healthy and qualified Zz position.

Which military units would choose to recruit local graduates?

Yu Wenming read it intently, wanting to find out what it was all about.

The 21st century is almost here, and the application of high technology in warfare is gradually increasing, but the quality of the personnel operating these high-tech weapons has not kept up, which is obviously not desirable.

Therefore, the decision made by the Xia Army Headquarters to recruit talents from local universities was indeed far-sighted.

In fact, Yu Wenming had dreamed since he was a child that one day he would become a mighty PLA soldier.

When Yu Wenming saw this news in the magazine, he was filled with a great desire and almost immediately made up his mind:

“No matter how much the pay is, no matter how big the restrictions are, as long as there is an opportunity, I will go.”

So Yu Wenming started calling the contact numbers of various units published in the magazine.

Yu Wenming is not trying to brag; he studied very hard in middle school and was successfully admitted to a nationally renowned university.

Under the influence of his father, Yu Wenming loved writing and painting since he was a child, especially his essays, which were often praised as "model essays".

Therefore, after the college entrance examination, Yu Wenming was admitted to the university's journalism department, which was relatively rare in their city.

Although Yu Wenming loves the army, he knows little about it and has never considered what kind of job he would do if he joined the army.

However, Yu Wenming did not expect that the military would attach so much importance to talents.

Less than 10 days after the registration, the military department of ZY Radio Station sent someone to have a face-to-face interview with Yu Wenming.

The interview went very smoothly and was almost consensual on both sides.

Therefore, Yu Wenming was assigned to the editorial department of the Military Department as an editor and reporter to give full play to his professional expertise.

ZY Radio Station is one of the earliest established, most widely broadcasting and most influential radio stations in Xiaguo. It is the dream workplace for many young people.

This time, Yu Wenming realized two dreams: becoming a soldier and joining ZY Radio Station.

At that time, Yu Wenming felt like he had fallen into a honey pot and was extremely excited.

However, his joy came too early.

The day after graduation, the Military Department notified Yu Wenming.

According to the order of the headquarters, all new local college graduates who have joined the army must participate in a three-month military and political transformation training in Huanglonggou, Xincheng City in the mountainous area.

After hearing this notice, Yu Wenming felt very confused.

He went to his leader angrily and asked why they still needed to participate in conversion training when they had already completed four years of college. Wasn't it a waste of time?

Chen Guodong, the leader of the Cadre Bureau, responded: "You will understand this problem during the training. Many local college students who come here have already understood it.

You must pay attention, this is an order from the army, you are a soldier and you must obey. "

Yu Wenming was shocked by Chen Guodong's attitude. He stood there blankly and nodded subconsciously.

It takes an overnight train ride from Yanjing to Huanglonggou.

Upon arrival, Yu Wenming and others were picked up by a military vehicle and immediately assigned to a district team.

Yu Wenming was led to a small room. Soon after, he heard commands coming from outside and the corridor was in chaos.

A particularly loud voice kept shouting: "Quick, assemble!"

The cadre who brought Yu Wenming in appeared in front of him again and told him that he didn't need to bring anything, just wear his current clothes and gather at the basketball court.

The proud Yu Wenming felt quite unhappy and complained in his heart.

This was their first lesson after entering the military camp. The series of training and discipline requirements really made Yu Wenming feel unfamiliar and uncomfortable.

A 6:30 a.m. gathering, followed by a 5-kilometer run and then military drill training became a daily routine.

When breakfast was served for the first time, everyone was as noisy as hungry wolves.

In order to make Yu Wenming and his team remember the discipline, the duty captain Xu Chenglong made a request: "Since our army was founded, we have always maintained the good habit of singing a song before meals.

Now I will conduct you, let's sing "We Are Soldiers."

Although this is a well-known song, because everyone was in a bad mood and the voices were not coordinated, the district captain Xu Chenglong was very angry and even threatened not to serve the meal.

Therefore, Yu Wenming and his friends had to cheer up and sing loudly in order not to miss the meal.

In this training base, Yu Wenming and his friends are no longer regarded as "the chosen ones".

Whether they are bachelors, masters or doctors, they have all become ordinary soldiers and must absolutely obey orders and commands.

There was a saying in the army: "Bachelor's and Master's degree holders are everywhere, only PhD degree holders can shake a little."

Regardless of Yu Wenming's and his friends' situation in college, this sentence emphasized the principle of equality in the military and made them understand the importance of obeying orders.

In the army, Yu Wenming learned important qualities such as obeying orders, respecting superiors, and adapting to new environments.

Once, Yu Wenming asked for leave after the evening class meeting to go to a nearby barber shop to get a haircut because his hair exceeded the military standards.

Xu Chenglong told Yu Wenming that he had to return to the team before lights-out. Just when he had cut half of his hair, he heard the first lights-out signal.

Yu Wenming had to ask the barber to stop, even though the remaining hair looked like a "bowl".

Yu Wenming paid the money in a hurry and rushed back to the army.

Xu Chenglong couldn't help laughing when he saw his funny hairstyle.

Yu Wenming also laughed.

At the training base, Yu Wenming actively participated in two news practice bases, one was the "Voice of Military Training" radio station, and the other was the "Huanglong Golden Autumn" magazine.

Yu Wenming was assigned as the head of the reporting team and devoted himself to this work.

Because Yu Wenming's manuscripts were often selected, the seven or eight hundred trainees at the training base all knew his name.

This made Yu Wenming very happy. He firmly believed that excellence would shine no matter where it was.

During the three months of military training, he experienced great physical and mental tests. He not only learned to obey orders and discipline, but also developed tenacious perseverance.

This experience not only made Yu Wenming cherish his dream of becoming a soldier more, but also brought great help to his career.

During this period, Yu Wenming forged a deep friendship with his district captain Xu Chenglong.

Xu Chenglong told Yu Wenming that their experiences were somewhat similar and they were both part of the system reform.

The three-month recruit training is over, and District Captain Xu Chenglong is returning to Jiangcheng Advanced Logistics College to continue his teaching duties.

We are so far apart from each other, and I don’t know when we will meet again.

On the day of separation, Yu Wenming insisted on taking Xu Chenglong out for a farewell drink.

When they were drunk, Xu Chenglong told Yu Wenming about his past.

It was the end of the 1980s, and the army, bathed in the east wind of reform, was quietly undergoing a complete transformation.

Xu Chenglong, who joined the army during this period, realized his life value in the army's modernization process.

In September of that year, Xu Chenglong, who had just been in the third year of high school for a month, accidentally heard the news about the conscription.

The dream of joining the army that Xu Chenglong had in mind since childhood suddenly became a burning flame.

"I want to join the army." Xu Chenglong went home and told his father the topic that had been lingering in his mind for several days.

His father looked at Xu Chenglong in a daze: "You are not going to take the college entrance examination?"

Xu Chenglong felt that even if he studied for a year, he might not be able to get into a good university, so he thought about joining the army.

His teacher once said that a student he had taught was admitted to a military academy after joining the army, and he specially returned to school to visit her two days ago. Therefore, Xu Chenglong also wanted to join the army and work hard to get into a military academy.

In this way, Xu Chenglong's father finally agreed to his dream of joining the army.

After Xu Chenglong signed up, the physical examination and political review went very smoothly.

When the company commander came to visit my home, he saw the high school textbooks on the table and picked them up and flipped through them, saying "Not bad, not bad!"

After arriving at the army, Xu Chenglong and other new recruits immediately began standardized new recruit training. Their daily training and political education were fully scheduled, and they felt tired but fulfilled.

But unexpectedly, a cultural subject examination was organized when the recruit training was about to end.

As a high school student who has taken college entrance exams, Xu Chenglong said he is not worried about the cultural examinations of the recruit company.

Among this batch of new recruits, there were not many genuine high school students. Some of them were listed as high school graduates, but in fact they had only graduated from junior high school, or they dropped out of high school after only two days.

A high school student from Xu Chenglong's hometown wrote a letter to his family with many typos, and even asked him questions when he came across words he didn't know.

The recruit company did not announce the results of this exam, but Xu Chenglong knew that he answered all the questions in the exam. There might be some mistakes, but his score would not be too bad.

Afterwards, Xu Chenglong and his colleagues completed all the assessments for new recruits, and he was assigned to the Communications Company 1.

It was only after I arrived at the company that I found out that the company commander of the recruit company was the deputy company commander of the communications company.

The squad leader said that the first company has the most professional personnel in the entire regiment.

It is also the company that the regiment commander and the headquarters value the most, and all the soldiers who come to the company are carefully selected.

Hearing the squad leader say this, Xu Chenglong thought of his fellow villager and comrade-in-arms Ding Wei from the same village.

Ding Wei only has a junior high school education and was assigned to the fifth company after completing the recruit training.

The 5st Communications Company is next to the regiment headquarters, and the 6th Company is in the nd Battalion’s barracks kilometers away from the regiment headquarters.

Unexpectedly, on the second day after Xu Chenglong was assigned to the first company, the company organized a cultural baseline test for the newly assigned soldiers.

Before the exam, the instructor told me that the person who set the test for Xu Chenglong and his team was Zhang Gong, an engineer from the company. He was a graduate of Chang'an Communication College...

The company's cultural test mainly tests mathematics, physics and chemistry...

The next day, the recruits were re-divided into classes, and Xu Chenglong was assigned to Class 8 of the Carrier Station.

Later, Xu Chenglong heard from the veterans that the company assigned the soldiers with good grades to the carrier major.

The other comrades were assigned to three stations, namely telephone, power supply and car, which were equivalent to platoons.

Immediately, Xu Chenglong and his colleagues began intensive professional training.

Xu Chenglong and his colleagues’ professional training is not field physical fitness or tactical training, but learning electrical professional knowledge in the classroom.

Only then did he understand that the two cultural tests he took in the recruit company and after being assigned to a company were actually to select people who were suitable for professional positions. Xu Chenglong was glad that he passed them successfully.

There are many things to learn about electrical engineering, and the most important thing is to learn circuit diagrams...

At that time, Xu Chenglong and his classmates were like students in school, studying in the classroom during class time.

In the first three months, Xu Chenglong and his colleagues learned both theoretical knowledge and professional operations and troubleshooting methods.

The person in charge of teaching them was the communications engineer in the regiment. During the study period, the stationmaster and the squad leader also attended the class in the back...

Three months later, the company organized examinations on theoretical and practical subjects for each major. This was the first examination after learning professional courses.

The theoretical exam involves answering questions, while the practical exam involves computer operations, including solving common problems. Xu Chenglong passed the exam successfully again.

However, a comrade who was assigned to the carrier major with Xu Chenglong failed both the theoretical exam and the practical course. The next day, he was transferred to the kitchen squad as a cook.

On Fridays, the company organized political education classes or study of regulations and rules, and sometimes also organized singing.

In the afternoon, it was parking lot day. Xu Chenglong and his colleagues came to the parking lot in an orderly line, carrying washbasins and rags, and wiped the communication equipment vehicles of their class...

During this year, as Xu Chenglong and his colleagues progressed in their professional studies, the company organized seven large and small examinations and assessments on culture, professional, political and regulations...

Through repeated examinations and assessments, Xu Chenglong developed good thinking and learning habits, and this learning and assessment mechanism benefited him greatly.

At the end of this year, after a year of professional study, Xu Chenglong was commended by the company.

At that time, a total of three soldiers in their group were commended.

When Xu Chenglong was in the army, he had the goal of entering a military academy. He believed that combining the idea of ​​serving the army with the realization of personal life value was the best way to serve the country...

At this time, when Xu Chenglong reported his thoughts to the squad leader, he mentioned that he wanted to apply to a military academy.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed, and this year Xu Chenglong and his group of soldiers were allowed to take the military academy entrance exam.

Because there are regulations that new recruits cannot apply to military academies if they have been in the army for less than one year.

The squad leader said that the company encourages outstanding soldiers with outstanding performance to apply for military academies, and Xu Chenglong is on the list of those who can apply for military academies.

After all, Xu Chenglong is no longer a new recruit, and his foundation in professional courses is relatively solid.

This year, in addition to attending normal professional courses, Xu Chenglong spent almost all of his spare time reviewing cultural courses.

What surprised Xu Chenglong was that from the time he started reviewing his academic subjects to the time he later took the unified entrance examination for military academies, they had never taken any assessments for their professional subjects.

Later, I heard from the company clerk who took the military academy entrance examination with Xu Chenglong that in order to take the military academy's professional course scores, the regiment cadres section took the weighted average of their professional course scores in one year and calculated it. Since they were able to take the exam, it meant that they all passed the weighted average.

One day, the company received a call from the cadre section of the regiment’s political department, informing them that Xu Chenglong had been admitted to the Jiangcheng Advanced Logistics College.

Two days later, the instructor handed Xu Chenglong the admission letter, and his military academy career began...

In July 1994, Xu Chenglong officially graduated from the Communications Department of Jiangcheng Advanced Logistics School, and was selected as an outstanding graduate of the Communications Department.

A week before the graduation ceremony, Xu Chenglong received a notice from Captain Li of the student team that Director Xie of the Communications Department wanted to talk to him.

Xu Chenglong was confused at the time and came to Director Xie's office with trepidation, and found that Director Xu from the Communication Department's Teaching and Research Section was also present.

In fact, when Xu Chenglong was a student, he had visited the offices of these two leaders more than once.

But at that time, Xu Chenglong came here mainly as a student representative to participate in discussions on teaching reform and research and writing academic articles.

This was the first time in three years that Xu Chenglong had been formally interviewed by his superiors.

Director Xie of the Communications Department is from Dongshan. Although he is the head of the school at the rank of a professor, he is usually humble and speaks in a gentle manner, without any airs of a leader.

Teachers and students in the department all know that Director Xie attaches great importance to the teaching reform and logistical academic research work of the Department of Communications.

Director Xu of the teaching and research department is from western Guangdong. He is a senior military academy veteran with rich teaching experience and profound academic attainments.

Director Xie said to Xu Chenglong in a gentle tone: "Based on your performance in study and work during the past two years at school, with the recommendation of the student team and the research of the department party committee, and after reporting to the school for approval, we have decided to let you stay at school and work.

Now I need to ask for your personal opinion."

At this time, Director Xu of the teaching and research department, who was sitting nearby, took over the conversation and explained in detail to Xu Chenglong the three reasons why the department leaders decided to let him stay on campus:
First, before Xu Chenglong entered school, he had two years of experience as a communications squad leader and had accumulated rich experience in grassroots work in the army.

This will be a valuable asset for my future teaching work in the Department of Communications.

Second, during the time Xu Chenglong served as the class monitor at school, all the work in the class was carried out quite well.

Xu Chenglong’s excellent grades in all subjects exceed 80%. The school needs outstanding graduates with such qualities.

Third, during these two years of study, Xu Chenglong actively participated in the teaching reforms in the department.

He took the initiative to conduct military academic research and published more than ten military logistics academic articles in military and non-military publications, which is very rare for a student in school.

Then, the old director of the teaching and research department, who has the same surname as Xu Chenglong, said very emotionally:
"I, Old Xu, very much welcome you, Little Xu, to work in our teaching and research department.

I believe that in the teaching position of colleges and universities, you will have a new space to display your talents. "

Finally, Director Xie also revealed an important piece of information to Xu Chenglong.

According to the school's reward policy, Xu Chenglong, an officer who has won the title of outstanding graduate, can be promoted to a first-level position in advance after staying in school and be allocated corresponding separate housing. His family members can also immediately go through the procedures to transfer to WH City.

For many students, being selected to teach at the school after graduation is a very lucky thing.

This is not only the school's recognition of a student's learning at the school, but also a full trust in Xu Chenglong's future work.

(End of this chapter)