1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 3 The Forgotten Rookies

Southwest Drilling Company No. 1, office area.

A red brick and cement building with a sign that says "General Office".

"Whoo~"

Yang Mo, lying on the desk, was bored and blowing the tip of his pen at the paper windmill he had folded, as if the four small pieces of paper in front of him could bring a little coolness in this shabby place where there was not even a ceiling fan.

Gee...

I really miss the days when we had air conditioning!
Speaking of which, Qilu is a damn place without air conditioning. Is it a place for people to stay?

A reborn person who suddenly became extremely pampered took down the paper windmill without interest, restored it to half a sheet of Qilu Evening News with the title "Interpretation of the Overall Plan for Deepening Economic System Reform", carefully pressed it under the glass plate of the desk, and then practiced penmanship out of boredom.

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"Hey, Yang Mo, what do you think the company wants by hiring us?"

As if he couldn't stand the extremely dull atmosphere in the office, the man with glasses who was sitting across the table from Yang Mo broke free from his dead dog state and asked in a low voice.

Seeing the bored and depressed look on his face, Yang Mo smiled understandingly.

In fact, in this era, no matter who you are, if you are thrown into an unknown department after graduating from college and left alone for more than three months, you will go completely crazy - of course, except for a certain lazy person.

Glancing at the other colleagues in the office who were killing time with newspapers or novels, Yang Mo shrugged: "Maybe the company wants to improve its image... and solve the employment problem for useless college students like us?"

This is a reason that can fool people.

You know, although the location of Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 is a remote and unknown place, and the company's hardware facilities seem extremely simple at first glance, it is a real central enterprise - to be precise, it is an important front-line unit under the central enterprise.

Therefore, it is normal to recruit a few college students to improve the country's image and help the country solve the employment problems of these "chosen ones" - you know, since last year, the employment of college graduates has gradually become a headache for the country. As the country's own sons, a number of central enterprises should naturally step forward.

The man with glasses curled his lips when he heard this: "Come on! Who would believe this? Our company is a subordinate unit of the Southwest Petroleum Bureau, okay? Even if you want to save face, you should give the quota to the universities in the southwest. Why would you think of recruiting people from our Qilu University?"

"Besides, even if they want to recruit people from Qilu universities, they should recruit people from petroleum universities with relevant majors. Why would they recruit liberal arts students like us?"

When the man with glasses said this, his tone was quite mysterious.

He had about three parts of doubt, three parts of complaints, and the remaining four parts were a slight sense of superiority... There were a total of sixteen new Qi Lu colleagues, and among them only him, Yang Mo and four others were real college students, the rest were technical secondary school students.

Feeling that the atmosphere in the office had suddenly changed in some strange way, Yang Mo's mouth twitched, and he looked at the man with glasses with a hint of surprise - he didn't expect that although this guy had a frighteningly low EQ, he was not so easy to fool.

Ok……

That’s right, from the name, you can tell where Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 is from - although its operation location is in Qilu and it has been there for more than ten years, its affiliation and employee composition are all thoroughly southern enterprises.

Therefore, in this era of rampant factions, even if Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 wants to recruit people, it should give priority to recruiting talents from universities in the three southwestern provinces. It will never easily give such precious places to these Qilu college students - you know, in this era, college students not only have formal positions in central enterprises, but only college students have the opportunity to obtain administrative positions at the deputy section level and above.

Anyone who has worked in a state-owned enterprise or a central enterprise knows what it means for a company like Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 to recruit several college students from Shandong Province at one time in an era when college students are not yet abundant.

Seeing Yang Mo staring at him with a strange look, the man with glasses quickly lowered his voice and explained: "I don't mean to stir up any opposition, I just simply find it strange. How can we recruit a bunch of people and leave them here without assigning any work... We are not pretty girls, and this is not the way to decorate the facade!"

Regardless of the actual situation, at this time, state-owned enterprises were "stressing positions", "consciousness", and "unity", especially central enterprises. This situation did not change significantly until the mid-to-late 90s. Although the man with glasses did not believe that the new colleague across the table, who was no different from a salted fish, would gossip, his words just now were somewhat "not conducive to unity", so he quickly made up for it. Seeing that he was a little nervous, Yang Mo just smiled harmlessly, then scratched his head in distress: "Didn't Director Zhang say that our general office is a pilot for individual reform? Perhaps... the company is studying what burden to put on us? After all, judging from the name, our department can do a lot of things."

The man with glasses sneered when he heard this: "Only an honest person like you would write such polite words, and you are putting pressure on us... Where is the burden to share with us?"

Glancing at the other figures in the office without showing any expression, Yang Mo smacked his lips and said, "Maybe they plan to let us specialize in writing materials... After all, we are liberal arts students after all. Although we are a bit useless, we still have some writing skills, so we can barely make do with some odd jobs in this area."

Seeing the innocent stupidity on his face, the man with glasses spoke with regret: "Please, let alone writing materials, it has nothing to do with writing skills. Even if there is... the materials of each department will naturally be written by people from each department. Do we need to set up a new department? If it is a report summary material for the company's senior management, the general office will naturally be responsible for it. At present, the general office is operating well. Do you think this matter can fall on us?"

Yang Mo's face showed a look of sudden enlightenment. After thinking for a while, he said with a hint of uncertainty: "Then... maybe the company wants us to write blackboard newspapers or organize some entertainment activities?"

The man with glasses, who had felt a great sense of accomplishment after Yang Mo's glance, sighed in frustration, and his tone became a little higher. He didn't even notice that other people were looking at him: "Please, do you think the company will let a bunch of young people take over the union's jobs? Wouldn't that cause chaos?"

Glancing at the ears that pricked up in the office, Yang Mo blinked, "Or maybe the company wants us to participate in the personnel evaluation of employees? After all, state-owned enterprises across the country are trying to reform... and the staff of Southwest Drilling Company 1 is a bit too bloated."

The man with glasses clicked his tongue twice, and looked at Yang Mo like a senior looking at Xiao Bai: "Do you know what personnel rights mean to a company? Let us, a bunch of newly employed young people from Qilu, participate in the personnel evaluation of employees of a southern company? I'm afraid that the bastards in the wishing well would shake their heads after hearing this!"

Amidst a burst of light laughter, Yang Mo shook his head with a sad face: "Then I really can't guess what the intention is for arranging us like this... It can't be that the company recruited us just because we are all locals from Qilu and our hometown is not far from here, right?"

Huh? ?

The speaker seems unintentional, but the listener is intentional.

After hearing Yang Mo's seemingly absurd reason, several young people in the office smiled and then looked at each other.

The focus is on "Qilu locals" rather than "Qilu college students"?
After looking at the new colleagues around me who I was barely familiar with, and pondering over each other's basic information...

seem……

It's not impossible...

………………

Just when a group of rookies were wondering why the company hired them, a slightly fat middle-aged man walked in.

"Su Yu, come with me... there's an urgent mission!"

Zhang Wenshun looked around, the information of these rookies flashed through his mind, and he pointed at a young man in the corner of the office.

He was about to turn around and leave, but after thinking for a while, Zhang Wenshun turned back and said, "Yang Mo, come with us."

Eh? ?

The newbies in the office looked with some surprise at the director of the general office who only showed up once a week on average.

Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear...Finally there is a mission?
Amid the slightly envious eyes of a group of rookies, Yang Mo, who only wanted to stay here for a few years, sighed silently.

I knew it,

This kind of shit can't be avoided...

(End of this chapter)