1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 66 Remarks on the launch
This guy is so lazy that he left nothing behind...

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Well, it’s time for the most nerve-wracking part of my speech.

Unlike previous books, I flipped through the reviews of "1988" yesterday, and it seems that the reviews are very polarized!

Half of them were harsh criticisms, while the other half were words of encouragement out of humanitarianism. This shows that this book, which many people think is not satisfying, is really unpleasant, especially the scattered clues in the early stage and the protagonist being pointed at here and there.

kindness……

There are thousands of books on Qidian.com, they can’t all be exactly the same, right?
This book has a scattered layout and cannot be considered a fun book in the traditional sense. Moreover, since state-owned enterprises account for a large proportion of the book, in order to conform to the most basic logic, the initial clues are very scattered, making it even less fun.

Well, actually this statement is not entirely correct.

Those who have worked in state-owned enterprises should be able to see that this book has tried its best to be YY and to cheat as much as possible while maintaining the minimum logical consistency... If it was written within the framework of a state-owned enterprise in the mode of traditional cool writing, it would not be called an urban rebirth novel, but an urban cultivation novel!

Then some people will be more serious: Since you have to maintain the minimum logical consistency, then aren't you just writing nonsense? Which state-owned enterprise would pay so much attention to a junior clerk with no background? Who the hell do you think you are? You are nothing. Why would the leader look up to you and even listen to you?
amount……

As I have always emphasized in my books, discussing content without considering the historical context is simply being a hooligan.

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1. 1988~1990 is an extremely important and sensitive turning point in my country's reform and opening up process. As mentioned in the book, the demands of central enterprises during this period were quite different from those in later generations;
In state-owned enterprises in the 2.0 era, employees who specialize in basic business sectors are still like a screw, with no sense of existence - there are so many talented people in this area, and no matter how well you do in basic business, you can't get any outstanding results, so naturally they won't pay attention to you.

However, ducks always know when the water in the river warms in spring. For some things, the management of state-owned enterprises are more prescient than ordinary people, and the various policies and experimental projects carried out during this period are far more than later generations imagine.

Therefore, people with expertise in business, computers, management, foreign trade, and foreign law were very popular during that time. To put it bluntly, as long as you had a shiny coat, someone was willing to support you, and someone dared to issue a military order, it was not impossible for you to become the project leader directly. Of course, if you failed, the consequences would be equally serious.

The elder had witnessed with his own eyes that a graduate who knew English well was promoted from a clerk to the person in charge of a project and his rank was promoted to deputy director just because he joined a tour group to serve as an accompanying translator for a foreign-related project. In just three years, he was promoted from a clerk to the person in charge of a project, and his rank was also raised to deputy director. Regardless of whether the project was ultimately successful or not, such cases were not uncommon at the time.

All of this has to do with the historical context and environment at the time, the various difficulties and pitfalls Chinese companies have encountered overseas, and the various requirements put forward by the higher-ups for state-owned enterprises.

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2. It may be different from everyone’s stereotype. One of my elders told me that sometimes we should not take things for granted. Leaders are also human beings, they have feelings, and they have their own joys and sorrows.
In the 2.0 era of state-owned enterprises, there are actually many leaders who are willing to train and promote the talents below them, and even regard these people as their own children and nephews... even if you have no background. This is probably a tradition inherited from the master-apprentice system of the 1.0 era.

Of course, the premise of all this is that you must demonstrate your strengths at the appropriate time and make others feel that you are worthy of training and support. If you have flaws in your character, or if there is nothing striking about you, people will naturally not take you seriously.

Of course, since this elder is from Southwest Drilling Company, this situation may only apply to Southwest Drilling Company (perhaps because they are a southern enterprise and have a unique living environment?). I dare not guarantee whether it is the same in other state-owned enterprises, especially Qilu state-owned enterprises - this is why I set the scene in Southwest Drilling Company in this book.

Although there is no definite evidence, let's think on the bright side...this kind of thing may not have completely disappeared in the current version 4.0.

For example, let’s think about a question: Why are more and more official media and propaganda posts headed by people born after 00? Do you think all the staff are really young?
According to that elder, in today's increasingly naked era of interests, only if you can show your uniqueness and have shining abilities that the other party lacks and have complementary value, will you have the possibility of being promoted and reused - this expertise does not necessarily have to be in business, it may also be some expertise and hobbies that can bring honor to the unit.

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3. Some people question why the protagonist, after being reborn, still wants to stay in the state-owned enterprise, instead of relying on his advantage of foresight to venture out and explore the world.

I just want to say that students who ask this question probably don’t know much about that era.

1988 and 1992, although only four years apart, can be regarded as two completely different eras.

It was an era of "misalignment of law and crime". In the mainstream concept, private enterprises were guilty of original sin, and private enterprises at that time did have many serious problems - this was also the main reason why a large number of private enterprises took the initiative to "hand over to the state" in the late 1980s.

Simply put, if the protagonist just goes out to set up a stall, as long as he knows what's best for him, no one will care about you even if you earn over ten thousand yuan a month because you are a self-employed person.

But if you want to set up a private company and start to make a big splash in the market, I'm sorry, unless you were reborn around 92, you would cry bitterly once you reach a certain scale, because all decent production factors are in the hands of major economies, and you can't help but "entangle" and "suck blood" - think about it, even one of the top leaders in the domestic automobile field in later generations had to give away his refrigerator factory and go to Shenzhen for further studies. Do you think the protagonist can be more powerful than them?
In fact, this is also the reason why both "98" and "88" set the protagonist's initial scene in a state-owned enterprise - the phenomenon of rectification of private enterprises and misplacement of laws and crimes did not decrease significantly until after 08. Before that, without the protection of the state-owned enterprise brand, or building a network of relationships that cannot even be mentioned in the book, constraints everywhere and difficulties are not enough to fully describe the situation of private enterprises. I don't want to have the book banned for the pursuit of logical consistency, so I can only set the initial scene in a state-owned enterprise.

That’s right, this book not only talks about state-owned enterprises, but also contains a lot of commercial content. After all, this is the foundation of the protagonist’s life that he can barely use. But don’t expect the protagonist to be like a gentleman and use all the commercial methods of later generations to operate some things. That is not in line with the reality of the time.

Also, don’t tell me that in this era you can go to Hainan, Shenzhen, or Shekou Special Economic Zone to make a fortune… Based on my habits, I’m afraid the books will be covered even faster by then.

(Reality is often more magical than fiction. I strongly recommend the book series "Turbulent Thirty Years" again. Although this series of books uses a lot of Spring and Autumn style writing, at least after reading this series of books, when you think about some real/historical events and some current and criticized phenomena, you may have some different understandings, and you will not blindly follow others in some things.)
Finally, as a young boy who just turned sixteen, I have a lot of homework and I really can't squeeze out much time every day to update. What's more, I am not good at writing. If the update speed is too slow or there are any unsatisfactory plots, I beg all readers to be merciful and criticize me lightly.

that's all.

(End of this chapter)