Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 413 Chen Kaige: Who wants to talk about Shakespeare? Too pretentious!
Hearing the dialect address, Le Miao smiled and said:

"Why is it still called a music store?"

Fang Yan was startled, then reacted:

"Oh, sorry, I'm used to yelling."

Le Miao said to him:
"Just call me by my name."

"Okay." Fangyan nodded.

Le Miao then asked Fang Yan:

"Where are you planning to go?"

Fang Yan pointed at the younger brother and Chen Kaige beside him and said to Le Miao:

"My brother, my friend and I went to No. 156 Middle School to get our admission tickets. You all saw them last time."

At this time, the younger brother and Chen Kaige also greeted Le Miao.

They had met each other last time Fangyan got married, and both sides still had an impression of each other.

Le Miao smiled and nodded at them as a greeting, then said:
"Oh, yes, many people are getting their admission tickets today."

"You signed up early, so you should really go get it."

Fang Yan then asked:
"What are you going to do?"

Le Miao took out a file bag and shook it:
"I'll go through the formalities to go to Hong Kong."

After saying that, the bus started and drove forward.

Fang Yan suddenly said:

"It's already the end of the month without me noticing."

"That's right." Le Miao took over the conversation and said:
"Once the formalities are completed, I will go to Hong Kong to study."

Fang Yan asked Le Miao:
"What kind of procedures do you need to go through to study?"

Chen Kaige, who was well-informed, interrupted and said:

"I remember one is a pass, which can be applied for to visit relatives, and the other is to apply for immigration, which can obtain corresponding residency rights."

After a pause, he added:

"Oh, by the way, it seems that we are still doing a pilot project to apply for a one-way pass. Some people who meet the conditions can apply for a one-way pass to settle in Hong Kong on the grounds of reunion or caring for elderly and frail parents."

Le Miao responded:
"I am different from the three types you mentioned. I took the invitation route from Xiangjiang School."

"To put it simply, my family in Hong Kong got in touch with the school and asked them to send me an invitation letter. Then we processed the relevant documents and I was able to go."

She said to Chen Kaige:
"The first type you mentioned is a short stay. The pass will become invalid in a dozen days."

"Although the second and third options allow permanent residency, you will have to give up your mainland identity. I have no plans to become a Hong Kong resident for the time being, so I can only go through this more special channel."

Chen Kaige scratched his head in embarrassment. He didn't expect that he would show off to the point of being someone else's professional.

Fangyan, who was standing aside, suddenly realized that he was planning to study abroad.

The only difference is that she paid for this herself, and was not sent by the government.

In the past, Fangyan thought that the country was very closed before the reform and opening up. Later, he found out that it was not what he thought. In fact, study abroad exchanges started very early.

On December 1949, 12, the Cultural and Educational Committee of the State Council established the Committee for the Management of Overseas Students. Its purpose at that time was to call on overseas students to return to China and devote themselves to the construction of the country.

On September 9 of the following year, the first batch of 6 government-sponsored students set off to study in five countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.

In 1951, the first batch of 375 students were sent to the Soviet Union again.

By 1958, more than 1 students had been sent abroad to study, and more than of them had returned to China after completing their studies.

In 1973, 12-year-old Hong Huang, Director Chen's second wife, and three other elementary school students became the first group of government-sponsored students to study abroad in New York.

After studying there for four years, she came back in 4, which is this year, and should be studying at the Beijing Foreign Studies University Affiliated School now.

Then in 1980 she went abroad to study again at her own expense.

In 1976, that is, last year, another 200 government-sponsored students went abroad in August.

Coming back to this year, let’s talk about Le Miao. The reason why she was able to study abroad at her own expense was that at the same time as the college entrance examination documents were issued this year, the Ministry of Education also issued a strategic decision to expand the dispatch of international students.

Not only government-sponsored students are accepted, but private individuals with resources overseas are also supported to go abroad.

This is the path that Le Miao took.

It’s thanks to her well-informed family. How could ordinary people know this?
If she had followed the original plan, she would have had to immigrate there and go to school.

Even though Director Chen thought he was well-informed and had a good family background, he was still a little bit lacking in quality. He had no idea about studying abroad, so he didn't think of this path just now.

If it were his wife Sun Jialin, she would definitely think of this.

At this time, in order to break Director Chen's embarrassment, Fang Yan took over the conversation and asked Le Miao:
"By the way, how is your uncle doing now?"

Le Miao said:

"Look at me. I almost forgot about it."

"After taking the medicine you prescribed, he was basically fine. Later, he was taken to a sanatorium for leading cadres. They said he would need to stay there for about half a year."

"If you can fully recover, you can return to your original job."

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"That's good!"

Le Miao said:

"Our family hasn't even had time to thank you for this."

Fangyan waved his hand and said nonchalantly:
"It's a bit too formal to say that. If I really count, you've helped me more times."

"I just wrote a prescription."

Le Miao said:

"You can't say that. Now that was a life-saving favor to my uncle."

Fang Yan smiled and said:

"How about this, before you leave, treat me to a meal. By the way, it can be regarded as a practice for you. Come to think of it, I haven't eaten at your house yet."

After thinking for a while, Le Miao said:
"Okay, then let's have dinner at my house on the evening of the 27th. You all can come then."

Fang Yan nodded and agreed:

"OK, no problem."

Then Fangyan talked to Le Miao for a while about what happened in the store after she left.

Then they arrived at the transfer station. Fang Yan said goodbye to Le Miao and got off the bus with his younger brother and Chen Kaige. After getting off the bus, his younger brother asked Fang Yan curiously at the platform:
"Brother, Sister Le is already 27 or 28 years old, why hasn't she gotten married yet?"

Fang Yan was startled, then said:

"I want to know, too." "But as far as I know, no one has asked her, so no one knows."

The younger brother nodded thoughtfully and put forward his own hypothesis:

"Is there something wrong with her?"

Fang Yan glanced at him and asked:

"You mean physical defects?"

The younger brother said:

"Physical or psychological."

Fangyan thought for a moment and said:
"From the appearance, there should be no physiological problems. Everything looks normal."

"As for the psychological aspect, I don't know."

Fang Chen took over the conversation and said:

"Perhaps she had a deep and unforgettable relationship in the past and has not been able to get over it, which led to the situation today."

This coincides with the previous dialect speculation.

At this moment, Chen Kaige asked Fang Chen:

"Like you and that Yuqiong?"

Fang Chen said angrily:

"Comrade Lao Chen, if you expose my scars again, I will end my friendship with you!"

Now that this guy has become familiar with people, he likes to joke about this.

This made Fang Chen very upset.

Seeing Fang Chen was angry, Chen Kaige immediately smiled frivolously:

"Hey, don't be angry, it's my fault! It's my fault!"

He liked to tease Fang Chen when he had nothing to do, and he felt comfortable when he saw the great writer Hong Wen.

Then he brought the topic back to Le Miao and said:
"In fact, if you ask me, the reason she is not married is probably because no one dares to marry her."

Hearing this, Fang Yan and Fang Chen both looked at him.

So Chen Kaige analyzed to them:
"Think about her family background, especially when she was supposed to get married ten years ago. But it was the wrong time. Who would dare to marry her?"

"Now that I'm older, there's no one suitable around, so I've been putting it off."

"So maybe she can solve her next personal problem by going to Hong Kong."

Fang Chen nodded and said:
"That does make sense..."

After receiving the affirmation, Chen Kaige immediately smiled proudly.

Seeing that Fangyan did not express his opinion, he asked again:

"Brother Fang, what do you think?"

"Do you think my analysis makes sense?"

Fang Yan smiled helplessly:

"We three old men should stop analyzing other girls. How about changing the subject?"

Chen Kaige said:
"Hey, isn't this what men talk about when they're together?"

"From all over the world, from ancient times to the present, from China to the West, from astronomy to geography, from men to women."

Fang Yan asked him:
"Don't you like to talk about Shakespeare or something?"

Chen Kaige did not hide anything and said immediately:

"That's used to deal with women. Who would talk about this when they have nothing to do? It's so pretentious..."

"..." Fangyan was speechless. He just felt that Director Chen was extremely sincere at this moment and he was telling the truth!
However, with this interruption, the topic of the three people changed to other things.

After chatting for a while, the bus arrived.

As soon as I got on the bus, I found that most people were going to school to get their admission tickets.

Because basically no one in the car is over 40 years old.

There were even people who took this short time to flip through books in the car. I wonder if they could see clearly in this shaking car.

Anyway, it looks like you're trying hard.

When we arrived at the bus stop near No. 156 Middle School, a crowd of people got off the bus.

Just empty the entire carriage.

Fangyan and the others also got off the bus and followed the other people into the school.

After entering the school, I found that there were already people queuing up.

There was no choice but for the three of them to line up.

After waiting in line for about twenty minutes, it was finally their turn. After entering, the Admissions Office confirmed their classification and then asked them to show valid certificates and material proof.

For example, Fang Yan took his expert work permit from Dongzhimen Hospital, Xiao Laodi took his Writers Association certificate, and Chen Kaige took his Beijing Film Studio work permit.

When the staff verified their identities, they were also a little surprised, especially at Fangyan's ID.

The first was that I didn’t expect that someone so young could be an expert, and the second was that I didn’t expect that an expert would have to take an exam.

After Fangyan and his friends were issued admission tickets, the news started to spread.

Who would believe Fangyan’s situation unless they saw it with their own eyes?

However, they don’t know that there are many people like Fangyan among the candidates nationwide this year.

Among them, there are many people who seem to have bright futures in their units and do not even need to take the college entrance examination.

But everyone chose the college entrance examination.

There are quite a few faculty members, leading cadres, and industry elites among them.

They all had the same idea, to try their hand at the examination hall next month and see if they could take advantage of this opportunity to take their lives to the next level.

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated.

I'd like to report on yesterday's homepage recommendations. The average subscription increased by more than 100 yesterday. The current average subscription is 3134, and the monthly tickets increased by 100.

So I owe you another 8000 words.

I currently owe you 32000 words.

(End of this chapter)