Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 464 Telegram from Guangzhou, Algerian Chinese Medicine Group
As soon as I heard the dialect was from Guangzhou, I immediately knew who it belonged to.

After signing for it with the stamp, I found out that it was sent from Guangzhou before Le Miao went to Hong Kong.

This is an inter-provincial telegram, and the delivery time is relatively long, usually about 8 hours to a day.

Le Miao sent this telegram yesterday.

Because the distance between provinces is long, the transmission of telegraph signals needs to be transferred and delivered through telegraph transfer stations in multiple provinces and cities, and there may be a certain delay in each link.

For example, factors such as waiting in line at the transfer station and interference during signal transmission will affect the delivery speed of the telegram.

The content of Le Miao's telegram was also very simple:
"After arriving in Guangzhou, I went to Hong Kong with my mother. The school affairs are settled. I am settled in Hong Kong. I am in good health, but I am not used to the food. I will call from Hong Kong on New Year's Day."

The translation is:

"I have arrived in Guangzhou and will leave for Hong Kong with my mother soon. All the school procedures have been completed and the house in Hong Kong has been arranged. At present, everything is fine here and I am in good health. It's just that I am not used to the food. I will send a telegram from Hong Kong after New Year's Day."

The price of telegrams in 1977 was still the same as it had been decades ago. The cost of sending a message was mainly calculated based on the number of words, generally around three cents per word.

However, the charge starts from 10 words.

In addition to ordinary telegrams, there are also news telegrams, remittance telegrams, express telegrams, and special telegrams.

Each news telegram cost two cents, and each remittance telegram cost one dollar.

Urgent telegrams are charged double the fee.

Special telegrams include ordinary photo telegrams, news photo telegrams, ordinary authentic telegrams, and news authentic telegrams.

These telegrams were charged per square centimeter.

In addition to the self-service telegram fee, you also need to pay a translation fee of 0.005 yuan per word.

The last time Le Miao left, Fang Yan asked her to send a telegram back to report her safety when she arrived.

After a few days, it was finally sent back.

I felt relieved after seeing the telegram and the dialect, but I didn't think about replying. After all, I didn't know where she lived in Hong Kong.

After putting the telegram back in the study, Fang Yan rode his motorcycle again, first to Union Hospital to refuel, and then went to the Hua Xia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

When we arrived at the Hua Xia Chinese Medical Research Institute, banners were being hung.

It reads in Chinese and French:

"Warmly welcome the Algerian Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Study Group."

Fangyan was stunned for a moment, and information about Algeria popped into his mind.

It is a country in northwest Africa.

Most of them are Arabs, followed by Berbers, and are of Caucasian race, commonly known as white people.

Their languages ​​are Arabic and French.

This country established diplomatic relations with China in 1958.

In 1968, Algerian Deputy Minister Sabu suffered from lumbar disc herniation and was paralyzed for days. Shi Xuemin, a master of traditional Chinese medicine from the Chinese medical team, used acupuncture to make him stand up on the spot.

It was even reported in the largest newspaper in their country at the time.

I didn't expect that their country would send people to learn the dialect.

When I arrived at Mr. Cheng's office, I found that he was not there. Fangyan went to the research room where they usually worked, but found that there was no one there either. After asking around, I found out that he had gone to the Ministry of Health for a meeting. After going abroad, he had to attend various reports and meetings every day.

I don’t know how much information the dialect has obtained, but no one can see it every day.

He then went to find Zhao Xiwu.

This time I finally found someone in the office.

"Why are you here? Aren't you given a holiday to prepare for the exam?" Zhao Xiwu looked at Fang Yan curiously. Hundreds of people in the entire verification room were on holiday, but Fang Yan actually came here.

As he asked, he gestured for Fangyan to sit down.

Fangyan sat down and said:
"I've almost finished my review and am now waiting to take the exam."

Zhao Xiwu poured him a glass of water and said:
"Wow, so confident?"

Fang Yan took the tea handed over by the leader with a smile and said:
"Of course not. I haven't left the house for five days in a row. I have achieved great success in my closed-door training and am just waiting to take the exam to compete against the college entrance examination papers." Fang Yan said this humorously, which made Lao Zhao laugh. However, he could also see that Fang Yan was in a very relaxed state, unlike the other people who were about to take the exam.

Seeing Fangyan's confidence, Zhao Xiwu took over the conversation and said:

"It's good to be confident, but I heard Professor Yuchuan said that you have to get a ranking so that you can promote the school and traditional Chinese medicine. Do you have confidence in this?"

Fangyan was stunned. At that time, Professor Yuchuan only told him to get a ranking and did not mention anything about publicity.

But when you think about it, it makes sense.

Only if you get a ranking will you be qualified for publicity. If you win the top spot, no matter what the dialect says, it will receive a lot of attention during that period.

Whether it is promoting the special heart-saving soup, or traditional Chinese medicine and schools, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

There is no way, the score is the highest, so I just speak loudly.

Fang Yan said to President Zhao Xiwu:
"Just trust me!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xiwu laughed:

"If anyone else said this, I would definitely doubt it, but if you said this, I would absolutely believe it."

"Don't forget to mention our research institute when the time comes."

Fangyan immediately made an OK gesture.

Then he realized that Lao Zhao didn't understand, so he quickly changed his words:

"Just leave it to me."

Then, Fang Yan pointed downstairs and asked:
"The Algerians are coming?"

Zhao Xiwu said:
"Not yet. They will arrive in a few days. They will land in Guangzhou and then fly to our side."

"It's almost here, so get ready first."

Fangyan nodded.

At this point, President Zhao Xiwu asked:
"So... you come here now, do you need any help?"

Fangyan gave Zhao Xiwu a thumbs up:

"President Zhao has a keen eye!"

It was rare to see someone flatter someone in a dialect, so Zhao Xiwu asked cheerfully:
"Tell me, as long as you don't ask me to help you steal the test paper, I will try my best to help you."

A month had passed since Old Cheng and Professor Yuchuan left, and Zhao Xiwu had become familiar with Fangyan. He spoke to him without airs and treated him like a junior.

Of course, this preference is also related to the nature of the dialect itself.

If it were a mediocre person, no matter how familiar Zhao Xiwu was with him, he would never have a conversation like this.

Fang Yan said to Zhao Xiwu:
"I heard something this morning. It is said that our research institute can apply for a phone call to be connected to home. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Zhao Xiwu suddenly realized and nodded:
"Oh, what you said...it's true."

He paused and added:
"But it has to reach a certain level."

Fangyan frowned slightly:

"What level?"

Zhao Xiwu took out a phone book and showed it to Fangyan:

"At least he has to be a research director of the same level as Lao Cheng."

Fangyan saw that the people who installed the telephones were all the laboratory directors, and even Ms. Tu, the team leader, did not have a phone.

It seems that what Old Ji said is not reliable.

"Do you want to install a telephone at home?" Zhao Xiwu asked.

Fangyan shook his head:
"No, I'm just asking..."

Zhao Xiwu said:
"You can pretend if you want..."

(End of this chapter)