Chapter 246: Throwing Money and Poaching People (Third Update!)

Chang Guangxi is from Shuchuan. He came to Shanghai Shanghai University in 1958, and it has been 21 years before he knew it.

He also changed from a green boy to a middle-aged man who was almost forty years old.

The 16 years of working in the Shanghai Art Film Studio allowed him to grow very fast, and now he has become a second-level art designer. According to the leaders of the factory, he can be promoted to a A first-level art designer, this is the pinnacle of art talents, and the salary will also increase a lot.

But Chang Guangxi also has some difficulties, which is the education of his two children.

He married very early. He got married after graduating from university. His wife is also an employee of an art factory and works in the logistics department. Their eldest son is 15 years old, and their youngest daughter is almost 10 years old.

Today's children go to school for five years in elementary school, two years in junior high school, and two years in high school.

It was not until around 1982-83 that education reforms began nationwide, gradually turning into three-year junior high schools and high schools.

Seeing that her son will graduate from high school this year and will take the college entrance examination in July, Chang Guangxi is worried about his son's mediocre academic performance. If his grades are not good, it will be difficult to get into college. The state will not give you good jobs. If you go to a factory to work as a worker, it is really not good.

If you can be admitted to Fudan University, no matter what you study, it will be easy to allocate when you come out.

Shanghai and Shanghai have always been places where Huaguo’s thinking is very open. Since the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, there are so many people who want to take the college entrance examination and rely on college. How can they ensure that they are admitted to college? College chances?

It's very simple!

Isn't it all right to find tutors with knowledgeable teachers?

Let them teach more knowledge and train more specifically for the exam, then the exam score will naturally improve!

The first batch of college entrance examinations last year failed to catch up, but some people did this in the college entrance examination last summer. The results of students who have been tutored and those who have not been tutored are really different!

Obviously, teachers who seek tutoring have better grades and better colleges.

So starting from this year, more people seek counseling from teachers and try to get into a good university.

With so many people looking for tutoring, the price of tutoring has naturally risen a lot. Ordinary tutoring costs more than 100 yuan a month. The best group of teachers pay as much as More than 300 yuan is really jaw-dropping!

Chang Guangxi is the deputy director of the art department, and when he gets promoted, the various salary subsidies add up to 75 yuan in total.

Not eating or drinking for a year is just enough for a middle-level teacher to help his son with tutoring for more than 4 months.

Even with the wife's salary, the savings of the two so far are only more than 2,000. The salary in the past few years was lower, and the two children spent a lot of money. They can save so much money because they are very frugal.

If you want to take tutoring, you will have to do it from April at the latest. Thinking that it will cost about 600 yuan for three months, and you have to use one-third of your savings, Chang Guangxi feels distressed.

Apart from the son and daughter, it is said that in her elementary school, many capable parents would ask teachers to take lessons in piano, zither, dancing, etc., in order to be better than others and run a few times earlier on the starting line. step.

My daughter saw other students tutoring this and that, and she came back eagerly and said that she wanted to learn to dance.

But my wife went to inquire and found that the cheapest dance class is 20 yuan a month, and it is only a large class with more than 20 people. If you want to take a small class with three or five people, the price will have to double.

If you want your daughter to be successful, you must study every month, at least until she goes to college.

Especially before the exam, the cost of special training and teaching will be more expensive, so it is not something that can be obtained for 20 or 40 yuan, at least it is similar to the piano, which costs 100 yuan.

This has to be the case that everything does not increase in price. If the prices of various commodities increase in a few years, 100 yuan is not enough at all.

Thinking of such a large amount of continuous expenses, Chang Guangxi also felt a headache.

Although he doesn't love money, this is the first time in his life that he feels that he makes too little money.

For this reason, Chang Guangxi didn't sleep well during this period of time, and his wife saw it and was anxious in her heart.

But today, Chang Guangxi had something to work overtime, and he didn't come home until around 9 o'clock. When he got home, he saw his wife Sun Ping looking at him eagerly, which made him feel a little puzzled, "What's wrong? Something good?"

After his wife brought him the hot meal, she said, "This... I don't know how to tell you."

"Tell me, what can you say?" Chang Guangxi looked at the eldest son and youngest daughter who were already asleep on the big and small couches behind the curtain, and said with a smile.

The living area of ​​the family is only more than 30 square meters. The cooking is in the corridor outside, and the toilet is also shared on the first floor. Then the house is divided into two rooms and a small dining room. On weekdays, the children can only eat in the dining room. Do your homework in the corner.

The room is not big, but the family of four lived very comfortably.

Although Chang Guangxi sometimes thinks about what his children will do when they grow up, especially his daughter, but now there is still a little free time before that time, so he doesn't think too much about it for the time being.

Because, it’s useless if you think too much. There is no bigger house in the factory.

"Have you heard that there is a deputy general manager of Xiangjiang company here, who wants to come to our factory to find someone to work in Xiangjiang, like drawing cartoons or animation!" Sun Ping lowered her voice.

"Oh, that's it?" Chang Guangxi smiled, "What kind of animation does Xiangjiang do? I'm afraid it's a joke, right? But they do have comics, I've read some, and they're not very good."

People from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio often go abroad to participate in exhibitions of their works. Chang Guangxi has also been there, and he has been to Xiangjiang once.

And Xiangjiang's comic works, as long as they go to them, they will buy a few copies and come back to study. For example, Xiangjiang's famous "Dragon Tiger Gate" and "Li Xiaolong" Chang Guangxi have read.

Chang Guangxi doesn't think these Xiangjiang cartoons have any meaning, but they are very vulgar stories with too little connotation.

"You don't care if they are doing well!" Sun Ping said, "I heard that as long as you go to Xiangjiang, you can earn at least 1,000 yuan a month! According to your ability, you can't even earn 2,000 yuan a month. ?”

"So tall?" Chang Guangxi was surprised.

"Well, I heard it's that high!"

"Don't you encounter a liar?" Chang Qingxi shook his head again and again, "In Xiangjiang, the people there earn a monthly income of four to five hundred yuan, and if you find someone in the mainland, you will pay a starting price of 1,000 yuan? What kind of company is so bold? If you encounter a liar and fall into the trap, you will lose a lot!"

"That's not it!" Sun Ping shook her head, "The one from the Xu family, I saw that he had left with a friend after get off work just now, so I went to meet the deputy general manager of Xiangjiang. They all live in the International Hotel, go to Just treat me to tea or a meal over there, do you think there is still a fake? How much will it cost?"

"I don't know, let them go." Chang Guangxi said with a smile while eating.

He wasn't interested in these frivolous things, he was used to it at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, and he didn't think about changing places.

The two were talking when they suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Hearing the sound getting louder, Sun Ping frowned, opened the door and walked out.

As a result, after waiting for a while, when Sun Ping came back, Chang Guangxi, who had already finished eating, saw her expression was both excited and disappointed.

This time, without waiting for Chang Guangxi to ask, Sun Ping has already said: "Old Ren, Ren Yuanzhong also went to the International Hotel. He hasn't agreed to work in Xiangjiang, but they directly sent a 12-inch color TV. Here it is, he's playing TV at home right now!"

"What?"

Chang Guangxi was surprised.

Ren Yuanzhong is a third-level art designer. He is seven or eight years older than him. He lacks aggressiveness and creativity, but his painting skills are still very deep, and he is also Wan Sanye's apprentice.

"He really wants to go!" Chang Qingxi's expression was a little serious.

He is not an idiot, if Ren Yuanzhong didn't say anything, why should others give him a TV?

"What do you care about other people?" Sun Ping rolled his eyes at him, "With the situation of Lao Ren's family, if you don't let him go desperately for money, can there be a solution?"

Only then did Chang Guangxi wake up.

Ren Yuanzhong is 46 years old this year, and the couple has only one son, who is 23 years old this year and is now assigned to work in Shanghai Machinery No. 5 Factory.

His son dated a friend the year before last and wanted to get married, but the woman's family looked down on this young man with a salary of only 50 yuan, and insisted that his family give him a bride price of 3,000 yuan, plus a refrigerator, TV, and washing machine.

Such a set would cost at least five or six thousand. With the salary of Lao Ren and his wife, how could they save so much money?

Seeing that this good thing was about to fade away, Xiao Ren became depressed. He secretly took sleeping pills last month. If it wasn't for him and his mother coming back from get off work early, the child would be hopeless.

In order to prevent him from going to extremes, Lao Ren and his wife did not hesitate to think of ways, and proposed to give the woman 2,000 yuan first, and pay the rest within three years, but the family firmly disagreed, and even refused the two of them to continue their relationship.

Lao Ren's wife has been going crazy for the past two days, and Lao Ren's work status has also been affected, thinking about how to borrow money.

I didn't expect that such a person from Xiangjiang's cultural company suddenly came to the door today and offered such a generous treatment. Do you think Lao Ren is tempted?

For the happiness of his son, even life and death, how could Lao Ren not think about it?

After talking for a while, Chang Guangxi didn't speak any more.

...

Because he worked overtime last night, Chang Tangxi didn't go to work until the afternoon on the next day's shift. He ate lunch early. He went out to get his hair cut first, and then walked slowly back to the factory to work.

As a result, as soon as I arrived at the office, I saw a group of colleagues with excited and flustered faces, but with a hint of longing.

Looking back on the journey along the way, it seems that many people are in this state, and Chang Guangxi feels a little baffled.

"What's the matter, Lao Qin?" Chang Guangxi grabbed an old friend and asked.

Qin Yongyi is an old employee of their art department, one year older than Chang Guangxi, both graduated from the same school, and the two have a good relationship.

"You don't know?" Qin Yongyi said: "Old Ren filed an application with the factory today and resigned."

"What!? Resign!?" Chang Qingxi gasped, "Is he crazy?"

"Old Ren is not crazy, he is really crazy!" Qin Yongyi said, "Just before he went to work at noon, a small truck came downstairs to his house and moved a refrigerator from Minsk, the Soviet Union. A Hitachi TV, a Panasonic washing machine, and two Phoenix brand bicycles, one for men and one for women...that makes people jealous! Hey, aren’t you upstairs at his house? Why, did not see it?"

"Such an expensive thing, why..." Chang Qingxi suddenly remembered what happened last night, and suddenly understood, "Is he going to Xiangjiang?"

"yes!"

Qin Yongyi said, "Unexpectedly, Lao Ren is 46, and he dares to go to Xiangjiang. I heard from the people over there that he signed a 5-year work contract, which is popular among Xiangjiang people, but one model after another It is very clear. He went there, all board and lodging, in addition to salary, subsidies, and one month of vacation a year. The salary seems to be 2,000 yuan! After such a year, the minimum is 30,000! Five years Come back with 150,000 RMB, that would be scary!"

"It's so high!"

Chang Guangxi couldn't help but sigh.

"Seeing him like this, I want to go." Qin Yongyi suddenly sighed.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chang Guangxi frowned.

"The child in Lao Ren's family is going to get married, and my son is going to retake the college entrance examination. Where does this not cost money?" Qin Yongyi said, "Even if he doesn't go to college, if I can give him more money, he will be stable in the future." Life, it should be okay... Look at it now, which daughter doesn't want so many gifts when she gets married?"

Hearing about the college entrance examination, Chang Guangxi suddenly thought of his son, and he thought of his daughter, all his thoughts turned into a sigh, and he didn't have the heart to talk about Qin Yongyi anymore.

The news of Lao Ren's resignation quickly spread throughout the Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

Seeing Xiao Ren happily bring his girlfriend home, move these electrical appliances to his mother-in-law's house, and then the young couple go out on bicycles, many people's eyes are red.

Especially when Xiao Ren casually revealed that the old Ren got 10,000 RMB as a signing bonus after signing the work contract.

In just three days, 7 employees in the Shanghai Animation Film Studio were poached, including art and animation production, and they were all elite soldiers in the factory, and two of them were the most favored. seedlings!

What happened with this incident was that the employees' homes had been equipped with various electrical appliances.

Not only are refrigerators, TV sets, and washing machines standard, but also sewing machines, watches, and cameras can be seen in their homes.

The most exaggerated thing is that there is a Japanese piano in one’s home, which makes the girls overwhelmed, wanting to see and touch it—although there is one in the factory, it has been there for a long time , and it's only for dubbing, it's not for these little girls to touch and play with.

The family of this group of people who resigned and went to Xiangjiang did not feel lost or uneasy at all, but they laughed a lot.

Everyone also learned from their mouths that they themselves called the Xiangjiang government department at the post office and confirmed the existence of this company.

Since it is a formal company, what else is there to be afraid of? Where is not work? What's more, there are so many people together, everyone works together, even if you go to an unfamiliar place, you won't be so afraid, right?

Seeing that their family circumstances changed all of a sudden, and listening to what they said, some people who were a little hesitant in the first place lost their balance a bit.

(There will be an update later.)