The job responsibilities of the Publicity Department of the steel rolling mill are to publicize and implement the party's major policies and instructions from superiors, produce publicity boards, organize movie screenings, etc.
Zhang Zhifei's job is very easy. The propaganda work these days is almost useless. They have almost no independent decision-making power.
Almost all the content of the broadcast is formulated by superiors, and you can just copy the cat and the tiger.
Zhang Zhifei mainly reviewed whether the contents of radio broadcasts and blackboard newspapers violated major political principles and whether they were in line with the proletarian stance. One of them was in communes and rural areas. He applied to arrange for Xu Damao to go to the countryside to show movies.
On this day, after reviewing the blackboard newspapers and radio content, Zhang Zhifei made a cup of tea and started another day of fishing. Xu Damao knocked on the door and came in.
"Chief Zhang, am I looking for you?" Xu Damao said cautiously.
"Sit down. If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't hesitate." Zhang Zhifei doesn't like people who are not straightforward.
"Chief Zhang, is this what I asked you to do?" Xu Damao said embarrassedly.
Zhang Zhifei looked at Xu Damao, shook his head in amusement, and said to him: "Da Mao, in your current situation, it is impossible to get promoted."
"Why?" Xu Damao asked eagerly.
"Tell me how many projectionists our factory has?"
"I'm the only one. What's wrong, that leader doesn't know that my projection technology, Xu Damao, is even good in a movie theater." Xu Damao said proudly.
"Da Mao, you also know that you are the only film projectionist in the Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant. Your skills are not bad. Do you think I can give you a job?"
"Why not?"
"Now that you're done, who's going to show the movie?"
"this……"
Zhang Zhifei looked at Xu Damao. In fact, there was another reason he didn't say, that is, Lou Zhenhua would never allow Xu Damao to become a leading cadre.
What he valued at the beginning was Xu Damao's identity as a worker, which could protect Lou Xiao'e and his family to a certain extent. If Xu Damao wanted to be promoted, Lou Zhenhua would first use his contacts to get rid of the matter.
If Lou Zhenhua cannot protect himself in a few years, he may not be able to decide Xu Damao's future.
Now, for Lou Zhenhua, this matter is almost in his grasp.
For Xu Damao himself, if he were a cadre, his political opponents would make excuses for Lou Xiao'e's family background. At that time, Lou Xiao'e's status as a big capitalist was a burden.
Another thing is that given Lou Xiao'e's family background, Xu Damao would not be able to pass the political review unless Lou Xiao'e clearly wanted to sever the father-daughter relationship with Lou Zhenhua, but Zhang Zhifei did not say these words to him.
"So that's it. I said no matter how hard I try, I can't succeed. It turns out that this is the problem." Xu Damao said to himself.
"Okay, Red Star Commune invites you to show movies there for a few days. After you settle down at home, go today." Zhang Zhifei told Xu Damao.
"I understand, and section chief, what do you mean, if our factory has another projectionist, I can be promoted?" Xu Damao asked.
"Da Mao, this is really not necessarily true. We have tens of thousands of workers in the steel rolling mill, and there are only a few places for one-year workers to be transferred to other jobs. The competition is very fierce, and you may not be able to compete with others."
"I understand, I'm going to show the movie first." Xu Damao was going to show the movie first. As for what he wanted to do, he had to think carefully about it, or go back and ask his old man.
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhifei rode Yang Manli home as usual. After the family had dinner, Zhang Zhifei stopped Zhang Zhiguo who wanted to leave.
"Zhiguo, the high school entrance examination is only a few days away. I'm not worried about your grades. I'm just worried about which school you want to apply for." Zhang Zhifei asked Zhang Zhiguo.
"Brother, I want to get into college." Zhang Zhiguo replied in a low voice.
Zhang Zhifei looked at his younger brother and originally thought that he would follow his plan and graduate from technical secondary school to work in 1964. Unexpectedly, he changed his mind.
"Okay, then go to college. But since you have decided, you must study hard and try to get into a good university." Zhang Zhifei had no objection.
"Brother, I will work hard and get into the best university in the country." Zhang Zhiguo said firmly.
"Well, go study." Zhang Zhifei nodded and said.
He knew that his younger brother was actually the smartest of the four siblings. The three of them were better than the average person, and his younger brother was the genius among geniuses.
Now that he has decided, it is probably difficult to persuade him to change, so he should go according to his own plan.
He also figured out that his younger brother agreed to take the technical secondary school entrance examination because of family reasons.
Will he give up taking the technical secondary school examination, or is it due to family reasons? He thinks that his situation is better, so he will naturally choose a university with a higher upper limit.
He may not know what will happen in the future, but he definitely has a clear plan for his future, and it is best not to interfere.
He himself did not know whether the university would open classes normally after 1966. Even if classes did not start, the worst he could do would be to let his wife go home to take care of the children and his younger brother to take over. In short, they were not allowed to go to the mountains and countryside.
Time passed by as Zhang Zhifei was fishing day by day, and soon it was time for Zhang Zhiguo's high school entrance examination.
That day was the break time at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. Zhang Zhifei took his younger brother to take the college entrance examination by bicycle. His eldest sister Zhang Lili also made a special trip back from school.
After Zhang Lili learned that Zhang Zhiguo was going to college, she didn't say anything. She originally asked her younger brother to take the technical secondary school entrance examination because the eldest brother was not married yet and his income was not high.
Nowadays, the combined monthly salary of the eldest brother and sister-in-law is close to 150 yuan, which is more than enough for the younger brother to go to school. Naturally, he will not have his original thoughts. He just feels a little regretful when he thinks that he did not go to college.
After the high school entrance examination was over, Zhang Zhifei did not ask about his younger brother's results. He knew that the boy might get a record-breaking score.
Zhang Zhifei took his younger brother on a bicycle and asked, "Which school do you want to go to in high school?"
"Brother, I want to go to No. 4 Middle School." His younger brother, Zhang Zhiguo, hesitated for a moment and then replied.
Zhang Zhifei did not expect that his younger brother would go to Yanjing No. 4 Middle School. He knew that this high school was a famous school, but No. 4 Middle School was in Xicheng District and his home was in Dongcheng District. They were far apart. If he went to No. 4 Middle School, he would have to stay in the hotel.
"That's okay. If you just go to No. 4 Middle School to study, you have to stay overnight." Zhang Zhifei said with a smile.
"It's okay, I have grown up and can take care of myself." The younger brother said happily.
Zhang Zhiguo was very happy that his eldest brother agreed to go to No. 4 Middle School, and he decided to repay his eldest brother for his kindness in training in the future.
The two brothers just talked and chatted all the way back to the courtyard.
As soon as they stepped into the gate of the courtyard, Yan Bugui and the others looked over.
"Zhiguo, how are you? Can you pass the technical secondary school entrance examination?" Yan Bugui asked.
"Teacher Yan, I don't agree with my brother's entrance to a technical secondary school. With his academic performance, he can definitely go to college. It's not much better than a technical secondary school." Zhang Zhifei said first. He didn't want to cause public pressure on his younger brother.
If the people in the courtyard knew that it was my younger brother who insisted on going to college, they would definitely spread bad words.
If they choose by themselves, they will at most say that having too much money is too much trouble and they can't make a living, but they can't think of any other problems.
"Hey, sir, I still have to pay tuition for high school. It's not cost-effective." Yan Bugui made careful calculations, but he never started from the big side.
"It's okay, who asked me to have a high salary! Our family is not short of money." Zhang Zhifei said angrily, this Yan Bugui is busy meddling in other people's business.
"Zhifei, Zhiguo, you two are back. Sit down and cool down." Yang Manli hurriedly said to the two of them.
"Zhiguo, how did you do in the exam?" Zhang Lili asked.
"It's okay." Zhang Zhiguo spoke concisely and to the point.
"you……"
"Lili, don't ask him. You don't know Zhiguo yet. In his eyes, it's okay as long as it's not a perfect score." Zhang Zhifei comforted his sister with a smile.
"That's right, I don't care about him."
Time flew by, and the results of the high school entrance examination came out. As expected, Zhang Zhiguo became the first in the school with almost perfect scores. As for the whole district and the city, it was unclear.
In a while, his younger brother Zhang Zhiguo will go to Yanjing No. 4 Middle School.
Zhang Zhifei decided to buy a bicycle for him and his eldest sister. If he were not afraid of being too high-profile, he would buy another one for his sister-in-law Yang Tingting and his younger sister Zhang Qianqian to use.
Bicycle tickets are a rarity in the eyes of the people in the compound, but to him, Zhang Zhifei, it's just that.
He has won several awards, plus the one given by Li Huaide, and now he has three bicycle tickets in his hand. He bought these two bicycles and one more.
More than a month later, Zhang Zhiguo went to Yanjing No. 4 Middle School to attend high school.
The eldest sister is in the third grade of technical secondary school and will graduate in another year.
My sister-in-law Yang Tingting is in the third grade of junior high school and will take the high school entrance examination next year.
My younger sister finally graduated from elementary school and entered junior high school.
Zhang Zhifei was promoted to a leading cadre at the department level, and his family's situation improved visibly.
