Sunday, June 14, 1981.

In the west of Qiantang City, the old campus of Zhejiang University in Yuquan is crowded.

The so-called "old" is, of course, relative to the state after the merger of N schools in later generations, in fact, today's Zhejiang University has such a campus, and there is no choice.

The reason why so many students are still busy on Sunday is entirely because these days are the days when the school assigns a registration unit.

On college campuses in the early 1980s, there was no such thing as "finding a job", and there was no rush to even "assign a job". The teachers and students are very simple-minded, and almost more than 90% of their energy is spent on study and experimentation until the last month before leaving school.

Even if it is a science and engineering major, which requires a lot of practice, it will not go to the enterprise for an internship in the fourth year - because today's enterprises are all state-owned enterprises and have no money to engage in scientific research. The research and development work is carried out by the research institute assigned by the state administration, and after it is completed, it is authorized to be used by state-owned enterprises, and the technical personnel of the enterprise are mainly responsible for the technical problems in the production process.

What kind of combination of production, education and research does not exist at all. It takes another two or three years of exploration and practice before you can gradually summarize the routine.

The work of assigning work is basically done in more than half a month, and there is no two-way choice - the so-called "two-way choice" is already relatively late, about the late 80s to before 92.

Today's distribution model is that the state has issued a target, and a certain graduate of a certain school must send several people to a certain unit.

The school can then make a list according to the importance of the unit and the student's grades. Talk down from the classmates who perform well one by one, and if I don't resist, I will work directly, and if I have difficulties, I will look for a spare tire along the transcript.

But if all the spare tires are unwilling, then continue to grasp the apportionment, and there is no resistance at all. At least the three classes of students from '77 to '79 are unlikely to give you a chance to play with bells and whistles.

Gu Miao's sister, Gu Min, could not escape the fate of being assigned.

In the morning, the early summer sun was very fierce, and a group of girls gathered to read the information about the employer posted on the newspaper column in the dormitory, and soon they were sweating profusely.

One of Gu Min's roommates, Chai Xuan, wrote a lot of notes in the small notebook, returned to the dormitory tired like a dog, prepared to eat something, and then coped with the director's interview in the afternoon.

Seeing Gu Min sitting there reading with a calm and breezy face, but with a sad frown, she couldn't help but gossip:

"Minmin, why don't you go to see the introduction of the unit? Ah! Your father and brother are so powerful, they must have arranged it for you, right? Alas, it's good for someone to open a small stove. ”

Gu Min put down the book and sighed: "What's the matter, I was assigned to the Provincial Planning Commission and went to the Economic Policy Research Office." You say that I am a math student, and I am not in the direction of economic statistics, so isn't it foolish to ask me to go to that kind of unit? ”

Today's Planning Commission, also known as the Planning Commission, will be the NDRC 20 years later, and the functions of the two are similar. It is nothing more than the planned economy era called the Planning Commission, and the market economy era called the National Development and Reform Commission. From the central government to the provinces and cities, there are planning commissions at every level.

Gu Min's sigh was naturally because he had learned it for nothing.

However, Chai Qian was envious: "It's not good to go to the Planning Commission? This is the fattest organ." You also said that your family didn't say hello? Just tell me what kind of treatment you received. ”

Gu Min smiled bitterly: "It's just a department director, and I really haven't opened the back door." ”

Her younger brother graduated from the Foreign Affairs University as a graduate student, and he also made many national contributions during his internship, so he started at the county and department level. Gu Min only has four years of undergraduate studies at Zhejiang University, so he only starts at the township level.

Chai Qian believed that she really didn't open the back door: "Then it should be that the teacher knows your father's and your brother's background, so within the scope of the assignment, leave the good unit to you, and you will be content."

Forget it, don't talk about this, I'm a little hungry, hurry up and eat, and I have to deal with the director's interview in the afternoon. Yes, I heard that Yang Hao originally did projects with Hong Kong businessmen brought by your brother, and there are private jobs, I don't know how he is now, maybe he will have to insert a lever in the top, and in the future, he will be in trouble with Lu Yunda of the Electric Power Institute. ”

Chai Qian dragged Gu Min to the cafeteria while gossiping and sighing.

Gu Min couldn't help but laugh and scolded his roommate: "You don't see a rabbit and don't scatter eagles, Yang Hao is obviously very good to you, you are not boring, you have to pretend to be serious, you have been pretending to be serious for more than half a year!"

It turned out that Chai Qian and Yang Hao had a good relationship, and there was a bit of that meaning in ignorance. The relationship between the two was originally that Chai Xuan's family had a better family background and an advantage in appearance.

But since Yang Hao followed the Hong Kong businessman to do projects in his junior year, and earned at least a few thousand yuan a month, many girls in the mathematics department immediately changed their views on him, and some girls majoring in liberal arts crossed the circle to rob men.

But the vast majority of college students are still academically and future-oriented, and both of them are in their juniors and early seniors, so they will press it down and wait for the assignment.

In this era, long-distance relationships can end everything.

After being exposed by Gu Min, Chai Qian couldn't help but shyly defend: "Minmin, you squeeze me again!

The two walked to the cafeteria, fought, and sat in the corner to eat, and the cafeteria was all chatting about the work unit.

Mainly those students who have friends in a certain type of unit spread news among their classmates, such as "whether the welfare of organ A is good, whether the canteen of unit B has free working meals, the meat limit is unlimited, what industrial coupons are issued by state-owned enterprises C during the New Year, and whether there is such hard currency as foreign exchange coupons".

The audience was relished.

At this time, as a flat-headed man about 25 years old walked into the cafeteria, the classmates whispered:

"Eh, isn't that Yang proud, I heard that he was called by Director Liu of the Academic Affairs Office to talk alone in the morning. ”

"You talk about how he has made so much extra money with Hong Kong businessmen, why can't he be unfair to Director Liu, if he can keep following Hong Kong, it is estimated that he will be at least a few thousand yuan a month in the future.

Compared to ours, 200 yuan a month can laugh happily, I don't know how much better. It would be nice if the policy could also allow us to be assigned to foreign-funded enterprises in the special zone. ”

In the face of those words that shake morale, there are naturally students with high political consciousness who retort:

"You think it's beautiful, the state let us go to university for free, and trained us, how can we make money for foreigners. Besides, Director Liu probably wants to have more bargaining chips to negotiate with foreigners, and if there is any scientific research need at that time, I can directly talk to the national research institute, and we can sell it at a high price!

Like Yang Hao and Lu Yunda, don't look at individuals who have thousands of yuan or more per month, but the results are directly taken away by foreigners in vain. Let the research institute pass a hand, and the asking price will be different!"

Whoever says these words cannot say that others are stupid from the perspective of the future. Because some of the people who came over in that era really didn't want personal gain, and they wanted to make contributions with a high consciousness, not pretending.

There are such people.

It's just very little.

Therefore, it immediately attracted the cynicism of ordinary classmates: "Is there a difference? Let the relevant research institute have a hand, that is also some people above the research institute who have fished out, and they have worked hard to do research, who can get the lion's share, if you want me to say that it is better to sell yourself directly to foreigners, and there is no director to speculate and make the difference." ”

Gu Min and Chai Qian listened silently beside them.

Chai Fei was very angry in her heart, but she couldn't speak out to debate, after all, it was none of her business, and it wasn't one or two people who held such a point of view.

She waited for Yang Hao to pass by the table, then she pretended to see it just now, and stroked the hair behind her ears with a smile: "Yo, proud, Director Liu opened a small stove for you, what did you say?"

Yang Hao was originally in a state of fugue, so he stopped and took a look: "Yes, I have opened a small stove, Director Liu said that he hopes I will go to the Provincial Institute of Computing Technology, and he also said that he can let me study on the job while working, and I will be counted as a full-time degree in the future......"

If it is a few years later, it will be sure that studying is studying, and work is work, how can there be a good thing to accumulate work qualifications, get a salary, and obtain a full-time degree. But the undergraduates of the 77~79 class are so lucky, the country is too short of talents, and all kinds of backdoors are common.

You don't see that now the capital is holding the sixth Q meeting, and as soon as the "Resolution on Historical Issues" is passed in ten days, the country will usher in a more violent ordinary tide. This wave is not only to put the elderly back to restore their treatment, but also to clean them up.

And the cleanup will inevitably bring vacancies, just in time for the graduation of the class of 77, so this class is simply catching up with the chosen one.

"The Institute of Computing Technology...... That's the best unit for the major, but it's a pity to ...... you" Chai Qian sighed and couldn't go on.

This unit is good for anyone in the Department of Mathematics, but Yang Hao has such a good future with foreign businessmen, and he can't look down on it at all.

Just as they were sighing about their fate, there was a sudden commotion in the cafeteria.

A few students came to the door.

"XXX, you're still eating, go and see, something is wrong! Our Academy of Mathematical Sciences and the Electric Power Institute next door are all related! Suddenly, a foreign businessman from Silicon Valley and a famous American school came to talk about academic exchanges with Dean Lu Zhang!

I heard that both our institute and the institute of electric power can get a full publicly-funded place to study in the United States for graduate studies! The selection is still organized by the Americans! The signing ceremony of the exchange program will be officially held tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

"What? Graduate students who can go to the United States for exchange?"

"100% full public expense, even living expenses, 600 dollars a month?"

Just a few words stimulated everyone's eyeballs to bloodshot.

Except for Gu Min, who has seen the world.

"Do you know what kind of company it is sponsored? Which university?"

"Stamford, I guess it's 'Stamford,' and the sponsorship is Tencoin Entertainment. ”

The student who reported the news obviously didn't care much about the outside world, and was a typical immersed in reading, so he never thought about how Stamford should transliterate when he spoke, and directly read the original English pronunciation.

"With such good conditions, there won't be any conspiracy, right?" and a few students couldn't believe it.

As a result, he was immediately scolded by the informant: "What kind of conspiracy can people have with so much real money coming out? That is, to get a contract for commissioned training, so that you can work with others for seven or eight years after graduation." That's to look up to you. ”

"It turned out to be a job for a bag, that's great, I wish I could be enslaved for a lifetime, but unfortunately the capitalists are not so kind. ”

All the students, regardless of whether they finished eating or not, hastily pulled it and then rushed towards the complex, and everyone wanted to know first-hand information.