Although the office building of Hongguang Publishing House is only one alley away from Hongguang Machinery Factory, there is only one alley between the two sides, and they are neighbors at all.

But this is two units after all, he can't climb the wall and cross the alley, he still has to walk around the gate for a while.

Generally speaking, people from the publishing house and the machinery factory want to communicate with each other, usually by bicycle or on foot, including vice president Chen Jiabang, who usually rides bicycles back and forth.

But Cao Zhiqiang is a lazy man, he doesn't like to walk, he doesn't like to ride a bicycle, and he has his own special car, that is, the Citroen CX20 sedan that Li Youfu "lent" to him, so he has to drive even if he just goes to the road so close to the unit next door.

In the past, because Cao Zhiqiang did not have a driver's license, when he rode the Citroen CX20 sedan, he had to have a driver, and Zhang Qianqian was his personal driver before.

For this reason, Zhang Qianjin had changed his contract five days ago and became a regular employee in the company, rather than a contract worker without formal establishment.

Li Youfu is the same, he also took the time to change his contract five days ago and became a regular employee of the publishing house.

In the past, if Cao Zhiqiang wanted to take a special car, he had to have a driver to drive it for him, but now it is different, Cao Zhiqiang can drive by himself because he has a car license.

Maybe you have to say, isn't it very troublesome to get a driver's license at this time?

For example, Cao Zhiqiang's earliest follower, Yang An'an, is still in the Beiping Automobile Technical School, seriously learning about car driving and car repair.

Under normal circumstances, he has to study for at least two years, and before the two-year period expires, he will not be able to come out to work at all, which is why Yang An'an has not appeared recently.

And even if you can get a driver's license, the driver's license test at this time is quite strict, not to mention, it is very difficult.

Because at this time, if you want to take a formal driver's license, although there is no academic requirement, the technical requirements are very high.

If you want to get a driver's license, you must not only test the road regulations related to car driving, but also test the skills of car repair.

That's right, the car driver's license test at this time is divided into four items, namely the traffic law test, the machine ring knowledge test, the drill pipe transfer test and the actual road test.

Here, the one, three, or four exams are similar to the vehicle exams of later generations, but the mechanical knowledge test is much more difficult, to test your basic automotive mechanical knowledge, that is, to test your basic car repair skills.

Because of the cars in this period, because of factors such as poor technology, they often have to repair cars, so drivers often not only drive, but also have to repair cars, otherwise the vehicle breaks down halfway, and you will not repair it urgently, so you will stare dryly.

For example, the common liberation trucks on the road at this time, as well as the domestic cars such as 212 jeeps, are all experts who are easy to break down halfway, but the problems of these cars are basically those, as long as they are learned, it is not difficult to maintain.

Even the high-end Shanghai sedan and Hongqi sedan, don't look good, but in fact, it is also easy to break down halfway, as a driver, you also have to be able to repair the car.

Basically, the domestic cars at this time have a lot of problems, and if they don't know how to repair the car, they can't run far at all.

However, imported cars like the Crown, Duke, and Citroen CX20 are not easy to break, but it is difficult for ordinary people to afford to drive such imported cars.

But no matter what, it is really difficult to get a car license at this time, and it is generally only possible to have a formal unit.

Fortunately, at least there is a Beiping Automobile Technical School, which can enroll all adults in the society, whether you have a unit or not, as long as you spend money to study, you can teach you to drive and repair cars, and you will generally be organized to take a driver's license test before graduation, and you can usually pass the test.

But this driving school was only established in 1979, and before that, even now, how did most drivers learn to drive and get a driver's license?

Answer: It is the unit training.

The so-called unit training, in fact, is the meaning of government agencies, enterprises and institutions, acting as an agent to train drivers.

That is to say, it is a government agency or an enterprise that recruits some employees first, and then lets you be a driver, first learn from the old driver and the car, and then recommend you to take the driver's license test and become a driver.

For example, he didn't know how to drive at all, but he relied on the relationship of the stupid pillar, advanced to the metallurgical department as a driver apprentice, followed the old driver inside to learn to drive, and then the unit issued a letter of introduction, went to the vehicle management office to test for a driver's license, and after getting the driver's license, he could officially drive.

Of course, due to the lax management of the traffic police during that period, in fact, driving without a license is not a big problem, even if you are found to be driving without a license, as long as there is no accident, it is generally just a fine, and even drinking and driving, it is just a fine, and then let you sober up and then go on the road.

Well, not to mention the 80s, it is now 1983, because there are not many vehicles, and the traffic police are still not strict.

This is mainly because the cars that can be on the road at present are not personal cars, but unit cars, even if you check the driver, you will eventually deal with the unit behind the driver, once it involves the business to the public, as long as it is not a major accident, in the end most of it is over.

Why?

Because before 1984, only units could have cars, and individuals were not allowed to own private cars, even if there were a very small number of self-employed people who had private cars, they were also attached to the nature of the unit's cars.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang's current Citroen CX20 car, the actual user is Cao Zhiqiang, and the actual owner is Li Youfu, but the nominal owner is the third transportation company in Beiping.

In other words, when Li Youfu bought this car, he also had to be attached to the name of the Third Transportation Company in Beiping, so that he could go on the road casually, otherwise it would not work.

In the past, or now, or before private ownership of a car, those who wanted to become drivers were basically regular employees with regular employers.

Including those taxi drivers who drive taxis on the main road, they are all employees of state-owned enterprises at this time, and there are no private taxi drivers at all.

Because of this situation, it is really difficult to get a driver's license at this time.

If you go through the normal process, whether it is unit training or entering an automobile technical school, if the journey is smooth, it will take at least two years to get a driver's license from application to getting a driver's license.

Generally speaking, if you want to get a driver's license, you can't get it for three or four years, and it's basically the same as the time you go to college.

In this case, how did Cao Zhiqiang get his driver's license in such a short time?

It's very simple, he's not following the normal process!

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang has not fully integrated into this era, and his thinking is still stuck in his previous life, that is, at the beginning of the 21st century, and he always thinks that he has to follow the steps step by step.

But in fact, in this era, if you really do everything step by step, it can really grind you to death.

For example, to get a car license, you really follow the rules and regulations completely, and without two or three years, he doesn't even want to get a driver's license, even if he can drive a long time ago.

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang planned to give up for the time being, and even planned to let the driver drive for him all the time.

Before recommending Yang An'an to study at Beiping Automobile Technical School, he also had the intention of starting from scratch with his own team of talents, and wanted to have a good follower who could drive for himself in the future.

Who knew that the plan was not as fast as the change, because of an accident, he actually harvested the two big treasures of Li Youfu and Zhang Qianjian, and these two people not only can drive and have a driver's license, but even Li Youfu also took the initiative to donate the car, so that Cao Zhiqiang suddenly had his own special car.

But even so, Cao Zhiqiang at that time never thought that he could get a driver's license quickly.

When it comes to getting a driver's license, the source is still in the water.

In other words, the source is Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli's job search.

If Xiang Dongfang and Xu Jingli hadn't come to apply for a job, Cao Zhiqiang would not have thought of finding Yu Deshui to handle their internship transfer.

If you don't ask Yu Deshui for help, you won't come into contact with the leaders of the city.

In the past half a month, Cao Zhiqiang has eaten with a group of large and small leaders every night, and after coming and going, he soon got to know a large number of leaders.

It just so happens that among them is the leader of the public security who can manage the vehicle management office.

Even if he met the leader, Cao Zhiqiang didn't take it to heart at first.

After all, at that time, Cao Zhiqiang was mainly befriending the first, second and third leaders in the city, like the small leaders of the district police station, he really didn't pay much attention to it.

However, once he drank too much, he talked to the little leader of the police station about the difficulty of getting a driver's license.

Then the leader patted Cao Zhiqiang on the shoulder and said loudly, saying that as long as you can really drive, the driver's license thing is trivial.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang thought that the little leader was just drinking too much and bragging, and he didn't take it seriously.

Who knew that early the next morning, he received a phone call, which was actually from the director of the local vehicle management office, asking him to go over.

Cao Zhiqiang was confused, but he still rushed to the DMV by car.

As a result, when I arrived at the DMV, I was warmly received by the director of the DMV and a person who claimed to be the head of the traffic management section.

After being entertained, he asked Cao Zhiqiang if he knew who it was.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang know that the little leader who drank and bragged with him that night was telling the truth.

After that, it was simple, the director of the vehicle management office personally accompanied Cao Zhiqiang and asked Cao Zhiqiang to drive on the spot to see if he could drive.

Cao Zhiqiang drove the Citroen CX20 and walked in a straight line, detours, piles and reversing into storage in a very simple site of the DMV.

After discovering that Cao Zhiqiang really could drive, and there was no major problem, the director accompanied Cao Zhiqiang with a smile on his face and went to apply for a driver's license in person.

Yes, I just took a little simple road test at the venue, and I didn't take any other tests, so I gave my driver's license directly.

Although according to the regulations, Cao Zhiqiang can only get a white test certificate now, not a regular red book driver's license, but with this white test certificate, you can officially drive the vehicle on the road.

After that, Cao Zhiqiang, who has this white paper certificate, as long as there is no traffic accident within one year, then he can automatically come over to change the official red book driver's license after one year.

In other words, just having a meal with someone, and coming to the DMV the next day to take a simple test, you can get the white paper certificate that many people dream of, and you can officially drive on the road and become a qualified driver.

What's even more outrageous is that this is not what Cao Zhi is forcib, but people are cutting first and then playing, begging Cao Zhiqiang to accept it.

What does this mean? It shows the importance of power!

In particular, it can be seen from this incident that in this era, dinner culture is really too important.

A lot of times, it's not enough to have money, you have to have a way.

With the way, your money can be converted into power, and you can go all the way.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang was a little entangled, after all, he was a little uncomfortable about getting a driver's license in this way.

But later, the head of the traffic management section told him privately that if he didn't accept it, the leader couldn't explain it, and it would be difficult for him to explain to the director of the vehicle management office, so he begged Cao Zhiqiang to accept it.

Cao Zhiqiang realized that the little leader wanted to show favor to himself in this way, if he didn't accept it, he wouldn't give face to others, and in the end, not only did the two people who did things feel bad, but he Cao Zhiqiang also offended people.

If you are too high, you will offend people a lot of times.

As for why people want to slap him up as a small person.

Well, that's just because Cao Zhiqiang thought it himself.

In fact, in the eyes of some people, Cao Zhiqiang is no longer a small person, and the key lies in getting water.

After a few days of dinner, Yu Deshui has been registered in the eyes of some leaders.

And Yu Deshui, regardless of his qualifications and ability, didn't say that he would come to things now, and the next director's position would be given to him nine times out of ten.

Once Yu Deshui becomes the director, the power is not the same.

At least the small leaders of the district police station should also be under their leadership.

In private, he always hinted that Cao Zhiqiang was his future son-in-law, which had to make others think more.

Young and talented, the key is very rich, and there is an old man who is about to be promoted, who doesn't like to deal with this kind of person.

The so-called Vanity Fair, in fact, is what it is.

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang did not step into this occasion, because he had no one to introduce him and had no chance.

But with Yu Deshui, he finally stepped into this vanity fair with one foot.

Since the little section chief of the family has said it thoroughly, Cao Zhiqiang is not willing to fake Qinggao, so he accepted the white paper, which is equivalent to accepting the kindness of the little leader.

A friendship was established.

Anyway, with a white driver's license, Cao Zhiqiang can drive on his own, which of course makes him very excited.

So this time, even if it is just to go to the factory next door, he will have a good time driving.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang took Xiang Dongfang to the Citroen CX20 and wanted to drive Xiang Dongfang to Hongguang Machinery Factory, Xiang Dongfang shook his head:

"How can this work, you are the president, how can you let you drive yourself? It's not like words!

Besides, you just took the white book not long ago, presumably the driving skills are like that, for the sake of safety, let me drive it. ”

"You're going to drive?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "Do you have a driver's license?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Dongfang smiled and took out a red book from his coat pocket, "Look, I have an official driver's license, and I've been driving for three years." ”

"Nani?" Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth wide again, "You have a driver's license?" Still driving for three years? How can it be? ”

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, and took the initiative to hand over his driver's license: "Don't believe it." ”

Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly took it over and looked at it and found that this driver's license was real.

Cao Zhiqiang returned his driver's license to Xiang Dongfang: "How did you get your driver's license?" ”

Xiang Dongfang said: "When I was in school, I was recommended by the leaders of the university to take the exam.

But before that, when I was 15 years old, I could already drive a car and fix cars, not only jeeps and cars, but also Jiefang trucks.

In fact, when I first learned to drive, I drove a liberation truck in the army. ”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked, and then remembered that Xiang Dongfang was different from ordinary people, he was the son of an official eunuch.

"Well, what else would you not have?" Cao Zhiqiang sighed softly, "Compared to me, you are the real genius." ”

"What did you say?" Xiang Dongfang was stunned.

"Nothing." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head boredly, "Since you have an official copy, then, then, then you can open it." ”

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang casually threw the car key to Xiang Dongfang.

Xiang Dongfang grabbed the car key and smiled slightly: "Okay, please rest assured, although I am a woman, I guarantee to drive steadily!" ”