Reborn in 1977

Chapter 364: Spreading Fame

Teacher He waited for a few seconds, and when Chen Fan didn't speak, he smiled and said, "It's okay, you can take your time to think about it, or you can take the books back first, browse through them yourself, and choose the subjects that are easier for you to grasp, and then call me to let me know."

Teacher Guo leaned against the desk on the side, took a sip of water, and smiled at Chen Fan, "But don't wait too late, preferably before September 1st, we need to register your student status, and we need to register the subjects you will be tested on this semester at that time."

Chen Fan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I take a look at the textbooks first?"

Teacher He laughed and said, "Of course you can."

He went to the filing cabinet in the back room, rummaged around, and brought out a high stack of books, placing them in front of Chen Fan.

Chen Fan flipped through them, and he had a good idea in his mind.

The university courses in this era were much fewer than in later years. He remembered that later on, the Chinese Language and Literature major had 29 professional courses, in addition to public basic courses such as politics, English, mathematics, and computer basics, as well as other elective courses, which could add up to more than 30 courses.

But now, all the courses combined are only 20.

The most important thing is that he has already read most of them.

The textbooks he packed back from the waste recycling company warehouse of the Prefectural Committee last time included literature majors, which highly overlapped with the correspondence textbooks of Jiangnan University.

It's just that the former was for a junior college, and the latter was for a bachelor's degree, with a few more books. Now, the textbooks for both junior college and bachelor's degrees are in common use, unlike later generations where even textbooks have differences, which means that Chen Fan has already completed most of the courses.

So Chen Fan raised his head and smiled naively, "Teacher Guo, Teacher He, is there a limit to the number of exam courses I can register for?"

Teacher Guo shook his head and smiled, "There are no regulations on the number of courses, but generally, students register for 3 to 5 courses. Those with less talent register for 3, and those with more talent register for 5. This way, they can pass all the exams and get their diploma in about 3 years."

He looked at Chen Fan again, "If you think you have a strong learning ability, you can register for one or two more courses, it doesn't matter."

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled, "Then, can I register for all of them?"

"Huh?"

"All of them?"

Teacher Guo and Teacher He looked at each other, and then looked at him together, "Are you kidding me?"

Jiang Tiantian also stared blankly at Chen Fan, her lips slightly parted, unable to speak.

Chen Fan smiled, divided the stack of books in front of him into two piles, and pressed one hand on the higher pile, saying, "I have read these books, and I remember about 70% to 80% of the content."

He pressed the other hand on the shorter pile of books, "Only these few books are left unread, so I only need to read these few."

This suddenly silenced the two teachers.

Teacher Guo picked up the basic information form filled out by Chen Fan, which clearly stated the date of birth: December 1st, 1960 in the Lunar calendar.

He's not even 17 years old yet.

Why are young people so monstrous these days?

Teacher He rubbed his face and said absentmindedly, "Since, since you have already self-studied this far, then register according to your own pace."

After a pause, he earnestly said, "However, I still want to advise you, even for the textbooks you have studied, you must treat them seriously. Passing the exam is one aspect, the most important thing is that you cannot waste your talent, you must master the knowledge firmly."

Chen Fan nodded immediately, "Thank you for your concern, Teacher He, I will keep it in mind."

At this point, there was nothing else to do.

The tuition fee for the first year was 10 yuan, and the exam registration fee was 1 jiao (0.1 yuan) per subject, totaling 20 subjects, adding up to 12 yuan in total.

These money was handed over in exchange for an admission notice from the Chinese Language and Literature major of the Correspondence Department of Jiangnan University, and a piece of white paper with a mailing address written on it.

If Chen Fan encountered any difficulties in the learning process, he could write to this address for advice.

The school would assign different teachers to answer according to the questions asked. Many well-known scholars in universities in this era had the experience of answering questions for correspondence students.

In addition, the correspondence site would also hold three or four centralized lectures every year, each lasting 10 days to half a month.

These measures were all to ensure the quality of correspondence teaching.

However, Chen Fan probably wouldn't come to participate.

… …

When they came out of the education office, everyone else in the other departments had already left work, and there was no one around at this time.

When leaving the gate, Chen Fan gave another cigarette to the old gatekeeper before slowly walking out with the textbooks tied with a rope.

Standing on the side of the road, Jiang Tiantian seemed to have not recovered yet, and looked at him in surprise, "Are you really going to take all the subjects at once?"

Chen Fan turned to look at her and smiled, "Didn't I pass all the special recruitment exams at once just now?"

Jiang Tiantian's eyes were full of amazement, "I don't know what kind of words to use to describe it, you are really amazing!"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "Actually, it's not that magical. I work as a coordinator in the countryside, and I have more time. When I have nothing to do, I take a book and read it. These books are not difficult, they are all things that need to be memorized. I learned it by reading them."

Jiang Tiantian raised her hand to cover her forehead, "Uh, everyone around me has said that I am smart since I was a child, but compared to you, I feel like I am a big fool."

Chen Fan coughed dryly and said seriously, "Don't say that, you are still a bit stronger than a fool."

Jiang Tiantian was speechless.

Seeing her appearance, Chen Fan couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Tiantian was not angry, paused for two seconds, and also chuckled.

After a while, when the laughter stopped, Chen Fan pointed to the opposite side and said, "Let's go, let's go to the other side of the road, find a place to eat something first, and then I'll take you back."

Jiang Tiantian followed him forward and smiled, "It's your treat for lunch, it should be my turn for dinner, right? Also, you don't have to send me off, after dinner, find a place for you to stay first, and I can take the bus back myself."

But Chen Fan shook his head repeatedly, "If it's during the day, I definitely wouldn't send you, but it's better to be careful at night. It's still the same sentence, be careful, be cautious, and safety first."

Jiang Tiantian pursed her lips and smiled, without refusing again.

There are many units and restaurants here. The two casually found a small restaurant, ordered two simple dishes, didn't drink alcohol, and after a hasty dinner, Chen Fan took the bus to send Jiang Tiantian home, watched her enter the alley, and then turned around and took the bus back to the city, to the sanitation department's guest house.

… …

At this time, there were two groups of people waiting in the guest house. Chen Fan originally wanted to queue up and go over after the first two groups of people checked in. But the staff of the guest house recognized him and greeted him one after another when they saw him, "Teacher Chen is here, are you here to stay? It just so happens that the room you stayed in last time is still reserved, the key is here, you can go straight up."

Chen Fan looked a little embarrassed and laughed, "I can't afford to stay in a cadre room."

An ordinary single room only costs two yuan, but a cadre room in the sanitation department's guest house costs 5 yuan a day, which is two yuan more expensive than a cadre room in an ordinary guest house. Even if he had money, he wouldn't waste it like that. It would be nice to just open a single room for 2 yuan.

As a result, the shift leader of the guest house quickly walked over, directly picked up the key and stuffed it into his hand, "The director had instructed before that if you come again, we must treat you well. Isn't it just a room? We can still afford to entertain you. You go up and rest first, and I'll have someone bring you hot water later."

Seeing that the key had been stuffed into his hand, Chen Fan could only happily accept, "Thank you."

Then he waved his hand and walked towards the stairwell with light steps.

The two people who were checking in at the front desk curiously looked at Chen Fan's back and continued to check in, "Comrade, please open a cadre room and an extra bed."

The receptionist casually picked up the letter of introduction, took a look, and threw it on the counter, "Not enough level, you can only stay in a single room at most."

The clerk was slightly stunned, "Comrade, last time we came…"

The receptionist raised his head and glared, "What last time or not, there is only a single room, will you stay or not?"

The clerk immediately became angry, took half a step to the side to reveal the middle-aged man behind him, "This is our county…"

Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man pulled him back and smiled politely at the receptionist, "It's okay, it's okay, then we'll take a single room."

As he spoke, he took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes and handed it over.

The receptionist glanced at the Zhonghua cigarette box, and his expression improved slightly. He took the cigarette and clipped it to his ear, and registered them.

The middle-aged man looked at the back of the shift leader, and when he disappeared, he whispered, "Comrade, can I ask you something?"

The receptionist glanced up at him, a faint smile playing on her lips, and said, "Want to know who that young man was just now? Why he's qualified to stay in a cadre room?"

The middle-aged man immediately nodded, chuckling, "You see right through me."

The receptionist chuckled twice and said, "Don't say I didn't warn you. You're also from our health system. You've heard of Chen Fan from Gufeng County, right?!"

The middle-aged man's expression instantly changed. "He's Chen Fan?"

The clerk beside him also changed his expression at this moment.

If it was Chen Fan, they wouldn't be surprised at all if he went straight to a cadre room, or even stayed for free.

Since the publication of the "Handbook of Common Emergency Injuries and Illnesses," it had sold all over the country in just two months. The first edition of 800,000 copies sold out in half a month, and the second edition printed another 1.2 million copies. Even 2 million copies weren't enough to meet demand. Countless order forms from bookstores and organizations all over the country flew to the Prefectural Health Department. The third edition of 800,000 copies was being printed around the clock at the Yunhu Red Star Printing Factory.

Putting everything else aside, this one book alone brought more than 200,000 yuan in revenue to the Yunhu Health Department.

Not to mention that, in addition, hospitals, mines, factories, and other organizations from all over the country sent invitations to the Prefectural Health Department, inviting them to come and teach advanced first aid experience. In particular, the airway foreign body removal method had been identified by experts from the Capital Health Department and named the Yunhu First Aid Method, which was promoted to the health system throughout the country as soon as possible, making the entire Yunhu health community proud.

Under such circumstances, the Prefectural Health Department also formed 3 propaganda teams, led by the director, the chief, and Deputy Chief Hao Liyang, and 10 small teams of 3 people each, to go to all parts of the country to teach first aid experience.

As the propaganda teams and small teams traveled around the country, various units were asking how this first aid method was created. It was against this background that the name of "Chen Fan from Lujiawan, Gufeng County" became widely circulated among various units.

However, according to the Health Department's propaganda team, Chen Fan himself asked to take root in the countryside, not seeking fame and fortune, but only seeking to contribute silently. Therefore, the media at all levels did not mention his name in the reports, but focused on publicizing the Yunhu Health Department and the three leaders.

Despite this, this incident also brought some unexpected surprises, mainly two.

One was that people in the Yunhu health system were held in higher regard when they went out, and the other was that many units from other provinces suddenly remitted money and sent letters to the "Jiangnan Literature" magazine, requesting to purchase the magazine for the most recent 4 months and subscribe to future issues of "Jiangnan Literature."

Needless to say, the purpose was to see the articles written by Chen Fan under his other identity as a writer.

For this reason, "Jiangnan Literature" also successfully broke through regional restrictions, obtained the qualification to be distributed nationwide, and opened up a large part of the market outside the province.

It's just that Chen Fan, nestled in the small place of Lujiawan, didn't even know about these things himself.

But the middle-aged man, as a leader of the Health Bureau of a county under the Yunhu area, naturally knew everything clearly.

Hearing the receptionist say that the young man just now was Chen Fan, the doubt in his heart instantly vanished, and he dared not say another word.

In addition to the two of them, the three people waiting to check in behind them also exchanged glances silently, obviously taking the receptionist's words to heart.

… …

Chen Fan took the key, entered the cadre room familiarly, put down his luggage first, then turned on the electric fan, took a cold shower, changed his clothes, sat on the sofa and turned on the TV, watching the model opera on the small screen, but thinking about how to promote it tomorrow.

After a while, there was a sudden knock on the door.

He looked at the door and thought that the leader of the guest house had come to find him, so he got up and went to open the door.

But when he opened the door, there were two strangers.

One was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed like a cadre, and with the temperament of a cadre, probably a cadre. Behind him, there was also a young man in his twenties, also wearing a cadre uniform, but he looked like a clerk, probably a secretary or a staff member, carrying two gift boxes in his hand.

It was unlikely to be a driver. These days, drivers' salaries were higher than cadres'. Even a driver's assistant started with a grade 6 salary, earning 33 yuan, and a regular worker started with 48 yuan. A first-class driver had a monthly salary of more than 80 yuan. They wouldn't serve others like this.

Besides, that middle-aged man didn't look like someone who deserved a driver.

Chen Fan saw through the two people at a glance, but on the surface, he remained calm and asked with a puzzled expression, "You are...?"

The middle-aged man immediately said respectfully, "Hello, Teacher Chen, I am Zhu Xuegang from the Shuanghe County Health Bureau."

Speaking of which, he paused, and the young man behind him immediately added, "Also the deputy director of our bureau."

Chen Fan immediately extended both hands, "Hello, Director Zhu."

After shaking hands, he looked at them with confusion, "You two are here for...?"

Director Zhu laughed heartily and said, "Teacher Chen, I wonder if it's convenient to talk inside."

Chen Fan pretended to suddenly realize, "Sorry, sorry, I've been negligent."

Then he stepped aside to invite the two into the room. After closing the door, he invited the two to sit down in the reception area, poured two cups of tea first, and then asked with a smile, "I wonder what I can do for Director Zhu?"

Director Zhu quickly waved his hands repeatedly, laughing heartily, "No, no, we just happened to learn that Teacher Chen is also here, so we wanted to come and visit."

After a pause, he started praising Chen Fan, saying that Teacher Chen was awesome and Teacher Chen was mighty, and that one book had made the Yunhu health system famous throughout the country, bringing glory to all of us. Moreover, Teacher Chen is deeply appreciated and trusted by the director, the chief, and other leaders. We, as grassroots health workers, should of course come to pay our respects and express our feelings, and so on.

After listening to him babbling for a long time, Chen Fan roughly understood.

If he guessed correctly, the "Handbook of Common Emergency Injuries and Illnesses" was probably selling like crazy, and the leaders of the Health Department were all invited to go to various parts of the country to give lectures. On the one hand, they were teaching first aid methods, and on the other hand, they were boasting about how hard the health workers in Yunhu were working.

Look, even a barefoot doctor in Lujiawan can create a brand new first aid method and summarize and optimize existing first aid methods.

And the leaders of the Health Department also had the vision to recognize a hero and discovered this highlight in the first place, and gathered all the expert doctors to complete the compilation of the country's first professional non-professional "First Aid Handbook" in just 12 days under the command of all the leaders in the department.

At the same time, the Provincial Health Department also acted quickly. After the publication of this book, it quickly organized elite soldiers and strong generals to start a more professional classified "First Aid Handbook" compilation activity. It is expected that several new "First Aid Handbooks" for different scenarios will be freshly released within this year.

In short, this time the Jiangnan Provincial Health System, especially the Yunhu Health Department, had a big win in front of its counterparts across the country.

And "instigator" Chen Fan, along with the activities of the propaganda team, was known by people from many units across the country and became famous.

It was only because of the "obstruction" of the propaganda team that he did not appear in the newspapers and was not known to the whole society.

But no matter what, Chen Fan, in the eyes of the leaders of the Health Department and the Provincial Health Department, was already considered to be "close to the emperor."

Then, as the deputy leader of a grassroots health management agency, knowing that Teacher Chen, this popular figure, was staying in the same guest house, wouldn't it be appropriate to come and visit?!

After figuring out the situation, Chen Fan looked at Deputy Director Zhu and the young clerk comrade sitting upright, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

It was also a coincidence. From Lujiawan to Yunhu City, taking the waterway means first taking a river of about 45 kilometers, and then transferring to the Yangtze River for about 5 kilometers to reach it.

Why is it a coincidence?

Because the county seat of this Shuanghe County is located at the intersection of that river and the Yangtze River. This county has two rivers leading directly to the Yangtze River, hence the name Shuanghe County.

So, if the Lujiawan transportation team delivers goods to the Prefectural Committee and Gufeng County by water, it will definitely pass through the county seat of Shuanghe County.

Could Chen Fan let go of this incidental matter?!

If he doesn't sell him hundreds of chickens, ducks, and geese today, he will consider himself incompetent!