Reborn in 1977

Chapter 552: A Huge Bait

Chen Fan drove to the department store and bought some necessary daily supplies.

After bringing them back to the dormitory, it was so crowded that there was no room to stand.

Several people stood inside the room, and several stood outside. All the people from Lujiawan were present: 7 boys and 5 girls.

Amidst greetings of "Teacher Chen," Chen Fan walked around the room and nodded in satisfaction.

The cement floor was shiny and bright, the wooden bunk beds and tables were wiped clean, and the glass windows were clear and transparent. He reached out and touched the wooden frame, and there wasn't a speck of dust.

He opened the window, and a gust of mountain wind blew in, making him feel refreshed.

At this time, Tang Li, the oldest of the girls, from Team 7, stepped forward and said softly, "Teacher Chen, the new sheets you bought need to be washed before use. The quilt covers also need to be sewn after washing. We'll take them back and wash them clean later, and they should be dry tomorrow. You can use ours tonight; they're all new and haven't been used yet."

Chen Fan turned around and waved his hand, "No need, I'll go to the Cultural Palace Guest House for the night. Tomorrow, I'll stay at the office all day, so I can use them when I come back in the evening."

Tang Li breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, that's good."

The other girls also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he was Teacher Chen, these young girls who were just beginning to experience love still felt a little strange about letting a boy use their things.

Now that they didn't need to be used, a faint sense of loss arose after the strange thoughts faded.

Several boys next to them were whispering.

"I almost forgot, Teacher Chen's current workplace is the Provincial Writers Association. Coming to the provincial capital is like returning to his workplace, right?"

"Do you think Teacher Chen will stay in the provincial capital for a long time in the future?"

"It's possible. Now that he's both a graduate student at Jiangnan University and a cadre at the Provincial Writers Association, it's very reasonable for him to stay in the provincial capital."

"Wouldn't that be a huge loss for Lujiawan?"

"What loss? You have to look at the problem with a developmental perspective. Teacher Chen has already laid such a good foundation for Lujiawan. As long as we don't mess around in the future and continue on the current path, Lujiawan will be able to develop smoothly. Do you still want Teacher Chen to dedicate his whole life to Lujiawan?"

"That's right, Lujiawan needs to develop, and Teacher Chen himself needs to develop too. How can we tie him down to one place?"

"I'm saying, you're all worrying about nothing. Teacher Chen can go wherever he wants to go. Whether he's in Lujiawan or not depends on his own wishes. Would you be unhappy if he wanted to stay in Lujiawan?"

"No, no..."

Chen Fan turned a deaf ear to the buzzing discussions. After admiring the scenery for a while, he turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

A group of people followed behind, cheering and beaming with joy.

Everyone in Lujiawan knew that following Teacher Chen meant at least getting a good meal.

It's just a pity that it wasn't Teacher Chen cooking himself. The food in the cafeteria was far from it!

… …

After filling his stomach in the cafeteria, Chen Fan drove to the Provincial Writers Association.

Last time, he came and went in a hurry, so he didn't have a good look around. Now, it seemed quite peaceful and secluded in the midst of the hustle and bustle.

A courtyard facing the street. Going through the iron gate, there was a small courtyard with a three-story red brick building inside. It looked quite old, and Chen Fan suspected it was a Soviet-style office building built in the 1950s.

The narrower side of the building faced the street, and it was very long and deep. There was also a larger flat courtyard on the side, with tall sycamore trees planted against the wall. The branches extended all the way to the red tile roof. One could imagine that when the sun was scorching, there would only be dappled light and shadows here.

Why could he only imagine it?

Because it was already dark.

Chen Fan lowered the car window, waved his work permit, and the old gatekeeper didn't even bother to look at it. He sat at the entrance, holding a large teacup, "Director Chen, no need to check."

Looking at the old gatekeeper, Chen Fan was a little surprised, "You recognize me?"

He had only been here once. Could it be that He Qingsheng had shown him his photo?

But he didn't have a big photo of himself, did he?

The old gatekeeper raised his head and laughed, "Recognize you, how could I not recognize you? A few days ago, you came and snatched a box of cigarettes and a box of wine from Xiao He, making him unable to sleep for three days. That's when I remembered you."

Chen Fan frowned slightly. Only three days?

It seemed that Chairman He had a lot of health points.

After chatting with the old gatekeeper for a couple of sentences, Chen Fan drove into the courtyard, found a corner to park the car, got out, and went straight to the second floor.

Although it was already off work, there were still many people working in the building. Almost half of the rooms were still lit, and some offices even had arguing sounds coming from them.

Chen Fan slowed down and turned to go up the stairs.

The third room on the second floor was He Qingsheng's office.

His office door was also open, and there seemed to be quite a few people inside, probably in a meeting.

Chen Fan had just shown his face at the door when He Qingsheng, who was sitting on the sofa, saw him.

He stood up abruptly, "Hey, you dare to come back?!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards the door.

Chen Fan dodged and avoided him, then rushed into the room and waved to the people, "Sister Xu, Vice Chairman Tan, Director Xiong, Director Duan, hey, Brother Guo, you're here too. When did you come over?"

Brother Guo was Guo Daorong, the chairman of the Yunhu District Writers Association, whose main job was the deputy director of the Yunhu Zoo.

Chen Fan sat down next to him and said softly, "Brother Guo, I need your help with something."

Guo Daorong looked at him with a smile, "Oh, you need my help? I wouldn't dare to use the word 'need'. Tell me what it is first. I won't do anything difficult."

The others also looked at him with smiles. The rising star of the Jiangnan literary world, not to mention this office, but the entire Jiangnan Writers Association, all the old writers treated him as a junior. Naturally, there weren't so many rules when interacting with him.

See, this was the benefit of having an organization.

If it were a wildly grown "grassroots" person, whether they could get the recognition of these literary people within the organization was another matter, let alone being regarded as a junior.

That had nothing to do with whether the work was excellent or not, but with "position."

One of us, everything is easy to say. Not one of us, everything is up for debate.

That was because Chen Fan's first novel manuscript was submitted to "Jiangnan Literature and Art," otherwise the road ahead might not have been so smooth.

Of course, now there was another important reason.

He had officially been accepted as a disciple by Mr. Xu Zhirui.

With this status, not to mention the Jiangnan literary world, but all over the country, he could go anywhere!

Chen Fan grabbed the Golden Dragon cigarettes on the table and passed them around, finally handing one to He Qingsheng.

He Qingsheng took it with a dark face, "You always use my cigarettes to do favors. Where's the box of cigarettes you snatched?"

Chen Fan took out a lighter and lit it for him, smiling, "It's not snatching, it's an advance."

Then he lit one for himself, took a puff, and looked around at everyone, saying with a proud face, "It's not that I'm targeting anyone, but among all of you here, writing articles and doing scholarship are all your strengths, but when it comes to worldly affairs, you have to look at us members who have crawled out of the production team."

Tan Yong, the vice chairman of the Provincial Writers Association, pointed at him and scolded with a smile, "Your flattery skills are still a bit lacking."

Xu Qizhen also nodded with a pursed mouth, "Isn't it just crawling around in the fields? It's not like anyone hasn't done it before."

For a time, "public sentiment was raging," and they attacked Chen Fan.

Chen Fan was so scared that he hid back, "Hey, hey, hey, if you attack me like this, I won't take care of the correspondence training center's affairs."

Guo Daorong shook his head and smiled, "That's all you're good at."

After a pause, he looked at Chen Fan and asked, "You haven't said what it is yet?"

Chen Fan coughed dryly, moved forward a little, sat up straight, and said seriously, "This is the situation. I set up a breeding farm on the production team's side and raised some things."

Guo Daorong frowned slightly, "Breeding farm? Then you should go to the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. Mine is a zoo. Wild animals and breeding farms are not the same thing."

Chen Fan chuckled twice, "Mine are also wild animals."

Guo Daorong raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh? What kind of animals are they?"

Chen Fan gestured with his hand, "Three giant pandas..."

This opening stunned Guo Daorong, who looked at him with a surprised face, "Giant pandas? Those things are not easy to get, nor are they easy to raise. Where did you buy them from?"

Not easy to get?

Chen Fan blinked, "I bought them not far from the Yunhu Wharf. They were brought over by a performing animal trainer from Sichuan. There was originally only one, but she was about to give birth to a baby at the time. The performer was afraid that she wouldn't be able to raise it, so he sold it to me for 80 yuan.

Then I took the giant panda and two twin panda babies home to raise them. Now the two little ones are almost one year old."

Guo Daorong opened his mouth wide, "How did you keep them alive? What did the pandas eat?!"

The others also looked at Chen Fan with curiosity. They had all seen panda performers, but it was the first time they had seen someone raising pandas.

Chen Fan nodded in agreement when he heard Guo Daorong's words, "They really can eat a lot. The bamboo from one production team is not enough to feed the three of them. We need to use the bamboo from the entire commune to be enough."

At this moment, He Qingsheng sighed deeply, pointed at Chen Fan, and looked at the others, saying, "This kid is a living ancestor in their production team. The breeding farm run by their production team, as well as the poultry and livestock raised by the farmers themselves, are all supported by him single-handedly.

Later, he used the bred poultry and livestock to set up side businesses, including a cooked food workshop and a cooked food store, which now generates tens of thousands of yuan a day."

When Xu Qizhen heard this, she couldn't help but be even more surprised, "Tens of thousands of yuan a day?"

He Qingsheng nodded, "Although it is the income of the entire production team, and costs have to be shared and dividends distributed to the members, this income is still top-notch in the country."

After a pause, he changed the subject, "You all know about the college entrance examination last year, and 23 college students flew out of Lujiawan."

As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Chen Fan a few times, "Tell me, if he did such a thing, wouldn't Lujiawan treat him like a living ancestor? Don't even mention taking a little bamboo to feed the pandas, they would even hold him up for more outrageous things."

Chen Fan leaned on the sofa, blinking repeatedly in the face of everyone's surprised gazes, feeling a little strange in his heart.

"No, who is the living ancestor?"

Chen Fan straightened his back and explained in a serious manner, "I am just capable and strong, and the leaders of the Lujiawan brigade trust me and are willing to cooperate. Only with the joint efforts of everyone can we have the little achievements we have now..."

"Alright, alright, alright."

Guo Daorong turned around and stopped him, asking with a hopeful face, "Speaking of the pandas, is it because you are having difficulty raising them now and want to send them to the zoo?"

As he spoke, he patted his chest, "No problem, I'll take care of it!"

Chen Fan quickly stopped him, "No, no, no, that's not the case."

Guo Daorong was stunned, "It's not? Then what is it?"

Chen Fan chuckled twice, "It's like this, besides the three pandas, I also have a hobby falcon, a myna bird, two oriental horses, two sheep, and a grass snake."

He looked at the dumbfounded Guo Daorong and asked in a low voice, "Can these animals be listed under the Yunhu Zoo and have a Lujiawan branch?"

Guo Daorong slammed his jaw shut and sized him up with a strange look, "Where did you get so many animals?"

Chen Fan blinked and laughed, "Bought them, where else could I get them?"

He tugged at Guo Daorong's arm, "It's not difficult to do this little favor, right?"

Guo Daorong frowned, obviously a little embarrassed, "Open a branch? There doesn't seem to be a precedent for that, right? And you don't have enough animals to open a zoo."

Chen Fan immediately said, "Not enough, right? It's okay, we have a lot of wild animals there. I'll get two more foxes and a few rabbits later, is that enough? If it's not enough, there are also muntjacs, roe deer, badgers, hedgehogs..."

Guo Daorong raised his right hand, "Stop, stop, stop."

He looked at Chen Fan with some helplessness in his eyes, "I can help you apply to the zoo, but I can't guarantee whether it will be approved. But one thing, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, you have to take a wildlife breeder certificate. You can take the exam at our zoo, and I'll arrange it later."

Chen Fan clapped his hands and grinned from ear to ear, "No problem, I'll listen to you!"

He Qingsheng pointed at Chen Fan and turned to the others, saying, "Look, look, that's what he looks like when he asks for help. If you want him to do something, he'll set conditions."

Chen Fan's expression changed, and he said to He Qingsheng in a serious tone, "Uncle He, how can you say that? Didn't I just say that I'm pre-paying, and I can't just leave it alone when the correspondence training center is built in the future, can I?!"

Amidst a burst of light laughter, Xu Qizhen immediately looked at him and said, "You said that yourself, no one forced you!"

Chen Fan nodded righteously, "I said it, a promise is worth a thousand gold!"

"Good!"

He Qingsheng grinned and said, "Since that's the case, then the appointment of you as the director of the correspondence training center is approved! Everyone applaud."

Clap clap clap clap clap...

Amidst the applause, Chen Fan was a little stunned, turned his head to look at the others, "What director?"

He Qingsheng stood up, walked to his side, gently patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "The director of the correspondence training center, the one you suggested last time."

He straightened his back, smoking a cigarette in one hand and putting the other behind his back, pacing back and forth beside the sofa, "In the few days you were away, our board of directors has passed a resolution to establish a literary creation correspondence training center.

The application for the establishment of the center has also been approved by the Department of Culture, and the next step is to form a team and officially start work."

He turned to face Chen Fan, "We were just discussing who should be the director of this correspondence center, and in the end, we all agreed that it would be most appropriate for you, the proposer of this suggestion, to be in charge!"

Chen Fan pursed his lips, "So today I walked into a trap?"

Vice Chairman Tan waved his hand, "Hey, how can you say that? It should be that with greater ability comes greater responsibility. I think this position is none other than you!"

Director Xiong of the Creation and Research Department also nodded in agreement, "We also discussed earlier whether to hand over this correspondence center to the Creation and Research Department, and the final result of the discussion was that it was not suitable.

Our Writers Association is engaged in creation and research, which is aimed at writers with a foundation in writing, which is very different from literary enthusiasts with zero foundation.

The students facing the correspondence center may not need too profound literary theories, but rather writing skills that can allow them to quickly get started. We can provide information in this area, and even including giving lectures to students and answering students' questions, I can arrange it.

However, to be responsible for specific affairs, we need someone who can control the overall situation. I also have to be responsible for the creation management of the members of the Writers Association, and I really don't have the energy, and I am not familiar with this new thing, so you are indeed the most suitable candidate."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, after saying so much, isn't it still going to fall on my head?!

He pondered for two seconds, looked up at He Qingsheng, "Hey, Chairman He, am I now holding two positions?"

He Qingsheng nodded slightly, "Yes."

Chen Fan widened his eyes, "Then the salary?"

He Qingsheng glared at him unhappily, "Don't think too beautifully."

He pointed around at the people in the room, "Ask them, which one of them doesn't hold multiple positions?"

Then his tone softened, "Young people shouldn't talk too much about returns, they should make more contributions. This is the attitude that outstanding young people should have!"

Xu Qizhen nodded repeatedly, "Besides, isn't your job as the director of the European and American branch of the External Liaison Department just an empty shell? It's just right to put your energy into the correspondence center, which is worthy of the salary you receive."

Chen Fan sighed quietly, "Actually, I can not be the director of the European and American branch."

When He Qingsheng heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly gave Xu Qizhen a wink to shut her up.

Just kidding, this position was a hot potato before, and it was not easy to fool Chen Fan into taking over. How could he easily let him quit?

Then he coughed lightly and said in a slow voice, "Since the General Association has established the External Liaison Department, it must have its meaning. This burden still has to be picked up.

Of course, we can't let hard-working comrades be wronged. As long as the work is done well, there will be benefits and bonuses!"

Chen Fan glanced at him, didn't expect you to draw big cakes too?!

Seeing that he didn't respond, He Qingsheng could only show his bottom card.

He turned around and sat on the sofa, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and said with a soft smile, "Under your management, if the correspondence center can really generate high benefits as you expected, then the bonuses and benefits are up to you."

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, "If I apply, you will approve it?"

He Qingsheng coughed twice, "As long as it is reasonable and legal, we will definitely approve it."

Chen Fan glanced at the crowd, and suddenly understood.

This correspondence center does not belong to the scope of responsibility of the Writers Association, and the Writers Association itself belongs to the "money-consuming household", so the money earned by the correspondence center is naturally the Writers Association's private treasury!

Just as he was about to agree, Vice Chairman Tan added another chip, "Comrade Xiao Chen, do your job well. As long as you can achieve results, I will recommend you to be elected as the vice chairman when the board of directors is officially elected at the end of this year!"

Chen Fan slapped his thigh, "I'll do it."

This bait is so big.

Vice Chairman, that's already a deputy director level.

Of course, this is not the point. Looking at Vice Chairman Tan, you know that this is a position with "high position, heavy power, and light responsibility". There is nothing wrong with it at ordinary times, but any important event in the unit cannot be separated from his vote.

Unlike his current position as the director of the European and American branch, he will be busy to death sooner or later.

A leisurely job like vice chairman is Chen Fan's favorite!

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