Reborn in 1977

Chapter 65: I'll Just Be an Ostrich From Now On

Since Team Leader Xiao had spoken and was willing to take responsibility, the technician from the post office readily stepped aside to rest.

However, he didn't leave; he stood to the side, wanting to see how this young man would fix it.

At Team Leader Xiao's signal, Chen Fan stepped forward, pulled out a chair, sat down, and without a word, grabbed a screwdriver to open the casing.

In no time, he had the cover off, and his eyes widened instantly.

Just then, Zhang Wenliang came over to take a look.

He hadn't dared to approach while the technician was repairing it, but now that Chen Fan was doing it, he dared; not only him, but Team Leader Zhang and Secretary Yang also crowded around, surrounding the table on two sides.

They first looked at the complex electronic component structure inside the radio, and couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement. No wonder the technician hadn't dared to open the cover earlier; they wouldn't have dared either.

What if they broke something and couldn't even find a loose wire?

Then they looked at Chen Fan, only to find him with a suppressed smile, winking vigorously at Zhang Wenliang.

Zhang Wenliang was stunned for a moment, his eyes darting around several times before he understood Chen Fan's meaning.

He immediately cleared his throat, shook his head, and walked out, muttering, "It's making me dizzy."

When he reached the technician, he suddenly looked up, "Come, come, it's stuffy inside; let's go outside for a smoke."

The technician didn't want to stay inside either, so he readily allowed himself to be pulled out.

As soon as the two of them left, Secretary Yang immediately asked, "How is it?"

Team Leader Xiao and Team Leader Ye immediately took their places, staring at him expectantly from the other side.

Chen Fan, suppressing a laugh, pointed to a spot and said, "Look."

The people behind also crowded around, all eyes on that spot.

As soon as they looked, several people burst out laughing.

But they quickly restrained themselves, afraid the technician outside would hear.

Zhang Changjiang bent down and chuckled softly, "No wonder you had Sanhuzi call him out; if he saw it was such a small problem, he'd be too embarrassed to show his face."

Everyone saw it; there was nothing else wrong, just a wire had come loose. All that was needed was to wrap the wire back on and tighten the screw.

It really proved Chen Fan's words: you can't fix it if you don't even open the casing.

Chen Fan laughed for a while, then began to tighten the screw.

He also checked the other places, reinforcing several loose screws, then without closing the cover, he directly turned on the radio and leaned into the microphone, "Testing, testing."

The loudspeaker hanging on the roof of the central courtyard immediately produced a sound, "Testing, testing."

Everyone was startled.

The members of Team 5 all knew that a technician was coming to install the radio today. Hearing the sound, they were overjoyed and rushed to the brigade headquarters.

They didn't go inside the brigade office, but stayed on the bluestone walkway next to it, discussing the loudspeaker on the roof of the courtyard.

"Wow, this loudspeaker has such a loud voice."

"Of course, look how big its mouth is."

"Does that mean we'll be able to listen to the radio from now on?"

"I'm afraid it'll be broadcasting every morning from now on; that's what it says in the newspapers."

… …

Inside the broadcasting station, Chen Fan turned off the microphone power switch, turned to Secretary Yang and Team Leader Zhang, and smiled, "Would you like to say a few words?"

As a result, the two of them recoiled as if they had seen a ghost.

The two of them first pushed and yielded to each other, and finally Team Leader Zhang waved at Chen Fan, "You speak, you speak."

Chen Fan turned his head and looked at Team Leader Xiao and Team Leader Ye.

The two of them also shook their heads like rattles, indicating that he should speak.

Since that was the case, Chen Fan didn't stand on ceremony, tore off an old newspaper next to him, and said, "This must be debugged properly, I'm afraid there will be problems again after the technician leaves."

The technician who had returned after hearing the noise was flushed. I spent two hours repairing it and couldn't fix it, and you fixed it in a few minutes, and you're saying you're afraid there will be problems after I leave?

Are you afraid you'll have no one to show off to after I leave?

However, the fact that he fixed the machine meant he was awesome, and he could only hold back his dissatisfaction.

Moreover, in this day and age, with such a good skill, who knows if the post office will need to ask for his help in the future, how dare he lose his temper.

Chen Fan looked at the newspaper, turned on the power switch again, then cleared his throat lightly, "Good afternoon, comrades. Now broadcasting a news item, 'New Lines Supporting Agriculture Come Early in Spring — Deeds of the Suifu Railway Line Workers Supporting Agriculture.' The spirit of the Second National Conference on Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture is promoting the learning from Dazhai in agriculture and the popularization of Dazhai counties throughout the motherland…"

The others stood behind him, each one dumbfounded.

Secretary Yang nudged Team Leader Zhang, "Does he speak like the radio?"

Team Leader Zhang nodded, "This is Mandarin."

Secretary Yang, "I certainly know that. Last time I went to the commune for a meeting, Secretary Qian said it would be best to find someone who understands Mandarin to be the broadcaster. I mean, can he speak Mandarin?"

Team Leader Zhang turned his head, "Currently, he's the only one in the entire brigade; there's no one else."

Then he looked at him, "Or…?"

Secretary Yang frowned, "But he's not from our brigade, and his background is unknown."

Team Leader Zhang also found it difficult to decide for a moment.

Team Leader Xiao next to him said, "Let's discuss this later; let's get the broadcasting station set up first."

Chen Fan single-mindedly read a news article, then tried the radio and record player, confirming there were no problems before turning off the radio and closing the casing.

After restoring everything, he stood up and turned around, smiling, "It's done."

Then he looked at the technician, "Comrade, I'm just a half-baked amateur, just a little bolder. Please don't mind, I'll still have to trouble you to help check it."

The technician wasn't very old, about twenty years old, his skin was in the growing stage, unable to conceal the redness beneath the surface.

However, he didn't say anything, and came over to symbolically check it, then said, "It's fine."

He had tested all three machines just now, how could it not be fine.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Team Leader Ye quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, "Huang, you've worked hard today too. Come, come, let's go downstairs for a drink."

Zhang Wenliang also followed up to help pull people along.

Technician Huang then reluctantly followed them downstairs.

After they left, Team Leader Yang and the others also invited Chen Fan to go downstairs.

Team Leader Xiao walked beside Chen Fan and said softly, "Master Chen, aren't you afraid of taking responsibility if you can't fix it?"

Chen Fan laughed, "If I can fix it, I'll fix it; if I can't, I'll just put the cover back on. It's just opening a cover, what responsibility can I take?"

Zhang Changjiang pointed at him from the side and laughed, "This young comrade is indeed a practical person."

Team Leader Xiao nodded in agreement, "That's why I vouched for him. If it really didn't work, I'd just have to lose face and go find Old Cao."

The others all chuckled softly, while Chen Fan blinked, a little puzzled.

Is this being a practical person?

Secretary Yang saw his expression and couldn't help but sigh softly, smiling faintly, "In the early years, capable people were afraid of taking responsibility. One or two didn't dare to move, and even a small problem had to be reported, sent to the commune, sent to the county, delaying so many things."

Then he glanced at him, "But don't blame them. If this were a year ago, even if Old Xiao vouched for you, you wouldn't have had a good outcome if you couldn't fix this thing today.

It's only after the bad guys were overthrown that they stopped labeling people.

Unless you're caught in the act, there's no big deal.

But now that you've fixed the radio, you can get another merit, oh."

Hearing this, Chen Fan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He majored in mechatronics in college, and often worked part-time in repair shops providing after-sales service for major electrical appliance brands, so he was no stranger to repairing electrical appliances. He even played with old antiques like crystal radios and vacuum tube televisions himself.

Later, after graduating and working in a small electromechanical equipment agency company, in order to save costs, the boss required him to solve ordinary problems himself, so he could handle general electronic and mechanical products.

It was because of this confidence that he dared to take on this delicate task.

He wanted to show off in front of the brigade leaders, let them see his skills, so that they could say a good word for solving his household registration problem.

Who knew that repairing a machine could lead to being labeled?

Fortunately, the result was good.

However, once his household registration problem is solved, he must hide and be an ostrich, and resolutely not stand out!