Reborn in 1977

The computer wasn't taken, said it was left for Professor Xu, so let him play with it slowly.

Although Professor Xu said he didn't want it, almost all older generation scholars have a common characteristic, which is that they are particularly curious and have a high acceptance of new things. Later, some old people started learning computers at the age of 80 or 90 and could use them very well.

Chen Fan was sure that after a month when he came again, Professor Xu would definitely figure out all the functions of this computer, and maybe even write two new works.

Of course, the premise is that he doesn't give this computer to the computer science department, um... it shouldn't, right?

Shaking his head, Chen Fan climbed into the car, fastened the door, and slowly drove towards the back gate of Jiangda University.

Now that he was at Jiangda University, he might as well go to Wenyi New Village to take a look, but he didn't know how the construction was progressing.

What? Those people from the Lu Family Bay who are studying at Jiangda University?

What's so good about them? Just study hard and make progress every day, is it possible that he still wants to continue teaching them?

Dream on.

The speed in the campus cannot be too fast. Chen Fan lightly stepped on the accelerator and moved forward at an almost jogging speed. After a while, he passed through the campus from among the students running to class in groups and exited the back gate.

At the same time, he also saw the current appearance of Wenyi New Village.

The last time he came, it was Huang Tianzhi, the Deputy Director of the Municipal Construction Committee, who brought him to see the land.

Originally, he just wanted to buy a house with a slightly better environment and fewer people nearby, but Huang Tianzhi fooled him into building a house on a piece of land.

Since it was building a house, it was better to build a big one than a small one. After a tour, this place became a joint dormitory area for the literary and art circles in the provincial capital, led by the Writers Association, co-organized by the Jiangnan Literature and Art Magazine and the Correspondence Center for Literary Creation, and guided by the Department of Culture.

The car cut across the road diagonally, and it was a dirt road paved with cinder and gravel. Chen Fan avoided the intersection, parked the car aside, and walked in.

At this time, the entire construction site was in full swing. The roar of machines, the shouts of workers, the sound of trowels, ... various sounds converged into one, and it was noisy everywhere, making him have no interest in even speaking.

However, although many people saw him, no one came to say hello.

Whether it's Writer Chen or Teacher Chen, there are indeed many people who know him, but as for knowing him, hum, ... who is this? Never seen him before, don't know him!

Chen Fan didn't try to find a sense of existence for himself. Since no one paid attention to him, he went in to see for himself.

Compared with when he first came here, from the outside to the inside, several residential buildings that looked extremely trendy at this time and very old-fashioned in later generations rose from the ground.

One stairwell is a unit, each unit has two households per floor, 6 floors and 12 households, and each building has 3 units, which is 36 households.

The outermost dormitory building has been capped and completed, and the several buildings inside have been built almost completely, ...

That's not right?

Chen Fan touched his head, stood back to the lake, and then shook his head and looked around.

The original plan was to build 3 buildings with a total of 24 sets of 80-square-meter three-bedroom apartments, one building with 48 single dormitories with bathrooms and kitchens, and 120 sets of 50-square-meter small two-bedroom apartments.

The Writers Association, including the agency, the Literary and Art Publishing House, and the Correspondence Center, only has 161 people in total, and not everyone requires to live in a new house, and a small number of people come from the same family, so there are more than enough houses.

The extra ones are the houses used to trade with other literary and art units.

Because they are all units on the cultural front, this place is named "Wenyi New Village".

The heart of the lake, which looks like a turtle's back, is full of small courtyards where leaders who like to live in bungalows live, as well as public cultural and sports facilities such as libraries and gymnasiums.

But the current house looks like it's a lot more.

The first building alone has 36 sets, all of which are 80-square-meter three-bedroom apartments.

There is another identical building behind, which is another 36 sets of three-bedroom apartments.

Could it be that the other apartment types have been reduced?

Chen Fan looked inward and couldn't help but pinch his chin and frowned.

Well, the 24 sets of three-bedroom apartments have become 72 sets, one single dormitory building has become two, and 120 sets of two-bedroom apartments have become 180 sets.

Not only that, but from the perspective of an architect, the original 20 acres of land seems to be a little bit bigger.

Well, it's probably half as much.

He couldn't help but touch his head. Is the Writers Association rich? Do they have the money to build so many houses?

Then he turned to look at the heart of the lake. From a single perspective, it was the same as planned, and there was no big change.

Uh, that's not right either.

Between the residential building by the lake and the public building with a sloping roof, there are a row of slightly smaller courtyards distributed in a staggered manner?

What is this?

Hillside mansion?!

Chen Fan wondered if he should go back to the Writers Association compound and ask Xu Qizhen what was going on, because she had been in charge of this place all the time, lest his small courtyard be gone, and he would have to find a place to build a house again.

After thinking carefully for two seconds, Chen Fan decisively gave up this idea.

Anyway, this project was proposed by himself, and the planned small courtyard has been set, and even the 3,000 yuan for building the house has been paid.

So he won't be missing his.

Forget it, as long as it doesn't affect him, then don't worry about it.

Just as he was about to leave, a person wearing a helmet and work clothes waved to him from a distance and walked towards him.

From a long distance, Chen Fan recognized the person. When he got a little closer, he couldn't help but ask, "Director Huang, have you been transferred or promoted?"

The person who came was none other than Huang Tianzhi, the Deputy Director of the Municipal Construction Committee who had fooled him and the Writers Association into building a dormitory building here.

Deputy Director Huang walked up to him, scraped the sole of his shoe on a stone, scraped off a few clumps of mud, then took the cigarette that Chen Fan handed him, took out a match and lit it, and then smiled, "It's both a transfer and a promotion."

He turned and pointed to the construction site, and smiled, "I was transferred from the Housing Management Office to the Construction Company, and I became a small director. The first project is Wenyi New Village."

Chen Fan immediately smiled and said, "Then I must congratulate you."

Don't look at the Housing Management Office's great power, controlling the power to allocate houses in the jurisdiction, but this thing is a double-edged sword.

Power is only useful to the common people, but if the leader says a word, he has to run around busily, and he may not please him.

Even to the common people, people in this era dare not mess around. Arranging according to the housing allocation standard that is slightly higher or lower is indeed within his power. A little higher is okay, it is considered to take care of relatives and friends, which is one of the invisible "benefits".

But if it is pressed down too much, causing people to get angry, then they really dare to sue to the superior, the superior.

And according to the regulations at the time, an investigation must be conducted and the results must be fed back to the people.

So this kind of grassroots leader is afraid of both ends.

In comparison, a simple construction company is much simpler. Just build the house according to the arrangements of the superiors, and don't care about anything else.

And the owner unit will also hold them up, and there will definitely be some benefits more or less, which is more than a little better than his original deputy director.

Not to mention he even got a promotion, from deputy to full director. Of course, it's worth congratulating him.

Huang Tianzhi was promoted from deputy director to director and transferred to a better unit. He was naturally overjoyed, grinning from ear to ear as he chuckled, "It's all thanks to you! You facilitated this project and brought in so many public service units. Once this community is built, it will immediately become a mature community, completely different from the isolated suburbs of the past.

So later, many units hoped to join in. After the Urban Construction Committee discussed it with the Department of Culture and the Writers Association, they decided to include all literary and art units at the provincial and city levels, increasing the number of floors and households, and expanding the scale accordingly.

As for other units, they jointly allocated land on the other side of the supporting public service units to build houses.

In this way, the housing needs of most units in the provincial capital were solved all at once."

He said, taking a satisfied puff of his cigarette, looking quite proud and spirited, "It's because of this that the leaders transferred me to a new unit and gave me a promotion."

After hearing his words, Chen Fan couldn't help but blink repeatedly.

So it turned out that he really owed his success to himself.

Although the Literary and Art New Village project was Huang Tianzhi's plan, it was Chen Fan who single-handedly facilitated it.

Including the hospital, supply and marketing cooperative, non-staple food store, food station, post office… and so on, these supporting units were also brought in by him through instigating Uncle Xiang and the others.

Well, well, the result was that Deputy Director Huang became Director Huang.

Chen Fan wondered if he should treat him to a meal.

Before he could speak, Huang Tianzhi pulled him and said, "Director Chen, give me a chance! When this project is completed, I'll treat you to a feast at the Yangtze River Hotel!"

Chen Fan flicked the ash from his cigarette, "Forget about the Yangtze River Hotel. If we're going, let's go to the Wild Game Restaurant."

Huang Tianzhi's eyes immediately glazed over.

The Wild Game Restaurant, even if only two people went, wouldn't it cost dozens of yuan?

But he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! The Wild Game Restaurant it is."

Chen Fan chuckled, "Just a bowl of wild game gravy noodles will do."

Huang Tianzhi's mood went from heaven to hell and back in an instant. Hearing this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but still laughed and said, "How can just a bowl of gravy noodles do? We must go to the second floor and order two hearty dishes."

Then he added, "You like to eat gravy noodles, right? I'll get you some extra noodle coupons later, so you can eat your fill!"

The Wild Game Restaurant doesn't require coupons for anything else, only for gravy noodles. They are always in short supply, forcing the higher-level management unit to issue coupons and limit the supply, to the point where a coupon is more expensive than a bowl of noodles.

Director Huang's willingness to get a few more coupons would probably cost him a lot of money, and more importantly, he would have to use some connections.

Chen Fan chuckled, "Okay, I'll wait for it."

After a pause, he turned and pointed to the island in the lake and asked, "Has the plan for that place also been changed? Is my courtyard still there?"

Before Huang Tianzhi could speak, he explained, "The last time I saw Secretary-General Xu, she didn't mention this matter at all. I paid for that courtyard, and I won't be happy if it's been removed from the plan."

Huang Tianzhi was stunned, "Secretary-General Xu didn't tell you? Uh, maybe she forgot."

Then he smiled and said, "We can move anyone else's, but not yours."

He pointed to the farthest part of the island in the lake, "Look, the courtyard on the very edge is yours. It's one of the largest in area, and the location is very good, with the mountain behind it and the lake in front, avoiding the northerly winds in winter. The community road will also lead directly to the entrance of the courtyard, so driving there won't be a problem.

Leaving the courtyard and crossing the road is the lakeside boardwalk.

Secretary-General Xu said you like fishing, so I specifically had someone build a small pier there at the boardwalk in front of your door. You can either fish on the pier or row a boat in the lake."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Chen Fan and smiled, "But whether you can keep that boat, I can't guarantee."

Chen Fan threw away his cigarette butt and looked over there, feeling quite pleasantly surprised, "They can even get a boat? That's not bad."

When it snows, it would be nice to row a boat to the center of the lake to fish.

At this moment, Huang Tianzhi handed over a cigarette, looked at him, and asked in a low voice, "Director Chen, have you already paid for that house? How much did you pay?"

For this kind of dormitory building, employees don't have to pay. As long as the unit allocates it, they can live there forever.

As long as the unit is still there, the job position can be passed down, and of course, so can the house.

However, he knew that Chen Fan wanted to buy his own house from the beginning. He didn't expect that such a good community was about to be built, but he still wanted to buy it himself.

He just didn't know how much it cost.

Chen Fan lit the cigarette and said casually, "Not much, 3,000 yuan."

Huang Tianzhi was a little tongue-tied when he heard this.

Compared to that spacious and bright bungalow courtyard, 3,000 yuan is indeed not much, just the cost of construction.

But since he could live there for free, why would he still want to spend money? He couldn't understand it.

He could only say, "You're really rich!"

Chen Fan smiled, "Actually, it's okay. I didn't pay in cash. It's all deducted from my salary. My monthly salary plus subsidies is almost 160 yuan. So I don't receive a salary anymore. The unit's finance department directly deducts it as payment for the house. It will end when it's all deducted."

Huang Tianzhi was speechless.

So the legendary Director Chen doesn't rely on his salary to live at all.

But thinking about how he created 230,000 US dollars in foreign exchange in the first half of the year alone, even though the US dollars were forcibly converted, the RMB is still there.

So, he really isn't short of money.

After smoking two cigarettes and chatting for a while, Chen Fan was about to leave.

Huang Tianzhi quickly grabbed him, "You've already come here, how can I let you leave? I'm treating tonight. Let's just find a restaurant nearby for a simple meal. Next time, next time I'll take you to the Wild Game Restaurant for a good meal."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "You already said next time, so let's just go together next time."

After a pause, he smiled again, "I really have something to do. I have to go back to Yunhu today. Your time is also inconvenient, so let's not bother each other. When you're done with this project, I definitely won't stand on ceremony."

Hearing him say this, Huang Tianzhi didn't insist any further, "Okay, that's settled then."

Then he sent him to the roadside and watched him get into the car and leave.

Chen Fan sat in the car, looking at the gradually forming community, feeling quite proud in his heart.

It wasn't because of that small courtyard. He has too many houses now to live in, so he wouldn't be overjoyed because of a small courtyard.

The main thing is that this community was facilitated by his efforts, and it can solve the housing problem for hundreds of households at once.

And those residents who move in will probably have to give up their original houses, so another group of people will benefit.

No matter what, this is a great thing!

It was already afternoon. Chen Fan looked at the time and felt that there were still four or five hours until dark, so he decided to take a gamble. He didn't go to the guest house to stay overnight. He filled up the gas tank and drove straight to Yunhu.