Chapter 422 You're not planning to take the exam?

However, Yu Baien was unaware of this unexpected turn of events, and his eyes widened in surprise when he heard Jiang Si say she wouldn't take the exam.

"You're not planning to take the exam?"

Jiang Si nodded. "Yes."

If someone else had asked her this, Jiang Si might have simply replied, "She doesn't want to," but her master was different.

To her, her master was not only a teacher and friend, but also a father figure.

Of course, she didn't intend to mention the students who took the exam without submitting a blank paper.

Just as Jiang Si was about to give her the reason she had prepared in advance, Yu Baien waved his hand to interrupt her.

He was single-mindedly devoted to his work, but he wasn't completely clueless about interpersonal relationships.

The news of the resumption of cultural examinations was announced today, but many people must have already heard about it beforehand.

Given the Huo family's situation, it's not surprising that they knew some inside information in advance.

Although he didn't quite understand why his little apprentice would give up this opportunity, he was sure she had her reasons.

He didn't need to know these things.

After a moment's thought, Yu Baien instructed, "Since you've made up your mind, just do what you think is right. But there are some things you should keep to yourself and don't need to tell outsiders."

Jiang Si nodded solemnly, "I understand, Master."

She understands the principle that too much talk leads to mistakes, mainly because most of the members in her group are between thirty and forty years old.

These people originally had university degrees; apart from her, there were only two or three people in the group with high school diplomas.

As far as she knew, these people all met the requirements for college entrance examination registration.

She couldn't offer advice on this kind of thing, and even if she did, the other person might not listen.

Sure enough, when Jiang Si finished her work and returned to the office, all of them had already completed the procedures for taking unpaid leave.

Her group didn't cause any trouble, but she heard that the other groups had gotten into a lot of problems.

Because of issues such as not meeting the age requirements or work experience requirements, the crowd had already cornered Director Chang, who was in charge of the recommendation list, in his office and prevented him from leaving.

Normally we can turn a blind eye, but this kind of thing involves the college entrance examination.

What are they all thinking? If this precedent is set, what will happen?

Director Chang was naturally against it, but there were just too many people...

"Director Chang, I'm almost two years into my work experience, please make an exception for me!"

"Director, I am a little over the age limit, but I have been working at the company for six or seven years. Isn't being recognized as an advanced unit still an advanced unit? This should be acceptable, right?"

"Director, you know about my family's situation..."

Pleas, complaints, and even a few disgruntled grumbles filled the office building, turning it into a chaotic mess in an instant.

Jiang Si didn't care about any of that; she went home when it was time to leave work.

Although she is only a section-level cadre, her unit made an exception and provided her with a car to facilitate her commute, taking into account her special circumstances and the fact that she was specially recruited.

When Huo Tingzhou returned that evening, Jiang Si told him about her decision not to take the college entrance examination.

Huo Tingzhou always respected her ideas. Since his wife had already spoken, it meant that it was a result she had thought through carefully.

However, just in case, he still took the opportunity to tell his family the next day.

In this day and age, education, salary, and promotion are closely related, and he worries that his family will persuade his wife and put unnecessary pressure on her.

Mrs. Huo chuckled on the other end of the phone, "What, in your eyes, am I such a clueless mother-in-law?"

Even if my daughter-in-law doesn't go to college, or even if she doesn't work and stays home all day, she won't say a word against it!

After a pause, Huo's mother added, "You two can make your own decisions. Don't worry, we won't interfere too much. As long as Sisi is happy, that's all that matters."

Her family didn't ask, and they didn't even mention it to Jiang Si.

But with the college entrance examination registration deadline fast approaching and Jiang Si still not coming to collect her recommendation letter, Director Chang became increasingly uneasy.

When Jiang Si joined the company, he personally reviewed her personnel file.

An impressive resume and a dazzling array of honors.

Although the family background may not be "pure and upright," this year's recruitment policy clearly stipulates this.

One percent of the exam slots will be allocated to "children who are educated," meaning candidates from ordinary family backgrounds but who demonstrate positive behavior.

With that in mind, Director Chang took the completed letter of recommendation and prepared to deliver it to her personally.

It was quite a coincidence that he saw Jiang Si at the bottom of the stairs as soon as he came downstairs.

"Xiao Jiang, I've been looking for you."

Director Chang stepped forward and handed over the letter of recommendation. "Here, this is your letter of recommendation. Take it and register quickly, or it will be too late in a couple of days."

Jiang Si was stunned when she saw the letter of recommendation handed to her. She hadn't expected that Director Chang had already prepared the letter of recommendation.

Moved by her story, Jiang Si also revealed that she would not be taking the college entrance examination.

"Director Chang, thank you for your kind offer! However, I don't plan to take the college entrance examination this year."

"You're not taking the college entrance exam?" Director Chang was quite surprised.

Jiang Si nodded, without explaining much.

She only said that she had already completed her university courses through self-study, and at this stage she just wanted to focus on her work.

It would be a lie for Director Chang to say he didn't regret it. With Jiang Si's abilities, she would have been promoted within a few years.

It would be such a pity if I were held back by my educational background!

Because of this, Director Chang sighed for a long time at work.

Before he could even recover, the following month after the college entrance examination, the National Daily published a news item on its front page that shocked everyone.

Just as Jiang Si had predicted, the sudden appearance of a candidate with a blank exam paper completely rewrote the rules of this admission process.

Nearly fifty students from the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry participated in this year's college entrance examination.

Everyone prepared carefully for two months, and with the waiting time for admission, it took nearly four months in total.

But in the end, all their efforts were in vain.

If it were simply a matter of being less skilled, they might not feel so frustrated.

However, it wasn't that no one from the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry passed the exam this time; a total of two colleagues from their unit received university admission notices.

Peking University and Renmin University are both top-tier universities in Beijing.

They didn't know the details about the student from Renmin University, but the student admitted to Peking University wasn't feeling well during the exam period.

He didn't even finish the exam paper, and he missed the last one!

When the notification arrived, not only were others stunned, but even the candidate himself was dumbfounded…

The long-awaited college entrance examination has come to an end, but the impact of this event is far-reaching. Many candidates were depressed for a whole year because of failing the exam.

But the wheels of time will not stop turning because of any one person or any one event.

While other groups were fully focused on preparing for the college entrance examination, Jiang Si and her group had been diligently researching.

After more than half a year, they finally completed the isometric drawing of the rocket's third stage body (1:50 scale), the high-precision electromagnetic shielding structure drawing of the radar, the exploded view of the subsystems, the flow field diagram of the wind tunnel test, and the stress-strain cloud diagram, including the transformation of the "aerodynamic drag reduction design" into a three-dimensional perspective view.

Jiang Si also attempted to hand-draw a complete set of mechanical transmission diagrams for the satellite's automatic stabilization structure.

Furthermore, all data errors are controlled within 0.2 millimeters.

Due to her outstanding performance, in early 1974, after signing a top-secret confidentiality agreement, Jiang Si officially joined the design team for the thermal protection of the Dongfeng X intercontinental ballistic missile's reentry atmosphere.

My main responsibilities include drawing ablation material distribution maps and other related tasks.

At the end of the same year, she was promoted to assistant engineer.

He then officially took the lead in standardizing the structural drawings of the "Julang-2" submarine-launched ballistic missile.