After returning to her workplace, Su He went straight to the personnel department and finally got her personnel file and household registration settled before the end of the workday.

Holding the newly issued household registration booklet, Su He was extremely excited. She had actually obtained a Beijing household registration in the 1960s!

What excited her even more was that, because she was a high school student, the administrative level assigned to her by her new employer was level 28, and her position was a level 10 clerk, instead of the lowest level of 30, which was level 12 clerk.

You should know that in this era, every position is graded.

In administrative positions, levels 1 to 8 correspond to positions such as President of the People's Republic of China, members of the Central Committee, Secretary-General, and Governor of a province; levels 8 to 12 correspond to directors of departments, bureaus, ministries, offices, and provincial government offices; levels 11 to 14 correspond to division chiefs; levels 15 to 18 correspond to section chiefs; levels 17 to 21 correspond to staff members; and levels 22 to 30 correspond to clerks.

Moreover, salaries are directly linked to rank; basically, as long as you know a person's rank, you know their salary, making it very transparent.

The lowest administrative level is level 30, which pays 23 yuan per month, while Su He's level 28 pays 27.5 yuan per month, which is 4.5 yuan more!

Moreover, promotion is not easy. If there are no unexpected events, you can usually apply once a year when you are a clerk. If you perform well, you can be promoted one level. But once you become a staff member, it is very difficult to be promoted unless you make a significant contribution.

In those days, education was highly valued. If you graduated from university, you would be at level 23, and after becoming a full-fledged employee, you would be at level 22, earning 56 yuan a month.

More than twice her salary!

Originally, their unit had two college graduates, but after Li Yi left, only Zhou Yan is left.

Thinking of this, Su He felt envious, but there was no use in being envious. She was too late to go to university, so she should just work hard and try to improve her level as soon as possible.

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After officially becoming a full-time employee, she returned to her dormitory, and Tian Zhenzhen was happy for her. "That's great! Now you're a city dweller too. Shouldn't we celebrate?"

Su He smiled, patted her chest, and said, "Haha, then I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow."

"Great! Chef Zheng is supposed to make braised pork tomorrow, so you can treat me to that."

Su He hesitated for a moment upon hearing this. She had originally wanted to invite Tian Zhenzhen to eat at a state-run restaurant, but she guessed that Tian Zhenzhen was worried about spending too much money, so she agreed after thinking about it. Anyway, Chef Zheng's cooking was pretty good.

The next day, when Su He arrived at the cafeteria, the kitchen staff obviously knew about her promotion and congratulated her.

Aunt Xu also specifically told her that Grandma Su had already called her and wanted to help her find a good partner.

The others teased her, and Su He blushed with embarrassment. Oh my god, this is so awkward! I didn't expect Grandma Su to be so quick to act; I wasn't prepared at all.

Waaah, she's still just a child!

Seeing her like this, Tian Zhenzhen couldn't help but laugh, "I never thought that our fearless Police Officer Su would be afraid of blind dates!"

Su He rolled her eyes at her, "I'm still young, okay? There's no rush at all!"

"You're not young anymore, you're over eighteen, it's time to find someone, otherwise all the good ones will be gone."

Upon hearing this, Su He suddenly thought of her blind date and asked curiously, "Weren't you supposed to go on a blind date during the Chinese New Year? How did it go? Did it work out?"

When Tian Zhenzhen heard her ask that, she suddenly blushed shyly. "Well, just leave it at that."

Su He could tell something was up at a glance. "So you've taken a liking to it?"

Tian Zhenzhen was a little embarrassed to look at her, but still nodded in agreement.

"Um."