"Yi Zhonghai, you're no longer the boss!"
Liu Haizhong shouted, "Give me the notice, I'll convene a hospital-wide meeting!"
"Hey, hey, you're going to try and rob me, huh?"
Yi Zhonghai wouldn't miss this opportunity, and immediately swept his bangs to one side.
"Director Wang asked me to convene this hospital-wide meeting. If you have any objections, go find Director Wang!"
This sentence was Yi Zhonghai using to deceive Liu Hai.
He just happened to pass by the neighborhood office when he went out to buy something, and seeing that it was very lively inside, he went in out of curiosity.
It turned out that there was something to announce. Director Wang was arranging for a clerk to make the announcement when he saw Yi Zhonghai passing by. He gave him the notice and instructed him to tell the residents of courtyard house number 95 about the matter on the notice.
Yi Zhonghai felt this was a great opportunity, and that simply informing them would be a waste, so he planned to hold a college-wide meeting.
"Did I hear that right? Director Wang actually asked Yi Zhonghai to come to the meeting. Wasn't he dismissed?"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Maybe the neighborhood committee is planning to reinstate Uncle Yi Zhonghai as the supervisor!"
"You know what, it's actually possible. Liu Haizhong is still a bit inferior to Yi Zhonghai."
"Hiss, why do you blurt out everything?"
The residents who came to the meeting whispered among themselves. Some thought it was good that Yi Zhonghai was reinstated as the steward, since he actually gave them cornmeal, unlike Liu Haizhong, who never gave them anything.
Some people felt it didn't matter whether there was an official in charge or not, since they couldn't solve any major problems anyway.
But these comments only made Liu Haizhong more annoyed.
Yi Zhonghai is indeed dishonest!
Could he have secretly given Director Wang a gift?
Thinking of this, Liu Haixin became even angrier.
"Comrade Liu Haizhong, please don't get excited. The plenary meeting is about to begin."
Seeing Liu Haizhong's face turn bright red, yet unable to utter a single word in rebuttal, Yi Zhonghai felt an immense sense of satisfaction.
You little punk, you're no match for me!
"snort!"
Liu Haizhong snorted defiantly, then plopped down on a chair next to the square table.
During the meeting, only the person in charge could sit here. Liu Haizhong was trying to retaliate against Yi Zhonghai with his actions, but unfortunately Yi Zhonghai didn't react at all, and didn't even look in his direction.
After waiting for three to five minutes, when most of the people in the courtyard had arrived, Yi Zhonghai finally spoke.
"I've been entrusted by Director Wang of the neighborhood committee to announce some good news to everyone!"
"That was to solve the employment problem and build a better future for our country. The higher authorities decided to promote a 'Down to the Countryside' model, assigning urban youth to rural production teams to settle down and receive further education through labor!"
Upon hearing this, most people in the courtyard were completely bewildered.
Up to the mountains and down to the countryside?
What is this thing?!
Chen Jun, however, frowned subconsciously in the crowd. The "Down to the Countryside Movement" was actually the so-called "settling down in the countryside," but if he remembered correctly, it should have started in the 1960s, right?
Oh, no, it started in 1955, and the largest number of people were mobilized in the 1960s, totaling more than ten million.
This isn't an event you can skip just because you don't want to go; if you meet the requirements, you absolutely must go!
Initially, it was a process of going to the countryside, mostly to production and construction corps. After working there for a few years, they would return to the city and be assigned jobs; it was a process of being sent to the countryside with a formal employment contract.
Later on, they were sent to the countryside to work as sent-down youth. These people were not officially employed and even if they returned to the city later, they would not be assigned any jobs.
When you arrive at the place where you were sent to work in the countryside, you have to take care of everything yourself. The village can only provide you with a place to stay at most.
If you're assigned to a slightly wealthier village, the village might offer some assistance, but if you're in a place so poor you can't even afford food, you'll have to rely on yourself for everything.
The north is freezing cold and has the harshest conditions, but the advantage is that there is more wild game there, and if you get along well with the villagers, you can fill your stomach.
The situation is slightly better in the south, but people still have to work every day, or they won't have food to eat.
"What is 'going to the countryside'? Why did we have to go to the countryside?"
Xu Damao spoke first, having just heard the words "urban youth," and he himself was indeed an urban youth.
The job of a projectionist is hard to come by, and Xu Damao had no desire to go to a rural production team.
"Exactly, what does this mean? Are we being sent to work in the fields in the countryside?"
"It's not just about doing manual labor; I feel like it's about letting us experience life as rural people!"
The young people in the compound reacted the most; they were used to city life and didn't want to go to the countryside.
Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and explained, "The so-called 'going to the countryside' policy is to send young people who are unemployed in the city to remote areas to contribute to the country. Since they have no job in the city anyway, they might as well go to the countryside and realize their value with their own hands!"
"Oh, you can only go if you're unemployed? That's such a shame!"
Xu Damao sighed smugly, looking very regretful, and said to Liu Guangqi, "Liu Guangqi, I envy you so much. You can go to the countryside to realize your value."
"So, where exactly were they sent to work in the countryside during the 'Down to the Countryside Movement'?"
Yi Zhonghai wasn't entirely clear on this either, as the notice had just been issued, but he still replied, "It's definitely going to where the motherland needs us, such as the north or the northwest, wherever we're needed."
north??
northwest?
So they just go wherever it's most remote!
Liu Guangqi's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously looked towards Liu Haizhong.
He's a young man without a stable job, so this "Down to the Countryside Movement" was definitely designed for him.
What kind of place is the North?
In winter, the temperature can drop to tens of degrees below zero; you'd freeze to death if you went there.
The Northwest isn't much better; I heard it's in a state of panic. Nowhere can compare to Beijing.
More importantly, if he is really sent to the countryside, how will he find Lou Xiao'e in the future?
"Ahem, Yi Zhonghai, when does the Down to the Countryside Movement start, and how are people selected? Will the street office give us the list directly, or will we have to vote in our courtyard?" Liu Haizhong, disregarding his pride, asked Yi Zhonghai.
"There's no definite date yet, but I think it shouldn't be long," Yi Zhonghai replied casually. In fact, he knew about the same things as everyone else in the institute, and Director Wang hadn't told him any extra information.
Since the notification has already been given, it probably won't be long before it's done.
Liu Haizhong's eldest son perfectly fits this standard. Hey, if Liu Guangqi were sent to the countryside, Liu Haizhong's sons would only have two little kids left.
"Phew... thank goodness I have a job!"
Yan Jie breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat relieved that his father had built a good relationship with Chen Jun, which allowed him to smoothly enter the steel rolling mill.
Otherwise, what will happen to Yu Li if he goes to the countryside?
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