Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 31 Street Office

The subdistrict office building is not large in structure, but it has two floors. Although the town committee also has two floors, other departments actually work upstairs.

Luo Cheng was wearing a retired military uniform. It was his retirement period recently, and the street office had received many people like him. People at the sub-district office are very enthusiastic about veterans. As soon as they walked in, someone guessed Luo Cheng’s purpose and asked him if he was looking for a job and if he had brought a letter of introduction.

“Hello, comrade, I’m here to find a job. I also have a letter of introduction. I would like to ask if you have a Director Li named Li Hong here?”

“Comrade, do you know our Director Li?”

The person who received Luo Cheng was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. He was tall, with a thin body and a pair of eyes. He looked like a gentle and educated man. However, those who work in the street office write and draw a lot, and are basically literate.

“I don’t know him, but when I came here, I contacted the town committee of our town and said that I was asked to come over to find Director Li.”

The middle-aged man with glasses nodded. Since he had been in contact when he came here, just let him tell Director Li. Maybe he had already made arrangements.

The second floor is also for offices, but there is a small cubicle, which is the director’s office of the subdistrict office, which is a kind of preferential treatment in terms of position. The middle-aged man with glasses took Luo Cheng directly to the second floor, and pointed to the cubicle and asked Luo Cheng to go directly there. Director Li was working inside.

There was no bureaucracy in this era. For many cadres or leaders, the remuneration and subsidies may be good, but the salary is not very high. It is higher than ordinary workers, but compared with some skilled senior workers, it may not necessarily be comparable to those workers.

There are some things you can’t talk about. Let’s put it this way: a well-established job is an iron rice bowl. In this era, many skilled people are not willing to be leaders. Some people even give up certain positions because of their character and inner ability, but just because they don’t want to lead others. Later, when business became possible, this was also the reason why so many people went to sea.

Leaders can be respected, but they don’t need to be taken too seriously. If they are capable and responsible, it is easier to seek progress in this era. If someone wants to find the director, just take them to the director. There will be no questioning because the person they are looking for is the director.

Although it is a partition, it is very simple. The door of the partition is also a traditional wooden door painted with a layer of green paint. The door was ajar and not closed. Out of politeness, Luo Cheng knocked on the door a few times before pushing it open.

“Hello, you are Director Li.”

“Hello, comrade, I am the director of this street office, what do you want from me?”

“I came here to inquire about work. The town committee in our town contacted me yesterday and told me to come here to see you, Director Li.”

As soon as he opened the door, Luo Cheng saw a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit writing something with a pen in the room. With this outfit and the fact that he was sitting here, he knew that the person he should be looking for was the person he was looking for without asking, but Luo Cheng I still asked him by way of greeting, and after getting the response, I told him my purpose.

People in this era look older. Li Hong is actually only in his early thirties, but there is actually no problem in calling people in their thirties middle-aged. According to the average life span of this era, this age is already halfway through, and thirty years old is indeed considered middle-aged.

Middle-aged people are generally uncles. According to the average age of getting married and having children in this era, thirty-year-olds are indeed considered uncles. But in later generations, if you call a thirty-year-old man an uncle, then a thirty-year-old woman should be called an uncle. No matter how you call her, she is still a middle-aged woman. If that’s the case, I just ask you to be polite. In later generations, those who pretend to be young in their thirties have to be called little brother or little sister.

“You are from Longyang Town.”

Hearing that the town committee had contacted him yesterday, Li Hong immediately remembered yesterday’s phone call. Originally, it was just a unit from the township below to inquire about the authenticity of a letter of introduction. He also called the unit where the letter of introduction was sent to help confirm it. Unexpectedly, he was warned by someone from the unit just because he was too talkative and made in-depth inquiries. He even directly asked him to cooperate with the other party’s job search needs.

“Yes, this is my letter of introduction. Please read it.”

Hearing Director Li’s inquiry, Luo Cheng smiled. It would be good if he had an impression. It would save trouble and just give him a letter of introduction.

Li Hong was also curious about Luo Cheng’s letter of introduction. After all, he had heard the content on the phone before and had never read it with his own eyes, so he read it immediately after receiving Luo Cheng’s letter of introduction.

Looking at it, he frowned carelessly. If it hadn’t been for the fact that they had clearly stated how to arrange Luo Cheng’s work, this letter of introduction might have really stumped him, who had been a director for several years.

There are many contradictions. According to the usual practice, this department will only issue letters of introduction to those with high rank in the army. But the opponent is just a technical soldier at most. You must know that when troops of a certain rank retire, they are usually assigned roughly corresponding positions.

The levels don’t correspond, that’s the first point. In addition, Luo Cheng’s education is from high school. This high school education is considered an educated person. If he wanted to join the work, he could join directly at that time, and it was still a cadre reserve establishment. But the other party has gone to the army to develop, and the army is also absorbing educated soldiers. They can’t all be rough and rough. Therefore, if Luo Cheng, who has a high school degree, really wants to develop in the army, he should be taken seriously.

But he retired after only a few years, and the reason for his discharge is still kept secret. This is also a contradiction. For many people, this is not a waste of a few years. Although having a veteran status does have bonus points for working, But because I have a high school education, the quality of the jobs I participate in are actually not very different.

Generally, you can’t learn many skills in high school, so after high school students graduate, the jobs they are assigned are usually clerical jobs, and there are many types of writing skills that need to be cultivated. In technical secondary schools, students can learn skills, and they will be assigned to appropriate units based on the skills learned.

Now Luo Cheng is a talented person with both culture and skills. He actually learned how to drive in the army, and he can also repair cars.

Luo Cheng can drive and repair cars, which is indeed a rare talent. If Li Hong was asked to arrange it, he would immediately exclude the driver industry. Because drivers belong to the worker establishment, although their wages are high, there is not much room for improvement. In car repair shops, if they repair cars, they are technicians, but simply giving one technician is not enough.

The positions are not divided equally. If you are too high, you will not be able to do it, and if you are too low, you will not be able to do it. Otherwise, if the organization above finds out, it will be a work error. If it’s too high, you’ll definitely suspect something fishy. If it’s too low, it’ll be heartbreaking.

(In this era, some people like to be leaders, and some don’t. This is the era of the working class. It is actually difficult to be a leader if you are not convinced by the crowd. You must have the ability and sense of responsibility. The salary is better than that of ordinary people, but some workers with senior professional titles, The salary is no lower than that of the leader. If the leader does something wrong, it is normal for him to be criticized by the workers.)