Stargirl's guide to life in the 70s

Chapter 70: The road ahead (Part 2)

Zhang Tong went to the county post office early on Sunday morning and sent the letter to Xinhua News Agency. Zhang Tong and He Zhile were each given an article of about 500 words and asked to translate it into Chinese.

The letter also stated that this time was just a test for them. If these two translations could pass, then they could become official non-staff translators of Xinhua News Agency.

And they also received a reply from Xinhua News Agency 10 days later.

Such translators do not receive a monthly salary like their in-house translators but can stay in the capital and be assigned a house.

This kind of non-staff translators will receive some translation documents from time to time and translate them themselves, and then Xinhua News Agency will pay them corresponding remuneration at a price of 5 cents per words.

If Zhang Tong and He Zhile can pass, they will mail the translation fee and the next translation materials to them in the next mail. By the way, their translation qualification certificates will also be mailed to them.

With the translation qualification certificate issued by Xinhua News Agency, even if foreign language materials appear at home, they will not be given any weird names.

Because it was their first time translating and it was a test for them, Zhang Tong and He Zhile translated it very carefully. Afterwards, they checked each other's translation and confirmed that there were no problems before sending it to Xinhua News Agency.

Another half month later, the reply email from Xinhua News Agency finally arrived. Both of them were successfully admitted and became official non-staff translators of Xinhua News Agency. And sent them two thousand-word articles to be translated this time.

Only then did He Zhile and Zhang Tong successfully find a way to make money.

After Yu Jiang learned about it, he brought each of them an English-Chinese dictionary when he went home on the weekend. He bought it at the time and space exchange machine. It has the smallest word error rate and the most complete vocabulary on the market.

Speaking of this error rate, Yu Jiang wanted to laugh. When she was searching for a dictionary, several different dictionaries popped up, and the product introduction column of the machine also thoughtfully noted how many words were in the book. How many mistakes are there.

As an interstellar machine, this is too unfair for a book of this era. Everything in the book is completely introduced. There is no privacy at all in these books...

Lu Nanchi, who had already joined the research institute at this time, also brought gifts to He Zhile and Zhang Tong. They were pens that he went to the department store to buy for them. One pen for each of them cost him four yuan!

When it comes to Lu Nanchi joining the research institute, this kid was probably quite frightened...

The next Monday after Yu Jiang finished discussing it with Father Yu, Father Yu went to the institute to tell Vice President Guo about the matter. Then Vice President Guo contacted the director of the machinery factory and designed a special exam for Lu Nanchi.

I called the brigade office that afternoon.

When Lu Nanchi received the call, she was only surprised: Is she, Sister Jiang, so powerful! I actually helped him get the exam done in one morning!

The next day Lu Nanchi went to the machinery factory to take the exam.

When he was doing the questions, he was still wondering why a small machinery factory could come up with such difficult questions. Are the conditions for recruiting workers in machinery factories so stringent these days?

But in the afternoon, Lu Nanchi, who passed the test, knew the truth.

He actually joined the institute, and he actually passed the institute's assessment!

and many more!

He seems to have forgotten something?

It seems that Yu Jiang helped him get this exam, and Yu Jiang also gave him the drawings.

So Yu Jiang also knows about the institute? She might even be a researcher!

I go! Is Sister Xiao Jiang so powerful?

Lu Nanchi went through the induction process in a confused manner, and then was led to visit the dormitory where he would live in the future.

In the end, Lu Nanchi didn't even come back to his senses when he was sent out of the institute.

But fortunately, Lu Nanchi didn't see Father Yu or He Zhixing today, otherwise he wouldn't know how shocked he would be!

Because Yu's father wanted Lu Nanchi to join Yu Jiang's project, he did not give Lu Nanchi a few days off to prepare for joining the job like Yu Jiang did before. Just give him a symbolic day to deal with the check-in matters.

As for Fenghe Village, the research institute naturally arranged for people to handle Lu Nanchi's transfer to the machinery factory, but Lu Nanchi was still an educated youth belonging to Fenghe Village.

Because he didn't work, Lu Nanchi didn't get any work points, so at the end of the year he had to pay another sum of money to the brigade, which was regarded as deducting work points.

But for Lu Nanchi, who gets a monthly salary from working at the institute and sends money from home every month, that little money is naturally not a big deal.

As for the various layouts of the dormitory, Lu Nanchi asked the worker comrade who took him to join the job and visit the dormitory to help him purchase various daily necessities.

Because he left enough money and bills, and promised to treat him to a good meal at a state-owned restaurant afterwards, the worker was naturally happy to help.

He had received instructions from his superiors to help Lu Nanchi handle various matters related to employment. Now he had also been promised a meal, so it was naturally cost-effective to make this trip for Lu Nanchi.

After returning to the village, Lu Nan told Zhang Tong about being recruited by the machinery factory. Zhang Tong happily helped Lu Nanchi sort out the various things he would take to the machinery factory tomorrow.

Lu Nanchi was originally worried that Zhang Tong would be dissatisfied with Yu Jiang only recommending him and not himself.

But Zhang Tong has fully understood Lu Nanchi's reputation as a genius through daily interactions, and also knows that Yu Jiang is not the kind of person who treats friends differently.

Besides, he had just sent a letter to Xinhua News Agency two days ago, and he was happily waiting for the reply there.

He must work hard to win this job by then, otherwise the gap between him and his friends will be too big. Even if his friends don't think there is anything wrong, he will feel there is a gap.

On Wednesday, Yu Jiang ended his medical studies at Bai Laochu and returned to the institute as usual. Today, Yu Jiang also started to promote a new project.

Then Lu Nanchi saw his future colleagues in the laboratory he was about to join, and the leaders of this project!

Yu Jiang!

Lu Nanchi was so shocked that all the information in his hand fell to the ground!

Although he had vaguely guessed that Yu Jiang might be a researcher at the institute, it was another thing to actually see it now, not to mention that Yu Jiang still appeared in front of him as the person in charge of his own project!

How could this not surprise him!

Look at the name of the project in your hand: Computer Development Lithography Machine Project! ! !

This is not a joke!

Hu Xin and Su Jing knew that a new colleague was joining their project today, and they were looking forward to the new colleague helping them share some of the pressure from Yu Jiang.

So they only thought that Lu Nanchi was surprised by the age of Yu Jiang, the project leader. Even they were frightened when they saw Lu Nanchi, a new colleague who was obviously underage.

The two of them didn't have the eyesight to introduce Yu Jiang to Lu Nanchi.

However, Yu Jiang and Lu Nanchi themselves did not reveal their acquaintance in front of Hu Xin and Su Jing.

In the end, Lu Nanchi followed Yu Jiang in a daze and began to formally discuss the various steps of the photolithography machine development project.