Chapter 300 Chinese Youth May 4th Medal (2-in-1)
Chang Haonan briefly reviewed it and found that almost half a month had passed since Du Yishan called him back from Donglai with a phone call, but there was indeed no The person told himself clearly what the "ceremony" he was asked to participate in was.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be an awards ceremony.
It has been almost a year since his rebirth. Although he has made a lot of achievements and won a lot of honors from the aviation industry system and even the military, this kind of serious ceremony requires a ceremony. Yes, it’s only the second time.
The first time was to celebrate the bat hunting operation.
Coincidentally, Chang Haonan was kept in the dark at that time. It was not until Ding Gaoheng was pulled to the scene that he learned the whole story.
It seems to have become a tradition.
Neither the two staff members nor Du Yishan answered Chang Haonan's surprised question. Instead, they took him to Tang Lintian's office and solemnly handed him a beautifully framed red envelope. .
Obviously, this is to leave the surprise of the lottery to the winner himself.
The name of the award was not written on the surface of the envelope, but before opening it, Chang Haonan noticed that the organization that issued the envelope was printed in two lines of small characters in the lower right corner——
Communist Youth League ZY and National Youth Federation.
His hands shook involuntarily.
In the eyes of many people, these two names may not have enough presence in daily life.
But within the system, especially in government agencies and scientific research units, it still has quite a status.
The award that allows these two companies to jointly win...
Chang Haonan already had some guesses in his mind.
Envelopes in the 1990s did not have the quick-release design that is common in later generations, so he picked up a letter opener from Tang Lintian's pen holder and cut open the envelope quickly.
Inside is a red-covered certificate and an invitation letter.
The certificate bears the emblem of the Communist Youth League and two lines of thin gilded font:
Chinese Youth May 4th Medal
Certificate
The content in the certificate is concise and comprehensive.
"Awarding Comrade Chang Haonan the Chinese Youth May 4th Medal"
No other explanation is needed, and there are no clichés such as "this certificate is specially issued for encouragement".
No need at all.
Fifteen words are enough to reflect the gold content of this certificate.
Although looking solely at the level of the issuing organization, the first-class "Bat Hunting Operation" medal he received before is not inferior.
But this is a serious medal after all, and it is the kind that can be said openly.
At this moment, the other four people in the office heard Chang Haonan's suddenly heavier breathing.
No one can remain completely calm at this time.
Don't talk about two generations of people.
In his last life, he lived for more than forty years, and the highest honor he received was just being an outstanding researcher at the research institute level.
The big bosses are indifferent in the face of honors. In most cases, it is just because the honors that are very important in the eyes of ordinary people are not worth mentioning to them.
Why does the Nobel Prize have to be notified to me only a few minutes before the draw?
One of the important reasons is to prevent the winners from showing off after knowing it in advance and destroying the authenticity of the Nobel Prize.
In fact, before today, Chang Haonan did estimate that he might get some awards for his contribution to many projects last year, but at best he would think about it within the aviation industry system, and at most the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense system.
Going straight to the standard of the May 4th Medal is indeed a bit of an unexpected surprise.
You must know that 1997 was the first time this award was awarded.
Although there is no rule that the first winner is more noble than the subsequent ones, from a historical perspective, the name of the first winner is still more valuable.
Compared with the huge scale of the later years, which often included twenty or thirty people, the number of winners in previous years was usually only five or six.
However, Chang Haonan has rich life experience after all. After the initial surprise and excitement, he quickly took two deep breaths to calm himself down a little, and then raised his head.
"Thank you both for coming here. I remember just now that you said there is something I need to sign?"
"Yes, there is a receipt at the back of the invitation letter. Please sign it. Is it sure you can get it?" Just leave it to us if you want to attend. If you do, it's best to arrive at the venue about two hours in advance. There will be staff to guide you to your seat backstage. ”
“No problem ”
Chang Haonan turned the invitation letter to the end, checked the "Confirm Participation" option, and then signed his name.
Just kidding, Du Yishan called him back specially just for this matter, how could he have any reason not to participate.
After signing, the two staff members who came to announce the good news were quickly sent away.
Chang Haonan put the certificate and invitation letter back into the envelope and carefully put them into the bag.
"How about it? It's not a loss for me to call you back this time, right?"
Judging from the demeanor of the old god Du Yishan, he obviously knew about it early on, but In order to leave a surprise for Chang Haonan, I didn't explain it.
Before, Tang Lintian probably subconsciously felt that Du Yishan must have said it, so he played riddles with the latter for a long time.
In this way, it is not difficult to understand why Chang Haonan behaved like that when he saw Tang Lintian for the first time after returning.
The first May Fourth Medal did not have a collective award.
So the unit where the winning individual belongs is also an important focus.
If Chang Haonan can say a few more good words for the school when delivering his acceptance speech, even if it does not bring any direct benefits, at least it can leave a good first impression on all participants.
"I really didn't expect it before... When I saw those two people in black clothes at the corridor just now, I thought I had made some mistake... I was shocked."
Chang Haonan zipped up his school bag, He touched his chest, which was still beating fast, and replied.
Although there was a bit of fright in the process, I have to say that the more such frights, the better.
Du Yishan showed a conspiratorial smile and patted Chang Haonan on the shoulder:
"Okay, I will prepare my acceptance speech after I go back, but what I mean above is that the commendation meeting will still be held in the form of an award-winning speech. The main tone is to show the vitality of you young people, so there is no need to be too serious. You just have to control this yourself.”
Although that is said, according to the meeting arrangements, the winners were only given a total of 20 minutes to speak, which translates into less than 4 minutes for each person. In fact, there was not much room for performance.
It wasn't until after sending Chang Haonan away that Du Yishan noticed Tang Lintian sitting behind the desk next to him with a frown on his face.
“Old Tang?”
It wasn’t until his name was called several times that the latter finally reacted.
"What are you thinking about? I see your eyebrows are all squeezed together."
While talking, Du Yishan walked to a filing cabinet nearby, fumbled for a while, and took out a silver jar from an inconspicuous little grid in the lower right corner.
It was the precious tea that Tang Lintian brought out to treat Chang Haonan that day.
"I'm thinking, if this trend continues, when Dr. Xiao Chang graduates in two years, what conditions will we have to offer to keep people..."
"This Well...I can't do anything about it."
Du Yishan grabbed some tea leaves into two glasses, then picked up the thermos and started making tea, and at the same time admitted very simply that there was nothing he could do:
"But as far as Xiao Chang's situation is concerned, I still suggest that you expand your structure a little bit. His value is not limited to our school at all. If you are willing to stay, that would be better. If there is a better platform or place to go, , then I think we should also encourage and support it.”
“Of course I know this, but...well, I don’t know if you have heard some rumors that the higher-ups intend to build again near the turn of the century. A group of world-leading universities?"
Du Yishan was stunned, then shook his head: "This is the first time I heard about it, isn't there already a 211 project?"
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As a senior academician, he does not pay special attention to school administrative matters, so naturally he has not learned about this matter that has not been announced yet.
"It's different. The standards this time are much higher. According to relatively reliable reports, the current leading schools are Qinghua University, Yanda University, Fudan University, Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University. In the future, four to five more schools may be added as the first batch of schools. , our Beijing Airlines is still a little behind them in terms of strength and influence, judging from the current situation, but if Xiao Chang can be sure to stay at the school to teach..."
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Du Yishan, who was listening next to him, interrupted Tang Lintian’s explanation:
“Forget about other things, Zhejiang University... we don’t seem to be far behind them, not all of them are in science and engineering. University?”
“It’s almost the same now”
Tang Lintian shook his head helplessly:
"But their application for the merger of the four universities has been approved. Next year, or the year after at the latest, you will be able to see the old Zhejiang University..."
Du Yishan was speechless.
As a person born in the 1920s, he certainly knows the ins and outs of this.
In 1952, Zhejiang University was split into five in an extremely tragic split of institutions. In addition to being divided into four single-discipline universities, the mathematics major, which was originally the trump card, was transferred to Fudan , the loss was second only to Jinling University next door.
And if the current four schools can really merge into one, then there will be no doubt about their competitiveness.
But thinking of this, a strange idea suddenly came to Du Yishan's mind:
For this new first-class university project, Zhejiang University merged three schools it had branched out from .
As for Beijing Airlines, the first idea that came to mind was to keep Chang Haonan as a teacher...
"So in other words, the value of Xiao Chang alone is probably equal to that of Zhejiang Agricultural University, Zhejiang Medical University and Hangcheng University combined? ”
"This...I didn't say that."
Tang Lintian said, picking up the cup in front of him and taking a sip of tea.
"This smell..."
At this moment, he saw the tin can he thought he had hidden in Du Yishan's hand, and his eyes widened instantly:< br>
“Xiao Chang, did you even tell you where I put the tea?”
"Don't blindly blame others."
Du Yishan skillfully put the tea can back into place:
"You wish the whole college knew about this place, but others don't dare to Just go out and take it out.”
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The next night, a special car took Chang Haonan directly from Beijing Airlines to the Great Hall.
In his last life, he had been here quite often.
In fact, this place can be rented for money when there are no major events, and many halls are also open to the public.
But this time being invited as a winner, the feeling is naturally completely different.
The person in charge of receiving Chang Haonan is a female staff member named Hu Shanshan, who is about 30 years old, has short hair, and is very capable.
After briefly getting to know each other, Hu Shanshan took Chang Haonan to the backstage of the auditorium with tens of thousands of people.
And the first thing I did after arriving was...
Put on makeup.
There is no way, in terms of the brightness of the stage spotlights, the effect of going on stage without makeup in videos and photos is almost the same as that of black people...
As Chang Haonan endured it helplessly When the makeup artist applied some strange things to her face, Hu Shanshan's voice came to her ears again:
"If you need it, we can type your acceptance speech onto the teleprompter. , but you have to prepare the manuscript for us in advance.”
However, this was Chang Haonan's first time facing such a situation. He didn't think about the teleprompter at all, so he didn't bring any manuscript with him.
“Forget it, it’s only six to seven hundred words. If you remember, the total time you arranged to speak is only three and a half minutes, so you can’t say much.”
No wonder that yesterday Two people asked him to arrive at the venue two hours early.
The makeup process alone took almost an hour.
Chang Haonan felt that his whole face had become a lot heavier, and he didn't even dare to make too big an expression. In the end, it was under Hu Shanshan's guidance that he slowly got used to wearing makeup.
After getting the clothes ready and getting familiar with the process of the whole ceremony, it’s time for the official opening.
Two hosts, a man and a woman, came on stage and announced the start of the award ceremony.
For Chang Haonan, this is a childhood memory coming true.
When he was reborn, one of the two people had already died and the other had retired, only appearing once a year when he moved China.
Since this is the first award, after introducing the leaders present, the host also emphasized the significance of establishing the Chinese Youth May 4th Medal.
"The purpose of establishing the "China Youth May 4th Medal" series of awards is to establish and publicize advanced models of contemporary youth, guide and inspire young people to actively participate in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and achieve new progress in the "three-step" development strategy of modernization , make contributions and grow healthily in the great practice of new victories..."
"Now let me announce the list of winners of the first Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal..."
"Love the Army The post of martial arts training is sacred, and serving the motherland is an honor. He gave up his status as a national cadre with a salary of several hundred yuan and chose to join the army as a college graduate. He became a soldier with only a few dozen yuan in monthly allowances and inherited the good work. The tradition of the Eighth Company will continue to write a new chapter for the glorious company. Let us invite you, the squad leader of the Eighth Company of the Special Security Regiment of the Jinling Military Region and Shanghai City Garrison District, to be promoted to the East!"
"The young woman has served for the people in the mountains! Children hold up a sky. From a 4-and-a-half-year-old toddler to a 13-year-old boy, from life to study, they work as both teachers and caregivers... The second winner is a single teaching point in Dingping, Houhe Township, WFTJZ Autonomous County. Substitute teacher, Song Fangrong! ”
“...The third winner, Liu Xiao”
"...The fourth winner, Li Bin!"
"...The drill bit chews the rock. The work object is hard, and the work spirit must also be hard. This is the spirit of the people of Qingtang Oilfield, and it is also The spirit of Huaxia Petroleum People... Qin Wengui, senior engineer of Qingtang Petroleum Administration Bureau!”
Since Chang Haonan’s surname has as many as 11 strokes, in most ceremonies where there is no ranking, they are all The last one to appear.
He is used to it, and he can better hear the deeds of the five people in front of him in the background.
I have to say, they are all very impressive.
For example, in front of him was Qin Wengui.
When Chang Haonan first saw this white-haired man who looked about the same age as Du Yishan, he thought there was something wrong with his definition of "youth".
It took the makeup artist a long time to dye his hair into a younger-looking black.
As a result, after listening to his story, I found out that the other person was just 38 years old this year.
This shows how difficult the working conditions of oilmen in the Gobi Desert are.
After reading Qin Wengui's deeds, it was naturally Chang Haonan's turn.
He thought that he would be able to face all this calmly today as he was mentally prepared.
But when the female host's solemn voice sounded, Chang Haonan still couldn't help but pull the tie around his neck -
The rapid breathing made him feel a little hypoxic.
“Next, is our youngest winner this time.”
"Airplanes once changed the entire world, and he is determined to change airplanes. With his young hands and mind, he will equip Chinese aircraft with Chinese wings. One day, your name will be along with the tracks made by China. Flying across seven continents and four oceans..."
"Let us welcome the sixth winner, Chang Haonan, a student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics!"
(End of this chapter)