50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 176 The East Is Red, The Sun Is Rising

It's been a few years now, haven't the higher-ups forgotten about this? He's been doing the job of acting secretary, which is neither legitimate nor reasonable, and it's not a big deal.

In fact, it wasn't that he forgot, but that someone above was protecting him and didn't send anyone down to cause trouble for him.

Since he is not given the official position of secretary, he does not have to attend many meetings and many things are not assigned to him. This is actually a good thing.

He himself understood that this was a good thing. The reason why he could have the final say in the garden was because he held two positions.

The previous two principals held two positions concurrently, but he was too young to be appointed and is still an acting principal.

However, just like a boot fell upstairs and the other boot never hit the ground, no one came to explain the situation to him, and he was always worried.

If he sticks his head out, he will be cut by the knife; if he hides his head, he will also be cut by the knife. But if the knife doesn't fall, he will feel uneasy.

But this matter was not something he could change with his will, and he couldn't ask directly, so he could only keep it hanging like this, feeling extremely depressed.

As he studied many other contents in the notice, he realized that a turning point was about to come because there would be a shortage of many cadres this year.

Now we just need to keep things stable and not cause any trouble, and hopefully his appointment will go smoothly this year.

After figuring this out, he felt relieved and began to handle internal affairs step by step.

On April 4, a piece of good news spread across the country that my country's first artificial earth satellite - "Dongfanghong" No. 25 was successfully launched.

The successful launch of "Dongfanghong" 1 made my country the fifth country in the world to independently develop and launch an artificial satellite.

It marks a historic breakthrough in my country's aerospace technology research.

The perigee altitude of the "Dongfanghong-439" satellite's orbit is 2384 kilometers, the apogee altitude is 173 kilometers, and the total weight of the satellite is kilograms.

The news was sent all the way across the country through newspapers, radio, and telephones. As soon as the news came out, the whole country was jubilant, and everyone took to the streets to tell each other the good news.

Sun Zhiwei received the news through an internal phone in his office. He immediately edited a short message and broadcast it himself in the kindergarten's broadcasting room.

Satellites have been reported in newspapers before, and everyone knows about them. Foreign countries already have them, but we don't.

Now we have it too. After getting the news, no one was unhappy, and a sense of national pride arose in everyone's heart.

Many people came to the office to hear what our satellite was doing up there.

Sun Zhiwei did not spoil the fun at this time. He simply took out the radio and tuned the frequency to 20MHz. Then there was a sound, but there was also a lot of noise.

He fine-tuned the frequency back and forth again, and estimated it was at 20.009MHz. Only then did a clear song come from the radio:
"The East is Red, the sun is rising, China has produced a"

When the teachers around heard the music played by the satellite, they all cheered.

In order to let every faculty member hear the satellite broadcast, Sun Zhiwei asked them to take the radio to the broadcasting room and play directly into the microphone for the whole morning.

It is actually difficult for later generations to understand people’s feelings at that time.

Because our country is poor and weak, people often come to attack us and threaten us.

Therefore, no matter in which aspect, once there is a major breakthrough or internationally leading achievement, it can significantly boost national morale.

This feeling is similar to the feeling everyone had when the Liaoning aircraft carrier was commissioned into the navy, that feeling of "we have finally stood up."

It was even more intense than that feeling, because at that time the domestic economy had already picked up, and the aircraft carrier was just the icing on the cake. But now it is different. The country is poor and any breakthrough in any area is a major event for the whole country to celebrate.

By the summer, considering that the two elderly people in the family had been in hiding for several years, almost no one remembered them now.

Considering the health of the elderly, Sun Zhiwei decided to let Sun Hongying and Sun Aiguo attend school as day students starting from the next semester.

In this way, the two children can go home to eat and sleep every day.

When the elderly can be surrounded by their grandchildren every day, they will naturally feel happy and healthy.

Sun Zhiwei knew that they were still worried about the situation of the eldest and second eldest brothers.

Sun Zhiwei had inquired around and learned that the two of them were doing pretty well now, receiving a salary every month. Their food might not be as good as in the city, and their work was harder, but there was no danger.

It’s just inconvenient to communicate with my family because the inspection of letters there is still very strict.

Since the family has already published an announcement to sever ties with the family, they must keep their word, lest the higher-ups feel deceived.

The two younger ones were also very satisfied that they didn’t have to live in the school dormitory but could go to and from school every day. They had been living in the school dormitory since they were young, and they had never had the experience of going to and from school every day.

Now they have to be urged to get up by their grandparents every day, and then have their grandparents help them put on their clothes with their eyes closed, and then brush their teeth with their eyes closed, and only wake up after washing their faces.

When I see the alarm clock at home, if I am short on time, I will naturally grab the steamed buns and schoolbag on the table and rush out of the house, running to school like other children on the street.

With the elderly taking care of the children, Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia have a lot more free time.

One weekend in September, they returned home and unexpectedly saw Director Liang visiting their home.

Actually, it’s not surprising. Since the two old people moved in, Director Liang has often visited them. Most of the time, there is nothing important, he just comes to chat.

Director Liang holds great power in the street, but she also has a lot of troubles. There is a group of opponents in the street who always go against her.

The leader was a street official named Bao Zhenjia. His father was a big shot in the city, and even Director Liang couldn't afford to offend him.

Director Liang came to visit today and mentioned Secretary Bao again.

"That guy recently had to lead a team to clean up the chickens raised by the residents. He really has nothing to do, and there was no order from higher-ups. I wanted to object, but the city government called right away."

When Sun Zhiwei heard that there was such a person on the street, he knew that something was going to happen.

There has never been any explicit regulation on clearing out side jobs, and even the higher-ups have always been against it, but people are still actively taking the initiative to do it.

He simply asked about Secretary Bao's situation and then changed the subject.

That night, the old man of the Bao family suffered a stroke at home. After being sent to the hospital and receiving simple first aid, he eventually became paralyzed on one side of his body.

Something bad happened to his family's benefactor, and Secretary Bao no longer had the time to take care of the street affairs.

Director Liang took the opportunity to consolidate power, disbanded all the people under him, and dispersed them to various neighborhood committees.

A month later, Mr. Bao retired to the second line, and Secretary Bao was also transferred from West Chang'an Street.

(End of this chapter)