50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 189 Can I Not Go?

In mid-September, the Science and Education Group issued the "Notice on Dispatching French Language Students to France", which decided to send 9 people to France to study French.

More than two months later, on December 12, the UK was added to the travel list, and the "Notice on Dispatching English Training Teachers to the UK" was issued, which decided to send 4 English training students to the UK.

In fact, neither of these two notices was issued, but was directly digested at the top.

There were 36 places as the first batch for trial, and everyone was worried about problems, so they simply sent a group of young people there.

Therefore, this first batch of international students became the junior class. Most of them were middle school students and they studied abroad for a total of 6 years before returning to China.

The successful trip of this group of people before the end of the year has given the country confidence in plans to send people abroad to study.

Therefore, on January 1, the Science and Education Group issued a document titled "Regarding the Dispatch of International Students to the UK This Year" to a few senior departments.

This time, the plan is to send 4 people to study in the UK in April, including 150 students studying English and 90 students studying science, engineering and medicine.

The quotas for studying abroad were allocated layer by layer, among which the science and engineering categories were allocated as follows: 15 to the Academy of Sciences, 3 to the National Defense Commission, 16 to the capital, 12 to Huangpu, 4 to Tianjin, and 10 to the Health Commission.

The places for English training are even more widely dispersed, but only a few people are actually selected.

Because the age requirement is under 38 years old, but when people of this age group go to college, English is no longer taught in college.

After receiving the notice, Sun Zhiwei just watched the fun. He remembered that the group of people hadn't been there for long before they were recalled. Probably only a little over a year or two.

This year's Spring Festival is very early, on February 2rd. Although there is no holiday for the Spring Festival, friends and relatives still need to go out for a visit.

On January 1, Sun Zhiwei went to the home of Director Yu to wish him a happy new year in advance, and happened to meet Director Wang who was also there to wish him a happy new year.

So, on this not-so-special day, the three principals of Beihai got together again.

Director Yu was very happy about their arrival and treated them to some Biluochun tea that she had just snatched from the leader of the Science and Technology Commission.

The three of them were chatting about interesting things that happened in kindergarten. Suddenly, Principal Yu asked Sun Zhiwei:

"Zhiwei, I remember you graduated in 55."

"Yes, old principal, you have a very good memory."

"Were you still learning English at that time?"

"Yes, I'm in the last class. After I graduate, I'll switch to studying Russian."

After hearing this, Director Yu seemed to be thinking about something at first, and then changed the subject.

Sun Zhiwei and Director Wang had a meal at Director Yu's home before going home.

After the Chinese New Year, on February 2, Sun Zhiwei was arranging for the school's faculty and staff to take turns on vacation when he received a call from above, asking him to report to the office lobby immediately.

He didn't know what was going on, so he could only rush over. The red phone was calling, so how could he dare to neglect it?

When he got there, he realized he wasn't the only one there, and he finally felt relieved. Although it wasn't convenient to communicate here, judging by the happy expressions of the others, something good must have happened.

After a while, people started shouting inside, one by one, and they went in one by one, but no one came out.

The room inside was like a monster, swallowing people whole without spitting out even a trace.

Half a day later, it was finally his turn.

When he nervously pushed the door open and entered the room, he found that there was another door inside the room leading to the outside. The people who had just finished talking should have left through this door.

He put aside his fantasies and sat upright in the middle chair, waiting to be questioned. Four people sitting behind the long table opposite were taking turns flipping through a thick document.

Sun Zhiwei couldn't help but open the space to explore, and found that it was actually his own file.

After a while, when the four of them had finished looking, the older comrade in the middle asked, "Comrade Sun Zhiwei, the higher-ups are planning to send you to England to study English."

This sentence made Sun Zhiwei stunned, and then he reacted.

Then he immediately refused: "I won't go. I'm a root of social politics. Why would I go to a decadent capitalist country?"

This statement was made with such decisiveness and firm stance that the four opponents didn't know how to respond.

"Ahem, Comrade Sun Zhiwei, it's good that you're vigilant, but now that we've established diplomatic relations with England, we still have to fight them when it's time to deal with them."

"Oh, are they sending an undercover agent to England? Then I'll sign up. I'm not afraid of sacrifice. Although I haven't used it in years, my English was pretty good when I was in school."

Sun Zhiwei stood up a little excitedly.

"Ahem, Comrade Sun Zhiwei, please sit down first and don't get so excited."

"It's not that exaggerated. We are sending students to study English in the UK, not to fight."

"Oh, then I'm not suitable. If I leave, the kindergarten will be in chaos."

"Don't worry about that. I just want to ask you what you think. Do you want to go?"

"Can I ask who recommended me to the higher-ups?"

The few of them glanced at each other, and the oldest one in the middle said, "Your old principal, Yu, recommended you. We also feel that you are a good fit, considering your background, position, and abilities."

Sun Zhiwei cursed inwardly: "You're such a good old Yu, backstabbing me. I've been running this kindergarten like a shovel for the past six or seven years. It's not easy for me."

Now that I'm transferred, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back. If we encounter any more troubles, where can I hide?
"Excuse me, do you need an immediate response?"

"It would be best if you could confirm your intention now."

"In principle, I follow any instructions from my superiors. As long as I'm needed, I'll go."

"It's just that I want to see things through to the end. I can't just abandon my current job. I hope my superiors can assign a responsible person to take over as soon as possible and give me enough time to hand over."

"Don't worry, the higher-ups will definitely consider this issue carefully. After all, Beihai is not an ordinary unit, and your achievements will be recognized by the higher-ups."

"Then I'm fine."

"Okay, thank you Comrade Sun Zhiwei for your cooperation. That's all for today. You can go back and wait for news."

Sun Zhiwei stood up and saluted, then walked out through another door.

After leaving the office hall, Sun Zhiwei was filled with rage and rode his bike straight to the home of the old principal, Old Yu.

When he arrived at Director Yu's house, he remembered that today was not the weekend and Director Yu had not yet finished get off work. He could only park his car on the side of the road and wait.

Only when he was alone on the side of the road did he finally calm down.

Principal Yu would not harm herself. The kindergarten was her business, and she is running it very well now. She would not be so unwise as to let an outsider ruin the business she built.

(End of this chapter)