Zhou Chen walked into the library, explained the situation to the guard, and then he was taken to an office.
"Master Zhao, this comrade said he came to see you."
Zhou Chen looked around and found that this was an independent office, but since he was the deputy director, this was normal.
That's right, the friend his second uncle mentioned is the deputy director of this library, one of the most powerful people in this national library.
After the guide left, Zhao Lijie put away his serious expression and said to Zhou Chen amiably: "You must be Lao Zhou's nephew. I am your second uncle's old friend. You can just call me Uncle Zhao."
Being given face, Zhou Chen naturally obeyed and shouted: "Uncle Zhao."
"Okay, come and sit."
After Zhou Chen sat down, Zhao Lijie said: "Your second uncle has already greeted me and said that you like reading, so you want to work in the library."
Zhou Chen said modestly: "I prefer reading, but I was too ignorant when I was in school and didn't study hard. Thinking about it now, I feel that I was wasting my time before, but now I am just purely interested in reading."
"This is very good. Young people like you should learn more and see more, and strive to become talents who contribute to the country and society in the future."
Zhao Lijie is obviously used to being a leader and talks in the same way.
"In our library, there is nothing else, but we have absolutely everything you need in terms of books. You can find any book you want to read."
Zhou Chen responded with a smile: "That's really a happy thing."
Zhao Lijie nodded: "For a person who loves books, it is indeed a happy thing to work in a library."
The two chatted for a few words and then got down to business.
Zhao Lijie took the initiative and said: "Before coming, your second uncle should have explained the situation to you. Originally, based on my relationship with your second uncle, I was able to arrange a well-established position for you. It was not a big problem; but what you came here is really
Unfortunately, one of our employees just retired two months ago, and his quota has become vacant. If you could have come two months earlier, I could have arranged it for you directly. What a pity."
Zhou Chen has been looking at Zhao Lijie. Although Zhao Lijie said it sincerely, who knows whether it is true or false?
"Uncle Zhao, you are really troublesome. In fact, you really don't need to take care of me. No matter what position you assign me, I will work hard to do things. Anyway, I will contribute to society and the country.
It’s the same for all positions.”
"good."
Zhao Lijie immediately clapped his hands excitedly and said: "Zhou Chen, you are indeed your second uncle's good nephew. Your second uncle has a high level of consciousness, and your level of consciousness is not bad either. Our library lacks young and smart people like you.
He is also a good comrade with an awakened spirit."
Having finished his high-sounding words, he got to the point.
"Xiao Zhou, although our library has many positions, but now that you are new here, I can't arrange you to an important position. How about you start from the grassroots level?"
"Uncle Zhao, you don't have to be so polite. I will obey your arrangements. I will do whatever you ask me to do."
Zhou Chen really didn't care too much. He believed that Zhou Liangping must have told Zhao Lijie about his situation, and it should be impossible to arrange particularly heavy work for him.
Zhao Lijie was very satisfied with Zhou Chen's attitude. He was afraid that Zhou Chen would rely on Zhou Liangping's relationship to dictate terms here and ask him to arrange positions.
"Actually, our library now has a lot of staff, and it's difficult to place people elsewhere. I want you to be the librarian, who will be responsible for organizing and classifying things. It's relatively easy. What do you think?"
Even though the word "management" is included in the word "librarian", it makes you think that it is a cadre position. In fact, this is not the case.
Although there are not as many library positions now as there were later, librarian is just a nice name. In fact, he is an ordinary staff member who is responsible for daily organizing books, classifying, counting, maintaining, shelving and other chores. Customers can't find them.
When I receive books, I also help customers find books, etc.
Unlike later generations, he could also be responsible for procurement, management and other matters. In short, it was a low-level position.
This is normal. He has no establishment now, so it is certainly impossible for him to go to a better position. After all, Zhao Lijie is only the deputy director, not the director.
"I have no problem, Uncle Zhao."
Zhao Lijie breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that Zhou Chen didn't object. Zhou Liangping and he were friends, but there was still a gap in their status. Being able to help him meant that Zhou Liangping owed him a favor. For him,
, is also a great thing.
"In our library, we manage books. Everyone has his own area. Xiao Zhou, which book are you most interested in? I will arrange for you to go to that area."
It would be great if you could choose by yourself. Zhou Chen replied without hesitation: "Then the history one, okay?"
"Is it about history? Okay, no problem. Let's go. I'll take you there now. I'll find someone to take you there. He was in charge of the history books section before."
Zhou Chen, led by Zhao Lijie, came to the second floor of the library. The area for historical books was on the second floor.
The first and second floors of this library are used for storing books, as well as reading rooms, exhibition halls, etc., all on the first floor; the third and fourth floors are offices, conference rooms, bathrooms, boiling rooms, etc.
"Song Bo, come here."
At this time, the library was not officially open for business yet. After Zhao Lijie came to the second floor, he shouted loudly.
"coming."
A man in his thirties ran over from the bookshelf. When he saw Zhao Lijie, he immediately stood up straight.
"Director Zhao, are you looking for me?"
Zhao Lijie didn't waste any time and said directly: "Song Bo, I'll give you a task. This is Zhou Chen. He just arrived today. From now on, he will be responsible for the history book area. Then I will hand him over to you. You
Tell him carefully about the situation here. If you don't teach him seriously, you will have a good time."
Song Bo responded with a smile: "Director, don't worry, leave it to me, I guarantee there will be no problem."
The person who could bring Deputy Director Zhao over in person to give instructions was obviously a well-connected person, and he still had this kind of discernment.
Zhao Lijie was very satisfied, and then said harmoniously to Zhou Chen: "Xiao Zhou, you will learn from him next. Song Bo has been in our library for several years and is very familiar with it. If you don't understand anything, just tell him directly
Ask him, don't be polite."
"Yes, Uncle Zhao, I understand."
Hearing Zhou Chen call Zhao Lijie Uncle Zhao, Song Bo blinked his eyes and the smile on his face became even brighter.
"Do your best. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."
"Uncle Zhao, goodbye."
"Director Zhao, walk slowly."
After Zhao Lijie left, Song Bo looked at Zhou Chen with a smile on his face and asked in a low voice: "Your name is Zhou Chen, right? Hello, my name is Song Bo. You can call me by my name directly, or call me Lao Song.
"
Zhou Chen didn't ask for help, but just said with the same smile: "Brother Song, I'll ask you to take more care of me from now on."
Seeing Zhou Chen call him brother, Song Bo's smile became even brighter.
"Brother, you're welcome. We will be colleagues from now on. Zhou Chen, you are very familiar with Director Zhao. I heard you call him uncle?"
Song Bo pretended to ask casually and began to inquire about Zhou Chen's origins.
Zhou Chen replied calmly: "Uncle Zhao and my second uncle are good friends, so he takes care of me."
"Oh, I see."
Song Bo nodded, a little unsure of Zhou Chen's situation, but this did not hinder his enthusiasm.
"Come on, brother Zhou, let me take you to get familiar with this place first. Our library is ranked in the entire Yanjing. There are many people who come to us to read and borrow books, but this has nothing to do with us employees.
It’s not big, but if there are a lot of people, we will be busier.”
Song Bo was a very eloquent person, and he soon told Zhou Chen a lot about the library.
From books to personnel, from men to women, he even talked about a lot of gossip, as if there was nothing he didn't know about in this library.
This surprised Zhou Chen very much. If you want to say that Song Bo is a woman, you can forget about such gossip, but he is obviously a man, and there are more gossips than women.
Regarding this Song Bo, Zhou Chen had just one comment.
Talent.
This guy shouldn't be a librarian, he should be an entertainment reporter. Oh, by the way, there is no so-called entertainment industry yet...
But Zhou Chen is also very grateful to Song Bo because his help helped him quickly adapt to this position.
There are quite a lot of history books in the library, with over a dozen bookshelves, at least tens of thousands of books.
According to Song Bo, the number of books in their library reaches hundreds of thousands.
This is not the library of a few decades from now. In this era of turmoil, a library with hundreds of thousands of books is really impressive.
This is in the capital Yanjing. If it were in other cities, it would be difficult to achieve this number. It would not be easy to have tens of thousands of copies.
To be continued...