Chapter 302: No way to keep a low profile (2 in 1) (Page 12)

The dinner party exceeded almost everyone's expectations.

Almost all of the people whose names are often heard on the news network appeared.

Of course, Chang Haonan, who already knew this history, was not very surprised by this.

Due to various complex historical and practical reasons, although China in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China followed the Soviet Union in many aspects, it did not establish a complete and rigorous merit system like the latter.

Not even the military, let alone ordinary citizens.

Except for the three major medals awarded in 1955 - the August 2011st Medal, the Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the Medal of Liberation, China had never officially established any medals until in the previous life.

For a long time, the only merits awarded in an institutional and standardized manner were first, second and third class merit medals issued within the military and police systems.

Due to the issue of jurisdiction, it is impossible for non-military and police officers to obtain even if they have great achievements.

We can only use other methods to play the edge ball.

Only then did Chang Haonan get the somewhat weird first-class "Operation Bat Hunting" commemorative medal.

According to regulations, first-class merit is an honorary title.

However, the awarding of honorary titles is also not systematic, and an exclusive title is often customized based on the recipient's deeds.

In a good way, it's a privilege.

But at the operational level, it actually causes a lot of trouble.

For example, there is no way to intuitively reflect the matter of receiving an honorary title.

You can't just carry your certificate with you wherever you go.

For another example, if a person obtains two honorary titles, there is no provision stipulating which of them comes first and who comes last.

In principle, there is no distinction between high and low honorary titles.

However, both in terms of perception and reality, there is obviously still a gap between the "Patriotic Army Jingwu Model" and the "Volunteer Army First-Class Hero", both of which are honorary titles.

As for honors outside the military and police system, it's even more confusing. Some award-winning organizations even only issue awards without keeping records, resulting in many honors that sound high-level but actually have no value at all.

This has caused a psychological gap for the winners themselves. What’s more terrible is that it has spawned many criminals who take advantage of this loophole to commit fraud.

In an era when information is not smooth enough, going out of province is similar to going abroad. I said in Province A that I was the winner of the xx honor in Province B, and there was no way to find out.

This situation lasted until the late 80s, when things finally began to change.

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions established the National May Day Labor Medal, the first medal to be awarded systematically to all citizens.

It also stipulates that among the winners, the proportion of front-line workers must not be less than one-third.

Chang Haonan and the others received the second Chinese Youth May 4th Medal.

In this special period when people's minds are changing, launching a standardized national merit system will undoubtedly be conducive to ideological and spiritual construction.

Among them, young people are particularly important.

So, this

Therefore, not only the identities of the leaders who attended were astonishing, but also the media who came with them were all well-known.

Obviously, this matter will receive unprecedented publicity.

In short, when the entire celebration was over and Chang Haonan returned home, it was already close to midnight that day.

He looked at the certificates and medals on the table, took out his mobile phone and entered a series of phone numbers.

This is Chang Haonan's personal habit. He will not open champagne at halftime until everything is finally settled.

Now that the ceremony has been completed, it is natural to inform the family of the good news.

But looking at the time displayed in the upper right corner of the phone screen, he hesitated and still did not press the dial button.

It's too late, let's talk tomorrow.

As soon as I relax after several hours of excitement, the first thing that comes over me is naturally exhaustion.

In addition, he didn't get a good rest last night because he had to prepare his acceptance speech and familiarize himself with the ceremony process, so Chang Haonan just changed his clothes and lay down on the bed to sleep.

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At this time in 1997, even wired networks were not yet popular in China, and mobile networks were a thing whose concept was not very clear. Therefore, it would not be like in the future. After the ceremony here, the media over there would immediately release the online version of the news and put it on the Internet. Hot search.

At this time, Huaxia TV had just completed a major equipment upgrade and replacement. It was in the process of switching from recorded news to live news, and the response speed was also not that fast.

Under normal circumstances, the fastest responders to news are newspapers and radio.

Therefore, the next morning, when Zhou Li, who was far away in Liucheng, was the first to arrive at the office, she simply cleaned her work station, poured hot water and habitually threw a few newspapers inserted on the door handle on the table. , the whole person was stunned instantly.

She accidentally caught a glimpse of one of the newspaper headlines:

"The All-China Youth Federation decided to award six young people the "Chinese Youth May 4th Medal" for the first time"

Of course, if it was just like this, it wouldn't make Zhou Li lose her composure.

But there is also a line of slightly smaller words below the large and conspicuous title——

Chang Haonan, Qin Wengui, Li Bin, Liu Xiaogong and Fangrong of the Eastern Song Dynasty were awarded the honor.

In the officially released news, the order of the names of the six people was changed.

No longer in the order of the strokes of the last name, but in the order of the medals received.

What Chang Haonan got was the No. 1 May Fourth Medal.

So it's first in line.

Zhou Li put the cup on the table, took out her glasses from her bag, put them on, and checked again.

This name at the top of the list...why does it feel familiar?

Oh, it seems that my son’s name is Chang Haonan...

The news is accompanied by photos of the winners.

But since it is a black and white photo printed with ink, I can only say...

It can be seen that they are six humanoid creatures.

However, from her body shape, Zhou Li felt that the man standing in front of a twin-engine propeller plane in the first photo seemed to be her son.

Then she glanced at the text again.

"Chang Haonan, male, born in 1976, from Liucheng, Liaoning Province, student at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Beijing..."

Apparently, everything is right.

The huge surprise made Zhou Li feel dizzy and she sat down directly on the chair.

After a few seconds, not believing her eyes, she pulled out several more newspapers from underneath.

"Guangming Daily"

Same news, front page headlines.

"China Youth Daily"

The same news, on the upper right side of the front page, is one of the double headlines.

"Reference News"

It’s still the same news, it’s still the front page headlines…

Obviously, she wasn't hallucinating.

After the huge surprise, Zhou Li felt calm instead.

Even a little panicked.

Ever since she was very young, Chang Haonan has always been very competitive and is the pride of both her and Chang Yuanchao.