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It should be at the end of '93 or the beginning of '94, someone from Beijing China Education Book Import and Export Company (hereinafter referred to as Teaching Picture Company) came and found the leader of the unit to discuss the restoration of the Changchun transfer station of the newspapers and periodicals of the teaching map company. Director L called me and asked me to take on the role of stationmaster of Changchun Transfer Station. Immediately without hesitation, he gladly accepted. At the same time, I felt that I was the head of the department and was busy with work, so I suggested to Director L that Xiao Y of the department do it with me. This began my seven-year intimate journey with the teaching company.
Teaching Picture Company was established in 1987 and consists of a book import department, a newspaper import department, etc. Soon after the establishment of the company, it has established newspaper transfer stations in some provincial capitals and major cities across the country. At the beginning of the establishment of Changchun Transfer Station, several famous university libraries in Changchun competed. In order to resolve the contradiction, the transfer station was set up in the Provincial University Map Working Committee. The Provincial University Graphic Working Committee is located in our library, and the two full-time staff members are also from our library, and the transfer station is actually equivalent to being contested by our library. Unexpectedly, after two or three years of work, Jiaotu Company may not be satisfied with the work of Changchun Transfer Station, and was stopped in '93. After only one year of suspension, the company came to discuss reconstruction, obviously intended to replace people. As a result of joint discussion between the company and the unit leaders, they chose me - the head of the journal department. At that time, I knew very well that doing transshipment was a paid service with remuneration, and it was all about taking advantage of the convenience of work and working time. So why not?
In fact, when it comes to this, we have to mention the China Book Import and Export Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Zhongtu Company). Before the establishment of Jiaotu Company, it can be said that it is the leading and dominant in China, and there is no competition object in the business at all. Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the teaching picture company, Huiyanzhen focused on universities across the country, and clearly shouted the slogan, the teaching map company is the university's own company, and promised to publish a small profit. Therefore, with this inspiring slogan, many university libraries have transferred the order of original foreign language newspapers and periodicals to the teaching and drawing company. In fact, many orders from colleges and universities are like snowflakes, and the teaching picture company has been unable to digest it due to lack of experience and poor channels. Many foreign publications cannot be subscribed or the publication price is too high, but it is self-defeating, and as a result, the number of orders declines sharply after two or three years. In fact, when I took over the transfer station, Jiaotu Company was facing such an embarrassing and difficult situation.
Although Changchun is a famous cultural city, there are many universities and scientific research institutes. However, the northeast and the south are lagging behind in economic development after all, so the number of college orders in the entire Changchun City of the teaching map company is very low, about 300,000 yuan in total at that time. The transfer fee paid by the teaching map company to the transfer station is withdrawn at the rate of 1% of the code. The unit has learned from past experience and clarified the transfer fee for individuals and units. Anyway, the transshipment fee for me and Xiao Y is thousands of yuan a year, and each person is only a few hundred yuan a year, which is really not much. The remuneration is not much, and the transfer task is also very easy. Every time I receive a bill of lading from a newspaper or periodical sent by the teaching map company by express delivery, the driver of the contact unit goes to the train station to pick up the goods. At the peak of a few years ago, I saw about seven or eight cartons of incoming goods. By the time we handle it, there will be only two or three boxes. When returning, they unpack the box in the car, separate the newspapers and periodicals according to subscribers, and send them directly to the relevant university halls.
It should be late March, when I received a notice from the meeting of the teaching map company, and a meeting of the transfer station managers was held in Chengdu in early April. Now counting the time, that is the torment stage when I am waiting for the deputy senior title. With uneasiness, I embarked on the train to the Land of Abundance, the farthest journey of my life at that time.
The meeting site is in the library of Sichuan University, and the accommodation is in the guest house of the school. On the night of the registration, a group of seven or eight people went out for a walk and a tour of the city. On both sides of the streets under the brilliant lights of the city, bursts of hot pot meat and vegetables floated in. The world-famous Sichuan spicy hot pot stall is combing and combing. There are many vegetables that northerners don't know, and a layer of fiery red peppers floats in the boiling oil pan, exuding an attractive spicy aroma. Xiao Zhen from the company's newspaper department took the initiative to generously donate and invited everyone to sit down and taste it together. I personally tasted the authentic spicy hot pot, and everyone slapped their lips spicy and smiled. I remember that there are also a variety of Sichuan noodles for one yuan a bowl, snacks with local characteristics, very tasteful, and inexpensive, every night after leisure walks, I eat a bowl of late-night snacks, and I feel very comfortable. The room I lived in felt a little damp, and the next morning I found that the socks washed at night were still damp, and they must have been cold and dry in my hometown in Changchun. 
On April 2, he visited Du Fu's thatched cottage, Qingyang Palace, and Wuhou Shrine in Chengdu. Although they are all historical places of interest, they do not leave a deep impression on me. From the photos of that year, it can be seen that I have visited those attractions. In the courtyard like a thatched cottage garden, pink and blue-white plum blossoms are blooming; there is a wooden and grass pavilion engraved with the inscription of Shaoling Caotang; There are majestic and gentle photos in front of the statues of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and there are also stone lions in front of the gate of Qingyang Palace, showing their frightening appearances with their mouths wide open. 
On April 3, he visited Qingcheng Mountain on the outskirts of Chengdu. Known as the fifth most famous mountain in the world, it is said that Chiang Kai-shek once climbed this mountain. The mountain is not very high, and there is a lake at the foot of the mountain. The mountain is lush with trees and many temples. HAM, a friend I just met, is only one word apart in our names, and after seeing each other, we are naturally close to each other and often walk together. He worshipped as soon as he entered the temple, and I just watched from the side. To be honest, I don't understand Buddhism and Taoism, and I am not interested. Now it is also believed that temples provide a place for people with infinite good wishes to pray for blessings and return wishes. I am not superstitious, but I believe in fate, and in the dark, there seems to be some mysterious force dominating and dominating everything between heaven and earth, which is unpredictable and resistable. The most memorable thing about this mountain tour is the dish eaten at the Taoist restaurant halfway up the mountain - oily peppers. It's so fragrant and delicious that I will have an endless aftertaste in this life. I never ate it in a big hotel or a small restaurant again. At my encouragement, I made oily peppers at home and added meat filling, but I couldn't make that taste. Qingcheng Mountain's braised peppers - truly the best in the world, unparalleled.
On April 4, the transfer station meeting was held. At the meeting, the work functions of the transfer station were clarified, not only simple periodical transfer should be in place in time and safely. It is also necessary to assist the regional manager to do a good job in soliciting original journals. It is also necessary to summarize and evaluate the work of the transfer station, and set up excellent transfer station awards and individual awards. Later, in my work, I felt that not only the arrival of the regional manager, but also the send-off. It is also necessary to assist in convening and arranging conference affairs, gifts, banquets and many other miscellaneous affairs. At this meeting, I met General Manager Zhang, who had just taken office, and chatted and learned that it was still my fellow townsman in Hebei. I met the L and Z managers of the newspaper department and the W manager in charge of the Tohoku region. 
On April 5, I visited the Sansu Shrine. The Sansu Ancestral Hall is located on the outskirts of Meishan City, southwest of Chengdu, 80 kilometers away from Chengdu and Leshan, and is the former residence of the famous writers Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe of the Northern Song Dynasty. It has always been a gathering place for literati and writers and the general public to worship sages, after hundreds of years of construction, now occupying a ground of 56,800 square meters, is a classical garden building with Sichuan characteristics, surrounded by red walls, green water, lotus ponds, small bridges are frequent, winding paths are secluded, halls and pavilions are hidden in the shade of green bamboo, staggered, with the name of "three parts of water, two points of bamboo" of "island residence", pavilions and pavilions are simple and elegant; The plaque couplet is timeless. The above introduction is with the help of online information, and I am not impressed by the fact that I visited it in person, and I only remember taking photos of the ancient well of Su Zhai. 
On April 6, we visited Mount Emei, one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in our country. The main peak of Mount Emei, the Ten Thousand Buddha Peak, is 3079.3 meters above sea level. The whole mountain is majestic and handsome, and the trees are lush, and it is known as "majestic". Overlooking the sea of clouds from the top of the mountain, you can enjoy the four spectacular scenery of "sunlight", "sea of clouds", "Buddha's light" and "sacred lamp". Buddha's light is the most spectacular spectacle of Mount Emei. There are dozens of small Buddha temples on Mount Emei, and there are many exquisite Buddhist cultural relics in the temple. I remember that we kept walking on the day we went to the mountains, and after a few hours, everyone was tired and sweaty. There are many scenery along the way, but only two photos are left. First, the famous Yixiantian, and second, the wild monkeys who are feeding the peanuts they bought. What impressed me was that there was a young Sichuan girl, dressed plainly, who had been following our tour team. He also introduced and explained the scenery along the way as he walked.At first, I mistakenly thought it was a tour guide, but when I walked to the end of the attraction, I saw many tea stalls selling tea and drinking tea. The Sichuan girl guided everyone to her tea stall with a smile by accompanying her for two or three hours of research and familiarity. At this time, I suddenly realized that in order to buy some tea from her family, I had spent so much effort and sweat, and my heart couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Many years later, I had the following description in "Spiritual Journey": "When I took the cable car to the top of Mount Emei, where ice and snow remained, I seemed to see Jiang Gong hurriedly going down the mountain to pick peaches. The Sichuan girl who sold tea accompanied her one trip after another, and the joy of traveling in the mountains disappeared in an instant, and her heart ached faintly. Later, a cable car was made to the top of the mountain - called the Golden Peak. I stayed here for a long rest and took many photos. There was a thick white mist around him, but there was a flat land on the top of the mountain at his feet, and there were temple-like buildings not far away. 
On April 7, I visited the Leshan Giant Buddha. The Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the confluence of the Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River in Sichuan, across the river from Leshan City. The Leshan Giant Buddha is carved on the rock wall of the confluence of the three rivers, and the Qixia Peak of Lingyun Mountain on the south bank of the Min River, also known as the Lingyun Giant Buddha, is a seated statue of Maitreya Buddha. The Leshan Giant Buddha is one of the artistic masterpieces in the Tang Dynasty and is the world's largest stone carved seated statue of Maitreya Buddha. The posture of the Buddha sitting upright with his hands on his knees is solemn, the drainage facilities are hidden and the design is ingenious. It is praised by poets as "the mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain". In ancient times, there was a saying that "the upper dynasty is Emei, and the lower dynasty is Lingyun".
I clearly remember being woken up by a waiter from my residence that morning. The sky outside the window had just turned white, and the house was still a little dark, so I hurriedly got up with STL from Dalian, who lived in the same room, put on my clothes and got on the tour bus. When the car reached the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, STL, who was in the same room, suddenly found that his wallet was missing. After searching in the car for a while, I got out of the car and returned to my residence to look for it, but I still couldn't find it. According to him, there were seven or eight hundred yuan and ID cards in his wallet, which not only damaged the economy, but also delayed the beautiful scenery. It also made me a little embarrassed in the same room, as if I was suspected of being silent. Later analysis, it was put on the chair before going to bed, and the wallet slipped out of the trouser pocket. I didn't pay attention to it in the morning hurry, and it should have been picked up by the waiter who cleaned up the room. But time has passed, and it is so coincidental that I met the living Lei Feng. A small episode in travel that reminds people to be cautious when going out.
When S went back to find the wallet, our travel team was still moving forward. Soon I took a boat to see the Buddha on the wide river. At that time, the Big Buddha was under repair, and the Buddha's body was completely covered by a shelf, but the Buddha statue was still clearly visible. The head of the Leshan Giant Buddha is level with the mountain, stepping on the river, touching the knees with both hands, the giant Buddha is well-proportioned, solemn, hewn by the mountain, and sits upright by the river. The Big Buddha is 71 meters high, and only the foot of the Big Buddha can seat 100 people. On the left and right sides of the Big Buddha, there are two stone carvings of protectors with a height of more than 10 meters, holding halberds and wearing battle robes, and thousands of stone carvings on hundreds of niches, forming a huge Buddhist stone carving art group. For more than a thousand years, the Leshan Giant Buddha has seen how many springs in the world and experienced many dynastic changes, but he is still solemn and kind, and his heart is unshakable. There is a photo of me and the Buddha, which is the best I took on this trip, not only is there two obvious red Buddha lights shining on the head of the Buddha (I don't understand why there is a flash of Buddha light), but my face in the film is also very calm and calm, maybe inspired by the Buddha. 
On April 8, I visited Dujiangyan. The Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was built in 256 BC and is the oldest and only grand water conservancy project in the world so far, characterized by damless water diversion. The scenery near Dujiangyan is beautiful, and there are many cultural relics and monuments, mainly Fulong Temple, Erwang Temple, Anlan Suo Bridge, etc. Although the cable car is built and can overlook the panoramic view from a high place, it still has no idea how Dujiangyan plays the role of water conservancy projects, just walking around and looking at the scenery.
The seven-day trip to the Land of Abundance is over, and I didn't expect that my subsequent transshipment journey had just begun.
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