The chronicle of Eger Tobacco Factory

The chosen company

The trust closed down, and its member-companies took on full financial independence from 1 July 1980. From this date the Eger Tobacco Factory formed the necessary basis for its continued development and the guaranteeing of financial interest, although naturally dependent on the prevailing company results. The leash was loosened, but the system of central purchasing and distribution which tied tobacco factory companies together remained in place. The role of the Trust’s Board of Directors was taken over by the Board of Directors of the Tobacco Sales and Services Joint Venture. The directors split up the market, and decided on the allocation of import quotas. The closure of the trust appeared most advantageous in terms of freedom of investments. In the past ten years the Eger factory hadn’t received a penny from the trust for such purposes, and what’s more its financial resources were even depleted by the trust. The long years of restrictions had taught the Eger manageIn the March 1979 edition József Sebe, great-grandchild of Mrs. Sándor Nógrádi “Aunt Teri”, reported on a concert held in the Eger sports hall featuring a new group, the Hobo Blues Band, who were backing Mini and P. Mobil. In the spring of 1980 during Book Week Mihály Ladányi paid a visit to the factory, and scraps of his conversation were recorded in the factory paper. “The people consider that there is so-called alienation in art. In his opinion this is the same as that found in individuals. He is now satisfied with the simple things in life. As an example he mentioned that one can be happy with the purchase of a small piece of land and the construction of a small weekend house on it. Poetry visualizes a different human future, and that’s why it is fighting, inciting one to rebel, in order that people should meditate on it. The people did not agree with this statement of his, and his quoted verses. This is not typical.” In the months following his visit the paper reported that a Hungarian astronaut had been carried into space. It was not typical either.