Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 191: Work stopped, Deputy Leader Li came to find (Subscription required)
"Stop my work?"

When Zhou Fengnian first read it, he thought he had seen it wrong, but when he read it the second time, he confirmed that the name and content were correct, and then he realized that he had indeed been suspended from work.

The notice was issued by Branch D. They are indeed responsible for personnel and ideological and political aspects. It seems that it is actually possible to suspend him from his position as deputy team leader of this project group.

Zhou Fengnian was just surprised that there really are people like this who ruin their development because of their face.

Perhaps Director Huang thought that the previous tasks had been completed and the medium-scale integrated computer had been made, so his position as deputy team leader of this project team was no longer important?
"Team Leader Zhou, what happened?"

"Why were you suddenly suspended from your position? This shouldn't happen. Team Leader Zhou, go ask Branch D."

"If you are gone, Team Leader Zhou, what will happen to compile new programs and the fourth-generation computer? Who would dare to do this?"

People around started talking about something that had not happened last night. When they arrived this morning, they suddenly saw that Zhou Fengnian, the deputy team leader, had been suspended from his post.

Zhou Fengnian is the most capable person in the project team. He planned the research and development direction, led them to establish the fourth-generation computer project, and also led a group to develop a new lithography process.

Although others did not say it, there were a few team members who were dissatisfied with Zhou Fengnian's idea of ​​exporting computers; but they had nothing to say about Zhou Fengnian's abilities and they had nothing but admiration for him.

They also gladly accepted the work he arranged. Some people argued with Zhou Fengnian because of doubts, but after verification, they found that Zhou Fengnian was right. In the end, everyone gradually became convinced of Zhou Fengnian.

Why is this kind of person suspended now?!
"Team Leader Zhou, let's go find them."

"Yes, let's go to Branch D and ask for an explanation! How can they suspend the team leader for no reason?"

Zhou Fengnian quickly waved his hand to stop them and said loudly: "Wait, wait, don't be impulsive; stopping work is not a big deal, just continue working and don't worry about the rest."

After saying it several times, Zhou Fengnian finally persuaded these people to go back.

Just stop working, it just happens that he can rest for a while.

If other people were stopped from working, they would probably be panicked, either worried about themselves or about the development of the revolutionary project.

Zhou Fengnian didn't have this idea. He had no problems himself and was so capable that he would be in high demand wherever he went. If he took a step back, he could return to the First Ministry of Machine Building, if he took two steps back, he could go to the Ministry of Light Industry, and if he took another step back, he could return to the village to develop collective industries.

With the guarantee of being able to take three steps back, does he need to worry about himself?

As for the project team, there is even less to worry about. The tasks related to several secret defense projects have been completed, and what they are working on now are photolithography technology and fourth-generation computers.

It’s not that Zhou Fengnian doesn’t have the spirit to develop the revolution, it’s that there are bad people among the masses.

After comforting the project team members and asking them to go back to the house to continue working, Zhou Fengnian picked up his bag and took a bus home.

I have been working non-stop for several months, even on weekends I was using simulation space to study and improve the photolithography process. Now is a good time to take a break.

Not long after Zhou Fengnian left, Director Yan suddenly rushed over. After arriving at the project team, he asked several people: "Where is Team Leader Zhou? Have you seen him?"

"No, they were just trying to persuade us to come back to work. Team Leader Yan and Team Leader Zhou have been suspended from work."

"I know about this. I was just looking for someone. Where is Team Leader Zhou now?"

"Not in the office?"

"No, I've already been to his office."

Director Yan said with a dark face that he had just had a quarrel with Director Huang in Branch D, but he still failed to change the other party's mind, even if he used his identity as the director of the Computer Research Institute.

As the director, he is in charge of research and projects, while ideological construction and personnel are in the hands of Branch D.

Director Yan also has a gloomy face now. Yesterday he vowed to Zhou Fengnian that he would definitely not be affected. But when he came over this morning, he found that what he had promised yesterday had been done.

He was too embarrassed to go to Zhou Fengnian just now. He had been thinking about what to say for a long time, but couldn't figure out what to say.

This slap almost made his face swollen!

".Damn it!"

Director Yan held it in for a long time, but finally couldn't help but curse. He almost forgot when was the last time he cursed someone.

The project team member next to him was also stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Team Leader Yan?"

"It's okay, go back and get busy."

After Director Yan finished speaking, he left angrily; he could not change Director Huang's decision, but he could report it to his superiors.

Should we continue to develop? If we can build a fourth-generation computer in half a year, why not launch a satellite in three months?

"Hey, Third Brother, why are you back?"

When Zhou Fengnian returned home, his second sister-in-law was taking care of the children in the house. She was stunned for a moment when she saw Zhou Fengnian coming back in the morning. She hadn't seen Zhou Fengnian for a long time.

He goes out in the morning and comes back in the evening. He is so busy that even my younger sister rarely sees him.

"I've been forced to rest. I may not go to work in the next few days. Second sister-in-law, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go outside and take care of the two boys. Why are you running? Come here."

After Zhou Fengnian finished explaining, he saw his two nephews turn around and try to run, and he immediately shouted.

After calling them over, he hit each of them twice, and then threatened them: "You want to run away when you see your uncle, do you want to read with me today?"

"No."

"Uncle San, I don't read books"

The two nephews said vaguely that they were three years old now and were usually afraid of their uncle Zhou Fengnian; but their parents didn't care and told them that they must learn from their third uncle.

Crying and making a fuss several times was of no use. As a result, the two of them turned and ran away when they saw their uncle Zhou Fengnian, for fear of being forced to learn to read.

"Okay, I'll let you go for another year. From next year on, study hard and go have fun."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, his two nephews ran away happily; he took his son to another room, and even found time to come back and take all the toys away.

When Zhou Fengnian was brushing up on his carpentry skills, he made a lot of wooden toys, enough for the three children to play with in different ways.

"Second sister-in-law, I'll leave the house to you. I'm going to go out for a walk."

Zhou Fengnian planned to wander around the city. His younger sister was not at home, and it would be awkward and boring for him to stay alone, so he decided to go out for a walk.

Besides, my second sister-in-law is also good at taking care of children. Although her monthly income is not as much as that of a nanny, her job is easier than that of a nanny as she only has to take care of three children.

"Okay, Third Brother, will you come back for lunch?"

"No, you don't have to cook for me, just eat it."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he walked out.

He doesn't have a specific purpose now, so he just goes wherever he goes.

He originally planned to go to the library, but he was tired of going to the library, so Zhou Fengnian got off the bus halfway and took a walk.

Passing by a river, Zhou Fengnian found many old men squatting by the river fishing, and he couldn't help but go forward with interest.

"Uncle." "Ouch."

The old man who was tapped on the shoulder by Zhou Fengnian was so frightened that his straw hat almost fell off. He turned around and saw Zhou Fengnian and said angrily: "Young man, you almost scared me into falling into the river."

"That's not the case, sir. I walk quite loudly, how come you didn't notice?"

After Zhou Fengnian explained, he apologized and said, "But it was indeed my fault. Come on, uncle, have a cigarette to calm down."

"Hey, cadre cigarettes!"

The old man, who was originally angry and wanted to argue, took the cigarette with a smile when he saw Zhou Fengnian take it out.

This kind of cigarette is rare, only cadres can afford it.

"Young man, do you have something to ask me?"

Zhou Fengnian asked, "It's nothing. I was just looking around because I was bored. Can you catch any fish here? Didn't they say that all the fish in the river were taken out a few years ago?"

"Clear all the fish? How can you catch all the fish? Even the river god wouldn't dare to say that. And the year before last, there were small fishes. In the past two years, it's almost the same as before, but we're not allowed to cast the nets."

While explaining, the man in the straw hat showed Zhou Fengnian his fish basket.

The three crucian carp seeds together were as big as Zhou Fengnian’s palm.

"Uncle, the fish you caught this morning are not even enough for one bite. You might as well go carry a big bag and earn more money."

"I'm sixty-nine years old, and you, a young man, want me to carry a heavy bag? I want to carry it, but no one will let me."

The old man in the straw hat glared and said, "I'll catch as many fish as I can. I don't have any land in the countryside, and there's no other work for me in the city. What else can I do if I don't fish?"

"What you said makes sense. I'll go buy a fishing rod and go fishing with you this afternoon."

Zhou Fengnian took action immediately after he finished speaking, turning around and preparing to buy a fishing rod; he used to be very excited when watching others fishing, and now that he had nothing to do, he might as well cast a few rods himself.

“Hey, hey.”

The old man in the straw hat shouted a few words, but failed to call Zhou Fengnian back. He then muttered, "Whose family are you from? Why do you need to buy this fishing rod? What a waste of money!"

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In the afternoon, after Director Yan asked for Zhou Fengnian's home address, he took half a day off to come and look for him.

However, Zhang Fangfang learned that after Zhou Fengnian came back, he went out again and no one knew when he would be back.

After waiting for a while and not seeing anyone, Director Yan felt embarrassed to continue disturbing him, so he just said goodbye and left; but before leaving, he asked Zhang Fangfang to tell Zhou Fengnian that he would come again tomorrow morning.

Zhou Fengnian had a meal outside at noon, and then went to buy two small chairs, a fish basket and a fishing rod, making him a beginner angler.

Since the supply and marketing cooperative didn’t sell them, he specially bought them from another wealthy fisherman.

The bait was also borrowed from the old man in the straw hat whom he met in the morning. After all, it was a paste made from earthworms and aquatic plants that he had dug up. The old man in the straw hat didn't feel sorry for it and gave some to Zhou Fengnian for the sake of cigarettes.

Then the youngest fisherman on the river bank cast his rod, and people in the distance were curious and puzzled when they saw it.

Who among the young people would come fishing? They either go to work to earn money, or hang out on the streets doing nothing. Only Zhou Fengnian, a young man dressed well, comes fishing, and he doesn't look like an unemployed person.

Zhou Fengnian's temperament and conversation don't seem like that of a street urchin, and his clothes and cigarettes don't seem like those of a person without wealth.

However, they were a little puzzled as to why he didn't go to work in broad daylight and instead fished here with these old men who couldn't find work.

The man in the straw hat couldn't help but ask Zhou Fengnian, but Zhou Fengnian fooled him with a vague answer.

"fishing?"

After hearing Secretary Liu's report, Deputy Leader Li was surprised. He put down his pen and asked for confirmation, "You said Zhou Fengnian didn't go to the Computer Research Institute, but went fishing?"

"Yes, Zhao Qiang reported it this way. This morning, Commissioner Zhou went to the research institute, but soon returned home for a while, and then went out to take the bus and hang out."

Assistant Liu relayed the security guard's report to Deputy Leader Li word for word, including the fact that Zhou Fengnian had someone replace the fishing rod and fish basket.

Because it happened suddenly and Zhou Fengnian had never done anything similar before, the security guard took the time to report the matter.

"What's going on here? I'll go ask."

Deputy Leader Li originally wanted to call Zhou Fengnian's home, but thinking that Zhou Fengnian had not returned home yet, he called the Computer Research Institute.

After asking a few questions, he got the specific details from Director Yan.

At first Director Yan wanted to conceal the truth, but he seldom lied and would stammer when he did, so he was soon caught by Deputy Leader Li.

Then he could no longer hide it and told the news that Zhou Fengnian had been suspended from work; however, Director Yan immediately said that he would definitely let Zhou Fengnian return to research as soon as possible.

"Aren't you guys just kidding? You didn't allow people to go with you in the first place, but you insisted and even went to the leader to complain.
Now I give him to you, but you stop him because of a small matter. Let Zhou Fengnian go back to the First Ministry of Machine Building."

After Deputy Leader Li finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He did not inquire about the affairs of the Computer Research Institute, but Zhou Fengnian also paid attention to it several times.

I heard that the task was completed very well, and the research project was reported in the newspaper. It was the medium-scale integrated computer that Zhou Fengnian had told him about. The newspaper also said that within three years, the computer industry would completely surpass the West.
This was exactly what Zhou Fengnian had said to him at the beginning, but after just half a year, he was suspended from work because of a trivial matter.

"Do you know where Zhou Fengnian is?"

"Commissioner Zhou is by the Yongding River. He took the bus there."

Assistant Liu immediately replied that he used to call him Engineer Zhou, but now that Zhou Fengnian has become a member of the academic department, he changed his name to Commissioner Zhou.

"I'll go over and take a look. My afternoon work is almost done."

Deputy Leader Li put down his pen, stood up and said, "Arrange a car for me."

"Good leadership."

Assistant Liu agreed and went to arrange a driver. After a while, the car was ready. Deputy Leader Li went downstairs and got in the car and set off.

Although there was no specific location, Zhao Qiang made it clear that it was near that street. After looking along the river for a while and finding a group of people fishing, he found Zhou Fengnian.

Assistant Liu immediately prepared to get out of the car and said, "Leader, shall I go call Commissioner Zhou over?"

"No, I want to see what he has gained today."

Deputy Leader Li saw Zhou Fengnian was collecting his fishing rods and seemed to have loaded them, so he opened the car door, got out and rushed over.

When they slowly walked to the riverside, they saw Zhou Fengnian catch a small crucian carp. Deputy Leader Li immediately smiled and said, "Haha, Fengnian, you made such a big move just now, and you only caught such a small fish?"

"Eh?"

Zhou Fengnian was also startled. He turned around and saw that it was Deputy Leader Li. He immediately retorted, "Leader, this fish is big enough. Uncle Zhang fished for a whole day, but all he caught was not as big as mine."

(End of this chapter)