Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 197 Failed Provocation, Continuous Meetings (Subscription Request)
"Mr. Zhou, take care. I'll take you there."

"No need, Deputy Director Wang, the car is outside, you can take a rest."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand to stop Wang Jinghui who wanted to get up. He didn't know why Wang Jinghui was so happy just now. He drank half of the bottle of white wine by himself.

Although he was not drunk, his legs were a little shaky. He tried to struggle to stand up and see Zhou Fengnian off, but was directly rejected by Zhou Fengnian.

Why don't you give it to him like this? Don't let him vomit as soon as he goes out.

Zhou Fengnian also refused Secretary Yu's offer to take him there. He didn't drink a sip of wine. After going out, he found Zhao Qiang's parked car and drove directly to the hospital.

He had to go see Zhou Yan first and then go home to rest.

In the private kitchen of the second canteen.

Secretary Yu walked in and asked, "Director Wang, do you want me to help you go back?"

"No, just rest here for a while."

Wang Jinghui smiled, took out a cigarette and handed one to Secretary Yu, then lit it and said, "Today's meal is worth it. I should have treated Zhou Fengnian a long time ago. No, I should call him Engineer Zhou from now on. I should have treated Engineer Zhou a long time ago."

Secretary Yu was a little surprised to see that his leader was so respectful to another person. He had been following Wang Jinghui since the Industrial Bureau, and it has been more than four years now.

Secretary Yu has never seen Wang Jinghui be submissive to anyone other than his own family.

"Director, have you discussed this with Deputy Engineer Zhou?"

"What did we talk about? I was wrong before, but now he has pointed it out."

Wang Jinghui took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "In my heart, I always felt that Mr. Zhou came back to steal my power. After all, I replaced him. I forgot that he was a level 6 engineer before and now he is a member of the academic department.

How could such a person possibly be interested in the power of the deputy director of the factory? Xiaoyu, if I let you return to the Development Committee of the Bureau and become a section chief, would you be willing?"

Secretary Yu shook his head after listening to this.

Wang Jinghui sighed and said, "You are unwilling to do this, let alone Engineer Zhou. He is already a member of the academic department, and it would be a waste of his talent for him to come to the factory."

"And what if it's 30 million next year and 40 million the year after? Forget it, I won't talk about it."

"You're going to stop talking after you've given me this example?"

Although Secretary Yu complained in his heart, he still stepped forward to support Wang Jinghui and said, "Director, I will help you go back and rest."

Wang Jinghui drank half a bottle by himself, which was a bit too much for someone with average alcohol tolerance.

The two walked outside, and just as they were about to reach out to open the door, the door of the box was suddenly opened from outside.

"Hey, two leaders, you are still here? I just said you were going to clean up after eating."

He Yuzhu said with a smile, then glanced at the table in the box and found several large plates of leftovers, which immediately made him happy.

He knew that two people would not be able to finish it, so this way at least two full lunch boxes could be filled.

Last time, he brought new dishes that had been prepared in advance, and was caught by the security department and severely criticized; now He Yuzhu has grown sensible and just brought the leftovers in the box.

If there were leftovers that had not been touched much, he would take them all away. If there were not many left, he was too lazy to eat other people's saliva and would just give them to the kitchen helper.

The cuisine he cooks now is Sichuan style, but the portions are like those from Northeast China, so there is always a lot left over.

Secretary Yu said, "We just finished eating, you go clean up."

He Yuzhu grinned and asked, "Okay, how was the meal, leaders? Are you satisfied?"

"Not bad, your cooking skills are really good."

Wang Jinghui was quite satisfied. It was his first time eating Tan’s cuisine and he really liked the taste. He even planned to set out a whole table of Tan’s cuisine for Zhou Fengnian to try again after the New Year.

Just take it as a thank you for his guidance so that I can focus on the technical field in the future.

"Master He, how much would it cost to set up a table of Tan's dishes?"

"A table, that's going to cost a lot of money. Even if most of it is bought by the purchasing department, it will still cost around 60 or 70 yuan for two people."

He Yuzhu shook his head and said that Tan's dishes require a lot of ingredients, and the cost for two people is already twice as expensive as Lao Mo's.

The entire monthly salary of a level 6 worker is only enough for a meal of Tan’s cuisine.

But this was nothing to Wang Jinghui. After listening to him, he said, "I may ask you to cook a table outside after the New Year. I'll leave it to you then, Master He."

"No problem, sir. I'll be there whenever you call."

He Yuzhu agreed with a straightforward expression, and then said, "Leader, you are inviting Deputy Director Zhou to dinner, right? Then you have to... Forget it, it's nothing."

"Ok?"

Wang Jinghui laughed when he saw this, stretched out his hand to stop He Yuzhu and said, "Master He, go on. It's okay. Xiao Yu won't tell anyone."

"Then I'm telling you, boss, that Deputy Director Zhou is not a real person. He says one thing in public and another behind the scenes."

Because of his previous grudge and the fact that the factory's small kitchen and meals were constantly taken away by Zhou Weitian, He Yuzhu started to speak ill of Zhou Fengnian when he saw a new leader.

After talking for a while, He Yuzhu pretended to say, "Leader, please don't say it was me who said it, or I will be punished."

"Okay, we're the only three who know about this. Xiao Yu, take me back."

After Wang Jinghui finished speaking, he asked Xiao Yu to help him leave.

After returning to the office, Secretary Yu poured a cup of tea and brought it to Wang Jinghui. Wang Jinghui sneered and said, "Xiao Yu, do you think that He Yuzhu just now was a fool?"

"Very similar, with a lot of little ideas, but no brains."

Secretary Yu nodded and said, "You only know how to slander and say bad things, but why doesn't this cook think about why Director Wang invited Zhou Fengnian to dinner?"

"Okay, let's use him to cook from now on. Forget it, let's use the canteen chef next time. This idiot probably has a grudge against Engineer Zhou. Engineer Zhou didn't say anything, but he did."

"This is not normal. Factory Director, Mr. Zhou is someone of such high status. Why would he remember a cook?"

“Yeah, I guess that’s wrong.”

With just a few words, Wang Jinghui and Secretary Yu cancelled the lucrative meal that He Yuzhu was most looking forward to.

After Zhou Fengnian left the factory, he came to the maternity ward where Zhou Yan was. After pushing the door open, he asked, "How are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable today?"

"What are you yelling about? I was almost asleep but you woke me up."

Zhou's mother said unhappily, and Zhou Yan on the bed was also woken up.

Zhou Fengnian said embarrassedly: "I don't know why you have to rest so early today?"

Zhou Yan shook her head and said, "I feel a little sleepy after eating. Fengnian, are you working overtime again today?"

"I was called by a co-worker to have a meal with him. I gave him some advice and he was paid his salary today. He will have a holiday in a few days."

Zhou Fengnian finished speaking and took out an envelope and handed it to Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan, who was lying on the bed, became excited when she saw the envelope. She liked to count Zhou Fengnian's salary and counted it several times every time.

Now Zhou Fengnian's salary is almost 154 yuan, 20 yuan for a level 174 engineer, plus a yuan subsidy from academician, so the total income is yuan.

There were various other bills, but Zhou Yan could count them quickly, but she had to count them several times.

Zhou's mother couldn't help staring at them. After seeing this, Zhou Fengnian said to Zhou Yan with a smile, "Wife, let mom count them too. She has been craving for them for a long time."

"Go away! How can you talk about your own mother like that?"

Zhou's mother slapped her child in shame. She was not the kind of person who cared about her child's money.

"It's okay. I still have a few thousand at home. If you want to count them, I'll take them out some other day and let you have a good time."

"Go aside."

Zhou's mother walked forward and clapped a few times, then drove Zhou Fengnian away and sat down herself.

This is a double bed, but the other bed was unoccupied. Zhou's mother fell asleep while accompanying him at night, and the bed was tidied up the next day.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Yan packed up the money and asked Zhou Fengnian to put it in the piggy bank when he returned. Then she told Zhou Fengnian to go back and rest.

Zhou Fengnian didn't stay long. The security guard who drove him was still waiting outside the hospital. After giving him a few words of advice, he got in the car and went back.

After putting away the New Year’s goods distributed by the factory, Zhou Fengnian washed up and prepared for bed.

Zhou's mother was worried about Zhou Fengnian taking care of the child, so before coming to the hospital, she entrusted Zhou Xianyang to her second daughter-in-law so that Zhou Fengnian could sleep well at night.

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In the days before the New Year, Zhou Fengnian was quite busy.

After the general meeting at the factory, they had to go to the Computer Research Institute for another meeting; after all, both sides had already agreed to let Zhou Fengnian go back, although he had to wait until after the New Year.
But Zhou Fengnian still has to attend the development plan meeting for next year.

He is the core member of the project team and can almost be said to be the brain. R&D direction, technological innovation, etc. would all be impossible without Zhou Fengnian.

So Zhou Fengnian went to the Computer Research Institute for another two days.

Zhou Fengnian was very satisfied when he learned that the new photolithography process had been used in the lithography machine. However, this photolithography process is only a transition and will need to be further updated in the future.

But the Institute of Microelectronics can hand over the new lithography process to other research institutes and electronics factories, allowing them to produce integrated circuit chips.

However, when talking about computers, Zhou Fengnian still had arguments with some people.

He still insisted on the plan of partial export, and after developing the fourth-generation computer, the third-generation computer could be exported to other countries.

As long as the technical protection measures are in place, exporting to the country will only benefit the domestic market; and with Zhou Fengnian around, he can always maintain his technological lead.

Once the foreigners have finally developed and copied their own computers, China can continue to export more advanced ones and use advanced technology to drag them down.

It can also be exchanged for many high-value raw materials. The manufacturing cost of a computer is not high, but the selling price will definitely be several times or even dozens of times higher, and it is all "technology money".

Zhou Fengnian listed many benefits, leaving the opposing crowd speechless.

Just like CNC machine tools, some parts of the country do not have the supply of CNC machine tools, but still choose to export CNC machine tools.

Because the benefits gained in return are huge, just the fighter jet technology gained in return can greatly enhance national defense capabilities.

In the end, many people were convinced by Zhou Fengnian and agreed with him. Moreover, this kind of thing may not necessarily be realized. At least they have to wait until next year when they develop the fourth generation of computers before they can finalize export.

It's just that this plan has been formally written and included in next year's plan, and please ask the leader to review it.

It is too early to develop computers in an all-round way in China now. We should at least wait until education becomes popular before developing computer education.

But the country has no money, so how can education develop? So all Zhou Fengnian thinks about now is to help make money for the country.

How can we build a modern industrial power with technology but no money?
He left other things to professionals. He was good at technological innovation and then used technology to make money. By the way, he used his invincible simulation space to destroy the technological development situation abroad.

After leaving the Computer Research Institute, Zhou Fengnian went to the First Ministry of Machine Building, where he held a two-day meeting.

His task was to summarize the new generation of mechanical technology, which took less than twenty minutes in total, but Zhou Fengnian insisted on attending the meeting for two days.

He was almost dizzy these days. He even missed Zhou Yan's childbirth and went there in the evening.

A girl, except Zhou's mother who was a little disappointed, Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Yan both liked her very much.

Zhou Fengnian held his daughter in his arms with some emotion. He had achieved the achievement of having both a son and a daughter at the age of 25.

After giving birth, Zhou Yan stayed in the hospital for another two days before being discharged and returning home.

She was in good health, with adequate nutrition and exercise. She was able to get out of bed on the same day she gave birth, and was basically fine the next day.

It happened to be the holiday time for all the major factories, and Zhou Yan had recovered well, so the family decided to go home for the New Year.

Zhou Fengnian accompanied Zhou Yan back to her home and after visiting his father-in-law, they prepared to return to Hongjia Village.

Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan and their group took the bus back first, leaving the children and the New Year's goods that were difficult to carry on the bus.

At this time, Song Weinan also went back with them. They were a group of seven workers, and they all worked in a large factory with particularly high welfare benefits.

Needless to say, the Machine Tool Factory was almost the highest in terms of customs revenue in the city; the First Electrical Appliance Factory was not bad either, they also made a lot of foreign exchange this year, so they were also generous for a while.

The wages of seven workers filled the trunk of the car, and there was even more room in the front seat.

When they got on the bus back, Zhou Fengnian sat in the back seat holding the pork leg in one hand and his son Zhou Xianyang in the other, and insisted on going all the way back.

We were liberated only when we reached the village entrance.

During these few days back in the village, Zhou Fengnian has still been busy.

People from the village and the commune all came to see Zhou Fengnian, but he only went to the Sanshui Mushroom Chili Sauce Factory of the commune.

This mushroom hot sauce factory is now well-known far and wide. Even the leaders in Changping area know about it and have come to visit.

After returning, they said that this was the most successful rural enterprise in the township. They grew and harvested the mushrooms themselves, and then made them into chili mushroom sauce and sold them to other parts of the city.

Zhou Fengnian didn't have much to say after reading it, except to remind people about hygiene issues; the mushroom chili sauce must taste good, but if there is a problem with hygiene and people get sick from eating it, it will ruin its reputation.

In the future, the mushroom chili sauce factory will replace its equipment with new ones to increase production, and at the same time, other communes in Changping will also be encouraged to grow mushroom chilies and harvest them.

Zhou Fengnian left after sharing some ideas, but his ideas were like treasures to Wu Youhai.

At this time, township and rural enterprises were all feeling their way forward, and being able to make money was considered a success. They had no idea how to grow and develop in the future.

Sanshui Commune was so lucky that the secretaries and team leaders of other communes were envious. They earned money in one year and set up a factory in two years.

A few years later, everyone in the neighborhood wanted to marry into Sanshui Commune because of Zhou Fengnian.

(End of this chapter)