Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 212 Inquiring for information, personal computer (subscription required)

Under Zhou Fengnian's command, the half-manufactured computers were finally moved into the new factory intact.

Other equipment and instruments were handled with great care, for fear of bumping or scratching them.

After the last piece of equipment was moved in, Zhou Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief and said to the technical section chief Guo Ruihua, "Xiao Guo, you arrange the technical section to sort out the groups and shifts. By the way, Lao Zhong and the others will form groups privately, and only you, me and Lao Zhong need to know about it."

"I understand, Director."

Guo Ruihua nodded in response, then went back to the technical department to work.

He had often been ordered around by Zhou Fengnian when he worked in the machine tool factory. Not only was he an honest and hardworking person, he was also very capable and would often pester Zhou Fengnian for advice.

He was considered to have fully understood all the technical principles he taught, so after arriving at the new factory, Zhou Fengnian directly appointed Guo Ruihua as the head of the technical department.

There is no other suitable candidate except him.

There are only twenty-three people in the technical department on the surface, but in fact there are forty-nine people; after the personal computer is developed and manufactured, Zhou Fengnian will try to add Zhong Xingling and others' names.

Even if they are now an "illegal worker in the factory", it is much better than being in the Computer Research Institute. At least the working hours are much reduced, and there are people here to help them with the work.

The electronic computer factory is busy today. The people in the kitchen are cleaning and the logistics staff are counting supplies.

Zhou Xiaomei changed into work clothes early today and came to work.

She is a clerk in the warehouse. After counting the logistical supplies, she has to write them down and summarize them. It is an easy job.

The salary for a level 25.5 clerk is yuan, which is not high, but there is less work to do.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian hopes that the youngest sister will continue to study, even if it is just to study on her own when she has time; the fifth sister's academic performance is quite good, but she just didn't catch up with the good times.

If it had been a few years earlier, she would have definitely been admitted to university.

After counting the supplies in a back kitchen warehouse, Zhou Xiaomei wrote down her name and stamped it on the list before having someone close the warehouse door.

Before she could hand over the job, she heard someone calling her from behind: "Xiaomei!"

Zhou Xiaomei looked back and found that it was Miao Fang, who worked in the same logistics office as her. She was three years older than her and they had chatted for a few minutes when they greeted each other in the morning.

Miao Fang walked over to Zhou Xiaomei and said hello, "It's almost noon, let's go eat together. I heard that the chef in the kitchen was transferred from the machine tool factory and his skills are pretty good."

"Okay, Sister Miao Fang, wait for me."

Zhou Xiaomei put away her things and took her lunch box and ticket before walking towards the cafeteria with Miao Fang.

On the way to the cafeteria, Miao Fang asked curiously: "Xiaomei, how did you get into our factory? If I hadn't taken over my uncle's job, I wouldn't have been able to get in. I was almost driven back to the countryside by the street office."

".I'm pretty much the same. I took over my relative's position and was assigned here."

Zhou Xiaomei smiled awkwardly and said that she remembered what her third brother said, that it was best not to reveal any news from home in the factory.

As long as she doesn't say anything, no one will know what's going on in her family unless someone follows her.

Although getting a job for his sister was not a big deal, all five siblings in the Zhou family had jobs. If others knew about it, they would definitely be jealous and report him like crazy.

If reported by many people, Zhou Fengnian would definitely be fine, but the other members of their family would probably be transferred or have their salaries increased.

What's more, the Zhou family has more than five jobs, now there are eight jobs.

So Zhou Xiaomei only kept this in mind and could not reveal any information about work or family unless the relationship was to the point of marriage.

During the time she went to the cafeteria to get food, Miao Fang kept asking about Zhou Xiaomei in a roundabout way, and she also kept talking about her family matters.

However, what Miao Fang talked about the most was her brother. Although he had a job, he was still unmarried at the age of 25.

The whole family was worried about her brother, and Miao Fang was asked by her parents to help find a partner for her brother, so on her first day at work, she set her sights on Zhou Xiaomei.

He has outstanding looks and is young. He has attended high school but did not finish it due to an accident. He also has a formal job.

Although I didn't find out about her family conditions, based on these obvious conditions, she is already one of the best girls in the blind date world.

Miao Fang also wondered, if the family conditions were not good, would they let a girl go to school and find a job for her?
Therefore, Zhou Xiaomei's family must be well off, at least they live a decent life.

After finding a place to sit down after getting their meal, Miao Fang asked, still unwilling to give up: "Xiaomei, is your home far from the factory? My home is quite far from here, and we don't have a staff dormitory, so I have to catch the bus every day in the future."

"Me too, Sister Miao Fang. I have to go out early in the morning."

After Zhou Xiaomei took a piece of food with chopsticks and ate it, she continued, "My family is from the countryside of Changping. I now live with my brother and sister-in-law. It takes half an hour to get there by car every day."

“It’s so far, it’s very hard.”

After hearing that Zhou Xiaomei's family was from the countryside, Miao Fang's warmth in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

Miao Fang was a little reluctant to tell her brother about this worker who came from the countryside, but Zhou Xiaomei had strong enough conditions.

After thinking for a while, Miao Fang decided to try to establish a relationship again.

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"Director Zhou, is the computer ready?"

"Nonsense, it must be fine, otherwise why would you call us here?" "Shh, don't be too loud, if you disturb Director Zhou, you will all be criticized!"

When the crowd of onlookers became a little louder, they were quickly stopped by others.

When the computer was built, it was able to boot up, but at that time it lacked an operating system, so Zhou Fengnian did not announce its success.

After that, he worked on it for another month and finally brought everyone together after he finished the first generation of his personal operating system.
Zhou Fengnian had practiced in the simulation space several times and was very proficient in it, so he was able to produce the first generation of personal operating system within a month.

He has been working overtime every day this month and doesn't get home until twelve o'clock every day.

After the last wire was connected, Zhou Fengnian slowly exhaled and announced: "Okay, now let's see our results!"

"Let's start it quickly, Director."

"Yes, let's take a look. This is the first time I've seen such a small computer."

The people around him were even more excited than Zhou Fengnian, especially the staff in the technical department, as this personal computer also owed much to their efforts.

Moreover, computers in the past were so large that even second- and third-generation computers would take up more than several tables.

Now this latest computer can be put down on a table and can be carried by one person.

It's a bit like pressing a TV on your computer.

"Okay, I'll start it right away. Watch carefully. This has taken a lot of our efforts."

After Zhou Fengnian pressed the button, a sound suddenly came from the computer, and then the big-headed monitor lit up and a picture appeared.

"Ouch, it's a red flag, our national flag has appeared!"

"Hey, really? This is a computer? It looks so good, just like a TV."

"Could it be that the factory director has combined the computer and the television?"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. This is a personal computer."

After the picture appeared on the big monitor, the onlookers immediately started discussing it enthusiastically.

This operating system cost Zhou Fengnian a lot of trouble, but he still managed to produce the startup animation, a fluttering five-star red flag.

It floated for about ten seconds before entering the blue operation page.

"Come closer, can you see clearly from such a distance? Everyone from the technical department, come here, I will show you how to use this computer."

Zhou Fengnian sat at the table and spoke loudly. Only after he finished speaking did the people in the technical department who were working on the development and manufacturing of computers dare to come closer.

Then Zhou Fengnian began to introduce: "See this keyboard? You must be familiar with it, but I changed it a little. These can be used to input text. Just follow the strokes we learned."

"The mouse is used to control the programs on the desktop. Clicking on them starts them. This is much more convenient than the previous input method."

"And this, a document to record office work, but time is tight and I can't do it too detailed by myself."

"There's no need to say much about the calculator. Even though it's so small, it has very powerful computing functions."

“The last one is the game”

Zhou Fengnian briefly mentioned the last part, but he spent most of his time in this month on games.

In the future, he will have to train more programmers, otherwise it will be too troublesome for him to improve the operating system alone.

After Zhou Fengnian finished his introduction, all the onlookers were eager to try it out, but without Zhou Fengnian's permission, they did not dare to touch the new computer rashly.

Zhou Fengnian saw their looks and immediately asked with a smile, "Do you want to give it a try?"

"Hehe. Director, if you allow us, we would certainly like to take a look."

"This personal computer was created with the fundamental purpose of allowing everyone to have the opportunity to use a computer. What is wrong with that? Come up and try it one by one."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, the people around him cheered happily. However, Zhou Fengnian immediately warned: "You can try to operate it, but others can't push or touch it. If you break the computer because of your haste, I will scold you.
Xiao Guo, you should have learned everything I taught you just now. Try it first, and then you can arrange for others. "

"Thank you, director!"

Guo Ruihua said loudly, and then, amid everyone's envious eyes, he sat in the seat where Zhou Fengnian had just sat.

However, even though he was granted the right to try out the computer, Guo Ruihua was still very cautious. He didn't even dare to use too much force when typing on the keyboard. He was even more careful with it than with flowers.

At this time, two deputy factory directors also heard the news and rushed over. After seeing Zhou Fengnian outside the crowd, they hurried forward to ask about the situation.

When they learned that the personal computer had been successfully manufactured, the two deputy factory directors were delighted.

Then Deputy Director Liang quickly suggested: "Director, should we report this good news to our superiors? Let them come and inspect the results."

"Not yet, wait another two months!"

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "We only have one computer now. We need to produce at least one more. Once the two are connected, we can report to the leader!"

(End of this chapter)