Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 214 Leaders come to visit and report happily (Subscription required)
After Zhou Fugui came back on his bicycle, he pressed the bell in the backyard.

Unfortunately, the children were not very interested in the bicycles. After taking a look at the new bicycles, they continued playing with them.

Zhou Fugui didn't care much and continued to tinker with his new bicycle. All the accessories that Zhou Jiaan had selected for him were available, including bells, baskets and so on, which made Zhou's father very proud of it.

In the past, Zhou's father had never thought that he could own a bicycle. Bicycles were rare items in the city, let alone in the village.

When I ride back, I will definitely be surrounded by a group of people.

Zhou Fengnian came out to take a look, said a few words to his father, asking him to lock the door when he returned, and then went back to the study to continue editing the teaching materials.

He now has to prepare two textbooks, one is the textbook promised to Director Yan and written for the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University; the other is for the technical department of the computer factory, which is about programming operating systems.

Since we are going to teach them computer programming, we have to teach it in a systematic way. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to learn and for Zhou Fengnian to teach as well.

But after a while, Zhou Fugui knocked on the door and came in.

"Dad, what's the matter?"

Zhou Fengnian continued to write with his head down, and did not avoid his father. It was impossible for his father to sell out his information.

"You all know that I was the deputy leader of the commune's production brigade. Now our Sanshui Commune is developing very well.

Not to mention the golden egg of the mushroom chili sauce factory, the production brigade now also requires the production teams in each village to build greenhouses and grow some more valuable vegetables."

Zhou Fugui talked a lot about the development of Sanshui Commune. The hot sauce mushroom factory alone can now bring Sanshui Commune an annual income of about 50,000 yuan.

There are also livestock such as chickens and pigs, and every village under Sanshui Commune has mushroom cultivation, greenhouse vegetables, brick kiln factories, etc.

It can be said that there are no poor villages anymore.

However, the wealth of Sanshui Commune made other communes jealous, but the hot sauce mushroom factory could not learn from it because it had its own secret recipe.

But among the dozen or so communes in Changping, other communes cannot just watch Sanshui Commune slowly getting rich. The previous poor communes still had hope of catching up, but with the mushroom chili sauce factory in Sanshui Commune built there, other communes feel that they can never catch up no matter how they develop.

So they united together and came to Sanshui Commune to beg for mercy, and this begging brought Zhou Fugui to the city.

In the words of that group of people, it was a bit reactionary. They praised Zhou Fengnian as the Star of Literature, and he was sure to satisfy everyone's requirements.

After listening to this, Zhou Fengnian put down his pen and sighed. No wonder Zhou's mother warned him not to agree to anything Zhou's father said. This was really finding something to do for him.

"Dad, I'm so busy that I don't get home until after 10 o'clock every day, please tell them not to cause me any more trouble.

It is my duty to help Hongjia Village. After all, we live in the village, and Sanshui Commune is also related to it. I went to school there. But why did you find so many communes in Changping for me?"

Zhou Fengnian said helplessly: "I have made them rich, so I should be the deputy mayor of Sijiu City."

"For now, I don't care about things that are not related to me. I don't have the energy and time. I just want them to learn from Hongjia Village and grow mushrooms, peppers, and vegetables in greenhouses. Anyway, the mushroom hot sauce factory can use them, so it's a win-win situation."

Zhou Fugui sighed and said, "They also want to build a factory, and they come to the commune every day, blocking Secretary Wu a little bit, but we have to speak to them in a nice way, and we can't force them to leave."

"You're still complaining about this? Dad, let me be frank. This is like a beggar complaining about his food being rotten. They just want to build a mushroom chili sauce factory."

Zhou Fengnian quickly guessed the group's intention. He knew that building greenhouses and growing mushrooms and peppers would definitely make money, and Sanshui Commune would collect as many as they came.

The more they harvested, the more spicy mushroom sauce Sanshui Commune produced.

Sanshui Commune did not lower the price, but they were still not happy. That meant that the commune secretary and his gang had selfish motives.

Father Zhou was surprised and asked, "What? They have this idea?"

"What else? You don't learn how to make money, you don't want small money, you just want big money. How come Secretary Wu can't even see this?"

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said, Wu Youhai is so perceptive, he wouldn't have seen it and not told anyone, but sent his father to the city specially, right?

"Besides, it takes money to build a mushroom hot sauce factory. How much money can those communes have? Dad, don't worry about this matter anymore. Let Wu Youhai, the commune secretary, talk to me."

"If he is useless, I will not care about Sanshui Commune if there are good things in the future. When you go back, ask Uncle Changshan to save more money in the public account of Hongjia Village. When enough is saved, I would rather give advice to benefit the village."

Zhou Fengnian doesn't want to manage Sanshui Commune anymore. Is it because he thinks he is easy to talk to and keeps making trouble for them?

"Okay, I'll talk to Changshan when I get back."

Zhou Fugui nodded solemnly. He had absolute trust in his third son. Since he said that there was something wrong with Secretary Wu Youhai, there must be something wrong.

If he doesn't trust his relatives who are good to him, how can he be expected to trust outsiders?
"San'er, should I resign from my position as deputy team leader of this production brigade? I might as well go back to the Hongjia Village production team."

"No, just keep working there. You can learn a lot from the commune production team. If that doesn't work out for you, you can work on the mushroom hot sauce factory."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that it would be okay for his father to learn in the production team, at least he could gain some experience and qualifications.

"I have thought of a way, but it would be best if Hongjia Village did it, after all, they are our own people. As for other communes, you can just tell them what I said before."

When he was casually brushing up his skills before, he gained several skills such as pesticide science and chemical research and manufacturing. Although their levels were not high, Zhou Fengnian could take the time to improve his skills.

When the time comes, we will produce fertilizers and open a chemical plant in the village.

It just takes some time, and Hongjia Village also needs to save some money in the public account, otherwise there will be no money to open the factory.

As long as a fertilizer factory has technology, it will definitely survive, and what Zhou Fengnian lacks the least is technology. As long as he can improve his proficiency in skills, he will definitely be able to research the technology.

"Okay, I understand. I'll tell them when I get back, and pass on your words to Changshan."

Zhou Fugui nodded in response, then seeing that Zhou Fengnian was still busy, he left the study without disturbing him and went outside to accompany his grandchildren.

As for the requests from other communes, Zhou Fugui had already forgotten about them.

If you want to make money, learn how to farm. They teach you greenhouse and mushroom growing techniques. If you think growing vegetables doesn’t make enough money, then forget it.

They in Hongjia Village are still making money by farming, but other communes are still thinking too much and dreaming.

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Zhou Fugui did not return until early the next morning, and Zhou Fengnian continued to be busy.

I went to the factory to develop and manufacture computers, gave lectures when I had time, and also compiled some teaching materials when I had time.

When he was in his early twenties, he could still spend his free time with Zhou Yan shopping and watching movies. But now that he was about to turn 30, he was too busy to handle anything. Although his status was much higher, Zhou Fengnian was born in a poor peasant family and had made countless contributions to the academic department, so he could get along well with everyone.

But things became more and more frequent, one after another; if it were when he was young, Zhou Fengnian would agree to give other communes some ideas to make money.

But now he is thinking more about his own time. He is so busy with so many things that he has no energy to take care of other things.

In the factory, with the experience gained from manufacturing the first computer, the second personal computer was soon produced.

Unlike a large computer, this does not require many electronic components, but its computing speed is not slow at all. In addition, it has an operating system that integrates program resources, making the computer work more efficiently.

When programming the computer operating system for the second time, Zhou Fengnian asked many people to learn with him and slowed down the pace a little.

Demonstrating while explaining makes it easier for them to understand. After a few more classes and studying a few more times, those in the technical department will know how to program an operating system.

Before, computers were all operated manually, and domestic computer majors did not learn this. They were also among the few people, besides Zhou Fengnian, who had learned programming systems.

Within two months, the second personal computer was manufactured.

Even though the teaching took some time, Zhou Fengnian still completed the task as planned, and also managed to interconnect the computers so that messages could be transmitted from one computer to another.

When a message alert appeared on another computer, and then they clicked it to see the message sent by Zhou Fengnian, the people in the technical department immediately talked about it in surprise, and then cheered.

It was both a celebration of the achievement and a surprise at new things; they had never imagined before that computers could communicate with each other like telephones.

"Okay, don't be so happy. Computers will become more powerful and have more functions in the future. The most important thing now is to call the leader to come over and report the good news."

Zhou Fengnian looked around and saw Pan Heng. He waved for him to come over and asked, "Xiao Pan, why are you here?"

"Director, it's already noon and you haven't gone to eat yet, so I called you back."

Pan Heng raised his lunch box to indicate that this was not the first time, so he was used to it.

"Oh, I almost forgot the time. You all should go eat first and we'll talk after dinner."

Zhou Fengnian quickly told the technical department and other technical workers not to delay their meal.

Then he said to Pan Heng, "Go talk to Deputy Director Chai and ask him to notify Deputy Leader Li and the leaders of the Fourth Machine Department, and ask them when they have time to come over and see the achievements of the electronic computer factory."

"Okay, Director, I'll go right away. Just put your lunch box there after you finish eating. I'll come back and wash it later."

"No need. How can I not even wash the lunch box? Just do your thing after I'm told."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said that he was too busy to have time, but he was not disabled and needed others to take care of him.

On the other side, after hearing what Pan Heng said, Deputy Director Chai immediately called the two deputy leaders happily.

After reporting this matter, the leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building both expressed that they would come to visit, and in the afternoon.

After hearing this, Deputy Director Chai immediately asked someone to notify Zhou Fengnian after hanging up the phone.

At around 2:00 p.m., several cars arrived as scheduled, and members of the computer factory gate security department let people in after checking their IDs.

Afterwards, they were taken to the vicinity of the workshop by Pan Heng, who had been waiting at the door. After Deputy Leaders Li and Luo got out of the car, they followed Pan Heng into the workshop.

"Director, the leader is here."

Pan Heng trotted over to Zhou Fengnian and reminded him.

Zhou Fengnian immediately looked up after hearing this, and when he saw Deputy Leader Li, he stood up and walked over with a smile: "Leader, you are here."

"Here we go, let's see what surprise Commissioner Zhou has for us, haha."

Deputy Leader Li said with a smile, and then continued to introduce the people around him: "He is Luo Yonghua from the Fourth Machine Department. Many of your factory's equipment and instruments were specially approved by him."

When Zhou Fengnian heard this, he smiled and said, "Deputy Leader Luo, you are welcome to come to the factory to guide production."

"You're welcome, Director Zhou. I've heard of your reputation for a long time. It's a pity that the Computer Research Institute didn't keep you, otherwise he wouldn't have a job now."

Deputy Leader Luo said with a smile and glanced at the proud Deputy Leader Li; Zhou Fengnian almost became their man, but unfortunately he was ruined by the people from the Computer Research Institute.

The other two deputy factory directors also rushed over upon hearing the noise, but they followed behind and could not get a word in. They could only watch Zhou Fengnian and the two leaders chatting and laughing with envy.

Zhou Fengnian then got down to business and took the two leaders to visit personal computers.

When he saw the computer for the first time, Deputy Leader Li couldn't help but say, "Fengnian, is this the personal computer you mentioned? Isn't this a TV?"

"Haha, this is a computer monitor. It's really similar to a TV, but it's for displaying programs more conveniently. We have many large computers that have it, but now they're as big as monitors."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he signaled the people in the technical department to turn on the computer.

As the personal computer was turned on, an animation of the five-star red flag appeared in front of them, which immediately made Deputy Leaders Li and Luo's eyes widen.

After entering the operating system interface, people are curious and ask questions everywhere.

Zhou Fengnian also answered them one by one, and asked Guo Ruihua to take Deputy Leader Luo to another personal computer.

After demonstrating the data transmission function, Deputy Leader Li saw the message from Deputy Leader Luo, "Old Li, give me a cigarette."

He nodded with interest, muttering "not bad, not bad"

"Boss, the performance and system of personal computers are relatively crude now, but in a few years, they will become very smooth. After all, they have just been developed and manufactured, and there is room for optimization and improvement in many places."

Zhou Fengnian kept introducing it: "It's like the first generation of vacuum tube computers more than ten years ago.

At that time, I certainly couldn’t have imagined that we would be developing very large integrated circuit computers now, and the same is true for personal computers. The first generation was very crude, but the subsequent generations would get better and better.”

"In the future, it may be condensed into a palm-sized computer that can be easily carried in your pocket."

After listening to this, Deputy Leader Li laughed and said, "Haha, if you can make a computer like that, I'm afraid the boss and the others will laugh with joy. But this one can already make the boss very satisfied."

"Fengnian, you did a great job. I will definitely report this to the boss."

(End of this chapter)