Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 217 Helpers join, rapid project progress (Subscription required)

"Director Yan, why are you here?"

Zhou Fengnian was a little bit unbelieving after hearing Pan Heng's report. It was only after he saw Director Yan in person that he asked with a look of shock.

"You came to report to us?"

"The report notice is in your hands. I can't have faked it."

Yan Zhengzhi pointed to the transfer notice in Zhou Fengnian's hand, smiled and said, "I will be one of your subordinates from now on, Director Zhou."

Zhou Fengnian quickly waved his hands and said, "Stop calling me that. I'm not used to you coming here. What about the Computer Research Institute?"

"Let's do what we have to do. I was able to be transferred here because of the coordination of the leaders of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building and my unwillingness to cooperate with them in the research institute."

Yan Zhengzhi suddenly lowered his voice when he said this, and continued, "If I didn't have any problems, they would have been unable to resist to punish me. Now I'm going to run away if I can. If I don't run away, I'll end up like Old Zhong."

Zhou Fengnian asked in shock: "Are they all so crazy?"

"I was transferred here because it might be the last power of the leaders of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. I don't think they can help me anymore."

Yan Zhengzhi shook his head and said, it’s not that those leaders are unwilling to get involved, but they don’t have the ability to get involved. If they get involved, they might get into trouble.

Besides wanting to develop and manufacture computers for China, he joined Zhou Fengnian because he also wanted to stay away. After all, he had attracted too much attention in the past for helping his friends.

Now only someone like Zhou Fengnian, who has a clean background and a halo, can protect him.

It was reported in the newspapers some time ago, and almost everyone in the country knew that the world's first black personal computer was invented by Zhou Fengnian. Now, as long as he does not make any principled mistakes, he will never be defeated.

Who would mess with a scientist who has always made contributions? Especially when what this scientist studies is related to many national defense constructions?

"The computer factory is just a small one now. How about you, Old Yan, be the factory manager? I'll talk to the leaders."

"No, no, Fengnian, please don't do this."

Yan Zhengzhi grabbed Zhou Fengnian and said quickly, "I'm here to avoid the limelight. Don't push me into danger. Just let me work as a technician in the technical department."

"That's too unfair to you. You are a member of the faculty after all."

"Stop being a member of the department."

Yan Zhengzhi shook his head and said, half of them had been knocked down, and the rest were often investigated. Now he just wanted to be an ordinary technician.

Seeing that Yan Zhengzhi refused to agree and had no intention of being humble, Zhou Fengnian had to agree. He even didn't want to be the head of the technical department, so he had to let Yan Zhengzhi be an ordinary technician.

The salary also dropped a bit. It seemed that Yan Zhengzhi's salary was different from Zhou Fengnian's. They were all arranged by the higher-ups. Zhou Fengnian originally wanted to help talk about it, but was stopped by Yan Zhengzhi.

"Old Yan, let's not talk about other things. Let's cooperate as before and build the supercomputer first. Things will eventually pass."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said to Yan Zhengzhi: "I already have an idea about the research and development of supercomputers. I was just planning to have a meeting with the technical department to discuss it. Fortunately, you are here.

I will let Guo Ruihua listen to you on future R&D and manufacturing matters."

When it comes to technical matters, you should listen to whoever is better. If Guo Ruihua could learn from Yan Zhengzhi for a few years, it would be considered good luck.

Yan Zhengzhi smiled and said, "Okay, I also want to see the personal computer you developed and manufactured. I will go home a little later after get off work and stay in the factory to study."

Zhou Fengnian then took Yan Zhengzhi to the technical department and introduced him to everyone.

Those who have studied computer science in China are familiar with Yan Zhengzhi. He was the one who took the lead in writing and compiling the first batch of textbooks, and he was also the director of the Computer Research Institute.

When Zhou Fengnian announced that he would listen to Yan Zhengzhi on the technical coordination matters, Guo Ruihua, the head of the technical department, had no objection at all.

If Yan Zhengzhi really listened to him, Guo Ruihua would feel uncomfortable.

After the general arrived, Zhou Fengnian began to talk about supercomputers with the people in the computer team.

Start by confirming the overall structure, and then confirm each layer one by one from the most important to the least important.

The most important integrated circuit chips have already been produced. As for other electronic components that are not available in the country, Zhou Fengnian will try to figure out whether to develop and manufacture them on their own or find alternatives.

If even he can't figure it out, then no one can.

With Yan Zhengzhi around, many things become much more convenient. As the former director of the Computer Research Institute, he is the best face.

Although the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building gave the Electronic Computer Factory some rights, it allowed more than a dozen electronic factories under its jurisdiction to cooperate in production.

But orders are orders, and now the orders from the ministries are not so effective. Many factories have been occupied by those who are participating in the movement.

At this time, they needed electronic components, but they were often delayed and sent late.

However, if Yan Zhengzhi came forward, those electronics factories would more or less give him this face, after all, they have worked together for ten years.

Now that National Day is almost here, Zhou Fengnian plans to establish a R&D and manufacturing plan before the New Year and then start production.

"Comrades, time waits for no one. Our project team must produce results as soon as possible. So I decided that the supercomputer should be completed by the middle of next year at the earliest, or by the end of next year at the latest!"

When they heard the time set by Zhou Fengnian, the technicians who were working with him on research and development for the first time all gasped.

Why are you so arrogant? It took less than a year to build a supercomputer. Is it sure that it took more than ten years?

But those who have worked with Zhou Fengnian have become accustomed to his shocking remarks.

The five-year plan was compressed into half a year, and the ten-year goal was developed and manufactured within one year; these were the crazy achievements made by Zhou Fengnian. After the New Year, he was only thirty years old.

When you first come into contact with Zhou Fengnian, you can question him at will, but after you have more contact with him, you should just follow his views.

Another thing is to find out the gaps and help him improve the neglected points in research and development, as well as other points that do not conform to the domestic situation.

Sometimes the ideas Zhou Fengnian put forward were very advanced and impossible to accomplish at the moment, so this group of people had to pull Zhou Fengnian back!
"Comrades, this is not actually a task assigned to us by the higher-ups, but after knowing that we were planning to research large computers, they took the initiative to provide us with a lot of help.
The country needs this very much right now. Supercomputers can be used in many areas such as national defense and weather forecasting, so I took the initiative to ask for this task."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he saw that no one had any objections and was still listening to him attentively, so he continued speaking with confidence.

"Let's start with the overall structure. I already have an idea for research and development, but I need the comrades present to help me improve it. From the overall structure, we have to take a completely different path from before."

Discussions soon broke out in the room. Most of them had participated in the research, development and manufacturing of the second-generation mainframe computers and were familiar with the architecture of mainframe computers.

Even those who have not participated in the second generation of computers have participated in the development and manufacturing of the third generation of computers with Zhou Fengnian. In fact, there is little difference between the third and fourth generations. It is the breakthrough in integrated circuit technology that has led to a major breakthrough in computer performance.

A heated discussion immediately broke out in the technical department. Zhou Fengnian proposed the overall framework, and then others continued to fill it up.

If there is any uncertainty, they will immediately check the results. Zhou Fengnian will also get involved, and other electronics factories will be contacted to manufacture the electronic components that need to be tested.

In short, the progress was remarkable. At this time, Zhou Fengnian put aside other trivial matters and handed over all the factory affairs to the other two deputy factory directors.

His identity as secretary is of no use, as this is a small factory, there are not many members in the D committee, and even the deputy secretary is also the deputy factory director.

As the scale expands in the future, perhaps the team of Committee D will gradually expand and become more formalized.

However, after entering the research and development stage, Zhou Fengnian's pressure was suddenly relieved a lot, because most of the tasks were delegated.

Some structural verifications can be done with just one sentence: "Old Yan, I'm counting on you."

Although it is a bit inhumane to ask a man in his forties or fifties for help, Old Yan is very energetic now. If you let him take a rest, he will feel that you are looking down on him.

Zhou Fengnian, who had relaxed, immediately returned to the state of leaving get off work on time; because of the tasks accumulated in the evening, he could finish them all in one morning the next day.

I will continue to push the project progress in the afternoon and go home when it is time to get off work. The time is arranged just right.

According to the current progress, it will be possible to enter the manufacturing stage before the end of the year. Zhou Fengnian still underestimated the hard work of today's scientific researchers.

Every afternoon when he got off work as usual, he always felt a vague sense of guilt when he passed by the technical department.

Seeing others working overtime, he goes home to rest after get off work on time. In fact, formal overtime is also very troublesome, and it requires organizational approval and reporting.

When there is no urgent task, overtime is not allowed because there are additional overtime payouts.

However, these people worked overtime for free and refused to leave after get off work. Zhou Fengnian couldn't force them not to do so, otherwise it would become a matter of principle.

Discourage the enthusiasm for industrial construction? What do you want to do?
So Zhou Fengnian could only leave quietly on his own to avoid being caught, asked a bunch of questions, and then forced to work overtime.

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weekend.

This was one of the rare times that Zhou Fengnian did not work from home. After breakfast, he took Zhou Yan and their two children to Beihai Park.

They live not far from Beihai Park and can get there in a short walk.

Although things are not very peaceful now, with sports happening every day, there are still many people who come to the park to hang out and have fun.

Most of them are dating, and a few, like Zhou Fengnian, come here to relax with their families.

Zhou Xianyang is in the third grade now, but he still had a sullen look on his face when he went out. He said to Zhou Fengnian in dissatisfaction, "Dad, summer is the time for boating. Now it's cold, and I can't tell Si Pang who will come to boat."

"Hey kid, how many times have you and your big brother and second brother gone out to row? You never mentioned it, right? Don't think I don't know because I didn't beat you enough."

Zhou Fengnian lifted Zhou Xianyang up with one hand, looked at his frustrated face and said with a smile: "Next time if you instigate them to do something dangerous with you, don't blame me for cutting off all your pocket money and hanging you on a tree for the whole day!"

This kid not only didn't behave himself after going to school, but became even more unruly; before, he just hung out in the alleys, but after going to school, he started hanging out outside.

Last time, the three little ones came to Beihai Park to row boats quietly. When they were found, Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan were scared. After returning home, the three little ones were beaten up.

If an accident happens, three people will be killed, and half of the third generation of the Zhou family will be wiped out.

Zhou Xianyang had a deep memory of that beating. When Zhou Yan was tired, Zhou Fengnian took over. However, when Zhou Fengnian saw that his son was crying so hard that his nose was full of snot, he let him go.

It was somewhat effective. After that, the three of them restrained themselves a lot. Although they were still running around, at least they were confined to the Nanluoguxiang area.

Zhou Xianyang said unconvincedly: "Anyway, you are too busy to see me, so you don't know what I do."

"Haha, you blame me for being busy now, but you will definitely thank me when you grow up, do you believe it?"

Zhou Xianyang said with a determined look: "If you don't believe me, I will definitely not thank you when I grow up!"

"Do you want a bicycle? Do you want a portable music player? Do you want to eat good food every day? You were clamoring for roast duck yesterday. Do you want to eat it every day in the future?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xianyang asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Don't we have them all at home?"

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "That's mine, what does it have to do with you? But if I don't make money, you won't have it when you grow up. Do you think I should work overtime?"

“I’ll save money myself in the future!”

"Okay, you are ambitious. A bicycle costs 160 yuan. When you save enough, I will take you to buy one."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "I'll give you a chance to make money when you get home. I'll pay you for doing housework, but you can't tell anyone else. Once you tell anyone, it's gone."

If Zhou Xianyang talked too much and showed off to his classmates, his classmates would go back and ask for money to work, and then Zhou Fengnian would be blocked at the door by a group of parents.

He couldn't say that at school. Nowadays, primary schools are half study and half labor. If Zhou Xianyang showed off like that, he would be criticized and educated at best, or expelled from school and become a street urchin at worst.

It will be almost the same when he reaches junior high school, but fortunately the kid is young, and when he grows up, the sending to the countryside will be stopped.

Otherwise, if he were to send him to the countryside, Zhou Fengnian would be really worried.

I'm not worried about Zhou Xianyang, I'm worried about where he's going. It would be unacceptable if it doesn't cause chaos.

Although Zhou Fengnian seldom spent time with his son and daughter, Zhou Xianyang became close to him after chatting for a while, and finally he even lay on his back and let Zhou Fengnian carry him to visit Beihai Park.

After a while, his daughter also climbed up after seeing this. The two children were one in front and one behind like koalas. If Zhou Fengnian was not in good health and strong, he would not have been able to carry the two children.

It’s more tiring than carrying several bags of rice!

At noon, Zhou Fengnian and his family went to Bianyifang to eat roast duck before returning home happily.

However, not long after Zhou Xianyang returned home, he took the packed half roast duck and went out to share it with his two cousins.

In Zhou Xianyang's words, he is the brains of the three brothers, and his two cousins ​​are the fists, so he has to strengthen his fists so that the brain can be used well.

The weird and perverse ideas of children!

(End of this chapter)