Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 220: Join forces to add manpower (Subscribe)
"Success!"

A cheer broke the almost breathless silence in the workshop. Everyone was startled and turned to look at the person who cheered.

Being stared at by so many eyes at once, Liu Sihai said fearfully, "I think everyone is too quiet, I want to liven up the atmosphere."

"You don't care about the time at all, Comrade Liu Sihai!"

Zhou Fengnian cursed with a smile. Fortunately, he knew the importance of this matter and only came up with this idea after the supercomputer was assembled.

If he shouted loudly during the installation and caused the technical workers to fail, Zhou Fengnian would transfer him to clean toilets for half a year.

"Okay, everyone, don't be nervous anymore. If you get nervous, even Comrade Yan will get nervous too."

Zhou Fengnian loudly comforted everyone, "Don't worry, our research and development direction will never go wrong. This supercomputer is the final result."

If it were other R&D project teams, they might have to go through countless verification experiments and try again and again before finally getting the right direction.

But Zhou Fengnian had already tried it for them. In the simulation space, he could assemble a supercomputer with a wave of his hand and then test its performance.

This supercomputer is based entirely on the best options he came up with in the simulation space and has already reached the limit in this environment.

The performance of supercomputers can only be improved if breakthroughs are made in some cutting-edge materials; but for now, this is completely sufficient.

hum!
As Zhou Fengnian pressed the start button, the supercomputer was fully started. The circuit in this workshop had also been modified and could fully withstand the power required by the supercomputer.

After the startup, everyone's heart was in their throat. After watching the supercomputer run completely successfully and calculate once, they cheered loudly in unison.

This burst of cheers startled Zhou Fengnian, and even Yan Zhengzhi beside him was laughing.

"Success! We succeeded, Director!"

"Yes, the calculations were successful. We built a supercomputer in less than a year!"

"It's so fast! I can't imagine why it's so fast and so easy? Are supercomputers so simple?"

"Idiot, you don't even think about who is the leader. Without our factory director, we probably wouldn't even have figured out the overall structure."

"True, but even so, it was too fast! And it worked in one go."

Everyone started talking happily, with smiles and joy on their faces; what the man just said was also correct, none of them had any experience with supercomputers.

Even if a second-generation computer was built, the number of calculations it could perform was a hundred times that of a supercomputer, and the overall architecture was very different.

Without knowing anything, they took less than a year to go from designing the architecture to manufacturing the finished product.

Only professionals know how difficult this is; it is as difficult as asking an old farmer who has been farming for many years: "Go, plant 8,000 kilograms of grain per acre!"

Yan Zhengzhi waved his hand and said, "Let's test the computing speed. We can celebrate after the test, comrades!"

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian waved his hand to ask everyone to be quiet, and then began to test the performance of this supercomputer.

According to the requirements of the Mushroom Bomb, a computing speed of at least 100 million per second is required to continue developing the second-generation Mushroom Bomb.

"One hundred and forty million! One hundred and forty million per second!?"

The technical staff who saw the result nearby shouted out in shock before Zhou Fengnian even announced it.

However, he also made the announcement on behalf of Zhou Fengnian. After hearing the news, everyone in the workshop cheered and celebrated without caring about anything else.

Zhou Fengnian did not stop them, but applauded with a smile.

This period of time made him a little tired. He could still hold on physically, but he was mentally tense.

Now that the supercomputer has been developed, Zhou Fengnian can finally relax; his remaining tasks in the short term are to optimize personal computers and supervise production.

The demand for supercomputers is definitely huge, and having one more can speed up the research of a project.

What's more, there are not only mushroom bombs, but also missiles, large satellites, meteorological calculations, etc. There are many places in the country that need supercomputers.

The noise here was too loud, and the startup of the supercomputer caused some problems with electricity use in other parts of the factory. Soon two deputy factory directors came, but were stopped at the door.

There were restrictions on entry and exit to the confidential workshop, so the two deputy factory directors were waiting at the door.

After Zhou Fengnian came out, Deputy Director Liang asked, "Director, what happened? The noise here just now seemed very loud, and it could be heard in the office building."

“Haha, it’s nothing, they were just too happy to control their emotions;

Deputy Director Chai, go to the machine tool factory and ask if they have any meat. If they do, borrow some. Also borrow Zhou Weitian from the canteen and tell them we are celebrating this afternoon."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then looked at Deputy Director Liang: "Deputy Director Liang, go and inform Deputy Leader Li of the First Machinery Department and Deputy Leader Luo of the Fourth Machinery Department, and tell them that the mission has been completed."

"Mission accomplished? Director, you mean."

Deputy Director Liang was surprised when he heard this, but he quickly reacted. After all, he came from the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building and was always concerned about the tasks of the computer factory.

Since last year, he knew that Zhou Fengnian and his team had started to develop and manufacture supercomputers. For this purpose, Deputy Leader Luo came several times.

"Yes, our factory has manufactured a supercomputer. The cheers just now were because of this. Let the leaders take a look."

After hearing Zhou Fengnian's words, the two deputy factory directors also wanted to go in and take a look, but they knew they also had tasks to do, so they turned around and went back to work.

The two men acted separately. Deputy Director Liang quickly informed the two leaders of the ministry of the matter. Deputy Director Chai also went to the machine tool factory and met Gao Zhiyuan and talked to him about the matter.

When Gao Zhiyuan heard that it was Zhou Fengnian who wanted to borrow the money, he called Deputy Director Ma without saying a word.

Fifty kilograms of meat and vegetables were transferred from the machine tool factory warehouse, and Zhou Weitian was notified to go to the electronic computer factory to cook.

The Electronic Computer Factory is also a subsidiary of the Machine Tool Factory and is responsible for upgrading the CNC system of their machine tool factory. Now that the subsidiary factory has made achievements, the main factory also has a share of the honor.

Nowadays, we emphasize collective merit. If one person makes a contribution, everyone will benefit from it. Even if nothing else, the credit for logistical support must be shared.

It was a rare event for the electronic computer factory to develop and manufacture a supercomputer. When Deputy Leaders Li and Luo heard the news, they came over immediately and then hung up the phone.

Not long afterward, four cars arrived at the gate of the computer factory.

Not only did the two deputy leaders come, but even Minister Zhang and Minister Gu came. After checking at the door, the group immediately walked inside. Pan Heng, who was leading the way, tried hard not to be weak in his legs. It was the first time for him to lead so many big leaders.

After arriving at the workshop door, Pan Heng hurriedly called Zhou Fengnian out.

After Zhou Fengnian came out of the workshop, he said in surprise: "Minister Zhang, Minister Gu, you are here too."

"Hahaha, you made such a big fuss that we had no choice but to come. If we hadn't been informed in time, the boss would have come over after hearing the news."

Minister Zhang said with a smile, then came to Zhou Fengnian, patted him on the shoulder and continued: "Not bad, Mr. Zhou, you are really good. You always give us too many surprises, and this time it is a happy event that is shocking enough.

Gu Wenjie, you should also express your opinion. Mr. Zhou is so busy that he doesn't even have time to rest. You guys did that before. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Old Zhang Zhougong, the previous interview was just a trick by some of your subordinates. This kind of thing will not happen again in the future."

Minister Gu pointed at Minister Zhang, but then assured Zhou Fengnian.

The requirements from above were taken advantage of by the people below who wanted to cause trouble. Although they didn't find any evidence, that person had already been marginalized by them.

Zhou Fengnian, who developed and manufactured the supercomputer, will definitely be the best role model for domestic scientists to publicize themselves to the outside world in the future.

"Mr. Zhou, please take us to see the supercomputer first. When Lao Luo was reporting, I thought he was still asleep, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, then come in and take a look first, and just put on some clothes inside."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian led a few people into the workshop.

After entering, they saw a supercomputer in operation. Zhou Fengnian approached and introduced: "Leader, this is the supercomputer we developed and manufactured ourselves. The maximum number of operations per second can reach 140 million times."

Zhou Fengnian introduced the performance, manufacturing time and some other things in turn, so that the leaders who came had a general understanding.

The project they came up with this time is so amazing, it's like giving a tiger wings. It originally only wanted to jump, but now it flies directly.

The computer research institute next door is still thinking about using the third-generation computer developed by Zhou Fengnian as a reference to first create a large-scale computer with over 20 million calculation times.

Then we will gradually upgrade it to a supercomputer with over 100 million calculations, which may take five or six years, or even ten years.

They are still working on the overall architecture.

However, Zhou Fengnian has already built a supercomputer. The difference between the two is like heaven and earth. It seems that the Computer Research Institute cannot catch up with Zhou Fengnian even if it tries hard.

When listening to Zhou Fengnian's introduction, several leaders nodded as they listened, especially when they heard that this supercomputer would definitely meet the needs of all current national defense projects, smiles appeared on their faces.

They just complete the request as soon as they are requested. Even before those who seek to purchase supercomputers from abroad have a chance to contact the foreigners, they have already produced the finished products.

What is efficiency?

This is efficiency!
Now it seems that without Zhou Fengnian, things really won't work; the project team of the Computer Research Institute dared to attribute the credit for the lithography machine to the sports team, and mentioned Zhou Fengnian's name.

Now that Zhou Fengnian is gone, are there any results?

There is still no follow-up!
"Mr. Zhou, you did a great job, really well done!"

Minister Gu praised the company excitedly and then asked, "How many units can be produced this year?"

"According to the current production efficiency, at most two can be built before the end of the year."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and then said, "Some electronic components are very troublesome to produce. This is already the fastest way."

"What if I give you more people?"

"We don't need more manpower. Some key electronic components are produced by other electronics factories. Unless we build a new identical electronics factory, the production efficiency will be much higher."

Zhou Fengnian said: "If there are enough parts, we can make four in a year."

After hearing this, Minister Gu had to give up. It would be a perfect result if he could build two more machines before the end of the year. He was a little too greedy.

Zhou Fengnian then introduced some details, saying that supercomputers are a little different from previous large computers and have some differences in usage.

However, these leaders only half understood what Zhou Fengnian said. They had never even used the mainframe computers before, so what Zhou Fengnian said to them was like a mystery.

After finishing the introduction and telling the leaders about the next plan, Zhou Fengnian looked at the time and said to the leaders with a smile:
"Leader, our factory is planning to hold a celebratory dinner. We have borrowed 50 kilograms of meat and a chef from the machine tool factory. Would you like to eat together later?"

"I don't need it. This matter needs to be reported quickly and then dealt with. It's not enough to just research this supercomputer. There are more things to come."

Minister Gu smiled and said, report to the boss, contact the northwest, and arrange for people to transport it over.

As for the publicity, it remains to be seen whether or not to continue following up. After all, this is a self-developed supercomputer, and it is a milestone in the development of domestic high-tech.

The propaganda is also to tell foreigners that your blockade has no effect on China, and we can still research and manufacture it ourselves.

Until we surpass them, who would dare to say that they are a backward agricultural country?

"But having a dinner is a good thing. The comrades have worked hard for the supercomputer. I heard that some of them don't go home all night. Lao Luo, find a way to turn around and reward the comrades in the computer factory."

Minister Gu said to Deputy Leader Luo, who responded with a smile.

Minister Zhang at the side also spoke up: "The Electronic Computer Factory is also considered as part of our First Machinery Department. Lao Li, you should also make some arrangements."

Deputy Leader Li also smiled and said, "Okay, comrades have worked so hard for so long, they need to be rewarded."

Afterwards, Minister Zhang, Minister Gu and their group left. They had a lot of things to do, especially after the supercomputer came out, so they had even less time to eat.

However, before leaving, he also reminded Zhou Fengnian to do a good job of security.

There was actually no need to remind him of this, as Zhou Fengnian himself took it very seriously; every time, either he was the last to leave, or Yan Zhengzhi was the last to leave.

After they leave, this is where the security department focuses on patrolling; the computer factory is not big, and more than 20 security guards can patrol in two teams to reach every place.

However, the two ministers have already planned to add security personnel. Now that the Ministry of Electronic Computer has the first supercomputer in the country, a security department of fifty people seems a bit insufficient.

They plan to add another thirty people, so that the security department of eighty people can feel a little more at ease.

(End of this chapter)