Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 223 Visiting Luo Gong and Returning Home (Subscription Request)
"It should be here, the No. 724 Factory Family Compound. There is no other one in the entire county."

When Zhou Fengnian saw the name of the community, he quickly decided to live there. Luo Cheng had mentioned his address once in a previous correspondence, asking him to remember to visit him if he passed by.

After getting off the car, Zhou Fengnian tried to walk inside with his bag, but was quickly stopped by the security guard.

"Who are you? What are you doing in there?"

The people living there are family members of factory cadres, and some military families also live here, so there are security guards at the entrance of the community.

The stranger Zhou Fengnian was naturally stopped.

"Hello, comrade. I'm here to look for someone. This is my work ID and my business certificate. My acquaintance is Luo Cheng, an engineer from your 724th Factory."

Zhou Fengnian handed the certificate he brought with him to the security guard. These days, when being questioned, it is best to prove one's identity first to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

Zhou Fengnian's identity is the best evidence to dispel doubts. Being a member of the academic department and a level 6 engineer is enough to make cadres in any place treat him with caution.

The guard found it hard to believe after seeing this. Each title was bigger than the last, and he hardly believed they were real.

But even though it is fake, there is an official seal of the unit to prove it, and it was done by Luo Cheng, an engineer.

There was only one engineer in their factory, so the security guard naturally knew Luo Cheng's name.

".Wait a moment, I'm going to make a phone call, don't go in yet."

There was a phone at the guard post, and he quickly called the 724th Factory. After the factory let Luo Cheng answer the phone, the guard told Luo Cheng what happened.

"Engineer Luo, there's someone coming from Sijiu City to see you. His name is Zhou Zhou Fengnian. He's a level 6 engineer and a member of the faculty of some academy."

"What? Zhou Fengnian?"

Luo Cheng on the other end of the phone was so surprised that he almost hung up the phone. After reacting, he quickly asked:

"He is an acquaintance of mine. He is indeed here to see me, but please help me convey his message. I am a bit busy right now. My wife is at home. Please ask her to come out and pick up Zhou Fengnian."

The guard quickly said, "It's OK as long as he's someone you know. I'll take him in right away."

After saying that, he hung up the phone. After walking out of the gate, the guard nodded to Zhou Fengnian and said, "I've already talked to Engineer Luo on the phone. He's a little busy now and can't come back for the time being. I'll take you in first. Engineer Luo's wife is at home."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and pointed at Zhao Qiang and said, "Thank you for your help. He is my bodyguard and he is with me."

"Okay, come with me."

After the guard finished speaking, he turned around and led the way, but he was secretly surprised that he even brought a security guard with him. How high an official must he be to have a security guard following him specifically.

Soon, Zhou Fengnian was taken to a building. This residential area was one of the few tube-shaped buildings in the city and might also be related to Factory 724.

It is the only factory here, and it also carries out military industrial production to supply the needs of nearby troops.

That’s why they built several tube-shaped buildings for the families.

After going upstairs, the guard took me to the door, knocked and waited for a few seconds.

"Who?"

A questioning voice came from inside, and the door was quickly opened.

"Zhao Yuan, what's up? Fengnian? Why are you here?"

When Li Nianhua saw Zhou Fengnian, he opened the door with surprise and joy, and hurried out to ask.

She and Luo Cheng lived with Zhou Fengnian and his sister for more than two years. They got along very well and were even reluctant to leave.

How could Li Nianhua not be happy when he suddenly saw Zhou Fengnian here?

"Aunt Li, I'm on a business trip nearby, so I asked for leave to come and see you and Engineer Luo, but Engineer Luo is too busy to come back, so I can only come to visit you first."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said that Aunt Li had helped him introduce a girl and tidy up his house. She was a kind-hearted elder.

"This old man is so busy that he doesn't care about anything."

Li Nianhua was about to say a few words to Luo Cheng, but suddenly remembered that the guard was still here, and said apologetically: "Sorry to bother you, Zhao Yuan, this is a junior of mine who came to see me specially."

"It's okay, it's okay. Mr. Luo has also told me about it. You guys chat. I'm leaving first."

After the guard finished speaking, he left.

Li Nianhua said quickly: "Come in quickly, don't talk in the corridor."

When Zhou Fengnian was about to go in, Zhao Qiang suddenly said, "Leader, I'll wait for you outside. I need to watch the car."

Checking the car was just an excuse. The car parked next to the community gate must be fine. Zhao Qiang thought there was no danger inside, and the tube-shaped buildings were generally not big, so it would seem too crowded if he followed them in.

"Okay, I'll come find you when I leave later. Don't wait for me at noon, you can eat something nearby."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he gave Zhao Qiang a national food coupon and money.

After entering the house, Zhou Fengnian found that it was not small, and there was a child sticking his head out to look at him, so he asked

"Aunt Li, this building is not small. It looks like it has three rooms?"

Li Nianhua said in the kitchen: "Yes, the houses on the top floor all have three bedrooms, Lao Luo's status is enough, just enough for the whole family to live together, but the son and daughter-in-law don't come back very often, otherwise I could introduce you to someone."

After that, Li Nianhua came out of the kitchen with a teapot, teacups, and some peanuts, and continued
"They are very grateful to you for taking care of Lao Luo. They have always wanted to thank you."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "How could I take care of Luo Gong? He was the one who took care of me in Sijiu City. By the way, I brought you some things."

Li Nianhua saw Zhou Fengnian taking out his bag and said quickly, "You came all the way here, what are you bringing with you?"

"It's okay Aunt Li, I've already brought them, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to take them back."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian took out the mushroom chili sauce, ginseng and angelica he had brought.

"You and Engineer Luo should eat more of this. I have written down the dosage and method for you. You can definitely go right by following this dosage."

Li Nianhua was startled when he saw the ginseng, then he came to his senses and asked, "This thing must be very expensive!"

"It's not expensive. Only the older ones are expensive. This thing is sold regularly in drugstores in Beijing. We can't buy good things, Aunt Li."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "It's because there is no Chinese medicine store in this remote place, otherwise I wouldn't have to bring any. With Mr. Luo's salary, I can buy it every day."

"Don't praise him. He is just as busy as before at the machinery factory. He is often away from home."

Li Nianhua suddenly remembered, then smiled and waved to his grandson, saying: "Jianye, come and meet your uncle Fengnian."

The eight-year-old child was a little shy, but when he heard his grandmother Li Nianhua calling him, he slowly walked over.

Zhou Fengnian immediately smiled and said, "Fortunately, I also brought something for the children. Come and have some milk candy, Jianye." This was packed by Zhou Yan for him. Zhou Fengnian liked to eat something sweet when he was thinking or doing research. Zhou Yan was afraid that he would also do research when he came here, so she packed a bag of milk candy.

After seeing the candy, Luo Jianye's eyes lit up and he quickly came over.

Li Nianhua planned to go out to buy some food and treat Zhou Fengnian to lunch, so he asked Zhou Fengnian to stay at home for a while.

If it were someone else, she would definitely not feel comfortable letting her grandson be with outsiders, but since that person was Zhou Fengnian, Li Nianhua would absolutely trust him.

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At noon, after Luo Cheng came back, he was a little hurried to open the door and enter the house, but when he came in and saw his grandson and Zhou Fengnian laughing and playing, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

When Zhou Fengnian saw Luo Cheng, he immediately said, "Hey, Engineer Luo, are you in the workshop again? Why are you covered in so much dust?"

"How can we not go to the workshop? The conditions here are not as good as those in the old city. Even if a group of skilled workers are transferred here, there won't be many to be distributed to other places."

Luo Cheng said as he changed out of his work clothes. There was no strangeness between the two of them at all, and they were still the same as they were a few years ago.

"Why did you come here suddenly?"

Zhou Fengnian said, "I'm on a business trip, but I can't tell you what it is specifically about. It has to be kept secret. If I hadn't begged for a long time, I wouldn't have been able to come out."

"That's so strict. I understand."

Luo Cheng suddenly remembered where Zhou Fengnian might have gone. There was only one secret base nearby, and he had been there last time.

"Let's not talk about this. It's rare for you to come here. Is this what you brought?"

Luo Cheng saw the mushroom chili sauce on the table and immediately said with a smile: "This chili sauce tastes really good. My son and daughter-in-law love it. But I didn't eat much."

"Haha, it's a pity that glass bottles are hard to send, and iron bottles are hard to find. I brought you a few bottles this time. You can eat as much as you want when you go back. This is made in our commune."

"It must have been your idea. I knew it as soon as I ate it. Your Aunt Li still doesn't believe it."

Luo Cheng immediately said: "She said you are an engineer and don't have time for this; this is obviously your craft, but the old woman refused to admit defeat."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Li Nianhua say a few words in the kitchen. Then he didn't dare to say anything and talked about other things.

Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng are old acquaintances, and their relationship has not become distant at all due to not seeing each other for a long time.

When Zhou Fengnian appeared in the newspaper before, Luo Cheng was very happy for a long time and told his acquaintances here several times that Zhou Fengnian was his junior and had now created the world's first personal computer.

They are also members of the academic department and are among the most powerful scientists in the country.

He had long known that Zhou Fengnian could become a pillar of the country, but he did not expect Zhou Fengnian to do it so quickly.

If we count now, Zhou Fengnian is only 31 years old, but he has become one of the pillars of China.

At noon, after the meal was ready, the four of them had a good meal.

Luo Cheng's son and daughter-in-law could not come back. Even though the troops were nearby, they could not enter and leave as they pleased, and could only come back once a month.

Zhou Fengnian missed this trip, so Luo Cheng said that next time they went to Sijiu City, he would introduce them to Zhou Fengnian.

After the meal, Zhou Fengnian talked the most, mainly talking about his life in Sijiu City and the current development of CNC machine tools.

When talking about this, Luo Cheng became more excited. Their factory also has several CNC machine tools and a five-axis machine tool, all of which were allocated from above.

It's a pity that he can't take it apart to have a look, otherwise Luo Cheng would like to know the motion structure of the five-axis machine tool; after all, he is a mechanical major, so how can he not be excited when seeing this kind of machine tool.

Zhou Fengnian stayed at Luo Cheng's house for a while, and when it was time to leave, he stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

Luo Cheng was still a little reluctant, but he knew Zhou Fengnian's rules, and it was not easy to get out just once.

He and his grandson Luo Jianye sent Zhou Fengnian to the gate of the community before waving goodbye.

After returning, Zhou Fengnian found Director Tan to report, and then went to the computer room to take a look.

Director Yu and his team were conducting research during this period. When they learned that Zhou Fengnian was coming in for inspection, they finished the verification on hand and then let Zhou Fengnian in.

While Zhou Fengnian was checking the computer, he was listening to Director Yu talking about how useful the supercomputer was. It really helped them solve many calculation and verification problems.

"Okay, no problem. We produce cutting-edge electronic components in our country, and the quality is pretty good."

After Zhou Fengnian finished the inspection, he clapped his hands and said, "It has been running fine for almost the entire day, and it looks like there will be no problems for the next period of time.
But Director Yu, you still need to talk to Director Qian and the others about it. It’s better to use it more than one hour apart, just to be safe.”

"Otherwise, even the best electronic components cannot withstand continuous use."

Director Yu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll notify them later. But Commissioner Zhou, can we make this supercomputer run faster?"

"Of course, but it requires a breakthrough in photolithography technology. Within ten years, the computing speed should be able to exceed one billion!"

"One billion!?"

Director Yu opened his eyes wide in surprise after hearing this. If a supercomputer with a computing speed of 140 million can be used so easily, then they should have no obstacles in verifying calculations in the future?

"Commissioner Zhou, please make sure to build this computer as soon as possible!"

Zhou Fengnian smiled dumbly and said, "Don't worry, Director Yu, it will definitely be built within ten years."

Given his proficiency in the system, ten years is still a very conservative number. Zhou Fengnian's ideal plan is four years.

Within four years, he wants to develop domestic computer and lithography technology to a level that even foreigners cannot catch up with.

After chatting with Director Yu for a while, Zhou Fengnian took the initiative to leave without disturbing their research and calculations.

For the following period of time, Zhou Fengnian came to inspect the supercomputer every other day, and what he said to Director Yu last time also spread.

Now Zhou Fengnian has another nickname in this scientific research base, Zhou Shiyi.

When many people see Zhou Fengnian, they greet him with a smile and then say they look forward to a supercomputer capable of performing over a billion operations.

Not long after, Zhou Fengnian had stayed in this base for almost a month, checked the supercomputer many times, and finally prepared to return after confirming that everything was correct.

He had a lot of things to do in Sijiu City, and the manufacturing of the supercomputer could not be done without him, so after he submitted his resignation to Director Tan, it was approved.

Zhou Fengnian's mission here is one month, to ensure that the supercomputer can run smoothly, and that is none of his job.

Director Tan would not hold him back. After issuing a certificate to Zhou Fengnian, he arranged a car to take him to the train station.

When they heard that Zhou Fengnian was leaving, some people came to see him off, but those who were busy with research did not come, after all, their research groups were not in the same group.

After saying hello and goodbye, Zhou Fengnian and Zhao Qiang got in the car and prepared to return home.

(End of this chapter)