Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 225: Expressing Opinions and Returning to the Machine Tool Factory (Subscription Request)
Xiao Rizi came to buy a supercomputer as soon as he heard the news. In such a short time, Zhou Fengnian suspected that they had received some orders.

You can't get all the information from newspapers, believe whatever you see, and then choose to buy it.

At first Zhou Fengnian was 100% against it, but if he could use supercomputers to suck Xiao Zi's blood and make a lot of money, then it would be fine to sell it to them.

Moreover, the other party must seek their approval for any purpose and at any time they want to use the computer, and the keys to the computer room must also be in their hands.

If China attempts to use supercomputers to research prohibited projects, it has the right to terminate it immediately.

The conditions were a bit harsh, but that was what technological backwardness meant. If they hadn't developed the Son of Shenzhou supercomputer, they would be the ones who were tortured and blamed.

After listening to this, although Deputy Leader Bai thought so in his heart, he knew that Xiao Rizi would definitely not agree.

Moreover, the ten technologies proposed in the "technical exchange" this time are indeed what they need.

After the exchange, the domestic industrial development can be improved to a certain level.

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "This is my opinion. If Xiao Rizi wants to buy it, it's best to agree to these conditions. Although it is your leader's decision, if Xiao Rizi doesn't agree, I will still remain firmly opposed."

Moreover, the Shenzhou No. 1 computer must be given priority in China, as many universities and research institutes want it. If it is released, production will have to be scheduled for ten years later.

"Look, you're in a hurry!"

Deputy Leader Bai said helplessly, "I don't want to agree to this either. You asked me to ask for your opinion. Write it down and I'll take it back to you."

"Okay, leader, do you have a pen and paper?"

"Wait a minute."

Deputy Leader Li raised his hand and pressed it lightly, then turned around and asked, "Deputy Leader Bai, do you not need to write down your opinions?"

Deputy Leader Bai said, "If I want to tell the CEO and others, how can I convey their opinions without any specific ones? They will think it is my personal opinion."

"It's okay, boss, I'll write it!"

Zhou Fengnian asked Deputy Leader Li for paper and pen again, then wrote down his opinions and also wrote down his name.

After finishing writing, I gave the opinions to Deputy Leader Bai, who read it once and felt there was no problem, so he put the opinions away.

However, seeing the look in Deputy Leader Li's eyes, Deputy Leader Bai immediately said, "Why are you worrying about this? You don't think anyone has done anything to Director Zhou, do you?"

This halo was reported in the newspapers twice some time ago. It is about to be established as a benchmark in the domestic scientific community, so that there will be a scientist who can be used for foreign negotiations.

Who is so brainless as to do harm to Zhou Fengnian? There are indeed people who dislike Zhou Fengnian, but no one is so brainless.

The brainless ones have been eliminated!
Deputy Leader Bai chatted for a while, mainly talking about foreign attitudes. Their Foreign Trade Department felt it most obviously. In the next few years, they will obviously have to increase attempts to explore trade opportunities with the West and other small countries like South Korea.

As for the Russians, it seems that there is no chance except for the five-axis machine tools. They do need food and basic supplies.

But these are also in short supply in the country, and it is impossible to use them to trade with the Russians.

Now that we have fallen out with the Russians, we only interact with brother countries in the same camp, but those brother countries still have to look at the Russians' faces.

The country can only try to develop diplomatic relations with other countries, among which trade is the most important.

However, these deputy leaders only talked briefly and left after saying a few words.

As soon as he left, Deputy Leader Li said to Zhou Fengnian, "Don't be so impulsive in the future. You can't just write whatever you are told to do without thinking twice."

"What are you afraid of, leader? The red flag is still there. They are just using some tricks."

Zhou Fengnian knew that nothing could happen to him. He was now considered a pillar of the mechanical and electronic industries. Who would be so foolish as to touch him?

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian usually does nothing, so there is nothing wrong with what he said today; those who agreed to sell Shenzhou Zhinian No. 1 should be investigated.

"Be careful next time. They are so successful now that the boss is exhausted. Last time, he heard that you invented a personal computer, so he ate more and slept more."

Deputy Leader Li sighed and said that their Ministry of Machine Building had not encountered any problems, thanks to the large number of machine tool exports.

Industrial development cannot stop, and neither can exports; this was the foundation established at the beginning. The Ministry of First Machine Building was in charge of several export tasks, so there could not be any chaos.

Although the First Ministry of Machine Building was stable, Deputy Leader Li did not want any trouble to occur, especially with Zhou Fengnian. If something happened to him, a lot of development would come to a standstill.

Although it may sound a bit exaggerated to outsiders, it is the truth.

The Huaxia Machine Tool Factory benefited from Zhou Fengnian's R&D foundation, so it was ranked first in the machinery department for several consecutive years.

The First Automobile Manufacturing Plant and the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Plant all benefited from Zhou Fengnian's influence, and the quality of the cars they manufactured suddenly increased to the level of export.

Not to mention the export of other electrical appliances, the Ministry of Light Industry has been keeping an eye on Zhou Fengnian for a long time.

The Second Machinery Plant is now showing signs of rejuvenation, also due to the production of the rolling mill developed by Zhou Fengnian.

"The next step for your factory should be to manufacture the Shenzhouzi No. 1 computer. From what I know, you should be much more relaxed. What are your plans for the future?"

Deputy Leader Li asked, he knew Zhou Fengnian, if he was not assigned any work, he would take a break for half a year after developing something.

This time, it was because Zhou Fengnian knew that many national defense projects required supercomputers, and because of the constant pressure from Lao Luo of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, that he was able to complete the task so quickly.

"Let's continue to study computers. There is a lot of room for improvement in personal computers, and the photolithography process can also be improved. Once the photolithography process is improved, supercomputers can also continue to improve. Oh, leader, I feel too busy."

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said, "I was so busy the last time I went home, I found out that my daughter could talk. I remembered she was still a baby."

"Speak nicely, why are you complaining to me? I haven't seen my son for nine years!"

Deputy Leader Li immediately turned his face away and said that he had just wanted to say something but this kid guessed it and played a trick on him.

"How long will the things you just mentioned take?"

"At least ten years!"

"Five years is pretty fast. You should also pay attention to the machine tool factory. If you need anything, just tell me and I will do it for you."

"Ok?"

Zhou Fengnian was stunned for a moment. He was not even 70 years old, but his hearing was already not good. "Leader, I said at least ten years, which means a starting point of ten years!"

"Ah, okay, um, I get it, that's it."

Deputy Leader Li waved his hand and said, after all, he has been here for five years: "Come to me if you need anything, even for life matters."

He felt that five years was Zhou Fengnian's slowest speed, and a major breakthrough might occur in three or four years.

Then Zhou Fengnian wanted to say something, but Deputy Leader Li waved him away and even pretended not to hear him asking for tea.

Zhou Fengnian curled his lips as soon as he went out, and said that if he needed anything, he would come to him. When he needed tea, he just pretended to be hard of hearing.

After leaving the First Ministry of Machine Building, Zhou Fengnian took a bus back home. However, he did not return to the computer factory immediately, but stopped by the machine tool factory on the way.

Today's CNC machine tools can also be updated and optimized, but there is no need for optimization.

The current performance of machine tools is sufficient to meet the needs of any domestic industrial manufacturing. The only way to improve it is to move towards computer numerical control.

It just so happens that computer factories are now able to manufacture microprocessors, so we just need to build a machine tool computer according to the needs of the machine tool.

It is easier to operate, and future optimization and improvement will increase along with the computer level.

This change is not big, but if we are to manufacture it, we will definitely have to allocate some manpower to it. Whether it will delay the production of CNC machine tools for export is a decision that Gao Zhiyuan and others have to make.

When they arrived at the gate of the machine tool factory, Zhou Fengnian rolled down the car window and showed his face, and the security guard at the gate immediately let him in.

"Wait for me downstairs for a while, Zhao Qiang."

"Good leadership."

Arriving at the factory office building, Zhou Fengnian gave some instructions before getting out of the car, going upstairs, and knocking on Gao Zhiyuan's office door.

"Who is it? Come in."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian pushed the door open and walked in. Gao Zhiyuan saw that it was Zhou Fengnian and smiled in surprise, "Fengnian, why are you here? It's really rare."

As he spoke, he stood up to get the kettle and prepared to pour Zhou Fengnian a glass of water.

Zhou Fengnian saw this and said jokingly, "No tea, Brother Gao? I was thinking of bringing you something good."

Gao Zhiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he casually opened the drawer and asked, "What good news?"

“Does machine tool optimization and updating count?”

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said: "It can be regarded as a third-generation machine tool. Its performance and control are better than those of current machine tools."

"Fengnian, sit there, I'll make you some tea!"

Gao Zhiyuan immediately smiled and said, then he closed the open drawer, opened the bottom drawer, and took out the expensive tea he bought.

Although it is not as good as the tea drunk by the leaders of ministries and commissions, it is also good tea at more than 20 yuan a pack.

After brewing the tea for Zhou Fengnian, Gao Zhiyuan sat next to him and said, "Fengnian, tell me in detail."

"Should we call Deputy Director Wang to come and talk about this? Isn't he in charge of the technical department?"

Zhou Fengnian reminded him, "Deputy Director Wang wanted to start a movement in the factory at first, but I persuaded him to stop by using the merits of the technical department. It should be okay now, right?"

"Yes, we must call him."

Gao Zhiyuan nodded as he remembered it immediately, and then said to Zhou Fengnian: “Fortunately, Fengnian, you gave in, otherwise his background would cause trouble in the factory, which would be a bit troublesome.

But now Deputy Director Wang can be considered a helper of the factory. He has coordinated a lot with the Industrial Bureau and added many benefits to the factory, haha."

Wang Jinghui also had a share of the credit for the stabilization of the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. Those who wanted to make trouble planned to join Wang Jinghui, but Wang Jinghui reported them to other factory leaders, who suppressed them.

After saying that, Gao Zhiyuan asked his secretary to call Wang Jinghui.

Soon, Wang Jinghui pushed the door open and walked in: "Director Gao, you're looking for me. Engineer Zhou, are you back?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Yes, Deputy Director Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Gao Zhiyuan reminded him, "Deputy Director Wang, Mr. Zhou's return this time is also related to you. He immediately thought of you just now."

Wang Jinghui was surprised when he heard this, then turned around and asked, "Mr. Zhou, what's the matter?"

"Regarding the technological innovation of machine tools, you are in charge of the technical department now, Deputy Director Wang, so I have to discuss this matter with you."

Afterwards, Zhou Fengnian told Wang Jinghui and Gao Zhiyuan about his ideas and plans.

The two didn't know much about the technology, but they could tell that the third-generation CNC machine tools had better performance than previous ones and were easier to operate.

Naturally he would not refuse, and Wang Jinghui couldn't help but smile.

According to Zhou Fengnian, after he completes the technological innovation part this time, he will hand it over to the technical department and he will not participate in the follow-up.

Isn’t that the credit of Wang Jinghui?

Although Zhou Fengnian's name cannot be erased from the merit book, he, the deputy factory director in charge of the technical department, can also appear in the reporting documents.

Wang Jinghui was grinning so hard that he could hardly stop. He now also wanted to call Zhou Fengnian "Brother Fengnian" to get closer to him.

After only a few years at the machine tool factory, he has already accumulated a lot of merit. If he stays for another five years, he is confident that he will be transferred back to the Industrial Bureau as deputy director based on his merits.

Wang Jinghui immediately said, "Mr. Zhou, just give me your instructions. I will fully cooperate with you."

"Don't worry about it. This time we are optimizing the numerical control system. I will research it at the computer factory and make a microprocessor. Then we can have someone come to the machine tool manufacturer to discuss manufacturing."

Zhou Fengnian said: "You guys can arrange some people when the time comes."

Wang Jinghui said: "Okay, I will definitely entertain you."

During the Chinese New Year period, Zhou Fengnian really didn't have much to do. He was just teaching how to compile programs, compiling teaching materials, and supervising the manufacturing of the Shenzhou No. 1 computer.

It's not that busy, and the CNC machine tools don't take up much of his time.

After they chatted for a while, it was almost time to get off work. Zhou Fengnian politely declined the two people's invitation for private lessons and took a bus back to the computer factory.

After having dinner at the factory, Zhou Fengnian gave an hour-long class to most of the technicians in the computer group before going home to rest.

It was just after seven when he got home. Although not as early as the workers, compared with the first half of the year, Zhou Fengnian already got home very early.

But after returning home today, Zhou Yan directly stopped Zhou Fengnian who wanted to lie on the bed, and said to him unhappily: "Don't rest yet, go ask your son what he did in school today."

"What happened to him? Is he in trouble again?"

Seeing that Zhou Yan did not answer, Zhou Fengnian continued to ask: "Is he injured?"

Zhou Yan said: "He was not injured, but he seemed to have beaten a classmate pretty badly. The teacher asked his parents to go over there."

"I'll go ask this kid."

After putting down his briefcase, Zhou Fengnian walked towards the room where Zhou Xianyang lived. He said that when he came back today, he felt that the backyard was so quiet, and his son, who was usually the most noisy, seemed to have fallen asleep.

(End of this chapter)