Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 226: First-Class Chief Engineer (asking for monthly tickets!)
After leaving school, Zhou Fengnian kept lecturing Zhou Xianyang.
"How can you be so impulsive? You dare to do it in front of the teacher. Do you really think your father is a high-ranking official? I am just an ordinary comrade like your teacher.
Fortunately, you were only suspended from class for reflection. If you were expelled, you would have been a streetwalker!"

Although it was not Zhou Xianyang's fault, it was others who provoked him with their bad words, and then became addicted to it, and finally Zhou Xianyang couldn't help it and took action.

The man was beaten badly by Zhou Xianyang, his face was swollen and there was a bandage on his head.

If Zhou Fengnian had not decisively paid double the medical expenses, making the other parent calm down for the sake of money, Zhou Xianyang might have been expelled directly.

"I won't do it again next time. Dad, please help me persuade Mom."

Zhou Xianyang pleaded quickly, saying that he had lost so much money today and was suspended from school, and his mother might pin him down on a stool and beat him at night.

"I can't persuade your mother, but if you admit your mistake with a better attitude, I can make sure you don't get beaten."

"What is considered a good attitude to admit mistakes?"

"Do more housework and let your mother rest more. I can persuade her when she is in a better mood."

Zhou Fengnian rubbed Zhou Xianyang's head and said that he had lost 26 yuan from his family in this fight; the money was a small amount, but if one did not take the punishment seriously and caused someone to get into trouble, he would have to go to a labor camp.

"How did you beat him? That guy was taller and stronger than you, and there were two or three of them. How could you beat him like that?"

"I learned from some books I found when I went back to my grandfather's house."

"What books are they? They can't be the ones I hid, you bastard!"

When Zhou Fengnian thought about it, he was so angry that he wanted to slap his son a few times. He and Zhou Xiaomei were the only ones in his family who read books, and Zhou Xiaomei would definitely not read a book about fighting.

Those must be the ones he hid, but those books are banned now, and it would be troublesome if others knew about it.

Among those books, there were three books about martial arts. Zhou Fengnian bought quite a few of these books at the beginning, including books on qigong, spiritual practice, martial arts, etc.

However, only boxing and kicking skills can appear in the skill list to increase proficiency; other spiritual practices and qigong cannot.

He also burned two books on qigong, but kept the ones on Taoism.

Zhou Fengnian warned seriously: "Don't tell anyone about the book, or I will help your mother beat you up."

"I didn't tell anyone!"

Zhou Xianyang said quickly, and even raised his finger to swear.

After seeing this, Zhou Fengnian reluctantly believed it, but he still planned to wait for Zhou Yan to come back and ask her to emphasize and remind Zhou Xianyang again.

Their family is not the type where the father is strict and the mother is kind, but rather the type where the father is kind and the mother is strict. Zhou Fengnian is often very busy, and it is the mother Zhou Yan who takes care of the children, and Zhou Yan plays the role of the white-faced guy.

After both children were criticized and cried, it was Zhou Fengnian's turn to step forward.

After sending his son back, Zhou Xianyang went to the factory; since he couldn't go to school in the next few days, Zhou Fengnian planned to find something for him to do when he came back tonight. Even if it was volunteering at the street office, it would be better than doing nothing at home.

After arriving at the factory, Zhou Fengnian took a tour around the workshop and confirmed that the manufacturing progress of the Shenzhou No. 1 computer was smooth before he planned to return to the office to do some other research.

I agreed to upgrade the CNC machine tool yesterday, and now I have time to do it.

This is not a difficult task. It is just a matter of upgrading the CNC system and replacing it with a computer CNC equipped with a microprocessor.

Zhou Fengnian doesn't need to contribute too much for this upgrade. He just needs to give an idea, and the technicians from the remaining two factories can complete it themselves.

If they can't even accomplish this, then all the things Zhou Fengnian taught them before would have been in vain.

Zhou Fengnian was so focused when he was busy that he didn't even notice Pan Heng coming in to deliver newspapers and change tea.

After he had finished his work for a while, Zhou Fengnian noticed the newspaper and tea on the table, but the tea had already gone cold.

Zhou Fengnian picked up the teacup, picked up the newspaper, and began to relax. During the New Year period, he planned not to do any overtime work except teaching.

The factory does not need to establish new R&D projects at the moment, so we will be lucky enough to complete the tasks at hand.

However, after seeing a piece of news in the newspaper, Zhou Fengnian was immediately surprised; he had just asked him for his opinion yesterday, but related news appeared in the newspaper today.

It seemed that this matter was basically going to be implemented. Zhou Fengnian also vaguely remembered that there seemed to be some 43 plan next year, which basically represented the prelude to the large-scale establishment of diplomatic relations.

At that time, it seemed that more than 20 kinds of technical equipment were introduced at once, and Zhou Fengnian was able to master all of these technologies by himself.

But it would take him at least a dozen years to improve his skill proficiency and conduct research, development and manufacturing.

Let the country's development wait for him for so long? Zhou Fengnian felt that even if he asked, the higher-ups would not agree.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian had no idea of ​​doing so. If that happened, computers would not need to be developed, and CNC machine tools and other aspects would also need to be developed.

dong dong!

"Come in."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Pan Heng walked in with Yan Zhengzhi and said, "Leader, Commissioner Yan wants to see you."

Although Yan Zhengzhi did not have a position in the computer factory, he still held the status of academician. People who were not very close to him in private would call him Commissioner Yan.

"Old Yan is here. Xiao Pan, make me a cup of good tea."

After Zhou Fengnian asked Yan Zhengzhi to sit down, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything going on in the workshop?"

"It's not particularly important. I wanted to find you this morning, but I found out you were not in the factory."

"Oh, my son is so troublesome. He got into a fight at school and injured another kid. He paid twenty-six dollars in compensation this morning and was suspended from school. I went to the school to deal with this matter."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, twenty-six yuan is almost two-thirds of Zhou Yan's salary. When she knows about this, she will probably have to go through some trouble again in the evening.

“That’s a lot.”

"Who said it wasn't true? This kid is too troublesome. If he were not old enough, I would like to send him to the army to hone his skills."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way, Old Yan, after I came back, I asked about the supercomputer report. The higher-ups have given special approval, saying that our small factory can be more formal.
As the factory director and secretary, I may have to give up one of my responsibilities, and you will have to take up the other one."

"Me? Forget it."

“There is no one else but you, and this is a great achievement, so don’t worry about other aspects;
The Shenzhouzi No. 1 computer we are going to manufacture next will be supplied to several national defense projects."

Zhou Fengnian comforted him by saying that it was actually because he was lazy and didn't want to do so many things, so he told his leader that he wanted to resign from several positions.

Even if he was dismissed from all his positions, Zhou Fengnian was still respected and had access to machine tool factories and ministries through his connections.

The position in this small factory was still a burden to him. He had to worry about related matters after taking the position. He also had the position of secretary and had to make a weekly ideological report. "You acted first and reported later. Forget it."

Yan Zhengzhi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Three people from the Computer Research Institute want to be transferred here. They have submitted several reports over there, and they have already approved it. The only thing missing is ours."

"Of course, I'll call Deputy Leader Luo later. The more talents like this the better. We need people to keep an eye on everything right now."

Zhou Fengnian immediately agreed and said that now they were producing personal computers and manufacturing supercomputers, and they could not be short of people in either side.

Even after the personal computer is manufactured, they still have to check it again to make sure there are no problems before it is considered qualified.

"Old Yan, why do I feel like there are fewer and fewer people in the Computer Research Institute? If this continues for a few more years..."

"It's OK if it collapses. Don't talk about whether I put in a lot of effort or not. My effort is in the domestic computer industry. As long as computers can develop, I don't care where they develop."

Yan Zhengzhi has now let it go, although he spent a lot of effort when establishing the Computer Research Institute, including recruiting people and procuring instruments and equipment.

But now that it had been occupied by that gang and had been beaten to this state, Yan Zhengzhi no longer cared about it.

"Don't talk about that. Look at this news. We may have to export supercomputers to Xiaorizi."

Zhou Fengnian said after handing the newspaper to Yan Zhengzhi.

"Exporting supercomputers? Who came up with that? Isn't this nonsense?"

Yan Zhengzhi took the newspaper and quickly found the news that Zhou Fengnian mentioned; it said that after returning to the United Nations, diplomatic construction was being restored in an orderly manner, and technical exchanges might be considered.
"You asked me about this yesterday. I support exports, but you have to follow our requirements and assign someone to guard the computer room keys and use verification and approval."

Zhou Fengnian told Yan Zhengzhi about his idea, and soon the anger on Yan Zhengzhi's face turned into strangeness.

If that was the case, then he would support it, but Xiao Rizu was not a fool. Would he agree to such an impolite request?

This is not considered peeing on their necks, but peeing on their ancestral shrines.

"If you don't agree, just express your opposition. I've already raised my opinion, but we can prepare first. The technical department should come up with a performance degradation plan."

Zhou Fengnian quickly discussed the matter with Yan Zhengzhi.

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In the evening, when Zhou Yan returned home, she learned that she had to pay out twenty-six yuan in compensation, and her face instantly darkened.

He immediately went to the kitchen and picked up the thickest firewood, ready to beat Zhou Xianyang severely.

In the end, he was stopped by Zhou Fengnian, who agreed to suppress the beating and put forward some conditions, saying that he would be fine only if his son could fulfill all of them.

Zhou Xianyang naturally agreed immediately. He almost ran away and was caught just now.

Even though the fight was over, the compensation was high, but their family could still afford it.

My monthly salary is less than two hundred yuan, and my expenses are fifty yuan at most, so I basically have a fixed deposit of thirteen hundred yuan.

Their family’s savings will exceed ten thousand next year, and they will achieve the goal of becoming a ten thousand yuan household in the 1970s.

Two days later, Zhou Fengnian came to the factory and received the document from above.

There are quite a few, but what Zhou Fengnian cares most about is restoring the treatment and status of Zhong Xingling and 23 others. However, the treatment has not been fully restored, only one-fourth of what it was before.

This is enough. Zhong Xingling had the highest salary before, and his salary was 20 yuan higher than Zhou Fengnian.

If he recovers a quarter of his body weight, he will be over 40, which is enough to support a family.

Moreover, once they recover, their family members affected by their problems will also be fine. They will be able to live like normal people from now on and no longer have to report for labor.

When Zhong Xingling and his group found out, they all cried for joy; they thought it would be like this for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect to see hope in just four years.

The research and development of supercomputers is of great importance to the entire national defense cause and affects many projects. As long as Zhou Fengnian reports their names, it is impossible not to consider it.

Even if there were problems before, as long as they have been used in the research and development of supercomputers, then there will be no problem.

Not only Zhong Xingling, but Yan Zhengzhi was also appointed as the secretary of the Computer Factory. Moreover, the Computer Factory was separated from the Machine Tool Factory and was directly managed by the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

It is more formalized and has a higher level of confidentiality.

Many people were rewarded for this, and even Zhou Fengnian's salary was raised from a level six engineer to a level one engineer.

There is no difference between the first and second levels for Zhou Fengnian. He is already a member of the academic department and has achieved the highest status in scientific research and development.

Previously, his treatment should have been in accordance with that of a member of the academic department, but at that time his file was in the First Ministry of Machine Building and had never been promoted.

Now I am the legitimate chief engineer and I am respected wherever I go.

Moreover, the salary level is equivalent to that of a seventh-level administrative staff member, which is almost at the vice-ministerial level, and is only one level lower than that of Deputy Leader Li.

Three hundred and twenty-two yuan a month. When he returned home and told Zhou Yan the news, she was so shocked that she was speechless for a minute or two. Finally, she happily hugged Zhou Fengnian for a long time.

Nearly four thousand yuan a year. Before, even if Zhou Yan's courage was increased tenfold, she would not dare to think so.

After hugging him for nearly ten minutes, Zhou Yan finally let go of Zhou Fengnian and asked, "Fengnian, are you really a first-class engineer now?"

"Yes, in fact, I should have been one a long time ago, and now I am just getting paid as well."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "Yan Yan, you are still so obsessed with money that you can't even spend your money now. But if you have the chance, you can buy two courtyard houses. I mean the kind that don't require going through the Housing Authority."

Zhou Yan was about to retort that she couldn't buy a house, but after hearing Zhou Fengnian's supplement, she swallowed her words back, but still asked

"Why buy a house? We have a place to live."

Even if her parents came to the city, they would have room to live there. Zhou Yan felt that buying a house was a complete waste of time.

"I went to see Luo Gong some time ago and talked to him for a while. He might come back to Sijiu City in the future. I want to arrange a place for him to stay when the time comes."

Zhou Fengnian said to Zhou Yan: "If you don't buy a house, there's no point in saving the money. Now I can earn about 4,000 yuan a year, which will be almost 40,000 yuan in ten years.
Wife, how are you going to spend 40,000 yuan? You can’t just look at the numbers on your bankbook every day.

After hearing this, Zhou Yan felt that it made sense. If one earns a lot but cannot spend it, it doesn't matter if one buys two houses.

Now buying a house for them is as easy as an ordinary family buying the cheapest radio.

It’s enough to save money for a year without even spending your savings.

(End of this chapter)