Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 227 Buying a house, foreigners all arrive (ask for monthly tickets!)
After a small family meeting, Zhou Yan was quickly convinced.

It’s because he earns a lot. If Zhou Fengnian earned 56 yuan a month, Zhou Yan would have to think for a long time before buying a yard or even a bicycle.

But now it's 322 yuan a month. I can buy a yard by saving five months' rent. Why not agree?

Zhou Yan was a little worried about being cheated. After all, private transactions were not protected, and if she was cheated, there was nothing she could do.

Zhou Fengnian laughed after hearing this. Who dares to lie to him? As a member of the academic department and a first-class engineer, his salary level is comparable to that of the deputy leaders at the bottom of the department.

If those scammers dare to cheat him, Zhou Fengnian will go to find his friends tomorrow; if nothing else, he will chat with Wang Jinghui for a while and he will probably be able to make a call to the Sijiucheng Public Security Bureau.

As long as he doesn't escape from the city immediately, the person who cheated him can just prepare to spend his retirement in prison.

However, it is not a good idea to deal with the house buying and selling by himself, so Zhou Fengnian plans to let his eldest and second brothers do it, and find a time to discuss it with them.

There was nothing to do recently, so Zhou Fengnian called his eldest and second sons home for dinner that night.

Apart from the prepared food I bought, the rest is all homemade.

After the meal was ready, Zhou Weitian sat down and said with a smile, "Third brother, is Xianyang okay? Why hasn't he even gone to school recently?

My son couldn’t explain what happened, as he was not with Xianyang at the time.”

"Since his classes were suspended, I asked him to do voluntary labor at the neighborhood committee. Sweeping the floor and running errands every day is good. This area is not difficult for him anyway."

When Zhou Fengnian mentioned this, he waved his hands and said, "I won't say anything more. I have something to ask of you this time. I plan to buy a yard, but it's not convenient for me to show up, so I want you, big brother and second brother, to run errands for me."

Zhou Jiaan was about to nod when Zhou Weitian said, "You know what? I just know a story. Two months ago, when I was doing banquets, I heard that someone was worried about selling his house, but no one was willing to take it over."

"Where are we going to have the feast?"

"Hey, those old folks, who else would be so greedy as to ask someone to be the host at a time like this? I've also been the host for many cadres, and they don't have any cadre vibe at all."

Zhou Weitian waved his hand and said, "That person is not only selling houses, but also calligraphy and paintings, antiques and other things. Unfortunately, he can't find a suitable and trustworthy buyer.

I just heard it when the dishes were served, but they stopped talking when they saw me. Third brother, do you think they can believe it?"

Zhou Fengnian said: "Just ask them. They can't afford to cheat me. Thank you for your help, brother."

“What kind of trouble is this?”

Zhou Weitian raised his wine glass and clinked it with Zhou Fengnian's teacup.

His life now is much better than when he was in Hongjia Village. He has a son and a daughter, work is not tiring, his wife is also working, and he can earn extra money.

The family's money is controlled by his wife, so he can only smoke half a pack of cigarettes a month, and sometimes he has to borrow from his second and third brothers and brother-in-law.

Then a few people started chatting. Zhou Fengnian chatted with them for a while and said that there was no need to rush now, and there would definitely be many opportunities to make money in the future.

Domestic development will soon require exchanges with foreign countries. After their industrial level is improved, they can also change from importing countries to product exporting countries.

Machine tools, cars and electrical appliances are exported in large quantities, and personal computers are also exported.

It depends on the changes in foreign policy in recent years. Importing technology and equipment does not conflict with exporting.

The Ministry of Metallurgy is considering exporting fine steel. There are more and more four-roller rolling mills in the country, and the fine steel produced is gradually becoming surplus. They are also contacting the Ministry of Foreign Trade and plan to export some fine steel products.

The current domestic industrial level may not catch up with rapidly developing industrial countries such as the Bald Eagle, but it can at least rank at an upper-middle level, and can even rank first in the computer industry.

With more savings, we will certainly pursue external development, and by then we will probably open up gradually, maybe even a few years earlier.

Zhou Fengnian's two elder brothers have now become successful. Zhou Jiaan has become the workshop director, and Zhou Weitian has also been working in Qinxing for a long time.

Except for not having a master, he is no worse than a chef in every other aspect.

If Zhou Weitian wanted to change factories now, the middle and senior management of the machine tool factory would definitely stand up to oppose it.

He had become so picky about food that he was reluctant to see Zhou Weitian leave.

If the day of reform and opening up really came, Zhou Fengnian would definitely ask his two brothers to resign and go into business.

He provided the idea and capital, and then the two of them carried it out, and in a dozen years they were able to save up a fortune for their family.

Otherwise, there is no future in working in a factory. Zhou Jiaan is okay, maybe he can become the deputy factory director in the future, but the eldest brother will probably be the canteen director at most.

They ate and talked, and by the time they finished the meal, they had finalized the matter and then dispersed.

When Qu Ying returned home, he saw Zhou Weitian, who was drunk, and immediately said unhappily, "I just want those two sips. You always drink the most every time you eat. Can you learn from your third brother?"

"Third brother, you have a brain that can't drink. Hey, it's so boring not to be able to drink. Besides, I can't drink more than two sips a month."

Zhou Weitian still felt wronged and said a few words, but then Qu Ying slapped him on the back a few times: "Still talking back, your brother told you to drink less, but you drank so much that your tongue has no taste, let's see how you can be a chef in the future!" "By the way, what did you talk about today?"

While Zhou Weitian was being helped to take off his shoes, he said, "Nothing, it's just that the third brother wants to buy a house and asked us about it. I told you about this person, go ask him some other day."

Qu Ying asked in surprise: "Can I still buy a house now?"

"If it's not a transfer, just buy a title deed. The third brother might find someone to transfer the ownership later. He has been promoted again and has become a top technician."

Zhou Weitian said this a bit boastfully, but unfortunately his wife was the only one in the room and he didn't show off in the right place.

Their Zhou family had a gold nugget, but unfortunately they couldn't find the ancestral grave, otherwise they would have to go and see how big the green smoke from the grave was and whether there was steam rising.

"Since we can buy a house, do you think we can buy one too?"

"One room? They are selling a whole yard, not one room at a time. A yard costs one or two thousand. Let's forget about it."

Zhou Weitian waved his hand and said that his family had saved over a thousand yuan, but they couldn't build it like this.

Qu Ying immediately gave up the idea: "One or two thousand is fine, our house is a bit small, what will we do when Xianzhe grows up and gets married."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. My father didn't care about me. I'm fine now. Don't worry."

"That's because you have a good brother."

After Qu Ying finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Xianzhe also had a good brother. Although they were not biological brothers, cousins ​​were still brothers.

He immediately felt relieved, and after taking care of Zhou Weitian, he lay down beside him to rest.

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"Send a sample? Leader Luo, where can we get a sample of the Shenzhou Son No. 1 computer? The current production plan is scheduled until September next year."

Early in the morning, not long after Zhou Fengnian arrived at the factory, he received an impolite request from his leader, which he refused without thinking.

"Not a supercomputer? Personal computers are fine, right? We do have two, but how many countries are represented? We also need samples, who came up with this idea?"

"Leader? That's fine. There must be a hidden meaning behind the leader's arrangement. I'll arrange for someone to deliver it later, but someone must stay next to the computer."

Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone after he finished speaking. Although personal computers are of great value, they are not as valuable as supercomputers. They are just good enough as export products.

Two years later, they will upgrade their personal computers and sell as many as they can before they are optimized and updated.

Soon Zhou Fengnian came to the technical department and assigned this task to Guo Ruihua.

The computer factory is now operating at full capacity and can produce thirty-five personal computers every month, but most of them have been ordered by universities and research institutes.

However, personal computers will soon be saturated in the country, and now there are only a few people who can use them properly.

Personal computers can only take off once the price and operating difficulty of computers have dropped, and education and affluence levels have improved.

Today, a personal computer is three times more expensive than a TV. When it becomes the same price as a TV, computer coupons may be supplied to individual households.

He had originally planned to arrange for someone to go with him, but Zhou Fengnian had nothing to do now, so he also arranged for a car to go with him, and handed over the factory affairs to Yan Zhengzhi with full justification.

Just like when he was in the computer research institute project team, Zhou Fengnian was responsible for nothing else except research and development.

Yan Zhengzhi was stunned after hearing what Pan Heng told him, but when he wanted to stop Zhou Fengnian, it was too late. Zhou Fengnian had already left by car, making Yan Zhengzhi sigh helplessly.

After arriving at the designated place, Leader Luo was startled when he saw Zhou Fengnian, and asked curiously, "Mr. Zhou, why are you here? Didn't you just say you were too lazy to come?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "I've finished my work for today. I didn't want to see the foreigners' shocked expressions, so I came over to take a look."

"Are you done with today's work?"

Leader Luo looked at his watch. It was only ten o'clock in the morning.
"It's okay if you come. The leaders may come over later, as well as some foreign guests. Don't be impulsive when the time comes."

Zhou Fengnian immediately said: "I'm not stupid, I definitely know when to lose my temper and when not to. Besides, the leaders are here, who would dare to do that?"

Once before, Zhou Fengnian had seen another kind of look in his leader’s eyes. After hearing a very important report, the feeling of oppression when his eyes stared was really strong. After Zhou Fengnian finished reading it, he suddenly remembered what it meant to have shining eyes.

In addition to personal computers, there are some other things displayed in the venue. It feels a bit like the Canton Fair, but the scale is much smaller than the Canton Fair.

Zhou Fengnian followed Leader Luo and soon a group of people came over. The leader walked in first, and beside him were a group of foreigners.

"Does the leader personally lead this kind of thing?"

Leader Luo replied in a low voice: "This is related to next year's external plan. No one else is suitable except you."

(End of this chapter)