Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 228: Boasting (asking for monthly tickets!)

The scene that Zhou Fengnian expected did not happen, which made him feel a little disappointed.

He originally thought that when he saw a personal computer and tried using it for a while, he would look at it with disdain and say that its performance was average and that they could also make one.

But after using personal computers, these people became old-fashioned. Their exclamations became louder and louder, and they were even more amazed when they saw the small games on personal computers. They had never expected that there would be casual games on computers.

It was an eye-opener, it really opened their eyes!

Zhou Fengnian was able to understand the last few sentences. He taught himself many languages, and thanks to his photographic memory, he could almost be considered a master of languages.

In Zhou Fengnian's view, personal computers with ordinary performance and functions are already rare and epoch-making technology in the eyes of these foreigners.

Even in America, where computers were the most advanced, only the concept of personal computers had emerged, and no actual products had been produced.

But they did see it in China, and it was a personal computer that could communicate with each other.

After looking at these in amazement for a while, Zhou Fengnian felt it was quite boring. However, since he was here, he couldn't just leave. He could only wait until they finished their tour and were ready to move on to the next item before leaving.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian felt that his leader should be very busy, so he did not go up to disturb him.

But as soon as Zhou Fengnian finished talking to Leader Luo, the latter pulled Zhou Fengnian and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? The leader has seen you a long time ago and is planning to look for you now."

Zhou Fengnian was startled and asked, "Is the leader done with his work?"

"I'm done with my work and I'm getting ready to eat. Let's go together."

After saying that, Leader Luo took Zhou Fengnian to the leader's rest room.

As soon as he entered the room, the leader looked up and saw Zhou Fengnian, and said, "Fengnian is here. I heard from Leader Luo that you didn't plan to come, so I thought you were very busy in the computer factory."

Now Zhou Fengnian has also squeezed into the forefront of the country's top scientists. When the ministers of various departments see him, they will call him Engineer Zhou, and only those who have a particularly good relationship with him will call him by his name.

The leaders respected scientists who served the country, but Zhou Fengnian was an exception. They had the same surname and were young, so they became closer unconsciously during the conversation.

"I've been busy lately so I didn't waste my time. Plus I wanted to see if those foreigners would be shocked by our country's high technology, so I came here."

The leader smiled and said, "Now that you are here, let's eat together. I just asked someone to prepare the food."

"Okay then, I'll have a meal with you, leader."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then sat on the sofa next to him.

The lunch was not rich at all. Each person had two multi-grain steamed buns and two plates of vegetarian dishes. Zhou Fengnian was given an extra egg, which might have been a last-minute addition.

While eating, the leader asked, "Fengnian, I heard that you are inclined to export personal computers?"

“Yes, although my original intention was to let everyone in the country use it, it is obviously not the right time now. An average two-working family has to save money for three to four years to buy a personal computer, which is obviously not suitable.

Apart from universities and research institutes, there are only a limited number of institutions that can afford personal computers. "

Zhou Fengnian talks a lot when talking about computers, he has had ideas about it for a long time.

“Unless the price of a computer is equal to the savings of a working-class family for a year, or even better, half a year, then the personal computer can become like a bicycle, which can be purchased by saving a little money.

Prior to this, exporting and earning foreign exchange was the best option; and this first generation of personal computers had too many bugs, and the time for development was too tight, so many things could be fixed, but due to time constraints, this was all we could do."

“When we start developing the second generation of personal computers, we will definitely improve and optimize the shortcomings of the first generation of personal computers.
So it doesn’t matter if the first generation of personal computers are exported. They are considered semi-defective products in my country. It’s okay if I can make a lot of money from them to subsidize the domestic market.”

After listening to this, the leader laughed and said, "Haha, I've heard that you don't like foreigners. If you were born a dozen years earlier, you would definitely join our team in advance and fight against invasion together. Now it seems that this is indeed true."

Although Zhou Fengnian didn't say it explicitly, his words and actions revealed his disgust for his ordinary life, it was almost written on his face.

His leader also read his opinions on supercomputers, and he did not hide his desire to drain the blood out of him at all.

"Fengnian, how much do you think a personal computer will cost?"

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "At least one thousand. No, one thousand five hundred dollars, and they will buy at least two thousand units."

Leader Luo quickly said: "Fengnian, you are exaggerating."

"It's not an exaggeration, Leader Luo. The technical value of personal computers is huge. Although they may not be able to learn the programming system, they have enough other technologies to try their hand at. After buying it back, they may copy it immediately."

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian didn't think that Xiao Rizi would not be sold to Amei. If he came to buy a computer and Amei was behind him, it would not be expensive at all.

How much is that? Just three million dollars.

"Mr. Zhou, you are really rude."

". There is no way. This kind of people is really hard to like. I was born in 1940. Although I have never seen my grandfather, I heard from my father that he was killed by the daily life."

Zhou Fengnian thought of a very suitable reason. Those who cannot change their bad habits in daily life should be severely suppressed, their values ​​should be wiped out and then trampled on.

If the personal computers are exported to Xiaorizi, he also plans to make some changes to the operating system.

It's not destructive, it just makes it difficult for them to understand.

But there is no need to tell this kind of thing to your boss, as dirty things should not be polluted by people’s ears.

"Our lives will get better and better in the future. If your grandfather knew that the Zhou family had you, he would definitely be very pleased."

After comforting him, the leader continued, "If the computer factory needs anything, just tell Leader Luo. The country will give great support to your scientific research projects."

Zhou Fengnian immediately said, "That's enough for now, leader. I can guarantee that within three years, supercomputers will be even better!"

'It's been three years again?'

Leader Luo on the side looked at Zhou Fengnian in surprise. He had heard from Leader Li before that Zhou Fengnian liked to leave a way out for himself and just ensured that the time was cut in half.

I also secretly told him that when I heard ten years, I assumed it was five years, and that was absolutely correct.

But when Leader Luo heard that it was three years ago, he immediately thought of Leader Li: "So you were also deceived!"

The leader laughed and said, “Haha, don’t get tired. If you get tired, it will be a loss for the country.”

"You are the leader. You need to rest more and you eat too little."

Zhou Fengnian quickly tried to persuade him back.

His body is not easily tired, and after his boxing and kicking skills were upgraded to the third level, his physical fitness was further improved.

I haven't been sick for eight years.

After chatting with his leader for a while, Zhou Fengnian took the initiative to say goodbye and left as he had work to do in the afternoon.

Although the conversation was not long, Zhou Fengnian heard a lot of information; and what came out of the leader's mouth was basically finalized.

Supercomputers are under discussion, but there is no definite result yet. However, personal computers are planned to be exported.

Zhou Fengnian’s last suggestion was taken into consideration, and this time it is estimated that many export orders for personal computers can be negotiated.

The group of people who came today also want to buy it back to study. Computers almost represent future development. Large computers can be used to calculate mushroom bombs and aerospace engineering. Anyone who does not develop it is an idiot.

Xiao Rizi was a little behind in this aspect, so if they wanted to catch up, they had to do everything they could to catch up, and buying personal computers was one of them. Zhou Fengnian was planning to export a large order to Xiao Rizi, starting with at least 2,000 units; anyway, they were planning to develop the second generation of personal computers soon, so he could make a profit from every sale while they didn't know.

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After returning to the computer factory, Zhou Fengnian slapped his head twice.

In the excitement, I made a casual promise. It's okay to shorten it from ten years to five years, as there is still plenty of time. But shortening it from five years to three years is really a bit of a rush.

If we want to improve it further, the photolithography process cannot be left behind, and large-scale integrated chips and other electronic components must also be improved.

Zhou Fengnian returned to the office and estimated that three years would be barely enough, but he would need to brush up on more skills.

If he wanted to develop and manufacture as quickly as possible, he had to improve his other abilities as well, and he tried his best to solve the problems he encountered by himself.

There was no other way, he had to grit his teeth and fulfill what he said; it was okay to brag to others, but Zhou Fengnian would feel embarrassed not to fulfill his promise if he brag to his leader.

Although it doesn’t matter if it’s not completed on time or two years late.

Their supercomputers are already at the cutting edge, but Zhou Fengnian doesn't want to hear the words 'It's okay, just take your time.'

These days, Zhou Fengnian has been diligent again, which is rare.

Before, when he came, he would walk around the workshop first, seemingly checking the production status, but in fact he was just being lazy and had nothing to do.

Then I go back to the office to drink tea and read the newspaper.

Now Zhou Fengnian has become much more diligent. He not only takes the time to summarize the upgrade plan for the third-generation machine tools, but also lets the technical departments of the two factories connect and upgrade.

He was still staying in the office studying the upgrade plan for the Shenzhou No. 2 computer, figuring out what needed to be improved and what parts of the architecture needed to be changed.

Finalize the plan first, then study it step by step.

It took three years for the number of operations to jump from 100 million to 1 billion, and that was when the electronics industry was just starting out.

Zhou Fengnian felt that he was over-challenging himself.

However, he still planned to give it a try first, so he thought of an idea and asked Pan Heng to go to the electronics factory to inquire about the manufacturing difficulty.

dong dong!

After Yan Zhengzhi knocked on the door and came in, he immediately noticed the pile of books on the desk, and the person behind the books was almost invisible.

"Fengnian, what happened to you these past two days? Are you upset?"

Yan Zhengzhi asked curiously, "Didn't you plan to take a break before?"

"You're just mistaking it, Old Yan. I'm taking a break so that I can do better research."

Zhou Fengnian immediately denied it and said, "How can I study without a good spirit? I never believe that I can have a flash of inspiration when I am exhausted. My mind is already confused at that time."

"Why are you always right? You've dumped all the factory affairs on me. Why do I feel like I'm both the factory director and the secretary now?"

As Yan Zhengzhi spoke, he picked up a document and started reading it. The title immediately piqued his interest.

A summary of the research and development of the Shenzhouzi II computer.

Below are some ideas on improving performance. Yan Zhengzhi became immersed in the reading. When he saw a certain part, he was still thinking in his mind whether this was reasonable.

After a long while, the sound of Pan Heng knocking on the door made both of them look up at the same time.

After Zhou Fengnian saw Yan Zhengzhi, he thought about it and couldn't remember how long he had been standing there, so he said, "Old Yan, why didn't you say anything? What's the matter?"

Yan Zhengzhi said: "As the factory director, you should report the production task tomorrow."

"Forget it, I don't have time. Please help me."

"You really think I'm the factory director."

Although Yan Zhengzhi complained, he still agreed. When he saw the things on Zhou Fengnian's table, he knew what he was doing.

If there were newspapers, peanuts and melon seeds on Zhou Fengnian's desk, he would send Zhou Fengnian to a meeting without saying a word.

Zhou Fengnian turned around and asked, "Xiao Pan, what's the matter?"

Pan Heng put down a document and said, "The Sixth Electronics Factory has responded, leader."

"Okay, I see."

After Pan Heng left, Yan Zhengzhi asked, "Are you planning to research the second-generation supercomputer? I remember you plan to start work next year, and the technical department is busy now."

"I can't help it. I bragged to my boss and then realized I was set up."

Zhou Fengnian sighed and continued, "Give it a try within three years. It may not be too little time."

"Wow, you're exaggerating a lot, three years!?"

Yan Zhengzhi was stunned for a moment. He thought six or seven years was already very fast, but he didn't expect three years.

Then Yan Zhengzhi laughed and said, "It seems that you are really short on time. OK, I will help you deal with other things during this time."

"Thank you, Old Yan. I'll treat you to a state banquet some other day and I'll cook for you myself."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he buried his head in reading the documents again. It couldn't be said that he was racing against time, but he wasted his time for slacking off at work.

But let it be. He is a pure working class man and he shouldn't be lazy at work.

Yan Zhengzhi said, "Show me the upgrade summary when you've finished writing it," and then left.

The Zhou family then entered a period of peace.

Zhou Xianyang worked in the neighborhood committee for ten full days. Although a seven or eight-year-old child could not help much, he could still sweep the floor or deliver light items.

And it was Zhou Fengnian who introduced him, so we have to give him some face.

After returning, Zhou Xianyang also brought a certificate from the neighborhood committee, proving that Zhou Xianyang had been working to repent during this period.

Bring this certificate to school and you can start classes directly.

There was news about buying the yard. Zhou Weitian contacted Yi Lao and told him that he wanted to buy the yard.

The old man didn't believe it at first, but after repeated contacts, he gradually came to believe that Zhou Weitian was not playing a trick on him.

His house is also a two-courtyard courtyard. The location is a little worse than Nanluoguxiang, but it is still pretty good.

The starting price was three thousand, and it was finally reduced to two thousand six hundred, which was considered a deal; but the old man was only willing to write a certificate of donation and then give the house deed to Zhou Weitian.

As for the transfer of ownership, he doesn't care at all!

If he had the ability to manage it, he wouldn't have fallen to the point of selling his yard and property.

(End of this chapter)