Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 231: Give up the daily life, Yan Zhengzhi comes to visit (Subscribe)

Zhou Fengnian was not aware of the conversation in the Ministry of Foreign Trade as the country was busy celebrating the New Year at that time.

No matter how busy you are, you have to relax during the New Year, no matter who you are.

The holiday time is fixed, and no one except the patrol personnel who have been appointed in advance can come to the factory.

Otherwise, if the technical department wants to work overtime on research, the security department will not be happy.

Who doesn't want to have a rest during the Chinese New Year? You can't drag us into working overtime if you want to; although the people in the technical department can ask the security department not to worry about them, they will definitely contact the security department first if something happens.

This doesn't mean they can just ignore it. If something goes wrong, they will still be held responsible. Anyway, the security department will not do its job, and the factory cannot keep anyone during the New Year holidays.

Zhou Fengnian didn't agree either. He had 70% of the work on his shoulders and wanted to go home and rest. The others should stop working so hard and just have a good New Year.

He rejected all requests for overtime, so just enjoy the New Year.

After work, Zhou Fengnian took the benefits given to him by the factory and went home by car. This time his salary and benefits were not much, just like those of other workers, just one pound of meat and ten pounds of noodles.

The electronic computer factory received welfare allocations from above and did not have its own small warehouse. Welfare was allocated based on the number of people. The factory director and the workers were similar except for their salaries.

Supplies for the New Year have to be bought at the farmers' market. Fortunately, Zhou Fengnian now has six kilograms of meat coupons per month, so he can afford to eat meat every day.

Now that the domestic economy has developed and industrial products are being exported continuously, the benefits of these genuine intellectual workers have also been improved.

Zhou Fengnian's family has no shortage of meat coupons. Eight years ago, he had to go to the pigeon market to exchange them for tickets, but now he has so many tickets that he can't use them all.

Especially the industrial coupons, he could buy two bicycles in three months, and the ones he couldn't use were basically distributed to his eldest brother, second brother, fourth sister and fifth sister.

"The good harvest is back. Why did you bring back so much noodles and meat?"

When Zhou Yan saw Zhou Fengnian coming in with the meat noodles in his hand, she was stunned for a moment and asked.

"What are you talking about? The factory gives out benefits every year. Didn't you receive them?"

"I received them, but didn't your factory deliver them once? Why are you bringing them back again?"

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, she led Zhou Fengnian into the kitchen, where there were about ten pounds of pork, half of which was raw meat and half was cured meat, as well as twenty pounds of flour and twenty pounds of rice.

Zhou Fengnian was startled: "Who sent this?"

"It seems to have come from the machinery factory. He was the one who sent it here the last few times."

"I see. It was sent from the machine tool factory. Keep it."

Zhou Fengnian quickly thought that it should be Gao Zhiyuan's assistant. When he didn't have an assistant before, it was all arranged by Gao Zhiyuan.

We didn't forget him last year, but this year the Electronic Computer Factory was separated from the Hua Xia Machine Tool Factory. Zhou Fengnian felt that the Machine Tool Factory should not be given to him as it was against the rules.

Zhou Yan asked worriedly: "Is this okay? Aren't you leaving the machine tool factory now?"

"It's okay. I helped the machine tool factory this year. I guess this is to thank me. Just keep it."

Zhou Fengnian comforted him, saying that if he was given a thousand yuan, he would definitely not dare to accept it; but with just these few supplies, he could just consider it as compensation for the machine tool upgrade plan he was researching.

After tidying up the kitchen supplies, she also put together the meat and noodles that her fifth sister Zhou Xiaomei brought back. She now eats and lives in Zhou Fengnian's house and has not spent a penny on food, clothing and shelter.

Normally, if an older girl lives with her brother or sister-in-law, she must pay for food, and where she lives depends on the relationship between the siblings.

But Zhou Fengnian never asked for a penny and ate very well, with five or six meals of meat a month. And this year Zhou Yan also bought Zhou Xiaomei a set of clothes and leather shoes, but Zhou Xiaomei was reluctant to wear them out.

Although he has parents and two older brothers, Zhou Fengnian's words usually have the most influence in the Zhou family, but he doesn't take care of family affairs much.

After all, Zhou Fengnian made all the arrangements for the whole family by himself, including Hongjia Village, several villages around Hongjia Village and Sanshui Commune.

With Zhou Fengnian's prestige, if he goes back to be the secretary now, Hong Changshan will have to stand up and give him his seat immediately.

After Zhou Fengnian washed his hands and face and just sat down in the study, Zhou Yan brought him a cup of tea and a small plate of peanuts as snacks.

We have to have dinner soon, so I didn’t prepare much peanuts.

Zhou Fengnian picked up a book and asked casually, "When will my parents come over?"

I'm spending the New Year in the city again this year, just waiting for Mr. and Mrs. Zhou to come over.

Zhou Yan said, "We agreed to meet them tomorrow. Go pick them up at the station in the morning. Dad seems a little unhappy and wants us to go back."

"No need. If they don't say anything, they will definitely come here by bike. Just wait at home."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and continued, "The old man is still unhappy. There is not much food at home. He has to carry a lot of food back home. It's too troublesome."

In the past, the family had earned many work points and received a lot of grain at the end of the year; now that Zhou's father can no longer earn that many work points, the grain is just enough for the two of them.

There were sixteen of them going back, and each of them had to carry twenty to thirty kilograms of food, otherwise there would not be enough to eat during the New Year.

It’s too troublesome to go back, so it’s better to spend the New Year in the city.

Zhou's father was definitely a little unhappy, but after being yelled at by Zhou's mother, and thinking that it would be troublesome for more than a dozen of them to go back, he gave up the idea of ​​spending the New Year in Hongjia Village.

Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Although many departments will have annual holidays, arrangements must be made for those who stay on duty, especially for some foreign-related departments.

Today, the Foreign Trade Department received a return call from Xiao Rizi, and they seemed very anxious.

So the person on duty called the leader's home and called him back to the department.

Director Liang was cursing when he came. Why did he choose a good time? He was living a simple life without his family and you had to interrupt his time with his family. Chu Sheng!

However, after entering the office, Director Liang smiled brightly and said hello, "Mr. Sato, I didn't expect to meet you so soon. What is the matter with you coming to see me today?"

"Regarding the issue of computers, I think we still have room for discussion with your country. Please take a look."

After saying this, Sato handed over a document.

"I can't make decisions about supercomputers. No matter what you say, Mr. Sato, I'm not the director. Do you agree?!"

Director Liang was stunned after reading it. The characters written on it were indeed Chinese, but he did not expect that Xiao Rizi would agree to their request.

"Yes, but we hope that the research projects and time of supercomputers can be relaxed so that we can conduct more research."

Sato's attitude was very humble. This was just the kind of personality they had, and they were born to be two-faced.

Nowadays, China's computers and semiconductors are already world-class, but China's overtaking is even more impressive. Zhou Fengnian is directly pulling domestic semiconductors, integrated circuits and computers forward.

Now they have surpassed Xiaori in computer and integrated circuit technology. The personal computer he brought back last time shocked Xiaori very much.

After discussion and reporting to the senior management of Xiao Ri Zi, they immediately informed Sato of their decision, hoping that Sato could do his best to facilitate this cooperation.

"We have decided to open up the technical equipment that your country intends to introduce on a regular basis, so we also hope that you can relax some of the requirements."

After listening to this, Director Liang shook his head and said, "This cannot be compared completely, Mr. Sato. I think you are also aware of the importance of supercomputers. It cannot be compared with chemical fiber technology and so on."

If they invest manpower and funds, I believe they can make breakthroughs in these imported projects. Everyone believes this.

But the cost is too high, there is no need to rely on ourselves to make breakthroughs in everything, it is better to focus the money on other more important projects.

That is why the country chose to introduce technical equipment, but this is not an easy life and we cannot use this to threaten them.

Director Liang muttered in his heart, but Xiao Rizi would really agree to this almost "slave" contract. Not only did they agree to the supercomputer's request, Xiao Rizi also planned to buy 2,000 more personal computers, but hoped that they could get a cheaper price considering their purchase volume.

China's personal computer technology is so mature that it can not only be used for office work, but even games can be installed on it, which they can research and resell at the same time.

While Amy is still not able to react, I can make some money by reselling this personal computer.

After reading the entire contract, Director Liang cursed Sato in his heart for wasting his New Year holiday.

But on the surface, he still smiled and said to Sato: "Mr. Sato, I can't answer you immediately. After I report to the leader, I will let you know the specific time for the discussion."

Even if it was something like a price reduction for purchasing personal computers, he had to ask the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building before making a decision. Otherwise, it would be in vain if he agreed but the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building did not.

Moreover, Xiao Ri's attitude changed so quickly in just half a month, so we need to discuss it.

It was his vacation that was gone, which was what Director Liang always complained about. He was usually so busy that he hardly saw his family for several months, and he only spent a few days with them during the Chinese New Year.
The calls came one after another, and finally all the relevant leaders were called over, including Yan Zhengzhi, the secretary of the electronic computer factory, for a total of four people from the two departments.

After explaining the situation, Director Liang said, "Leader, this is the situation now. Xiao Rizi suddenly agreed to our conditions, but asked us to relax the scope and time of the research.
I am also planning to purchase a personal computer, but I hope the price will be lower.”

"I'd like to share my opinion on purchasing a personal computer."

Yan Zhengzhi was the first to express his opinion, saying, "The current production capacity of the factory has reached its limit, and Director Zhou Fengnian has already made arrangements for research and development. After the production task is completed next year, he plans to concentrate manpower on the research and development of the second-generation supercomputer."

"Oh, this is really unfortunate. These little guys are the same. If they want it, they don't ask for it all at once. They add more every month."

Leader Bai felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. The factory had already made plans and arrangements, and it was a supercomputer related to national defense research. He couldn't just ask them to stop it.

Director Liang asked, "Commissioner Yan, can we expand? Your factory has a small number of employees right now, can we expand production?"

"It is useless for our factory to expand. We only produce a small number of electronic components and are responsible for the final operating system and programs. Most of the electronic components are produced by other electronics factories."

Yan Zhengzhi explained: "If we want to expand, we have to expand them. If their production can't be increased, there is nothing we can do."

Leader Bai looked at Lao Luo, who nodded and said, "That's right. Computer production involves more than a dozen electronics factories."

Yan Zhengzhi added: "Some electronic components are difficult to produce, so it is normal that the output cannot be increased."

Director Liang said with some distress: "It seems that there is no way. It's a pity to lose a three million order."

There are not many export orders a year now, so three million is already a considerable achievement.

What's more, personal computers have considerable profits. They cost more than 900 dollars and can be sold for more than 1,000 dollars.

"Lao Luo, think of a solution."

"Don't make it difficult for me. What can I do? Why don't you go and convince Xiaozi. It's almost 1972 now. Tell them that you will complete the order by the end of 1975."

Leader Luo spread his hands and said, "I know what you want to say. It is not up to me to decide whether to expand more than a dozen factories at the same time. I have to report to the higher-ups."

"Why don't we ask Commissioner Zhou?"

Director Liang suggested: "See if he has any solution?"

"He is the busiest person in the factory. All three projects are related to him." Yan Zhengzhi warned, "If you add more burden to him, I'm afraid he will complain to the leader."

"Director Liang, don't disturb Director Zhou."

Leader Luo quickly said that he knew the situation of the Electronic Machine Tool Factory and Zhou Fengnian. He was present when Zhou Fengnian and the boss provided the guarantee last time.

They are already very busy developing the next generation of supercomputers within three years, and if they bother Zhou Fengnian with this matter, they would be a bit "confusing the priorities".

Is it more important to earn foreign exchange or to improve one's own national defense?

Without a second thought, I would definitely choose the latter, as earning foreign exchange is also for domestic development.

Several people sat in the room and discussed for a long time. Finally, Leader Luo said that he would supervise production after the new year and use overtime to increase production efficiency.

However, it is impossible to jump the queue for a supercomputer. Even if Xiaorizi decides to get one, they have to wait until the end of next year, when they meet domestic demand, before they will manufacture a supercomputer for Xiaorizi.

Moreover, it is downgraded. The number of calculations cannot reach 140 million. At most, it can be a quasi-supercomputer with 80 million calculations.

However, the matter of the supercomputer must be reported to the leader, and then talked to Zhou Fengnian; he will also be responsible for handling the downgraded supercomputer, as well as some measures to prevent confidentiality.

The leader responded quickly and said that it could be agreed!
This was originally the request they made. Now that Xiao Rizi has given in and agreed to all their demands, it would be inappropriate for them to kick Xiao Rizi again after they have shit on him.

After all, we still have to introduce equipment for more than a dozen projects, which will put our daily lives under pressure. It would be bad if the negotiations on the introduction of technical equipment fail.

After receiving the order, the Ministry of Foreign Trade asked the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building to pass the message to Yan Zhengzhi, asking Yan Zhengzhi to tell Zhou Fengnian.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhengzhi thought for a while and felt that it would be better to go there before the New Year so that Zhou Fengnian could be prepared. So he said goodbye to his wife, got on his bike and set off.

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There is only one day left before the Chinese New Year, and every household is preparing for the New Year.

No matter how poor the family is, they will find ways to make dumplings, while wealthier families will fry some New Year's goods.

After Yan Zhengzhi rode his bicycle to Zhou Fengnian's house, he parked his bike and went up to knock on the door.

Not long after, the side door was opened. Yan Zhengzhi didn't see anyone at first glance, but when he looked down the second time, he saw the young man who opened the door for him.

"Who are you looking for?"

Yan Zhengzhi smiled and asked, "You are Fengnian's son, right? I am your father's colleague. My name is Yan Zhengzhi. I have something to do with your father today. Is he home?"

"Then come in."

Zhou Xianyang was not afraid that the person coming in was a bad guy, because his uncle, second uncle and uncle-in-law were all in the backyard, and he could call several adults over with just one shout.

After Yan Zhengzhi came in, Zhou Xianyang waved and said, "My dad is in the backyard, go find him directly."

Arriving at the backyard, Zhou Xianyang shouted loudly: "Dad, your colleague is here to see you!"

This shout not only made several people in the yard look over, but also called out everyone in the house.

Being stared at by more than a dozen pairs of eyes at once, Yan Zhengzhi smiled awkwardly, thinking to himself that Zhou Fengnian's son had a really loud voice.

Then Yan Zhengzhi saw Zhou Fengnian walking out from the side kitchen with a large spoon in his hand.

"Old Yan, why are you here?"

Zhou Fengnian said in surprise, then turned to his eldest brother Zhou Weitian and said, "Brother, please help me watch the pot, my colleague is here."

"Row."

Zhou Weitian ran over when he heard the noise. He was about to lose the game of chess, so this was a good excuse for him to stop playing.

After handing the big spoon to his elder brother, Zhou Fengnian smiled and said to Yan Zhengzhi: "Let's go to the study to talk, then Qingjing. By the way, Old Yan, your son hasn't come back yet?"

Yan Zhengzhi sighed after hearing this and said, "No, it's hard to come back after serving in the army for a few years. I only received two letters last month, and I don't know when I can come back."

Zhou Fengnian changed the subject and said, "Then why don't you stay for dinner today? It's time for dinner and your wife hasn't come yet?"

Yan Zhengzhi quickly evaded the question, "No, no, she's at home. I'll go after we finish talking."

(End of this chapter)