Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 238 Meetings, debates, and lectures (Subscription required)
"What are you kidding!?"

One person blurted out, immediately expressing his opposition to this matter.

This was in the conference room of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. All the main leading cadres came to the conference room for a meeting. All the senior cadres were there, and the conference room was almost full.

After Gu Wenjie finished talking about the proposal submitted by Zhou Fengnian, another deputy department leader immediately expressed his opposition.

"How can this be done? Eleven factories are being reorganized and merged into one large factory and two subsidiary factories. He also wants to eliminate more than 60% of the cadres. I want to ask you how to arrange the personnel?"

Gu Wenjie said, "We will think of a way to place the personnel later. Now the main thing is whether we should develop computers to be the best in the world and let our Fourth Ministry of Machine Building also have a computer factory that is the best in Asia."

"This is one thing, Lao Gu, you can't separate them."

Sun Gongran shook his head and said, “If you want to build the No. 1 computer factory in Asia, you will have to sacrifice so many cadres. Now I ask you, what should we do with them?
You can't just order them all to withdraw."

Sixty percent of the cadres in the ten factories, nearly four hundred people, were to be laid off; and those working in the factories were all cadres with a salary of eighteenth grade or above.

The cadre reduction back then was not this severe.

"There is no other way. The cadre structure of the factory below is indeed a bit bloated. I think you know that."

Deputy Leader Luo said, “If it was the previous cadre structure, then Commissioner Zhou probably wouldn’t say anything; but what is the situation now?
One office, seven deputy directors, what's the point of merging these people? Last time, Commissioner Zhou was so angry that he almost pointed at me and cursed me. He almost quit and went home. Are we really going to let him go?"

"Just let him go!"

Sun Gongran thought this in his mind but didn't dare say it out loud.

Zhou Fengnian's current treatment is the same as his, but his position is more important than his; the First Ministry of Machine Building keeps an eye on Zhou Fengnian every day, wanting him to go back.

If the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building does not cherish Zhou Fengnian and he turns around and leaves, they will not be able to get him back even if they beg.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian is not someone they can transfer at will. Even Gu Wenjie, who is a formidable figure, cannot do it. They must have orders from above.

"If streamlining the number of cadres can produce results, I think it's ok to do so"

A director spoke up and said that it was not him who was being laid off anyway, and he had long been fed up with those promoted cadres.

Those who were promoted through special means are all scornful to them. What a bunch of crap.

"There must be ways to place cadres. We could streamline the arrangements before, and there are ways to streamline the arrangements now, but if we do it, then our development in computers will be
Comrades, think about the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. They are now the No. 1 heavy industry in Asia."

Gu Wenjie's words were too tempting. Compared to ten mediocre electronics factories, they wanted a computer factory that would break through Asia and become famous all over the world.

If someone else said this, they probably wouldn't believe it; you say you're number one, so that means you're number one? Who are you?
But if the person speaking was Zhou Fengnian, they would believe it completely.

He developed the world's first supercomputer twice, as well as a popular personal computer; before the meeting, Gu Wenjie even asked someone to investigate the situation of Xiao Rizi and Amei's personal computers.

Just as Zhou Fengnian said, their personal computers sold well; Xiao Rizi in particular repackaged the personal computers he bought from them and then sold them all.

Later, when Xiao Ri tried to sell the computer he developed, he encountered some setbacks because the operating system was not very good.

"Let's vote by raising our hands. Summarize the opinions in favor and against, and then put them behind Commissioner Zhou's development plan and submit them to the leadership together."

Gu Wenjie, the top leader, spoke up and said that such a big matter had to be discussed with the leaders. He had just observed and found that most people were supportive.

Sun Gongran did not support it because many people were promoted by him, and some people took the opportunity to get promoted and immediately showed goodwill to Sun Gongran, so he spoke for those people.

If your butt is crooked, your mouth will naturally not be straight.

However, most people still want development and achievement.

Now Zhou Fengnian says he can build the world's first computer factory, who wouldn't want to give it a try?
The Huaxia Machine Tool Factory where he previously worked has become number one in Asia and is now the face of Huaxia.

"Please raise your hands if you support Commissioner Zhou's factory merger and reorganization plan."

After Gu Wenjie finished speaking, a group of people quickly raised their hands. After looking around, Gu Wenjie quickly came up with an idea.

"Please raise your hands if you object."

A few people raised their hands, most of them were Sun Gongran. Seeing this, Gu Wenjie spoke up.

“Write down your reasons and opinions later, and have Xiao Chu record and summarize them. Then I will hand them over to the superiors.

By the way, I will definitely bring Commissioner Zhou with me to meet the leaders when the time comes."

After hearing what Gu Wenjie said, Sun Gongran was stunned for a moment, and almost cursed out loud after he realized what was going on.

"Damn it, bringing Zhou Fengnian to see the leader, everyone knows what Sima Zhao is thinking, isn't it just to get Zhou Fengnian to persuade the leader to agree!"

Although Sun Gongran felt aggrieved, he did not dare to say anything openly because Zhou Fengnian's status was too special.

As a member of the academic department and receiving the treatment of a first-class engineer, he is already the pinnacle of technical personnel and has received all the benefits he deserves.

In other words, Zhou Fengnian himself was not used to having outsiders in his home, otherwise he would have a live-in secretary and a secretary.

The number of academician members is actually not small, but there are very few who also receive the treatment of first-class engineers.

Perhaps only one-fifth of the academicians can do all these and plan the development of an industry.

Theoretically speaking, Zhou Fengnian doesn't have to report to them on a regular basis, as they are almost on the same level and can report directly to his superiors.

However, the leader was in poor health, and Zhou Fengnian was also busy, so it was difficult for him to find time to report in person, so he asked the leader of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building to convey the message.

Those people who caused trouble for him last time were just ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. After irritating Zhou Fengnian, they fired four factory directors and one secretary with just one phone call.

Soon, the minutes of the meeting were summarized. Gu Wenjie wrote them together with his own opinions, and called Zhou Fengnian to arrange a time for him to meet the leader.

Now you can’t meet with leaders casually. You have to ask about your health in advance, and you will only meet with them for important matters.

Gu Wenjie didn't really want to disturb his superiors, but to merge ten factories at once, he would definitely need the superiors' approval before he could go ahead. Otherwise, if he insisted on pushing it forward alone, he might be reported and ousted within a month.

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"A billion supercomputer? It really succeeded? And it only took three years."

After seeing the newspaper, Director Yu was surprised; when Zhou Fengnian came, he said that he would develop a faster supercomputer, but he didn't expect that he would develop it so quickly.

"Director Yu, what is a billion-dollar supercomputer?"

Someone from the project team came over and asked, but before the director could answer, he saw the news in the newspaper.

The world's first supercomputer, which is more than three times faster than Amy's supercomputer, was developed by people in their country. "Oh my goodness, a supercomputer with a billion operations per second? Ours can only do more than 100 million operations per second, right?"

The project team was shocked, and then quickly asked: "Director Yu, can you replace this one for us?
This supercomputer is so useful. If we switch to a supercomputer that can perform seven times as many operations, our progress will be even faster."

They were getting richer and were thinking more; initially the two project teams shared a large computer, and every minute of the allocated time each week was very tight.

Now that each group has a supercomputer, they want a better one.

But it's normal. After eating delicious food like braised pork, people would naturally want to try abalone.

"You think it's steamed bread, can you just change it?"

Director Yu said with a displeased smile.

"I'll write a report first and see how they respond. If it works, it works. If not, we'll use this. More than a decade ago, we were still working on a draft, and now it's pretty good."

He will give it a try first to see if it works; if it does, they will be happy, as having a better supercomputer will also help the development of the second-generation core; if not, they will use this one.

Anyway, the conditions now are much better than they were seven or eight years ago.

Computer factory, technical department.

".Our second-generation personal computers will definitely be able to support more functions in terms of performance, but we will consider the 'connectivity' function more in the future.

If personal computers are not connected, the meaning of work will be infinitely reduced. "

Just as Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he heard a broadcast reminding people to leave work in the factory.

Zhou Fengnian then stopped explaining and said, "Okay, let's stop here for today. Tomorrow is a day off, so you can all go back and have a good rest tonight.

You should all go back and think carefully about what I just said. I suggest you buy the textbook I wrote. "

This is not a book recommendation. Most of what he just said is already written in the textbook, but he explained it in more detail.

"Hey? Director, please talk for a while."

"Yes, yes, Director, we haven't heard enough yet."

When the people in the technical department saw that Zhou Fengnian was planning to leave work on time, they immediately started to clamor for him to let him go.

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand when he saw this: "Stop, stop, what's the point of me just stuffing it into your mouth? You have to think for yourselves. Although you are not my students, you have attended my classes for several years.

Let's put it this way. I will give you an assignment today. Next Monday, you must submit a report on "How to Realize Computer Interconnection". I don't force you to do it. Just write it if you want to. When you submit it, I will definitely read it one by one and correct and reply to it. "

After hearing what Zhou Fengnian said, the people in the technical department suddenly became happy and shouted that they would finish it during the weekend break.

Some people decided to go to the library immediately after get off work to buy the textbooks written by Zhou Fengnian.

Only after sending these away did Zhou Fengnian escape from the technical department.

But just as he came out, he ran into Yan Zhengzhi waiting at the door. Zhou Fengnian asked unexpectedly: "Old Yan, when did you come? Why don't you go in?"

Yan Zhengzhi smiled and said, "Haha, I can attend classes outside, so I'll stay for a while. But Fengnian, Dean Pang of Tsinghua University has been wanting you to teach for a long time."

"I don't have time. There are so many things going on in the factory. I just got off track while talking. I was originally talking about the development and replacement of switches.
Fortunately, you help me, Lao Yan, otherwise the trivial matters in the computer factory would have annoyed me to death. "

When Yan Zhengzhi heard Zhou Fengnian's words, he glanced at him and said, "Are you feeding me grass again? You really treat me like an old ox."

Zhou Fengnian quickly shook his head and denied it: "That's not true, you think too much. Old Yan, what's the matter?"

"Of course I have something to do. You have to come back with me and finish your work before you go home. The downgraded supercomputer for Xiaoshi has already started to be manufactured, and the technical department grouping should also be finalized."

Yan Zhengzhi grabbed Zhou Fengnian and prepared to go to the office. Although their factory was small, there was still a lot of busy work to do.

In particular, Zhou Fengnian was good at being lazy and subtly handed over many things to Yan Zhengzhi.

It’s not that he was lazy and took a rest, he just slowly let go of the miscellaneous factory affairs and concentrated on research and development.

Yan Zhengzhi is now slowly coming back to his senses. Why does Zhou Fengnian's assistant Pan Heng come to him every day?

It shouldn’t be!

It was agreed that he would only worry about the secretary's affairs, but as he became busy, he gradually ended up taking on the roles of both factory director and secretary. Furthermore, some matters could not be completely handed over to the two deputy factory directors, as he could not be assured if he only took care of them once.

Zhou Fengnian was stopped by Yan Zhengzhi and could not leave. Finally, he had to follow him to the office. After being busy for more than half an hour, he was able to go home.

Before leaving the factory, Zhou Fengnian encouraged Pan Heng again, asking him to be bolder and not to report everything.

Waiting for the bus to return home.

As soon as Zhou Fengnian opened the door and walked in, he saw his son trotting out from the backyard and said to him, "Dad, Grandpa is here, and he brought Grandpa Changshan with him."

"Oh, I know."

Zhou Fengnian was a little surprised. Usually he would call the commune in advance to let them know, but today he came suddenly.

Then Zhou Fengnian pulled out a few sheets of paper from his briefcase, handed them to Zhou Xianyang and said, "Here, this is for the last day. Copy it for me again, and make sure there are no typos."

Before, Zhou Xianyang asked him for money to help his classmates, and later he helped him do work to pay off the debt. The work Zhou Fengnian asked him to do was copying and correcting errors, which could be regarded as helping his son practice calligraphy.

He usually writes very quickly and sloppily, and some of his private writings are not suitable for Pan Heng to help him deal with, so it is just right to ask Zhou Xianyang.

"Why are there five pages? Dad, usually there are only three pages."

Zhou Xianyang's face suddenly fell, feeling that he had suffered a great loss.

"We calculate by day, not by page; normally it's three pages because I don't have time, but today it's five pages because I had time to write a lot."

Zhou Fengnian said casually: "Next time, please agree with me on the number of pages."

"I won't fall for your trick next time."

Zhou Xianyang turned around with a sullen face and went back to the house. Although he was angry, he still finished copying the book honestly.

Zhou Fengnian followed his son back to the backyard. After entering the main house, he greeted the two people sitting there, "Dad, Uncle Changshan, what can I do for you?"

(End of this chapter)