Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 239: Meet the Leader and Report (Subscribe)

"I'm not here to report to you."

Zhou Fugui made a rare joke, which was also a disguised admission that he was not as good as his own son. Although this was already a fact, he had always denied it before.

Although he was proud of his third son in the past few years, Zhou Fugui always had a sense of pride in his heart; his son was so outstanding, and he, as a father, could not fall behind.

But now, when he saw his son in the newspaper again, being called the father of some machine, and having created the world's first twice, Zhou Fugui's spirit was completely deflated.

Even if he worked hard to become the secretary of a commune or a township party official, he could not be even one-tenth as good as his son.

I won’t compete anymore. From now on, I’ll just be Zhou Fengnian’s father in the eyes of others!

"Secretary Chang Shan was confused. Although we all thought it was okay, he always wanted to hear your opinion, so I brought him to see you."

Zhou Fugui paused for a moment and continued, "Fengnian, Secretary Wu also wanted to come to see you, but I stopped him. He regrets it now."

"What are you regretting? The mushroom chili sauce factory is doing very well. If it continues to develop like this, Sanshui Commune will be the richest commune in the city. Why are you still regretting this?"

Zhou Fengnian said casually, then sat down at the table, took the tea handed over by Zhou Yan, and chatted with his father and Hong Changshan.
"How much money has been saved in the village's public account?"

After hearing this, Hong Changshan straightened his back a little and said solemnly: "In the past five years, the total income has exceeded 177,000 yuan. I have told the villagers to share half and keep half.

However, the village took out 14,000 yuan to repair the mountain road and bought some tractors and equipment, so there is still 72,642 yuan left. "

"That's right! The money distributed by Hongjia Village in recent years is almost catching up with the working class families in the city."

Zhou Fengnian was a little surprised. He hadn't been back to the village for more than two years and he didn't know that Hongjia Village was developing so well now.

Excluding public grain, each household received about 1,000 yuan, and even working-class families might not be able to save that much.

If Hongjia Village did not keep public accounts and distributed all the money, it would really be more than what a single-working family in Beijing could save.

This can be considered as a precedent of rural areas counterattacking the city.

There were many more agricultural machinery, including two new tractors, as well as collective oxen. The reputation of Hongjia Village's wealth almost spread beyond Changping.

Even the young boys in the village had a much smoother time finding wives; as soon as they heard that the woman was from Hongjia Village, they immediately agreed halfway.

This is also thanks to the dividends from the mushroom hot sauce factory. Now the Sijiucheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative is asking for more and more.

They will also use their channels to transport the mushroom chili sauce to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the four provinces of Shanxi and the Northeast.

Therefore, the sales of the mushroom hot sauce factory are increasing year by year. Now, almost all the mushrooms and peppers grown in Changping have been harvested, but it still feels not enough.

The annual profit of a food factory was comparable to that of many light factories in the city. The leaders of Changping District were jealous but they could not do anything.

Rural enterprises belong to the rural areas. There are countless rural township enterprises across the country that follow this practice.

Moreover, there is Zhou Fengnian behind the mushroom hot sauce factory. If they take action out of jealousy and sue Zhou Fengnian, the matter may go straight to the ears of the emperor.

"Director Zhou, the village now has some extra money, and it's much easier for the villagers to farm, so I asked Brother Fugui to come to you and ask about what I mentioned before."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "Uncle Changshan, why are you so polite now? I am also a villager, just treat me the same as before."

"Okay, I'll listen to Director Zhou."

Hong Changshan agreed verbally, but still did not dare to relax; Zhou Fengnian had achieved so much now, and when he met Zhou Fengnian, he felt that he was more majestic than any cadre he had ever seen before.

He doesn't even dare to relax.

Zhou Fengnian was too lazy to correct him, otherwise it would seem a bit hypocritical, so he remembered the business: "There are more than 70,000 in the public account. It is enough to build a small-scale fertilizer plant."

"Uncle Changshan, I will take some time to help you plan the equipment and instruments needed to build the fertilizer plant, as well as the development of the factory.
But I won’t go back to help you run errands. I’ll teach you how to choose the address, and you can find it yourself.”

Zhou Fengnian said, "Our country will not neglect the development of agriculture. Fertilizers are definitely a great help to farming. Once they are produced, there will be no problem selling them. Even Hongjia Village can use them."

"Chemical fertilizer is good. Chemical fertilizer is very good. Our village has used chemical fertilizer before. The fertilizer produced by this fertilizer factory is much better than the fertilizer we ferment."

When Hong Changshan heard the word "fertilizer", he immediately said with a happy expression on his face.

But then he thought of something and asked, "Director Zhou, I heard that their fertilizers are not fermented like ours."

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Zhou Fengnian said casually, which immediately made Hong Changshan feel relieved.

"Yeah, with Director Zhou here, why would he worry? It's just a waste of time!"

Hong Changshan immediately raised his voice and said confidently: "Don't worry, Director Zhou, you won't have to worry about the site selection. We will definitely get it done."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said, "Don't be so excited, Uncle Changshan, let's keep this fertilizer factory as a collective industry of the village. As for the factory director..."

"Let Brother Fugui be the factory director."

After Hong Changshan finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Fugui and continued, "Brother Fugui, didn't you say last time that you didn't want to be the deputy team leader of the production team anymore? Why don't you just come back and be the factory director?"

Before Zhou's father could speak, Zhou Fengnian interrupted and asked, "Can my father do it?"

"You little bastard, why are you acting like the boss now?"

Zhou Fugui became anxious upon hearing this. He thought that the third brother was possessed by the eldest brother and was looking for an opportunity to anger him.

"Don't worry, Director Zhou. This is not because of you. Brother Fugui is now better at accounting than the accountant. He has made great progress."

Hong Changshan said quickly.

He was not lying. Zhou Fugui had indeed made great progress in the production team in the past two years. He worked and studied at the same time. With his unwillingness to admit old age, he now knew more than his eldest son Zhou Weitian.

Fortunately, Zhou Fengnian often helps Zhou Fugui to take care of his body, otherwise a normal old man would not be able to withstand such hard work.

What's more, Hong Changshan hadn't said anything else. Zhou Fugui had a good son. Even if he made a mistake, there was someone to cover for him. This would not be the case for someone else.

The factory director has to be Zhou Fugui, and he will be the first to object to anyone else!
Zhou Fengnian said, "Okay, let's do it after the New Year. You guys can come again after the New Year and I'll find time to get it done for you. The factory is still busy before the New Year, so I won't have time until the New Year."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Director Zhou."

After Hong Changshan finished speaking, he looked at the sky, stood up and said, "It's getting late, so I'll..."

Zhou Fengnian said, "Hey, Uncle Changshan, please stay for a meal. Why are you always so polite? Besides, it's not impossible for you to stay overnight at my house."

There were two empty rooms in the front yard, which were used as guest rooms after Zhou Xiaomei moved out.

Zhou Fugui also advised: "Yes, Secretary Changshan, don't be so polite." After persuading him for a few words, Hong Changshan agreed.

After dinner, we stayed in the front yard today, saving the cost of going to the guesthouse, and Zhou's father also lived in the front yard.

There is no difference between the front yard and the back yard except for the size of the house. Zhou Fengnian had lived in the front yard before.

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A few days later, Zhou Fengnian was finalizing the design of the personal computer with the people from the second group of the technical department, and they were almost ready to start production.

Pan Heng knocked on the door of the technical department and called Zhou Fengnian out: "Director, Leader Gu from the department called you and asked you to come over today. It seems that he is reporting on the merger of the factories."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Go to my office, take out the documents from the second drawer and put them in your bag, then help me call a taxi."

After Pan Heng agreed and left, Zhou Fengnian returned to the technical department to arrange the next work before leaving.

After getting in the car, Zhou Fengnian quickly arrived at the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, but before he went upstairs, he met Gu Wenjie downstairs.

"Commissioner Zhou, here."

Gu Wenjie waved to him from the car, indicating that he should get in.

After Zhou Fengnian got in the car, Gu Wenjie explained, "My car has been there several times. There is no need to check it. Let your car wait in the department for a while."

Zhou Fengnian nodded in agreement, said something to Zhao Qiang, and left in Gu Wenjie's car.

They soon arrived at a very famous hospital in the old city. There was an inpatient ward behind the hospital. After Zhou Fengnian followed Gu Wenjie here, he soon saw the leader.

While receiving IV drip, he was still dealing with things.

After noticing Gu Wenjie and Zhou Fengnian coming, the leader put down the documents in his hands and wanted to stand up.

Zhou Fengnian and Gu Wenjie quickly stepped forward and said, "Leader, you just need to sit down. You don't need to get up."

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I was feeling a little unwell before, so I was sent here to recuperate. After a few days of rest, I feel much better now."

The leader said with a smile, and continued to stand up without any effort.

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said, "Leader, you have to take care of yourself. I regret keeping you busy at this time. In fact, you can report after the New Year..."

"That won't do. We have to race against time when it comes to development. We were number one for only a short time before A-mei snatched us away."

The leader shook his head and said that he was talking about the first generation of computers. Within two years, Amei had developed a supercomputer with better performance.

If Zhou Fengnian hadn't continued to overtake, Amei would definitely have been proud for a long time and continued to widen the gap between them.

After Zhou Fengnian and Gu Wenjie sat down, the leader continued, "Fengnian, I have read your proposal and the opinions of the main cadres of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

I think it is very feasible, but I feel that the proposal is not clear enough, so I want to hear your detailed explanation in person. "

"That's easy, leader."

Zhou Fengnian was not polite to the leader in front of him and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Actually, I learned this idea from you, Boss. You were in charge of establishing the Computer Research Institute and the Microelectronics Research Institute, and you also built many electronics factories for these two institutes.
Ten years ago, your boss had the idea of ​​integrating R&D forces to catch up, and I am just bringing it up again now."

"Although we have surpassed Amei again, their R&D capabilities are indeed not weak. I have also investigated that a leading company has tens of thousands of employees, not to mention that this is just one company.
Compared to them, the computer factory only has more than 600 people, and even after the merger, there are only more than 6,000 people."

The leader nodded as he listened, took out the plan document and looked at it, listening very attentively.

".The basic strength is so different, and they are unable to coordinate resources and production and R&D capabilities. Even if they surpass Amei this time, they will still be overtaken in the future."

Zhou Fengnian talked for more than an hour and he felt a little thirsty.

After Gu Wenjie noticed it, he went to pour a glass of water for Zhou Fengnian.

Zhou Fengnian took it and took a sip, then continued talking. This time he talked to his leader about the future development of computers.

There are too many industries involved. If they develop now, China will be the world's network center in the future.

But if we fail to develop, we will be giving up our future.

By the time Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, it was almost noon, and he drank two cups of water just to moisten his throat.

Gu Wenjie on the side didn't say a word. Apart from greeting the leader at the beginning, the rest was to pour water for Zhou Fengnian.

"Well said. Thank you for your hard work, Fengnian."

The leader also listened carefully and took in everything Zhou Fengnian said just now. Now he seemed a little tired.

But he continued, "You have a very deep understanding of computers, Gu Wenjie. For things you don't understand, you should ask more professionals for their opinions."

"Yes, yes, leader, you are right."

Gu Wenjie nodded quickly. More than two hours after he entered the room, he finally said the second sentence.

The leader continued, "I think this plan is feasible. When you return to the Fourth Machine Department, please come up with a plan that takes care of multiple parties and properly places the personnel while pooling resources."

After hearing this, Gu Wenjie felt a little confused. If he could settle hundreds of people, he wouldn't have such a headache.

But if he says it’s impossible before even trying, doesn’t that make him seem incompetent?
So Gu Wenjie had no choice but to agree to it and come up with a suitable plan after returning.

"I think we can be more simple and rough. Just demote them two levels."

Zhou Fengnian interrupted and said that he felt that there was no need to hide anything in front of the leader, so he continued

"Their promotion does not conform to the principle of cadre promotion at all. We should simply re-evaluate them and demote those who fail to meet the requirements directly, and then make arrangements.

In fact, I would like to suggest that they go to the countryside, even if they can promote a few greenhouses for the farmers, it would be considered that they are capable. "

When Gu Wenjie heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He automatically filtered out Zhou Fengnian's latter words, but the former ones were quite feasible.

After examining their qualifications, those who are unqualified will be demoted or even sent back to their original positions; there will be much less resistance when making further arrangements.

To place hundreds of cadres and hundreds of clerks are two different things.

(End of this chapter)