Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 245: Expanding recruitment right after the merger? (Subscription required)

"Okay, Deputy Director Xiao, come back quickly after this is over. We need to discuss this carefully."

After Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone, he could hardly hide the joy on his face.

He quickly calculated in his mind that at this Canton Fair, the Shenzhou Computer Factory had received a huge export order.

The total orders for Shenzhou computers, printers, etc. are nearly 40 million US dollars.

And once the reputation of Shenzhou Computer spreads, people will come to us on their own initiative.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Fengnian wanted to go to the factory immediately, but today was a rest day and no one would be there, so he controlled his temper.

After returning to the main house, Zhou Fengnian smiled and asked Zhou Fugui, "Dad, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's a fertilizer factory. What else could it be? Our fertilizer factory is doing so well."

Zhou Fugui sighed and said, "The leaders in Changping said that the fertilizer plant should be state-owned or something like that."

"That's nonsense. The collective economy has long been determined. Why is there still any need for regulation? They are just jealous."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that he had specifically asked about this when Hongjia Village was asked to develop collective economy.

As long as it is collectively owned, there is no problem. The essence of this matter is the people's commune.

The leaders in Changping are just jealous. The mushroom chili sauce factory belongs to the commune and there are too many people involved, so it may be difficult for them to take action.

But the fertilizer factory is a village-run factory with only a few hundred villagers and one production team. Even if half of it was taken over, what would happen?

"A new leader? You didn't tell him who your son is?"

Zhou Fugui shook his head and said, "Why am I saying that? Our family members won't use your power to mess around."

"Dad, you need to be more flexible. You can use my name in this situation. But they may not be afraid of my identity as the factory director. You can just say that I am a member of the academic department or a first-class chief engineer."

Zhou Fengnian said to his father helplessly that his father was a bit rigid.

If his elder brother encountered such a thing, he would have slammed the table and said to the leader: "You know who my brother is, so and so is not."

Zhou Fengnian would certainly be disgusted by the misuse of his reputation, but fortunately his family members knew their limits. Even Song Weinan never revealed that he was Zhou Fengnian's brother-in-law.

Although his brother-in-law Xu Zhenyu had revealed this, he didn't bother him much except asking him for advice on R&D issues.

Sometimes it's okay to use it. In cases like this, Zhou Fengnian doesn't care about dealing with those cadres and leaders who are looking for trouble.

His family is in the right, so what's the point of borrowing his power?

After Zhou Fengnian's persuasion, Zhou Fugui decided to show off his son to the leader when he returned. If the leader didn't appreciate it, Zhou Fengnian would have to use his connections.

What the hell is this? How dare they do this around the old city?

This kind of thing could have been discussed over the phone, but Zhou's father also wanted to see his grandchildren, so he pedaled his bicycle hard.

At noon, the whole family was called to Zhou Fengnian's house for a meal. Except for Zhou Xiaomei and Xu Zhenyu who lived too far away, the other eldest brother, second brother and fourth sister all lived in Nanluoguxiang, so Zhou Xianyang just had to run errands to get there.

The nanny was not asked to prepare lunch, as preparing food for more than a dozen people would make her very tired. When the eldest brother Zhou Weitian came, he was asked to cook everything.

Now he has the demeanor of a great chef, and has learned all the dishes for Zhou Feng’s annual party and even compiled a recipe.

But his cooking skills are still not as good as Zhou Fengnian's. He has cooked occasionally in the past few years, and his cooking skills have improved by one level in five years. Now he is at level eight, which is almost the level of a first or second level chef.

After dinner, Zhou's father smiled and went to accompany his grandchildren. His purpose of going to the city was to see his grandchildren. Seeking advice from Zhou Fengnian was secondary. They didn't say much.

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Early the next morning.

After Zhou Fengnian arrived at the factory, he informed Pan Heng and asked him to notify other major leaders of the factory to meet at ten o'clock for a meeting.

Then he went to learn about the production situation in the factory.

Now the Shenzhou Computer Factory has gotten on track, and the third Shenzhou Son second-generation machine is already being manufactured, and the task will be completed soon.

There are countries that want to buy supercomputers at this Canton Fair, and they even have the crazy idea of ​​buying the second-generation Shenzhou Son.

This request was directly rejected by Xiao Hua, and even Zhou Fengnian decisively refused after hearing it; who would sell the country's important equipment? They would rather not produce it than sell it to foreign countries.

As for those who wanted to purchase the Shenzhou Son's first generation aircraft, Zhou Fengnian did not insist on it, but reported the matter to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

They have to do whatever the higher-ups decide. Anyway, the first-generation Shenzhou machines are far inferior to the second-generation machines, and there are also supercomputers abroad that are more powerful than the first-generation machines.

I bought the first generation of Shenzhou Zi in my daily life, but it was just a downgraded version.

With the current production efficiency of the Shenzhou Computer Factory, even if they try their best, the annual output is only about 8,000 to 9,000 units. If they are allowed to work overtime, they can produce over 10,000 units, but this is already the limit.

It takes at least two years to complete orders from the Canton Fair.

And once Shenzhou Computer becomes famous, there will definitely be people who will approach the Ministry of Foreign Trade to buy some. Even though there are many orders at the Canton Fair today, less than 20,000 units, if you throw it to all the countries in the world, it won't even make a splash.

After Zhou Fengnian and others learned about the production efficiency of the Shenzhou Computer Factory, they were able to apply to the higher authorities for expansion.

A factory with more than 5,000 employees is considered a large number in the country, but compared with large foreign companies, it is nothing.

Nowadays, the performance of many factories is not very good, and they even have to carefully consider the issue of replacement workers, let alone recruiting people.

The street offices in each district are also under great pressure. There are more and more idle and unemployed people, and even high school graduates have to wait in line.

If a factory decides to expand and recruit people at this time, it will really relieve them of a huge pressure. It is no exaggeration to say that the street office is the savior.

One job can stabilize a family, which has a huge impact.

After visiting each workshop, Zhou Fengnian saw that it was almost time, so he walked towards the meeting room.

Apart from Deputy Director Xiao who was outside, there were only six people in the room.

After Zhou Fengnian entered the room, he smiled and said without beating around the bush: "You are all here. This time we are just meeting. I think you all guessed it. Deputy Director Xiao sent me good news yesterday."

Secretary Ge quickly asked, "Director Zhou, is there any good news from Deputy Director Xiao?"

"Nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy Shenzhou computers, four thousand five hundred printers, optical cables, etc., and the total export orders are over forty-one million U.S. dollars."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, the other five people in the room all looked happy.

This is a great result. We have achieved such outstanding results in the first year after the merger. We should be ranked among the top three in the country.

"But our factory's annual output is only about 8,000 to 9,000 units at most. Even if we allow overtime, we can only produce a little over 10,000 units. That's too slow."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "I have great confidence in ComputerChina. The Canton Fair is just an opportunity to make a name for ourselves. The Foreign Trade Department will definitely receive more orders in the future."

Secretary Ge asked thoughtfully: "Director Zhou, are you saying that we should..."

"Expand. This order is an achievement. The superiors will not refuse. Expand two more workshops to increase production capacity."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he looked at Secretary Ge and the other two deputy factory directors and asked, "What do you think?"

"I think it's possible. The machine tool factory next door has nearly 8,000 employees, and its output value is more than double ours. Our performance is not far behind."

Secretary Ge was the first to agree, but as soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that Zhou Fengnian also came from the machine tool factory, so he quickly said: "Director Zhou, that's not what I meant."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "It's okay, Secretary Ge. I agree with healthy competition. Our computer factory will surpass the machine tool factory sooner or later. I am now the director of the computer factory."

Deputy Directors Chai and Liang also agreed to expand the number of front-line workers. Yan Zhengzhi had no objection. He was even more straightforward than Zhou Fengnian and didn't care about production and management at all.

It is just like when he was in the Computer Research Institute, except that now the situation is reversed and Yan Zhengzhi is solely focused on technology.

"The expansion will not only include frontline workers, but also technical personnel. Deputy Director Liang, please follow up on this matter. Once I report to my superiors and get permission, we will start immediately."

Zhou Fengnian then talked a lot, mainly about production.

Technological innovation is also continuing and has never stopped in this regard. However, when the task is not urgent, Zhou Fengnian asks them to take it slow and there is no need to work overtime.

Moreover, computer manufacturers now have their own program function development groups that specialize in developing functional programs for Shenzhou computers.

Then, Zhou Fengnian said: "The potential of our factory has been fully tapped, and now we are allowed to keep some financial funds for the development of the factory.

I said at the beginning that I promoted the merger of factories in order to develop computers and seek benefits for the workers. Five years. Three years. Within three years, our factory will build a tube-shaped building, and then we will distribute housing!"

"But there is a restriction. They have to be workers and technicians from the Shenzhou Computer Factory. We shouldn't be short of housing, right?"

Zhou Fengnian gave a heads-up in advance and said that among them, the worst-off accommodation was in a three-bedroom apartment, so there was no shortage of accommodation at all.

Even if there are housing quotas, they are used as favors.

However, Zhou Fengnian would not allow this to happen. In the next few years, the workers and technicians in the factory had to focus on production, and the housing benefits were a reward to them.

"Okay, I support Director Zhou's decision."

Secretary Ge said, "We have achieved such good results, and the front-line workers have made great contributions. If we really want to distribute housing, we must add this restriction."

"I agree."

“I agree.”

The two deputy factory directors also agreed, and Yan Zhengzhi had no objection.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Okay, Deputy Director Xiao will probably be back next week. When he comes back, I will go to the higher authorities. Deputy Director Liang, you and Deputy Director Xiao will take care of the production."

"I understand, Director."

(End of this chapter)