Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 248: Plans Prepared in Advance (Subscription Request)
After dinner, Zhou Xianyang and his two brothers went out to play, bringing their younger sisters with them.

The three of them have been running around and playing outside since they were young. Zhou Fengnian is relatively confident in them, and the place they are going is not far away.

After Zhou Fengnian called his eldest and second brothers to the study, he began to talk about his plans.

"Brother, I'm planning to let you open a restaurant. Your cooking skills are very good, much better than those chefs in state-owned restaurants. When self-employed businesses are allowed, you will definitely be able to make money by opening a restaurant.

By then, we can hire a few more skilled chefs and start a chain restaurant. Don't worry about the money. I can come up with 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, and my dad can also give me some money."

Zhou Fengnian spoke up and said that he was now also a substitute member and could perceive the changes in domestic industrial development.

Slowly, except for a few factories related to him, the development of other factories has almost stagnated.

Too many factories were expanded before, and now there is no market, so the products produced cannot be sold.

Unlike the Shenzhou Computer Factory and the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, they can export their excellent products to earn foreign exchange and obtain orders continuously.

But the situation of the Shenzhou Computer Factory was not very good either. The higher-ups were short of money, with more and more money being withheld, and less and less funds being allocated to the computer factory.

If you only milk a cow without giving it grass, even the strongest cow will eventually be squeezed out.

Zhou Fengnian reported this matter to his superiors several times, but was advised not to repair the tube building for the time being.

How could they not repair something that had been promised? Many workers and technicians who were short of housing were waiting for this year's tube-shaped buildings.

Zhou Fengnian even had a quarrel with Gu Wenjie over this, but Gu Wenjie was powerless to do anything about it. The withdrawal of financial funds was a decision from above, and he had no other options.

The Fourth Ministry of Machine Building did not leave much financial funds, and there was a shortage of money in all parts of the country. They could not become independent.

"Third brother, how can I take your money? I still have some. If you need money, just tell me anytime."

When Zhou Weitian saw Zhou Fengnian take out the passbook, he immediately said anxiously that he was sincere in giving money to his third brother, and he knew very well how he got his current good life.

"Brother, listen to me. I have to pay. Otherwise, if I ask you to pay and work hard, and I take half of the money, wouldn't that be pure animal behavior? I can't do this."

Zhou Fengnian spoke in a firm tone, and then said to both of them: "Let me tell you, it is getting harder and harder to rely on the government for food, but I have a lot of things I want to do, and I will definitely need a lot of money in the future.

I know how to make money, but I don’t have the time, so I can only ask you, elder brother and second brother, for help; you must pay money, and you must also leave a portion of the family property to Xianzhe and Xianrui. "

Only after hearing about their children did Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan stop talking.

There are so many things Zhou Fengnian wants to study. In the past two years, he has improved his medical skills to level eight, and even his abilities related to biopharmaceuticals have been improved to a very high level.

If he had the funds and equipment, he would like to develop a series of therapeutic drugs. He has also accumulated a lot of simulation spaces, and Zhou Fengnian is confident that he can develop the terminal illness drugs he used to.

It just requires money, and in the early stages it might cost several million or even tens of millions, and this was in the 1980s and 1990s.

"Brother, you can open a hot pot restaurant. You don't need any skills for that. You can also try processing side dishes, such as frying melon seeds and peanuts. I think the latter will make more money if you open a big one."

Zhou Fengnian paused and continued, "Actually, I would like you to open an electrical appliance factory, but next year at most individual businesses will be allowed, and it may take several years to set up a factory.

It's just a good time to save up some capital. When you are allowed, I will give you the technology. The electrical products you produce will definitely be more popular than the portable music player."

After hearing this, Zhou Jiaan smiled and said, "Third brother, I will listen to you."

As the second oldest brother, he knew best his third younger brother's ability. If his brother was better than the portable karaoke player, he could potentially make millions, or even tens of millions, a month.

"Okay, then we have to make preparations first. I have discussed the money with Zhou Yan, so you don't have to worry about it."

Zhou Fengnian said, "I will take out the money later and buy two bigger houses first. Brother, please try to find out about the private shops nearby.

Second brother, just try to find a big yard. You are selling fried food, so when you are done, you can just find a street vendor to sell it."

"With the remaining money, we will buy the tools we need in advance. We will buy them slowly so that no one else will notice. Once the policy is announced, we will recruit people and start working."

With nimble hands and feet, he can fry one or two thousand kilograms a day. Even if he only makes two or three cents per kilogram, he can still earn forty or fifty yuan a day.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian asked his second brother to buy a bigger place, and he didn't plan to fry only one or two thousand kilograms; he provided the recipe and the skills, and his second brother hired two people to watch over, and it would be fine to fry five or six thousand kilograms.

Hundreds a day is not a dream.

The sale and purchase of houses is still prohibited now, at least on the surface. In the past ten years, the Housing Management Bureau has only completed less than ten sales and transfers.

Those transactions were all between public and public, and there was not a single private-to-private transaction. They simply refused to do it.

However, there are still some private transactions, such as the two-story house that Zhou Fengnian bought before, which has the title deed, the IOU of the original owner, and the certificate of voluntary abandonment by the original owner.

I have all kinds of certificates, but I haven't gone to transfer the ownership or replace the title deed.

When things are gradually opened up, you can go directly to the housing management office to exchange the property deeds.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Third Brother."

Zhou Weitian said, "But this house is still yours, we're just using it for a while."

"Yes, big brother is right about this."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whose it is, they are just two houses."

Even though Siheyuan will be worth 100 million or 200 million in the future, his two brothers will definitely not look down on that 100 million or 200 million by then. Even with his support, can't it develop into a 10 billion group?
Hundreds of billions are an understatement. If it’s less than one hundred billion, we are being targeted.

After taking out the money, Zhou Fengnian left one thousand yuan for his own family and gave 22,000 yuan each to his eldest and second sons so that they could buy houses and business items.

If the 20,000 yuan is not enough, Zhou Fengnian will call his father and get some money from him.

He told Zhou Yan about this matter. Zhou Yan trusted her man very much, and she didn't care much about money.

She and Zhou Fengnian earn a combined total of more than 400 yuan a month, and usually deposit 1,000 yuan into the bank every three months. She doesn't feel anything just looking at the numbers.

Even if he lost everything this time, he could just save money for a few more years. Besides, Zhou Yan trusted Zhou Fengnian very much. Her man had never failed in anything he did.

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After work starts on Monday.

Early in the morning, Zhou Fengnian arrived at the Shenzhou Computer Factory.

He has devoted a lot of effort to Shenzhou Computer in the past three years, but the third-generation Shenzhou personal computer is not Zhou Fengnian's real effort.

What made Zhou Fengnian work hard were photolithography technology, integrated circuit technology and supercomputers.

The third-generation Shenzhouzi computer is currently under development, with an estimated computing speed of over 80 billion per second.

This is the benefit brought about by the simultaneous breakthroughs in lithography and integrated circuit technology, which has led to a rapid increase in the performance of supercomputers.

It is expected to be manufactured early next year. If successful, its performance will make foreigners feel completely desperate.

The computer company in Ame has been aiming at the second-generation Shenzhou machine and plans to build a supercomputer with performance far exceeding that of the second-generation Shenzhou machine within three years.

But when they climbed over the mountain of Shenzhou's second-generation aircraft, they suddenly discovered that behind them was an even more desperate 'Mount Everest'.

Not long after Zhou Fengnian sat down in the office, Pan Heng knocked on the door and walked in. After putting a document on the table, he said to Zhou Fengnian:

"Leader, after you went back yesterday, the department responded. This is their response."

"Okay, I see."

Zhou Fengnian took it and opened it, frowning immediately: "Why did they even cut the plan to subsidize schools to buy personal computers? This old Gu..."

Pan Heng did not dare to answer and silently watched Zhou Fengnian dial the phone; there were some things Zhou Fengnian could say but he could not answer.

"Old Gu, what's wrong with you? Why are you cutting everything for me? The decision to subsidize the school to purchase computers was made two years ago, and now you're cutting it for me?"

Gu Wenjie on the other end of the phone said, "Fengnian, don't worry. I'll help you report this to the higher-ups. This is not my decision. I was also notified."

"You don't know about the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building? You're also talking to me in an official tone, right? Then tell me who made the decision, and I'll go find him!"

Zhou Fengnian now speaks with confidence. As a substitute member, who can't he meet?
Gu Wenjie said aggrievedly: "It's really not the decision of the ministry. To tell you the truth, after deducting the production costs of your factory and allocating another 5 million to your factory, the ministry will have 7 million left.

Fengnian, your factory is much richer than the ministry now, you must have some left over."

Zhou Fengnian said: "That was to build the tube-shaped building. The workers and technicians worked hard for three years. I can't fail to fulfill my promise."

"I didn't ask you not to fulfill your promise, but the situation is like this. If I transfer money to you again, I won't be able to pay the salaries of the department.
Now the whole country is a big chess game. I know that your Shenzhou Computer Factory has made great contributions, but other places are in a very difficult situation. They have to allocate funds. I went to ask for it but couldn’t get it back. I almost knelt down.”

Zhou Fengnian felt a lump in his throat after hearing this. He sighed and said, "Okay, I'll figure out a way to deal with this myself."

"By the way, Fengnian, that tube building"

"Don't even think about it. The tube-shaped buildings can only be allocated to the workers of the Shenzhou Computer Factory. I have already drawn up a list of names to allocate to them."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

But after hanging up the phone, I was still very angry. I used to eat grass and milk, but now I don’t even want to give you grass.

If he didn't have enough prestige as the factory director, who in the factory would be willing to work overtime to increase production?
"Xiao Pan, please go down first. I'll call you later if I need anything. By the way, please post the room allocation list for public notice."

Zhou Fengnian handed over a list and then reminded: "Some people are definitely dissatisfied. Tell the security department to maintain order and don't let the dissatisfied people cause trouble."

No matter how fair the distribution is, there will always be people who don't get any.

Zhou Fengnian has increased the number of tube-shaped buildings from the original plan of five to eight, and the number of houses from 315 to 504, but more than 4,000 people have signed up.

No matter how he divided it, it would never be enough. He could only try to balance the distribution according to the degree of difficulty and work performance.

After handing this matter over, Zhou Fengnian began to think about other things.

Money! Money!
More than 70% of all current policies are related to money. With money and supplies, people can eat well.

For the time being, Zhou Fengnian only has the 7,000 to 8,000 employees at the Shenzhou Computer Factory and their 30,000 to 40,000 family members on his shoulders. He just needs to take good care of them.

However, the development of computers in China has been a bit bumpy. Now that high schools have resumed classes, Zhou Fengnian wants to subsidize high schools to buy computers.

For each personal computer purchased by a high school for students to take computer classes, the factory will subsidize 600 yuan and the school will only have to pay 300 yuan.

As a result, the decision that was agreed upon two years ago was rejected today by the higher-ups, with the reason being lack of money and the decision being put on hold.

The Shenzhou Computer Factory had just earned nearly $200 million for the domestic market, but it was all gone.

Fortunately, the higher-ups still had some money and didn't deny us even the money for building the tube-shaped building, otherwise Zhou Fengnian would have really come to our door in a car.

Zhou Fengnian was writing a new plan when Pan Heng suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, looking a little unhappy.
"Leader, some workers want to see you. They are outside the door. I can't stop them."

It was natural for the workers to meet the factory director, and Pan Heng had no reason to stop them.

(End of this chapter)