Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 253: 'Sale' of the Second Generation Machine (Subscription Request)

"Okay, that's fine, you can do this."

After visiting the Shenzhou Computer production line and the manufacturing workshop of the Shenzhou Son third-generation aircraft, Gu Wenjie said with a smile on his face.

"Fengnian, I always thought you were a technician, but I didn't expect you to be good at management."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "Old Gu, there's no need to flatter me. Most of the factory's affairs are managed by the three deputy factory directors and Secretary Ge. I am responsible for technological innovation and optimization, and from time to time I urge the factory to provide some benefits to the workers.
The workers just respected me so much, maybe it was because I said I would build a second tube building in five years."

The tube-shaped buildings will be allocated every five years. After hearing such a promise, which worker would not admire a factory director like Zhou Fengnian?

What's more, the workers' performance is getting better and better. Although the basic salary has not changed much, the subsidies and overtime pay have increased, and the salary they received this year is more than last year.

"It seems that the production capacity has reached its limit. The production efficiency is a bit low. It would be better if it could be faster."

After hearing what Gu Wenjie said, Zhou Fengnian immediately said: "Build a new factory, I have prepared the plan. You can learn some basics with domestic subsidized computers, even if the performance of the computer is lower.

In this way, we can build a new factory, produce computers and sell them to domestic high schools at a subsidized rate, and also train a group of skilled workers."

Zhou Fengnian said this, sighed and said: "What a pity, there is no money. Lao Gu, I want to let the factory have some profitable side businesses."

"No, don't think that this is just a one-time thing. Production is so urgent now. We can't delay the export orders. Let's go to the office and talk."

Gu Wenjie originally wanted to talk about the supercomputer, but there were too many people around and the news was not confirmed yet, so he couldn't tell everyone.

So he called Zhou Fengnian back to the office.

Although the other deputy factory directors and Secretary Ge were curious, they did not dare to follow until Minister Gu spoke.

Even though Minister Gu and Zhou Fengnian spoke in a friendly tone, to them, he was a senior leader who was almost ten levels lower than them.

After arriving at Zhou Fengnian's office, Pan Heng poured him some tea and left the room.

Gu Wenjie then spoke up and said, "The deputy leader has already agreed to sell the supercomputer. He originally said that he would bring up the matter after the third-generation Shenzhou Son machine is completed.

But today I saw that the third-generation aircraft is almost ready, so I guarantee you when I go back that the third-generation aircraft of Shenzhou Son will definitely be completed, and the sale of the second-generation aircraft has been facilitated recently."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian was very surprised and asked: "Old Gu, what happened this time?"

"Because I believe in you, Zhou Fengnian, the father of computers in our country. Please don't let me down and lose my job!"

Gu Wenjie smiled and made a joke, then got down to business: "The deputy leader said that your factory should keep one tenth of the money from exporting supercomputers."

"One tenth? How much do we have to sell it for to cover the future development? We originally planned to sell a supercomputer for 18 million, but now we have to sell it for 25 million!"

After thinking for a while, Zhou Fengnian continued, "Lao Gu, find a few more countries, contact Amei, Xiaorizi, Lao Maozi, France, Bangzi, and West Germany!
It would be best to sell them both!"

"A good harvest!? Wait a minute."

Gu Wenjie quickly said: "Even if you want to make money, you can't do it this way. Do you want to sell to all countries? Even if we contact them, they may not buy it.

Especially since several of these countries are doing their own research.”

"If they weren't developing their own supercomputer, I wouldn't have planned to sell it. If they could buy the world's best supercomputer off the shelf, they wouldn't have to go through the trouble of developing their own.

Without your own scientific research capabilities, you will be at our mercy in the future."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said, "Besides, while they haven't achieved any results yet, we should quickly sell our 'world's number one'. If it becomes the world's number two, it won't be worth so much money."

"Is your factory's productivity sufficient? I remember you can only produce four or five units a year."

“Is it enough? Just accept the order first. Besides, we can expand only after we have achieved results!

If they change their mind and don't want it, we can still earn some money from the order and the penalty fee. Will we lose money?"

Zhou Fengnian now does not regard foreigners as human beings. He will try to cheat them as much as possible. As for maintaining friendly relations between countries, that is the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade. He is only responsible for earning foreign exchange.

If you are not in your position, you will not seek your government.

"Too radical, too radical. I think we should take it slow. Besides, it's like a fire sale. People will definitely figure out the problem."

Gu Wenjie quickly shook his head. He felt it was unreliable as soon as he heard it, so it would be better to take it slow.

"Besides, Fengnian, this matter is the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, we have no say in it."

"Old Gu, do you still think I'm the former small factory manager? It's true that the Foreign Trade Department makes the decision, but we have a lot of advisory power, and we are the ones who 'sell' the goods."

Zhou Fengnian curled his lips and said that if his memory was correct, Amei would have made a significant breakthrough in supercomputers in a few years.

When Amy makes a breakthrough in supercomputers, they still want to sell the world's first supercomputer?
It will definitely be a big discount.

Now Amei has also obtained a lot of Shenzhou personal computers. Although there is a big difference between personal computers and supercomputers, there is no guarantee that they will have any inspiration or breakthroughs.

Ami's technological foundation is much stronger than China's. The reason why it has not caught up with China in computers is because Zhou Fengnian has been taking shortcuts.

Later, under Zhou Fengnian's insistence, Gu Wenjie agreed to this unreliable request.

The main reason is that supercomputers are China's "national treasures", and they are selling supercomputers to seven or eight countries like selling rotten fruit.
It would be fine if the news of Shenzhou's third-generation aircraft was leaked, but they still have to conceal this news.

In this case, in the eyes of some of their own comrades, the actions of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building were suspected of being treasonous.

But Gu Wenjie also understood Zhou Fengnian's idea. There is a huge gap between the world's number one and the world's number two. If they sell the world's number two, they will lose more foreign exchange.

Without telling some people in the country and bearing some criticism, Gu Wenjie was quickly persuaded. However, the main reason for his wavering position might be that the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building was too poor.

For such a large ministry, the amount of financial funds approved last time was not as much as that of the Shenzhou Computer Factory.

This time the deputy leader said that their Fourth Ministry of Machine Building could also retain 10%, which was the main reason for their interest.

If fifteen supercomputers were sold as Zhou Fengnian said, and if they could be sold at the price he mentioned, the profit from the supercomputers would be frighteningly high.

The cost of a Shenzhouzi II aircraft is about 4 million US dollars, but they decided to sell it for 25 million US dollars.

If they can really reach an agreement, the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building can keep 70 million RMB, and the Shenzhou Computer Factory can also keep 70 million RMB.

This amount of financial funding is unprecedented.

When Gu Wenjie got on the car and left the Shenzhou Computer Factory, his hands were still nervously pinching his pants.

He felt that the deputy leader might not have expected Zhou Fengnian to be so "crazy". He probably thought it was okay for the Shenzhou Computer Factory to sell three or four units, and it would be good to keep some funds for the development of the computer factory.

But when he realized that Shenzhou Computer Factory could get more than 70 million, he must have regretted it very much.

"We need to find the deputy leader first and find a way to implement this promise. At least we need to let Lao Luo know."

Gu Wenjie murmured to himself that it would be too easy for the deputy leader to deny his responsibility if he was the only one involved. However, it was unlikely on paper and the deputy leader would not do such a thing.

But it's okay to let other people hear it. One more person means it's on paper. Right now, the economy is very tight in all parts of the country. Many factories are even in arrears with wages and are just struggling to survive.

And they, a ministry and a factory, can take away 140 million yuan in funds. If other people knew about this, they would be furious.

Zhou Fengnian didn't know that the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building could also retain 10% of its profits as ministry funds, otherwise he wouldn't have to worry about it. All the money could be used to fill the treasury. If the ministry didn't make any efforts, but asked a factory to do so, how could this be justified?

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After a few days, the hot summer weather makes people have no energy to do anything else, and they just want to lie down in bed and take a nap after dinner.

Zhou Fengnian was also lying in a rocking chair, swaying under a tree in the yard, reading a book and resting.

Zhou Fengnian stopped buying books for many years, but recently he started buying books again.

I went to the recycling station several times when I had free time and bought some books that would improve my skills.

What Zhou Fengnian valued most was a Taoist book on cultivation, but the skill he learned from it was not qigong or something like that, but a physical fitness technique.

The movements are coordinated with breathing, which can exercise the whole body, regulate the heart and lungs, strengthen the body and so on. It is similar to radio gymnastics, but the effect is better than radio gymnastics.

After Zhou Fengnian trained his skills to level three, he could feel that exercising twice a day had a significant impact on his health.

So he wrote down this set of physical fitness techniques and also wrote down the corresponding breathing techniques.

After passing it to the whole family, I also told them to take it once in the morning and once in the evening, without missing a day.

Zhou Fengnian's advice is basically like an "imperial order" at home. He seldom gives advice to others, but every advice he gives is definitely good and should not be ignored.

Therefore, my parents and two brothers-in-law who lived far away in Hongjia Village attached great importance to it.

Now the physical fitness technique is only at level three. When it is upgraded to level eight or above, the effect may be even stronger. The breathing and movements will also change. At that time, Zhou Fengnian will pass the new physical fitness technique to them.

"Zhou Xianyang!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and shouting outside. Zhou Fengnian, who was in the backyard, heard it and got up from the rattan chair and walked towards the front yard.

Zhou Xianyang is out. He has no classes and nothing to do recently, so he goes out every day.

After arriving at the front yard and opening the door, Zhou Fengnian saw that the person who came was the postman. He guessed in his heart and said, "Comrade, I am Zhou Xianyang's father. I can collect anything he has."

"I see. This is Comrade Zhou Xianyang's admission letter. You just need to stamp it or sign your name."

The postman is also an old man in charge of this area. He has passed by this compound several times and has seen Zhou Fengnian riding in a car.

Knowing that Zhou Fengnian lived here, I handed the admission letter to him with confidence.

Zhou Fengnian took it, opened it, and immediately said with a smile: "Good boy, you really passed the exam."

The postman saw this and said enviously, "Congratulations, comrade, your son has become a college student."

"Nothing, nothing. By the way, comrade, I want to ask if anyone else in Nanluoguxiang has been admitted to university?"

The postman shook his head and said, "Notices are usually sent out around this time, with a difference of a few days. Nanluoguxiang is the last batch, and there is no one else except Comrade Zhou Xianyang."

"Is that so? Thank you for your hard work, comrade."

After Zhou Fengnian thanked him again, he took the admission letter and went back; it seemed that his two nephews really did not get into university, which was a pity.

After returning, Zhou Fengnian first called the fertilizer factory in Hongjia Village to report the good news.

When Zhou's father heard this, he was so happy that he wanted to take some time to go to the city to give his beloved grandson some gifts.

The old couple saved a lot of money in the past two years, and they must have several thousand yuan in assets. Last time, when the fifth sister Zhou Xiaomei was admitted to university, Zhou's father gave her a big gift.

This time Zhou Xianyang was admitted to Tsinghua University. I guess his grandfather Zhou Fugui will give him whatever he wants.

Even if it required three turns and one ring, Zhou Fugui would buy it without blinking an eye.

Zhou Yan went out shopping, and when she came back she saw Zhou Xianyang's admission letter.

I was so happy that I immediately took the money and went out, not caring about the heat, and ran outside, planning to buy some good snacks for the evening.

After a while, Zhou Xianyang suddenly returned home, found Zhou Fengnian, and said impatiently: "Dad, I want to make money!"

"what?"

Before Zhou Fengnian told his son about his admission to university, he heard his son say so, so he asked in confusion: "You're not going to university? You finally got in."

"I got into college?"

Zhou Xianyang was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the admission letter and his excitement slowly calmed down.

He was so anxious just now that he forgot that he was still preparing for the college entrance examination.

"Why do you suddenly want to make money? Do you have no money to spend? Our family is not short of money either."

Zhou Fengnian asked curiously, "Did Qing'an tell you anything?"

"Ah? Dad, how did you know?"

Zhou Xianyang felt embarrassed and shy after his true feelings were exposed.

"Your mother also knows about it. She wanted to discuss the marriage with your Aunt Bai, but she persuaded me to stop. Now it seems that Qing'an doesn't like you?"

“It’s not that I didn’t like her. After she knew I liked her, she didn’t reject me.

It’s just that she thinks you won’t agree because the age gap is too big, and now I’m using your money for food and clothes, so.”

Zhou Xianyang had nothing to hide from his father, especially since he was a child, he got along very well with his father, and they had a relationship that was like both father and friend.

"Indeed, the difference between you two is quite big. She is a beautiful girl in the art troupe and has been making money for a long time, while you have to eat and wear everything at home."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, then he slapped the admission letter in front of Zhou Xianyang and continued

"But it's different now. If you become a worker, you have to work your way up in levels. A promotion every three years is considered fast. Although you can make money, the gap between you and Bai Qingan will become bigger and bigger.

This is something that can narrow the gap between you. After graduating from university, you will be a cadre reserve, and you will be equal to Qing'an.

If she performs very well, she can be promoted to a higher level in one or two years and directly surpass Qing An."

Even if you don't want to be an official, it's never too late to engage in academic research or do business.

Seeing his son lowering his head in thought, Zhou Fengnian continued, "I am just giving you some advice. You have to make your own decision."

(End of this chapter)