Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 256 Promotion Approval (Subscription Request)

"Dad, grandpa is here, please come out for a moment."

In the study, Zhou Fengnian was planning a program for the development of wireless communications when he heard his son shouting outside. He then put down his pen, stood up and walked outside.

When he went out, he saw Zhou Fugui pushing a bicycle with a box in his hand, and was stuffing something into Zhou Xianyang's hands.

Zhou Fengnian stepped forward and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?"

"Hey, my grandson got admitted to the best university in the country. Should I give him something?"

Zhou Fugui grinned and said, "This bicycle and this watch are all prepared for Xianyang. We can't let Xianyang lose face when he goes to school."

"Okay, Dad, you are so particular. Let me see it. Wow, it's better than my watch. How about Xian Yang wear my watch and let me wear this one."

Zhou Fengnian opened the box and saw a brand new Shanghai watch inside. It was much better looking than the watch he had worn for more than ten years.

"I tutored my son in college, so it's not too much for me to charge him some tuition, right?"

Zhou Fugui rushed over and grabbed it: "How dare you, as a father, snatch something from my grandson? Give it to me!"

After Zhou Xianyang took the watch and the bicycle, he grinned and said, "Thank you, Grandpa. My father didn't give me any gifts."

Not to mention gifts, when he was a child, apart from the meager pocket money he had, even if he wanted more, he had to help Zhou Fengnian copy books.

At that time, Zhou Xianyang was very popular in school and often helped students in need, showing his "chivalrous" spirit. However, after returning home, he started copying books with great effort because of the shortage of pocket money.

But he also has good handwriting.

"First, I taught you how to go to college, so you should give me a gift. Second, I am a professor at Tsinghua University, so you should still give me a gift. Third."

"Don't be third. You're blocking my grandson from testing the car!"

"You gave him a luxurious outfit, more luxurious than mine."

Zhou Fengnian said angrily that he had no intention of snatching things from his son, but when he turned around, he saw his two nephews standing aside with envious looks on their faces.

Today Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui wanted to find Zhou Xianyang to go shopping, but they happened to meet the old man coming to the city.

"Dad, I want to tell you something."

After Zhou Fengnian called Zhou's father into the house, he asked, "Didn't you bring some gifts for the other two grandchildren? Not bicycles, two pairs of shoes will do."

"They... I was so happy that I forgot about them. How about I go out and buy some now?"

When Zhou Fugui was reminded of this, he also remembered that he had two older grandsons, and said with some regret.

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Go ahead, buy whatever you want. You don't need any money anyway, so why would you do that? I was just about to say that you don't need any money anymore."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhou's father reaching out to him; now this old man must have more money than their family, as Zhou Fengnian's family had less than two thousand in savings.

Zhou's father said confidently, "I have money, but no tickets. Give me some industrial coupons, and I will buy them some watches and a pair of shoes for each of them."

"Dad, you really know how to ask your son for tickets. You just took away our family's expenses for half a year."

Although Zhou Fengnian said this, he still went back to the house, found the iron box containing the banknotes from the cabinet, and then took out some industrial coupons and cloth coupons.

Just tell Zhou Yan about it in the evening. She will no longer be responsible for the expenses related to business.

When they first got married, his wife was indeed a housekeeper. Later, her salary increased, and now Zhou Yan's own salary is almost over 100 yuan, so she doesn't care much about savings.

After getting the industrial certificate, Zhou's father took his three grandsons with him and set out, preparing to buy a watch for Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui as well.

The bicycle was gone, after all, it was a reward for getting into college.

But buying a pair of shoes for each of the three grandsons is not considered partiality; as for the granddaughter, she will also get one when she is taking the college entrance examination!
After Zhou's father and Zhou Xianyang and others left, Zhou Fengnian returned to his study and continued to plan the direction of his radio development.

The next ten years or so will definitely be a period of vigorous development for wireless communications, not only in the civilian market but also in the military.

However, the speed pass war eleven years later will definitely shock the country.

Their computers are so advanced and the Internet is slowly spreading, and they are now considering building a government website.

It would be a pity if such a good man did not adapt to informatization in advance.

Zhou Fengnian had no plans to touch the military. Next year or the year after, after the factories responsible for the civilian market earned enough funds, he would build a few more factories.

As for the factories that produce drones and other things, he will directly hand over the decision on how to use them when the time comes.

Anyway, the technological achievements he produced can be used in war. If combined with computers, it will be enough for the current military to understand informationized warfare in advance.

At the Qianmen Police Station, a director came in angrily. After entering, he ignored everyone and went straight to the director's office and pushed the door open and walked in.

"Lao Zhang, I can't persuade you now, right? Why don't you let him go when I asked you to?

Not only are you not releasing him, you are also planning to send him to court?"

"Director Li, you're here?"

Director Zhang said with a smile, then seeing that Director Li still looked unhappy, he stood up and poured him a glass of water, then continued

"Director Li, we really can't let him go. They're asking us to punish him severely. They've even called me."

It was originally a trivial matter, at least in the eyes of Director Zhang.

The city's population is increasing, and they are all young people who have returned from the countryside. They have no jobs and wander around the streets all day, and quarrels and fights break out from time to time.

In their view, this incident was just one party trying to take advantage of the situation and started a fight with the other party.

It turned out that those four guys were cowards. They were beaten down even though they were outnumbered four by one, and then they were sent to the police station.

Normally they just see how serious the situation is. For cases like this where it's just a fight and nothing else, they'll usually release them after two days to save space and food.

But they couldn't resist the call the next day, and then two days later, another call came in.

The two phone calls were more serious than each other. They really didn't dare to release the person, so they had to handle the matter in a businesslike manner.

"Who's calling?"

"Don't ask me anymore. They are all bigger than each other. I can only say that I can't afford to offend them. If Director Chen asks, I will tell him."

While speaking, Director Zhang gestured with his hand; as for whether his leader could understand it or not, Director Zhang didn't care.

The position and treatment are both very high, and they can crush him to death. After seeing this, Director Li's heart skipped a beat. In the public security department of Sijiu City, there is only one director named Chen, who is much higher than him as the director of the branch.

"Lao Zhang, you didn't fool me? Are you really that powerful?"

"Why did I fool you? For such a small matter, I kept them in jail for so many days? And then sent them to court?"

Director Zhang shook his head and said, "I really can't let them go. Director Li, if they have the ability, ask them to find a solution somewhere else.

It’s not that I won’t help you, but unless you give me a formal document to release him, if I release him today, I might be the one to be dealt with tomorrow.”

Even though he was under the jurisdiction of the branch, he was released with just one word; on the first day, the four of them left, and on the second day, he packed up and left.

Unless the branch takes over the responsibility and issues a formal document notification, he will definitely not do anything.

"Okay, I know about this, but let me see the file."

Director Li sighed inwardly. This was the last thing he could do to help. He would ignore the rest.

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Ministry of Foreign Trade. Just a few days later, Consul Inoue came again.

And this time he didn't come alone, he brought two other people with him, who were specifically responsible for trade import and export.

Director Li received them with a smile. After they sat down and brought the tea, he asked, "Consul Inoue, it seems you have made a decision?"

"Yes, Mr. Li, we have decided to purchase three second-generation Shenzhou machines, but we must add a condition that you guarantee that there will be no downgrade plan for the supercomputers sold to us."

Consul Inoue's words made Director Li curse in his heart.

But he still smiled and said, "Okay, that's no problem, it can be written into the agreement."

"Also, regarding the price, I wonder if you have any more."

"I'm sorry, Consul Inoue, there is no room for negotiation on the price. If you haven't made a decision yet, why don't you discuss it after you return."

Director Li paused for a moment and continued, "Even if we sign the agreement now, you will have to wait until the end of next year to deliver the Shenzhouzi II to you, because Aramco and France are one step ahead of you.
And our comrades are reaching out to people in other countries, Consul Inoue."

"What? How could it be so fast!?"

Consul Inoue was shocked when he heard this, and then he cursed those idiots in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his heart. If they hadn't wasted time, would they have been overtaken by others?

"Please wait a moment, Li-san."

After Consul Inoue finished speaking, he pulled the two people he brought with him to the side and whispered to each other in Japanese.

The three of them discussed a lot, mostly Inoue saying something with an anxious look on his face, and the other two nodding in agreement.

After the meeting was over, Consul Inoue said solemnly, "We have decided and can sign a formal agreement, Mr. Li."

The third export order was negotiated in this way, and Director Li agreed with a smile on his face.

All in all, Xiaori purchased the most. Amy and France only purchased two each. They may think that they can develop a second-generation aircraft that surpasses the Shenzhouzi.

What they buy now is just to take back for reference and research, and to use excessively; given the pride of these two countries, they will definitely not admit that they are going to use the supercomputers bought from China.

There were five countries still in negotiations, one of which was a country in the same camp with a relatively weak industrial base.

The Foreign Trade Department knew exactly who they were buying for, and had no intention of selling it to them.

Unless you exchange it for nuclear submarine technology or confidential technology of the same level.
The other orders have basically been negotiated, and the Shenzhou Computer Factory seems to have received a generous export order.

A total of 16 Shenzhou II aircraft were sold, with export orders worth US$400 million.

Moreover, this is the output value created by two workshops, and there is no backlog in the production of the third-generation Shenzhou personal computers.

All in all, Shenzhou Computer Factory has earned more than 200 million US dollars in foreign exchange this year.

The veritable largest manufacturer in China!

When the news was reported to him, he was shocked.

After reading it, Li Hetong looked at Bai Yongkang helplessly and asked, "Comrade Yongkang, you have finally completed the task for next year."

Although he did not plan to export too many Shenzhou II-generation aircraft at the beginning, when he saw this string of numbers, Li Hetong swallowed back his previous words.

The country is short of money, especially foreign exchange. What has made him angry recently are those ungrateful monkeys in Southeast Asia, who have received so much aid from them but are now turning their backs on them.

At this time, foreign exchange becomes extremely important. Four hundred million US dollars can do a lot of things after excluding the manufacturing costs.

"Li Hetong, this is because their computer factory is very capable. If they didn't have good products, we wouldn't be able to get this order even if we talked our mouths off."

"I know that Commissioner Zhou was anxious about the funding, and he and Comrade Wenjie had a quarrel. But fortunately, they were just arguing because of anxiety, and their relationship is still good."

Li Hetong said with a smile that he saw what Gu Wenjie handed in today.

However, unexpectedly, Zhou Fengnian himself refused last year, with the reason that the Shenzhou Computer Factory was not developing well and that his research would slow down if he left, so the project did not come to fruition.

Li Hetong was also a little surprised at the time. He didn't expect that there would be someone unwilling to be promoted. However, when he saw that it was Zhou Fengnian, he nodded.

Zhou Fengnian's treatment was originally better than that of many people. After being promoted, there was nothing much else except a little more power.

But Zhou Fengnian happened to be the type who did not like to increase his power. His file showed that he had served as deputy director, director, and concurrently as secretary, and he was evaluated as being focused on technology.

It's basically just leaving other things to others and just going through the process yourself.

Not really being lazy, after all, Zhou Fengnian was not taking a rest, but was busy with other things.

"I'm a little regretful now. I agreed to it too early. The department wants 10% and the computer factory wants another 10%. Comrade Wenjie is also very smart. He brought Comrade Yifeng to confirm with me."

Li Hetong said with some regret that if there was no third person, he could pretend not to know, but it was too late to regret now.

"That's all. Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Yongkang."

After Li Hetong finished speaking, he wrote his approval on Zhou Fengnian's promotion report.

However, he planned to wait for a while until the third-generation supercomputer was completed before handing the document over to the Organization Department.

(End of this chapter)