Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 259 Meeting to put out the fire (Subscription required)
"Brothers, let me tell you, there are many rich people in our school. After all, this is the second year of the college entrance examination, and those who can pass the exam usually have good family conditions.
At least there should be books to review, and I was able to find books to review last year, you think."

"So if you want to earn some pocket money, university is the most convenient place. There are so many ways to do it. I'll just pick a simple one, selling fried peanuts. 90% of people love to eat them. Is that okay?"

"I have the channels to get a batch of peanuts, and I can also find a place. I can even get the formula. Let's team up."

Zhou Fengnian stood at the door of the dormitory, listening to his son giving a speech that sounded like a pyramid scheme leader, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

The ideas he had given to his second brother Zhou Jiaan some time ago have now been used by his son.

And the channel he mentioned should be from his father's side; now Zhou Fugui has a lot of influence in Sanshui Commune, and he can even contact other communes in Changping, so it is easy for him to get some peanuts.

However, according to this kid's idea, it is feasible, but it is easy to be reported.

When there is no policy from above that does not allow individual businesses, this cannot be done; it can only be done if the above ambiguously promotes this kind of thing.

Otherwise, Tsinghua University would have taken action and crushed him to death. Zhou Fengnian slapped his face; he just thought his son was quite smart, but now it seems he needs more practice!
But when Zhou Fengnian was about to push the door open, he suddenly heard Zhou Xianyang say
"Let's go find the school cafeteria, take advantage of the public reputation, negotiate a window or something, and provide fried peanuts every day. Do you think this is feasible?"

Zhou Fengnian was stunned. Taking advantage of the public's interests could reduce the danger to the lowest level, but it was not easy to take advantage of the public's interests.

But that is for others. If it were Zhou Xianyang, it would really be possible.

However, Zhou Fengnian didn't intend to listen any longer, so he knocked on the door directly. The sound in the house stopped abruptly, and the door opened soon after.

It was Zhou Xianyang who opened the door. When he saw Zhou Fengnian outside, he was shocked and asked in a lost voice: "Dad, why are you here?"

"I came to see you, and happened to hear your 'bold words'. I listened outside the door for a while."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and asked, "Why, are you short of money?"

"No. You come in first."

Zhou Xianyang saw that there were a lot of people coming and going in the dormitory corridor, so he stepped aside to let Zhou Fengnian enter the dormitory.

After Zhou Fengnian came in, Zhou Xianyang introduced him to the others: "This is my dad, he came to see me suddenly."

"Are you Professor Zhou Fengnian!?"

One of the students suddenly stood up in surprise and said, "I saw your picture on the faculty wall of our college!"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "That's me. I will also come to the School of Computer Science to teach in the next semester. If you are interested in computers, you can come and audit the class."

The other three said excitedly, "Professor Zhou, we will definitely go."

"Yes, Professor Zhou, we are both students of the School of Computer Science."

"That's right, I will definitely not miss any class by then."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Xianyang is the youngest child. Please bear with me if he makes any mistakes."

It’s no joke that the college students from previous years were a mix of old, middle-aged and young people. Except for Zhou Xianyang, the others in this dormitory are in their twenties or thirties, and the oldest one looks older than him.

"How could that be, Professor Zhou? Although Xian Yang is young, he always thinks about us. He just sold fried peanuts."

One of the students began to explain for Zhou Xianyang anxiously.

After hearing the explanation, Zhou Fengnian finally understood what was going on; his son was not short of money, but he knew that two of his three roommates were married and had families, and the oldest child was only five years old, and their lives were very poor.

Although he received a subsidy after being admitted to university, it was only enough for him at most. On the contrary, their family lacked a strong laborer, and their lives became increasingly difficult.

After Zhou Xianyang knew about this, he gave them some advice, and taught them to make some money to supplement their family income without affecting their studies.

After listening to this, Zhou Fengnian patted Zhou Xianyang on the shoulder and said, "That's a good idea. Go discuss it with your uncle. If the school doesn't allow it, don't do it."

Afterwards, Zhou Fengnian talked to Zhou Xianyang’s other three roommates, encouraged them for a while, and then called Zhou Xianyang out.

After coming out, Zhou Xianyang said with an unhappy look on his face: "Dad, why did you come to school? Now they will all know."

"Please go back and tell them. As long as your roommates don't tell anyone, no one will know."

Zhou Fengnian sighed and continued, "Besides, I have to come. If I don't come to see you, your mother won't let me sleep peacefully.
You can go back once a week, even if it's just to chat with her for ten minutes, otherwise your mother might come to see you at school."

When Zhou Xianyang thought of his mother coming to the school to ask about his well-being and calling him "baby", he suddenly felt a strong desire to reject her.

So he quickly said, "I know, Dad, I will definitely go home this week."

"Okay, you can decide for yourself. If you are unsure, come to me. But don't get locked up. I don't want to go to jail to get you out."

Zhou Fengnian was afraid that his son would be stubborn, so he thought about it and gave him a thorough warning, saying: "If the school doesn't allow you to do it, then think of other ways. If there is no policy from above, then don't be a self-employed person. Otherwise, if you are caught, you will be convicted, even if it's one day earlier."

Zhou Xianyang waved his hand and said, "I know, Dad, your son never commits a crime!"

Afterwards, Zhou Fengnian gave Zhou Xianyang some more money and went back to see Dean Pang.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Fengnian confirmed his class time and went back to the factory.

There have been a lot of things happening recently. Just the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft involves a lot of things.

So far, Zhou Fengnian has only solved the problems of power endurance, stealth materials and data transmission. It is already highly efficient that he was able to come up with the complete technology within two months.

On the other hand, Zhou Fengnian's report proposal was also taken out separately and re-summarized.

It was also sent as a subject to many soldiers in the army.

Titles like "On the role of information technology in modern warfare" and so on are a bit like giving questions to other soldiers.

After discussing the idea of ​​using high technology to replace the peasant spies of decades ago, the leaders above felt that there was great potential.

As long as it is developed, those tunnel warfare and ambush warfare will probably be of no use.

Even if you cover yourself with a layer of soil and wrap yourself tightly with grass and trees, can you still hide when scanned by infrared sensors?

It can be said that many of the high-tech technologies in this plan, if applied to war, will definitely change the tactics they are currently good at.

This is worthy of careful discussion, so the leaders above will single out a few sentences mentioned in Zhou Fengnian's proposal for special discussion.

There was no objection to Zhou Fengnian's arrangement, and some even thought it was too slow, and there was no need to delay it for several months, so he could take office directly. Even if he couldn't take office, he could just build the factory first. Even if he wasn't in that position, he had to make something for them to see.

Otherwise, everyone can talk about theory. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, they can also say that they carry a small nuclear bomb and throw it directly at the enemy after the war breaks out, killing the enemy on the spot.

However, these remarks were suppressed by the deputy leader and the work continued according to the original schedule.

Supercomputers are also very important. The reason why they export so many second-generation computers is because they will soon have third-generation computers.

If the Shenzhou's third-generation aircraft fails because of the rush to transfer Zhou Fengnian, the loss would be huge.

The deputy leader’s requirement to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building was that all technical issues must be referred to Zhou Fengnian’s opinions, and important matters must have Zhou Fengnian’s signature.

This was the amount of trust that was placed in Zhou Fengnian before he made any major mistakes.

They must take the opinions of strategic scientists seriously. Without them, the country would not be so confident and might even be threatened by nuclear bombs.

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"Pan Heng, I have a meeting at the department. Please help me clean up my office. Don't move the documents on the table."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he picked up his briefcase and prepared to leave, and asked, "Is the car ready?"

"Security Officer Zhao is already waiting for you downstairs."

"Okay, I'll leave the office to you. I don't feel comfortable letting others take care of it."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he went out to attend a meeting. He almost forgot about the meeting just now. If Pan Heng hadn't come in to remind him, he would have missed it.

As soon as Zhou Fengnian left, Pan Heng saw the books placed randomly in the room and couldn't help scratching his head; there were many books not only on the desk, but also on the sofa.

Fortunately, the bookshelves in Zhou Fengnian’s office were all classified according to standards, so he just had to work a little harder to tidy them up.

On the other side, Zhou Fengnian also rushed to the department in a hurry.

He arrived exactly five minutes before the meeting started, but Zhou Fengnian was still the last one because, apart from him, everyone else worked in the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

After entering the house, Zhou Fengnian said apologetically: "Sorry, I'm a little late again."

Gu Wenjie smiled and said, "It's okay. There are still a few minutes before the meeting starts, so it's not considered late."

After Zhou Fengnian sat down, Gu Wenjie announced: "Then let's start the meeting. Let's continue with the last meeting, about the issue of introducing technical equipment."

The person who made the report this time was not Director Zhao from last time, but someone else.

He made such a big mistake and now he has been transferred. A stable retirement is his best option.

The reporting cadre was replaced by someone from Gu Wenjie's side. This time Zhou Fengnian did not speak, but after listening to everything, he frowned slightly.

Three were reduced, but seven were increased, so the second introduction plan had four more than the last time.

They did ask him this time, but the question was whether these had been developed in the country; Zhou Fengnian answered no, and then they decided to import them all?
Gu Wenjie noticed Zhou Fengnian's frown, so he asked, "Commissioner Zhou, do you have any opinion?"

He did not forget what his deputy leader said, and he should ask Zhou Fengnian for more opinions on technical matters.

"I only have one opinion, but why are there more technical solutions introduced this time than last time?"

After hearing this, Director Liu, who was making the report, said, "Commissioner Zhou, these technologies are lacking in China. If we introduce them at the same time, there will be many benefits..."

"It's good to have discounts, but do we have that much money?"

"The funds will definitely be replenished, so we will adopt the method of paying in batches, developing first and repaying later."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a while based on his memory and the news he had seen during this period and said, "Recently, it seems that many places have responded to the call for introduction. This is a good thing and can supplement our foundation.

But they are rushing to import everything, and they import whatever they need, without considering what to do in the next few years after the introduction."

"We don't have the ones you just mentioned, but what will we do after we introduce them? Build a factory, develop production, and sell to whom?"

Some of the urgently needed ones can be introduced, and it will be of great help to development; even if Zhou Fengnian can do it, it is impossible for him to manage all industries.

But some of them are not necessary at all, and there is no point in introducing them. They are just like pretty decorations. We don’t have them at home, but we can’t use them even if we buy them.

By then, the whole country will be poor and products will not be able to be sold domestically; exporting is possible, after all, domestically manufactured products will be much cheaper, but there are not many export opportunities now.

It is not an irreplaceable product like Shenzhou computers, so there is no need for foreigners to come to China specifically to buy it.

There is a feeling that the cost outweighs the gain, spending precious funds now on useless things that may not be used until ten years later.

But at that time, foreigners had more advanced technology, and what they bought ten years ago was of no use at all.

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Gu Wenjie and Luo Yifeng also thought seriously. What Zhou Fengnian said made sense. They had previously ignored it because they only thought about responding to the call.

Fortunately, with Zhou Fengnian here, this problem can be avoided for the time being.

Their Fourth Ministry of Machine Building had sufficient funding. Although the First Ministry of Machine Building was richer, they also had more responsibilities and were not as relaxed as the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

After all the money for the supercomputer arrived, they suddenly had tens of millions more.

However, this money is not enough to introduce technical equipment. Now that Zhou Fengnian has pointed this out, they do feel that some money should not be spent.

If you introduce it, you will have to endure a few years of no income and continue to invest in technology research and development. You can consider the income after the technology breaks through.
"What Commissioner Zhou said is worthy of attention. When we are developing, we can't just rush forward all the time. We must also pay more attention to the surrounding environment. This is a lesson from history."

After thinking about it, Gu Wenjie quickly set the tone.

They still need to introduce technical equipment, but they have to be more strict and not introduce everything.

Otherwise, he would have to owe money here and continue to invest there. Gu Wenjie felt a headache when he thought of this situation.

He may have to report to his superiors that the imported technical equipment should be strictly examined, or that the local governments should not be given such great power.

Now it's not just them that are introducing capital, all the provinces are doing it, it's like a race, the only difference is some are big and some are small.

(End of this chapter)