Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 270: Unexpected Income, Identity Change (Subscription Request)
The war against the Southern Monkey King came and went quickly.

However, this time, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft were sent to the front line to survey a lot of terrain in advance. While advancing to seize key points, they used unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to obtain intelligence again.

It reduced a lot of casualties and at the same time dealt a heavy blow to the Southern Monkey King.

Often their sentry posts were approached before they even noticed the Chinese soldiers, and then their weapons were either pulled out or blown up by rocket launchers.

This is the benefit of having a hook above your head, but unfortunately this is only the first generation of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

If the drones were equipped with the ability to drop munitions and bombs, the Southern Monkeys would die with regrets, and they would not know who killed them until they died.

After the war, Zhou Fengnian also received a report from the border troops. The higher-ups received the report first, intercepted the part about the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and handed it over to Zhou Fengnian.

He talked about the convenience and benefits of using unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and hoped that such unmanned reconnaissance aircraft could also be used in routine patrols and surveillance.

It is very useful in the mountains and forests. Unless the enemy is wrapped in anti-infrared detection materials, he will not be able to escape the capture of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the mountains and forests.

As for large-scale use, the border troops don't need to tell them about it, as they have already asked Zhou Fengnian to start production.

However, he plans to reduce the production of first-generation drones after the drone factory is built, and invest his energy and resources into the research, development and production of second-generation drones.

The shortcomings of the first generation of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft are still too obvious. In a short period of time, most of the other functions were sacrificed and only the ability of reconnaissance intelligence was strengthened.

The second generation can do even better, and Zhou Fengnian has already summarized the development direction and technical principles and handed them over to the technical department of the drone factory for research.

However, after the war, the domestic economy was on the verge of collapse.

It's not yet time for a war. The main reason is that the previous large-scale introduction has made the central and local finances unhealthy, and some places even introduced the imports with debt.

Now with the war, it is the last straw that breaks the financial burden.

Fortunately, the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building and the Shenzhou Computer Factory had both advanced funds in advance, so the funds for the Shenzhou Computer Factory can last at least four years, and the Shenzhou Computer Factory will develop a new fourth-generation personal computer the year after next.

Then we can export and earn foreign exchange.

However, the domestic economy has to change. The double blow has put it on the brink of collapse. In addition, after establishing diplomatic relations with Aramco, some trade will have to be opened up.

Reform and opening up are inevitable.

dong dong!

When Zhou Fengnian was busy processing the documents reported by the wireless communication department in his office, Wang Mingjie suddenly knocked on the door and asked in a low voice:

"Boss, people from Huaxia Bank and Xinhua Bookstore want to find you. They want to give you the bonus you earned outside."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian quickly remembered that this was his $200,000 bonus, and there had been no movement since he handed it in.

Originally they said they would give the result in a week, but maybe the war against the Southern Monkey broke out, and a bunch of other things delayed it, so it took more than a month before they found him, and Zhou Fengnian almost forgot about it.

"Let them in."

Zhou Fengnian never worried that the country would swallow his money, and the amount was not large, so he never asked about it.

After Wang Mingjie brought the two people in, he went to make two cups of tea before leaving the office.

Director Sun from Huaxia Bank took out a passbook and said embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry, Leader Zhou, we received this money at the beginning of the year.
I'm sorry it took so long to get it to you."

Afterwards, Director Sun handed the passbook to Zhou Fengnian's desk and continued, "I have already calculated one month's interest for you. Keep a record of it."

Zhou Fengnian took a look and saw that there was indeed a huge six-digit sum on it. He put it aside and said with a smile: "It's okay. A few days late is nothing. But Director Sun, who is this person from Xinhua Bookstore that you brought with you?"

"Leader Zhou, I didn't come here with Director Sun. It was just a coincidence that we came to see you together today."

Director Tian from Xinhua Bookstore quickly said, "I'm here for another matter. Someone from Amei Publishing House wants to buy the overseas sales rights for the textbooks you wrote for Tsinghua University."

Zhou Fengnian was startled, then asked, "Shouldn't you be looking for Tsinghua University? Why did you find me?"

Director Tian said: "Amei, the bookseller, approached us, and we approached National Tsing Hua University, but Dean Pang said that since you wrote the textbook, they had no right to interfere, and recommended us to you.

We have sold a lot of your books before, and this time we came to give you the royalties, but Dean Pang said they won’t accept them.”

"That's it"

Zhou Fengnian looked at Dean Tian for a few times and then laughed. How long had it taken for him to come to the door? If he didn't ask, the bookstore would probably just ignore it.

In other words, it was Amei's booksellers who came to them. They could not sell the textbooks written by Zhou Fengnian on their own initiative, so they could only discuss it with him before considering paying the royalties.

Zhou Fengnian pondered over it, it was impossible to keep the textbooks he compiled confidential. They had been sold in bookstores for a long time. If foreigners wanted to read them, they could definitely buy them, but they couldn't sell them openly in their own country.

And there is nothing specific in it, just some basic concepts of programming and more about understanding computers.

What if he refuses and is taken back to China for translation into the US by these idiots?
Zhou Fengnian quickly thought about the pros and cons and said, "I have no problem with this, but I still have to ask first. If it is allowed, how do I sell the copyright?"

Director Tian said: "They have prepared two copies. If you have time, I will bring him here this afternoon?"

At the beginning of the month, they and Amei established an embassy, ​​and soon some foreigners applied to come to Beijing. Now if you walk on the street, you might meet one if you are lucky.

Zhou Fengnian said, "Then please ask Director Tian to bring someone over this afternoon."

He has to ask his leader first whether this thing is feasible. It is still in the stage of exploration and controversy. Once it is finally finalized in a few years, he won't have to be so cautious.

Zhou Fengnian’s speech at Amei caused quite a stir. More than a month has passed, and some people there are still discussing whether Amei is great or powerful.

If we say America is great, what America has done has been done by other countries, so they cannot all be great together; but if we say America is powerful, many people are unwilling to accept that, and the capitalists in the media think it is profitable, so they fan the flames and make the people quarrel for a while.

This made Zhou Fengnian's reputation there more and more popular. Before, Amei's people could only imagine what Zhou Fengnian looked like, but after seeing the real person, they were given many surprises and surprises.

The teaching materials he mentioned in his speech also attracted many people. Publishers who saw business opportunities in them have already come to China to purchase goods.

Zhou Fengnian called the deputy leader to ask about it. After listening to him, the deputy leader said to Zhou Fengnian: "Comrade Fengnian, you can handle this matter as you see fit. Don't be so cautious as to ask about everything."

It means that he is too cautious, but after going through those years, it is normal to be cautious.

In the afternoon, Director Tian from the bookstore really brought a foreigner to see him.

However, Zhou Fengnian met them outside, as foreigners were not allowed to enter important places such as ministries.

When the foreigner met Zhou Fengnian, he greeted him excitedly: "Zhou, I have seen your speech, it is very good, and your understanding of computers exceeds that of anyone else, so I want to bring your ideas back and let more people know you." It sounded nice, but the fundamental purpose was still for the textbook he wrote.

Zhou Fengnian didn't have time to chat with this person, so he went straight to the Amei bookseller to talk about business. It was too troublesome to make a profit, and Zhou Fengnian didn't have time for that, so they finally agreed on a buyout price.

Two hundred thousand dollars, the same prize money Turing awarded him; Zhou Fengnian did not think too much about it. His book was different from those best-selling books, and the price was only the income of a mid-level American writer.

This is because of Zhou Fengnian’s two identities, the creator of Shenzhou Computer and the winner of the Turing Award, plus he has recently caused quite a stir in Amei.

Both parties were interested, and Amei, the bookseller, was also sincere, so with the help of Director Tian, ​​an agreement was signed quickly.

Zhou Fengnian doesn’t have to worry about the follow-up matters. After the money is transferred, Director Tian will send someone to help deliver it, as well as the royalties owed to him by the bookstore.

But it is definitely not much. The royalties he can get in China are probably only a few hundred or a thousand, which is far from the 200,000 yuan that Amei gave him in one go.

After returning home in the evening, Zhou Fengnian told Zhou Yan about this matter again.

After hearing this, Zhou Yan was stunned again with some surprise.

She had just brought home a savings book with 500,000 yuan in it, and then she was told that she might have another 500,000 yuan in a while. In less than a month, she earned almost the output value of a medium-sized factory.

After dinner, the couple washed up and went to bed to rest. Zhou Yan couldn't sleep at this time and asked, "Fengnian, what are you going to do with the money? Just put it in the bank?"

"Leave 100,000 for our family to live on, and take out the rest to invest in the big brother and the second brother to start a factory and do business."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Fengnian continued to say to Zhou Yan: "I want to do a lot of things in the future, which may require a lot of money. If the higher-ups don't allocate funds at that time, I may have to pay for it myself.

So I first supported my eldest and second brothers to develop, as well as my fourth and fifth brothers-in-law; I have reached this position, and it is unlikely that I will resign and start my own business, so I can only let my eldest and second brothers come."

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "It's fine as long as you have an idea. One hundred thousand is a lot of money. We can't use it at all."

Their family has enough food and clothing, and there are people to take care of them at home. When they are sick, they have access to high-ranking cadres' wards, and their travel is all covered. Even if you give them money, I don't know where it goes.

Zhou Fengnian suggested: "How about sending something big to my father-in-law? They have been coming to our house for such a long time."

Zhou Yan frowned slightly after hearing this, but still said, "Then I'll go and have a look some other day. Buy a bicycle?"

Father-in-law Zhou Xiangde is about to retire, but he has often visited his grandson and granddaughter in recent years, and Zhou Yan's older brother and younger brother also often send gifts.

Zhou Yan already has three children. Now when she goes back, she can still have a normal chat with her mother. After all, more than ten years have passed.

Zhou Fengnian said, "Let's add a TV to the bicycle. When my father-in-law retires, he can watch TV at home. We don't lack that little money."

The two big items only cost a few hundred dollars in total, but it was difficult to get a TV and a plane ticket, and they were still rare items at this time.

But it was nothing to Zhou Fengnian, because the TV factory was under the management of their Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

"I'll take a look at it some time."

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, they talked about some other things, such as her son and daughter’s courses; they didn’t need to worry about Zhou Xianyang, now it was Zhou Yiyi’s turn.

Both daughters' academic performance is average, only slightly better than that of their two cousins ​​Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui.

Going to high school is not a problem, but going to college may be difficult.

Zhou Fengnian felt a little headache when he thought of his daughter's grades, but it was still early for them to take the college entrance examination, so he could worry about it in a few years.

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One day, Wang Mingjie knocked on the door and reminded
"Leader, it's almost time to leave. The wireless communication factory will be built in half an hour."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian looked up and asked, "I see. Is the car ready?"

"Master Zhao is already waiting for you downstairs."

"Okay, let's go."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he put down the documents and walked out of the office. Ten years ago, he was still in the factory waiting for the leader to come to inspect the factory. Now his role has changed and he is the leader who goes to inspect.

After going downstairs and getting in a car, Zhou Fengnian drove to the gate of the wireless communications factory. Through the car window, he saw a group of people waiting for him at the factory gate from a distance.

When the car stopped at the factory gate, Zhou Fengnian opened the door and got out. The director and secretary of the wireless communication factory hurried forward to greet him.
"Welcome to the Wireless Communication Factory for inspection. All our factory employees have been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Zhou Fengnian frowned and said, "Director Zhao, Secretary Li, this is the first day of the factory construction. You said you have been looking forward to it for a long time. Don't use these official words to deal with me in the future. I only look at the actual achievements!"

Director Zhao and Secretary Li quickly said, "Yes, yes, Leader, you are right."

"Let's go inside and take a look. Let's go to the production workshop first."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said, then someone from the wireless communication factory led the way, and Zhou Fengnian and the factory leaders followed behind.

As they walked, Zhou Fengnian said, "Your factory has a heavy task. This is the beginning of wireless communications. In the future, you will have to take on more wireless services. Pagers are just a pilot project.
I have high expectations for you. You must start operations in all of Beijing within 18 months, and then send people to Shanghai, Guangdong, and other places."

Director Zhao listened and said yes. When he arrived at the production workshop, he saw that the workers had already started working.

There were technicians directing the production on the side, and it was obvious that they had started work a few days in advance, so the machines definitely had not just been started today.

Zhou Fengnian did not ask much, but just reminded Director Zhao to respect the rights of the workers; the wireless communication business will definitely be a profitable project in the next ten years.

Workers' income should increase along with the factory's profits. They should not be exploited for a small profit.

Zhou Fengnian also reminded that if you don’t know what to do in this regard, you should go and learn from the Shenzhou Computer Factory.

If all workers were asked to choose the factory they most wanted to work for, it would definitely be the Shenzhou Computer Factory and the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory.

Although these two factories have a lot of overtime, the subsidies and benefits are very good, and the workers' spirit is different. A first-level worker can earn the money of a third-level worker.

After visiting the workshop, Zhou Fengnian went to the technical department to learn about technological research and development.

The head of the technical department here is a level 6 engineer selected by Zhou Fengnian, and the others are all technicians who graduated from universities.

Zhou Fengnian can provide the development direction, but the subsequent specific research and development will depend on the capabilities of these people.

(End of this chapter)