Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 275: New Era Products That Kill Foreigners in Seconds (Subscription Request)
"Not bad, not bad, you did a great job. Who came up with the idea for the look? I have to praise you guys."

Zhou Fengnian was somewhat surprised when he saw the newly developed laptop computer by Shenzhou Computer Factory.

With just his guidance on some of the techniques, a pretty good product was produced.

It makes him proud!
"Leader, the appearance of this notebook was mainly designed by Zhou Haishun and his team."

"Oh, you're still from the same family, not bad!"

Zhou Fengnian said jokingly, which immediately made the person who was pushed out feel a little embarrassed.

He just made some modifications based on a few computer appearance drawings left by Zhou Fengnian. In essence, it is still an extension of Zhou Fengnian's design and does not deserve such great praise.

However, Zhou Fengnian did not give him a chance to explain, and patted him on the shoulder and said, “Everyone, when we develop something, we must first consider the purpose of manufacturing;
This type of laptop is sold to foreigners, who have many things to do and have high requirements for appearance, so a computer with good performance but ugly appearance will also affect our computer sales."

"It's not an exaggeration to call this laptop a groundbreaking product. When foreigners come to buy it, we can tell them that this is a product of the new era of computers."

Someone from the Second Technology Department asked, "Leader, I remember that the foreigners developed a laptop computer, didn't they?"

"Does that count for them?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said: "It's not that I look down on them, but they dare to call a desktop computer a portable computer just by adding a handle. If you don't have enough strength, you will be out of breath after holding it for a while. Ours are not as light and convenient as ours."

"Ha ha."

After hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help but laugh.

Amei is indeed good at innovation, and they were also the first to develop portable computers. However, their technology is not good enough, and they cannot catch up with China in terms of both integrated circuit chips and computer technology.

Zhou Fengnian also saw their portable computer, which weighed at least 30 or 40 kilograms and was specially used by bodybuilders.

Their laptop weighs only 16 pounds, which is as light as it can be.

Although its performance cannot catch up with the fourth-generation Shenzhou personal computer, it is even inferior to the third generation.

But in terms of portability, this should be the best in the world.

The Shenzhou Computer Factory already has five fixed foreign agents. Their factory and the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory are the only two factories in China that can export their products without going through the Canton Fair.

Moreover, after establishing diplomatic relations with China and Aramco, it has become more convenient for agents of these two countries to travel between them.

"Let the Foreign Trade Department inform Xiaorizi and Amei that we need to make a good profit from this laptop."

After leaving the Technical Section 2, Zhou Fengnian went to the Technical Section 1 and discussed the next generation of the Shenzhou supercomputer with Yan Zhengzhi.

The performance of the Shenzhou 3rd generation aircraft can only be improved by breakthroughs in integrated circuit technology, so Yan Zhengzhi plans to redesign the overall architecture.

Zhou Fengnian happened to come, so he grabbed Zhou Fengnian and refused to let him leave, and held discussions with him for a long time.

From a little after ten in the morning to three-thirty in the afternoon, even for lunch, Zhou Fengnian ate in the Technology Section 1.

Finally, it can help technology and scientific research to come up with an architectural direction.

Redesigning it according to the new architecture is expected to more than double the current computing speed.

However, they don't need to be too anxious about supercomputers. A breakthrough within five years will be enough.

Moreover, once the research center of the Shenzhou Semiconductor Factory makes a major breakthrough in integrated circuit technology, there will still be time to redesign the Shenzhou Fourth Generation Machine.

By then, the improvement will not be just a few times, but will start from ten times.

".Old Yan, this matter cannot be rushed. No matter how well the architecture is designed, the hardware must be considered. Next, I will take care of the Shenzhou Semiconductor Factory. When the integrated circuits there are improved, I will notify you immediately."

Zhou Fengnian consoled him, and then said, "Just go to get off work and come home normally in the future. Why do you have to stay up late when you are old? Where is your secretary? I will give him an order to carry you back when the time comes."

"This is my idea. Please don't make things difficult for the young man."

Yan Zhengzhi quickly said that his secretary had taken good care of him, but he couldn't rest at ease if he went back, so he stayed in the factory for a while.

"You are over 60 years old, and you are still competing with young people? I have already started to take care of my health!"

Zhou Fengnian looked at Yan Zhengzhi's white hair. When he was invited to the Computer Research Institute in the 1960s, Yan Zhengzhi was only in his fifties and still had black hair.

I am now in my sixties and have a lot of white hair.

"I'll prescribe you another prescription for keeping healthy. You should take it on time, but don't stay up late to work overtime. Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to teach in the future!"

Zhou Fengnian said that he had just taken Yan Zhengzhi's pulse and was a little overtired.

I'll prescribe a small tonic for your spirit. Just drink it twice a week, but you still need to make sure you get some rest. Seeing Zhou Fengnian prescribing medicine, Yan Zhengzhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "You've really become an old Chinese doctor now."

"Just tell me if it's useful."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Maybe I will really study biopharmaceuticals in the future. After studying on my own for so long, my understanding of medical skills is no less than that of the directors of those big hospitals!"

Now his family members don’t have to go to the hospital anymore. Zhou Fengnian treats minor injuries and illnesses by himself, and he will only go if he needs surgery.

Zhou Fugui and his mother are now taking medicine on time, but they are just nourishing medicines. If they were not taking medicines to nourish their bodies, even someone as hard-working as Zhou Fugui as the director of a fertilizer factory would not be able to bear it.

Yan Zhengzhi smiled and said, "Then I'll wait and see."

"Don't worry, you will definitely see it. Sooner or later, I will make it possible for everyone to see a doctor without spending much money."

After chatting with Yan Zhengzhi for a while, I found out that they are old friends regardless of age difference; they have been together for more than ten years, and have been helping each other during those years.

After get off work, Zhou Fengnian planned to go back, but before leaving, he complained to Yan Zhengzhi: "Old Yan, look, I was so busy chatting with you that I forgot the time. You have to come again tomorrow. The matters of the third technical department have not been dealt with today."

Technology Section 3 is responsible for the development of computer operating systems and program functions, while Technology Section 4 is responsible for the research of electronic components that support computers.

The fifth technical department originally studied semiconductors and integrated circuits, but has now been separated to form the Shenzhou Semiconductor Factory.

Before Zhou Fengnian left, he held a small meeting with Director Liang.

This time, the Shenzhou laptop computer will definitely be sold at a good price, but he can get at most 30% of the retained finances for the Shenzhou computer factory.

We can't get more, even though the reforms in the past two years have left a lot of financial autonomy for each factory.

But the essence is that the country is poor and can no longer manage your finances, so you have to be self-reliant.

That’s what they say, but in practice, loss-making factories have to be self-reliant, while profitable factories still have to hand over their profits to the treasury.

Factories that earn foreign exchange through export, such as the Shenzhou Computer Factory and the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory, have a lot of funds withdrawn every year.

The Huaxia Machine Tool Factory is fine, as they have their own side businesses, whether it is making cars or washing machines, they can earn millions every year to provide benefits to their workers.

The Shenzhou Computer Factory relied purely on fiscal appropriations, and all the computers sold to domestic markets were sold at a loss with subsidies.

Otherwise, not many units can afford to buy computers, even universities would have a hard time.

Without computers, the domestic computer market would not develop, and talent cultivation would be slow. Without computers, what could you learn from studying textbooks all day? That’s why Zhou Fengnian pushed this matter hard.

Zhou Fengnian would not recommend Xiao Hua, who had different ideas from his, to be the factory director even if he had great abilities.

"Director Liang, 30% is the limit I can get. In this situation, I can't talk to the leaders. I can't just watch people in other places starve to death.
But we can definitely make a lot of money from the laptops this time, and keeping 30% is enough to provide benefits and subsidies to the workers."

Zhou Fengnian said to Liang Yongsheng, who nodded and said, "I understand, leader. The second batch of tube buildings have already been prepared and are scheduled to be completed in three years. It's just that too many people called."

Liang Yongsheng had a headache about this. He was not Zhou Fengnian and was not as confident. Some of the people who called were more important than him.

If he was also a substitute member, there would be no need for him to pretend to be nice to those people. He would have slammed the table long ago.

To put it bluntly, it is because they lack confidence. To become a cadre from an administrative position, half depends on ability and the other half depends on connections. If one loses all the connections, it will be difficult to be promoted even if one has the ability.

Unlike Zhou Fengnian, even if he offended a group of people, as long as he was capable enough, he could still climb up.

No, it should be flying up, no one climbed up as fast as him; in 18 years, he went from a 14th-level technician to a first-level chief engineer, and was also a member of the academic department, a reserve member, and a deputy leader of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.
In a few years, Zhou Fengnian will probably have a few more titles added to his resume.

"Don't feel pressured. If someone outside comes to you, just push it onto me and let them call me."

Zhou Fengnian said: "I am not afraid of offending people. We only need to be responsible to the workers. Without them working hard, how can the Shenzhou Computer Factory achieve its efficiency?

If it doesn't work, I can still ask Comrade Gu Wenjie and Comrade Luo Yifeng to help. It can't be the top deputy leader who asks you for the tube building."

"That's not the case. I understand, leader."

Liang Yongsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid now that someone was supporting him. Otherwise, all the district heads and bureau chiefs would come to call, and sometimes they would ask for four or five people at a time. He really didn't dare to split it.

There are more than 600 tube-shaped buildings. If the phone calls were true, half of them could be taken away. If the workers in the factory knew this news, they would definitely be furious.

The last time they distributed the houses, the workers surrounded them. If it weren’t for Zhou Fengnian’s high prestige, nothing would have happened.

If he was discovered to have allocated a room to an outsider this time, Liang Yongsheng estimated that his position as factory director might be in danger.

(End of this chapter)