Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 315: Make rules and take action quickly (Subscription required)
"No need to talk, there is nothing to say, just have a happy New Year and live a good life."

"Everyone, go back. Let me go home first. That's all."

Zhou Fengnian shouted loudly. His trip home caused quite a stir. There were hundreds of people in the village, and they all came out after hearing Zhou Fengnian's name.

The man was supporting his wife, who was holding the child, and behind them were some slow-moving elderly people, some of whom were even older than Zhou Fugui.

They came to the village gate just to listen to Zhou Fengnian's speech. Even if he said something casually, these people would feel greatly benefited.

However, Zhou Fengnian was not able to handle these things, and he did not return to the village for many years. Apart from asking his fellow villagers to work hard and enjoy themselves, he could not give any other advice.

Seeing this, Hong Changshou, who was standing next to him, stepped forward and said loudly, "Okay, okay, let's go back first. Let the leader go home first, and we can talk about it later when we have time."

After Hong Changshou frowned and Zhou Fugui spoke up, the villagers dispersed.

After everyone slowly dispersed, Hong Changshou stepped forward and wanted to shake hands with Zhou Fengnian and said, "Leader, I am the newly elected branch secretary of our Hongjia Village, Hong Changshou."

"Oh, I remember, I remember, Uncle Changshan's younger brother. By the way, how is Uncle Changshan now?"

Zhou Fengnian asked hurriedly. He remembered that his father told him that Hong Changshan had a serious illness and could no longer work.

At that time, they wanted Zhou's father to be the village party secretary, but his father was in charge of a fertilizer factory and was too busy to take care of two places, so after the election, Hong Changshan's younger brother Hong Changshou was made the village party secretary.

Other villagers may not have this ability. Life in Hongjia Village is good now. People eat meat and share money together. To become the village party secretary, one has to find ways to do good things for the village, so no one competes.

"My brother took care of it for a while and it's recovered, but he can't work often as he's getting older, otherwise he'll start panting."

Hong Changshou hurriedly said that he seldom dealt with Zhou Fengnian and did not dare to treat Zhou Fengnian as a half-junior like his brother did.

Now in their eyes, Zhou Fengnian is as high as the sky, a great leader who is out of their reach.

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "You really need to take a good rest when you are old. Fortunately, Secretary Hong can take over. The future development of Hongjia Village depends on you."

Hong Changshou nodded quickly and said, "Yes, it's mainly because of your advice, leader. Hongjia Village can be what it is today, and it is inseparable from the instructions of the leader."

"There's no need to be so polite between us. I'm from the village too."

Zhou Fengnian didn't want to continue talking official language at the village gate. His two daughters were still freezing outside, so he said to Hong Changshou, "Secretary Hong, I'm going home first. We'll talk about the village affairs tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll help you carry your things."

"No, no, just let them take it."

After rejecting Hong Changshou's enthusiasm, Zhou Fengnian went home with his elder and second brothers.

He didn't bring back much this time, but his elder brother Zhou Weitian had prepared all the New Year's goods.

The Zhou family has quite a few houses now, but if they want to accommodate more than 20 people, they still have to squeeze in; the younger men squeeze into one room, and the women squeeze into another, so that there is just enough space to live in.

Anyway, there is no need to worry about burning firewood. You can buy thousands of kilograms of firewood at the commune market and have it delivered to your home.

As soon as I came back, the family got together for a reunion dinner.

With so many people, they can only get together during the Chinese New Year. Zhou Fugui's two sons-in-law are also there; Xu Zhenyu is the only one left at home, so he can only come to the Zhou family during the Chinese New Year.

Song Weinan and his family were not well off, but after he became rich in the past two years, the Song family came several times and wanted Song Weinan to go back.

But apart from the monthly alimony, Song Weinan didn't care about anything else.

How could he go back now when he was so biased that he even took away his job? Song Weinan has been spending the New Year at Zhou's house all these years, and in his heart he regards Zhou Fugui and Zhou's mother as his real parents.

The family distributed dividends and gave two thousand yuan to their daughter and son-in-law. Anyway, Song Weinan had no memory of his biological mother giving him even two cents, so he knew clearly which side was filial.

After dinner, everyone got together and talked about the changes in the village and what they had done recently.

Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui are the most active, as their business is considered to be successful; they not only opened a roasted nuts stall, but also opened a shop, intending to expand the roasted nuts business.

These two nephews also have business qualifications and seize every opportunity to get money from Zhou Fengnian.

I would visit them with some small gifts and ask for advice on business, policies, etc.

Now they have almost found a smooth road, and they plan to set up a factory next year or the year after.

If there are two people in the Zhou family who are not interested in business and money, perhaps the only two are the fifth sister Zhou Xiaomei and Xu Zhenyu.

These two people are focused on technology. They are now level nine engineers and are still thinking about learning and improving themselves.

The other is to concentrate on teaching, maybe he can be promoted to associate professor or professor in the future, but he has no intention of doing business at all.

However, Zhou Fengnian felt that Zhou Xiaomei and Xu Zhenyu were the only ones who lived happily. They lived without rushing or impatient, had enough food and clothing, and were doing what they liked.

It was impossible for Zhou's father to watch his little daughter being penniless. If Zhou Xiaomei really asked for it, given Zhou Fugui's personality, it would be easy for him to give her tens of thousands of dollars.

If he didn't have so much burden on his shoulders, Zhou Fengnian would also like to be like his younger sister and brother-in-law, concentrating on doing what he wants to do and going home on time every day.

But there is no way, there are some things that he has to do, and he has to reach such a high position.

If Zhou Fengnian was not a substitute member or a deputy leader of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, the semiconductor and photolithography process technology might have been sold out by You Lijun and another stupid leader.

Before, I just wanted to be a technician, but gradually I realized that if I wanted to develop, I had to have a position of power, otherwise I would be commanded by those stupid laymen.

Hongjia Village is very lively during the Chinese New Year. This year, the village collectively paid for a lively annual meeting.

We celebrated once some time ago when the fertilizer factory distributed dividends, and the village annual meeting also saw the slaughter of pigs and sheep, and the whole village was lively for a while.

Zhou Weitian also showed off his cooking skills at the village banquet and cooked several dishes.

As soon as the dishes he cooked were served on the table, the aroma and color suddenly became different, attracting many people to scramble for them, and the plates were soon empty if they were served a little later.

At the main table were Zhou Fengnian, Zhou Fugui and several leaders of Hongjia Village. Hong Changshan was also there.

However, his complexion did not look very good and he was visibly weak. Zhou Fengnian took his pulse and confirmed that he had injured his lungs. He then prescribed a dose of medicine for Hong Changshan to drink slowly to recuperate.

Drink for half a year or a year, don't do heavy work and don't smoke, and you will recover a little.

Hong Changshan was extremely grateful. He knew that the reason Zhou Fugui was in such good health was that he had been taking the medicine prescribed by Zhou Fengnian.

Moreover, Zhou Fugui boasted more than once that his son was extremely capable and knew a little bit about everything, even medicine, by himself. After taking the medicine prescribed by his son, Zhou Fugui felt much better.

"Secretary Hong, I heard that many people in the village have started to take care of their elderly now?"

After Zhou Fengnian took a sip of wine as a toast, he changed the subject and started asking about the matter; if he didn't say something, he was afraid that the people at the table would be proud to clink glasses with him and would keep toasting him.

“It’s okay for those who are old, but for people like Uncle Changshan, who have worked hard for decades, it’s time for him to enjoy his retirement.

But some young people, because of the dividends from the fertilizer factory, have also started to retire without working? They wander around doing nothing all day and are unwilling to even participate in village affairs?

If this continues, will we end up drinking, playing cards, gambling, and smoking opium?"

As he spoke later, Zhou Fengnian's tone became a little harsh; this was not a scare tactic, as poor people who suddenly become rich will indeed face many problems, and some will become better while others will change.

Most people in Hongjia Village are obviously the latter. They have already become lazy and the next thing they do is eat, drink and have fun.

"Leader, this... is indeed the case, but I have tried my best to correct it, such as establishing a militia to train them, and..."

Hong Changshou hurriedly explained that Zhou Fengnian was a big leader who could shut down their fertilizer factory with just one word and turn their village from a wealthy one back to the poor one it was before. When dealing with Zhou Fengnian, he did not dare to relax at all.

Hong Changshan also said: "Fengnian... ahem, indeed, there is such a thing, but don't worry, Changshou will also vigorously rectify it in the future and will not let anyone discredit Hongjia Village."

Zhou Fengnian said: "Hongjia Village has not been truly rich since its development. I found many problems during my trip back.

The road outside the village has not been repaired, it has just been slightly leveled, water and electricity are not available to every household, how many people go to school? Is there a clinic in the village?
I think we should set a rule that children in our family must go to school when they reach the age. Those who pass high school or technical secondary school will be rewarded, and those who pass university will also be rewarded. "

"If you don't want to go to school, that's fine. You just need to carry manure for nine years. Either go to school or carry manure."

In fact, there is no problem with "retirement", but those who are unwilling to do anything will sooner or later become addicted to drinking, whoring and gambling, especially when they are already famous in their village.

Now everyone in the city knows that Hongjia Village is a wealthy village. Those lowly people will definitely keep an eye on the people from Hongjia Village and will try their best to set traps once they find any flaws.

Even the leading cadres are coveting this piece of fat meat, so how could others not be tempted?

Zhou Fengnian had given Hong Changshou a heads-up in advance, but what he said really scared Hong Changshou; thinking about it this way, it was indeed possible.

Hong Changshou remembered that some time ago when he went to the east end of the village to call Li Sigou's children, he happened to see them playing cards.

I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now thinking back, Li Sigou’s child might have been set up.

"Leader, don't worry. I will hold a village meeting on the second day of the new year and finalize this matter then."

Hong Changshou said solemnly: "If any household disagrees, we will hold a village referendum and ask them to leave Hongjia Village. I don't believe that there will be people who disagree with letting their children go to school."

The other people at the table also nodded in agreement. They were all cadres of the village collective and could basically decide whether a household stayed or went.

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, Secretary Hong, you can do whatever you want. After all, you are the boss of the village. I am a villager here and I can give you some suggestions."

He really wants Hongjia Village to get better, but if the people of Hongjia Village don't work hard, Zhou Fengnian won't care.

Just like Sanshui Commune, after plotting against Zhou's father, Zhou Fengnian no longer cared about them, even if they were fellow villagers.

At another table, the young people of the village gathered together, but the center of the table were the three Zhou Xianyang brothers, just like everyone at the main table was looking at Zhou Fengnian's face.

After several toasts, a young man in the village couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xianyang, how high of an official is Leader Zhou in Sijiu City?"

"Brother Dahe, let's not talk about officials anymore. My dad is a cadre."

After Zhou Xianyang corrected himself, he continued, “I can’t say how big of a cadre he is, there are too many cadres in the city of Sijiu.

Besides, no matter how high a cadre's rank is, they all serve the people, so let's not talk about that."

He naturally knew how high-ranking his father was as an official. He could almost be considered a special deputy leader of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, which was equivalent to a full-time leader.

Counting from the top to the bottom, his father should be among the top 100; however, the education Zhou Xianyang received since childhood did not allow him to tell anyone about this.

Once discovered, the punishment for him will be hellish.

Zhou Xianyang easily changed the subject, and no matter who asked, he would not answer.
After the annual meeting dinner, everyone except the people who were cleaning up left.

The village was quite lively during the New Year, and the countryside also had its own gatherings. Zhou Fengnian also took Zhou Yan out for a stroll.

I have spent some time with my wife these days.

Speaking of which, he has been busy for several years and has less time to spend with his wife; but Zhou Fengnian is still lucky, he is by Zhou Yan's side and she can see him every day when she returns home.

Some people just go somewhere else and stay away for several years, and when they come back they don’t even recognize their families.

Zhou Xianyang took Bai Qing'an up the mountains and down the rivers. It just so happened that neither of them was the kind of person who could sit still. Bai Qing'an had never been to the countryside since he was a child, so he took advantage of the novelty this first time he came.

After playing for several days, he still didn't feel satisfied and went into the mountains to hunt with Zhou Xianyang. Unfortunately, neither of them got anything.

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After staying in the countryside until the fourth day of the New Year, Zhou Fengnian and his family returned to Beijing. After returning, Zhou Fengnian plunged into the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

There are still many things he needs to deal with after the New Year. He has to finish the work of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building as soon as possible, and he also has to continue to develop and manufacture robots.

The next ten years will be the golden period for imports and exports, and we must do everything we can to increase productivity.

Near noon, Zhou Fengnian originally wanted to go back directly after finishing the document in his hand, but after seeing the development plan document submitted by the wireless communication factory, he immediately frowned.

So more than half an hour passed in this look.

After a while, Wang Mingjie knocked on the door and walked in. Seeing Zhou Fengnian concentrating on processing documents, he whispered, "Leader, lunchtime is almost over. Can I call you back?"

Zhou Fengnian looked up after a few seconds and said, "Hmm? Oh, go ahead. Thank you for your help. By the way, ask Director Zhao of the Wireless Communication Factory to come to my place this afternoon. The sooner the better."

"Okay, I understand, leader."

After hearing this, Wang Mingjie quickly went to the cafeteria and got a meal. Zhou Fengnian often missed meal times, and this was one of his core jobs as an assistant, to remind the leader to eat.

And he not only brings back lunch boxes, but also reminds me several times when the weather is cold, and if the food gets cold, he has to help heat it up.

This often happens to Zhou Fengnian. Sometimes when he is developing something, he would waste a lot of time if his train of thought is interrupted.

However, there was no research and development today, so after Wang Mingjie brought back the meal, Zhou Fengnian started eating quickly.

After opening the lunch box, Zhou Fengnian said in surprise, "Today's meal is pretty good, there are two meat dishes."

Wang Mingjie smiled and said, "Our department's finances have also been relaxed. I heard that the logistics department is planning to improve the dining standards for leaders."

"What's the point of upgrading that? We can't even finish the four dishes and one soup. Besides, our chef from the Fourth Machine Department..."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said that he was a good cook, so he could comment on the chef's skills, and he would not compete with them for food anyway.

What’s the point of just improving the standard of the food without hiring a good chef?

After dinner, Director Zhao from the Wireless Communications Factory also rushed over.

When he walked into the office, Director Zhao saw Zhou Fengnian's sullen expression and his heart skipped a beat.

"Leader, what's the matter?"

Zhou Fengnian handed over the documents submitted by the Wireless Communication Factory and asked, "Director Zhao, is this your factory's development plan for this year?
Why do I see nothing but making money? Do you have to make money? I remember telling you that I gave you the greatest financial autonomy so that you can promote communication technology. What about you?
The financial and securities autonomy of the Shenzhou Computer Factory is not as much as yours, and they are still selling computers at a loss. What are you doing? "

Hearing Zhou Fengnian's words, Director Zhao panicked and quickly explained: "Leader, we also think that the potential of pagers has not yet been fully tapped.

There are at least 15 cities that are suitable for building paging stations and selling pagers, so that wireless communication factories can accumulate more strength."

"What about digital signal mobile transmission technology? I told you about it at the beginning of last year, but you have no plans for it this year?"

The technology has been developed, but the wireless communication manufacturers have not promoted it; last year can be understood as accumulating strength, but this year there are no plans at all, so what is there to accumulate?
"Well, we were originally planning to do it next year."

Zhou Fengnian was impatient and didn't bother to beat around the bush and asked, "I'll give you another chance. When will it be?"

"This year!"

Director Zhao said in a panic: "Leader, we will plan and prepare in the first half of the year, assign people and provide technical training, and start promotion in the second half of the year."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on you guys."

After Zhou Fengnian finished putting pressure on him, he also wanted to give him a sweet date: "Director Zhao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are just picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

The terminal equipment driven by digital signal communication technology will be better than pagers. Do you think a mobile device that can both make phone calls and call people will be more popular than a pager?
And there is no need to stop promoting pagers. The department will give you 200 recruitment quotas, but there are educational requirements for this recruitment."

Promoting digital communication technology also requires a lot of manpower, but the requirements for employees this time are higher.

Fortunately, there are a large number of people who have received education but do not have a job, and there are even many unemployed people among high school graduates.

Even if there are requirements for academic qualifications, we can still recruit enough.

"I understand. Thank you for the support from the leadership and the department. I will change the plan when I get back."

Director Zhao quickly said that the two hundred recruitment quotas would be a boost to the development of the factory, at least he wouldn't have to draw staff from other areas.

However, Director Zhao secretly decided in his heart that he must get this matter done. Judging from the tone of his leader today, he was very dissatisfied with him for not promoting digital signal mobile communications.

If he doesn't deliver satisfactory results in the second half of the year, he might really be replaced as factory director.

Only after hearing Director Zhao's repeated assurances did Zhou Fengnian let him leave.

It is already 1983. If they don't promote it in the country as soon as possible, they will not be able to get involved in the global layout.

It is a sin to have the skills but not be able to eat the meat and drink the soup.

After dealing with the matters at the wireless communications factory, Zhou Fengnian became busy with other matters.

He already knew the development plan of Shenzhou Computer Factory. Expanding production and exports were the main tasks of Shenzhou Computer Factory.

The market is expanding every year, and now the mission of Shenzhou Computer Factory is to take up that part of the expanding market.

Technological innovation has not been left behind. Zhou Fengnian nodded after reading it. Liang Yongsheng has implemented his ideas very well, and he feels more at ease handing over the Shenzhou Computer Factory to him.

"Hmm? The smart home appliance factory has been built, and we plan to participate in the Canton Fair next year."

It was a bit strange that the document from the Ministry of Light Industry appeared on his desk, but smart home appliances were originally related to him.

"You can handle this kind of small matter yourself. You can't expect me to solve everything for you."

After reading it, Zhou Fengnian shook his head and wrote "handle as appropriate" on the document, then asked Wang Mingjie to send it back the same way.

If you can't even solve a simple technology like smart home appliances, you don't deserve the salary given by the government.

Besides, he has a lot of things to do here, and after finishing them, Zhou Fengnian plans to continue developing industrial robots.

(End of this chapter)