Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 324: Reporting to the higher authorities, nephew comes to ask (please subscribe)
"Why did you agree to such a thing?"

When Zhou Yan returned home in the evening, she was surprised when she heard Zhou Fengnian say that he might go to the Northeast for a while to help FAW Automobile Factory upgrade its technology and improve its process flow.

She was planning to go to bed, but this incident made her sit up in bed.

"This will take at least a few months. Are you going to be gone for that long?"

"It will only take two or three months at the earliest. I don't want to see a strong factory slowly collapse. Besides, Yang Tianbing is not honest. He is testing me with a person who has been working for nearly a hundred years."

Zhou Fengnian sighed and said that ginseng of this quality was very rare. There was definitely no thousand-year-old ginseng, and one could only come across a hundred-year-old one if he was lucky. If one wanted to buy one now, it would cost several thousand yuan.

Ordinary people certainly can't afford it. Even for a cadre of his level, if he wants to buy a ginseng of this quality, he needs to save up for several years.

Zhou Yan asked in surprise: "He gave you this?"

"How is that possible? Even if he dares to give it to me, I won't accept it. I will buy it with my own money. When the time comes, you can give me a passbook with 8,000 yuan in it, and I will withdraw it from there."

Zhou Fengnian paused and continued, "My parents are getting old, so I'm going to the Northeast to collect some other medicinal herbs and try to make some Xu Ming Shen Qi Pills."

This is a pill he developed himself. It can save lives at critical moments. It can also be combined with some other pills and taken on a regular basis to strengthen the body.

Now their whole family takes the medicine prescribed by Zhou Fengnian, even Zhou Xianyang takes it, and even his father-in-law Zhou Xiangde comes to get some from time to time.

Now that Zhou Fengnian's medical skills have been upgraded to level eight, there are few people better than him; if they are upgraded to level nine one day in the future, he will reach the limit of medical skills that humans can achieve.

The effect is very good. Zhou's father is in his sixties, but he is as energetic as a man in his fifties, all thanks to Zhou Fengnian's medical skills.

"Okay, I'll get it done for you when the time comes. But this is the first time you've been away on a business trip for so long without you at home. It feels weird."

Zhou Yan sighed and said that she had always supported Zhou Fengnian's work and was used to it, but this was the first time that Zhou Fengnian was away for several months.

"If you have time, bring your daughter to the Northeast, and we can go shopping there as a family."

"How can I have the time? The subdistrict office is so busy, with so few people and so many things to do. Sometimes I have to mediate conflicts myself."

Zhou Yan sighed and said that although the rank of the street office director is not low, she also has to face the masses, especially when there is a shortage of staff, she has to do it herself.

Now their street office has to deal with several accumulated issues at once. Just to demolish those illegal buildings, they will have to fight a protracted battle with the local tenants.

Not to mention the matter of registering a new rental contract, which is more energy-consuming than the previous one.

"Besides, I just became the director of the subdistrict office. I can't take leave to travel to the Northeast. I'll have to wait for a few years before I have time."

If she were still the director of the Women's Federation, she could take a short leave and go with Zhou Fengnian, but since she had just taken office, she decided to give up this idea.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "That's fine. When we retire, I'll take you around the country and see every scene."

"You will say nice things."

"Then you said that what I said that time did not come true."

Zhou Yan laughed after hearing that. That was indeed true. Zhou Fengnian could definitely do what he said, but he would have to wait until he retired to go shopping, which would take at least another twenty years.

It took some time to wait, and only when their children grew up could they relax.

The next day, Zhou Fengnian had just sat down in his office when he received a reply from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

They have already received an invitation to participate in the exhibition, and they just need to arrive before May.

However, these are official business trips, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will help them with the formalities. When the time comes, the equipment, robots, and contestants can be sent over together.

After seeing the news, Zhou Fengnian went to the Robotics Research Institute. He had to personally give instructions on this matter.

Their robots are absolutely world-leading in terms of operational fluency. Even if Xiao Ri had started researching robots a few years earlier than them, it would have been impossible for them to achieve the level of research and development achieved by Zhou Fengnian.

When they put out the hook, many small and medium-sized precision manufacturing companies will surely come to them.

After arriving at the Robotics Research Institute, Zhou Fengnian told Lu Junfeng about this matter, and the latter immediately patted his chest and promised
"Director Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely lead this team well this time and will not embarrass us."

"I believe you on this point, but if it comes to the purchase agreement of precision parts, you should listen to the opinions of the comrades in the Ministry of Foreign Trade."

Zhou Fengnian reminded that he was not worried that Lu Junfeng would show his weakness at the exhibition, as his own robot was so good that there was nothing to worry about.

I’m afraid that Lu Junfeng doesn’t understand trade procurement and will be fooled by Xiao Rishi again, so it’s better to leave this kind of thing to professionals.

After talking to Lu Junfeng, Zhou Fengnian held another meeting in the institute, mainly to assign tasks to other comrades who remained in the institute. This time, only five people went to Xiao Ri Zi to participate in the exhibition with Lu Junfeng.

"Comrades, I may be away on business for a while. You must complete the research and development of the topic I assigned to you as soon as possible, which may take two to three months or half a year. At least you must proceed to the next stage."

Zhou Fengnian also talked about the mission with the people in the institute. Although they have developed three relatively qualified industrial robots, their foundations are still far from enough.

There are many companies that develop robots for daily life, and there are even many supporting industries that carry out precision manufacturing.

If they want to surpass the robots of everyday life, it will take at least two more generations; the next generation will catch up, and the next generation will surpass them.

In the next few years, they will also develop their own precision manufacturing of core components. They can purchase unimportant parts from daily necessities, but they must manufacture the core components themselves.

After the meeting, before leaving, Zhou Fengnian called Luo Jianye over and said to him, "Jianye, I may be away for a long time, what are you going to do?
How about going to Northeast China with me? Although your intensive study during this period is good, what you have learned is still too superficial. It would be a waste of time to go back to school to study. It is better to go to Northeast China with me. "

Even if you study with him for two hours a day, it will be more useful than studying for a whole day in school. Moreover, Zhou Fengnian can teach much better than the school. The subject knowledge he masters is equivalent to that of a dozen professors.

Luo Jianye asked in surprise: "Uncle Zhou, can I go with you?"

"Of course, it's just one more person. I'm going there to help with car manufacturing and technological innovation. You can learn from me during the day, and I'll give you lessons at night."

Zhou Fengnian paused for a moment and continued, "It's no big deal to add one more person. With such a large factory like theirs, they can definitely afford to provide a meal subsidy for one person. I'll talk to the school about it for you."

He contacted National Tsing Hua University and expressed his intention to teach Luo Jianye personally. The dean would definitely not interfere and would give Luo Jianye the green light.

Just take an exam at the end of the semester, and as long as you pass the test, you will definitely get a diploma in the end.

By then, Luo Jianye may be able to graduate from both undergraduate and graduate school at the same time, which will save him a lot of time.

Luo Jianye quickly said, "Of course I am willing, Uncle Zhou."

"Okay, go home and tell Aunt Li, and I'll let you know when we're leaving."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he asked Luo Jianye to go back and prepare.

Luo Jianye has a solid knowledge base and is a hard-working person. If you keep learning from him, you will be able to participate in major research projects and become a key R&D personnel in ten years.

Zhou Fengnian did not break his promise to Engineer Luo. Luo Jianye will be at least a third or fourth level engineer in the future.

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"Fengnian, are you planning to go to the Northeast?"

When Gu Wenjie heard Zhou Fengnian's idea, he immediately advised anxiously: "You can't easily transfer departments now. At least wait until the change of term to hold a meeting to discuss it. Going now would be considered as abandoning your post without permission."

"Old Gu, don't worry. I don't plan to go to the First Ministry of Machine Building. I'm going to help as a foreign aid. It will only take a few months."

Zhou Fengnian said, "Besides, the Northeast is also a major industrial province. Shenzhou Computer and the Internet should also develop there. Once the Internet is connected, we can communicate with computers, and there will also be wireless communication factories."

At that time, the Northeast had a very solid industrial base and its economy was developing very well. The wireless communications factory and the Shenzhou computer factory could both develop in the Northeast.

Zhou Fengnian is in the Northeast and is in charge of the situation. If you have any questions, you can ask him or ask him for support.

Besides, Zhou Fengnian didn't plan to go there privately.

Going there privately would be an unorganized and undisciplined act. He would have to confirm with his superiors and the Ministry of First Machine Building before going there with a mission.

"That's fine if you say so."

When Gu Wenjie heard that Zhou Fengnian did not want to go to the Ministry of First Machine Building, he felt a little relieved.

If such a big shot leaves the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, their development may slow down, and all the rapidly growing factories will become like the Huaxia Machine Tool Factory. Although the annual output value is slowly increasing, it is not as amazing as before.

"Even if I wanted to go, I couldn't. It's not easy to change departments."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, theoretically the replacement should be every four years, but if there are no major problems, fourteen years would be difficult.

Deputy Leader Li of the First Ministry of Machine Building had not moved for more than 20 years. "If it was a few months, there would be no problem. No wonder you wanted to push the work on hand out before to prepare for this matter?"

"How is that possible? I don't want to deal with those things anymore. I want to be responsible for technology in the future."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head, and then continued: "I will report to my leader later. If everything goes well, I will probably leave next week, so it's better to go early and come back early."

Gu Wenjie said, "As for the development of the Shenzhou Computer Factory and the Wireless Communications Factory in the northeast, you must take care of them when you get there."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Let me see how much power the leader can give me."

At this time, cadres who were on business trips would be given an identity to facilitate their work in local areas. Zhou Fengnian wanted to see what identity he could get.

Maybe the leaders are still unwilling, but the probability is very small. Zhou Fengnian is not going there for fun, he is going there to revitalize the Northeast automobile manufacturing plant, which will also affect several parts factories, which will affect the jobs of tens of thousands of workers.

If we ignore FAW now, their fate will be either the joint venture or bankruptcy.

After Zhou Fengnian returned to the office, he began to write a plan.

Based on the current situation of FAW Automobile Factory, propose improvement methods. At least a complete plan must be prepared to convince the leaders.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to get the leader to approve him to go to the Northeast just by opening his mouth. No matter how much Zhou Fengnian was valued by the leader, he would not do such an unlikely thing.

It took Zhou Fengnian several hours to come up with a proposal for the FAW car factory near the end of the workday.

"Mingjie!"

After Zhou Fengnian called Wang Mingjie in, he said to him, "Help me get this Zhonghai, tell them to add a line, and then you can go home if you have nothing else to do. I will also go home on time today."

It's so relaxing to have nothing to deal with, and no need to work overtime on those trivial matters.

"I understand, Leader."

Wang Mingjie nodded, took the documents and turned to leave.

Zhou Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the newspaper to pass the time after get off work. He didn't know how long it had been since he had read a newspaper in the office.

Although Wang Mingjie prepared newspapers for him every day, Zhou Fengnian hadn't touched them for almost half a year. They were basically left there for the whole day, and then put away in the cabinet by Wang Mingjie the next day.

As it was almost time to get off work, Zhou Fengnian notified the driver and then went downstairs to go home.

However, after getting in the car and driving out of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, Zhou Fengnian suddenly found an acquaintance outside the gate, so he asked the driver to stop the car, then rolled down the window and said, "Jianye, get in the car."

"coming."

After Luo Jianye shouted, he trotted towards the car.

After he opened the door and got in the car, Zhou Fengnian asked, "Why don't you come to see me when you're here? What are you waiting for at the gate?"

"I can't disturb you from working, Uncle Zhou. It's okay to wait outside for a while."

Luo Jianye shook his head and said that it was already a rare opportunity for him to learn from Zhou Fengnian, and going to the office to wait for Zhou Fengnian to get off work would be taking advantage of the situation.

If he did that, his father would beat him up.

"Have you told your family?"

Luo Jianye nodded and said, "It's agreed. Mom and Dad are not here, but grandma said that if they can't make it in time for them to come back, she will tell them."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, I can learn something else when I come to FAW this time. It won't hurt to learn more."

We drove quickly back to the residential area for senior officials. Ever since the last capitalist moved out of this area of ​​small Western-style buildings, an iron fence had been erected around it, and a gate and security guards had been set up.

Those who live there are all senior officials, including some retired senior officials. The houses are relatively far apart from each other so as not to disturb each other.

The family living next to Zhou Fengnian seemed to be from the Ministry of Education, but they never greeted each other.

While waiting at the Taoist entrance, I unexpectedly saw the three brothers Zhou Xianyang, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui guarding the door.

Zhou Fengnian got out of the car and asked, "What are you three doing? Why don't you go into the house?"

Zhou Xianzhe said, "Uncle San, I was smoking at the door and just happened to run into you."

Afterwards, the three brothers also greeted Luo Jianye. Luo Jianye had often come to Zhou Fengnian's house to study before, so the two sides knew each other.

"You need my help? Come in and talk."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he pushed the door and walked in.

After sitting on the sofa, Zhou Fengnian asked, "What's the matter? Tell me. You two guys don't come to my house easily. Why do you bring me two kilograms of melon seeds this time?"

"How can that be possible, Uncle San, if you want to eat it, I'll bring you ten kilograms next time."

"Yes, yes, if Third Uncle wants to eat, there will definitely be enough."

Brothers Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui spoke quickly, and then chuckled, but still didn't say what it was specifically.

Zhou Xianyang, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and said directly, "Brother Xianzhe and Brother Xianrui are dating someone. I just found out recently that they are both children of wealthy families. I'm not sure about it, so I want to ask you, Dad, for some confidence."

"Are you talking to someone?"

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "Marriage is free now. As long as both of you are willing, you still need me to give you confidence."

Zhou Xianyang said: "They are from the military, and the elders at home seem to want them to find someone from the military."

"Oh"

Zhou Fengnian was startled, thought for a moment and asked, "You don't want me to propose marriage, do you?"

Zhou Xianzhe said, "Uncle San, we are both willing, but Yuqing's family is too overbearing and looks down on us two self-employed people."

Zhou Xianrui also nodded and said unconvincedly: "Yes, Third Uncle, Youhe's uncle is an old-fashioned man."

Zhou Fengnian was a little confused and asked, "Can you tell me in detail, who are these Youqing and Youhe?"

Then the two nephews spoke one by one to let Zhou Fengnian know what was going on.

Guo Youqing and Guo Youhe are two sisters. They both work in a military hospital. During a break, they met Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui.

As soon as Zhou Fengnian's two nephews saw the Guo sisters, they fell in love with them. They tried every means to find out information about them and pursue them. After some time, they made some progress and they even made several appointments to go out with them.

The few times we get together these days are all for the purpose of getting married and starting a family, and rarely for fun.

Moreover, there was one time when the two sisters of the Guo family ran into a street urchin and were rescued by Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui, and their relationship took a step further.

But when Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui wanted to get married, they were stopped by the uncle of the Guo sisters. Their parents died early, and they had been growing up in their uncle's house.

The uncle of the Guo sisters wanted his two nieces to marry into the military, and he seemed to look down on self-employed individuals.

Zhou Fengnian lowered his chin silently and said, "Are those two sisters willing to marry you?"

Zhou Xianzhe said quickly: "Yes, Youqing is definitely willing, but her uncle raised her, and now she is caught in the middle and doesn't know what to do."

Zhou Xianrui also said: "Yes, Third Uncle, Youhe has the same idea, you have to help your nephew."

"I'll give it a try. I'll use my connections to arrange a meal with you. But if you're really an extreme old-fashioned person, you can't blame me if it doesn't work out. It depends on how close you young people are to each other."

Zhou Fengnian said that he didn't know anyone in the army. The people he dealt with most were Luo Dechang and several lieutenant colonels and major generals who came to demonstrate the drones.

I don't know if he has that much face. If the troops don't want to pay attention to him, there's really nothing they can do.
However, his two nephews are of marriageable age, so as an uncle, he can still give some help.

"Thank you, Uncle San. I'll bring you some snacks next time."

"Yes, Uncle San, I'll give you the money every month from now on."

When Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui heard that Zhou Fengnian agreed, they immediately laughed happily. In their minds, there would definitely be no problem as long as their third uncle came forward.

(End of this chapter)