Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 326 Departure Arrangements, Hit the Road at First Sight (Subscription Request)
After discussing with the leaders for a long time, it was finally decided to set up a working group headed by Zhou Fengnian, including some cadres from the Policy Research Office and the Economic Department.

Provide technical and policy assistance to see to what extent FAW Auto Factory can develop and whether it can compete with SAIC, which has chosen the joint venture path.

The method proposed by Zhou Fengnian is also a path. If it is really successful, it can also provide a signpost for other state-owned factories.

Their working group consists of about twelve people, including five security guards for Zhou Fengnian alone.

Moreover, when the security guards of the working group arrive at the local area, they generally have the power to mobilize the security department and can even ask for help from local troops in an emergency.

For Zhou Fengnian's safety, the leader made an exception. Zhou Fengnian's importance is not comparable to that of an ordinary deputy department head.

The departure time was set for ten days later. These ten days were used to arrange the handover work for Zhou Fengnian. During the time he was away, the tasks of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building could not be disrupted.

Fortunately, he had almost completed the handover of various factory departments, and there were no particularly urgent technical needs in the future, so he could hold off for a while.

Now the most important product of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building is the fourth-generation Shenzhou Son, a supercomputer with a computing power of over one trillion times, which is definitely a powerful scientific research tool.

Three units have now been manufactured and distributed to various important scientific research project groups.

In fact, the third-generation Shenzhou aircraft can now fully meet most domestic experimental calculations, and only a few major projects require the fourth-generation aircraft.

After producing three fourth-generation computers, the Shenzhou Computer Factory began producing third-generation computers and started exporting them to earn foreign exchange.

This year, including personal computers and portable computers, the export value of Shenzhou Computer Factory has steadily exceeded US$1 billion and is approaching US$1.1 billion.

There will be a substantial increase next year. The Shenzhou Computer Branch in the Guangdong Special Economic Zone will step up the production of the second or third generation of Shenzhou personal computers.

These second- or third-generation personal computers with slightly inferior performance, although not as good as the fourth-generation ones, can enter the mid-range market by reducing the price.

Anyway, the cost of a computer is less than 1,000 yuan, so even if it is sold for 600 to 800 US dollars, Shenzhou Computer will still make several times the profit.

But the second-generation machine at $699 and the third-generation machine at $899 will definitely make Xiaozizi and Amei's computer companies furious.

Computers in this price range are exactly what they mainly promote. They cannot compete in the high-end market, and cannot compare in terms of performance and program applications, so they can only make money in the mid-range market.

But after the Shenzhou Computer branch in the Guangdong Special Economic Zone starts production this year, next year will be the end of Xiaorizi and Amei Computer Company.

There is nothing much to remind the wireless communications factory. As long as they don't mess around and implement the development plan Zhou Fengnian formulated before, step by step, there will be no problems.

Zhou Fengnian will be back by the end of the year at the latest, and next year he will personally urge the wireless communications factory to start promoting digital mobile communications technology.

After returning to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, Zhou Fengnian told Gu Wenjie that the leaders had agreed to his business trip and had set up a special working group headed by him to be responsible for the reform of state-owned enterprise factories in CC and other places.

Zhou Fengnian originally only wanted to manage FAW's automobile factory and its supporting parts factory, but his leader gave him too much power and directly gave him all the state-owned factories in a city.

In theory, he could direct all factories to reform, but as his power grew, so did the pressure.

If he fails, won’t Zhou Fengnian’s golden body be broken?

After listening to this, Gu Wenjie patted Zhou Fengnian on the shoulder and said, "Well, it does sound a bit difficult, but Fengnian, I believe in you, you can definitely do it."

"Old Gu, you just said that you were under a lot of pressure, and now you're putting pressure on me again; but forget it, I don't care about this matter, there's just not much tea in the Northeast."

"Hey, how come I forgot that I had to attend the meeting? It's true that our memory gets worse as we get older."

Before Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Gu Wenjie started talking to himself, picked up a document and left his office.

Zhou Fengnian's only hobby had long been known throughout the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. He had no other hobbies except drinking tea.

After the annual quota was approved, Zhou Fengnian would first try to get his and Luo Yifeng's quota. If that didn't work, he would go to Sun Gongran's place to get some tea, pretending to talk about work. They didn't talk about any serious business, just chatted about random things.

After drinking the tea, he took some away before leaving. After Sun Gongran realized what was happening, he cursed in the office. Later, he learned his lesson and hid the good tea.

There is no way. There are too many senior cadres, plus retired old cadres. Even if Zhou Fengnian is very popular, he can only get a few pounds every year.

After finishing the special supply, you can only drink the tea sold outside, but the tea sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives is really average.

"Tsk, this old man."

Zhou Fengnian didn't get the good tea, and walked towards his office a little disappointed. When he came back, he called Wang Mingjie into the room and said to him

"Mingjie, I will be going to the Northeast in about ten days as a special working group to preside over a reform project. I have two arrangements for you now.

One is to go with me and help me with some daily affairs, and the other is to stay in the Fourth Machine Department and regularly report to me about the computer and other factory departments. Which one do you think is more suitable for you?"

Wang Mingjie was stunned after hearing this, then thought for a while and said, "Leader, I'll listen to you. I'll do whatever you tell me to do."

"Oh, you're pretty smart. You knew to come to me."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "Then you should stay in the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. You are unfamiliar with the Northeast, and the locals will help me deal with it. You should pay more attention to the wireless communication factory in Sijiu City. This is the focus of my work next year."

"Yes, I understand, leader."

"Well, I will talk to Sun Gongran when the time comes. You should make a backup copy of the report from the Wireless Communications Factory and learn from them. If there is nothing serious, you don't need to report to me."

As Zhou Fengnian spoke, Wang Mingjie listened and nodded. He knew that this was a rare opportunity and that the leader was planning to train him.

For assistant secretaries like them, there are generally two prospects for advancement. One is to be promoted along with the promotion of the leader, and the other is to stay with the leader for a long time and then go down to gain experience.

Now it seems that he is most likely the latter. His leader intends to send him down to a lower level to gain more experience, otherwise he would not have allowed him to learn about reporting matters in the factory.

This is already considered a very good leader. He has only followed for five or six years and he has already gotten this opportunity. If it were someone else, they might have to follow the leader for ten years before they would have the opportunity to be promoted and transferred out.

After Zhou Fengnian made arrangements for Wang Mingjie, he waved his hand to signal him that he could go out. He then wanted to call Luo Jianye to inform him, but when he thought that Luo Jianye would go to his house to study in the evening, it would be the same to notify him then.

Yang Tianbing must have returned to FAW Car Factory by now, so Zhou Fengnian picked up the phone and called the director's office of FAW Car Factory.

"Hello, Comrade Tian Bing, this is Zhou Fengnian. The special task force has been confirmed and will depart in ten days."

This did not count as revealing the content of the work in advance. It was Yang Tianbing who came to him on his own initiative and hoped that he would help. It was not to check on financial issues or anything like that, so the level of confidentiality was not that high.

The special task force quickly decided on the personnel list, including one from the Economic Research Office, one from the Policy Research Office, the technical personnel Zhou Fengnian wanted, Luo Jianye and security personnel.

This special working group was basically led by Zhou Fengnian, who took over the power directly when he arrived at the local area and presided over the reform of FAW Automobile Factory.

When the list was distributed, Zhou Fengnian had already started preparing things.

But in the end, Zhou Yan was reluctant to let Zhou Fengnian leave. He was gone for several months, even half a year. Zhou Fengnian had never been away from home for such a long time in the past.

".I heard it's quite cold there. Even in summer you have to keep warm and don't freeze yourself."

Zhou Yan packed Zhou Fengnian's clothes while giving him instructions. After a while, she asked, "Do you want me to bring you a few of those books?"

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "No need. It's not like there's no library over there. I can just buy it if I want to read it. And don't worry. I'll work harder and maybe I'll be back in three or four months."

FAW still has a solid foundation. Based on the existing models, it will try its best to convert them into fuel-efficient and energy-saving cars which will not be very troublesome to use.

What's more, as the leader of the special task force, he has great power. If he concentrates his efforts, he will definitely be able to lead FAW Auto Factory to achieve semi-transformation in a short period of time.

As for opening up markets in other countries in the second and third world, that's up to the people at FAW Auto Factory to work on it.

This is a blank market. It’s not that there is no money to be made, it’s just that no one has thought of it before.

"By the way, I ran into someone from the Guo family yesterday. The military dependent you mentioned didn't seem to be at work. He usually stays at home."

Zhou Yan suddenly remembered and said, "I greeted her. Colonel Guo's wife seems to be called Wang Xiu'e. She usually takes care of the children at home."

"Well, actually there's no need to be so eager. The feelings of young people will stand the test after a period of time. If they have deep feelings for each other, it's unlikely that Colonel Guo will break them up."

Before Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, his little daughter knocked on the door and came in, saying to him, "Dad, the phone in the study is ringing. Someone is looking for you."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Zhou Fengnian stood up and said to Zhou Yan, "I'm going to answer a phone call."

After arriving at the study, he picked up the phone and answered: "I am Brother Zhou Fengnian Luo. Oh, I will be off work the day after tomorrow. Okay, come to my house for dinner then."

After the agreement was made, Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone, returned to the bedroom and said to Zhou Yan: "Let's ask the eldest and second brothers to come to our house for dinner the day after tomorrow, as well as Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui. Prepare more by then."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Luo Dechang just called me and said that the uncle of the Guo sisters will be on vacation the day after tomorrow. After learning about this, he plans to have a meal with the two families, right here at our house."

Zhou Fengnian paused for a moment, then continued, "Fortunately, it happened before I left, otherwise we would have to wait half a year for this meal.

But if the talks go well, I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back for my two nephews’ weddings.”

"You have so many things to do that you can't even take care of your family."

Zhou Yan said this somewhat unhappily, but she was just complaining and would not stop Zhou Fengnian from going on a business trip or anything like that.

"I'll go and prepare when the time comes. I'll also go and notify my eldest brother and his wife and my second brother and his wife. You can all gather together to eat, and my eldest and second sisters-in-law and I will stay in the room..."

"Okay, I'll trouble you."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile that as long as Zhou Yan was around, he didn't have to worry about family matters; the children were all well educated, and although they were a little money-grubber, they didn't go astray.

There is nothing he can do if his grades are not good. As a father, he has climbed to this level and will definitely be able to take care of his two daughters in the future.

Soon, the day for holiday came.

While Zhou Fengnian and his family were still having breakfast, someone knocked on the door.

Zhou Yiyi ran over to open the door and looked in surprise, "Uncle, aunt, second uncle."

There were so many people coming, even her two younger sisters came, and Zhou Yiyi couldn't greet them all at once.

Zhou Fengnian came over and took a look, and immediately said: "Brother, you brought these things just in time. I told Master Yang to buy some more later. Fortunately, you brought so many ingredients."

"After all, this is about these two brats, so we still have to pay for these things. Third brother, Master Yang and I will cook together today."

Zhou Weitian said with a smile that he and Zhou Jiaan each carried a lot of food ingredients, including quite a bit of seafood, all of which he obtained through his connections.

I have to show off my skills this afternoon and arrange his son's marriage.

"Third brother, if this succeeds, these two brats will kowtow to you."

"Why are you being so polite?"

After Zhou Fengnian invited everyone in, they each prepared lunch; the eldest and second sisters-in-law could have gone to take care of the restaurant and garment factory today, but they had to help with their sons' wedding.

In the end, he simply brought his daughter along, and both families followed.

Today, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui were both dressed neatly, and they looked much more energetic than before. Although the Zhou family was poor in the past, they were not bad-looking, and there was no ugly person from head to toe.

Otherwise, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui would not have been able to talk to the Guo sisters.

Not long after Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan's families arrived, the eldest brother went to the kitchen to busy himself. The ingredients he brought this time were enough to make more than a dozen dishes.

Zhou Jiaan was chatting with Zhou Fengnian in the living room, mainly talking about the recent affairs of their garment factory.

He had already planned to expand. The policies were gradually being relaxed and he had saved enough money. Zhou Jiaan had already been investigating locations in the suburbs and was preparing to acquire a piece of land to build a factory.

Now there is no need for Zhou Fengnian to give too much guidance, Zhou Jiaan already knows how to develop a garment factory; at this time, if there are any foreign movies released in the country, he can just copy them.

Once it is produced, it will definitely be popular; and it is a unique track, and no one will compete with it at all.

Some small tailor shops are not considered competitors. As long as the state-owned factories do not go out of business, no one can compete with Zhou Jiaan.

We will consider having our own brand after the 1990s.

After chatting for a while, someone rang the doorbell. Not many people would come to the door at this time. After hearing the doorbell, Zhou Fengnian immediately guessed who came.

After walking to the door and opening it, Zhou Fengnian immediately smiled and said, "Brother Luo, this must be Colonel Guo, please come in."

He has a resolute face and a serious look. It is obvious that this is a character that he developed in the army since childhood and he probably won't be able to change it in the future.

Behind Guo Jinhuai were two girls, both of whom were good-looking and had good temperament.

"Commissioner Zhou, I'm Guo Jinhuai. I wanted to meet you to have a chat before, but I didn't expect it to be under such circumstances."

Guo Jinhuai greeted him with a smile, but he probably hadn't smiled for a long time, so the smile looked a little stiff.

Zhou Fengnian said in surprise: "Colonel Guo used to be with me..."

"It's your information warfare article, which has been circulated in the army before, Fengnian."

Luo Dechang explained: “Coupled with the performance of drones on the border, we are now studying new ways of warfare.

And you are the technology provider, so many of us want to know what other things similar to drones are there."

"Oh, no wonder you came to see me so often last time, Brother Luo. Haha. Let's go in and talk. The door is a bit out of place."

Zhou Fengnian was so engrossed in the conversation that he forgot the place and quickly invited the person in.

After Luo Dechang and Guo Jinhuai and his gang came in, Zhou Fengnian asked his son to go to the kitchen to call Zhou Weitian out to meet Guo Jinhuai.

After both parties arrived in the living room, Guo Jinhuai was the first to speak: "Comrade Zhou Weitian, Comrade Zhou Jiaan, hello, I am Guo Youqing and Guo Youhe's uncle, Guo Jinhuai."

"Hello, Comrade Guo."

Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan also responded and greeted him. They felt a little restrained because Guo Jinhuai had a serious aura and he was almost glaring at Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui, the two guys who kidnapped his niece.

In the end, it was Zhou Fengnian who warmed up the atmosphere and asked everyone to sit down and chat. Zhou Weitian also took the opportunity to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Zhou Fengnian and Luo Dechang were basically there to ease the atmosphere. Luo Dechang had always spoken well of Zhou Fengnian because Zhou Fengnian had helped him a lot.

Luo Dechang believed that with such an uncle, his nephew would definitely not be bad and worthy of lifelong trust. Because of the army, it was very easy for him to contact Guo Jinhuai, and he had been saying good things about Zhou Fengnian all the way.

Guo Jinhuai also wanted to talk to Zhou Fengnian about information warfare, so he agreed to have dinner with him on his day off.

Today was supposed to be a time to talk about the younger generation's marriage, but after sitting down, two military colonels and a deputy from the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building started talking about other things and completely went off topic.

".Colonel Guo, Brother Luo, in fact, information warfare is a change in the advancement of weapons, and we must adapt as soon as possible;

From bows and spears to muskets and cannons, war tactics have undergone great changes, and now is also a time when technological progress is promoting changes in the way wars are fought."

Zhou Fengnian didn't know much about war, but he was very familiar with the development of science and technology, so he kept talking about what technology could do, and then let Luo Dechang and Guo Jinhuai think about the impact of technology on war on their own.

"We are now working on satellite communication transmission, which can quickly transmit war information through satellites.
In a few decades, maybe we can put weapons on satellites and evolve from air-to-ground strikes to space-to-ground strikes."

Guo Jinhuai listened attentively, but he already knew that now there are drones mounted on signal transmission devices, which has changed the way of warfare that was completely impossible before, so what Zhou Fengnian said may not be impossible to achieve.

The three of them became more and more excited as they talked, and Zhou Fengnian also discovered that Guo Jinhuai, like him, was an extreme nationalist.

At least they have the same stance on attacking Xiaorizi. If there is a chance in the future, one of them wants to lead the team to attack Xiaorizi, and the other wants to press the button to launch a nuclear bomb against Xiaorizi.
As the two chatted, the way they addressed each other changed. Guo Jinhuai simply called Fengnian, while Zhou Fengnian called him "Brother Guo". He was two years older than Luo Dechang.

No one else could get a word in, but Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui gradually felt relieved. Seeing how well their Third Uncle and Guo Jinhuai were getting along, they felt that their marriage was settled.

(End of this chapter)