Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 344 Go to the Factory Platform

The two energy crises have brought considerable losses to various countries, so at this stage all countries are very nervous about energy issues.

Although Science Magazine is just a small newspaper, the article was published by Zhou Fengnian, so it still attracted a lot of attention.

In the office, a man came to Director Zhang with a scientific magazine, handed it to him and said, "Director, take a look at this newspaper."

"Oh, what did you write?"

After Director Zhang took it, he saw the title above and then turned the page to look at the author.

After seeing Zhou Fengnian's name, the expression on his face became serious.

For a cadre of this level, who is also a top scientist in the country, the articles he publishes will definitely attract attention.

Director Zhang then read it carefully and soon found that it was not a serious scientific research article, but more like a science fiction.
However, the mentions about nuclear energy are worthy of attention, especially since nuclear energy is the only energy source that can replace oil in the next forty years.

Although it is not a serious newspaper regarding matters concerning national energy, to some extent, it also represents Zhou Fengnian's views.

But why should it be published in this kind of newspaper?
I've never heard of Science Magazine before. It seems to be a new newspaper.

"I'll go report to my leader."

Director Zhang said to his subordinate section chief, and then walked towards the leader's office with the newspaper. The leader didn't seem to be busy yet.

When he entered, he saw the leader smoking and reading a newspaper, so he stepped forward and whispered, "Leader, Comrade Zhou Fengnian published an article in the newspaper. Would you like to take a look?"

"Oh? Who has offended him again?"

After hearing this, the leader immediately put down the newspaper in his hand and asked.

The last time Zhou Fengnian had a bad temper, it was known to everyone in the city through the newspapers. He scolded another professor so much that he had a stroke and was hospitalized, and it involved a lot of things.

This time, the article was published in the newspaper, which made the leader suddenly think that Zhou Fengnian had quarreled with someone again.

Director Zhang said: "This time it was not a quarrel, but an article published by Comrade Zhou Fengnian, some of which was related to energy."

"Oh?"

The leader quickly took the newspaper and started reading. There were not many words, but when Zhou Fengnian wrote this article, he did not use a lot of data and technical principles. Instead, he explained it from a scientific fantasy perspective, which added to the interest.

So the leader also read it with great interest, but when he saw the few hundred words about nuclear energy, he became careful.

The leader finished reading it quickly because the words were not long. However, he felt that he was not satisfied after reading it. He turned around and asked Director Zhang.

"Did Comrade Fengnian submit any relevant reports?"

"No, and this newspaper is also newly published. It should be an idea of ​​Comrade Zhou Fengnian. It may also be something else. Do you want to ask Comrade Zhou Fengnian?"

"Give him a call and ask him when he is free. I want to talk to him."

The leader said that if they could do what was said above, they could take action now.

China has always been short of energy, and it will take many years before it can have full electricity.

If we can develop nuclear power plants or something like that, it can solve many problems.

The call was quickly made to Zhou Fengnian, but Zhou Fengnian was on a field trip today and was not in the department at the moment. He had gone to the wireless communications factory.

This report was also noticed by others. After all, Zhou Fengnian was the person they needed to pay special attention to.

And judging from the actions of FAW Automobile Factory, China has also noticed the energy problem and has reduced the fuel consumption of its cars from more than 8% to 6%. This technological upgrade has made it impossible for them to catch up for a while.

Now it is said that nuclear energy may have been under control or is in the stage of being developed. In this case, they should pay attention.

Building a nuclear power plant involves tens of billions of dollars, and they don't want China to get involved.

Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to solve the person.

Today Zhou Fengnian brought Wang Mingjie and another director to the wireless communications factory.

According to Zhou Fengnian's supervision, when selling pagers, it is necessary to accumulate digital communication technology, and then gradually promote it by selling pagers.

However, the previous factory director did listen, but only half of the time. He only knew how to sell pagers to increase the revenue of the wireless communications factory, but he did nothing to spend money on promoting digital communications.

When he was transferred, he kept crying out that he was wronged, saying that he was the one who developed the factory and that he should not be abandoned after his work had been done.

In the end, Zhou Fengnian slammed the table and drove him away!
He still doesn't know what mistake he made. I originally wanted to transfer him to a better factory or other position, but after hearing what the former director Zhao said, I directly let him go somewhere else to display his abilities.

If you have the ability, don’t rely on the wireless communication factory to show your ability!
After Zhou Fengnian's words spread, Gu Wenjie was secretly shocked and blamed the man named Zhao in his heart.

Don’t you have any idea why the wireless communication factory is developing so fast? Why do you take all the responsibility on yourself?
Today, Zhou Fengnian personally led a team to the factory for investigation, which showed his determination to promote digital communications.

Pan Heng led the team to bring Zhou Fengnian to the experimental workshop. While they were on tour, he introduced: "Leader, the technical staff of the factory has been working overtime recently and finally made a digital mobile phone according to your instructions."

After saying that, Pan Heng ordered someone to bring the digital phone and hand it to Zhou Fengnian.

It is 20 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide and weighs less than one kilogram. Zhou Fengnian weighed it carefully. It is much bigger than the mobile phone he imagined, but much better than a mobile phone.

The reason why it is so big is still mainly due to battery reasons. Other technical issues have been handled very well, and functions such as digital voice and text messages are also very good.

In addition to digital voice and text messages, there are also functions such as notepad and address book.

Putting it together with a big mobile phone, it can be said to be the absolute winner except that the battery is too large, affecting the weight and overall appearance, and there is also a two-centimeter external antenna.

Zhou Fengnian looked at it for more than ten seconds and found many problems. In his opinion, these problems could be solved. At least he could solve them easily.

However, it is normal that the technicians of the wireless communication factory are not as good as Zhou Fengnian. If they were, Zhou Fengnian would not have to be so angry.

Zhou Fengnian looked up and asked Pan Heng: "Can we talk now?"

Pan Heng said: "The factory has built a small analog base station. The signal can cover the entire factory and the area within 500 meters outside the factory. I asked my secretary to take a digital mobile phone to the cafeteria. I can call him now."

"Then tell him that I want to eat braised pork for lunch."

"It's too oily, boss. You should eat healthier."

Pan Heng said with a smile as he dialed the number.

Zhou Fengnian also pointed and smiled, "Then just order two dishes, forget about the greasy ones."

Wang Mingjie on the side was surprised. He knew that Pan Heng was Zhou Fengnian's previous secretary, but he didn't expect that the two had such a good relationship that they could even get involved in what the leader eats.

Wang Mingjie didn't know much. Pan Heng was a few years older than Zhou Fengnian. Before, he almost took on the job of a nanny to take care of Zhou Fengnian. Naturally, the relationship between the two was very good.

When there is a good opportunity for promotion, apart from the relationship with the Bai family, the first person Zhou Fengnian thinks of is probably Pan Heng.

Soon, Pan Heng dialed his secretary's phone: "Xiao He, the leader will have lunch at the factory at noon. Please ask the kitchen to prepare four dishes and a soup." After that, Pan Heng handed the digital phone in his hand to Zhou Fengnian.

After answering the phone, Zhou Fengnian said, "Comrade He, ask the kitchen to make the dishes a little spicier."

[Understood, don't worry, boss. I'll tell the kitchen staff right away.]

After chatting for a few more sentences, Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone. However, when he returned the phone, he still said, "The call quality seems not very high. It should be not far from here to the cafeteria. The sound is rustling.
This won’t work. We need to continue to improve it. Otherwise, we won’t be able to make calls outside the city. At least we need to ensure that calls are clear around the city when base station signals are covered.”

"There are some technical problems that can be corrected. I will hold a meeting with the technical department later. You should also cooperate more with some radio research institutes."

Zhou Fengnian said to Pan Heng that when they came out, he should let the others stand back a little while he and Pan Heng would walk ahead.

When there were only two of them around, Zhou Fengnian continued, "The prospects for the wireless communications factory are definitely bright. If it continues to develop in the future, it will basically be able to manage the national call business.
Even if you stay in the position of factory manager, you will be able to rise to my position in the future."

"If you plan to change places, you may also transfer to the government department to become a provincial or municipal supervisor. The prerequisite is that digital communications must be well developed. You can consider it after three to five years."

Pan Heng has made a great contribution by developing digital communications. He will be guaranteed to be a senior official within ten years, and there is a great hope that he will reach his position in the future.

Since it was said in private, Pan Heng was very excited after hearing it, and quickly said: "Leader, don't worry, I will definitely promote digital communications and will not embarrass you."

Who doesn't want to be an official? Who would miss the opportunity to climb up?

Pan Heng is very happy now. He is also lucky as he followed Zhou Fengnian not long after graduation. Although he was delayed for seven or eight years without promotion, there was nothing he could do about it.

During those seven or eight years, almost no one was promoted. Excluding that time, it was very rare for him to be promoted to his current position in just fourteen or fifteen years.

If you work hard, you can be promoted to the next level in five years. Then you will have a great chance to move up to the department or become a squad leader in a local area.

After talking about personal matters, Zhou Fengnian then took another look at the wireless communication factory. Now this factory has developed very well.

There are 16,000 employees in the 49 cities, and there are offices in the other 16 cities. There are plans to build branches in three more cities next year.

The emergence of pagers has indeed brought a lot of convenience. Now, even in the countryside, you can receive paging signals.

"Call me if you have something" is almost replacing "goodbye" as the must-say phrase for young people when they say goodbye. This is also the reason why wireless communication companies are now fully funded.

Not only are there endless funds within the factory, but several hundred million can also be handed over to the ministry every year.

Zhou Fengnian then held a meeting with the technical department and told him about some technical difficulties and breakthroughs. According to him, there is still a lot of room for optimization and improvement in the first generation of digital mobile phones.

Many technicians suddenly realized it after listening to it, including those engineers.

They have technical capabilities, but lack some application insights. Once they are shown the complete picture, it will be easy to optimize and improve.

At lunchtime, Zhou Fengnian followed Pan Heng to the cafeteria to eat.

"Director Pan, I remember that the chef in your factory was pretty good. If he hadn't resigned to start his own business, your staff canteen would be very lucky in the future.

Or we can do what the machine tool factory did before and let the canteen generate some income."

Just like the former Hua Xia Machine Tool Factory, the cadre canteen at that time was very popular, and even workers with money would go there.

The prerequisite is that the canteen chef’s skills must be good enough and he must be willing to spare time; some people are not willing to do so because it is tiring and they often have to work overtime. If they are not short of money, it would be difficult for them to agree.

Pan Heng smiled and said, "I'll talk to the logistics director later and ask them to come up with a plan."

Although a leader of Zhou Fengnian's level said that this matter was a bit redundant, his words should definitely be taken seriously by those below him.

When we got to the cafeteria box, there were only a few people sitting at the table. Even the factory secretary was not there. It wasn't that he didn't want to come, but Zhou Fengnian didn't let him come.

It’s not good to have too many people at a meal. Except for Pan Heng, everyone else at the table was from the department.

Soon, the dishes were served from the kitchen.

Zhou Fengnian took a look and said, "The Sichuan cuisine is good. It seems that the previous chef is still here."

Before he finished speaking, another waiter, who looked to be in his fifties, came in and said, "Boss, chicken stewed with mushrooms, my specialty."

The old cook was stunned in the middle of his words because he saw Zhou Fengnian sitting at the main seat and suddenly remembered a lot of things.

"You are."

Zhou Fengnian thought this person looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered this person and said in surprise, "He Yuzhu, right? Are you back?"

It seemed that this man instigated Xu Damao to attack his elder brother, and then he was sent to the farm.

If he didn't have a good memory, he would have forgotten about these people long ago.

The cadre villa he lives in now seems to be the one that belonged to the Lou family before. The Cadre Management Bureau mentioned it when the houses were allocated, but Zhou Fengnian didn't take it to heart.

"Yes, it's me. Hello, leader."

When He Yuzhu heard Zhou Fengnian calling out his name, his whole body trembled, as if he wanted to curl up and hide.

"If you have nothing else to do, take a rest. There won't be any more dishes to serve later."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said that if he hadn’t met him by chance, he might never have remembered someone like He Yuzhu.

Being locked up for almost twenty years is considered a punishment.

After He Yuzhu left, Pan Heng asked, "Leader, do you know the chef in our factory?"

Zhou Fengnian said as he ate: "I've seen him twice before, don't worry about him."

"Okay, I get it now."

Pan Heng nodded and said, it seems that he might not be familiar with the leader, and there is some conflict between them. However, since the leader does not let him intervene, it means that the conflict is not serious and he does not need to use any means.

After lunch, Zhou Fengnian held a meeting of middle and senior management at the wireless communications factory and announced his determination to promote digital communications.

Whoever tampered with this and hindered others would be hindering Zhou Fengnian.

It can also be considered as supporting Pan Heng. After all, the former director Zhao has been in the factory for several years and he must have a few confidants.

But it was no use being a confidant. This time he promised Pan Heng a lot of power, and anyone who dragged his feet would be reported and fired.

Zhou Fengnian left the wireless communications factory only after he had performed for Pan Heng at the meeting.

After returning to the ministry, he learned that Director Zhang of the Zhonghai Office had called him, so he called back.

After hearing that it was his leader looking for him and agreeing on a time, Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone and prepared to leave.

(End of this chapter)