Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 364: A City Official Visits
"Leader, now I am busy with you again."

In Zhou Fengnian's office, Pan Heng said with a smile; from today on he has joined the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, and has been promoted to the director of the communications business department.

The office location also moved back to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, leaving one floor vacant for the communications business department.

"I don't think you'll stay here for long. You'll be sent out in a few years."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "I have already told them how fast the communications business department is developing. It is really unnecessary to put you in the Fourth Machine Department."

His original idea was to place a new factory with independent production workshop in the suburbs or other districts, and then expand it, and the original wireless communications factory would be left to the communications business department.

The number of people will increase dramatically in three years, and maybe in six or seven years the communications business department will be separated out and become a ministry equal to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

However, those people insisted on bringing the communications business department to the ministry, saying that it would be easier to understand the situation.

In Zhou Fengnian's view, those who oppose it also know the scale of the communications business department. Since they are close now, they will be able to gain more benefits if it is separated in the future.

"Pan Heng, you will be busy from now on. Overseas business is more important now. I'm afraid you will have to go on a business trip for a long time. Can your family arrange it?"

Pan Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, leader. My son is in college now, and my wife is taking care of the elderly at home. There will be no problem."

"That's fine. The Guangdong Special Economic Zone is developing very fast now. It has surpassed the general urban areas in just a few years. There is absolutely no problem in using it as an overseas window."

Zhou Fengnian warned that the Guangdong Special Economic Zone was developing too fast. The Shenzhou Computer Branch and the home appliance industrial factory alone had attracted a large number of workers to the Guangdong Special Economic Zone.

These factories are all engaged in exports, and the welfare benefits are particularly good. Workers who are able to get employed here can basically receive a good salary, with an annual income of more than 1600 yuan.

These factories alone support tens of thousands of worker families and generate a large amount of tax revenue. Together with state support, the Guangdong Special Economic Zone undergoes a dramatic transformation every year.

It is not as good as the old cities now, but compared with other cities in the country, it can be ranked in the top 50.

If Pan Heng can gain a foothold in this city, he will be able to expand from Hong Kong to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Now their digital communications are the first in the world and they have no competitors, so they will definitely develop.

The mobile phone is such a stupid and bulky model, but it is still so popular. Almost every rich person buys one. It is because it is convenient for making calls outside.

If they knew how compact and convenient the second-generation digital communication phones were, they would definitely rush to buy them.

Zhongxun is the name of the new mobile phone, and the separated mobile phone production plant is also called Zhongxun Communications Manufacturing Plant, which will only be responsible for manufacturing communication equipment in the future.

In addition to mobile phones, it is also responsible for the production and manufacturing of signal base station equipment.

Even if it is only priced at five or six thousand yuan, it can still sell very well and is much cheaper than a mobile phone.

This is what technological crushing means. Without competition from similar products, they are the boss.

After chatting with Pan Heng for a long time and giving him some instructions, Pan Heng said goodbye and left, returning to his office floor to get busy.

He couldn't stay in the department for long. After recruiting enough staff, he handed over the domestic business to the deputy director and set off for the Guangdong Special Economic Zone in the south.

At present, domestic business is actually a small part. If we can promote overseas business, it will be a great achievement.

After Pan Heng left, Zhou Fengnian also became busy. He was busy researching new energy batteries.

Deputy Director Lu and his son went to Jinkou to busy themselves with the acquisition of a battery factory. It won't be long before the battery factory is successfully converted into shares, and then they can start new research and development.

Zhou Fengnian has some research and development direction in mind, but it still needs continuous experiments to confirm. Now he has not done any simulations, so he can only rely on the laboratory to confirm his speculation.

He knew the direction in which the next generation of batteries should develop, but he had no specific experimental details and had to keep trying.

Experiments in reality are too slow, so we may have to rely on simulation space to quickly solve this problem.

Ring ring ring!
Just as Zhou Fengnian was planning future experimental steps, the phone in the office suddenly rang.

After answering the phone, Zhou Fengnian asked casually: "Hello, who is that?"

"Dad, it's me. Deputy Director Lu and I have finished the discussion in Jinkou, but there is still one thing that has not been decided. The new battery factory has been confirmed to be in Jinkou, but what about the technical department and experimental workshop? Do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Fengnian said casually: "Of course it will be together with the factory area. What suggestions do you have? It will be too troublesome to separate them. Besides, how many people are there in the technical department of the new battery factory?"

"There are 37 people in total. The factory in Henan Province has 56 people. But we haven't discussed it yet. I don't know if they are willing to do it."

Zhou Fengnian said, "There are less than 200 people in total. There is no need to separate them for the time being. Let's just stay in Jinkou. You called me to ask about this. Didn't you discuss this with Deputy Director Lu?"

He was a little worried that Zhou Xianyang would take over the show. This kind of thing shouldn't be handled by Zhou Xianyang, so why was it his turn to call him now?

However, Zhou Xianyang knew his father very well, and said quickly on the other end of the phone: "I thought you were going to join the technical research and development here. If you stay in Jinkou, will it be inconvenient for you?
The new factory will definitely have to expand the technical department in the future, and the number of staff will definitely increase. Even if there is no staff now, there will be more technical researchers in the future. This is also what Deputy Director Lu meant. The phone is on speakerphone, and he is next to me. "

There are companies that have separate production areas and technical departments, but those companies have strong technical reserves and are able to lead production. Currently, there are too few technical researchers in battery factories.

However, if Zhou Fengnian gets involved, the research force will definitely increase, and it is unlikely that Zhou Fengnian will go to Jinkou for just a little thing, as there are too many things to do.

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment, then said, "It's up to you to decide. This is the battery factory of the Robotics Research Institute and Feiyang Electric Factory. R&D work is not a difficult matter. Consider it based on the actual situation."

After hearing this, Deputy Director Lu on the other end of the phone quickly said, "I understand, leader, let's do this."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Junfeng turned to Zhou Xianyang and said, "Director Zhou, let's keep the technical department of the new battery factory in Jinkou. If the number of researchers expands, we can consider other options..."

Lu Junfeng heard clearly what was said just now. Zhou Fengnian didn't like to make a big deal for him, and there was also the matter of asking Zhou Xianyang to make a phone call.
This matter should be led by the Robotics Research Institute. Zhou Xianyang is a shareholder who enjoys dividends and technology, and he should not be the one to come forward.

Zhou Xianyang said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Deputy Director Lu."

The two of them quickly reached an agreement with the Industrial Bureau of Jinkou on shareholding reform.

50.9% of the shares were allocated to the Robotics Research Institute, which was the guiding plan given by the Ministry of Industry.

20% of the shares were purchased by Feiyang Electric Factory, which cost million.

25% of the shares were purchased privately by Zhou Xianyang, who paid nearly 4.1 million yuan, and the remaining % were distributed to all factory employees.

Employees' personal shares cannot be avoided and some must be distributed to them, otherwise the reform cannot go on.

Moreover, the total value of this battery factory was just over 20 million, and Zhou Xianyang alone paid nearly 17 million, which was almost equivalent to him paying 80% of the money to buy the factory. In the short term, Zhou Xianyang suffered a big loss. If he wanted to liquidate the factory assets, he would not have to pay so much, and 10 million would be enough.

But this move made the Jinkou Industrial Bureau extremely satisfied. Even if they found out in the future that the battery factory made huge profits while they themselves suffered huge losses, they would not regret it.

You were so happy when you received the money, but now you see the new factory is making money, you want to regret it? It's not that good.

In the long run, Zhou Xianyang will definitely make money, and even after Zhou Fengnian studies new battery technology, this factory is likely to develop into a world-class battery giant.

It is almost certain that it will develop into an energy giant in the future. If you give more than 10 million today, you will get a return of thousands of times in 20 years.

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Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office.

"Recently, Jia'an Garment Factory has submitted a recruitment application to us. There are 300 job vacancies. Deputy Director Yu will go to confirm it later. Try to publicize the requirements as clearly as possible, and then count the number of people."

Zhou Yan arranged at the meeting that Jia'an Garment Factory was Zhou Jia'an's new factory, and the recruitment quota was also given to Zhou Yan.

If a factory wants to recruit workers now, it is best to contact the local street office.

They control the household registration of local residents and know how many people are unemployed and what their educational background is. If the factory recruits workers itself, it is unclear about the background of the people it recruits and it is likely that they will be a mixed bag.

Most factories only want reliable workers, so handing it over to the street office is the best option. They can quickly screen out a group of people and also provide guarantees for the factory.

However, the street office usually only accepts a small number of job openings, such as a restaurant needing six or seven waiters.

For people like Zhou Jiaan, who need 300 people at once, they can discuss it with the Dongcheng District Government.

However, by handing it over to the Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office, Zhou Jiaan was also adding credit to his brother and sister-in-law, and he believed that his brother and sister-in-law would not introduce him to unreliable people.

"Another 300 job openings? Director Zhou is amazing. Last time, many people asked about it. Now our subdistrict office can be the first to clear out unemployed residents."

Deputy Director Yu said happily that the problem of unemployed young people has become the most troublesome issue in recent years.

Next, most of the veterans will need to be resettled, and some positions will have to be reserved, which means both the upper and lower levels will need it.

If Zhou Yan didn't have such connections, someone would come to recruit hundreds of workers every once in a while, and their Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office would not be much better than other sub-district offices.

Zhou Yan chuckled after hearing this and said, "Deputy Director Yu, Jia'an Garment Factory also has requirements for recruiting workers. We must select people according to the regulations and don't allow any unqualified people to fill in the numbers.
Those who were not selected do not need to worry, there will be opportunities in the future, and our subdistrict office will not ignore even one person."

Deputy Director Yu patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Director Zhou, I will definitely screen them strictly."

"Okay, then let's talk about the issue of street vendors. Recently, some vendors have been blocking other people's doorsteps."

The meeting was disbanded after a while. The street office did not have much to do, and they were usually trivial matters.

Just when Zhou Yan returned to the office after the meeting, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Come in."

A clerk came in and said to Zhou Yan: "Director, someone is looking for you. It's Zhang Dingshan, the deputy mayor of Lu City, Dongshan Province."

"Who?"

Zhou Yan was startled and asked in confusion: "Are you sure he is the deputy mayor of Lu City? Why did he come to our street office? What happened recently?"

"Director, I'm not sure either, but he showed me his ID and he is indeed the deputy mayor of Lu City."

The clerk named Lin Yue was also a little skeptical and said uncertainly: "Director, do you think it could be fake?"

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let him in. I'll take a look first."

Their street office and Lu City have no connection at all. Why would the deputy mayor of Lu City come to their street office?

Zhou Yan was a little suspicious that the person was a liar, but if he was real, she decided to check his ID first.

Soon, clerk Lin Yue brought the person in. Zhou Yan also smiled and poured tea, and asked, "Comrade Zhang, hello, welcome to the Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office, please sit here."

"Thank you, Comrade Zhou."

Zhang Dingshan also spoke in a friendly manner. Although his rank was two levels higher than Zhou Yan, he was very polite.

After they were seated and tea was served, Zhou Yan asked, "Comrade Zhang, we don't seem to have any connection with Lu City. Why are you coming to our street office today?"

"Oh, to be honest, we really took advantage of the situation this time. The nuclear power plant is really important to us. For this project, we found out about you, Director Zhou."

After Zhang Dingshan finished speaking, he noticed the confusion and vigilance in Zhou Yan's eyes, and realized that he was a little anxious, so he hurriedly took out his documents and information from his briefcase.

"Director Zhou, this is my ID. These are the environmental data around Lu City.
We are submitting materials for the nuclear power plant settlement that was recently presided over by Leader Zhou. We have already submitted the materials and are waiting for the results.

Soon after the Nuclear Power Energy Commission was established, news of the construction of nuclear power plants came. After learning about this, many cities planned to seize this opportunity.

However, there are many cities that meet the construction conditions, but only one will be built for the first time, so they want to compete for this spot.

The establishment of a nuclear power plant has many benefits. Just the fact that it can solve the electricity needs of all residents in the city makes all the city’s officials extremely excited.

It can save the cost of burning coal, and also save most of the electricity for industrial development, increase industrial output value, etc.
However, with dozens of cities competing for one spot, there are too many wolves and too little meat.

Zhang Dingshan was quick-witted and found out through another method that Zhou Fengnian was the person with the most say in the Nuclear Power Energy Committee. However, Zhou Fengnian was not easy to find, and many people who went to look for him were rejected even after they met him.

After he found out that Zhou Yan was Zhou Fengnian's wife, he immediately went to visit her.

After introducing his identity and purpose, Zhang Dingshan smiled and took out a box, handed it over and said, "Director Zhou, this is my first time here, so I don't have anything to say. This is a specialty of our Lu City.

It’s not worth much, but you can’t buy it in the city, so it’s quite rare.”

(End of this chapter)