Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 38 The beauty of the radio station
"Dear leaders and workers, let me now broadcast a thank you letter from the Chaoyang Police Station. Comrade Zhou Fengnian from the Technical Department of our factory bravely captured two thieves at the supply and marketing cooperative."

“Dear leaders and fellow workers”

The broadcast was repeated three times in a row so that everyone in the factory could hear it.

This incident also caused more factory workers to talk about Zhou Fengnian, simply because Zhou Fengnian had become too famous in the factory recently.

After broadcasting several times in half a year, it’s hard not to recognize Zhou Fengnian.

However, there was no reward from the factory. The factory simply handed over the certificate issued by the police station to Zhou Fengnian over the radio.

"Is Comrade Zhou Fengnian here?"

After the door of the technical department was knocked twice, almost everyone looked up at the door, and then they saw a young and beautiful female comrade.

"It's so beautiful!"

The male comrades in the technical department all had this thought in their minds. Zhou Yan was well-dressed, and her work clothes seemed to have been modified, which made her waist look thin and her breasts look big. Her beautiful eyes seemed to be able to drip water.

"I'm Zhou Yan from the radio station. Our section chief asked me to pass this award certificate and thank-you letter to Comrade Zhou Fengnian."

"I'm here."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian walked to the door, took the award certificate and thank-you letter from the police station and said, "Thank you, Comrade Zhou Yan."

"No, Zhou Fengnian, you have brought honor to the factory. My trip here is nothing."

Zhou Yan stared at Zhou Fengnian with her big eyes without blinking. She didn't expect Zhou Fengnian to be so handsome.

Before, she had only glanced at him from a distance and didn't pay much attention; if she had known what Zhou Fengnian looked like earlier, she would have competed with Xue Peihua long ago.

But it’s not too late now. Xue Peihua, that idiot who relied on his family background, has no chance of being with Zhou Fengnian now.

"Zhou Fengnian, do you have time now? Can you tell me how you caught the two thieves?
If there is a need for heroic deeds, your story is perfect for it."

Zhou Yan's tone was gentle, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be blooming with peach blossoms.

"Let's do it another day. I have a mission right now and really don't have time, Comrade Zhou Yan."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "Besides, catching two thieves is nothing. The workers who are working hard on the front line of production and the farmers who are cultivating and donating grain are the heroes."

In public, every sentence is a quote.

Zhou Fengnian plans to cultivate this habit first and add more red to his clothes.

Zhou Yan's beautiful eyes became brighter, and she asked in a tender voice: "Zhou Fengnian, you are really conscious. Can I date you in the future? Tell me about what happened today, and I will use it as material for the Propaganda Department."

"That's fine, I can do it later when I have time."

Being rejected twice in a row was a bit embarrassing, so Zhou Fengnian just delayed it.

After Zhou Yan left, other people in the technical department started to ask, "Fengnian, why didn't you agree just now?"

"That's right, Fengnian. I think Zhou Yan obviously wants to be your friend. Why don't you try to get in touch with her?"

The men all felt sorry for Zhou Fengnian, after all, Zhou Yan was also a beauty in the radio station, but the female comrades opposed it.

Song Qian snorted coldly and said, "Zhou Fengnian still has work to do. He is so busy every day. He thought it was you guys."

"That's right. Besides, Zhou Fengnian is from our technical department."

Qian Qianqian also snorted coldly and said that they knew Zhou Fengnian wanted to date Xue Peihua before, but they were not tempted because Zhou Fengnian was not as outstanding as he is now.

But the current Zhou Fengnian is enough to attract the attention of any unmarried female comrade in the factory.

"What are you guys talking about if you're not working?" Luo Cheng suddenly came out of the office and said, "There's a problem with the machine tool in Workshop 3. Gan Ming, you and Cong Jun go check on Fengnian. Come in for a moment."

"Okay, Mr. Luo."

Luo Cheng's appearance interrupted the idle chatter in the technical department. After calling Zhou Fengnian into the office, he handed over the transistor design drawing that he had handed over in the morning.
"Tell me, how did you think of studying this?"

"Of course it's to make more advanced CNC machine tools, Mr. Luo. Transistors are more suitable for the electronic control systems of machine tools than vacuum tubes."

Zhou Fengnian picked up the blueprint and explained it to Luo Cheng: "Look here, this is the biggest difference between transistors and electron tubes. They are small in size, consume less power, and are more stable.
The electronic control system made of transistors is several tenths of the volume of the vacuum tube control system, consumes one quarter of the power, and has five times the output power.

"It's because the numbers you said are too exaggerated that I don't believe it. Besides, electronic components are not something I'm good at."

Luo Cheng said unhappily, then paused and continued: "Let's not talk about the materials you want, just these equipment, where can our factory have them?

You won’t be able to find a place even if you apply, so you can only try your luck at Tsinghua University or a research institute.”

There are quite a lot of things needed. Luo Cheng roughly calculated that it would cost thousands of dollars. The most important things are equipment and instruments. Their machinery factory does not have these and cannot transfer them.

Moreover, the numbers on this drawing are even bigger than those exaggerated in the newspapers in the past two years, such as the huge fat pig weighing ten thousand kilograms. Luo Cheng was the first one who didn't believe it when he saw it, but this was something Zhou Fengnian had brought out.

Zhou Fengnian's steadiness alone was enough to convince him, and Luo Cheng also kept persuading himself to believe in Zhou Fengnian.

"Besides the requirements above, what else do you need?"

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "Find me some relevant people. Engineer Luo, didn't you graduate from Tsinghua University? Do you have any acquaintances? No professors, but relevant students will do."

"Cough cough."

Luo Cheng almost choked on the water he had just drunk. He patted his chest twice and said, "You think too highly of me. I'm just the head of the technical department of a machinery factory. I'm not going to the university to find someone for you."

"Professor, no. Never mind. I'll ask my old classmate for you. He should know someone."

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian said, "We are also a large factory in the city. Can't we apply to the ministry? If we can manufacture it, it will definitely be a driving force for progress."

"What are you thinking? We are just a big factory under the First Ministry of Machine Building. Who would know anyone from the First Ministry of Machine Building? Tsinghua University is the treasure of the Ministry of Education!"

Although priority was given to the development of heavy industry, there was no order to transfer people to help. Every year the Ministry of First Machine Building accepted a large number of university graduates, and they were the ones begging others for help.

"Engineer Luo, when can we contact the university's research lab and equipment?"

"I have to win over the friendship of my classmates these few days, otherwise it will be difficult for ordinary people to borrow money."

Zhou Fengnian nodded after hearing this. This was the only way since their machinery factory didn’t have the conditions.

Although the equipment and instruments he needs are not particularly advanced in this era, they are very precious in China. Currently, only research institutes and first-class universities have them.

Because they have to invent experiments frequently.

"I can guarantee that there is absolutely no problem with my design. It would be very difficult if we couldn't produce it due to lack of conditions. So, Mr. Luo, please help me. This is industrial progress."

"Pull him down quickly!"

Luo Cheng said with a look of disgust: "You betrayed me so naturally yesterday, and today you are causing me trouble again. I am almost your errand boy. Okay, okay, I will call and ask for you right away."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Luo. I'll cook you a meal tonight. It's sour and spicy and will stimulate your appetite!"

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile.

After inventing the transistor, he immediately made integrated circuit boards and then improved CNC machine tools.

(End of this chapter)