Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 392 Heading to Shanghai
Less than a week later, a decision was made at the higher level.

We can recruit talent from the Russians, regardless of their background or even if they are bureaucrats. They have value, at least in providing intelligence.

If America can acquire hundreds of thousands of talented people from Russia, there's no reason why their neighboring 'brotherly country' can't do the same.

However, this decision was made in secrecy and certainly could not be announced openly.

Moreover, in Zhou Fengnian's view, it was safest for the Russians to come here; in other countries, there was a possibility of assassination, but here they were very safe.

Any foreigner is highly visible on this land, greatly increasing the difficulty of assassination.

Zhou Fengnian knew that the decision had been finalized, but he was not clear about the specific implementation details; there were relevant personnel in charge.

However, if they accept the fleeing technical personnel, the Chinese Academy of Sciences will most likely be the one to make the final arrangements.

Afterwards, Zhou Fengnian also went to the National Defense Commission and talked with them and the people from the Ship Office.

He felt that buying aircraft carriers from abroad would be faster; otherwise, developing and building everything from scratch would take too much time.

The aircraft carrier project is probably more complicated than all the other projects he has been in charge of combined. If it is only for self-development, then it will really waste too much of Zhou Fengnian's energy.

He probably won't have time to do other research by then. It would be fine if he didn't get involved, but that would definitely take longer to develop and waste more resources.

If he participates, at least the simulated space can be used to control the direction.

Moreover, after talking with the leadership, it was decided that they would try to acquire an aircraft carrier from Russia, which would be much easier than acquiring one from Western countries.

With social unrest like that, the Russians are really willing to buy things. Although aircraft carriers are their top strategic weapon, it's not like there's no hope for them.

"Mom and Dad, don't worry. I brought eight bodyguards with me this time, and each of them brought weapons."

Zhou Xianyang waved his hand to comfort her and said, "I've also contacted my friends there. We'll only be there for a week. I'll definitely bring my sister back safe and sound."

But you guys should also show some concern for me. You weren't this concerned about me when I went out before.

"You're so clever. As long as you can protect yourself, I'm not worried about the bandits outside harming you."

Zhou Fengnian looked at Zhou Xianyang and said, "Don't let anything happen to your sister."

"Okay, I know. I'm tired of hearing about this. Don't worry."

Zhou Xianyang waved his hand and said, "You can go back now, no need to see us off. We'll be back in a little over half a month."

After Zhou Yiyi said goodbye to Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Yan, the two siblings got into the car and set off.

Zhou Xianyang was well prepared for this trip. He assigned security personnel to both of his factories, totaling eighty people.

Moreover, half of them applied for gun service, and for safety reasons, Zhou Fengnian also helped them apply for gun licenses in Hong Kong.

After all, he only has three children. Although his second daughter is a bit slow, he couldn't let anything happen to her, so he made sure she was safe on her trip.

After her son and daughter left by car, Zhou Yan sighed and said, "You'll be leaving next week too, then it'll just be Linlin and me at home."

"Thank you for your hard work, but I'll take care of things quickly over there and try to come back as soon as possible."

Zhou Fengnian put his arm around Zhou Yan's shoulder and comforted her, saying, "You'll only be able to stay for twenty days a month at most. This mission isn't too difficult."

He has decided to use the simulation space to complete the project as soon as possible. Once he establishes his position in the project team, Zhou Fengnian will be in charge of the research and development direction.

He delegated the specific experiments to others, which saved him a lot of time. This high-tech research and development project mobilized many researchers; even Zhou Fengnian, the vice dean, was in charge of one group. You can imagine the situation for the other researchers.

There was no way anyone could relax or have a leisurely time. At that time, it was actually the administrative staff and other personnel at the Academy of Sciences who were able to relax.

Not long after, Zhou Fengnian was also ready to set off. Everything had been handed over and arranged in Shanghai, and the rest of the project team had also set off for there after receiving the notification.

Zhou Fengnian has been quite busy lately, mainly taking care of the students at the Robotics Research Institute. After all, it would be irresponsible to leave them to their own devices for too long, as they are learning and working on projects under his guidance.

China is developing rapidly in the field of robotics and is already planning a robot production workshop for FAW's car manufacturing plant.

Soon, we will be able to design a production workshop that integrates welding, assembly, and testing.

The Robotics Institute is making the fastest progress in industrial robots, while the other two areas are lagging behind. Without Zhou Fengnian's leadership, the progress would be somewhat slow.

However, given the short development history of the Robotics Institute, its achievements today are quite remarkable; in just a few years, it has caught up with the level of robotics abroad, and even surpassed it in some aspects.
Unfortunately, there are not many manufacturers in China that can afford to use robot production workshops; at most, there are probably no more than fifty.

They've only been reforming and opening up for a few years, and there are still too few factories and businesses that have developed.

The Future Robotics Research Institute will primarily focus on small anti-stealth drones, with air-based drones as the main focus and land-based drones as the secondary focus, while marine robots will be the last to be developed.

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Soon it was time for Zhou Fengnian's business trip. After packing his clothes and belongings, Zhou Yan reminded him, "Make sure you eat well when you get there. You always forget to eat at mealtimes because you're so busy. I'll call your new secretary to ask."

Including the current one, Zhou Fengnian has a total of three secretaries, but each of them has been privately instructed by Zhou Yan to remind Zhou Fengnian to eat on time.

Otherwise, I'll forget the time when I get busy, and I might even forget that the food is right next to me.

"Hehe, don't worry, food is the most important thing for people, how could I forget such a thing?"

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile that he used to be the one giving instructions to his son and daughter, but now it's his wife's turn to give him instructions.

"When you have a vacation, take leave and bring your daughter to Shanghai to visit me. I'll take some time to show you around Shanghai."
I haven't gone out much in recent years. If I were in an administrative position, I would definitely have plenty of time to spend with you and our daughter.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan remembered her husband's promise to take her on a trip after retirement, and smiled, saying, "I'll try to arrange my work schedule, and if I have time, I'll come visit you."

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

After picking up his suitcase, Zhou Fengnian left home and took a car.

Qian Zhi was also in the car. After Zhou Fengnian got in, he said, "Boss, we'll arrive around six o'clock tonight. Deputy Team Leader Song has already prepared a welcome dinner and accommodations over there."

After listening to Qian Zhi's report, Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work on this trip."

Qian Zhi is quite efficient and quick to learn. In less than two months as his secretary, he has handled everything in an orderly manner.

"It's what I should do, boss."

Qian Zhi quickly replied that his status had risen significantly since becoming Zhou Fengnian's secretary, and now everyone in the Academy of Sciences called him Secretary Qian.

Although Zhou Fengnian is the vice president, he is the vice president in charge, and his rank is the same as that of the president.

After arriving at the train station, the group quickly boarded the train and arrived at the soft sleeper carriage, where they were arranged to share a room with two people.

He could have taken a plane, but the plane wouldn't depart until the afternoon, and the arrival time in Shanghai would be about the same as taking the train, so Zhou Fengnian chose to take the train instead.

(End of this chapter)