Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 394 They've Got Their Eyes on His Son
Zhou Xianyang's story didn't need to be widely reported, and he didn't give any interviews, but many people in Beijing still reported on him.

For example, Feiyang Electric Factory signed orders worth more than 54 million US dollars at the Canton Fair, as well as Zhou Xianyang's series of achievements.

The energy storage battery factory and the department store under construction have been exposed. The only thing that wasn't revealed was that Zhou Xianyang's investment in the cinema owned by Ren Zheng and his two brothers left no documents. Otherwise, it would probably have been exposed as well.

When Zhou Xianyang invested in Ren Zheng, he didn't think too much about it. As long as his father, Zhou Fengnian, was alive, Ren Zheng would never embezzle his money.

Moreover, Zhou Xianyang could earn tens of millions every year at that time, so this amount of money was really not enough.

Even if the movie theater hadn't exposed it, Zhou Xianyang had still run into the eye of the storm.

But Zhou Weitian comforted him, saying that Zhou Xianyang didn't feel any trouble. He wasn't afraid of trouble from lower-level cadres, and senior cadres wouldn't bother him.

"Xianyang sees you're busy and doesn't want to trouble you, right?"

"No, if he were really in trouble, he would definitely call me; the fact that he hasn't told me means it's not a big deal."

Zhou Fengnian shook his head and said, "He didn't do anything wrong. The money he earned was all within the scope of the policy. He made money with advanced technology. What excuse do those people have to cause him trouble?"
But they're really going on and on, like a toad jumping on my foot. I'll make a call and ask when I get back.”

If his son hadn't made a mistake, it wouldn't matter how much money he earned, but now some people are fixated on his son's meager earnings, which is utterly disgusting.

Many people in Hong Kong earn a lot of money, and even more overseas, so why don't they keep an eye on it?

They just thought Zhou Xianyang was easy to take advantage of!
Although he provided the MP3 music playback technology to Zhou Xianyang, who says it's not allowed?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let me finish asking first. I'm still here. Those bastards can only resort to such petty tricks."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said that he would call and ask first.

The three brothers then chatted about other things. Zhou Weitian originally wanted to ask about Shanghai, but although Zhou Fengnian had been here for half a year, he hadn't gone out much.

Regarding the situation in the Shanghai stock market, Zhou Fengnian is probably on the same starting line as Zhou Weitian and can't offer much help. However, Zhou Fengnian can lend his car to Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jia'an.

This is the car that the Shanghai municipal government arranged for him to use regularly, although he only drives it a few times a month.
He usually lives quite close to the research lab, only a seven or eight-minute walk away, so he rarely takes a car, except when going to the train station or the airport.

Having a car makes driving around Shanghai much more convenient.

After dinner, Zhou Fengnian didn't wander around outside with his two older brothers for long. They had been on the train for most of the day and were quite tired, so they went straight back to the guesthouse to rest.

Back in his room at the guesthouse, Zhou Fengnian picked up the phone and dialed the number for Beijing. His room was large, with a desk, a television, and a telephone line.

After the call connected, Zhou Fengnian said, "Brother Bai, this is Fengnian. It seems like Xianyang's matter has been getting a lot of attention lately. Do you know why?"

"Xianyang, I know quite well that Wang Hai leaked the order information from Feiyang Electric Factory. Although he's no longer in the foreign trade department, he still has access to this kind of information."
Feiyang Electric Factory doesn't violate any confidentiality regulations, so I can't use this matter to cause trouble for Wang Hai, especially since he has You Lijun behind him.

After being reminded, Zhou Fengnian quickly remembered the two men: "So it was those two bastards. Brother Bai, do you know what they're up to? I heard it's getting all-out media coverage again."

It's hard to say, but those two definitely weren't up to anything. However, since my uncle retired, his influence in the ministry has diminished considerably. Fengnian, I'll ask my friends in the propaganda department tomorrow to tell them to tone it down.

They're still praising him to death, basically just exaggerating his fame in the newspapers. If anyone tries to cause trouble because of this, they won't have any grounds to stand on.

However, their tradition is that it's better to keep things hidden than to expose them, and it's better to make a fortune quietly. Even if Zhou Xianyang has done nothing wrong since he started his business, it's not good for him to stand in the sunlight.

A large gap between the rich and the poor can arouse envy among the masses.

"Okay, thank you for your help. If it really doesn't work, I'll call them and ask. This is going on and on."

After thanking him, Zhou Fengnian hung up the phone. He then thought to himself, "So it was that bastard You Lijun."

Two years ago, I heard from Mr. Bai Yongkang that You Lijun wanted to take advantage of the lithography machine incident to gain merit and be promoted to a full-fledged position. However, he failed in the end and is still in a deputy position. I guess he hates You Lijun, the one who rejected the lithography machine issue, to the core.

Unable to cause him any trouble, they turned to his son instead?
After thinking for a while, Zhou Fengnian decided to wait for Bai Kang's message first. If things didn't go well with him, he would make a phone call himself.

Although he doesn't know anyone in the propaganda department, he can find someone he knows there.

Two days later, good news came from the laboratory.

Their last optimized chemical structure has achieved the best results, and they can basically proceed to the next step of clinical trials.

"Is this it?"

After seeing the calculation and experimental results, Vice Principal Song doubted whether he had made a mistake.

It went too smoothly; he couldn't recall a research and development process going this smoothly before.

He had participated in drug research before, but the identification of targets and lead compounds alone would take four or five years, or even longer.

How come it's been completed in just half a year now?
Vice Principal Song couldn't help but recall that it seemed that every time they reached a critical research and development stage, it was Zhou Fengnian who overruled all objections, set a research and development direction, and let them conduct calculations and experiments.

To be honest, many people were dissatisfied with Zhou Fengnian's domineering attitude at the time, because he just said it without providing any calculation or improvement data, and then asked them to directly select a compound for optimization.

If it's wrong, or the chemical structure is incorrect, wouldn't we waste several years?

Many people have mentioned this matter, and even Vice Principal Song mentioned it to Zhou Fengnian indirectly. However, Zhou Fengnian did not take it into consideration at the time and continued to be 'tough'.

Looking back now, it seems that Zhou Fengnian's words were indeed correct. However, it cannot be said to be a success yet, as there are still a series of clinical trials to be conducted.

This is the most important thing; if it doesn't pass the clinical trials, then it's all for nothing.

However, when Vice Principal Song recalled Zhou Fengnian's confident demeanor, he felt deep down that there was nothing wrong with the clinical trials.

It was all going too smoothly for him, making him feel like he was dreaming.

"Did you tell Team Leader Zhou?"

The researcher who gave the report said, "Not yet. Didn't Team Leader Zhou plan to go back soon?"

"Even if we haven't gone back yet, we should report to him first. Besides, Team Leader Zhou has one important thing after another to do, so it's only right that he goes back often."

Vice Principal Song waved his hand and said, "Leave the materials with me, I'll call Team Leader Zhou."

A month has thirty days, and Zhou Fengnian sometimes only spends half of that time in Shanghai.

But those two weeks were equivalent to a month for others. Zhou Fengnian practically lived in the research lab at that time, going there at six in the morning and returning at one in the morning.

Vice Principal Song was five or six years older than Zhou Fengnian, but he dared not stay up as long as Zhou Fengnian, for fear of ending up in the hospital.

The project team included many young researchers, as well as a group of hardworking PhDs and graduate students, but none of them could outlast Zhou Fengnian.

For this reason alone, Vice Principal Song admired Zhou Fengnian greatly.

"Hello? Team Leader Zhou? I just got the calculation results from the Suzhou and Hangzhou area. Would you like to come over and take a look?"

(End of this chapter)