Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 440 Taking my son to show off
This guy.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Fengnian still walked towards his office.

He couldn't let someone block his way into the office, and he had already done his best; he had taken care of everything that a leader should be in charge of.

Upon arriving upstairs, Zhou Fengnian quickly spotted Dang Zhihui at the office door. After glancing at him, he waited for Qian Zhi to open the office door before going inside.

Dang Zhihui, with his sharp eyes, followed closely behind. Once inside, he immediately took over the task, preparing to brew a cup of tea for Zhou Fengnian and himself.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Fengnian quickly said, "Alright, alright, don't take all my secretary's work away from me. Let's get straight to the point. What do you want this time?"
"Forget about the supercomputing for international exchanges. You guys caused this trouble unintentionally, and now I'm the one who has to write a self-criticism. Director Dang, do you even remember what I told you?"

At the beginning of the year, he was so bothered by Dang Zhihui that he gave Dang Zhihui the supercomputer that was specifically used for external exhibitions and exchanges.

Who knew they would be so careless as to leak the information, and then a bunch of people would come to Zhou Fengnian's place to apply as well.

However, in the end, no one was able to apply; the other side blocked it, and Zhou Fengnian even had to submit a self-criticism. Normally, it wouldn't be his responsibility, but since Zhou Fengnian had violated the rules first, Qian Zhi wrote one for him.

“You don’t know our responsibility, boss. Afterwards, I had them write a self-criticism that was ten times the length of yours, and I wrote one too.”

With a smile, Dang Zhihui took out a document, handed it to Zhou Fengnian's desk, and continued, "I'm not here for that matter this time, Vice Dean Zhou, but to report on the progress of our work."
We've tried the research and development direction you mentioned last time quite a few times and made some breakthroughs, but now we're encountering new problems.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Fengnian opened the document and began to read it. It contained many experimental calculation records, which were recorded in great detail. He quickly began to examine the document closely.

Upon seeing this, Dang Zhihui quieted down. When he took the water glass from Qian Zhi, he was very careful, as if he didn't want to disturb Zhou Fengnian's thoughts.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Fengnian finished reading and thought for a while before speaking: "It is indeed a problem that the load-bearing structure cannot achieve the expected results. It may still be a problem with the structural design."

"Director Dang, I can't give you a precise answer in a short time, but the general research direction should be correct. Let's talk in a few days, Qian Zhi. When do I have time?"

Zhou Fengnian suddenly turned to his secretary and asked, "My schedule has been packed lately. I can't spare a single moment of free time unless I don't sleep!"
However, just because he can go without sleep doesn't mean that others can, so we can only try our best to coordinate.

Upon hearing this, Qian Zhi took out a small notebook, flipped through a few pages, and said, "Boss, you won't have time until next Wednesday. Your schedule is basically full during this period."

When there are no research projects to be approved, Zhou Fengnian would basically come to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to check in, and then go to promote the research and development of the projects he was nominally in charge of.

Today was delayed by Dang Zhihui. Zhou Fengnian had originally planned to take care of some things and then go to the Robotics Research Institute at nine o'clock.

Upon hearing this, Dang Zhihui immediately said, "Next week is too late, Vice Dean Zhou."

Zhou Fengnian immediately said, "I'm just one person. Why don't you just split me in two? Your project is important, but the other projects can't be delayed."

Upon hearing this, Dang Zhihui didn't know what else to say, so he could only compromise and say, "Alright, then let's do it next week. But Vice Dean Zhou, you absolutely have to come and give us some guidance next week!"

After saying that, he was still a little uneasy and insisted on watching Qian Zhi write this arrangement into Zhou Fengnian's travel plan before he was satisfied and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, I had a discussion with Zhou Fengnian. The last time Zhou Fengnian visited their research institute, he really helped to advance the project, and the questions he raised were all on the key points.

This time, Dang Zhihui also refused to leave, determined to get something out of Zhou Fengnian, and kept asking questions.

Zhou Fengnian had no choice but to share his guesses and ask Dang Zhihui to go back and calculate the results. Without using a simulated space experiment, he couldn't give an accurate answer either.

Finally, Zhou Fengnian had to rush to the robotics lab, and Dang Zhihui followed him downstairs. Only after watching Zhou Fengnian leave by car did Dang Zhihui ride his bicycle back to the research institute with a touch of regret.

The Robotics Research Institute has also made significant progress, with two new types of industrial robots being approved for development, as well as a special-purpose robot for mine transportation.

After all, the robotics research institute was fully supported by Zhou Fengnian, and many of its members were his students. Moreover, Zhou Fengnian himself visited frequently. It would be a waste of the allocated funding and resources if it didn't yield any results.

The World Robot Conference held in Beijing two months ago was also a great success. Apart from military robots, the robots they brought out really shocked the foreigners.

It is a powerful industrial robot with excellent human-machine coordination and is a complete set of industrial robots, capable of creating a complete unmanned production workshop.

China's achievements in robotics have somewhat surprised both Russia and Germany.

Ten years ago, this place was practically a robot desert, but in such a short time, China's achievements in robotics have reached a world-leading level.

Especially in the area of ​​unmanned production workshops, they cannot catch up with China; moreover, Xiao Rizi and Germany believe that China must have hidden some robots, at least some that appeared in the war a few years ago, which did not appear at the exhibition.

After the exhibition ends, it will be the time when China becomes famous internationally.

A backward agricultural country is ultimately an unpleasant name, but they also have advanced scientific and technological achievements, and this land is suitable for the budding of scientific research.

Having a reputation as a major scientific research power makes it easier to recruit researchers from Russia.

Before the year was even over, they received more than 500 people through various channels.

However, their actions with Amei have been quite significant. Currently, the Russians are strictly enforcing border controls, and even Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui's border trade business has been affected to some extent.

They and America have concluded that Russia will definitely not be able to hold on any longer. The conflicts between the member states and the internal conflicts are irreconcilable, and the world hegemon will not last more than a few years.

They also learned a lot from the Russians. The most frenzied period was in April and May. The Zhou brothers, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui, did not return for three months, and advanced military equipment and weapons were brought back to China in batches.

They only returned to China quietly after being thoroughly investigated. That time was really dangerous; if they had been caught, they would have been imprisoned for decades at the very least, and possibly even executed.

The Russian crackdown has led the two brothers to decide to stay in China for a while longer, and they don't plan to go back to Russia until things settle down there.

They also handed over trade between the two sides to others. The two of them caused quite a stir over there, like a gluttonous beast taking everything back, and they've already been blacklisted.

However, returning to China is not an option for development. In the past six months, they have already brought back a lot of semi-finished products and raw materials, which can be sold for a good price after some processing.

Moreover, even if they don't go, they can send employees to the Russians to coordinate.

Unless the Russians completely sever ties with them and eliminate everyone, but the Russians are unlikely to do that.

Now China is the only country that can provide them with financial assistance, and they won't stab themselves in the back for something like this.

"Xianyang, have we arrived? Okay, let's order first."

After Ren Zheng hung up the phone, he called his friends to start ordering food. Knowing that Zhou Xianyang was bringing his child, more than half of the dishes they ordered were light and bland.

Although Zhou Fengnian told Zhou Xianyang to be careful about his relationship with the Ren family, he didn't force him. He just told him to maintain good relations, since he was all grown up and it was inappropriate to discipline him like a child.

Zhou Fengnian was a little afraid that it was the kind of political deal, and he didn't want to make any more connections besides the Bai family.

Having too many connections can be troublesome, so Zhou Fengnian rarely asks others for favors. He goes directly to his superiors when he needs something, but he's afraid of being bothered by others.

(End of this chapter)