Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 446 Response Arrangements

"Comrades, this matter should raise our vigilance. Everyone should carry out the arrangements we just made."

The leader, sitting at the head of the meeting room, briefly outlined the issues that needed to be addressed in the near future, and provided clear arrangements and plans for each department.

Compared to other departments, the Academy of Sciences faces much less pressure.

However, to Zhou Fengnian's surprise, despite Russia's border closure, his country still managed to abduct a group of military experts and aerospace professionals.

There are approximately two hundred experts and professionals from five or six brother countries.

The commotion caused by the Russians this time is quite significant, and many people are feeling uneasy, feeling that they can no longer stay in their own country.

After being contacted by their people, they quickly agreed to join China.

At this time, not many people dared to contact them. Few European countries were willing to get involved. Only the US and China were most concerned about this matter.

However, Amei has high standards and is trying to win over the heads of some important projects or well-known experts in Russia, and they are quite open to all of them.

Even ordinary researchers, as long as they are willing to come to China, can be arranged for them.

Even if there are thousands of people, their combined salaries and benefits are not a particularly heavy burden for China.

However, the power that these thousands of people can exert is considerable, and they may be able to significantly shorten the time required for some major scientific research projects.

Moreover, this discussion is not only about the scientific research and military personnel who have been recruited, but also about some previously disputed territories. They also intend to discuss these with the Russians—no, now we should talk to those independent countries that are about to split up.

Those newly independent nations no longer have the military superpower backing them up, and they'll likely back down in negotiations with China this time.

If we don't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to finalize things, it will probably be even more difficult later.

Moreover, without the obstruction of the behemoth that is the Russians, their trade with these separated brother countries might be smoother.

These Central Asian countries have abundant resources, but lack their own industrial systems. Now that China has extended an olive branch, how could they not accept it?

Putting aside other factors, FAW's cheap cars and heavy trucks, as well as Huaxia Machine Tool Plant's various machine tools, are definitely the first choice for those brother countries in Central Asia.

After the meeting, Zhou Fengnian packed his things and prepared to return to the Academy of Sciences.

"Comrade Fengnian, it's been a long time. Your son has really been a lucky star for our department lately."

"As long as that brat didn't cause you any trouble, Comrade Zhiyuan."

"Comrade Fengnian, I'd really like to talk to you about the upgrading of the communications industry."

Many people greeted Zhou Fengnian; they were all acquaintances of his, people he had dealt with several times before.

In particular, Tang Zhiyuan from the Ministry of Information Industry and Yu Hai from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the former's department also needed Zhou Fengnian to be responsible for technological upgrading, and the latter had a small misunderstanding with Zhou Fengnian, but it has since been resolved.

Seeing Zhou Fengnian at this meeting, instead of Dean Wu, everyone already knew the conclusion, not to mention that Zhou Fengnian's rank was in no way lower than theirs.

"Vice Dean Zhou."

Just as Zhou Fengnian was about to go downstairs, Director Zhang from the General Office jogged up to him, slightly out of breath, and said, "Vice President Zhou, the leaders would like to talk to you. Do you have time now?"

"Yes, let's go there now."

Zhou Fengnian nodded to Director Zhang of the General Office, then turned to Tang Zhiyuan and said, "Comrade Zhiyuan, let's talk another day, how about next week? Let's set a time next Monday, including the engineers from your department."

Tang Zhiyuan knew that the leader was definitely more anxious to see Zhou Fengnian than he was, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Fengnian, you go ahead and do your work. I'll have someone contact your secretary on Saturday."

After saying goodbye to Tang Zhiyuan, Zhou Fengnian followed Director Zhang to the leader's office.

After entering, Director Zhang said to the leader who was reading documents, "Sir, Vice President Zhou has arrived."

"Oh, good, good year, have a seat."

After looking up and seeing Zhou Fengnian, the leader rubbed his forehead and said, "I'll take up a little of your time; there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

"Boss, I have time to talk to you anytime, but you haven't slept a wink all day, have you?"

After Zhou Fengnian sat down, he took the tea handed to him by the leader's assistant and continued, "You still need to pay attention to rest. Even if you improve your physical condition, you can't keep working like this."

Zhou Fengnian didn't say the last sentence aloud, but the leader guessed it.

"It happened so suddenly. I'll get some rest after this is over. Although I expected it, I still can't sleep well after seeing my former 'big brother' fall in front of me."

The leader sighed and said that they had witnessed every step of the collapse of the Russians, but it would be difficult to completely prevent it.

As countries with the same system, once Russia collapsed, they had no benchmark to follow, and if they wanted to develop, they had to feel their way across the river.

"America received the information much faster than we did, and they were even involved in the plans of those countries that were the first to announce their secession."
Moreover, the seas are far from peaceful. Taking advantage of the fact that our navy is not yet fully established, the US has repeatedly engaged in provocative actions.

The leader told Zhou Fengnian a lot, and Zhou Fengnian listened attentively, hearing all the undercurrents in the world.

They are powerful now, but they only surpass the US in a few cutting-edge technologies; they are still some distance from surpassing the US in all aspects, and there is also a considerable gap in military strength.

But if we give them time, we can do it.

Amei knew this too; given time, China might surpass them. More than thirty years ago, this land couldn't even produce a screw of any real precision.

However, China is now the world's most advanced country in computers and semiconductors, and is also a major producer of machine tools, automobiles, and digital communications.
What will China be like if given another thirty years?

The leader and Zhou Fengnian talked for more than three hours in the room, mostly about military development.

Zhou Fengnian is both the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the deputy director of the National Defense Commission. He has knowledge of important domestic military projects and can answer their questions.

Last night, after discussions among several leaders, it was decided to hold a military exercise during the National Day celebrations next year, which will also be the 40th anniversary.

During this period, they need to appropriately showcase some of their high-tech military equipment and weapons, and Zhou Fengnian will need to put in more effort in this regard.

At that time, we must both deter foreign enemies and prevent our resources from being exposed.

Most of what he talked about was this matter. After that, the conversation continued with some casual remarks about the development direction of military equipment and weapons. Zhou Fengnian did not hold back and told all his future plans.

He had a complete vision of the future development of warfare, which involved the development of biomechanics; however, he was limited by the current level of technology and could not manufacture it.

Twenty years from now, once technological and production levels have improved, the war scenes in Zhou Fengnian's mind might actually come true.

Then America will be able to see what the ultimate individual strategic weapon is.

After leaving Zhonghai, Zhou Fengnian checked the time and realized he could make it back for a meal.

Every minute of the morning was used up. Zhou Fengnian went back to the Academy of Sciences to have lunch, talked to Dean Wu about the meeting that morning, and then went out again.

After returning to the courtyard, Zhou Fengnian went straight to the canteen. As soon as he entered, he saw Qian Zhi holding a lunchbox and waving at him from an empty table.

As Zhou Fengnian approached, Qian Zhi said, "Boss, when I received your message, the cafeteria was almost out of food. I asked the kitchen to add two more dishes. Is that enough?"

Zhou Fengnian glanced at it and said, "That's enough. Stir-fried pork and scrambled eggs with tomatoes are both dishes I like. Oh, and could you also make me a cup of tea?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Zhi pointed to the kitchen and said, "Boss, there's still soup simmering in the back. Can we make tea after the meal?"

Zhou Fengnian asked, "So many?"

Qian Zhi laughed and said, "Two dishes and a soup, your meal allowance is still quite generous."

His lunch allowance is ten yuan, and the cost of the two dishes and soup is less than seven yuan. After all, no matter how much Zhou Fengnian can eat, how much can one person eat?

Zhou Fengnian nodded, then, while picking up his chopsticks, asked, "Is the Dean busy right now?"

Qian Zhidao said, "I saw Dean Wu during lunch earlier. He should be going back to take care of some business now. Boss, shall I make an appointment with the dean for you?"

"Okay, I'll talk to him in half an hour. I have something to discuss with him."

While eating, Zhou Fengnian arranged his plans for the afternoon; he quickly ate his meal, but it took him a little longer to drink the hot soup.

After finishing his meal, Zhou Fengnian went to Dean Wu's office and told him about the meeting that morning.

"I never expected to encounter something like this in my lifetime; Fengnian, don't laugh at me, but back then the Russians really suffocated us. I even had a nightmare and woke up from it once."

After listening, Dean Wu said with some emotion, "They were our biggest rivals more than a decade ago, but they're gone now."

Zhou Fengnian said, "Back when we were on full alert, to be honest, my family was a little scared too, but things were fine later."

He knew at the time that a war wouldn't break out, so he wasn't too panicked; but he was still a little worried, after all, history doesn't always stay the same.

Fortunately, a fight didn't break out.

"But I'm getting old, and in a few years I'll probably have to retire."

"Hey, hey, don't talk about that. You've got a long way to go. Let's get down to business!"

Seeing that Dean Wu was acting strangely, Zhou Fengnian quickly redirected his attention to work.

He had only been at the Academy of Sciences for a short time, and even if he were to become the dean in the future, Zhou Fengnian hoped it would be as late as possible.

The higher the position, the greater the responsibility; the greater the responsibility, the more things to do.

If things continue like this, his dream of retiring to teach will be very difficult to realize.

After spending some time discussing the next steps with Dean Wu, Zhou Fengnian instructed the driver to head directly to the Robotics Research Institute.

Recently, he has been personally involved in the development of the latest anti-reconnaissance unmanned bomber project every day, and the progress is already quite remarkable.

It has a wider communication network range, is lighter, and carries more bombs; a single drone can destroy a three-story building.

Moreover, it is very quiet, making it almost the most technologically advanced drone developed by Zhou Fengnian's team.

This drone alone is almost revolutionary. In the next twenty years, foreigners will have no chance of catching up. They only need to keep improving in terms of battery life.

Next year's National Day military parade, the Robotics Research Institute needs to produce something truly impressive; and it shouldn't just be a parade demonstration, Zhou Fengnian feels that war is not far away for them.

(End of this chapter)