Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 453 The Possibility of Being Promoted One Level
At night, Zhou Fengnian's family enjoyed a steaming hot pot in the courtyard.

Autumn is approaching, which is the season for hot pot. Moreover, Bai Qing'an's daughter-in-law is a natural foodie and has been doing things like pulling down trouser legs to get food since she was a child.

After marrying into the Zhou family, she felt as free as a fish in the ocean, and her family supported her in doing whatever she wanted. Now she has a son and a daughter, and recently she even took a trip around China with Zhou Xianyang. Her life is incredibly happy.

Today, upon learning that Zhou Zeqian, who is only fourteen years old, is about to take the college entrance examination, Bai Qing'an happily bought a lot of fresh beef and mutton and made two hot pots to celebrate.

Bai Qing'an also called Bai Yujie over. Bai Yujie had retired early and her rank and benefits had been promoted before retirement, but she didn't care much.

After retiring, Bai Yujie had nothing to do but visit her parents and chat and go shopping with Zhou Yan.

"Zeqian, eat more, and do your best on the exam. Try to get the top score for Mom! Hehehehehe"

Bai Qing'an picked up a slice of beef and placed it in Zhou Zeqian's bowl, then couldn't help but smile smugly.

Tomorrow she can brag to her friends again!
"Zeqian, Mom will take care of you at home from now on, so you can focus on your studies."

Zhou Zeqian saw the slightly bloody slices of meat in the bowl, quietly picked them up and put them in another bowl, then covered them with vegetable leaves. He then said calmly, "No need, Mom. My college entrance exam is a small matter. Take good care of Dad."

He's been traveling for work every day lately, he's working even harder than me.

Zhou Zeqian felt that if his mother took care of him, he would be more tired, and it was uncertain who would take care of whom in the end.

He, as the son, instructed the nanny to arrange the housework; if the mother were to get involved, the house would probably be even more chaotic.

Bai Qing'an didn't catch the implication in Zhou Zeqian's words. She placed her chopsticks down and said, "Oh, no need. Your dad is very hardy. Even if he's twice as busy, he won't get tired. Right now, you're the most important person in our family."

Bai Yujie said disdainfully, "I still don't understand. My grandson dislikes you? Is it you taking care of Zeqian, or Zeqian taking care of you? You don't do any chores at home."

Women who came from that era of labor find it hard to accept their daughters' current lazy behavior.

She used to have to do housework after work, but now that her daughter is grown up, all she does is eat, drink, and have fun, and she doesn't even go to work anymore.

Bai Yujie scolded, "Go find a job tomorrow, even if it's just to make another movie. Don't stay at home all day causing trouble for my grandson."

"You can't just start working whenever you want. Don't even think about going to Xianyang's company. I worked there for a while and I couldn't understand anything about it."

Bai Qing'an said matter-of-factly, "Wouldn't I just be causing him trouble if I went there? By the way, Dad, what has Xianyang been up to lately?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yujie rubbed her forehead and said, "Your husband, and now you're asking someone else?"

Zhou Fengnian said, "Don't worry about him. He's currently in Southeast Asia participating in an international communications standards development conference. He'll be back in a while."

Zhou Xianyang, who puts all his energy into his career, is indeed remarkable; he has increased his net worth dozens of times in just ten years.

He currently owns a fiber optic communications company, with an estimated market capitalization of at least $150 billion, which could potentially be even higher once it goes public.

The world's most popular and market-leading Accelink mobile phone was developed by Zhou Xianyang and has become an exclusive brand.

He also bought back a significant number of shares in Fiberhome Communications, ousted Motorola, and brought in other domestic telecommunications giants, but he remained the largest shareholder.

Fiberhome Communications is just one of Zhou Xianyang's most famous companies. He also owns several other top 100 companies in China, such as Feiyang Electric Group, Feiyang Department Store, Feiyang New Energy Battery, and Feiyang Network.

He was so busy that he sometimes couldn't see Zhou Xianyang even once a year; it was always Bai Qing'an who went to see Zhou Xianyang.

Moreover, Zhou Xianyang followed Zhou Fengnian's example. After deciding to focus on her career, she didn't care about anything else. She became the highest-paid person in China, but there were no scandalous rumors about her.

The secretaries and assistants around me are chosen based solely on their abilities, without considering anything else.

He is now determined to surpass Zhou Fengnian's achievements before he turns forty; this is Zhou Xianyang's ideal.

"Oh, right, Xianyang called me this morning and said he might be on the news tonight, and he wanted us to check on him."

Bai Qing'an suddenly remembered this, then ran back to the house to get his tablet, and then found the live streaming channel, which happened to be showing Zhou Xianyang speaking.

"Currently, Fiberhome Communications is already experimenting with the application of fourth-generation communication technology. In the future, we will provide everyone with a faster and more stable communication environment."

Zhou Xianyang's steady and powerful voice came from the tablet computer.

Ten years have passed, and Zhou Xianyang has shed his impulsiveness. Years of developing his business have made him more composed, especially after achieving such great success.

Zhou Fengnian didn't help him much, he just planned out a technological development path for him, and then Zhou Xianyang followed that path to get to where he is today.

Not bad.

Watching Zhou Xianyang speaking fluently on the screen, Bai Qing'an patted Zhou Zeqian's head and said with a smile, "Zeqian, your dad is amazing, isn't he? You should become someone like your dad someday."

"No, I want to be like Grandpa. Our family already has a lot of money, we don't need to make any more."

Zhou Zeqian shook his head and refused, saying, "Making money is meaningless; I want to study technology!"

From a young age, Zhou Fengnian told him about the future development of technology, such as bio-mechs, brain-computer interfaces, and robots. Zhou Zeqian grew up listening to these stories.

Furthermore, Zhou Fengnian took him to a robotics research institute to visit some non-military classified special engineering robots, which further aroused Zhou Zeqian's interest.

Money was nothing special to him. Zhou Zeqian had never lacked money since he was a child. He gave most of the New Year's money he saved to his older cousins ​​or younger sister, and he also donated a lot of it.

What Zhou Zeqian truly desired was to study the techniques his grandfather, Zhou Fengnian, had mentioned.

"You brat, how can you think your dad isn't amazing?"

Bai Qing'an was about to hit her son in anger when Bai Yujie hit him instead: "Don't lay a hand on my grandson. He's much higher in status than you now."

"Mom, I'm your daughter!"

"I don't have a daughter who spends all her time eating, drinking, and having fun."

One sentence made Bai Qing'an's heart ache with anger, and then she focused on the beef and mutton in the hot pot.

After watching for a while, Zhou Fengnian suddenly spoke up: "Qing'an, if you really want to do something, why don't you go and help Xianyang spend money? Isn't he planning to set up a charity relief organization recently, dedicated to giving love and doing charity? You can take care of that."

Making money isn't easy, but spending it is quite simple, as long as you keep an eye on everything. Bai Qing'an asked, startled, "Huh? Dad, how did you know about this? Xianyang only mentioned it to me."

Zhou Fengnian said, "This was my suggestion to him. The money he donated last time was embezzled, and he was so angry that he asked me to deal with those people. After that, I told him that he should do it himself."

When Zhou Xianyang learned that only 200,000 out of the 6 million had been secured, he was furious. Although 6 million was just a small amount of money to him, he couldn't swallow his anger.

Moreover, after he sent a letter questioning them, he was given the runaround by the people there, which is why Zhou Xianyang was so angry that he asked Zhou Fengnian to take action.

Zhou Fengnian's actions were like using a cannon to kill a mosquito; after making two phone calls, the other side unleashed a powerful force, taking care of everyone involved.

However, after that, Zhou Xianyang didn't really trust other charitable organizations, and then, following Zhou Fengnian's advice, he decided to start his own.

He doesn't need donations from others. With his few companies, plus the help he can get his uncle Zhou Weitian, his second uncle Zhou Jia'an, his uncles and cousins, he can easily donate tens of millions a year.

Having made money to this extent, no matter how much more he earns, it's just a number.

Bai Qing'an thought for a moment, then said somewhat reluctantly, "Xianyang said the same thing, but I'm afraid I won't do a good job."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yujie retorted angrily, "You little brat, I think you are!"

Before Bai Yujie could finish her reprimand, Zhou Fengnian interrupted her and continued, "Go, Qing'an, consider it as helping Zeqian accumulate good fortune, after all, this is charity."

Upon hearing this reason, Bai Qing'an quickly agreed, saying, "Okay, Dad, I'll listen to you. I'll call Xianyang in a bit."

After finishing their meal, a nanny quickly came to clean up the hot pot, and Bai Qing'an went to help. It was a nice meal, but cleaning it up was a hassle.

Zhou Fengnian's housekeeper and cook have also been replaced. Gong Lin and Chef Yang have both grown old and retired to enjoy their retirement at home.

The two newcomers were very strict in their selection process, but their cooking skills weren't as good as Chef Yang's.

The best chefs have all been recruited, and the salaries offered by government agencies are not high, so few people are willing to stay.

Chefs outside earn eight or nine thousand or even ten thousand a month, while those in government offices earn sixteen thousand. This disparity in pay means few people will stay.

However, the people Zhou Fengnian chose were all for safety reasons; eight years ago, the foreigners were at their most audacious when they found out Zhou Fengnian's address and tried to sneak in at night.

Fortunately, the security bureau noticed it; otherwise, even allowing them to get close to Zhou Fengnian would have been a major dereliction of duty.

China's strength has expanded too rapidly in recent years, both economically and militarily, especially in military drones and robots, which are truly powerful weapons on the battlefield.

Ten years ago, the drone military exercise really shocked the US, and since then the US has been frantically investigating their swarm drones.

The final calculation shows that if China were to mass-produce swarm drones, it could easily conquer all countries ranked below the top ten in military strength without suffering any losses.

They don't even need to deploy aircraft, using only swarms of drones and military robots.

With its integrated communication layout, jamming, reconnaissance, and bombing capabilities, it can slowly advance in conjunction with ground-based military robots. Even if a country with slightly weaker military strength deploys a mechanized army group, it will not be able to stop it.

This is a technologically advanced level of warfare, a kind of dimensional reduction attack.

Since then, Ami has been wary and defensive towards them, and has tried every means to cause trouble.

But the effect was not significant. Although it sometimes caused them some losses, given the rabbit population and potential, they have still managed to develop.

Zhou Fengnian's computer video technology is developing very well. In the past few years, the computer market has been growing year by year, setting new records every year.

Even Zhou Xianyang and his brothers joined forces to enter the computer market and created a new brand.

China now ranks fifth in the world in terms of computer penetration rate, and third in terms of sheer numbers.

Zhou Fengnian is quite satisfied with the current situation, as it is almost twenty years ahead of what he remembered in terms of technological development.

These twenty years are not to be underestimated. Modern technology has only developed to this point, and it has only been a little over a hundred years. Zhou Fengnian has managed to shorten it by so much, which has almost turned his hair white.

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"Third Uncle, I feel quite comfortable, just like when I first started working at the factory."

After twisting his waist, Song Hetai smiled and said to Zhou Fengnian, "I feel like I've become ten years younger, and I'm much stronger too."

"No need to thank me, family. But let me make this clear first: this matter ends with you. I won't concern myself with anyone else."

After saying this, Zhou Fengnian turned to Song Hetai and continued, "Your parents have these benefits too, and so do you, but I won't take care of your nephews and grandnephews anymore. I've taken up quite a few spots over the years."
I know you worry about your children too, but this kind of experience might become more common in twenty years, and they'll still have the opportunity then.

Among Zeqian's generation, he made an exception for Zhou Zeqian, and ignored everyone else.

Over the years, he has included almost all his relatives in the quota, including Bai Kang, Bai Yujie, and Grandpa Bai.

Although the leadership didn't say anything, Zhou Fengnian realized it was time to stop, especially after learning that the country was going to vigorously develop special forces.

And that's enough. Three generations of the Zhou family, plus two families of relatives, have used up sixty-five slots in ten years, which is much more than what was allocated before.

With the leadership transition approaching in the last two years, Zhou Fengnian heard that he was to be promoted, so he stopped caring about his grandchildren's generation.

He has already helped his son, nephew, and grandnephew a great deal. Zhou Fengnian is now an old man, and he really doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the younger generation.

President Wu stepped down to the second line four years ago, while Zhou Fengnian became the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences four years ago, and he did a pretty good job.

One scientific research achievement after another was made, and some cutting-edge scientific research projects were personally overseen and promoted by Zhou Fengnian.

In the four years since becoming dean, Zhou Fengnian has made many contributions.

Last year, Zhou Fengnian was chatting with someone and casually asked where he would travel after retirement. Two days later, his boss called him for a heart-to-heart talk, and the conversation revolved around national development. In the end, the boss brought up the issue of delaying retirement.

Zhou Fengnian was left speechless with amusement, but he eventually clarified that he had no plans to retire for the time being and would not step down suddenly even when he reached retirement age.

But from what his leader said, it seemed like he was expected to work until he was seventy or eighty years old; and the reasoning was quite plausible: after improving physical condition, seventy or eighty years old would be equivalent to fifty or sixty years old in the past, so working until seventy or eighty years old was perfectly reasonable.

(End of this chapter)