Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 458 Invited Again

"You exited directly?"

Fan Wenhao looked surprised after hearing what Team Leader Qian said, then frowned and asked, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

Team Leader Qian quickly said, "Everything was fine at first, Director Fan, but after Zhou Xianyang read the plan put forward by our State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission's reform team, he seemed to have guessed the plan that was given to Liu Chuanzhi and Dong Jianping."

He then became unhappy, accusing us of bullying him or something, and slammed the door and left.

"Say what you mean, but don't let your emotions get the better of you. No matter what, Mr. Zhou is a member of the National People's Congress of Beijing and an outstanding entrepreneur in our country."

Fan Wenhao warned Team Leader Qian that if he hadn't promoted him, he definitely wouldn't have said so much to him.

Despite being a businessman and entrepreneur, Zhou Xianyang has access to more resources than Zhou Xianyang, a bureau chief at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

Even if you're unhappy inside, you have to smile and deal with it on the surface, otherwise you'll make an enemy out of nowhere.

"Could someone have leaked the details of the reorganization plan to President Zhou in advance?"

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Qian quickly shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, Director Fan. All the research plans and summaries are formulated by the teams."

Moreover, I personally compiled the final list; unless you could bribe everyone, it would be impossible to know the specific plans of our reform team.

After hearing this, Fan Wenhao thought for a moment and said, "That means this General Manager Zhou has a keen eye and knows Shenzhou Computer Factory very well. He was able to roughly guess our reorganization and allocation plan based on just a little data."

I previously thought that since Feiyang Group had donated millions or even tens of millions of yuan, they would also contribute something this time, but it seems they are unwilling.

Zhou Xianyang has earned a lot of money in recent years, but he has also donated a lot; when natural disasters occur, Feiyang Group is always the first to donate.

If any of the provinces in North China encounter disasters and need assistance, Feiyang Department Store will donate supplies, and has received numerous commendations.

At the same time, they are also major taxpayers. Feiyang Group paid billions of yuan in taxes last year, which is equivalent to the tax payments of hundreds of factories.

Because of its large size, some people did not want Feiyang Group to take over all of Shenzhou Computer Factory's resources.

They were already powerful; if they grew any larger, they would truly become a dominant force in the north. Therefore, the reorganization plan was somewhat unfair, and the slogan was something like, "We hope to have more companies like Feiyang Electronics."

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Qian quickly shook his head and said, "That's unlikely. Shenzhou Computer Factory alone has nearly 30,000 employees in Beijing. Even the directors in different departments within the factory don't know much about the equipment and business. How could he know?"
Could it be through that person's connection?

"I've told you not to make wild guesses or try to climb the social ladder. If you keep doing this, you might as well quit and go retire to the archives."

Fan Wenhao frowned and said, "How could this subordinate I promoted be so audacious? Anyone would say that if this continues, he might implicate me."

Let's put this matter aside and let it settle down once we're busy enough. Being a team leader and acting so arrogantly, the things you say are making him a little nervous. Do you even know what level that person is?
"He built a multi-billion dollar conglomerate at such a young age and established two multinational corporations. Do you think he did it all because of others? Why is there only one Zhou Xianyang after all these years? Do you think they don't want to help him?"

Upon hearing the word "archives," Team Leader Qian was startled and quickly bowed his head in apology: "I'm sorry, Director, I won't do it again."

He didn't expect that his casual guess would elicit such a strong reaction from the bureau chief. There was no one else around.

"Could you make an appointment with Mr. Zhou for me? Ask him when he'll have time. I'd like to talk to him."

After thinking for a moment, Fan Wenhao said to Team Leader Qian, "You must be polite in your tone and not show any emotion. If you can't do this job well, then you should give up your position as team leader and let someone else do it."

"Yes, I understand, Director. I'll contact General Manager Zhou right away."

When Team Leader Qian heard that he was to be removed from his position as team leader, he immediately became nervous and quickly agreed.

He has now come to his senses that Zhou Xianyang is not someone he can afford to offend. He was just feeling resentful because of Zhou Xianyang's attitude, but now Team Leader Qian is keeping his resentment deep in his heart.

He finally seized the opportunity, and he can't lose his position as team leader because of this.

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Academy of Sciences.

Zhou Fengnian has been the dean for some time now, and after his promotion, the position of another vice dean was retained.

He still has two vice deans helping him with other matters.

Zhou Fengnian is responsible for the development and formulation of strategic science. Over the past decade, he has formulated 37 cutting-edge scientific research projects, covering multiple fields such as aerospace, materials, new energy, and artificial intelligence.

He sets the research direction, then selects people to form a project team, and then helps promote the research development.

For a period of time, he was so busy that he worked non-stop, but by then Zhou Fengnian's health had improved, so he didn't feel tired even if he worked 18 hours a day.

Some of these projects have already made significant progress. Once all of these research projects are completed, it will be a major technological explosion for China.

However, he is not young anymore, and Zhou Fengnian is a little worried about this. It would be a real pity if he couldn't extract all the scientific and technological achievements from his brain.

Last year, Zhou Fengnian had a rather crazy idea, but unfortunately, he lacked the conditions to realize it. Moreover, he wanted to raise his grandson first before implementing his plan.

Zhou Zeqian is now 15 years old and will try his best to graduate with a doctorate at 22. After that, he can study under him.

Although Zhou Fengnian intended to mentor Zhou Zeqian, he never thought of giving him a prestigious title. On the contrary, he had even stricter requirements for Zhou Zeqian than for other students.

If he doesn't meet Zhou Fengnian's requirements by the age of 22, Zhou Fengnian would rather Zhou Zeqian postpone it for a few more years.

Before the year 2000, they had already surpassed the Amerinshasa in some aspects of technological development, reaching the world's leading level.

China is only lagging behind the US in some areas, but that's because they don't have the manpower and financial resources right now. If given time, in another seven or eight years, China will be in a position to take the lead in all aspects.

Technology can be transformed into national defense capabilities. With China's current military strength, as long as it doesn't involve a nuclear war that could last until the end of time, no other country can rival them in other aspects.

This was the result of numerous calculations by many staff officers in the unit; in particular, they had also reviewed the war between the US and Arab countries eight years prior.

Their military strength was indeed impressive, but at that time they already felt that their military strength was no less than that of the US.

They are definitely stronger now, and they have already established their own industrial system, making them fully prepared to deal with information warfare and protracted warfare.

dong dong!

"Come in."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Qian Zhi pushed open the door and walked in, holding a document in his hand. He placed it on Zhou Fengnian's desk and then said...

"Sir, this is the result of the faculty vote, and the work bureau has completed the supplementary information."

All that's missing is Zhou Fengnian's signature. Once the new academician is selected, the results will be publicized. Zhou Fengnian took a look, quickly signed, and said, "Okay, no problem. Tell them to get it done as soon as possible."

After taking the documents, Qian Zhi handed over a few more, saying, "Boss, you also need to take a look at these."

Zhou Fengnian took it and slowly read it. After reading one copy, he would think about it for a while before signing it if he felt there were no problems.

Qian Zhi waited in the office and saw that there wasn't much water left in the teacup on Zhou Fengnian's desk, so he took it, refilled it, and put it back.

"Qian Zhi."

"What's wrong, leader?"

Zhou Fengnian said without looking up, "It's nothing, just chatting with you. You've been with me for over ten years, haven't you?"

Qian Zhi said, "It's been fourteen years, leader."

"It's been quite a while; more than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye."

Zhou Fengnian looked up at Qian Zhi and asked, "Have you considered giving him more responsibilities? You've performed quite well while you've been my secretary. Even if you're sent out to another department, you'll gain valuable experience."

His assistant could at most hold the rank of deputy director-general, and that was with other concurrent positions.

Compared to his two previous secretaries, Qian Zhi served as his secretary the longest, but also held the lowest rank; Pan Heng and Wang Mingjie are now both deputy-level cadres.

Qian Zhi smiled and shook his head, saying, "No need, boss. Being your secretary is fine. I don't have any ambitions. I just need to handle the tasks you assign me and do my job."

"Really not? If you have any, I'll arrange it for you."

"No, boss. I'm not ambitious. The benefits of being your secretary are already very good, and serving you well is also a contribution to the country."

Qian Zhi quickly replied that these were his true feelings, and besides, Zhou Fengnian had already been very good to him, and it wasn't like he hadn't been promoted.

If he hadn't been Zhou Fengnian's secretary, he would at most be a deputy director in terms of salary, and no one would have promoted him.

Besides, even the mayor outside might not have as much influence as him, and even a secretary depends on whose secretary he is.

Zhou Fengnian said, "Okay, if you don't have that plan, then forget it. By the way, you'll come out with me tomorrow afternoon, and remind me to go to Zhonghai at six o'clock."

The leader wanted to talk to him, so Zhou Fengnian had to make time for it.

Since the new leader took office, Zhou Fengnian hasn't talked to him much, but they've had dealings before and are fairly familiar with each other.

Zhou Fengnian didn't know what he wanted to talk to him about; perhaps he wanted to learn about the cutting-edge research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After writing it down in his notebook, Qian Zhi said, "I understand, sir."

After Qian Zhi left, Zhou Fengnian took a sip of tea and continued with his work.

Computers and the internet have developed very well, especially with the rapid rise of third-generation communication technology and smartphones, which has actually driven the development of mobile applications and the internet.

At first, Zhou Xianyang felt that while smartphones had improved performance, their functionality had declined significantly. After consulting with Zhou Feng, he invested a sum of money to develop mobile applications.

Once smartphones were sold overseas, foreign countries joined in, which stimulated the rapid development of the domestic market.

The development of computers in China is progressing well, so Zhou Fengnian initiated a research project on artificial intelligence. Once the artificial intelligence project yields results, China will have an environment suitable for the development of artificial intelligence.

This matter is not a secret; it has even been reported in newspapers and on the internet, and Zhou Xianyang has also initiated a project on it.

Zhou Fengnian hopes that more domestic companies will participate, but currently, only Zhou Xianyang has the strength to invest so much in R&D for a company that cannot see short-term returns.

There are quite a few wealthy people in China and Hong Kong now, but they are not willing to invest a large sum of money to research this thing. Even if Zhou Fengnian says that this is the future, those people will not easily join in.

Zhou Fengnian was busy at the Academy of Sciences until a little after nine o'clock in the evening before he asked his driver to take him home.

Zhou Zeqian was sent to university to attend classes early thanks to his connections; otherwise, Zhou Fengnian would have had to make time to go home earlier.

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).

Zhou Xianyang was led to the door of Fan Wenhao's office. After knocking and hearing permission from inside, he was led inside.

Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Fan Wenhao quickly smiled and said to his secretary, "Xiao Liu, quickly pour President Zhou a cup of tea."

Zhou Xianyang waved his hand and smiled, "Director Fan, you're too kind. You could have just said so. Your politeness makes me a little uneasy."

"Haha, Mr. Zhou, you're too funny. You're the top of the ten outstanding entrepreneurs and a role model in our country."

After Fan Wenhao and his secretary brought the tea, they asked him to leave the office. Then Fan Wenhao said to Zhou Xianyang, "Mr. Zhou, I believe you can guess why I invited you here."

"Perhaps there's been a misunderstanding between the reform team and you, causing you to misunderstand our original intentions. In fact, we very much hope that a capable entrepreneur like you, Mr. Zhou, will join the restructuring of Shenzhou Computer Factory."

Director Fan Wenhao said a lot, implying that he hoped Zhou Xianyang would rejoin the company.

Their State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission's reform team reassessed the situation and concluded that without Zhou Xianyang, there were basically only three options.

One measure is to reduce the seniority of a large number of workers by buying out their contracts. However, this involves too many workers. It is estimated that more than 4,000 workers will be laid off by 70%, more than 5,000 workers will be laid off by half, and the rest will be laid off to varying degrees.

That's how they can raise enough money; otherwise, reorganizing a factory would cost hundreds of millions.

Previously, the Shenzhou Computer Factory provided excellent benefits to its workers. Even workers who had only worked there for a few years could get around 20,000 yuan to buy out their years of service.

The expenses were simply too high, and the reform team couldn't afford that much money. A significant portion of the factory's finances had also been allocated to different departments during the separation process.

Moreover, if seniority is reduced, all these workers will be punished if they cause a commotion. This is Beijing, and Zhonghai is just a few steps away.

If you don't buy out workers based on their seniority, you should make them apply for financial support or find someone with resources to help them.

There aren't many people in China who can help them, but Zhou Xianyang is the most suitable, since many of his businesses involve consumer electronics.

We can't let those real estate developers take over; nobody would be willing to do that, it would just be taking advantage of them.

"Mr. Zhou, if you are not satisfied, we can discuss a new plan. Last time they were too presumptuous, and it was only a preliminary plan, so it doesn't count at all."

Fan Wenhao continued, seemingly very sincere, "We really want to make this reorganization happen, what do you think, President Zhou?"

(End of this chapter)