Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 50 Xiao Zhou, Come to My Place
"Engineer Luo, there's no need to be so anxious. Can't we just rush over today?"

Although Zhou Fengnian was riding a bike with his sister, Luo Cheng pedaled the bike so fast that he was almost speeding through the city.

Someone knocked on Zhou Fengnian's door early in the morning. Zhou Chunhua could have slept a little longer, but the idea of ​​getting a ride made her get up and follow Zhou Fengnian to the factory.

I stopped on the way to buy some fried dough sticks, which were still hot when I rode to the factory.

"Chunhua, take the fried dough sticks and eat them. Go back by yourself tonight and don't wait for me."

Zhou Fengnian gave two fried dough sticks to his fourth sister. Luo Cheng went to the factory to make up his leave note and took the machine tool design drawings.

Neither of them may be in the factory all day today.

After Luo Cheng wrote down the leave note, Zhou Fengnian rode his bike with him to the Institute of Electronics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

However, after arriving, the two were checked for a long time. Finally, after being informed and waiting for someone to come to the gate to pick them up, Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng were able to successfully enter.

"Fengnian, come, come. Oh, Lao Luo, you are here too."

Li Qingyuan greeted Zhou Fengnian with a smile, and after grabbing his arm, he unexpectedly discovered that Luo Cheng was also there.

Luo Cheng was upset by this different treatment, so he pulled Li Qingyuan and asked, "Old Li, what do you mean by that? What do you mean I'm here too? Don't forget that Xiao Zhou is mine."

"Got it. I'll treat you to a drink when I have time. Come in first."

After Li Qingyuan finished speaking, he impatiently took the two of them to a room.

There are quite a few machines inside, as well as some researchers in dark blue work clothes, each busy with their own tasks.

But it was only a little past seven o'clock, and it looked like they had been busy for a while. Zhou Fengnian really sighed, they were working too hard.

"Lao Wang, Comrade Wang Hai."

Li Qingyuan waved his hand and called over an older comrade, then said: "This is Comrade Zhou Fengnian, he was the one who invented transistors and integrated circuit boards.

This is my old classmate, Comrade Luo Cheng from the Technical Department of the Second Machinery Factory. By the way, Zhou Fengnian is a Level 13 technician at the Second Machinery Factory. "

Li Qingyuan then introduced: "Wang Hai, the director of our institute, a level 5 engineer."

"Well, Comrade Zhou, your research is very good."

Wang Hai smiled and shook hands, then frowned and said, "With your technical background, you shouldn't be a level 13 technician. Some of our level 9 engineers can't understand your drawings."

Luo Cheng on the side blushed. Why did he feel like he was being pointed at?

"Engineer Wang, I don't have enough years of service, but the factory has already made an exception to promote me. And I plan to take the engineer exam for the next technical grade exam held by the ministry."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and replied, "By the way, Mr. Wang, what Mr. Li mentioned last time about transistor testing."

After hearing this, Wang Hai pulled Zhou Fengnian inside and said as they walked, "The test has been completed, and the results are even better than what you expected on the drawing."

"Comrade Zhou Fengnian, I have to admire you. Although transistors have been developed abroad, we are still hesitating about which side to follow. Should we continue to improve the electron tube or learn from the other side?
You are a practical person who directly researched and manufactured it."

Wang Hai sighed and said that the achievements made by this young man were greater than those of their group.

Zhou Fengnian didn't react at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he knew what Wang Hai meant.

It has a lot to do with computers.

Although computers have amazing computing power, they are large in size and consume a lot of power, so the Russians and Bald Eagles have been researching and improving them.

The bald eagle developed the transistor, but the Russians chose to stick to the electron tube. The different choices of the two sides also troubled China. Although they knew that the bald eagle had a research result on transistors, they had always been learning from the Russians.

Even if the relationship breaks down, the foundation is still left by the Russians.

Some people are arguing about this, with some saying we should learn from the Russians and others saying we should learn new things.

The key is that we cannot separate them. Even if we work together, we are not sure we can figure it out. If we separate them, human and material resources will be even more dispersed.

But Zhou Fengnian's direct delivery of the finished product was really a timely help. There was no need for any discussion now. Transistors with such good performance could be directly produced.

Zhou Fengnian's integrated circuit board design also gave them a lot of inspiration. By processing transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc. together, the power consumption was lower and the signal diffusion was faster.
"Comrade Zhou, let me be frank. We have already reported this to the higher-ups yesterday, and we plan to use this to develop and manufacture integrated circuit computers."

Wang Hai looked at Zhou Fengnian as he spoke. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. He wished he could pull him over to be his student.

"Comrade Zhou, please come to our office."

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? We are here today to check the test results. Lao Li, Director Wang, you can't do this!"

Before Zhou Fengnian could speak, Luo Cheng immediately became anxious after hearing Wang Hai's words.

He also wanted to wait for Zhou Fengnian to take over his position after he left, and he and Zhou Fengnian were also developing new machine tools.

If his people are transferred away, the research and development of new CNC machine tools will have to come to a halt.

Li Qingyuan said, "Lao Luo, you are anxious again. We should prioritize. Among all the things we are doing now, which one can compare with the second generation of computers?"

Zhou Fengnian was watching from the side and suddenly realized that the two men seemed to have discussed this beforehand.

Luo Cheng also reacted a little and quickly retorted: "Don't talk to me about this. You have hundreds of people. If you mobilize them, you can get dozens more. You definitely can't miss a Zhou Fengnian.

But if I transfer Xiao Zhou away, the research on the new machine tool will not be able to continue; Lao Li, machine tools are the mother of industry, this cannot be delayed. "

Then Li Qingyuan and Luo Cheng started arguing. They were old classmates and even though they were arguing, they still had friendship. It would be bad if other people got involved.

However, Wang Hai took the opportunity to pull Zhou Fengnian aside and whispered, "Comrade Zhou, if you are willing to come, I can promise you that you will be promoted to a level 10 technician immediately. In the future, if you have the ability, you can take the exam for whatever level you choose.

Your talent is a bit wasted in the factory."

"Engineer Wang, I am very happy that you are kind to me, but as long as I can contribute to the construction, it will not be a waste anywhere."

Zhou Fengnian also whispered: "Mr. Luo and I have been researching CNC machine tools recently. It is an advanced version of the machine tool at Tsinghua University, which can automatically process high-precision parts.

In other words, it is equivalent to a level 10 fitter who works non-stop. Once this type of machine tool is manufactured, it will be a great boost to the development of our country's heavy industry."

“The machine tool at Tsinghua University”

Wang Hai frowned slightly and thought about it, then he remembered which channel Zhou Fengnian was talking about.

He is not a mechanic major, but he has heard of this machine tool.

It was originally claimed to be at the world's most advanced level, but there were too many restrictions and people did not dare to use it easily, otherwise the maintenance costs would be sky-high.

When you think about it this way, the research on machine tools is also very important.

Wang Hai shook his head and said, "Comrade Xiao Zhou, I feel embarrassed to persuade you to come when you say that. Forget it, you are right. If you are shining and giving off heat, why do you care where you are doing it?

Even in the fields, we can still contribute.”

(End of this chapter)