Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 3072 Nine Annual Reports of 1973

After the Lunar New Year, Yang Xiaotao plans to pack up his work and leave some less important matters for after the New Year.

This point was supported not only by Liu Lixue and Lou Xiao'e in the office, but also by Li Hongfeng and Lao Hong, who all wanted to take a break.

Even Zhao Gang didn't urge his employees to make reports at this time. Instead, he spent all day wandering around the Ninth Department and showed great interest in computers.

Of course, Zhao Gang still had some concerns, but these concerns were not about his own wife, but about Li Yunlong and the other two who were far away in Persia.

These three guys, I don't know if they took the wrong medicine or what, they just stayed there and didn't come back.

Those three bastards won't come back for the New Year.

When Li Yunlong mentioned what the three of them had done on the phone, Zhao Gang shook his head.

These guys even wanted to invite him along, saying that the Iron Triangle was reuniting to start a revolution, and all they were missing was him, the political commissar.

Going to someone else's territory to start a revolution? Isn't that just ridiculous?
If he were Yang Xiaotao, he would immediately bring those three back to prevent them from causing trouble outside.

However, Zhao Gang was unaware that it was Yang Xiaotao who sent these three guys away.

For Yang Xiaotao, keeping these three guys in China would be a waste of their talents, so he decided to send them abroad to "harm" others.

At least for now, the three of them seem to be doing quite well in Persia.

The nine factories over there were also thriving, and the car factory saw a surge in profits, becoming incredibly successful.

Of course, it wouldn't work if they didn't become famous; the number of guys holding up little red books and shouting slogans is increasing day by day.

So much so that after Wang Huzi learned about this, he specifically called Yang Xiaotao to ask if they should intervene and not make a big deal out of it.

When Yang Xiaotao told Boss Peng about it, he was told, "Go play by yourself."

Okay, if Mr. Peng doesn't mind, then let them play by themselves.

As long as you don't play with fire and get burned, it's fine.

With Zhao Gang's internal control department quiet, the other departments in the Ninth Department became active.

The publicity department, in particular, under Yang Youning's leadership, has been staging a series of activities, and is even planning to organize a group movie screening after the New Year.

Yes, the kind where you have to pay for a ticket.

In Yang Xiaotao's office.

Lately, people have been coming in from time to time to sit and chat.

At this moment, Yang Xiaotao had a cigarette in his mouth, his legs crossed, and a report in his hand.

Li Hongfeng and Lao Hong were talking quietly to each other, while Chen Gong was leaning against the table chatting with Liu Lixue. Zhao Gang was sitting in front of Lou Xiao'e, learning how to use the computer.

After glancing at the report, Yang Xiaotao put it aside.

This is a survey report on the situation of scrap steel in China, submitted by An Zhongsheng.

During his last visit to the steel plant, Yang Xiaotao, accompanied by An Zhongsheng, Guan Zhiyong, and others, toured the construction site of the electric arc furnace and inquired about its main uses.

An Zhongsheng then explained that the main process involves smelting scrap steel and pig iron into molten steel, and then producing high-quality alloy steel and special steel.

Yang Xiaotao asked curiously, "What if there's no scrap steel?"
What is the current situation of scrap steel in China? Has this been investigated?

An Zhongsheng said at the time that he would investigate the matter as soon as possible, and now he has actually produced a report.

After reading the report, Yang Xiaotao had a clear understanding of the situation.

But when Yang Xiaotao looked up and saw a bunch of people in the room, he was speechless again.

Why have they all come to my house?

He was also thinking of researching computer processors.

The sooner this thing is made, the better.

After all, quite a few computers have already been sold, and if someone really wanted to study them, they probably would have already started.

If someone else thoroughly studies Dawn-1 and produces a version with the same performance, then Dawn-1's competitiveness will greatly increase.

If other 'factors' were involved, it would likely have led to the exclusion and suppression of Dawn One. Such things have been common in later generations, not to mention now.

Therefore, what Yang Xiaotao needs to do is to take the lead.

Once others successfully copy them, they need to come up with even more advanced versions to maintain their advantage.

With these people here, Yang Xiaotao had no interest in doing anything else.

He glanced at Li Hongfeng and casually asked, "Old Li, what are you all doing here?"

"Old Chen, don't gossip. Xiaoxue, what are you laughing at? I'm talking about you."

"And Lao Zhao, you're so old, why are you learning computers? Do you even think you can learn it?"

As soon as Yang Xiaotao spoke, everyone turned to look at him, while Li Hongfeng continued chatting with Lao Hong.

Chen Gong chuckled, "We're talking about organizational adjustments, this has nothing to do with you."

Zhao Gang glanced at Yang Xiaotao and then said with certainty, "We will be using computers for our internal audit work next year, so I'll learn how to use them in advance."

"By the way, they're giving us ten spots in the computer training course after the New Year."

Yang Xiaotao walked up and asked, "Why do you need so many?"

Zhao Gang pointed to the document on the computer, "This summary of personnel file management for each factory provides a clear understanding of the local situation. We plan to refer to it to compile the problems that have occurred in each factory and then avoid repeating mistakes."

"These errors can be summarized and analyzed to identify the causes and prevent them from happening again."

"besides."

"Okay, okay, please continue."

Zhao Gang laughed and said, "You know what, I think this computer will change the way we work."

"At the very least, it will change the way we work in the office."

Yang Xiaotao gave a thumbs up, "You have good taste."

Chen Gong chuckled and said, "It will also change the way children play games."

"My son is so engrossed in playing Red Alert that everyone in the neighborhood has come to our house."

As soon as Chen Gong finished speaking, Zhao Gang immediately said, "Who told you to buy it and bring it home? It was your own fault."

Chen Gong raised his head and said, "Isn't this about letting the children get in touch with computers at a young age? As parents, we should help them if we can."

"And then you let the kids play games?"

"Old Zhao, that's prejudice on your part."

The two huddled together in front of the computer and started arguing, at which point Yang Xiaotao quickly walked away.

To be honest, his children are still in the research institute. He doesn't know what they're doing, but they're definitely in front of computers.

Then he looked at the people around him, shook his head, and walked back to his desk to sit down.

After thinking for a moment, I picked up a pen and paper to prepare to write this year's year-end report.

With the Chinese New Year just around the corner, given Mr. Chen's personality, he will definitely hold a meeting before the New Year, where the heads of each department will give work reports, summarizing what they have done in the past year, what they have done well, what they have not done well, summarizing lessons learned, and then looking forward to plans for the coming year.

This report was originally intended for Liu Lixue and her colleagues to write, but after thinking about it, I realized I would be reading it aloud at the meeting, so I decided to do it myself.

And lastly, and most importantly, is the goal for next year.

In his previous life, Yang Xiaotao hated writing year-end summaries the most.

But I had no choice but to write.

If you don't write it and someone else does, what will your superiors think?
If you write something sloppy, but others don't, what will your superiors think?
Although bonuses and such are just a matter of a leader's word, they are completely different from summaries and such.

But I can't not write it.

Now, when it comes to writing a summary, Yang Xiaotao no longer feels the anxiety he once did.

The reason.
There's definitely something to write about.

As he picked up his pen, Yang Xiaotao reviewed the past year and began to write.

The first is the helicopter project.

The heavy helicopter project was proposed at the beginning of the year.

As Yang Xiaotao put down his pen, he thought of that busy night, tense yet exciting.

Although the Ninth Department did not directly participate, it still provided design drawings for the Fifth and Sixth Ministries of Machine Building. At that time, Old Qin from the Logistics Department even came to visit them because of this.

Whether or not it can be done depends on the comrades' abilities.

The second is a computer project.

This project has had a truly tumultuous journey. From the initial Jiuji No. 1, to the subsequent "loss" incident, and then Jiuji No. 2, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Nine Research Institutes, Dawn No. 1 has finally crossed national borders and is gradually appearing before the world. However, the production tasks now are considerable, in addition to personnel training and talent development—these are all long-term missions.

I drew a five-pointed star after the computer project.

The third is the CNC machine tool project.

The emergence of Galaxy-1 has once again raised the bar for China's machine tool industry, indirectly improving industrial production levels and accelerating the research and development of turbofan engines.

The only downside is that currently only nine divisions can manufacture it. The other divisions have tried, but even with the design blueprints as a reference, they cannot reach the level of Galaxy-1.

This has always been a headache for Yang Xiaotao.

He also considered separating the skilled workers from the machine tool factory to lead more machine tool factories to progress.

But he was also afraid that if these people went out, they would not only fail to revitalize the factory, but would also waste their time and talent.

Yang Xiaotao was also helpless about this.

The fourth is magnesium alloy.

The research on this alloy material was also fraught with difficulties. From the initial material ratio to the final production process, it exhausted the people at the research institute.

That old Taoist priest has wanted to quit several times.

Fortunately, it was finally made.

The success of this alloy material also contributed to the success of turbofan engines and CNC machine tools.

You could say they complement each other.

However, the potential of the Alloy Research Institute still needs to be explored. The number of personnel and the scale need to be increased. The future industrial development will require more and better alloy materials.

Yang Xiaotao was also fed up with the lack of materials, especially when he had design drawings but couldn't make them because of the lack of materials.

This isn't the first or second time this has happened.

Moreover, Yang Xiaotao has come to realize over the years that he can't rely on the people at the Alloy Bureau.

It's better to rely on yourself than on others; you have to do it yourself.

Yang Xiaotao wrote down information about magnesium alloys, CNC machine tools, and turbofan engines on a piece of paper. After a moment of contemplation, he wrote down projects for photocopiers and game consoles.

Needless to say, these two projects are definitely the key projects of the Ninth Department right now.

Game consoles, in particular, not only made a fortune but also ruined people's lives.

Today, game research institutes have shifted from traditional game consoles and game design to computer games, with Red Alert being a successful example.

We will continue to upgrade Red Alert in the future, ideally maintaining a pace of one version per year.

In addition, classic games from later generations can also be included.

For example, FPS games.

That is, a first-person shooter game.

Yang Xiaotao is preparing to create a simplified version of CS.

The exact timing depends on the level of development of computers.

Current computer technology is struggling to even support the poorly rendered graphics of Red Alert, so we should be more cautious about FPS games.

Therefore, traditional game cards still have value for exploration.

The fighting arcade game currently in development, The King of Fighters, is the next game card to be released.

Hopefully, we can reap another harvest then.

The seventh and eighth items are naturally satellites and satellite phones.

The successful launch of the Niujinniu communications satellite signifies that Jiubu is capable of independently manufacturing communications satellites, while the successful construction of the Xizhou Satellite Launch Center also represents the possession of a new launch base.

This lays the foundation for future satellite launches.

Moreover, last year's two satellites brought considerable gains.

The further popularization of satellite phones, along with subsequent improvements, makes the future look bright.

In the future, communication satellites will continue to be launched, and satellite phones will be further improved.

The ninth item is naturally the pager, which is currently very popular.

There's a reason why this thing became so popular.

However, Yang Xiaotao felt that it was time to start developing mobile communications.

The base station is already in place; we can just make a few minor modifications later.

Of course, this involves many industries, and the road ahead will not be smooth sailing.

But we have to keep moving forward, even if it means feeling our way across the river.

At this point, the various research projects of the nine departments last year have been basically included. As for the other projects, although they are still under research, they have not yet achieved any practical results or the results are not obvious, so Yang Xiaotao felt that there was no need to write them down.

Okay, I'll write it next year.

Yang Xiaotao smiled.

After completing the summaries for the nine departments, there are two major projects to come.

The West-East Gas Pipeline and the Dengzhou Nuclear Power Plant.

This one
Yang Xiaotao felt there were many things he could write about, but when it came time to actually write, he didn't know where to begin.

Looking back at these two large factories, from the initial planning to implementation, we constantly discovered and solved problems, identified difficulties, and overcame them.

Even now, Yang Xiaotao doesn't dare to say whether there will be any problems.

Even though the Dengzhou nuclear power plant is already officially operational.

As the pen tip lightly touched the draft paper, Yang Xiaotao suddenly laughed.

Why do you think so much?

What I need to do now is to finish it and do it well.

As for what will happen in the future, let future generations say.

After briefly summarizing the issues encountered in the two major projects, Yang Xiaotao felt it was time to conclude his work summary for the year.

So he prepared to put down his pen, but found that Li Hongfeng, Lao Hong, and a few others were still standing in front of the table.

At this moment, everyone was looking at the summary report written by Yang Xiaotao.

Although it's just a single sheet of paper, the contents are all valuable information.

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After reading it, Li Hongfeng commented, "This is too general. You could include some specific data."

"For example, the foreign exchange earnings of this game console are 3.27612 billion, and the earnings of this photocopier are 2.842 billion."

Li Hongfeng was very familiar with these data, and then he told Yang Xiaotao to add them.

Old Hong chimed in, "Also, we can't just look at what's happening abroad; we need to include domestic examples in the report too."

"For example, steel production increased by 30 percent compared to last year, accounting for 18 percent of the national total."

"There's also alloy production, accounting for 64% of the national total."

When this series of data was presented, even Yang Xiaotao thought it was quite impressive.

Zhao Gang nodded, "Year-end summaries shouldn't just report the good news and not the bad. Some quality incidents can be included; that makes them more realistic and relatable."

Seeing that everyone had finished speaking, Chen Gong quickly added, "And then there are the honors we've achieved, especially in international gaming competitions—that's where our Red Star team shines!"

Old Hong suddenly thought of something and interrupted Chen Gong before he could finish speaking, "And there's the money we made from the oil crisis, which is something we've never done before, so I think we have to write that down too."

"Yes, yes, yes, that can be written too. This is a classic case of getting something for nothing, it must be written."

The group of people sat at the desk, discussing and debating what needed to be written down, adding their own suggestions and suggestions.

Yang Xiaotao tapped the table helplessly, "I said, do you have to be so serious?"

"It's just a summary report, letting others know what we've done. If we show everything, what will others think?"

As soon as Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Lao Hong grinned and said, "Do you think they'll just watch normally if you don't tell anyone?"

"If you don't tell them, they'll just speculate even more."

"It would be better to just say it outright and put it on the table."

Chen Gong slammed his hand on the table. "That's right. We should make them see the gap between us and them. If they can't even see this, how can they face themselves squarely?"

Yang Xiaotao was speechless; this guy was shameless.

(End of this chapter)