The train driver in the courtyard

"Are you going to answer the question or not? If not, I'll leave."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang arguing there, Li Aiguo suddenly turned around and pushed his bicycle away.

"Hey, Aiguo, don't leave. I still need to make money."

Jia Zhang was now very angry.

The speed was like a rocket that had been ignited, or like a sow rushing forward, "whoosh" rushing over, holding on to the back seat of the bicycle with both hands
"Don't pay attention to Yi Zhonghai. This old man is not a good person. He can't stand others being better than him."

"Fuck you", "Fuck you", "Fuck you"

(38 million words omitted here)

I have to say that Jia Zhang's fighting power is simply off the charts. Yi Zhonghai was scolded so much that it felt like a hundred bees were buzzing in his head. His brain was buzzing, and he felt so aggrieved, and his face turned pale and blue.

You know, Jia Zhang is his ally, he is doing this for the good of the Jia family, why is he being scolded like this...

Well, if Yi Zhonghai had seen those old ladies in later generations who were holding their mobile phones and were determined to transfer money to the fraudsters, he would probably understand this mysterious operation.

Xu Damao stood aside, his eyes wide as bells: Wow, just for Jia Zhang's fierce and sharp attack, the ten dollars was well spent, it was like watching a free "war of words movie".

Jia Zhang finished scolding in one breath, her face was not red, and she was not out of breath. She looked at Li Aiguo expectantly: "Hurry up and start, I can't wait!"

Li Aiguo stopped and said, "Okay, now it's the second question. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready." Jia Zhang was as excited as a child going on stage to receive an award. She raised her hands high, and her voice was a little distorted because of excitement.

Li Aiguo asked: "When did the Agrarian Revolutionary War take place?"

"During the Agrarian Revolution!" Jia Zhang yelled at the top of her lungs. The sound could probably be heard clearly throughout the courtyard.

"Congratulations. You have learned how to answer questions quickly." Li Aiguo applauded.

"Oh, I actually got it right." Jia Zhang was instantly filled with ecstasy, jumping up and down on the spot.

"The bonus is fifty dollars, please pay ten dollars in tax." Li Aiguo said with a smile.

"Thank you, Aiguo, you are such a good person." Jia Zhang's face turned red with excitement.

She excitedly took out the ten yuan from her pocket and handed it over: "Ten yuan, right?"

"Okay, goodbye." Li Aiguo took the money, put it in his pocket, turned around and left while pushing his bicycle.

"Ah, something seems to be wrong?"

Jia Zhang was still jumping and dancing there. When she saw Li Aiguo walking to the crescent gate of the central courtyard, she suddenly reacted, spread her feet, and rushed over like a wild boar.

"Where's the money, Li Aiguo!"

"What money?" Li Aiguo looked innocent and confused.

"Fifty yuan in bonus money." Jia Zhang put her hands on her waist and yelled at the top of her voice: "Aohao, are you trying to cheat?"

"I give you money? Go to sleep quickly, you can dream about anything." Li Aiguo frowned.

"You promised to give a bonus. Everyone heard it. The second question is worth fifty yuan. You promised it." Jia Zhang almost cried.

"But you didn't answer correctly." Li Aiguo ignored Jia Zhang and was about to leave while pushing his bicycle.

"How dare you play tricks on me!" Jia Zhang held on to the bicycle tightly.

Li Aiguo pushed the bicycle and Jia Zhangshi pulled it.

Push the bike, pull it hard.

Push and pull.

Pull and push.

Push and pull.

Pull and push.

Push, push.

I don't know what happened to the bicycle, but it went through the crescent gate in a flash.

Li Aiguo's eyes lit up: "Hey, I've invented a perpetual motion machine!"

Jia Zhangshi: "."

Everyone: "."

Jia Dongxu was originally a little afraid of Li Aiguo and didn't plan to show up, but now that it concerns whether the Jia family can have enough food to eat, he has to stand up.

"Li Aiguo, you and my mother agreed that if you answer the questions correctly, you will get a bonus. You can't go back on your word, can you?"

"But she didn't answer correctly." Li Aiguo stopped and turned around: "The main content of On New Democracy is new democracy? Is this the answer that someone who graduated from the ideological study class can give? Are you worthy of being an outstanding student?

The Agrarian Revolution took place during the Agrarian Revolution? Why don't you say that the Anti-Japanese War took place during the Anti-Japanese War?

"

As he spoke, Li Aiguo's eyes swept across Jia Zhang and Yi Zhonghai's faces: "I doubt, I doubt, whether Jia Zhang has ever studied in the ideological study class."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

Jia Zhang was howling, and the remaining sound was choked in her throat.

Jia Dongxu's face turned pale.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned dark.

Xu Damao's face turned red - he was so excited that he almost shouted "It's so exciting".

Everyone knows that these two questions are as simple as they can be. As long as you have attended an ideological study class, you can answer them with your eyes closed.

Jia Zhang gave such an outrageously wrong answer, which shows that there is a big problem with his thinking.

Yi Zhonghai realized that the situation was not good, and quickly grabbed Jia Zhang's arm: "Sister-in-law, stop making trouble, or something serious will happen."

"No, no, I seem to have lost money!"

Jia Zhang gave up the idea of ​​asking for a bonus, but when she thought about it carefully, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.

She scratched her head and thought for three minutes. Suddenly she remembered something and glared at Li Aiguo: "Then you should also pay me back the tax money."

Li Aiguo said calmly: "You took my bonus, so you must pay taxes, right?"

Jia Zhang stamped her feet anxiously: "But you didn't give me the bonus."

Li Aiguo spread his hands and said, "That's because you didn't answer the question correctly."

Jia Zhangshi: "."

Watching Li Aiguo pushing his bicycle and disappearing behind the Crescent Gate, Jia Zhang was still scratching her head, muttering, "No, no, I think I really lost money."

Jia Dongxu is very clear: "No, mother, think about it, if you don't answer the question correctly, you won't get the prize. If you get the prize, you have to pay taxes. Aiguo didn't lie to you."

Yi Zhonghai: "."

Everyone: "."

Xu Damao: "."

Jia Zhang squatted in the courtyard, counting on her fingers for a long time, but in the end she still couldn't figure it out.

Yi Zhonghai was already angry after being scolded by Jia Zhangshi, so he didn't want to get involved. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone has to go to work tomorrow, so let's go now."

Everyone was about to leave after eating the melon when Officer Zhang from the block hurried into the compound holding a stack of newspapers.

Seeing Jia Zhang looking up at the sky with a blank face, Officer Zhang also looked up at the sky and asked in confusion: "Jia Zhang, are you sick?"

"You are the one who is sick, your whole family is sick." Jia Zhang was counting the accounts when her train of thought was interrupted, so she started to retort.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, how can you talk to Secretary Zhang like that?" Yi Zhonghai scolded Jia Zhang and walked up to Secretary Zhang and handed him a cigarette: "Xiao Zhang, what happened? Why are you carrying so many newspapers?"

"It's like this. Comrade Li Aiguo from our Siheyuan donated one million rubles to the country. The higher-ups are calling on everyone to learn from Comrade Li Aiguo's selfless spirit."

Secretary Zhang took the cigarette and distributed newspapers to the residents.

When Yi Zhonghai saw the headline on the front page of Renren newspaper, his face suddenly turned dark.

I originally thought that I could ask Li Aiguo to donate some money, and he did donate, but he donated it to the country.

"Fool, this guy is a fool, one million rubles, how can he donate it." Jia Zhang was so jealous that her teeth were itching, how great it would be if all the money was given to her.

Aunt Liu: "Aiguo is a very sensible child."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's dark face and silent, Officer Zhang frowned and asked, "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, you are the eldest uncle in the courtyard. Why are you unhappy that someone outstanding has emerged in your courtyard?"

"Happy! Absolutely happy!"

Officer Zhang: "No quack, quack?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled awkwardly, suppressed his frustration in his heart, and clapped his hands.

Officer Zhang: "No need to say a few words?"

Yi Zhonghai: "."

What is meant by murder and heart-crushing? This is it.

I originally planned to take this opportunity to make some money from Li Aiguo, but now I haven't made any money and I have to praise him against my will. What kind of thing is this?

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath and said loudly: "See? Aiguo donated all his money to the country. This is a spirit of selflessness, sacrificing oneself to save others, sacrificing one's life for justice, dying for the sake of righteousness, sticking one's heart out, putting the public interest above one's own, putting others before oneself, and sacrificing oneself for the sake of the law. We must learn from Aiguo in the future!"

There was warm applause.

No matter whether anyone thinks Li Aiguo is stupid.

At this moment, no one dares to jump out and sing a different tune.

Secretary Zhang distributed newspapers to everyone, and the residents quickly dispersed holding the newspapers.

Only Jia Zhang was left squatting on the ground counting on her fingers: "Give bonuses, pay taxes, pay taxes, give bonuses, it's obviously right, but why do I feel like I'm being cheated?"

*****
Time is like pressing the button of a flush toilet, and the water flows "gurgling" faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Early in the morning, Li Aiguo took Peng Yunyou and several comrades from the foreign affairs department and arrived at Nanyuan Airport on a bus.

In order to get the Red Star Computing Institute back on track quickly, the Beijing Railway Research Institute selected a group of political cadres and technical personnel to assist the Red Star Computing Institute.

Peng Yunyou is in his thirties and is a graduate of Tsinghua University. He worked at the grassroots level for four or five years and was later transferred to the Beijing Railway Research Institute, where he served as deputy director in charge of daily work.

She is very capable and fluent in Russian. She has now been transferred to the Red Star Computing Institute as deputy director.

As for several comrades from the foreign affairs department, they appeared in the welcoming team.

It’s purely because the dozen or so Russian experts have special identities and need to be received well.

"Patriotic, I heard that Professor Gilotti is a big shot over there. Do we really not need to organize a welcoming team?"

Peng Yunyou kept talking about this all the way.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Russian experts, she had planned to invite the students of Red Star Primary School to come over, prepare flowers, and arrange activities such as singing.

In the end, Li Aiguo vetoed it. "There's no need to go through so much trouble." Li Aiguo said the same thing.

Even until they arrived at the airport, Peng Yunyou still felt a little unwilling.

Before we knew it, it was nine o'clock and a plane slowly landed on the runway of the airport.

Professor Gilotti walked off the plane with twelve researchers.

Seeing the welcoming ceremony begin, Peng Yunyou, who was standing in the front row, calmly slowed down his pace, turned sideways to make way, allowing Li Aiguo to go forward first.

"Professor, on behalf of the Red Star Computing Institute, I welcome you." Li Aiguo smiled.

Professor Gilotti walked quickly towards Li Aiguo and extended his hand from a distance: "Comrade Aiguo, we finally meet again."

Those researchers were also warmly welcomed by comrades from the foreign affairs department.

The scene looked harmonious, just like a family.

For some reason, Peng Yunyou always felt that Professor Gillotti and those researchers seemed a little afraid of Li Aiguo.

For example, two Russian researchers seemed to have some opinions about the minibus that came to greet them, and they were muttering to each other.

But after being glanced at by Li Aiguo, they immediately shut their mouths and gave the minibus a thumbs up: "Hala Shao!"

When Peng Yunyou was at the Railway Research Institute, he also received some Russian experts, most of whom had a bad temper.

After all, they have come from far away to help, so it is understandable that they want some special treatment.

Ever since he took over the important position of deputy director of the Red Star Computing Institute, Peng Yunyou has been worried that these Russian experts might cause some trouble.

Seeing this harmonious scene, she breathed a sigh of relief, and the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

The minibus slowly left Nanyuan Airport, and Li Aiguo took this opportunity to discuss the current situation of the Red Star Research Institute with Professor Gillotti.

"The equipment in the institute has been installed and all facilities are complete."

"All researchers will be assigned a dormitory and equipped with a Chinese assistant."

"The cafeteria serves Russian-style meals."

From work to life, Li Aiguo arranged everything very carefully, and it only took less than half a month.

This execution ability far exceeded Professor Gilotti's imagination.

Professor Gilotti looked at the receding scenery outside the window and said with some emotion: "Patriotic comrades, I think we can accomplish something great this time."

"That's for sure! We will develop a first-class computer." Li Aiguo was quite confident.

After arranging Professor Gillotti and the Russian researchers in the Red Star Research Institute.

While his comrades from the foreign affairs department were helping these people with the formalities, Li Aiguo began his next plan - to go to the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology to poach people.

According to the results of the communication between the Ministry of Railways and the Academy of Sciences, the Beijing Computing Institute should send five professor-level experts to join the Red Star Computing Institute.

Just as Li Aiguo was preparing to go to the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology, a tense meeting was being held in the Academy of Sciences.

Mr. Guo, the dean who is usually busy attending various activities, rarely personally presided over this meeting.

He frowned, picked up the document handed over by the Ministry of Railways, and threw it heavily on the table. The sound of "pa" was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly breaking the originally oppressive silence in the meeting room.

"What do you think of the Railway Ministry's request?"

A leader raised his hand:
"Dean, our relationship with the Ministry of Railways has been quite good over the years.

A while ago, when our Institute of Computing Technology was developing vacuum tube computers, the Ministry of Railways even sent people to participate in the research work.

In my opinion, we should select a group of outstanding experts to help the Ministry of Railways set up their computer institute. "

Hearing this, Mr. Guo's face darkened.

But he did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he leaned back and leaned in his chair, his eyes deep and complex.

Another leader nearby looked at Dean Guo cautiously and said solemnly, "Director Wang, have you ever thought about this? There are only three units in China that conduct computer research.

One is the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the other is the 1013th Institute of the military.

The last one is the North China Institute of Computing Technology.

Among them, Institute 1013 studies artillery calculations, and the North China Institute of Computing Technology studies computer technology in military command.

In other words, the only civilian computer research institute in the country is the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In recent years, due to economic constraints, little money has been invested in computer research.

Once the Red Star Computing Institute is established,

He stopped talking halfway, but the leaders present understood what he meant.

Once the Red Star Computing Institute is established, although it will be affiliated with the Ministry of Railways, it will soon become a rival to the Beijing Computing Institute.

Originally one steamed bun was eaten by the whole family, but now it has to be divided into two parts, so naturally the number of steamed buns that can be divided will be a lot less.

A fat leader rolled his eyes and quickly agreed, "Director Chen, your concerns are quite reasonable.

I think, since those people in the Ministry of Railways want to develop computers, let them do it on their own. We should not get involved and avoid getting into trouble."

His words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Afterwards, several more leaders raised their hands and agreed with this statement, and there was a lot of discussion in the conference room.

When Vice President Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences saw this situation, he sighed inwardly.

Since receiving the request from the Ministry of Railways, Vice President Zhang planned to select several of the best experts in the Institute of Computing Technology and send them over, but was stopped by Mr. Guo.

He knew that something was going to go wrong, but he didn't expect these people to be so narrow-minded.

Vice President Zhang knocked on the table and said, "President, there are too few institutions in China that conduct computer research, and we are far from being able to compete with foreign countries.

In this situation, we should find ways to attract and train brother units and quickly build up combat effectiveness. Only by sticking together can we win the battle."

When the leader heard Vice President Zhang talking about the war, he was speechless for a moment.

He stammered, "You misunderstood, President Zhang, I am not against the establishment of the Red Star Computing Institute by the Ministry of Railways.

The key point is that our Beijing Institute of Computing Technology does not have any extra researchers now.

As you know, the 107 electron tube computer is currently under development, and Director Xia asked us to send more people a while ago. "

His meaning was very clear. It's not that we are unwilling to help, the key is that we don't have the manpower.

Another leader stood up and said, "The Red Star Computing Institute is now a Sino-Soviet joint research institute with many Russian experts. If we really don't send anyone there, I'm afraid it would not be appropriate."

Upon hearing this, Dean Guo's expression changed slightly. He really had overlooked this matter.

The director of the Red Star Computing Institute is a Russian, and the institute also has a Russian background.

The Russians are the big brother. If they really fall out, it will have a bad impact.

"Ahem, does anyone have any suggestions?" Dean Guo spoke for the first time.

A leader looked at President Guo, then at Vice President Zhang, and stood up and suggested, "I think we should report this to the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology and ask them to sign up voluntarily."

This proposal can not only clear the suspicion of "disunity", but also avoid offending Big Brother.

It can also prevent the Red Star Computing Institute from forming a competitive relationship with the Beijing Computing Institute after it becomes powerful.

Mr. Guo raised his eyelids and nodded, "I think we should do this."

Although Vice President Zhang knew that the so-called voluntary registration was just an excuse.

However, seeing that many leaders agreed with this proposal, I could only nod in agreement.

Just like that, when Li Aiguo arrived at the Beijing Computing Institute, he encountered an embarrassing situation.

The Beijing Computing Institute is organizing experts to sign up to participate in the construction assistance work of the Red Star Computing Institute.

"Comrade Aiguo, the director is in a meeting in the conference room. How about you wait here for a while?"

"Since this matter has everything to do with our Red Star Calculation, then we should also watch from the sidelines."

Li Aiguo brought Engineer Dong to the outside of the large conference room of the Beijing Computing Institute.

In the conference room at this time.

A leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has informed the researchers of the situation.

"This is the current situation. Comrades who are willing to sign up to go to the Red Star Computing Institute can raise their hands to sign up."

After the words were spoken, silence fell in the conference room.

The researchers adjusted their glasses but said nothing.

Peng Yunyou looked at Li Aiguo with some concern.

It is obvious that these researchers are very reluctant to go to the Red Star Computing Institute, and it is estimated that the targets of the five experts cannot be met.

What surprised her was that Li Aiguo, who was sitting in the last row, had no change in expression at all, as if what happened in the conference hall had nothing to do with the Red Star Computer Research Institute.

The atmosphere in the venue became increasingly cold, as if covered with a thick layer of ice.

Director Xia Zhongsu had to cough twice:

"This is a political task, and I hope everyone will take it seriously."

In the past, as long as a political task was assigned by the higher-ups, those researchers would do everything they could to complete it, even if it meant going through fire and water.

But this time the situation is completely different.

In particular, there have been rumors in the Academy of Sciences, and the pros and cons have been clearly analyzed to these researchers.

A researcher in his forties stood up and said, “Director Xia, it’s not that we are not active, it’s just that we received news from the Academy of Sciences.

It is said that the Red Star Computing Institute is going to develop a small computer. Isn't this nonsense? How can a computer be miniaturized?
How can those low-cost computers meet computing needs? This is completely inconsistent with the laws of scientific development.

"Yes, we researchers are not afraid of hardship or difficulties, but we cannot be led onto the wrong path, right?" Another researcher also stood up.

Seeing someone take the lead, the researchers below began to discuss.

"The miniaturization of computers has been proven to be a dead end. Haven't you noticed that Wang Laboratories has stopped developing minicomputers?"

"And IBM spent millions of dollars developing a microprocessor, and what happened?

It was all in vain, with no results, and these millions of dollars were wasted, which is enough to prove that this thing is not reliable. "

"We are now a directly affiliated institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and our staff are all within the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

If we are transferred to the Red Star Computing Institute, won’t we become part of the railway system? Once our status changes, it will be hard to predict our future development.”

"The railway is full of rough guys who only know how to tinker with trains. What good things can they produce? What future can I have working with them?"

Among these discussions, some people refused to go to the Red Star Computing Institute because of different ideas.

Some people are unwilling to give up their status as researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

(End of this chapter)