Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 451 Can’t wait anymore
"Jianye?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Fengnian continued, "They do have a mission recently, which is related to an important plan for next year, but they haven't been so busy that they haven't been able to go home for several days."

I'll call him tomorrow and talk to him. Even when he's busy, he needs to manage the balance between his work and his family life, right, Deputy District Chief Zhou?

If swarm drones succeed, it will be a huge shock to the military; they are small, easy to conceal, and have greater flight range and speed than before.

It can perform a variety of combat missions, and when equipped with a radar jammer, it can turn an area into a no-go zone for electronic signals.

Using swarm drones for combat is just one option; it was designed as a multi-functional stealth drone during its development.

If foreigners see this, they will definitely be able to analyze the military value of swarm drones, and then they will be more hesitant to act rashly, reducing the likelihood of them launching military provocations against them.

Although China is not afraid of a life-or-death struggle, its primary focus is still on development.

We are slowly becoming richer, but if a war breaks out and drags down the people's gradually improving living standards, then all these years of development will have been wasted.

However, when it comes to the point where a fight is unavoidable, they will not back down. After all, if they dare not take any action after more than a decade of developing their national defense and military capabilities, then all that development would have been for nothing.

"I can do without you; that's your own interpretation."

Zhou Yan pretended to be nonchalant, but seeing Zhou Fengnian's smiling face, she couldn't help but reach out and pat him twice.

Zhou Yan was well-versed in the topic of her husband being too busy with research to be home. On several occasions, Zhou Fengnian would go directly to other cities and stay for months or even half a year at a time.

However, she came from that era and was used to this kind of thing. If you have the ability but don't give, then you'll be looked down upon.

After taking off his coat, Zhou Fengnian got into bed and slipped under the covers. He casually said, "It's almost the end of the year, and I won't be busy for much longer. By the way, how's our daughter? It's been so long since she came back."

Zhou Yan gave Zhou Fengnian a push, saying irritably, "So you still know how to ask? You didn't care at all when I told you last time."

Zhou Fengnian said, "How could I not care? But didn't Xianyang send people to protect his sister? As long as she's safe, that's fine."

Before going to university, Zhou Yiyi planned to make movies like her sister-in-law, but after graduating, she didn't want to do that anymore.

I asked my family for some money, and then planned to travel to Hong Kong, and then go abroad for a trip, before deciding what to do after I came back.

Zhou Fengnian has only two daughters, and he will agree to any request as long as it is not excessive or violates his principles.

Her family gave her 30,000 yuan, and then Zhou Xianyang, knowing that his sister planned to travel, gave her another 80,000 yuan, bringing the total to 100,000 yuan. He also arranged for several security personnel.

"She'll be back next month. I just spoke to that girl on the phone the day before yesterday. She's really impulsive these days, thinking about starting a newspaper and all that. I think she's just a busybody."

Zhou Yan spoke with dissatisfaction about her daughters, saying that neither of them was easy to manage; Zhou Yiyi seemed well-behaved when she was in college, but once she graduated, she was like a sparrow released from its cage, impossible to control.

Moreover, she should be able to get married at this age, but it's hard to say for Zhou Yiyi. Zhou Yan brought it up once, but her daughter resolutely rejected it.

Zhou Linlin is also a troublesome student. Her grades are not good, and if Zhou Fengnian doesn't use connections, she won't even be able to go to university. But even if he does use connections, she won't study hard, and after the college entrance examination, she can only go to a junior college.

Her son is quite capable, but he's always busy and rarely home, barely taking care of her grandchildren.

Zhou Yan, the mother, talks endlessly about her two daughters. Back then, she was a high school student and a well-known "talented woman" in the entire alley.

If her family hadn't prevented her from continuing her studies, Zhou Yan might have been able to get into university.

As a result, her two daughters are such disappointments.

Zhou Fengnian listened without saying a word, thinking it was good for his wife to vent, otherwise he might become the one complaining.

After Zhou Yan finished complaining, Zhou Fengnian finally spoke up, saying, "Children and grandchildren have their own lives to live. Don't worry about them, we can enjoy our own happiness. Don't rush things. As long as they don't get into trouble, what difference does it make what we do? We don't need their retirement money."

"How can we not worry? She's our own daughter!"

Although Zhou Yan said that, she knew that worrying was useless, and she couldn't call Zhou Yiyi back anyway.

Moreover, she had initially disagreed with Zhou Yiyi going out, but both Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Xianyang acted without her knowledge, and she only found out after they left.

After rambling on for a while, Zhou Yan stopped talking, turned around, turned off the light, and said to Zhou Fengnian, "That's enough, let's rest. You don't need to watch anymore."

"I've only been watching for a little while."

"The doctor said you need plenty of rest. You don't even get seven hours of sleep a day. Do you still think you're a young person?"

Zhou Yan cited the words of the health care doctor and forcefully pulled Zhou Fengnian to lie down and sleep.

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Shanghai Stock Exchange.

There are many villas and mansions about five or six kilometers away from the river. After the reform and opening up, more and more people lived here. Some were returned to their original owners, while others were bought by others.

Zhou Weitian also bought property here, which is close to his Imperial Cuisine Restaurant in Shanghai. However, Zhou Weitian rarely lives here. After opening the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant, he returned to Beijing.

A car drove up to one of the villas, stopped, and a person got out, opened the car door, and walked into the house.

However, after entering the house, he quickly discovered that there were other people inside. Upon seeing the man in the trench coat sitting on the sofa, the man in the suit and tie frowned and said, "Next time we meet outside, don't come to my house so easily."

Another person spoke up: "It's not very safe outside anymore. I don't know why, but I feel like there are more police officers patrolling lately."

The man in the suit sat on the sofa and said, "With such a big thing happening in Russia, how can we not be vigilant? Our country and Russia are practically from the same lineage. Today's Russia might just be their future."

"These kinds of things are beyond our control. Let's just focus on doing our jobs properly. Once we've done enough, I'll be able to live in a free country."

The other person waved his hand and said, "Let's get down to business. I remember you have a junior at Tsinghua University. This time, we need him to get close to someone."

"Who?"

“Zhou Fengnian, or anyone related to Zhou Fengnian.”

The man in the trench coat continued, "Your progress is too slow. They can't wait any longer. They need intelligence, any intelligence will do!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in the suit gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that easy. I went to great lengths to get in touch with Zhou Weitian, but he stubbornly refused to admit that he was Zhou Fengnian's older brother. It's like the Zhou family has been trained."

My niece has never received any training before, and she will give herself away if she tries to find out anything. Zhou Fengnian's intelligence is not so easy to obtain. They had thought about it a few years ago, but Zhou Fengnian's security and confidentiality were too tight. Any slight movement would be met with a thorough investigation and counterattack.

How many people have been trapped inside?

Although Zhou Fengnian is rarely seen in newspapers now, according to the information they have, he has not been transferred to a sinecure; the level of secrecy is extremely high.

Now, even strangers can't get near Nanluoguxiang; applications to rent or buy a house are completely blocked.

Moreover, Zhou Fengnian's brothers were also very difficult to approach, with Zhou Weitian being the one who appeared most frequently in Shanghai.

Zhou Weitian's Imperial Kitchen is also very famous in Shanghai. It has delicious food and offers four major cuisines. It became a popular restaurant in Shanghai not long after it opened.

Although the middle-aged man in the suit knew Zhou Weitian, he hadn't been able to find out anything about him. When asked, he said that Zhou Weitian was an only child and his parents only had him as their son.

The three brothers seemed to have been implicated in the other two's misfortunes. They didn't hide it much when they were in Beijing, but when they arrived in Shanghai, it was as if they had to change their identities.

With this level of vigilance, if he were to ask any further questions, trouble would ensue. How could he possibly obtain information from Zhou Weitian?

"Let her give it a try. I remember your niece really wanted to go to a free country. With that kind of determination, what can't she accomplish?"

The man in the trench coat smiled and said, "This time I'm going to Beijing to give your niece a proper training, but you'll have to help me prove my identity."

The middle-aged man in the suit remained silent for a moment after hearing this, then sighed in resignation and said, "If anything happens to you, I'll run away immediately!"

"Where can you go if you run away? If we don't complete the mission, Smith won't accept us. Most countries are their allies. Are you going to go to Africa?"

Going to Africa is worse than dying in China; they're after a life of luxury, not hard work.

After handing over the tasks to be completed, the man in the trench coat quietly left the villa through the back door, preparing to complete his next mission.

Zhou Fengnian knew that many countries had designs on him.

Putting everything else aside, Xiao Rizi and Amei probably wish he would die immediately; Zhou Fengnian had swindled a lot of money from these two countries in the computer field, even causing Xiao Rizi to suffer some serious damage.

Hundreds of billions of yen were wasted, and after stumbling in supercomputing, they stumbled again in semiconductors.

Now that things are relatively peaceful, there's absolutely no interest in developing computers and semiconductors in their country anymore.

Many people know that computer and semiconductor technology are the main needs for future development, and the government also knows this, but they can't afford it.

If they spend another hundred billion yen and several years to successfully develop it, only to have China come up with an even more advanced device, they'll be spitting blood again.

Others may not know these things, but Xiao Rizi and Amei's intelligence department certainly do.

However, knowing this didn't mean they could do anything about Zhou Fengnian.

Aside from business trips, Zhou Fengnian's daily route was basically fixed, involving only a few places. This made security work easy and prevented any accidents.

Anyone who tried to take advantage of Zhou Fengnian was dealt with by the Security Bureau. Even his relatives could freely call the Security Bureau to report him. Anyone who inquired about Zhou Fengnian's whereabouts would be investigated.

Despite the tight secrecy, Amei's several operations ended in failure.

They sensed that China was becoming more powerful and felt it was somewhat related to Zhou Fengnian, but they couldn't find any intelligence leads.

Therefore, in recent years, we have put a lot of effort into winning over some people; not only have we provided them with a lot of funding, but we have also resolved their concerns and promised to arrange for them to live in free countries with a family of three, or even a family of five or seven.

But the effect was still not significant. The biggest progress for Zhou Fengnian was getting to know Zhou Weitian.

After more than a year, this is the only progress they've made. No wonder they're getting anxious and frustrated. At this rate, it'll take at least six or seven years to find out any news about Zhou Fengnian!
So they decided to take a risk; even if they failed, it would only mean wasting a few people and some money.

buzzing.

On a vacant lot near a mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, a swarm of thirty drones is simulating a real combat mission.

Zhou Fengnian also came along, and he was quite satisfied with the performance of the swarm drones; after changing some of the flight methods, even the noise was much lower.

It's hard to hear any noise from 100 meters away.

Moreover, its flight control is excellent, and it has been able to perfectly execute swarm combat missions so far without any unexpected situations.

After watching the drone swarm simulate conventional and special operations missions without a single mistake, Zhou Fengnian said to Lu Junfeng with satisfaction, "Director Lu, you did a good job. My initial expectation was to produce the finished product within half a month before the New Year."

I didn't expect you to deliver a month ahead of schedule, and after several rounds of tasks, there weren't a single mistake; you've all worked so hard during this time, many of you probably haven't even been home.

"That's true, but the fact that swarm drones were developed and manufactured so quickly is largely thanks to you, leader."

"Why would I compete with you for credit? Do you think the institute will reward me?"

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand to interrupt, saying, "Don't worry about the rewards. Once it's verified before the New Year, they will definitely be distributed to everyone."

The bee colony project team members don't need to work overtime before the Lunar New Year; however, they must not slack off on any tasks after the New Year, or they will be held personally responsible.

Upon hearing this, Lu Junfeng quickly replied, "Yes, I understand, leader."

Zhou Fengnian nodded. Today was just for the robot to study itself. Next, they need to incorporate swarm drones into the commonly used military equipment for warfare.

On the way back, Zhou Fengnian waved to Luo Jianye and said, "Jianye, come and get in my car."

Upon hearing this, Luo Jianye glanced around before jogging to Zhou Fengnian's car, opening the door and getting inside.

The others were extremely envious of this scene, but they were only envious; they weren't really jealous. Everyone had witnessed Luo Jianye's performance at the robotics research institute.

Choosing the smartest and most contributing person within the project team is really difficult.

But if we had to pick the most hardworking one, it would definitely be Luo Jianye.

He could stay at the research institute for four out of seven days a week without going home, and he did everything he could without any problems.

Instead of taking advantage of Zhou Fengnian's background to claim more credit, he worked tirelessly, and this behavior won over most of the project team.

(End of this chapter)