Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 500 Two Roads

"Besides, I have some small thoughts of my own."

Gu Weijun let out a long sigh. He had thought about sending his brother out before.

Nearby is Hong Kong, far away are France and the United States, any place is fine.

But what he just said was actually what he really thought.

This has also been verified by later generations. For example, Mr. Zong worked in the countryside for 15 years.

He only has this one brother in this life, and he doesn't want his brother to become a playboy in the future.

So I hope that life in the countryside can give him some good training.

But now
Yes, after so many years, there is still no news of returning to the city. My brother has already become deeply tired of working in the countryside.
My younger brother is not the only one who feels this way. I guess most of the educated youth have the same mentality.

That’s why we had the scar literature of the late 70s and 80s.

To put it bluntly, having enjoyed life in the city, it seems pretentious to go to the countryside to suffer.

Gu Weijun turned his head and glanced at the east room. Zhu Lin was humming a lullaby to coax her son. "Why should I ask you not to interrupt your studies?"

“As I said before, the future construction of the country requires knowledge.”

“The key is in whose hands the knowledge is held, in the hands of the working class and peasant class, or in the hands of the bourgeoisie.”

"It seems that the workers, peasants and soldiers college students are motivated, but their foundation is very poor."

"Therefore, the country will definitely need a new generation of college students in the future."

"This opportunity will not be far away, and it will probably be in another three or four years."

Gu Weijun stared at his brother Gu Weimin with sharp eyes: "Can you still hold on?"

Gu Weimin was silent at first, then confused, and finally answered bitterly: "Brother, I'm not sure."

"Well," Gu Weijun nodded, and then asked seriously, "Then I will give you one year, or two years, to learn a foreign language and a math subject well."

"Can this be done?"

"I will make other arrangements for you later."

"But, not in the capital."

When Gu Weijun was talking about the first half, Gu Weimin was interested, but when he heard the last sentence about not being in the capital, he became discouraged again. His goal now was to return to the city as soon as possible so that he could live together with Wang Xiufang.

Seeing Gu Weimin's silent resistance, Gu Weijun smiled.

I stood up and walked to his side, patted his shoulder, smiled and said, "I see."

"You kid, now you are completely focused on Miss Wang Xiufang."

“All other thoughts are put aside.”

"Well, go back and discuss this with Wang Xiufang. Tell her about the two options I suggested and see what she says."

"Then, write a letter home and tell me."

"But, brother, aren't you assigned abroad all year round?" Gu Weimin was a little confused. "I just wrote a letter." He turned his head and looked at his mother. "Will my parents..."

She sighed before speaking, and then Mother Gu spoke: "Hey, Erjun."

"It's a pity that mom doesn't have a job. If I had a job, I would have asked your brother to help find someone and give you my job, and you wouldn't have to go back home."

"There's no need to worry so much today."

"Mom and your brother lived in the countryside in their early years, so they also know the hardships of the countryside."

"But I didn't expect that after you returned to your hometown, you were not only physically tempered, but also mentally..."

"Mom," Gu Weijun turned around and comforted Gu's mother: "Weimin is still young now, and he hasn't been tempered enough. He will be fine after he has more experience in the future."

"Okay! I'll go get some more meat."

"We're having a big dinner at home today!"

In the evening, there was not only Gu Weijun's family, but also his parents and younger brother, as well as his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family, and the three families of Zheng Chao, Hao Chuan, and Wei Ping'an in the courtyard.

It was a happy occasion, drinking a lot of wine and eating a lot of meat.
The next morning, Gu Weijun went to the Semiconductor Institute early.

Old Mrs. Lin looked tired and was not surprised at all to see Gu Weijun coming. She knew about the additional 500 million US dollars at the first time and gave him a cold look.

"Is scientific research just playing house?" "It costs a lot of money!"

“Can scientific research results be produced quickly just by throwing money at it?”

"Doesn't it still depend on people to do it?"

"Gu Weijun, you also graduated from Tsinghua University, why do you need me to remind you of this?"

Gu Weijun smiled widely, "Chief Lin, I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"I heard that this year our institute has developed 131 computer models ranging from DJS-153 to 13!"

“So much has been researched.”

"The technical requirements that Fruit Company in the United States has put forward to us are definitely even more of a piece of cake!"

"You wish!" Although she said this, Mrs. Lin's tone softened.

"Scientific research cannot tolerate any falsehood."

"Yes, yes, Chief Lin, you are absolutely right!"

"Stop flattering me!" Mrs. Lin's serious expression finally broke through and she laughed, "Haha," "Now we basically have no major problems with hardware."

"The problem lies in the programming of the software."

“The tests have always been unstable!”

"Ah" Gu Weijun opened his mouth wide, he was really surprised!
It’s only been half a year since April, right?

A chip with the same performance as Intel 4004 was developed in such a short time?

For a moment he suddenly felt a little dizzy. Isn't this speed a bit abnormal?

Then he asked, "Director Lin, I remember before I left the country at the end of April, didn't you say that there was still a lot of room for improvement in the lithography machines in Shanghai?"

"Why?"

"Then the news you passed on to Fruit Company also showed some progress, but it is still very difficult."

Old Mrs. Lin rolled her eyes. "If you don't say that, how can you continue to deceive people? How can you continue to fight for the subsequent fees?"

"Look, this is another 500 million US dollars."

"Humph!" Old Mrs. Lin was very pleased with herself. "When I was in the American laboratory, the professors there had already played this trick to pieces."

"I produce some results from time to time, but they are just a little bit short of meeting the client's requirements."

"Do you want results soon?"

"Okay, add more money!"

"Ha ha."

Mrs. Lin laughed very wantonly
Gu Weijun touched his nose awkwardly. Who is the protagonist among us?

"Director Lin, do you mean that our current chip technology and computer technology are not much worse than that of the United States?"

"It's still a long way off, but at least the gap has been shortened from three to five years to two to three years."

"Oh, by the way, Dajun, why did the other party suddenly want to research personal computers?"

"What can a personal computer do?"

"Aren't they all used for scientific research or commercial office work?"

Gu Weijun slowly explained to the old lady: "Personal computers are a development trend of computers in the United States."

"One of the trends is supercomputing on large computers. I think the gap between us and the United States in this regard is getting smaller."

"And it's much more powerful than the little Japanese."

"Another trend is to build a local area network, using a minicomputer as a server to connect multiple computers within the company to perform calculations and simulate the computing functions of large computers."

"The last one is this personal home computer."

"There are two application paths: one is entertainment. Yes, it is entertainment, which is also the original intention of developing computers into game consoles;"

“Another is home office.”

(End of this chapter)