Chapter 994 This is just a piece of cake
Lou Shouxing also began to slowly come to his senses from his father's reaction.

The only problem with this matter is getting the gold out. But for him who is in Hong Kong Island, this problem is not too big. The worst that can happen is that he can just take as much as he can.

Apart from this problem, it's all good. In our opinion, pounds and other currencies are not as useful as gold.

And considering our current situation, it goes without saying that we would definitely love to receive it.

Thinking about what he could do once he had a certain amount of gold in his hands, Lou Shouxing's admiration for Gao Zhendong was like a surging river, endless.

"This is a good thing, but I don't know how long I can do it." Thinking of this, he felt quite regretful.

Gao Zhendong knew the answer to this question.

"We can still do well for a few more years. Don't worry, there won't be any changes in the short term, and the early preparations will not be in vain."

In this era of the Cold War, both sides are trying their best to show their superiority, and one of these superiorities is to keep one's word. In his previous life, Gao Zhendong often heard the big breeders talk about the "spirit of contract" every day. In this era, the Citibank guys still have to be proud in public.

Moreover, Citibank did not go downhill at that time and still had confidence. As long as the system did not collapse, they would more or less have some dignity and would really deliver.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong said to Lou Shouxing: "When you contact our comrades, you can mention this matter, so that if you need any cooperation from here, you can get help as soon as possible."

With these words, Lou Shouxing felt relieved: "Okay, I'll take care of this matter when I get back. Besides, I still have a lot of spare money on hand and don't know where to put it."

As for how he communicated with He Wu about serving as a director of the charity fund, that was their own business.
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Gao Zhendong took his wife and children back to his home, and went to work at the third rolling mill the next day, feeling refreshed.

As soon as I arrived at the factory, I was overwhelmed by all kinds of things. After a week's work, even if I was a hands-off boss, I still had to do it. After all, it had been 7 days since I last did it.

Moreover, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and there are more things to do than usual, so the backlog is even more serious.

There was a huge crowd of people waiting in front of Gao Zhendong's office, all waiting for his signature.

"Have you heard? Mr. Gao has gone to participate in the flood relief work."

The 17th Ministry of Machinery did not conceal this matter. This was something that brought honor to the ministry and the factory, and as long as the details were not disclosed, there was no need to keep it secret. The matter had spread from the office of the Third Rolling Mill to the office of the Third Mill. When things did not need to be kept secret, our mass intelligence team was incredibly efficient.

"Ah? That's impossible? If he was in the army, it would be normal. He would be working in the local area now. Why would he be specially transferred there for rescue work?" It is only natural for ordinary people to send soldiers to fight against floods and rescue people. However, it sounds strange to specially transfer a comrade who is already doing important work in the local area from such a faraway place like the capital.

"You may not know this, but I heard that our General Manager Gao used to be an expert! An expert! The kind who is specifically responsible for giving advice, very awesome." When these words were spoken, the comrades in the factory even straightened their chests a little.

Gao Zhendong worked at full capacity, using both his hands and his brain, and finally finished dealing with the most urgent matters. Only after sending these most urgent comrades away did he have time to sit down and look at other documents.

In addition to signatures, there were also a large number of documents sent in by various units, piling up on the desk. These were all just sent in by comrades from the confidential office, and these documents had been there for a week.

Gao Zhendong signed and wrote down his opinions as he read them. Most of them were technical documents that required his opinions.

As he watched, Gao Zhendong exclaimed, "Huh?"

He read the document again carefully.

Well, comrades are still very proactive. As long as there is demand driving them, they can naturally come up with many good ideas without having to do anything themselves.

This is a review document for a new project of the 12th Ministry of Machine Building.

Generally speaking, there are two common review methods. One is the joint review, which is to hold a special meeting to discuss the matter. It is generally used for projects or topics that are relatively important, large-scale, and involve more people and units.

The other method is letter review, in which the content to be reviewed and the opinion form are sent directly to the reviewer, who returns the review after giving his or her opinions. This method is generally used for urgent situations, simple content, and projects involving few people and units.

And what Gao Zhendong had in his hand was just such a thing. It was a project application document received by the 12th Ministry of Machine Building from a subordinate unit. Moreover, the field of the document was related to electronics and computers. It was perfectly normal for such a thing to be sent to Gao Zhendong.

The subject is a portable calculator, yes, the kind that has a button that says "reset to zero, reset to zero, reset to zero, reset to zero" when you press it. The origin of this thing is quite simple. After seeing the single-chip microcomputer, a factory in the 12th Ministry of Machinery had an idea and wanted to make a device to replace the abacus. As for the voice mentioned above, it didn't exist.

In fact, some functions of the abacus cannot be completed by ordinary calculators, but for most people, such advanced functions are not used at all. In this case, the comprehensive performance of the calculator is far superior to that of the abacus.

After they saw the TN liquid crystal digital tube, the comrades in this factory became even more excited. This kind of display screen is simply the innate holy body of a calculator. It has a fast response, clear display, low power consumption, low price and compact size.

The only problem is that it doesn't emit light and can't be seen at night. But this is not a problem. Just add a fill light and turn it on when needed, which can also save more power.

Compared with the LED digital tube they were originally planning to choose, this thing cannot be compared in terms of size, thickness, power consumption, or price. Its only advantage is that it can emit light, but this is of no use.

So they did it as soon as they said they would, and quickly submitted the project report to the department. If they were slower, other sister units might have snatched it away. This was a ready-made project, and the early bird would have the worm.

When this thing was sent to the 12th Ministry of Machine Building, the comrades there were somewhat troubled.

The reason is very simple. Calculators are good in every way these days, but there is one biggest problem that the project application unit avoids talking about.

——Value for money!
No matter how cheap the microcontrollers were, they were still more expensive than an abacus, and much more expensive! This was different from the situation a few decades later when a proper abacus was much more expensive than an ordinary calculator.

Add in the LCD screen and other things, this thing is extremely expensive.

So a very embarrassing situation arises. You say this thing is useless, but that is not objective. After all, you can see the benefits just by thinking about it.

But if you say it is useful, it is really of no use now. The microcontroller is not meant to be wasted on you. It is a dragon-slaying technique created due to the times, and it was invented many years ago.

In this case, whether or not to spend resources to do this thing is very questionable. Given the current circumstances, money must be spent where it is needed most.

This is just a waste!
After thinking it over again and again without any idea, he decided to send it to Gao Zhendong. Everyone in the Ministry of Machine Building knew that Chief Engineer Gao had a lot of ideas in his head, so his judgment on such advanced things would be more objective and reasonable.

Gao Zhendong looked at the documents in his hands and the preliminary evaluation conclusions made by the comrades from the Third Division of the Science and Technology Department of the 12th Ministry of Machine Building. He felt that this thing was promising. Of course, he would have to give the comrades some difficulty.

He reached out and started typing on the computer. This document would be printed out as an attachment to the review form, and after being signed by himself, it would be returned to the Science and Technology Department of the 12th Ministry of Machine Building.

"The portable calculator has a correct concept and broad prospects, and is indeed necessary for development and research. Considering the current technical and economic conditions, as well as its application direction and future development, the following adjustments are recommended."

"Calculators are classified into three categories: ordinary calculators, scientific calculators, and engineering calculators..."

Gao Zhendong spent some time explaining the functions and usage of the three calculators.

The simplest example is that ordinary calculators are often used by merchants who sell things and in finance.

Scientific calculators are mostly used by students and scientific researchers, especially college students. It is impossible for primary and secondary school students to use this thing these days.

The last type is the most complex. This calculator integrates a large number of calculation and function calculation functions used in engineering. It even has simple programming capabilities and can output simple graphics.

As for the functional definitions of the three types of calculators, there is no need to explain the first one, just a direct description will do.

The second method is that Gao Zhendong replicated the commonly used scientific calculator functions by memory.

As for the third method, he directly took out an engineering calculator from the system store and copied the manual of the item. His school in his previous life was a science and engineering school, and it was normal for supermarkets and stores near the school to sell such calculators.

As for the technology itself, he had no intention of handing it over directly to his comrades. This thing was relatively simple and just right for training the team. Besides, if he had done everything, what would his comrades do?
Even though the engineering calculator is quite difficult to develop, with Gao Zhendong's function table, it will not be a problem for comrades to implement it step by step from simple to complex.

"…It is recommended that the comrades in charge of microelectronics design design a simplified chip for ordinary calculators to reduce costs. The focus of the work of this type of computer should be placed on the design of this simplified chip…"

Ordinary calculators only have addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the most basic single-digit storage functions. They cannot make use of the microcontroller's instruction fetch, interface, peripherals, decoding, timing and other resources. It is a pure waste. Designing a dedicated one and using it here can reduce costs and allow as many comrades as possible to use it.

(End of this chapter)