Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

Qin Zheng now heads two laboratories with different research directions.

One is located in a steel rolling mill, with research directions in CNC machine tools and new alloy materials.

The other one is a semiconductor laboratory, which is located in Lou Jianye’s villa. Now, this villa has been registered under Qin Zheng’s name, and a sign of Zhongrun Company is hung outside.

The laboratory staff are all physics students recommended by Peking University Director Zhang Maode, and naturally they are all Qin Zheng’s junior classmates.

Now that schools have basically been suspended, some restless students are jumping around and fighting with each other, making the teachers nervous every day.

However, there are also many students who are relatively calm and do not like to participate in such fanatical actions. At the same time, they still maintain the good quality of respecting teachers. Therefore, when Qin Zheng came for help, Zhang Maode recommended him 15 students with good character and academic performance. Qin Zheng asked them to live directly in the villa, provided food and accommodation, and divided them into three groups with three research directions to start research and development work.

Time flies by like a shooting star. Before you know it, ten years have gone by.

In the past ten years, Qin Zheng's two laboratories have made smooth progress. They dare to innovate, and guided by the country's major goals and strategic needs, they have achieved fruitful results and played an important role in promoting the country's scientific development:

The control elements of CNC machine tools have gradually shifted from transistors to integrated circuits, and the processing accuracy and efficiency have been significantly improved. At the same time, with the rise of computer technology, CNC machine tools began to connect with computers, realizing programming and automated production. In addition, the application scope of CNC machine tools has gradually expanded to involve multiple fields such as aviation, automobiles, molds, and communications.

Improvements in silicon crystal melting and growth technology have increased the purity of silicon crystals, and silicon wafer manufacturing technology has continued to mature, fully meeting the needs of a new generation of semiconductor devices;

Integrated circuit research and development went smoothly, first developing CMOS circuits, then PMOS circuits, from small-scale integrated circuits to large-scale integrated circuits, and applied to large computers, program-controlled switches and other fields, and finally successfully developed the world's first 8-bit processor;

The research and development results of lithography machines are remarkable. From contact lithography machines to semi-automatic lithography machines, and then to automated stepper lithography machines, compared with similar international products, we have gone from initial catching up to final surpassing.

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During the ten years, regardless of whether they had classes at school or not, the children of the Qin family never put down their books and had always been studying under the guidance of Qin Zheng. Not only that, they also practiced martial arts and fitness with Qin Zheng. They were very healthy and their qualities were far beyond those of ordinary people.

In 1976, after a thunderous roar, social order finally returned to normal and a new era officially began.

Soon, Qin Zheng's job was adjusted and he was transferred to Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Not only did he land safely, but his rank was also promoted to the level of a full department head, and he served as the director of the semiconductor research laboratory, and then took on a higher leadership position.

The next year, the college entrance examination was resumed. Three people from the third generation of the Qin family took part. Their final results amazed the entire capital. Qin Jingli and Qin Jingping won the top two in liberal arts, while Qin Jinglin was the top in science. The three were admitted to the Department of Economics, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and Department of International Politics of Peking University respectively, and became a legend for a while.

Five years later, Qin Jinglin graduated with a master's degree and chose to go into politics, joining the Beijing Municipal Committee and rising rapidly. Qin Jingli and Qin Jingping joined the company founded by their mother Xu Huizhen.

In 1977, Qin Leshan retired and Qin Ming became the director of the Beijing Post and Telecommunications Bureau. Five years later, he was promoted to deputy minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

With the reform and opening up, the Chinese people responded quickly, followed the trend of the times and went into business. The daughters-in-law of the Qin family acted the fastest and developed the best.

Just like in the drama, Xu Huizhen redeemed the tavern, opened a restaurant, a guesthouse, and started a real estate company, which later developed into a large group company.

Chen Xueru started from a higher point. Because of her abundant financial resources, she directly set up hotels and clothing factories, and eventually developed them into a multinational giant group. Her businesses cover multiple industries including technology, clothing, hotels, real estate, construction, retail, tourism, investment, transportation, and international trade.

Lou Xiao'e returned to China to reunite with Qin Zheng as soon as possible. After the reform and opening up, she invested in China as soon as possible. The scale of her investment was so large that it attracted attention and also triggered a wave of investment in the mainland by Hong Kong businessmen.

In 1981, Qin Jingnan entered the Department of Economics at the Island University of Hong Kong and became a classmate of his mother. After graduation, he joined the company founded by his mother. Five years later, he became the president and developed the company into a large multinational group.

In 1982, Qin Jingcheng and Qin Jingzhen were admitted to Peking University to study economics and physics respectively. Qin Jingcheng was as ambitious as his brother and later took over from his mother Chen Xueru and took charge of the Qin Group, while Qin Jingzhen took over from his father and became a scientist.

In 1987, Ran Qiuye's son Jingyu was talented and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He was admitted to the Chinese Department of the Island University of Hong Kong at the age of 17. After graduation, he founded his own media group.

In 1988, Ding Qiunan's 17-year-old son Jinghua was admitted to Beijing Medical College, chose to become a doctor as his career, and became a world-class famous doctor.

Some residents of Hongxing Siheyuan are content with their current status, while others are unwilling to be lonely and try their luck in the business world. Everyone has their own opportunities and also their own setbacks.

An old man and an old woman took care of Yi Boyuan and lived a very Buddhist life, accompanying him and making money at the same time. They raised Yi Boyuan to become a college student and ensured that he had a reliable support in his old age.

The second uncle and his wife actively went into business and earned a lot with the help of their apprentices. Unfortunately, their mentality became inflated, their ambitions grew, and they invested too much, which led to a broken capital chain and almost bankruptcy.

The third uncle also wanted to do a small business, but unfortunately he couldn't find the direction. His calculating nature was ingrained in his bones, and as a result, he taught his son to starve his parents to death. Like the second uncle, he was left alone and helpless, with no one to take care of him in his old age.

However, the ending of the Jia family was far from as good as in the previous life. Qin Huairu never remarried and remained a widow. Unlike in her previous life, she did not have He Yuzhu to help her. Although she lived a worry-free life, she was not rich, and no one helped her buy the entire Red Star Siheyuan.

Jia Zhang died at the age of 70. He did not live as long as in his previous life. Bang Geng also did not have a luxurious house and a beautiful wife like in his previous life. After he came back from working in the countryside, he neither entered the government department nor any enterprise or institution. He could only do odd jobs to make a living.

Later, Chen Xueru exchanged houses developed by her company for the Red Star Courtyard.

In 2000, Chen Xueru founded the largest private museum in China. Except for maintenance costs, all cultural and creative income was used for charity.

In 2006, 70-year-old Qin Zheng had a large family and grandchildren. After stepping down, he gradually faded out of the public eye.