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"How do you feel about cutting your head today? Starting a business is difficult." After hearing what happened to Bayuzao and Wang Zhu, Cheng Nuo was also moved with emotion, and handed over the freshly cut watermelon: "Go out and see if you guys are doing well." Sweat less, sit down and rest for a while."

Bayuzao's thinking is relatively simple, and he eats the melon immediately: "Thank you, Professor Cheng."

Wang Zhu also took the watermelon, but he didn't rush to eat it after putting it in his mouth, and said after thinking: "Professor Cheng, how did you know that we are going to cooperate with Watson Electric Manufacturing Factory?"

Before Cheng Nuo was in a hurry to reply, Yang Jichuan couldn't help it and let out a chuckle.

Seeing the other three cast their gazes over, Yang Jichuan immediately turned from laughing to sad, and coughed proficiently:
"Ahem, what do you all see me doing? I have been suffering from this for many years. I cough easily. I cough when the wind blows, and I cough when I eat cold. I can't eat this melon, or my body will have to cough up blood. Keke~"

After saying this, he deliberately covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and coughed a few times in the direction of Cheng Nuo. The intention was obviously unusual: Dean Cheng, don't let me eat melons anymore. If I eat again, I won't be able to hold on up.

Cheng Nuo didn't change his expression, took out a thermos from the table beside him, found a clean cup, poured hot water into it, and brought it to Yang Jichuan himself: "It's hard for you, Director Yang, if you can't blow the air, you have to develop an electric fan , it’s really not easy, hurry up and drink some hot water to keep warm.”

After handing over the tea, he continued to explain to Wang Zhu and Wang Zhu: "The reason why I know about your cooperation is thanks to Director Yang. He told me the news when I first came, and only then did I understand that you are here." Purpose."

Originally, Yang Jichuan's heart was not on the tea, he looked at the water on the surface, but was actually listening to what Cheng Nuo was saying, now he saw the other party "slandering" him, but he was the leader, and he couldn't point it out in public, so he had to drink his saliva Squeeze.

It's a pity that the water is hot, and it almost didn't do anything good or bad when I swallowed it.

After hearing these words, Yang Jichuan's face became more serious: "I will seriously consider this matter."

At the same time, we employ more people. Although the treatment of our workers has been ranked first in Shanghai, the actual cost of employment is still much lower than that of the United States. The future development prospects are very broad. "

After sharing two more glasses, Cheng Nuo asked, "How is it? Did you learn anything valuable from visiting here? Will it help you build airplanes in the future? If so, is it big?"

In this regard, Cheng Nuo certainly did not want this kind of thing to happen again. The loss of any one of this level of talent was a declaration that he could not bear the burden.

Seeing this, Wang Zhu hurried out to smooth things over: "Yunhua, I believe Director Yang knows this, and we don't need outsiders to point us out."

Bayuzao gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I can fly. When I was at Curtiss Corporation in the United States, I flew in the sky a lot. It is an honor for me to fly a domestic aircraft for the first time, and I am the first The person in charge, the flight mission is duty-bound."

And we blindly import from foreign countries. In essence, we are only the assembler and are controlled by others. If we receive a business order in the future, it is easy for others to sit on the ground and raise the price. If we look for other ways at that time, the ship will be turned around. "

Bayuzao frowned slightly, put the tea cup he just picked up back on the table, looked at Yang Jichuan and said solemnly: "Director Yang, although our employees' wages and benefits are very good, as a comrade of the Academy of Sciences, I must remind you that, Our potential problems are very big, especially in terms of employment.”

Bayuzao held the teacup and said: "Although the scale of the factory is not as good as that of Curtis in the United States, it can be seen that everyone is very motivated and orderly in doing things. This is not easy. Let us learn I have gained a lot of management experience, which will be very helpful for us to build aircraft later, and it will be very big."

Cheng Nuo smiled and raised his voice and said, "You don't even think about it. You are the first batch of people in the United States when it comes to building airplanes. What's more, it's still a place where we are at a lower level. There is a shortage of professional and technical personnel, let alone manufacturing workers. It’s even harder to find with a lantern.”

Wang Zhu also said: "Therefore, except for steel, aluminum, copper and other materials that must be imported, other materials must be replaced domestically. But it is just an idea at the moment. How to find a replacement plan in the future still needs to be determined during the aircraft construction process." Find it step by step."

"That's right, Professor Cheng. Look at the melon skins on the table. They are the result of our hard work. I really can't do it any longer." Wang Zhu declined while tidying up the melon skins.

At this moment, Yang Jichuan came belatedly, took out the prepared paper and pen, and handed it to Cheng Nuo respectfully: "Dean Cheng, please?"

Yang Jichuan, who had recovered, had no choice but to nod and say, "Thank you, Professor Cheng."

Hearing Cheng Nuo's promise, Yang Jichuan felt like scratching his heart. He couldn't sit still, and the smile on his face was almost uncontrollable: "Cheng...Dean Cheng, is this serious?"

"Cough cough~"

"Professor Cheng, I really can't eat this anymore. You can see that your stomach is full." Bayuzao patted his stomach, bang bang.

It just so happened that you studied shipbuilding engineering in the first half of your university, and you can be regarded as most of them are experts. I don’t think it is difficult to train these workers and let them change careers smoothly. You are the masters, and I will not intervene in the middle.

Seeing this, Bayuzao wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Wang Zhu.

"It's all water. It's enough to urinate after a while. It won't be full. By the way, don't throw away the melon skin. The factory also planted a few chickens that lay eggs, and feed them later." Cheng said. Nuo still didn't forget to eat melons: "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what are the current difficulties in aircraft manufacturing?"

"Mr. Wang's remarks are wrong. Youdao is a fan of the authorities, but a bystander is clear. I really want to hear what Mr. Ba has discovered, so that I can correct it in time." Yang Jichuan shook his head with a smile, and said after taking a sip of tea: " We are all comrades, so if we raise problems in time, we can check for omissions and make up for vacancies, so we can make better progress.”

"Okay, Dean Cheng, you two gentlemen, sit and wait for a while, I'll get something, and I'll come over later." Without giving everyone a chance to react, Yang Jichuan arched his hands, turned around and trotted in a certain direction .

"Yes, that's the reason." Cheng Nuo nodded with a smile, stretched out his index finger and said, "At least a hundred shipbuilders or ship repairers have been found for you, and they must have certain skills."

Seeing this, Bayuzao hurried over and patted his back, and comforted him: "Director Yang, you said that you are too tired, you have only been sitting for a while, and you cough without interruption, so smoke less. It’s best not to drink alcohol, and try to stay up late as much as possible in the future, especially for us engineering men, we must pay more attention.”

Bayuzao waved his hand and said freely: "No matter how bad it is, it can still be so bad that there are no machines available now. If one is not good, then two machines can be exchanged for one. I believe there will always be a way."

Yang Jichuan laughed and said, "Dean Cheng, didn't you just say that you have an agreement with Aurora University and Fudan University? I'm asking you to write a letter of recommendation so that their teachers and students will be convinced by then, so that I won't be handed over to you." Get out."

Born in a poor family in Enping County, Guangdong Province, he was self-taught and successfully built the first aircraft designed by a Chinese before the [-] Revolution. Development of a flying career.

But I have one thing. Your aviation research institute is responsible for the labor costs. I don’t care if you leave it to you. I hope that the next time I hear from you, it will be the news that the plane went to the sky smoothly. "

Wang Zhu nodded: "The situation is like this. If there is really no other way, we will not outsource the processing tasks of some parts. We really don't have much confidence in the newly recruited workers."

This is good, Yang Jichuan coughed even more after hearing this.

Take your future target Shanghai Electric Power Company as an example. It has a large number of highly skilled talents, which is unique in China's electrical industry. Technicians who work as factory directors or chief engineers in domestic medium-sized power plants are willing to come to SEC to be a Sixth and seventh grade local recruits. "

The instigator, Cheng Nuo, smiled helplessly, and made a pot of tea for the others: "Drink slowly, be careful of the heat, you look like you have chronic pharyngitis, let alone drink hot tea, if not, not only will the respiratory tract be unbearable." , the esophagus can't bear it even more."

Bayuzao pointed at the back of Yang Jichuan, not knowing why he said: "Director Yang is in a hurry, what are you planning to do?"

Cheng Nuo stood up to preside over the situation and said with a smile: "Some problems cannot be exposed in the stage of rapid development and prosperity. For a while, I will lead you a line to build a bridge. The factory can take advantage of the opportunity of expansion to replenish some young blood, which is also very good.

Hearing the sound, Bayuzao also quickly persuaded: "The cost of manufacturing the aircraft will be too high. How can Professor Cheng let us bear it?"

After a short pause, Cheng Nuo continued, "I know you guys want to say that shipbuilding and airplane building are two different things and they don't necessarily match, but what I want to say is that they are already a group of people. The batch with a higher level of domestic technology.

It's a pity that such a talented person unfortunately crashed during the Yantang Air Show in Guangzhou in 1912. He suffered serious injuries to his head, chest, and abdomen.

Just taking advantage of this opportunity, I asked Yang Jichuan to visit first to lay the foundation for cooperation.

Yang Jichuan asked doubtfully, "Why did you say that?"

Seeing that the other party had a real plan, Cheng Nuo felt relieved: "Yes, it seems that you have worked hard these days. But speaking of the workers, I have already figured out a way for you."

Cheng Nuo asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?"

Cheng Nuo knew the general idea in his heart, but it was hard to confirm before the other party came back, so he handed over two pieces of watermelon: "Leave him alone, you are half masters here, you can't waste the watermelon after cutting it, eat it quickly, You are welcome."

Wang Zhu seemed to understand what was going on: "It means that, Professor Cheng, you have found a group of workers for us, who are capable, but unfortunately the skill is not in manufacturing airplanes, am I right?"

I thought I promised Ma Xiangbo and others last time that I would go to their school as a guest, but now that I am busy with work, I almost forgot about it.

In the future, both Aurora and Fudan will be the source of excellent students from Cheng Nuo's Academy of Sciences.

Even though he knew that the two industries were very different, Bayuzao couldn't help being excited when he heard that so many workers joined: "Professor Cheng, you are giving us help in a timely manner. These are exactly what we need urgently. One hundred workers Ah, more than enough to make a prototype."

"We haven't considered this issue yet." The two looked at each other, and Wang Zhu shook his head and said, "I only think about building airplanes, but I haven't thought about how to fly them yet. Now it seems that it is indeed a problem." .”

Cheng Nuo smiled and waved his hands: "This is a cooperation agreement between me and Yu Qiaqing, the ship king. It's not an acquisition. We don't have the money to play this. It's just picking people's teeth. But I have one thing to say. In order to prevent this old man from cheating, You must be responsible when accepting workers, so I can rest assured."

It's just that he knew in his heart that the previous ones were all fake, only this time they were all real, and he coughed like hell.

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "That is to say, after the workers are really recruited, they have to be trained again, explaining the basic principles and craftsmanship of the aircraft to the workers, so that everyone can get started as soon as possible?"

Bayuzao clapped his hands and shouted: "Let me just say it. When I saw Director Yang, I felt that I had a good relationship. Now it seems absolutely right, so I will say it directly. Director Yang, in the future, whether it is Watson Electric Manufacturing Factory It is still the second division of the Electrical Research Institute. If it wants to develop in the long run, it must increase the proportion of highly educated technical personnel.

Bayuzao said without hesitation: "Our domestic industrial base is very weak. Logically speaking, if we want to manufacture aircraft with the required precision, everything must be imported from foreign countries. However, we have discussed in private. In this way, aircraft manufacturing The cost is too high.

Now Wang Zhu couldn't help it anymore: "It's really great. This kind of machine can be used with each other with a little modification. There is no need to buy new machines from foreign countries, and the time and cost will be greatly reduced. With help from others, you can produce by yourself.”

Cheng Nuo smiled and shook his head: "It's better not to talk too much, if the machine is not in good condition, you'd better be prepared."

Cheng Nuo raised his hand and pressed them down, telling them to be calm: "There are workers, but they are not professional workers who make airplanes."

Wang Zhu also persuaded from the side: "Yes, what Yunhua said is right, this is not when the Manchu Manchus ruled, when the hair on a man's head was lost, one hair would be lost, and it would fall much more , people thought we were living in the old society.”

The two looked at each other, and finally Bayuzao said: "Actually, these difficulties are within our expectations, but the most troublesome thing is that there are no workers, even the most common fitters, carpenters, and painters. can be recruited again."

Seeing the optimism of the two, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but feel completely relieved: "From the current point of view, the big problem should be solved, but I still don't know one thing. If the plane is built, who will go up and take the lead?" fly?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head: "Professionals do professional things. You are good at building airplanes, but you may not be able to fly them. It's better to find a professional pilot to test the flight. This is a good thing for both parties."

Looking outside, Bayuzao sighed and saw that not many workers were paying attention, and continued: "The classification of employees is relatively simple, and the salary grade system has not been established. It is difficult to improve the status and sense of honor of employees."

Cheng Nuo thought for a moment, and then asked, "Are there any specific difficulties in terms of materials?"

Laughing and cursing were clearly written on his face, and Bayuzao suddenly felt a little dejected: "Let me just say, it must not be that easy, even if Professor Cheng stepped in, it would not be so easy to do it."

However, we must pay attention to one principle, that is, rather lack than abuse. "

Wang Zhu's thoughts were more detailed, and he asked curiously: "Professor Cheng, there are more than 100 workers, and they are still shipbuilders and ship repairers. Could it be that our Academy of Sciences bought some shipyard and then reorganized the workers?"

Cheng Nuo suddenly realized, then smiled and said, "You can write, but one piece of paper is not enough, and you need to prepare another one."

Bayuzao was overjoyed, and asked: "So, Professor Cheng, you have found a solution for us, or you already have a suitable group of workers. Where are they, and do we need to contact them in person?"

Cheng Nuo didn't finish talking about the reasons why Bayuzao and others were not allowed to take the test flight. In fact, he was worried about repeating the tragedy of Feng Ru, the senior pilot.

Cheng Nuo raised his eyebrows: "Whoever said that there is no machine, whether the shipbuilding machine counts or not, I have discussed it. When the time comes, you can pick the ones you want. Don't be polite to him. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. .”

At this point, Wang Zhu wiped a cold sweat for his friend in his heart, and said: "The impact of the industrial tide must be guarded against."

Seeing that his friend was speaking too bluntly, Wang Zhu quickly added: "Actually, when it comes to building airplanes, everyone is just starting out, and no one is better than the other. I heard from Brother Ye who showed us around just now that we still have plans for expansion. In addition to the factory buildings already owned, the actual scale is at least comparable to that of Boeing.

Bayuzao rubbed his hands happily: "If we had known that Professor Cheng could find so many people for us, we wouldn't have to toss so long. It's a pity. There is no manufacturing machine. If we had, we would never have to worry about it." .”

Bayuzao said cautiously: "Instead of trying to show off your cleverness, it's better to be careful and steady, because human life is in my hands, and it's not fun. He's not like a paper airplane, which fails when it fails. It's just a new paper. Airplanes are different, and failure can lead to tragic loss of life."

As China's first aircraft designer, manufacturer and pilot, Feng Ru was also awarded the title of "Father of Chinese Aviation" by the Chinese Air Force. He is also the earliest thinker of military aviation in modern China.

Wang Zhu had an inexplicable smile on his face: "I guess it has something to do with what Professor Cheng just said."

Bayuzao suddenly became proud: "Didn't Director Yang just say that their production capacity is not enough, now we can lend a helping hand to them. If the machine performance is good, it is easy to produce a motor."

Patting his friend's hand, Wang Zhu comforted him, "Professor Cheng said yes, let's think of a way."

"Of course it's true. I, Cheng, never mess with my promises. If I can't do it, I just don't say it. If I say it, I will do it." Cheng Nuo smiled confidently.

Cheng Nuo held the brush, pointed at Bayuzao and Wang Zhu with the end of the brush, and said with a smile, "Besides you, I have to prepare for them."

The three of them were all puzzled, they couldn't see the answer from each other's eyes, and then said in unison: "Why is this so?"

Cheng Nuo explained with a smile: "The ones for the Watson Electric Manufacturing Factory are recommended for electrical talents; the ones for the Aviation Research Institute are of course recommended for pilots and aircraft manufacturing talents.

Looking at it this way, two copies are far from enough, and the difference is quite a lot, but for specific operations, you need to use your personal charm to see who gets the letter and recruits more students. "

Healthy competition is exactly what Cheng Nuo wants, and it will only increase in the future.