Chapter 106 Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (first update)

Since the 1860s and 1870s, the German Emperor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Navy, and private scholars have been weighing and discussing the choice of an island off the coast of China as a colonial seaport. After repeated comparisons, Jiaoao was finally selected.

In the fifteen years from the German occupation of Jiao'ao in 1897 to 1912, Germany built a famous star city known as the "Switzerland of the East" around the original Jiaozhou Bay and the coastal bay of the original Jimo County, and began the modernization process of Qingdao.

Unlike other imperialist countries that simply plundered the economy and raw materials from their colonies, Germany made Qingdao a permanent colony for long-term investment and construction. For seventeen years, the German government allocated financial funds to build the city.

This brilliant urban design concept enabled Qingdao to surpass Yantai, which established a port 30 years earlier, in the first ten years, and leap to the second place in the import and export of coastal cities. In just ten years, Qingdao doubled the national product of Shandong Province.

, becoming one of China's four major light industry centers, one of the financial centers, and one of the country's five major industrial cities. Even the land system established by the Germans in Qingdao has been promoted in Germany and throughout Europe, becoming a model for sustainable urban development.

German engineers designed a modern city according to European style, making Qingdao look like a European port city. The Germans spent fifteen years turning a coastal village into an economically prosperous city, and ten years of urban greening have transformed the former

The barren mountains and ridges have turned into a garden-like city; Qingdao has become the cleanest city in Asia, reaching the realm of blue sea, blue sky, red tiles and green trees.

Blue sea, blue sky, red tiles and green trees, this is Qingdao.

Opening the window, Ye Yingming saw that the windows on both sides of the street were all holding German flags. Small German flags were hanging in the sky on the street. This was specially hung according to the order of the Governor to welcome Prince Henry from Germany.

Prince Henry was on his way to Japan to attend the funeral of the Japanese Emperor. He passed by Qingdao. Governor Meyer Waldeck naturally needed to seize this opportunity to show the prince his achievements in governing Qingdao.

"Dehua University has lifelong priority. Anyone who graduates from Dehua University and wishes to Lianyungang will receive twice the salary."

Looking at the words on the letter paper in his hand, Ye Yingming couldn't help but smile. The head office sent a telegram asking him to place an advertisement in all major newspapers in Qingdao, with the purpose of recruiting employees for this "Institute of Science and Technology Information".

Looking at the national flag, Ye Yingming couldn't help but remember that a few days ago, in order to welcome Prince Henry, Dehua University organized students to go to the pier to welcome him. Before the ship docked at the pier, some students left the group and took a leisurely look at the pier. Fazheng

Du Shutang, a science student, was a little far away from the team and was spotted by a Chinese policeman. He mistakenly thought he was an idler and slapped him twice. This incident was known to other students. After returning to school, they immediately went on strike and tried to surround the patrol room, demanding severe punishment for the policeman.

In order to retaliate, Supervisor Kebbell finally went to see the German admiral and finally punished the patrolman.

"This is difficult"

Looking at the draft advertisement, Ye Yingming couldn't help but frown.

The first batch of graduates from Dehua University, 80 people, just graduated a few months ago. However, some of these students were recommended to study in Germany, some were "booked" by some German companies as translators before they graduated, and a dozen of them went directly to Germany.

After taking up positions in the capital, there are still a few people left in the company.

The telegram from the manager made it very clear that this matter is the top priority of all work. As the manager of Liuhe Company's Qingdao office, apart from buying power boats and ordering machines, there seems to be nothing else that can make things happen.

The manager used these words in the telegram to describe the urgency.

"I have to think of a way, think of a way..."

Ye Yingming, who was in deep thought, immediately returned to his desk, biting his hair and began to think about how to draft a recruitment advertisement that could impress everyone.

After pondering for a long time, Ye Yingming lowered his head and began to write this "top priority" advertisement. It took him more than half an hour, and after repeatedly considering the words and sentences, he reviewed it again, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

head.

"Hopefully it will attract some people."

"Qingdao's blue sea, blue sky, red tiles and green trees are indeed pleasing to the eye. Then Qingdao was ruled by the Chinese. What the virtuous people did in Qingdao, even though China has thousands of years of culture, there is no performance comparable to it...

…”

Ren Yike, who was preparing to translate an industrial machinery manual in the Qingdao branch office of Chabulou Foreign Bank, accidentally saw this advertisement in the newspaper. He was stunned for a moment, then put down the manual in his hand and picked up the newspaper.

"Huh? This is a paraphrase of Mr. Sun's speech."

Ren Yike, who had just graduated from Dehua University, had listened to Mr. Sun's speech in the university auditorium a month ago when he was passing through Qingdao on his way to the capital. When he saw this advertisement, he couldn't help but think of his speech again.

"Although China has thousands of years of culture, it has not made achievements comparable to what Germany has done in Qingdao for more than ten years. Roads, houses, port facilities, sanitation equipment, all of this proves their diligence and hard work.

.Students’ goals should motivate themselves to work hard to catch up, promote this example to the whole of China, and make their motherland equally perfect.”

Thinking about the content of the speech he heard that day, Ren Yike continued to look down at the advertisement.

"...China's backwardness stems from the backwardness of science and technology, and the backwardness of science and technology stems from the inability to promote science and technology. Although China has universities and factories, there is no institution engaged in searching, sorting, and translating scientific and technological information. Today, we Liuhe Company pioneered China's scientific and technological information and invested huge sums of money to establish the China Institute of Scientific and Technological Information to help my country's scientific and technological progress. However, there are very few people who understand foreign languages, especially those who understand industrial foreign languages. Today, our company is specifically recruiting people from the society who are willing to promote People who are progressive in science and technology in China can work together and receive generous remuneration, which is negotiable (dehua University graduates are preferred)..."

Looking at this advertisement, especially the last sentence (Graduates from Dehua University are preferred), Ren Yike couldn't help but be stunned. This clearly meant that Dao wanted to recruit students who graduated from Dehua University.

"What is the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information? What does this institute do?"

Almost the whole morning, Ren Yike was thinking about this problem in his mind, so much so that when he translated the mechanical manual that he usually picked up at hand, he mistranslated dozens of words back and forth. In the end, looking at the translation that was full of mistakes,

He couldn't help but shake his head. At this moment, his mind was filled with the "Institute of Science and Technology Information" and he was thinking about what the institute did.

"Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, um..."

Facing Chen Yimeng who was consulting in front of him, Ye Yingming, after a moment of silence, immediately poured out the contents of the second telegram sent by the manager and some of the things he had summarized.

"That is, let's put it this way, are we China backward?"

Chen Yimeng nodded, this is a waste of words. If we don't fall behind, can Qingdao be occupied by the Germans?

"We in China are not only backward, we are extremely backward."

Ye Yingming said very definitely, and then continued to emphasize.

"It is because China is backward that we learn from foreigners, buy machines from foreign countries, and set up factories. Now isn't it about saving the country through industry? This is what our Liuhe Company does. We just want to save the country through industry, and we can set up factories.

You have to buy machines and introduce technology, right?”

"Of course, this is inevitable"

Chen Yimeng nodded in agreement.

"In the past, when I worked in a foreign company, those foreign devils, don't frown, what kind of machines did they sell to us? You don't know that I know, some of them are eliminated by others, backward, what is the technology introduced? Also

They are all backward and not used by others.”

Ye Yingming's words were clear and logical, but Chen Yimeng, who had just worked in a foreign bank for less than a month, just nodded blankly. He really didn't know much about the ways in this foreign bank. Since Mr. Ye said so, it must be the same.

, at least there is such a thing.

"Why do they treat us like they're taking advantage of us? First, we don't understand foreign technological updates. Second, we don't understand foreign equipment updates, so we introduce technologies and equipment that have been eliminated by others as advanced things.

But how to understand these technologies and equipment depends on the Institute of Science and Technology Information. This institute does nothing else but track the most advanced foreign technologies and equipment. In this way, the company can

We can introduce the most advanced technology and equipment at the fastest speed, and even get them earlier than foreign companies, for example..."

After a moment of silence, Chen Yimeng looked thoughtful.

"Like the new iron-making blast furnace that our company chairman, Li Zicheng, Mr. Li sold to Morgan, if we were the first to introduce it, our steel plant would definitely be more advanced than foreigners..."

At this time, Ye Yingming felt like a lobbyist, trying every means to persuade the young man in front of him who was more than ten years younger than himself.

"In short, this science and technology information research is related to whether China can get rid of its backwardness, because only by inheriting and learning from other people's scientific and technological achievements can we quickly develop our own science and technology and quickly catch up with powerful countries such as Britain, the United States, France and Germany."

Listening to these heroic words, Chen Yimeng couldn't help but be surprised. This, this Liuhe Company has such big ambitions, no, that's not right. Just when he was about to ask this question, he heard Manager Ye wave his hand.

"Don't doubt, who is our chairman? Is it Zicheng? Li, the number one person in science and technology in China today, wants money and technology, and he has caught up with Britain, the United States, France and Germany, and it only took a few years or more.

, How about, with a monthly salary of 800 yuan, if you are willing, just sign this contract. The liquidated damages of you and other companies and foreign companies should be borne by our company. Chinese people should work hard for Chinese companies."

As he spoke, Ye Yingming handed over the pen and contract.

I signed

When he walked out of the office in a daze, Chen Yimeng still didn't realize that he actually signed the contract. When he went out, he only saw a few people in the room, including his classmates.

"Yike, why are you here?"

"Yimeng, you..."

Ren Yike looked at Chen Yimeng for a moment, then looked at the contract in his hand.

"I, I think Mr. Li Zicheng and I should have a future in Kirby Matheson. Yi Ke, come with me to Lianyungang."

(I'm really sorry. I've been caught up in some things these past two days. It's the New Year... I actually worked overtime... Oh, I really don't know what the world is like. It's like being a grandson)...
Chapter completed!