The Nikola Tesla Institute is located in a four-story building at the end of Silver Beach Road in Los Angeles.
The research institute covers an area of about 5 hectares, which translates into about 75 acres. In Luo City, where land is at a premium, it is extremely valuable.
The institute has more than 200 staff, including 165 scientific researchers, and 12 security personnel. Although it seems a bit small, in fact the Yintan Road Police Station is next door, so safety is still guaranteed.
At 8:50 in the morning, when Shen Shenmiao drove his newly bought Matilda car to the institute, the parking lot was already full of cars.
The salary at the Nikola Tesla Institute is very good. Even researchers who have just started working have an annual salary of more than 500 rand. Therefore, the cars purchased by most researchers are around 500 rand. Of course, there are also prices. Expensive luxury cars are priced beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Cars are just a means of transportation in southern Africa, and few people pursue anything other than practicality, unless they are businessmen who need to show their strength.
Of course, there are also young people who pursue individuality. For example, Shen Shenmiao did not buy the cheap and affordable Diesel, but purchased the Matilda owned by Nyasaland Heavy Industries.
The Nikola Tesla Institute has a cooperation with Nyasaland Heavy Industries, so the institute staff can buy Matilda at a relatively low price and in installments.
"Ha, senior, you are going to be late. Tell me honestly, did you go to the game last night?" In the parking lot, Shen Shenmiao happened to meet Bruce, who had also just started working.
Bruce and Shen Simiao both graduated from Nyasaland University. Shen Simiao was Bruce's senior and enrolled a few years earlier than Bruce. However, because Shen Simiao studied for a doctorate, she graduated later than Bruce.
"Aren't you the same!" Shen Shen Miao walked in a hurry. Last night was the weekend. The Nyasaland Eagles played against the Edward Autobots at home. As a loyal fan of the Eagles, Shen Shen Miao would definitely be there to watch the game.
"It was so thrilling yesterday. If it hadn't been for Pique's goal in the last minute, we wouldn't have gotten the three points." Bruce is also an Eagles fan, and like Shen Simiao, he is also an Eagles home season ticket holder.
True fans don't want to miss any game, and buying season tickets is the best choice to support the team.
The price of tickets for Eagles games varies depending on the location. The most expensive ticket is definitely the stadium box, which costs more than one thousand rand per year.
The price of ordinary season tickets is much cheaper than temporary purchases. The price of five rand is acceptable to Shen Shenmiao and Bruce. If fans enter with season tickets, they can also enjoy free drinks and popcorn from the stadium. The price is still very good. Cost-effective.
"Bruce is a little confident, so I have never worried about the Eagles' games." Shen Shenmiao was proud. Compared with fans of other teams, Eagles fans are undoubtedly happy.
We chatted all the way into the office, it was exactly nine o'clock, so we were not late.
Southern Africa implements an eight-hour work system, with two breaks per week, lunch and rest periods are included in the eight hours, and workers get off work on time at 5 p.m.
Although it is already working time, the day's work has not yet begun. There are still some preparations to be done, such as going to the toilet, pouring a cup of coffee, tidying up the desktop, etc.
Due to the special nature of the Nikola Tesla Institute, the cleaning staff responsible for office sanitation are all assigned by Brad's office, and those cleaning staff are only responsible for floor sanitation.
"What was the result of yesterday's game?" Shen Shenmiao's colleague Chen Ping is also a fan. However, Chen Ping has already married and has a family to support, so he should not think about buying tickets to watch the game. At most, he can listen to the radio at home.
"3:2, we narrowly won" Bruce said with lingering fear.
"Obviously we got all three points, so it should be a complete victory." Shen Shenmiao disagreed. Although the score was close, the game was one-sided. It means that the Eagles were unlucky, otherwise the score would not be like this.
"Are you still in the mood to watch the game or read the newspaper? Hundreds of people died in London yesterday. It's been extremely cold in London this year." Christopher, who was sitting by the window, interjected. He is a Londoner and has now become a Southern African citizen.
"Oh oh oh" Shen Shenmiao, who was only wearing a khaki windbreaker outside her white shirt, then remembered that it was winter in London now.
"Isn't it about the economic crisis? Why can't I feel it?" Li Qing, the only female researcher in the office, reacted slowly, but she can't be blamed. The impact of the economic crisis in Los Angeles is indeed relatively small.
Talking about the economic crisis, it really has no impact on the people of Nyasaland. They can dance, jump and run, the market is plentiful and prices are stable. The radio is playing the information that the Paris Ballet will perform at the Nyasaland Grand Theater next weekend. , there were six movies in the cinema for the audience to choose from at the same time, and even the stock market did not fluctuate much. Rand Bank and Nyasaland Company were so powerful.
Of course, the stability of the stock market is not only due to Rand Bank and Nyasaland. The key is that Southern African companies have strong risk resistance capabilities. When the U.S. stock market crash broke out, Southern African stock markets even rose for a time.
If a stock market crash breaks out in the United States, Europe will inevitably be affected.
At this time, the uniqueness of Southern Africa's economy is extremely prominent. It is also an era of comparison. American companies can get 50 out of 100 points, British companies can get 20, and Southern African companies can get at least 80 points.
80 plus 20 equals one hundred. If divided by two, it can still be tied with the United States. This logic is perfect.
Specific to the Nikola Tesla Research Institute, researchers not only have high salaries, but also have good benefits. They get charcoal supplements in winter, cool down in summer, order cakes for birthdays, and benefits during holidays, and even gas coupons. Yes, it is said that the price of oil in southern Africa is really cheap.
"Come on, Sister Qing, if I have a wife who works in Ziwei Hospital, I won't feel any pressure." Shen Shenmiao is welcome. Li Qing's husband works in Ziwei Hospital. Both of them have high incomes, and the children go to the hospital. It’s the best school in the neighborhood, the house and car are all fully paid, and there’s a farm in my hometown waiting to be inherited.
If it were Shen Shenmiao, Shen Shenmiao would not feel the impact of the economic crisis.
Of course, Shen Shenmiao's economic situation is also good. His family also has a farm, but it is not in Nyasaland but in Tanganyika.
"Gentlemen, be quiet, we are here to survive." Jia Quan, the team leader, looked sad. At a young age, the folds on his forehead could trap mosquitoes. The Nikola Tesla Institute had no fixed research tasks. The boss wanted to come up with something. As soon as it came out, Jia Quan lost all his confidence.
In fact, it’s not that they come up one after another. The key is that many of Nikola Tesla’s ideas have no way to become reality due to technical conditions in this era, so he keeps changing research directions.
Everyone returned to their seats and waited for Jia Quan to assign tasks.
"Our next project is a long-range intelligent unmanned bomber that can take off and land vertically on an aircraft carrier. There are more than 140 projects here. Now let's see what we can do," Jia Quan said. The information in it was piled on the desk, including two large volumes and more than a dozen volumes of drawings. Shen Shenmiao immediately came over to help, successfully gaining Jia Quan's approval.
What a discerning eye.
"God, it's intelligence again." Christopher hit his head heavily on the table and wanted to die in pain.
The last research project of Shen Shenmiao's team was intelligent control. The prototype was a remote-controlled submarine demonstrated by Nikola Tesla in 1898.
The submarine demonstrated by Nikola Tesla at that time had a relatively single function, its performance was not as good as today's, and it had little practical value.
At that time, the project was jointly studied with the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa. The Ministry of Defense required that the submarine be enlarged to the extent that it could carry weapons, and then be remotely controlled to complete some special tasks deep into the enemy's military port.
Under the guidance of Nikola Tesla, the research progressed smoothly at first. After all, it was a project that Nikola Tesla had studied 30 years ago and achieved certain breakthroughs.
Then Nikola Tesla suddenly became inspired by Professor Goddard's rocket project, and the research on remote-controlled submarines was temporarily shelved.
It cannot be said that it has been put on hold for the time being. This project has already achieved certain results, especially in terms of remote control. After learning about this technology, the Johannesburg Textile Group spent money to buy this technology and prepare to use it in the production of remote control toy cars.
Current remote control technology may be incapable of breaking through the defense of local military ports and causing damage.
However, it is more than enough for producing toys. After all, toy cars only need to move forward and backward.
At this time, Nikola Tesla had new inspiration. In order to sell the remote control technology at a good price, Nikola Tesla designed a gyro stabilization system and an electric drive system.
Then the problem arises. Nikola Tesla only completed the design. From the drawings to the actual objects, there is still a process. This process is the meaning of the existence of other researchers.
Shen Shen Miao's team was responsible for the materials for the gyro stabilization system. In order to solve the material problem, Shen Shen Miao's team was busy for a month and a half before basically solving the problem.
During the entire research and development process, Nikola Tesla's greatest contribution was to draw the design drawings, so it's hard to say who has the greater credit.
Simply looking at the workload, other researchers must be bigger.
However, the success of scientific research requires one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, and most of the time one percent inspiration is more important.
From this perspective, it is obvious that Nikola Tesla made a great contribution.
"Don't worry, gentlemen, our mission this time is relatively simple. We just need to find a way to install the helicopter's propeller on the long-range bomber." Jia Quan gave the team some blood, as long as it works!
This tone is as irresponsible as Nikola Tesla.
ps: Why are there still brothers struggling with the issue of honorary white people? This title has not been accepted at all and it has come to an end. Is it necessary to award white people the honorary Chinese title?
