Pan Europe International Travel Agency has finally opened!

Dr. Jiang Meimei and Dr. Tong Jiaming have made one irresistible offer after another, and have just fooled young hackers from the University of Helsinki back to Hong Kong. Wu Xiufeng, the uncle who had been clamoring for a plane to go abroad since the beginning of the establishment of NB Airlines, together with Ding Aiguo and his wife, Zhang Shuren and his wife, and more than 60 staff members of the Chinese company who had outstanding performance this year, went around Germany for a week under the leadership of a tour guide, and then rushed to St. Petersburg without stopping.

There are too many people to live in a villa in the suburbs.

Considering that they were the first tourists brought by the pan-European international travel agency, they wanted to make some money for the citizens of St. Petersburg, and naturally they could not stay in the consulate of the former East German government on the Neva River, so the travel agency arranged for them to stay in the Luzskaya hostel close to the city center.

After walking for nearly a day, Gu Hongxia still couldn't get enough, and as soon as Gu Hongxia returned to the room, she sighed: "From the Winter Palace, the Summer Palace to those churches, you can see the former glory of Russia." Only now did I realize that our Chinese palaces are big, majestic, but dark, while the Russian palaces are not only splendid, but also very bright. ”

The first time I went abroad, I benefited a lot.

Ding Aiguo sorted out the toys to be brought back to his grandson, and said without looking back: "This may be the common application of Western architectural styles and glass products, while many places in China at that time were still window paper!" ”

Wu Xiufeng, who couldn't stay in his room and pulled Zhang Shuren and his wife over to sit for a while, played with a telescope he had just bought, and muttered: "I used to say that today's in the Soviet Union is our tomorrow, but I didn't expect it to collapse when I said it would collapse." When I visited the Hermitage just now. I don't feel good about it. ”

This sentence went to Ding Aiguo's heart. Shaking his head and sighing: "The country of Russia is great and magical, and it has gone through too many twists and turns, right and wrong...... It's hard to figure it out. Seventy years of the Soviet Revolution, seventy years of socialism and the history of the GCD, that's it. There must be many fundamental problems that have not been solved. ”

has done all the people who have retreated, and they are still doing this leisure all day long, Gu Hongxia gave him a roll of his eyes. said angrily: "It's going to collapse, what's the matter with us?" Just have fun when you come out and don't think about all that nonsense. ”

"Say whatever, say whatever you want."

Ding Aiguo didn't want to quarrel with her, so he carefully put away the nesting dolls, got up and said, "It's almost 5 o'clock, San'er and Xia Yao are about to get out of school, everyone will pick up and pick up, and we will go downstairs to eat together." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Charter and Xia Yao walked in with a smile.

"Uncle Ding, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang. How was it today? ”

"Okay, all the places to go are gone. I also bought a lot of things. ”

Not everyone can travel abroad, five years ago, Wu Xiufeng couldn't even think about it. And since taking the tailwind boat of his nephew, he has not only been able to travel abroad, but even participated in the opening ceremony of the BJ Asian Games a few years ago.

Zhang Shuren was also full of emotion, and while getting up to give up his seat to the young couple studying in a foreign country, he said with a smile: "This trip is an eye-opener, Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin, and now Lenin's hometown, San'er, this is all thanks to you." ”

"That's what you see."

He sat him back on the edge of the bed, pulled over a chair and said with a smile: "Go downstairs and walk for ten minutes, there is a Hujiang restaurant." If you can't get used to eating here, then let's go for Chinese food. ”

Gu Hongxia, who was pulling Xia Yao to her side, was very surprised, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hujiang people drove it?" ”

"I don't know, because we've never been there."

"And what do you usually eat?"

Seeing her looking at herself, Xia Yao smiled and said: "Do it yourself in the suburbs in the morning, eat what you eat at school at noon, and go back to the suburban villa in the evening to cook casually, I was not used to it at first, but now I feel nothing." ”

When she was at home, she served her daughter-in-law Chen Baolin as a young grandmother, and changed her ways to make her full and well-fed. And the nephew and daughter-in-law in front of her, who was as beautiful as a flower, suffered this with her nephew, Gu Hongxia felt sour in her heart, stroked her white and delicate little hands, and said regretfully: "Xia Yao, follow San'er and run around, let you be wronged." There are also three children, you said that you don't go to so many countries, but come to the Soviet Union, what is good here besides the scenery? ”

"San'er is thinking about big things!" Ding Aiguo snorted coldly, turned around and asked, "How are things going, do you have any eyebrows?" ”

"It's almost here in St. Petersburg, and I'm going to go to Moscow next."

"Invest, or hire someone?"

"Both."

The charter smiled, and then said: "There is a software development company here, and a few days ago, Dr. Jiang and Dr. Tong went to Finland to hire a computer talent, so I plan to go to Moscow to build another antivirus software laboratory." ”

It's investment again, and it has nothing to do with electricity, Ding Aiguo couldn't help but ask: "Can't you do it in Hong Kong?" ”

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that you don't have the talent to do it, the KGB knows, there are a lot of experts in the field of codebreaking and information security. If you can recruit a group and use the influence of the computer genius who has just returned from Finland, you can collect enough computer virus samples from all over the world through the Internet, analyze them, and finally develop an antivirus software. ”

"Can't you bring those experts back?" Investing abroad, especially in the Soviet Union, a country with a turbulent political situation, Wu Xiufeng was very unsure.

This is a question that many relatives and friends want to know, and the charter sighed lightly, and said with a bitter smile helplessly: "Uncle, many things are not something that can be done with money. For example, if we hire experts, now that the economy in the USSR is so bad that we can't even pay the professors' retirement salaries, and the monthly salaries of the incumbents can only make ends meet, it stands to reason that if we are willing to spend money, we can invite them all back.

Let's not talk about whether people are willing to leave their hometown where they have lived for decades, and even if they do, where can we invite them? China does not have to think about it, first, because there is no immigration policy in this area, and second, many Russian experts are extremely disgusted with China's socialist system, and they have just overthrown a socialist regime. How is it possible to go to another socialist country? ”

The political situation in Germany is stable. The German government also takes good care of NB Electric. It is said that he also has a good friend who is a high-ranking government official, Wu Xiufeng thought about it and asked again: "Isn't it okay to go to Germany?" ”

"It's okay to go to ten or eight, but it's impossible to have more."

The charter took the mineral water handed by Gu Hongxia and patiently explained: "Germany is different from the United States in that it is particularly strict in its control of immigration issues, stipulating that only three types of people with advanced professional levels can immigrate by skill. The first is scientists with special expertise, and the second is teaching people or researchers in prominent positions. The third category is specialists with special professional experience and staff in leadership positions, whose income is at least twice the threshold of the statutory health insurance premium.

What is the 'Statutory Health Insurance Premiums Measurement Threshold'? This is a line set by Germany: if you have an annual income above this line, you do not need and cannot continue to have statutory health insurance, but can only take out private health insurance. This line fluctuates from year to year, and last year it was more than 30,000 marks.

That is to say, senior talents who can directly obtain an indefinite residence permit in Germany must have an annual income of more than 60,000 marks, and according to 13, the monthly gross income must be more than 5,000 marks, which is quite high!

Because people who are beyond the limits of the statutory medical insurance premium measurement. In Germany, it is already considered a high salary. More than double, can we afford it? Another question is. Literally, this condition only applies to the third category of persons, while the first two types of persons are not subject to this restriction, but the local foreigners' bureaus and the relevant state agencies may have a different understanding. ”

The charter took a sip of water and continued: "Judging from the living habits and cultural background, Soviet experts obviously prefer to be able to emigrate to the United States, Germany, France, Britain and other developed Western countries, in this regard we do not have any advantages, and at the same time do not have the strength to introduce a large number of talents, so we can only invest in Russia. ”

"What about Hong Kong?"

"We are trying to obtain funding from the British government in Hong Kong to build the laboratory into a public welfare research institute equivalent to a university, so that the Hong Kong Immigration Department can fully consider our views in attracting talents. When Hong Kong is so big and has such a large population, it is also impossible to bring in a large number of talents.

So I can only pick the best of the elite, such as the young mathematician I just hired, and the computer genius that Dr. Jiang and Dr. Tong invited to Finland. After going to Moscow, I will also hire a physicist. ”

When it comes to physicists, Ding Aiguo thinks of the atomic bomb very directly, and blurts out: "What does that physicist specifically study?" ”

Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, like President Gao, was a future Nobel laureate.

Klinsmann's old friend, Professor Vladimir of the Department of Physics of Moscow University, had already helped to do the work, and thinking that the NB laboratory would rise with his award in the near future, he smiled proudly: "Professor Alferov is committed to the research in the field of III-V semiconductor heterostructure, and has made outstanding contributions to physics and III-V semiconductor heterostructure technology, especially in the field of jetting characteristics, laser development, laser diodes, orientation methods, etc. Modern heterostructure physics and electronics were created as a result. ”

It's so profound that even Xia Yao can't understand it, let alone those of them who haven't gone to college.

Looking at the faces of several elders, he smiled and said: "Quantum dot lasers are of great significance in industrial production, and Professor Alferov's scientific research results have greatly improved the properties of semiconductor instruments, enhanced the temperature stability of laser diodes, and reduced the critical current. It has been widely used in the fields of optical fiber, communications, microelectronics and the development of new optoelectronic instruments, for example, ultraviolet vertical lasers for lithography processes. ”

"Helpful to the company?"

"It's very helpful for the company and for the lab. Let's put it this way, if the professor can accept the invitation and help us solve some problems, then the Hong Kong Technology Application Laboratory and the Berlin NB Laboratory will be able to develop high-precision laser processing equipment, and in the future, they will be able to manufacture various chips required by NB electronics, NB power generation and transmission and distribution groups, and industrial control products. ”

NB electronics can only make picture tubes, and all integrated circuit boards are purchased; The same goes for the CT project, the programmable controller and the inverter chips, all of which are manufactured by Hong Kong Huaxing Electronics and two companies in Taiwan and Singapore.

After spending nearly two months in the experimental workshop, Ding Aiguo was not ignorant of this. Thinking of the most critical things is subject to people. With a deep look on his face, he said, "Since it is helpful to the company." Then you must find a way to invite back, and the expert must give the expert treatment, don't be reluctant to pay. ”

"Uncle Ding, don't worry, there is nothing else in the NB laboratory, just good treatment! In fact, only with good treatment can the world's first-class scientists be invited. ”

"I suddenly remembered your mention, Professor Guo and Professor Shen left. Are there enough people in basic research labs? After all, as far as I know, Dr. Zhang, who has just returned from Germany, is in the system engineering and technology application laboratory, and none of them are engaged in basic research. ”

The basic research laboratory is the façade of the NB laboratory, and without talents, research results will not be achieved, and without results, the British government of Hong Kong and Hong Kong taxpayers who have always been skeptical will not continue to support it.

The group is adjusting, and the laboratory is also adjusting.

In order to enable the sustainable development of various sub-groups and subsidiaries, a large part of the previous R&D personnel have been diverted to various groups and subsidiaries. Only the elite of the elite and more than 30 skilled electrical, electronic and mechanical engineers remained.

But R&D projects are no less than that. For example, the amorphous alloy R&D team, silicon purification R&D team, optoelectronic R&D team, wind power R&D team, graphite R&D team, and the medical imaging diagnostic equipment project team that has developed a four-layer spiral CT and is preparing to develop multi-layer and nuclear magnetic resonance instruments.

To this end, the group and the laboratory system have a three-year plan.

In the next three years, NB Electrician, NB Electrical, NB Electrical, NB Electrical Completes and the headquarters of Chinese companies in the NB Industrial Park will be relocated to the internal provinces one after another. Vacate all the space and use it as an experimental center for NB Labs.

The headquarters of the Clear Water Bay Peninsula with a basic investment of nearly 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the experimental center of the Special Economic Zone covering an area of more than 1,000 acres. One can imagine how big the Hong Kong NB Lab will be in the future!

But it's all blueprints, and if all else happens, it will take another three years to materialize.

For now, the most pressing problem is the lack of talent. There is a shortage of people in basic research, and there is a shortage of people in systems engineering and technology application, and there is a shortage of real high-tech talents.

President Gao has a pivotal position in the international communications industry, has dealt with many of the world's top research institutions, has influence and connections, and is not at all worried about whether the Faculty of Basic Studies can invite first-class scientists.

What he is really worried about is time, whether it is amorphous alloy projects, silicon purification and wind power, or even forward-looking research on graphene, we must race against time.

It's like a fill-in-the-blank question in front of him and Principal Gao, how to get people back, and the old and the young communicate every day by email.

Ding Aiguo only saw that there was a shortage of people in basic research, but he didn't know that the other two departments were really lacking talents.

The charter did not want to be broken, and said lightly: "It is true that there is a shortage of people in the basic research laboratory, but we are working on it." In addition to Professor Alferov, who I would like to invite, Professor Guo, Professor Shen, Dr. Cai Yangzhi, Dr. Chen Wushou and other colleagues who have gone abroad for exchange are also looking for talents for the laboratory. In addition, the lab advertises jobs in top international academic journals and some journals, and if all goes well, it should be able to put up shelves by the end of the year. ”

was really right, Ding Aiguo sighed lightly: "Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find!" ”

The more Zhang Shuren listened, the more confused he became, and asked puzzledly: "The treatment of domestic professors is so low, as long as you show enough sincerity, you should be able to invite some." ”

The charter was ridiculed, and after thinking for a while, he said meaningfully: "Uncle Zhang, to be exact, what we want to invite is an accomplished scientist and a master. There are them in the country, but there will never be many, and they are all offered as national treasures, and the government can watch us dig up the wall? ”

"What then?"

"Although there are difficulties, it is not so difficult, after all, our laboratory has several achievements that can be obtained, and it has a certain status in the international academic community, but before the completion of the headquarters in Clear Water Bay, the conditions in all aspects are not as good as other research institutions."

He smiled lightly, and then said: "The mountains are not high, there are immortals, and I believe that there will always be scientists who will not pay too much attention to these." In addition, President Gao is trying to create a good research and living environment under the existing conditions. What's more, we have eight universities behind us, including HKU, CUHK, PolyU and HKUST, and it's a big deal to work together again as before. ”

Ding Aiguo didn't know what was at stake, shook his head and said, "But in this way, it will be difficult for you to explain to the Hong Kong people." ”

"Uncle Ding, don't worry, the road to the bridge is naturally straight, isn't it just a person, there will always be a way."

Looking at his worried look, Xia Yao couldn't help but add: "There is also the Berlin NB Laboratory, Uncle Ding, the charter has been thought out for a long time, if the first round of global recruitment is not satisfactory, then invite a group of professors from the Berlin NB Laboratory, Berlin Humboldt University, Leipzig University and Dresden University to Hong Kong for exchange." ”

What is the difference between positioning the Hong Kong NB Lab as a top research institution like Max Planck in Germany and Bell Labs in the United States, and hiring people from the NB Lab in Berlin and several universities in East Germany and inviting people from several universities in Hong Kong?

The matter is all here, Ding Aiguo didn't know what to say about him, so he could only smile and say: "San'er, you can't manage these things if you want to, and you can't help if you want to, so you can only rely on yourself to find a way." (To be continued......)