Chapter 0861 - Competition
Jung carefully hid his disc when he heard a knock on the door outside his room. With the help of the cat's eye, outside is Phillips, who meets outside the president but does not communicate - an old man who has retired from General Dynamics.
General Dynamics is a super military industrial enterprise in the United States, and its LM2500 series is currently the best gas turbine, the main power equipment of the US Imperial Navy's ships. China has introduced a few units, and they feel good after using them, but they can only turn to Ukraine after being sanctioned.
The famous F-16 "Fighting Falcon" was developed by General Dynamics, and later the relevant departments were packaged and sold to Lockheed. The M1 Abrams is also a universal product that has been used all over the world for decades.
Phillips is in his seventies and really old. He worked at General Dynamics all his life, and the intersection with Jung is that the companies to which they belong are equipment suppliers to the US imperialist army.
Seeing Jung, old Phillips changed from Mu Ran outside the president's room, laughed and patted the other party's shoulder, and said happily: "Genius boy, you are the youngest engineering professor at Princeton, why are you here?" ”
"He is the youngest associate professor in recent years. But I'm long since Princeton. Jung corrected, he slapped the old man's palm away and looked at him suspiciously, "You also took the medicine provided by the Holy Light?" ”
"Oh, let's not talk about it." Regarding private matters, old Phillips was more cautious. He beckoned, "Let's go, it's dinner time." I'll take you to meet some other people. ”
"You're in the School of Vehicle Engineering?"
"No, I'm in the School of Naval Architecture."
"How many people have been recruited?"
"It's not clear. Maybe you have the chance to count. ”
The hotel is located near the headquarters of 'Holy Light', and the entire building was bought by the group. Jung followed old Phillips down the elevator, walked into the buffet-style Western restaurant, and casually brought a plate to the table to get food.
There are quite a few people in the western restaurant, most of them are gray-haired old men and old women. Everyone had their own small circles, gathered at the table and whispered. Old Phillips came a few days early, knew more people, and helped introduce Jung.
"See those Japanese? The leader is Professor Maeda, the 'Eastern Emperor', and his gang is all engaged in mathematics. ”
"Oh, they're so old. Is it ninety years old? ”
"Not really, the oldest is only in his eighties. Japanese people are more grouped and very polite to everyone, but we can't tolerate them. There's something particularly annoying about these guys. ”
"What is it?"
Phillips took a glass of champagne and saluted Maeda and the others who were entrenched at several large tables in the restaurant. More than a dozen Japanese on the opposite side immediately stood up in unison and also raised their glasses in return.
"I've had a couple of Yale friends complain to me that these Japanese people are like rabbits on the Australian grasslands, and every time you find one, there's actually a litter behind it.
The Faculty of Mathematics was almost overwhelmed by these Japanese people. In several faculties, Japanese people are serving as department chairs. This is a serious squeeze on our quota and can be dangerous. ”
The Japanese sat down and talked in a whisper.
Jung asked quizzically, "Danger? What are the dangers of these people? I think they're all quite thin, and they don't need to lose weight. ”
"Lose weight? What nonsense are you talking about? Old Phillips turned his head to look at Jung, lowered his voice and asked, "How did you get recruited?" ”
"I want to lose weight, I want special diet pills, so I came." Jung shrugged his shoulders to express his love for high-calorie food, "I need dessert to satisfy my brain, and I can't give it away." ”
Old Phillips had a hellish expression, "Everyone here is here for health and life, and you are actually here to lose weight?" ”
Jung was also very surprised, "Losing weight is also for health and life." If I don't lose my weight, I'm really going to die. ”
Forget it, old Phillips waved his hand, no longer entangled in Jung's thoughts, but returned to the previous topic, "The 'Holy Light' University is in the early stage of preparation, and the current recruitment of personnel is very limited, but there are many old guys who want to live.
For every Japanese here, there will be one less chance for an American. We all have friends, and we all wish we could have more. The first people to be recruited were carefully deliberating, hoping to bring their friends and family over. ”
Old Phillips pointed to the other side of the restaurant, "Those are also Japanese, mainly in the School of Materials, and the leading Professor Kondo is engaged in carbon fiber." He is also a large number of people, leaving us with very limited positions.
We are now mainly crowded into a limited number of faculties such as mechanical engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering, computer and semiconductor, medicine and biopharmaceutical, aerospace and so on. Now everyone is about to break their heads in order to grab a solicitation spot.
By the way, our competitors also have the Russians. They have also come in a large number recently, mainly focusing on mathematics and physics. Now that the School of Mathematics is about to exceed the standard, many people feel that they can't compete, and they are forced to go to the School of Computer Science. ”
Jung was dazed when he heard this, and said weakly, "Why do you have to come to the 'Holy Light' University?" Or can't you wait for the next batch of solicitations? ”
Old Phillips looked at Jung like a fool, and suddenly realized that this boy was only in his thirties, and he could not yet understand his fear of death. He could only shake his head and sigh, "The 'Holy Light' can wait, but we can't.
Look at me, do I look like a person in my seventies now? My heart hasn't beaten so regularly and vigorously for years, the age spots on my face have almost disappeared, and even the cancer cells have been stopped. I feel like I'm back to being fifty years old.
If my wife is still alive, how I wish she could be as young as I am? But she died two years ago. Who can be sure when the Light will be recruited next? We have to take advantage of the moment. ”
Oh...... Jung finally understood that the predicament he faced was different from that of these old fellows. Although it is all about health and life, the latter is obviously more urgent.
"So what now?"
"What else can I do? What do you think we're doing here? They didn't want to fight among themselves, and they were discussing how to make suggestions to the president of the 'Holy Light' to add more academies and more positions.
We racked our brains to list all the disciplines, and we had to write down how each discipline would help the Light. Then try to arrange more positions. ”
Old Phillips scratched his head in distress at the moment, "We went to submit the proposal today, and the president warned us. He accepted the proposal, but forbade us to give anything out.
We can sense that the president does have an intention to continue to expand the university, but he wants to keep the solicitation intention within a certain range. Therefore, the addition of any college will become a new target for competition, and every place is precious.
Our group will go to Tianyang tomorrow, and you will stay in the imperial capital for a few more days. I hope you will continue our unfinished work. ”
"Continue with what?"
"Continue to persuade the president of 'Holy Light' to recruit more people. We are old, and we just want to live a little longer and enjoy some sunshine and rain, even if we don't pay our salary. ”
"It's the first time I've heard such a request."
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