"Professor Cheng, you can take a look at this thing, I think you should understand what is going on after reading it."

Under Cheng Nuo's curious gaze, Ba Yuzao took out a slender piece of paper from his arms and handed it over.

Holding it in your hand is fluttering, if a gust of wind blows at this time, you have to soar up a few meters.

"The fierce European war has proved that aircraft and submarines are the urgent tasks of the day, and non-self-control is not enough to help the military prestige, and non-establishment of special institutes is not enough to produce results." Looking at the note, Wang Zhu showed bitterness: "Now that the situation is stable, we will come back from the United States immediately, just to turn our knowledge into practical results as soon as possible." ”

Ba Yuzao unbuttoned the buttons on his body one by one, pinched his waist with one hand and said impassionedly: "We have suffered a lot of white eyes outside, for what, isn't it just so that one day, we ourselves are in our own land, and we don't have to let foreigners be arrogant, puff up our chests and tell him who is the master here." ”

If you dare to bully our brothers and sisters again, we will directly catch all these people and tell them with a slap

NO！ you MD! ”

However, the ideal is still far away, and now it will eventually return to reality.

Maybe Ba Yuzao spoke too hard and panted too roughly, or maybe there was really a demonic wind hovering between several people, which made people unguardable.

In the process of passing, the note was actually scraped to the ground.

Cheng Nuo hurriedly bent down to pick it up, took it in his hand and blew off the floating dust on the surface, and turned it over to the front, which turned out to be a check for 50,000 silver dollars.

"Brother Yunhua, what the hell is going on, the check for 50,000 yuan is thrown away, which is too exaggerated."

Although Cheng Nuo has now begun to officially enter the industry, the scale is far from enough, after the Academy of Sciences is on the right track, all of them are gold-swallowing monsters, and it is difficult to promote any work normally without money.

What's more, this is still 50,000 silver dollars, and in two years, Brother Xun will be able to take it and buy 13 courtyards of the same scale as him.

So when I saw that this money was treated so lightly by the two, I was a little dissatisfied, but when I thought that I didn't know the whole picture, maybe there was something hidden inside, I asked tentatively: "Is this money unwilling to be cashed by the bank?" If so, I have some friends in the business world who can still help. ”

Ba Yuzao closed his eyes and waved his hand, obviously not wanting to answer the question.

Cheng Nuo turned his gaze to Wang Zhu, and Wang Zhu had to sigh when he saw this, and took a deep breath to calm down.

"Professor Cheng, logically speaking, 50,000 yuan is indeed a lot, and I have bought several luxury houses in Shanghai, but the problem is that the money is used to build airplanes, which is really a drop in the bucket, especially in the zero-based situation in China, there is not much money left to buy machines.

In addition, we also have to buy steel, aluminum, engines, which have to be imported for the time being, and of course the wood required for the fuselage, European and American aircraft generally use expensive walnut, and after buying wood, we have to use special paint for anti-corrosion......"

Before Wang Zhu finished complaining, Ba Yuzao suddenly opened his eyes and scolded: "Yu Peng, let's talk about the point!" ”

Sensing that something was wrong with the situation, Cheng Nuo's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Is there another hidden truth here?" Or is it that the public does not support you in building airplanes, and 50,000 yuan is just used as a cover for prevarication? ”

Wang Zhu nodded and said with a wry smile: "The public doesn't support this as true, but if the 50,000 yuan is also true, I'm afraid we don't have to come over to bother Professor Cheng." ”

Cheng Nuo was suddenly startled, took back the check and looked left and right, recalled the historical background, and finally realized that something was wrong.

The things on the check were very compliant, and with the experience of Cheng Nuo's layman, he couldn't find any fault, so he quickly pointed the problem to his bank, Bank of China.

Among the four major banks, it has the longest history, which can be traced back to the Hubu Bank established in the 31st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and the name was changed to Daqing Bank in the first month of the 30th year of Guangxu. Later, after the success of the Xinhai Revolution, the Nationalist Government cleaned up the Daqing Bank, and the Bank of China was formed by the Ministry of Finance allocating shares and adding the original shares.

Later, the governments of the north and south were separated, and Yuan Datou became the emperor, and the head office of the Bank of China was ordered by the Beiyang government to stop cashing. However, the Shanghai branch belonged to the southern forces, refused to obey the order, and cooperated with the Shanghai gentry and merchants to maintain the cash, and the bank was also divided internally.

At this time, with the check given by the Beiyang government, he went to Shanghai to cash it, and people would definitely not recognize it, not to mention that "true or false" had to be said separately.

As for going to the head office in Beijing to cash out, it is even more impossible, not to mention that the current Zhili is still flooding, and the north-south railway is broken, just to say whether the Beiyang government has money, then there is a question mark.

In the past few years, as a middle-level cadre of Brother Xun's Ministry of Education, he has not been able to get his salary, and he has to match all kinds of banknotes, vouchers, etc., which is already a good time.

Therefore, the 50,000 yuan is not a blank check, but it is better than a blank check, and it is just to fool these patriots.

Looking at this check, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but feel a little chilled, these people all gave up their high salaries in the United States and resolutely chose to return to China, but they didn't expect to receive this kind of treatment, how not to be discouraged.

However, from another point of view, for Cheng Nuo personally, it is just an opportunity to continue to expand the talent pool of the Academy of Sciences.

In order to know how much nostalgia the other party still has for the Beiyang government, Cheng Nuo deliberately said: "The public may also know the importance of airplanes, but considering that our society generally thinks that imported products are good things, we would rather spend a lot of money on imports than domestic ones. ”

Ba Yuzao had a fiery temper and immediately retorted: "If we talk about daily necessities, we can't interfere with the overall situation if we use more imported ones, but in terms of advanced weapons manufacturing, we blindly count on foreign countries to build a universal brand army, if there is another national disaster in the future, can we expect them to sell us things again, and the Opium War will be repeated again!" ”

Wang Zhu said slowly: "Don't use the Opium War as an example, the German-Japanese War the year before last is enough to explain everything. ”

Hearing these two answers, Cheng Nuo's mind was completely put down, but when he mentioned the German-Japanese war in 1914, he was furious, and his heart was raised again: "Japan has only one air force, but only nine planes and one military balloon, and it dares to directly bomb our Qingdao urban area, blow up our houses, and injure our compatriots, and the crimes are too numerous to mention!" ”

In order to cooperate with the attack of the 18th Independent Division, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters specially set up a temporary air force consisting of the Army Air Force and the Navy and Air Force, and at the same time carried out aerial reconnaissance of the German army, it also began to carry out aerial bombing.

This was the first time in history that Japan used airplanes in a war, and in order to expand the results of the war, while attacking German ships, it also carried out indiscriminate bombing of the urban area of Qingdao City, causing great casualties and property losses.

Ba Yuzao's eyes were sharp: "In other words, through this foreign war that took place in our land, we can see that although the Japanese army did not have special bombs, it also greatly threatened German ships, and received remarkable war results, which is enough to reflect the strategic value in the field of aviation." ”

Seeing this, Cheng Nuo no longer concealed his true thoughts, and his eyes widened angrily: "Some people say that the Japanese army disregards international conventions and should be condemned internationally, in my opinion, any condemnation in the paper sense is not as happy as spears and cannons. ”

Looking at the two, Cheng Nuo said seriously: "Japan's wolf ambitions, with Shandong, will also think about the Northeast, and even increase the appetite to the whole of China, if we don't have a sophisticated air force to deal with it, aerial bombs may be dropped on our heads at any time!" ”

Hearing this, Ba Yuzao's forehead swelled, and he gritted his teeth with a red face and said: "The British and French armies have conducted larger-scale aviation operations with the German army in Europe, and we must not sit idly by. ”

Wang Zhu, who had a slightly milder temper, also had a fierce light in his eyes: "In the Battle of Verdun, the German army used the Fokker E fighter it developed to carry out a real air battle with the British and French forces in the history of war. ”

The atmosphere was almost over, and it was too late to go on like this, Cheng Nuo picked up the "50,000 yuan check" and looked at it carefully, and gave it back to the other party: "So when the domestic political situation is a little clearer, you will come back immediately?" ”

"Yu Peng, you take it, I'm looking at it as an eyesore." Ba Yuzao felt that every word on the check was laughing at herself, and after accepting it, she didn't look at it, so she stuffed it to Wang Zhu next to her, and then said: "Yes, we hit a wall on the public side, so we want to try it on the private side." ”

Wang Zhu glanced at his friend, although he also disliked this check in every way, but when he stuffed it into his hand, he had to accept it, pretending not to care at all: "For the civilian side, although it seems that the investment in aircraft is relatively large at the moment, according to my experience at Boeing in the United States, it is relatively profitable in the long run, and the profits brought by opening up the postal line alone are very considerable, and even the technology is mature and can carry people." ”

In order to attract investment, Wang Zhu highlighted the benefits of aviation development, spending a small amount of money to make a lot of money.

Of course, small money and big money are also relative.

Cheng Nuo naturally understood the reason, and simply asked: "If I am willing to invest in you, can I tell me what is needed to build an airplane at the moment?" ”

"You?" Ba Yuzao was a little anxious, and blurted out without thinking about it, but as soon as the words came out, he regretted a little: "Professor Cheng, I didn't mean to doubt you, I just built an airplane, he really needs a lot of money, and your academic ability is not to mention, even if you go to our Massachusetts, you have to be a guest, but this aspect is ...... Let's put it this way, in flight manufacturing, a penny can stump a hero. ”

"Professor Cheng, don't get me wrong, Yunhua is just a little quick-tempered, he doesn't mean anything else, I'll find him to sum up this matter first." Worried that his companion's words would be too harsh, Wang Zhu hurriedly pulled Ba Yuzao to the other side and whispered: "Yunhua, why did you tell the thing so quickly, it's not easy for us to have an investor, why do you still push people out?" ”

Ba Yuzao secretly glanced in the direction of Cheng Nuo, and after seeing that the person didn't look here, he said with confidence: "Yu Peng, you also know that this university professor is rich and rich, but it is only a high salary, and it is already a lot of blood to be able to afford a car, at this time he said that he can build an airplane, it is just child's play, not to mention anything else, he can't take out 50,000 silver dollars." ”

Wang Zhu originally wanted to continue arguing, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and he felt a little pity in his heart: "People are also mindful, you directly and bluntly refuse others, and you don't give any face, it's just too ruthless." ”

Feeling that there were stones under his feet, Ba Yuzao kicked it away: "This is also for his good, the domestic political situation just looks clear, but in fact, the dark tide is surging, and our own future is bleak, why drag others down, I can't do this." ”

Looking at the direction where the stone was gone, Wang Zhu thought more complicatedly: "Although you and I know how to build an airplane, it is impossible to rub out the parts by hand with some simple tools such as hammers, awls, and rivets, and the quality and accuracy will be greatly reduced, and talents are also urgently needed by us." ”

If you don't have a stone, you have to find a stone to kick away, Ba Yuzao was a little irritable: "Don't forget that in addition to the two of us, there are also Wang Xiaofeng and Zeng Yijing, both of whom graduated together, I don't believe that we can't come up with a rivet." ”

Wang Zhu patted his friend on the shoulder and calmed him down: "You said it yourself, the plane is not a child's play, can you let him go to the sky with peace of mind with such a plane?" ”

After hearing this, Ba Yuzao's face froze, and he didn't know how to answer, and the sense of anxiety in his heart slowly calmed down.

"It's also my fault, I didn't tell you this Professor Cheng in advance, but he is not an ordinary person, in addition to the internationally renowned mathematician I just mentioned, he has other identities." Seeing that there were still some grass clippings on his friend's coat, Wang Zhu helped him clean it up, and said: "I remember that we just returned to China, and you bought a copy of the "National" magazine from the newsboy, were you shocked at that time? ”

Although I don't know why the other party asked this, Ba Yuzao still replied instinctively: "Yes, in my opinion, this kind of magazine is extremely popular, covering a variety of natural disciplines, and it is slightly inferior to "Nature" and "Science" in foreign countries. ”

"How does it compare to your and my knowledge?" Wang Zhu asked with a smile.

"Although they are in different disciplines, they are not the same, and even better." Ba Yuzao recalled what he had read before and gave a positive reply.

"Then what if I tell you that the person who leads such a group of talents is Professor Cheng who you want to deny just now?" As soon as the conversation changed, Wang Zhu straightforwardly made clear his intention to say these words.

When Ba Yuzao heard this, he was dumbfounded on the spot: "This ...... That's not true, is it? ”

Wang Zhu nodded seriously: "When I first heard the news, I had the same reaction as you, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to be reasonable, otherwise there are so many business people, why would people come to participate in the bazaar he organized?" ”

"Aircraft manufacturing, you have to count on others!"

(End of chapter)