Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 447 Large-scale recruitment and influence

"Junior!"

Qu Haochen, who had just finished class, suddenly heard someone call his name. He looked up and saw a man in casual clothes walking towards him.

He looked a little older than him, but his demeanor made Qu Haochen glance at him sideways, and he even called him junior. He hadn't seen him much at school before.

As the person approached, Qu Haochen asked, "Excuse me, who are you? What do you want with me?"

"I'm Zhou Xianyang, a computer science major from Tsinghua University. I graduated a few years before you and now own several factories."

Before Zhou Xianyang could finish speaking, Qu Haochen exclaimed in surprise and excitement, "You're Senior Zhou?"

Zhou Xianyang is a well-known name in Beijing. He is the richest man in mainland China, donated 20 million yuan to the construction of an aircraft carrier, and has been featured in newspapers many times.

He became even more famous at school, being among the second cohort of university students after the resumption of the college entrance examination. After graduation, he refused job assignments and instead started his own factory, which has now grown to become one of the top factories in the country.

Zhou Xianyang said with a smile, "Yes, although we are not in the same major, we are both Tsinghua University students, so I can be considered your senior."

"Junior, I need to talk to you about something today, but it's not convenient at school. If you have time, would you like to come outside and chat? I'll treat you to dinner."

"That's not really appropriate, senior. Just find any place, there's no need to treat me to a meal."

Qu Haochen said somewhat embarrassedly that he felt bad about being treated to a meal without having done anything right.

He lived a relatively poor life, and his family often taught him not to take advantage of others; as a result, Qu Haochen developed a simple and honest nature, and he often went hungry at school.

Although college students still receive subsidies, they haven't increased for many years. However, the price of vegetables on campus has risen, and other items have increased in price to some extent since the abolition of ration coupons.

The subsidy of a little over ten yuan is barely enough for college students to fill their stomachs, but it's not enough to buy a pair of socks or do some mending.

Qu Haochen's family isn't well-off either; there are six people in one office. If he wants to help his family, he'll have to wait until he graduates from university next year and gets a job before he can do so.

"Don't be so polite. It's just a meal, not some expensive restaurant. Let's just grab something simple. Besides, it's almost noon, and I'm starving too."

Zhou Xianyang put his arm around Qu Haochen's shoulder and persuaded him with a few words: "Let's go, let's go, this is not the place to talk."

Zhou Xianyang then led Qu Haochen outside, got into a car after leaving the school, and drove towards the First Restaurant.

This was the first restaurant opened by his uncle, Zhou Weitian. Although he expanded by renting the shops next door, he still served affordable food and the prices of the dishes remained unchanged.

Small profits but quick turnover, the skills haven't declined, and the neighboring businesses have adopted a fast food format; one is a stir-fry restaurant, and the other is a fast food restaurant.

Now, Zhou Weitian's two apprentices are in charge of cooking, and after sharing the profits with them, they can still earn several thousand yuan a month, which is quite a good income.

Zhou Xianyang led Qu Haochen into the restaurant, asked for a small private room, and sat down, saying, "Let's take this place. The prices aren't too expensive, and families in the neighborhood like to come here for a treat."

After Qu Haochen sat down, he glanced at the prices on the menu and was secretly astonished. He even nervously clenched his pants.

A meat dish costs 2.8 yuan, and a vegetable dish costs 1.8 yuan, which is almost twice the price at school. No wonder Qu Haochen secretly swallowed his saliva.

"I'd like braised pork belly, four-happiness meatballs, Kung Pao chicken, and stir-fried pork kidneys."

Zhou Xianyang ordered six or seven dishes in a row. Qu Haochen realized what was happening and quickly stopped him from ordering. Otherwise, he could have ordered ten dishes and a soup, all of which would have been meat.

"Okay, that's enough for now. Tell the kitchen to hurry up and bring two more bowls of rice and two bottles of juice."

After Zhou Xianyang handed the menu to the waiter, he asked them to hurry up and serve the food.

Qu Haochen quickly said, "Senior, there's no need for so much. The two of us can't finish it."

"Hey, you can pack up the leftovers if you can't finish them. As long as you eat them all and don't waste any, it's fine."

Zhou Xianyang said with a smile, "Junior, I heard you developed a wireless receiver headset at school?"

"Senior, you knew about this too?"

Qu Haochen paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, but it wasn't just my achievement; my mentor and classmates also helped."

I was thinking that since radios can receive audio signals to obtain the information we want, headphones should be able to do the same.

Simply plug the headphone jacks of your radio and portable music player into the FM converter port, and then attach the interface to the other end.

Zhou Xianyang praised, "Well done! Although it doesn't sound difficult, it's impressive that you developed it while you were still in university. You couldn't have done it if you didn't understand these things."

Qu Haochen scratched his head and said, "I'm still a bit behind my senior. Back then, he also started his own business in college, leading his classmates to help government agencies build websites."

"Hey, it was only because others gave my father face back then, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy."

Zhou Xianyang waved his hand and said, "However, the government websites he created are still in use today."

Moreover, many people specifically asked him to add new features, and Zhou Xianyang also found someone to help solve the problem.

This incident did indeed earn him his first pot of gold, and he had tens of thousands of yuan in assets while still in college.

"Junior, I won't beat around the bush. I recently founded an electronics research institute, specializing in the research and development of electronic and electrical technologies. We're planning to move into the new technology experimental development zone."

Zhou Xianyang told Qu Haochen about his recent actions and plans, especially his move to the new technology experimental development zone.

Once they move in here, they can connect with universities and recruit students from the permitted majors listed on the university list.

After making some inquiries, Zhou Xianyang set his sights on Qu Haochen.

He ranked first in his department in academic performance, and started his own research and development in his junior year. He developed a wireless receiving headphone device as soon as he entered his senior year.

Zhou Xianyang also looked at the finished product. It was a bit rough, but the sound was clear enough and the range was about three meters.

He believes that with better resources and funding, Qu Haochen could develop a more advanced wireless receiving headphone device.

"Therefore, I would like to invite you to join my electronics research institute, which specializes in the research and development of electronic and electrical equipment."

The compensation will be excellent: 350 yuan a month, two meals included, and a bonus of one to two years' salary for each completed project.

Zhou Xianyang's offer wasn't low; Qu Haochen's salary was already at the level of a senior researcher, plus two meals a day, and the bonuses were extremely generous. If he went to a government research institute, the salary certainly wouldn't be this high; he'd only get eighty or ninety yuan at the beginning, and forget about bonuses and subsidies.

Zhou Fengnian's monthly salary is just over 700 yuan, and that's with all subsidies included. His salary alone is just over 500 yuan.

The salary Zhou Xianyang offered Qu Haochen was already higher than that of an associate senior researcher in a public institution.

"Three hundred and fifty yuan?"

Qu Haochen was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Zhou Xianyang to contact him because of this matter, and even offer him such a high salary.

Three hundred and fifty yuan is almost half a year's salary for his father, but now it's only a month's salary for him.

Qu Haochen was immediately tempted. His family was indeed quite poor, with no one in the family suitable for doing business, and they couldn't find jobs. Most of them did odd jobs.
"Senior, why did you contact me? Is it because I developed a wireless receiving headphone device? But that's not solely my achievement."

"Don't be modest, junior. I've already inquired with your advisor. You deserve the most credit for developing this. Your advisor said he only provided the materials and equipment; you perfected the ideas and the process."

Zhou Xianyang paused for a moment before continuing, "Moreover, I'm not just looking for you; I'm looking for anyone outstanding in the field of electronics and electrical appliances, and the compensation will be about the same for all of them."

"As you know, most people still aspire to work for the government. If I don't offer a higher salary, nobody will want to come here."

Zhou Xianyang is not short of money, but he lacks research talent and technology. Having been around Zhou Fengnian for so long, he naturally knows the importance of research talent and technology.

He values ​​Qu Haochen highly, and with some improvements, that wireless receiver headset could become a qualified product. Zhou Xianyang felt that it would definitely sell well overseas.

However, Qu Haochen lacked the ability to monetize his production, which is why...
What's a little salary? As long as he can research what he wants, Zhou Xianyang won't be stingy with rewards.

"Junior, it's not just about salary. In my research institute, there will also be housing benefits. If you stay for five years and develop an A-level technological achievement, you will be allocated a 60-square-meter apartment."

If I qualify for housing allocation again, I can exchange it for a larger one, or get another apartment of the same size. My dad is a researcher, so I value researchers highly; their compensation is definitely the highest in the country!

Zhou Xianyang showered Qu Haochen with rewards, leaving him speechless with refusals.

Qu Haochen stopped thinking about things like waiting for job assignments or the idea that government jobs were like a guaranteed job.

"Senior, I'm willing to go to your place, but what should I do?"

Qu Haochen immediately agreed, but he was still a little unsure how to tell the school. After all, the job assignment system for college students had not been abolished yet, and he had never heard of the new technology experimental development zone that Zhou Xianyang had mentioned.

"That's easy. I'll communicate with the school, and then the school will communicate with you. The pressure to allocate positions is high right now; there are few positions but more and more applicants. Many research institutes only need a few positions each year, but the number of graduates is constantly increasing..."

The institute is doing well if it adds five or six new positions a year, since funding and research projects are limited, and having too many people would be counterproductive.

However, there are so many college graduates that sometimes it is impossible to assign them to jobs that match their majors. As a result, college graduates are often placed in rural towns where they cannot utilize their professional skills.

Otherwise, there would be no need to set up new technology experimental development zones and open up university graduate human resources to private factories, as allocation is simply too difficult.

Zhou Xianyang smiled and said, "It's good that you agree, junior. I plan to recruit a lot more people next. The deputy director is a retired senior engineer."

He's a friend of my dad's, and I invited him to help out. You can learn new things by working with him. Let's eat. If you can't finish, I'll pack some leftovers for your roommates.

That was Zhou Xianyang's plan from the beginning. They only touched two or three dishes on the table, and didn't touch the rest at all.

Even with their big appetites, neither of them could eat that much food.

After Qu Haochen agreed, he ate heartily. He had never had a full meal at school; he was always half full.

After finishing three bowls of rice and two plates of dishes, Qu Haochen breathed a sigh of relief and then said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry, senior, it's been a long time since I've eaten so well."

"Hey, what's the big deal? When I'm hungry, I'm even more eager to eat than you are. It's only human nature."

Zhou Xianyang then called over a waiter and bought several lunch boxes from them to pack up all the leftover food on the table.

It's called leftovers, but it's actually untouched. I can just heat it up a bit after taking it home and eat it. Now that it's the end of autumn and the weather is getting colder, the leftovers can last for two meals.

After sending Qu Haochen back, Zhou Xianyang went to find other people.

These days there are no headhunters, and Zhou Xianyang wants to recruit college students. His involvement as a Tsinghua University graduate gives him an added persuasive advantage.

Otherwise, if someone were to go to a university and ask someone to work at a private research institute, nine out of ten would refuse.

In the past two days, Zhou Xianyang not only searched for people, but also met up with his two cousins ​​to inquire about some information.

Although newspapers have already revealed that several of Russia's internal brother countries have announced their secession, the entire dissolution of Russia is expected to take only a month or two.

Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui's business was also greatly affected; border trade was completely halted, and even trains were not allowed to pass through.

We don't even know if the contracts we signed before will still be valid. If even Russia is gone, then the contracts will definitely be void.

We signed an eight-year contract for the supply of raw materials and semi-finished products, and now it's already ruined after only two years.

While drinking, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui were still complaining that they had lost a lot of money.

However, the semi-finished raw materials that have been transported back now are enough for them to process for more than half a year. They will see how things go in six months.

If the new country stabilizes, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui will definitely continue to do business, but they will most likely trade with the new country, which may be called Tsarist Russia.
After a year of doing border trade, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui finally understood what it meant to make money while lying down.

They've paved the way and established connections; now all they need to do is have their men transport the goods and keep an eye on things.

Cheap products are shipped to Russia, and then large quantities of raw materials and semi-finished products are brought back, which are then processed and sold to the domestic market.

Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui were busy for about four months at the beginning of the year, and after that, Zhou Hao led the team to keep busy.

By the end of the year, the two of them had made a net profit of over 100 million yuan, and they had also transferred over 20 million yuan to Zhou Hao.

The two also opened two more factories in Northeast China: a beverage factory and a cannery.

Including their previous semi-finished machinery factory and food factory, Zhou Xianzhe and Zhou Xianrui's business influence in Northeast China was considerable, and they almost made it their base.

Naturally, we don't want any disruptions to border trade with Russia!

(End of this chapter)