Building a Sci-Fi Empire: Starting with Cold Nuclear Fusion

The following day, in the morning.

Chen Yuan brought his medical examination report to Xinghe Company to complete his onboarding procedures.

He has something that's bothering him.

Yesterday, using the newly developed "quantum computing," they attempted to develop cold fusion technology.

The simulator was running, but the problem was that it couldn't reproduce the actual content.

This made him wonder if cold fusion was truly impossible.

The only consolation is that the simulation is still ongoing, which means that hope has not yet been lost.

Chen Yuan didn't have time to think about those things right now; he was in the process of starting his new job.

In the HR department, the young female interviewer I met yesterday was explaining the salary and benefits.

"According to company regulations, the monthly salary for an assistant engineer during the probationary period is 6,750 yuan."

The young woman, Zhang Qing, is the HR manager. "Although you don't have the assistant engineer qualification yet, since you've joined the company, we'll still treat you according to this standard. There will be a three-month probation period, after which your monthly salary will be 8,337 yuan, plus a full attendance bonus of 1,000 yuan per month, as well as performance bonuses, quarterly bonuses, year-end bonuses, project bonuses, and subsidies for transportation, meals, housing, communication, and business trips. All of these are written in the contract, so you can take a closer look."

Chen Yuan looked down at the contract. In addition to what Zhang Qing had mentioned, Xinghe Company would also pay for his six types of insurance and two types of housing provident fund.

Things like annual leave are all in accordance with national regulations.

He considered it in his mind.

After deducting insurance costs, I can only earn a little less than 8,000 yuan per month on average during the three-month probation period.

If I pass the probation period, I can earn a little over 10,000 yuan per month on average because of Xinghe Company's 15-month salary.

Chen Yuan is a recent graduate with no work experience and not even an assistant engineer qualification. The fact that he can earn such a high salary means he is receiving very good treatment.

In his situation, the monthly income during the probationary period is usually only three or four thousand.

It has to be said that Xinghe Company truly lives up to its reputation as a leading new energy development company in the Yangtze River Delta region; their benefits and compensation are excellent.

Before long, I finished reading the contract.

Chen Yuan asked, "Is the first contract for two years?"

Zhang Qing hummed in agreement and said, "The company will sign a new contract with you in two years. It will usually be for three or five years, depending on your performance. Do you have any other questions?"

Chen Yuan shook his head. "That's all."

Zhang Qing pointed to the contract and said, "If there are no problems, sign it. I'll take you to the R&D department later."

"OK."

Chen Yuan signed his name in the area designated in the contract.

Finally, the contract was signed.

The company and Chen Yuan each received a copy.

After putting the contract away, Zhang Qing got up and took Chen Yuan to the R&D department.

The two had just reached the entrance of the R&D department.

Just then, Zhao Peng arrived as well.

Zhen Yuhan was following behind him.

"Minister Zhao."

"Manager Zhang."

"I've brought the person to you. You can take him in now. My HR department has a lot of things to do."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Zhang Qing handed Chen Yuan to Zhao Peng and then turned to walk towards the elevator.

Zhao Peng looked at Chen Yuan with a smile and said, "How's your first day on the job?"

Chen Yuan said honestly, "It's great, the company's benefits are very good."

Zhao Peng nodded slightly. "That's good. Let's go in and have the morning meeting first. I'll find you two a mentor later, and you can learn from him for a while and help him out in small ways."

"OK."

"Thank you, Minister Zhao."

Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan responded.

The three of them went inside.

When Chen Yuan saw that there were densely packed people, probably several hundred, he was startled.

Zhao Peng seemed to notice and deliberately explained, "This is the R&D department at our headquarters. Including the two of you who just joined, there are a total of 327 people. In addition, there are several branch offices. If you add them all together, there are about 2,000 R&D personnel. Actually, our company is relatively small, since we are only focused on new energy vehicles. Look at those large car companies, such as BYD, their global R&D personnel even exceed 100,000."

Chen Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

Zhen Yuhan seemed to be aware of the situation and did not appear very surprised.

Perhaps seeing Zhao Peng arrive, the whole group looked over.

Afterwards, Zhao Peng held a morning meeting, introduced the two new employees, Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan, and briefly mentioned the tasks for the day.

The morning meeting didn't last long, maybe only seven or eight minutes.

When it was over, Zhao Peng said to a tall, thin man in his late thirties who looked disheveled and wore glasses, "Old Qin, come here for a moment, everyone else can leave."

The rest of the people went back to their seats. They had something to do now, as they would be going to the research and development lab and the workshop later.

Old Qin stepped forward. "Minister, what's the matter?"

Zhao Peng pointed to Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan, "Could you please mentor the newcomers?"

Old Qin frowned, somewhat reluctantly saying, "I'm swamped with work on my project, where would I find the time to mentor newcomers?"

Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan exchanged a glance.

Zhao Peng smiled and said, "Isn't it a good thing to ask them to help out when the project is busy? Okay, it's decided then. Don't worry, I won't let you train your apprentice for nothing. I'll help you apply for subsidies."

Perhaps it was the mention of subsidies that softened Old Qin's expression, and he agreed, saying, "Okay, but let me make this clear beforehand: I may mentor apprentices, but I'm really busy with my project right now, and I don't have time to teach them anything."

Zhao Peng said, "It's okay, we'll teach them slowly once you're done with your project. Let them get used to the environment first."

At this point, he looked at Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan, pointed to the southeast and said, "Your desks are over there. I'll have Lao Qin take you there later. I have something to do, so I'll talk to you later."

"OK."

"Minister, please continue with your work."

Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan each responded with a sentence.

After Zhao Peng left, Lao Qin said expressionlessly, "I'll take you to your seats. You can read some books today, and I'll take you to the lab when I have time later."

Chen Yuan said, "Okay."

Zhen Yuhan replied, "Thank you for your trouble."

Old Qin didn't say anything, but turned around and walked towards his seat. On the way, he took two books from the desk of a young female colleague and handed them to Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan.

I went to a window seat.

Old Qin pointed to two empty seats and said, "These will be your desks from now on. You can read for a while. I'm going to the lab to work on my project."

Chen Yuan and Zhen Yuhan had just started working, and since Lao Qin hadn't said he'd take them, they naturally couldn't ask too many questions.

So the two of them sat down in their respective seats.

Zhen Yuhan glanced at her busy colleagues nearby and whispered to Chen Yuan, "This Master Qin seems rather unapproachable."

Chen Yuan disliked talking behind people's backs, so he gave a vague answer: "Maybe he really is busy."

Zhen Yuhan chuckled and said, "You've never worked before, have you?"

Chen Yuan blinked and said, "No, why?"

Zhen Yuhan pointed to Lao Qin's retreating figure as he walked out the door and said, "There's competition within the company too. As the saying goes, 'Teach your apprentice and you'll starve yourself.' Why do you think Lao Qin didn't take us to the lab? Isn't it because he's afraid we'll learn the skills and steal his job?"

At this point, he added meaningfully, "For a big company like Xinghe, some project bonuses even exceed one million. Everyone wants to be the project leader, and when new employees join, it often means the company might be updating its staff. No wonder Lao Qin is wary of us!"

what?

Is that realistic?

Chen Yuan had no work experience and really didn't know these intricacies.

He frowned slightly and asked, "What do we do in this situation?"

Zhen Yuhan shrugged and said, "What can we do? Just endure it. You must have heard about my background during the interview. To be honest, I don't care. If Lao Qin doesn't teach me properly, Minister Zhao will definitely find someone else to teach me. But you, you'd better think of a way."

Chen Yuan understood what was going on. The other party had connections, and as long as he showed some ability, he could basically secure a foothold. But he had no connections and didn't even have an assistant engineer qualification. If Lao Qin didn't teach him, it would be a big problem whether he could pass the probation period.

He wanted to establish himself here, but the problem was that Lao Qin was unwilling to teach him, so what could he do?