Chapter 711: Giving Up the Iron Rice Bowl? A 1.2 Million Square Meter Aerospace R&D Center!
After a half-hour interview, Liao Shizhe nodded to Zhou Junping with satisfaction and announced the result swiftly: "Your technical skills are very solid, no problem.
Someone will contact you tomorrow to arrange a second interview, during which we will discuss the R&D direction and salary package with you in detail. As for the final interview, it will be conducted personally by Mr. Chen. We look forward to having you join us!"
He is a technical person and is too lazy to go through all the roundabout ways during the interview.
If you understand, you understand; if you don’t understand, you don’t understand.
It is obvious that Zhou Junping's professional ability has been fully recognized by him.
"Thank you, Mr. Liao. I will definitely prepare well!"
Zhou Junping raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.
He had seen the job benefits for Yunkun aerospace engine designers: the base salary ranged from 40,000 to 50,000, which meant an annual income of at least 1 million, several times more than his current income at the research institute.
When he thought of this, he felt even more excited.
He had originally planned to work at the Eighth Institute for the rest of his life.
After all, it is a public institution, with stable work and guaranteed income, which is considered an "iron rice bowl" by others.
But the reality is before us: Shanghai's housing prices are rising like a rocket, and even houses near the outer ring road have soared to 30,000 to 40,000 yuan per square meter.
Although there are houses that cost over 10,000 yuan per square meter, they are either in Huaqiao or Dishui Lake, which are thousands of miles away from the city. The daily commute to and from work can make people exhausted.
He can endure hardships and is willing to make sacrifices for his work, but he cannot bear to see his wife and children follow him and live a hard life with "time-consuming commuting and no hope of housing" for the rest of his life.
After a while, Zhou Junping hung up the phone, quietly returned to his workstation, finished the work at hand, packed up his things and hurried home from get off work.
He rented a two-bedroom, one-living-room house near his company for 4,500 yuan a month. He had been living there with his parents, wife and children.
Fortunately, last month, Orange Education opened a nursery nearby, so the parents no longer had to help take care of the child. The burden was lighter, so they returned to their hometown.
If my parents were still here, our family of five would be squeezed into a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment, with such cramped space that life would be quite uncomfortable.
The other side.
When the director of the institute returned to the work area after dinner, he noticed that Zhou Junping's workstation was empty, and even the backpack he usually carried was not on the table.
I immediately understood that this guy had left work early.
"It's only eight o'clock and you're leaving? Do you have any sense of community or dedication?"
The director's face immediately darkened and he stood there cursing angrily.
at the same time.
Zhou Junping took out the key and opened the door of the rental house.
"Huh? You got off work so early tonight?" asked the wife in confusion.
The overtime situation at the Eighth Academy of Aerospace is very serious. Normally, get off work ends at 10:30, but workers have to work at least three extra hours every day, and it is unpaid.
Overtime pay is given on weekends and holidays, but compared to the effort put in, it is a drop in the bucket.
"I want to resign." Zhou Junping put down his backpack, changed into a pair of cotton slippers, then stood in front of his wife, hesitated for two seconds, and finally told her the truth.
Resign?
When the wife heard this, she was slightly stunned.
Of course she knew that the work in the research institute was not easy, but it was a stable job after all. If she worked for a few more years, her salary might increase to 20,000 yuan a month.
Moreover, there is a housing allowance of 2,500 yuan every month, and more than 10,000 yuan in overtime pay a year. Adding all the extra money together, the pre-tax income is more than 200,000 yuan.
"Have you told your parents about this?" The wife did not refute immediately, but calmed down and thought about it, then reminded softly.
She knew her parents-in-law's temper too well. The old couple had hoped all their lives that their son would have a bright future. Now that their son could enter the aerospace research institute, in their eyes, it was as honorable as entering the "Heavenly Palace".
If Zhou Junping dared to say that he wanted to resign, his parents-in-law would probably be furious.
"Not yet! I plan to get the offer first, I tell you." Zhou Junping shook his head, then walked over and sat next to his wife, his tone filled with excitement. "By the way, let me tell you something. The person who interviewed me this time was actually Liao Shizhe from the First Academy of Aerospace! He's the doctoral supervisor at Yenching University of Aeronautics and Astronautics!"
"Do you want to go to the First Academy of Aerospace?" his wife immediately asked back, secretly relieved.
As long as you are still in a public institution, there is no big problem.
"No, I'm interviewing for Yunkun Aerospace. The minimum base salary for this position is 40,000 yuan per month, 20 salaries per year."
Zhou Junping slapped his head and realized that he had not explained himself clearly just now.
Yunkun Aerospace?
Isn’t this a newly established private company?
"I've calculated carefully. In addition to the base salary, there's also an 8,000 yuan housing allowance, a 500 yuan meal allowance, and a 200 yuan transportation allowance each month. There are also four quarterly bonuses a year, ranging from 80,000 to 160,000 yuan each. If I can really get this job, I'll definitely have no problem saving enough to buy a house in Yanjing in two years. By then, Lele's schooling will also be solved!"
Seeing that his wife didn't say anything, Zhou Junping counted on his fingers.
“But Yunkun is a private company, and the aerospace industry doesn’t receive any policy subsidies, so there’s no guarantee it might go out of business one day.
Chen Yansen is rich, but he can't keep paying for a project that doesn't make money, right?
The wife suppressed her inner turmoil and analyzed calmly.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the strategic significance of the aerospace industry is indeed great, but when it comes to commercial value, most people think it is not high.
For a private aerospace company, how to achieve profitability is the most critical issue.
Even if the current salary is high, what’s the point if you can only get it for a year or two?
In the end it was all in vain.
Zhou Junping had anticipated his wife's concerns. He pulled his phone from his backpack, opened the public information he had saved about Yunkun Aerospace, and handed it to his wife. "Look, Yunkun isn't just a private company. It has 30% state-owned capital, and it's backed by Senlian Capital."
The wife took the phone and looked through it carefully, but the worry in her eyes did not disappear.
"But what about my parents?" Zhou Junping interrupted his wife before she could finish her sentence. "I'll take care of my parents! Once I get the offer, I'll talk to them. They love Lele the most. As long as I can let Lele go to school in Yanjing and live in his own house, they will definitely understand."
He held his wife's hand and said slowly, "Even if I work at the research institute for another ten years, I might not be able to touch the edge of independent research and development. But at Yunkun, Mr. Liao said that the research and development route will be determined after the second interview, and then I can participate in the design of rocket engines!"
His wife looked at him with burning eyes, her defenses gradually lowered. She said immediately, "Okay, then you should prepare well. But let me be frank. If there are any risks later, we must think of a way out in advance."
Zhou Junping nodded vigorously, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
He was about to say something else when his cell phone suddenly rang. It was Yunkun Aerospace HR calling to notify him of the second interview, scheduled for 11:00 am tomorrow.
At the same time, similar situations occurred in Yanjing, Shanghai, Chang'an, Sichuan, Jinling and Jiangcheng.
Many technical personnel who originally worked in scientific research institutes and related enterprises either quietly submitted their resignation letters or took special leave to rush to the Yunkun Aerospace headquarters to prepare for the second and final interviews, all wanting to seize this opportunity to change jobs.
After learning that Yunkun Aerospace was poaching people on a large scale, supervisors and directors of research institutes across the country approached their superiors in their respective units, hoping to use some "extraordinary means" to disrupt Yunkun's recruitment plan.
But as soon as they put forward their idea, they were scolded by their superiors.
Even as I returned to my workstation, dusty and exhausted, my superior's angry voice still rang in my ears: "What are you thinking? Mr. Han has personally informed me about this matter, and you want me to cause trouble for Yunkun Aerospace? Are you trying to cause me trouble?"
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Yanjing.
Chen Yansen sat in a black Maybach and drove towards the city.
The higher-ups took away 30% of the equity without paying a penny, so naturally they had to put in some effort.
So, Li Qingsong waved his hand and transferred the nearly 400,000 square meters of R&D buildings in the Yongfeng Industrial Base to Yunkun Aerospace for free.
In addition, an industrial land of 800,000 square meters was enclosed in the southwest corner of the base and reserved for Yunkun Aerospace as the construction site for the second phase of its R&D center.
The total area of the two parts is 1.2 million square meters.
This item alone is worth more than 10 billion yuan.
In addition, Han Jinheng also helped Chen Yansen coordinate the airspace resources of the four major launch centers.
Although payment is still required for use, it has greatly reduced Yunkun Aerospace's initial trial and error costs.
Chen Yansen considered building his own launch center, but no matter how fast the construction was, it would not be as efficient as using existing facilities.
He knew very well that only by walking on two legs could he avoid falling.
However, the location for the self-built launch center has not yet been decided.
His primary goals were clear: first, to locate in a low-latitude area, and second, to be close to the coast.
The low-latitude area was chosen because the Earth's rotation speed is greater here, which can reduce the fuel consumption of the rocket during launch and improve the carrying capacity, making it very suitable for launching large-mass spacecraft.
Choosing a location near the coast means that, firstly, the rocket debris can fall directly into the ocean, avoiding threats to densely populated areas on land; secondly, sea transportation is convenient, and super-large rocket components can be easily transported through the port without being restricted by the size limitations of land transportation.
Chen Yansen looked out the car window at the Aerospace Research and Training Center and the Yanjing Flight Control Center in the distance. The Yongfeng Industrial Base is adjacent to the Aerospace City and has gathered a large number of aerospace technology, affiliated institutes and supporting enterprises of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.
In addition, with its proximity to Zhongguancun, it can easily attract graduates from top universities such as Tsinghua University, Beihang University, and Beijing Institute of Technology, as well as senior engineers from institutional research institutes.
Good geographical location and complete industrial chain.
This is the benefit of cooperating with the above.
Some seemingly difficult problems do not actually require Li Qingsong to step in personally. Often, his secretary only needs to stand up and say a few words, and the people below can immediately understand the boss's thoughts after thinking about it for a while, and the problem will be solved.
At this moment, the cell phone in Chen Yansen's pocket suddenly rang.
He took it out and saw that the number on the caller ID was from North America.
(End of this chapter)
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