Chapter 289 Talents are the best leeks (third update, please subscribe)
This is a gentleman who speaks Italian!
Almost the moment he stepped into the building, Muchi believed that these people would never cheat him, because scammers would never rent such a building for a long time. What was even more unexpected was that when he said he couldn't speak English, the other party quickly sent a staff member who could speak Italian.
This made him believe even more that this was a strong company.
In fact, Mu Qi didn't know that there were several recruiters like Zhao Mingqing in the New York office who could speak not only English, but also French, Italian, German and Spanish, because there were too many talents like him buried in New York. Because of language or other reasons, these technical experts could only barely make a living in the slums and live a poor life.
All they need is to give these people a chance to use their intelligence or technical expertise to contribute to the development of Nanhua.
Like many people, when an opportunity came to Muchi, he was of course eager to seize it. At this moment, he even regretted not bringing the actual "long-distance walkie-talkie".
Zhao Mingqi was very aware of Mu Qi's hesitation, so he spoke.
"Well, I understand your concerns. You may not have the money to apply for a patent, so you are worried about the patent issue. I have met many people in the same situation as you in the past. Please rest assured that our company will never seize your patent. Compared with individual patents, we are more concerned about the technicians themselves. Your inventions may be valuable, but you as talents are the most valuable. If you are worried, we can sign a contract..."
Mu Qi spoke excitedly without even waiting for Zhao Mingqing to finish.
"No need to sign, no need to sign, sir, I believe you!"
The reason why Mucci was so excited was that no one had ever valued him so much. In New York, he was just an Italian guy who couldn't speak English. No one had ever respected him, let alone admired his wisdom like the gentleman in front of him.
Zhao Mingqing was already accustomed to Mu Qi's reaction. Those who were buried would often show such an expression because they had never been appreciated by outsiders.
To put it in Chinese, it means - the grace of recognition and support!
About an hour later, Muchi delivered his equipment to the office. After a simple test, the astonished crowd immediately invited Muchi to Nanhua to continue his research on the "long-distance walkie-talkie" and even expressed their willingness to spend one thousand US dollars to purchase his patent.
Historically, just one year later, in 1870, Much, who was over 60 years old, was seriously ill and had to sell the telephone equipment he had worked so hard to make for $6 to pay for his treatment.
Like many people, Muchi's fate changed that year. About half a month later, he and his family boarded a passenger ship in New York to Nanhua. The passenger ship from Europe carried thousands of immigrants like him, who were in similar situations - they were once trapped in poverty, but had skills or expertise in some areas. They were once poor and destitute, but with their expertise, they became employees of the company and immediately got rid of poverty.
“God bless me, let me meet these good people!”
As the steamship blew its whistle and left New York, Mucci couldn't help but make the sign of the cross on his chest. As a Christian, he was grateful.
"I came to the New World, to America, almost twenty-five years ago, but what has it given us? Poverty! As poor as in Italy, but now..."
Turning his head to look at his sons and daughters around him, Mu Qi said in an extremely serious tone.
"We are able to start over in Nanhua and live a happy life there. This is an extremely rare opportunity. You must remember that our loyalty always belongs to the king and queen."
The king and queen he mentioned were certainly not the King and Queen of Italy, but the King of Araucania and Patagonia... Well, it was just a title of Zhu Xianhai. For Americans who are extremely envious of noble titles, they prefer to call others by their titles.
In overseas recruitment, recruiters are also happy to use "king" instead of boss. After all, "king" sounds more impressive!
Almost a month later, the telephone invented by Muchi was finally presented in front of Zhu Xianhai. It was a wall-mounted phone made of elm wood. Looking at the separate speaker and receiver, he spoke excitedly.
"This is the electric..."
He originally wanted to talk about the phone, but changed his mind when the words came to his lips.
"Long-distance intercom?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Mu Qi is a genius. He not only solved the problem of converting mechanical energy such as sound into electrical energy and transmitting it, but also solved the problem of signal attenuation. Through targeted tests, he found that even if the distance is 100 kilometers, sound can be transmitted very clearly through the "long-distance walkie-talkie."
Mamer, the manager of the telegraph company, was like offering a treasure. Although he was a naturalized German, he was an early employee of the company and worked his way up from the Nanhua Telegraph Station Master to the manager of the telegraph company. Like many naturalized Germans, he also liked to call his boss "Your Majesty".
"Your Majesty, you can give it a try. Our test line has now connected twelve telegraph lines, the farthest of which is in Nanwan City, more than 160 kilometers away."
Nanwan City is located on the banks of the Nan River (Negro River), which is also the home of Dahua Steel. It prospered because of steel. "Wan" is another name for Nanyang County in the Han Dynasty. Nanyang County was the iron smelting center of the Han Dynasty. To a certain extent, Nanwan is also a heritage between Nanhua and Huaxia.
Holding the receiver to his ear in one hand and to his mouth in the other, Zhu Xianhai heard a somewhat "familiar" voice from the receiver.
"Hello, where do you want to go?"
This is the legendary human operator!
Zhu Xianhai said a little excitedly.
"Pick up Nan Wan."
"Please wait a moment!"
Soon Zhu Xianhai heard the reply from Nanyuan Telegraph Office.
"Hello, this is the Nanyuan Telegraph Office."
The voice coming from the receiver was clearly audible, and at that moment, Zhu Xianhai even felt a little uneasy.
"Hello, this is Nanhua."
After a brief chat, he hung up the phone.
What does the invention of the telephone mean?
Zhu Xianhai couldn't explain it clearly for a while, but he believed that the phone call would soon connect the entire Nanhua, and he smiled at Ma Meier.
"Manager Ma, it looks like the telegraph company needs to change its name."
"What?"
Zhu Xianhai said to Mamer's surprise.
"You can call it the Telegraph and Telephone Company. Oh, and you can also develop a military telephone. Well, let's call it a "telephone."
After naming it, Zhu Xianhai continued.
"We need to consider the use environment of low power or no power. The bottom of the phone is equipped with a hand-cranked generator, electric bell, and dry battery. The transmitter and receiver can be made into one piece. I think this kind of phone will definitely be welcomed by the military..."
After giving some specific technical reminders, Zhu Xianhai first thought of military use. After all, history has left Nanhua with little time, and the military application of telephones is extremely extensive...
At the same time, he was also grateful in his heart. He was grateful that this absurd era had buried so many talents, and if these talents could be used by Nanhua, it would definitely bring about earth-shaking changes here.
Even as an engineering student, Zhu Xianhai is not an all-rounder. In fact, the knowledge he possesses is limited. A lot of knowledge is meaningless because Yuanyuan is ahead of the times in terms of technology.
Just like this simplest telephone. As an engineering student, he couldn't make it at all - because this kind of telephone had long been eliminated.
Perhaps he could give some advice based on his insights that were far ahead of his time, but they were just some advice.
More often, the technicians of this era are needed to invent and create. In this case, those buried talents become particularly precious.
In this era, there are too many people like Muchi who have extraordinary talents but are poor and unable to display their wisdom. In this case, what Nanhua needs is to discover them and then provide them with an opportunity, an opportunity to display their personal talents.
Nanhua can also get rich returns from it. Not only economic returns, but also the improvement of the country's overall strength through new technologies!
After Ma Meier left the office, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but sigh.
"It seems that we still need to increase the efforts to attract talents from Europe and the United States! It's a pity that talents like Mu Qi have only been introduced to Nanhua now. If he could have been introduced a few years earlier, the phone might have been mature and put to use a long time ago."
What use will it be used for? Of course, it will be used in the war that will come soon!
"It seems that we need to think of some way to reap the benefits of Europe and the United States."
Zhu Xianhai said to himself.
Cut the leeks!
Is it fair to humanity that the talents cultivated by European and American countries are buried like this?
If you don’t cut leeks like this, what kind of leeks will you put in?
But it is not easy to harvest those leeks, after all, they are buried among the masses. It is not easy to pick out the gold from the sand.
I want them to come to Nanhua and give full play to their strengths. Use their intelligence and wisdom to contribute to the development of Nanhua. First of all, we must discover them, and then we can cut... No, we should introduce them to Nanhua so that their talents and wisdom will not be buried.
But it's not easy to do this.
Is there any good solution?
For a moment, even Zhu Xianhai was a little confused...
I have set up a book club: 335260551. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.
(End of this chapter)
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