Chapter 387 Talents Hidden in the Mountains
After staying in Guiyang for a few days, Zhang Xingjiu went to Pingyue County to the east of Guiyang, which was the same as Zangke County in the Han Dynasty, Bozhou County in the Tang Dynasty, and Yelang County in the Song Dynasty.
When you see the name Yelang, you can tell what kind of environment this place is. However, in such a place, there is now a university.
In 1896, the Beiyang Railway Official School was established in Shanhaiguan. It was later moved to Tangshan and renamed Tangshan Railway and Mining School. It was renamed many times afterwards and was successively named Tangshan Industrial College of the Ministry of Communications, Tangshan School of Jiaotong University, Tangshan University of the Ministry of Communications, Tangshan Jiaotong University, Second Jiaotong University of the Ministry of Communications, etc. It is now called the National Jiaotong University Guizhou Branch, but teachers and students are still accustomed to calling it Tangshan Jiaotong University.
According to the original history, the excellent test scores of Mao Yisheng, a graduate of the class of 1916, at Cornell University enabled all students of Tangshan Jiaotong University to obtain admission to graduate school without examination. Since then, Tangshan Jiaotong University has become famous internationally and is known as the Cornell of the East.
Later, this school evolved into the famous Southwest Jiaotong University, which is also one of the four most famous transportation colleges in the country.
At present, there are several talented people who can be regarded as national heroes studying in this school located in a small city deep in the mountains. Zhang Xingjiu came here from afar, firstly to donate some books and equipment to Tangshan Jiaotong University, and secondly to bring these talents to Southwest United University so that they can study in a better environment and make greater contributions in the future.
When he arrived at the campus, Zhang Xingjiu was warmly welcomed by all the teachers and students. He first gave a speech on the playground, encouraging them to overcome difficulties, persist in teaching and research, and contribute to the rise of China.
He then went to the conference room to ask the principal and some teachers and students about the difficulties they were facing. As long as he could help, Zhang Xingjiu would do so without hesitation, and the teachers and students were very grateful.
Finally, Zhang Xingjiu asked, "Who are the outstanding students in your school now? I want to meet them."
Everyone also knows that Zhang Xingjiu likes to promote talented people. Tang Feifan, Zhao Zhongyao, Fan Yuanrang, Hou Debang and others may be the best among them. Now that such an opportunity is in front of them, they immediately begin to introduce outstanding students of their school to Zhang Xingjiu. If he can help cultivate a few talents like the above-mentioned people, it will be of great benefit to expanding the influence of Tangshan Jiaotong University.
A teacher from the School of Engineering immediately replied, "Yao Tongbin from our school was admitted to seven universities at the same time when he took the college entrance examination, including Wuhan University, Hunan University, Zhongzheng University, Xiangya Medical University, and Jiaotong University Tangshan Institute of Technology. After entering the school, his academic performance has been among the best year after year. He can be said to be one of the best students in our school in recent years."
Yao Tongbin was born into a poor family. He finished elementary school with the help of his father and brother's small grain business. He dropped out of junior high school for a period of time and saved a little money by setting up a stall to sell cigarettes, matches, socks and other daily necessities, and working as a mail clerk, tutor and doing odd jobs so that he could continue his studies.
When his savings were all spent, he borrowed money to continue his studies. He ranked first in the total score of all high school graduates in Jiangxi Province in the high school graduation examination, so he received a scholarship. This enabled him to afford to go to Hengyang and Changsha to take the entrance examinations for various universities. For two months after the examinations, he made a living by working as a handyman in the tool room of the repair shop of the locomotive department of the Hengyang Xianggui Railway Bureau.
Due to his passion for mining and metallurgy, he chose to move to Tangshan Institute of Technology of Jiaotong University in Pingyue, Guizhou. After entering the school, his grades were always ranked first in the school, so the teacher called out his name first.
Later, Yao Tongbin became an expert in metallurgy, aerospace materials, rocket materials and process technology. He made outstanding contributions to the research and development of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" and was awarded the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Medal of Merit.
Another teacher quickly added, "Chen Nengkuan from our Department of Mining and Metallurgy is not bad either. He studied at the famous Yali Middle School in Changsha. After graduating from high school, he was recommended to our school without taking any exams. After entering the school, his performance was also outstanding, comparable to Yao Tongbin."
He was another hero of the two bombs, and later made great achievements in the fields of metal physics, materials science, and engineering physics.
The teachers called out the names of several outstanding students. Zhang Xingjiu asked them to call these students over and talked to them one by one. The other students were fine, but these two were truly patriots. Not only did they have outstanding academic performance, but they also had a sincere and patriotic heart.
Zhang Xingjiu gave some small gifts to other students and let them go back. These students were quite regretful. When they left, they looked back every few steps, looking at Yao Tongbin and Chen Nengkuan with envy in their eyes.
Their heartbeats began to speed up and their mouths became dry. What did Mr. Zhang want to do by keeping us here? Could it be that Zhang Xingjiu did not let them suffer for long and immediately revealed the answer, "Through your teacher's introduction and the conversation just now, I have a basic understanding of your grades and talents. You are indeed very outstanding. Considering that the teaching conditions at Jiaotong University are relatively simple, especially the lack of various equipment required for research in science and engineering, if you continue to study here, I am afraid you will have to work harder to catch up with the outstanding classmates in Europe, America and Japan."
"So I would like to invite you to go to Kunming and transfer to Southwest United University. The conditions there are slightly better, and there is no shortage of basic experimental equipment, which can meet your learning needs. What do you think?"
"Sir, I'm willing to go! But...but..." the two of them answered in unison.
Southwest United University is the best university in the country today, and with a master like Zhang Xingjiu as its teacher, any college student would be tempted by such an opportunity.
Their only concern now is that Tangshan Jiaotong University has trained them for such a long time, and it is indeed embarrassing to suddenly leave.
"It doesn't matter. I'll talk to the school. I think your teacher will be happy to see you have a better learning environment." Seeing that the two of them had no objection, Zhang Xingjiu immediately went to find the principal and teachers.
They were indeed very supportive and even helped Zhang Xingjiu persuade the two of them, "There are many masters teaching at the United Nations University. Their abilities are much greater than ours. You will definitely be able to improve your academic level if you go there. If you can become a great scholar like Tang Feifan or Hou Debang in the future, you will also be the pride of our Tangshan Jiaotong University, so don't think too much."
"Yes, it's a great honor for Mr. Zhang to invite you personally. What are you worried about?"
After hearing this, they finally felt relieved. "Please rest assured, teachers and leaders, we will not bring shame to Jiaotong University when we go to Southwest Associated University, and we will strive to achieve something as soon as possible."
Zhang Xingjiu muttered secretly in his heart, the future achievements of the two of you will be incredible.
(End of this chapter)
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