Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 108 I Came From Hell
With the investment of this fund, the scale of Huasheng Electric Manufacturing Factory has been further expanded. First, it spent about [-] oceans to buy the Yuanda Electric Manufacturing Factory on Zhaofeng Road in Shanghai. He said that a lot of skilled workers have also been added, eliminating the need to re-recruit ordinary workers from the market for training, and they can be put into production immediately after taking over.

At present, the next big powers are busy fighting, and there is only one competitor of the American "Singularity" brand in the market. Cheng Nuo doesn't care about this strength at all. With his support, he simply expands the scale further. The factory can be rebuilt slowly, but the land can Buy it in your hand first, it may not be easy to talk about other places, but this place in Shanghai will only become more and more expensive.

With a wave of his hand, in addition to buying land in the name of Watson Electric Manufacturing Factory, Cheng Nuo himself also bought a hundred acres of wasteland in Zhoujiazui as a personal asset. Not urgent.

There are still important things to do right now, which is to welcome the long-awaited Nikola Tesla from the Academy of Sciences.

Dangling in the sea for more than a month, Tesla's life was not easy. It was the first time he walked so far, and he might even settle down in the East in his next life. It was obviously impossible to not have other thoughts in his mind.

"Jiang, before I set off, people from the American Electrical Association secretly told me that you locals still have braids and thin and long eyes. Once millions of Chinese people realize their power, it will bring disaster and disaster to Western civilization. Destruction, I don’t know if it’s true?” Leaning on the railing of the ship, watching the seagulls flying around and chasing each other, Tesla said.

"Sir, I'm the most typical Chinese, what do you think?" Jiang Jiangzuo shook his head, showing his true self-confidence: "These so-called yellow peril theories are just compiled by bullying us, fearing that we will rise up one day to retaliate against them It's a ridiculous excuse, an absurd excuse for aggression and oppression."

"I think it's the same. From a biological point of view, there is no one who is superior or inferior among races." Tesla looked carefully at Jiang Jiangzuo, trying to detect something unusual from his facial expressions, but unfortunately he did not. With no results, I asked directly: "If China succeeds in rising one day with your efforts, what will it do, and how will it treat those Western countries?"

"This is a big question. When the ship is on the shore, you can talk to our dean, your old friend Professor Cheng Nuo, and he will tell you the answer." Looking at the approaching port, Many passengers have already started to carry their luggage to the deck one after another. Jiang Jiangzuo smiled and couldn't hide the excitement of returning home: "However, I can tell you clearly that the road of our China's rise will never be like that of the Anglo-Americans." Like the Saxons, their hands are stained with the original sin of other races."

Facing the breeze, Tesla seemed to understand.

Jiang Jiangzuo didn't stay here any longer, he patted off the ashes from his hat and put it on again, walked to the room and brought out the luggage that the two of them had already packed.

"Mr. Tesla, take another look to the east, we are about to disembark soon."

"Haha, it's not my hometown. I'm just a passer-by. My real home is still in the west." Tesla took off his coat and folded it, put it on his elbow, and took his luggage Box, slowly walked towards the crowd to the west.

On the shore, Cheng Nuo was holding a big sign with Jiang Jiangzuo's name on the front and Tesla's English name on the back, shaking it from side to side, holding it high, trying to let more people see it.

Cai Yuanpei on the side was a little helpless, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief: "Zhiyuan, you have been holding this sign on such a hot day, will you be too tired, why don't you take it down for a while, or I will help you Just hold it for a while."

Cheng Nuo smiled and shook the sign in his hand: "It's okay, such a big sign just protects me from the sun, so I can't get in the sun, but it's cooler than when I didn't lift it just now."

Seeing Cai Yuanpei sweating profusely, Cheng Nuo moved back, and the shadow of the sign directly enveloped both of them: "Look, Mr. Cai, it's much cooler, but to be honest, I'll do this kind of thing alone. Well, you will suffer if you come here, there is not even a tree in the port, and ordinary people will pass out after being exposed to the sun for a short while."

Cai Yuanpei is also at the age of knowing destiny, and his physical fitness is naturally not as good as Cheng Nuo's, so he didn't shirk his intentions, and said with a smile: "If it's just the junior from the same country, we just need to wait at home, but the one who came now is Tesla is a world-renowned great scientist, of course, he must be treated with the utmost courtesy, even though he is already a member of your Academy of Sciences, you, the dean, are still a member of our Peking University."

Holding the sign, Cheng Nuo turned around and smiled, "That's natural. The future graduate students of the Academy of Sciences are still waiting for a new generation of students from Peking University to graduate. It's hard to find such a high-quality student source."

Cai Yuanpei waved his hands, deliberately stern-faced: "That being said, you'd better get out of this lingering shade as soon as possible, it can be warmer under the sun, so that you don't have to worry about your family background at Peking University."

After hearing this, Cheng Nuo took out more Yu Yin and pretended to be pitiful: "Mr. Cai, we have no choice but to make Peking University the best university in China under your leadership. Such a good university!" It's hard to find students with lanterns. The ancients also paid attention to not letting fat and water flow into other fields. We can't let those foreign pigs give such a good cabbage away. What a pity for our Academy of Sciences. There are only a few big cats and kittens. There are not as many buddies as there are in that big restaurant."

Even coaxing and boasting, Cai Yuanpei put a smile on his face again, with a hint of emotion on his mouth: "No, if I remember correctly, the agricultural college and the engineering college were supposed to be banned, and we should keep them under your persuasion. I got down, but I patted my ass and ran away afterwards, and I, the principal, cleaned up the mess, which made me worry, there is a shortage of teachers and teachers, and there are few students."

"But the funds are there." Although this matter was a little unreasonable, Cheng Nuo still thought of a way to help Peking University ask for part of the funds from the Ministry of Education to use the two colleges, and then smiled: "Don't worry, Mr. Cai, I know What do you mean, when Mr. Tesla settles down later, he will definitely cooperate more with Peking University’s engineering institute, which our Academy of Sciences can still do.”

Raising his eyebrows, Cheng Nuo grinned and said, "Helping Peking University train students is to train graduate students of our Academy of Sciences, Mr. Cai, do you think it makes sense?"

Cai Yuanpei shook his head helplessly, and was about to say something when he suddenly saw a ship docking, and two people on the deck were waving in this direction, but unfortunately they were too far away to hear what they said clearly.

"Zhiyuan, look if it's this ship, the two of them seem to have arrived."

Cheng Nuo squinted his eyes slightly, and after careful scrutiny, he was sure, and said excitedly, "Yes, it's the passenger ship they were on. I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and it's finally here. I won't be able to truly do it until I actually receive the two of you." lay down."

When the boat docked, the relatives who had been waiting on the shore greeted them one after another. The Chinese-style reserve that I was accustomed to was much rarer. When my feet really stepped into this land, the feelings accumulated for many years overseas broke out completely, and all eyes were hugs, Crying and yelling, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as the dog kennel at home.

Cheng Nuo, who has studied abroad for several years, has a deep understanding of this feeling. When he selected Zhan Tianyou's group of children to study in the United States in the early years, his parents sent them on the ship with the idea that they would never see each other again in this life. If there is only one child in the family, Not allowed to participate in study abroad at all.Later, the situation improved slightly, and the social atmosphere here became much more enlightened after the Gengzi Indemnity. But for students studying in the United States, it is normal for them to spend more than five years without returning to China. The cost of returning home is too high, and it takes too long to come and go. long.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Jiang Jiangzuo's face was full of excitement, and he couldn't control his emotions. The first thing he did when he went ashore was to find clean soil, and kissed the land: "Eight years, Yaowazi finally came back."

I had already seen the two Cheng Nuo walking slowly, put down the sign lightly, and gave a big hug: "Lifu, it's good to be back, and it's good to go back to our own land."

The relationship between men is always much deeper, simple movements contain all the words, the bangs on his forehead are still stained with the dirt on the ground just now, Jiang Jiangzuo didn't care about these details, just gave a bear hug and put Cheng Nuo pushed it away: "What are you doing? The big men in the East don't like this. They want to hug Mr. Tesla. He is the protagonist of today."

Although he didn't understand the meaning of these Chinese words, Tesla could still make a good guess through his body movements and facial expressions. Now when he saw the two turn their eyes, he reached out his hand: "Cheng, long time no see." , The last time I said goodbye, you were still studying at Harvard. I didn't expect that in just one year, you would have made such great achievements in mathematics and become a professor at the most famous university in China. It is really unbelievable. "

Looking carefully at this thin and tall man, Cheng Nuo with a sincere smile reached out to hold him and gave him a hug: "Mr. Tesla, I never thought that a year later, the famous 'father of alternating current 'Actually joining our young scientific research institution, I believe that with our cooperation in the future, we will be able to make remarkable achievements again."

After the simple greetings, Cheng Nuo did not forget Cai Yuanpei who came to greet him. He first introduced the foreigner as Tesla in Chinese, and then asked in English: "Mr. Tesla, the old man in front of you is the president of Peking University. In the future, it will also be an important partner of our Academy of Sciences, if nothing else happens, your scientific research assistants will be selected from their institutions, so you should understand what I mean."

"So you mean that our school should have a good relationship with Mr. Tesla, that's right, I think so too." Here Cheng Nuo made a mistake, forgetting that this kind old man also knew a few foreign languages. For those who have used foreign ink, those few words of English are not a problem. Cai Yuanpei welcomed him with a smug expression in his eyes: "Mr. Tesla, on behalf of National Peking University, I welcome you."

After finishing his welcome speech, Cai Yuanpei did not forget to switch back to Chinese to tease him: "How about it, Dean Cheng, my unfamiliar English should not delay the cooperation between the Academy of Sciences and Peking University."

Cheng Nuo had a cheeky face, and praised repeatedly: "Mr. Cai, if you are unfamiliar with this, what will we become? The standard English aristocratic pronunciation, besides, you speak the Shaoxing dialect. We should cooperate and cooperate without delay."

After saying this, Cheng Nuo also heaved a sigh of relief inwardly. Jiang was still very hot, and he almost got into trouble. It was a shame that he had to jump into the sea, which would be too embarrassing.

Fortunately, there were no other twists and turns in the future, so I called four rickshaws and headed to the hotel I had booked long ago.

As the number one city in the Far East, Shanghai is no less famous than Tokyo. At this time, many car dealers have opened in the urban area. In real life, car rental, home delivery, and picking up guests from the dock or station are commonplace.

It's not that Cheng Nuo is reluctant to pay for the car rental, but that he can't get a car at all. These people are busy earning other business.

In summer, in order to cool off, many citizens who pursue the upper-class life directly charter cars for a ride. Cars are full of men, women and children. Of course, the price is also very "affordable". In addition to the basic starting price, it is charged by the hour. As long as five oceans per hour, you can enjoy the pleasure brought by the tens of miles from Huxi to Hudong.

This kind of entertainment is the only one in Shanghai. Cheng Nuo has spoken about so many cities, and he has never seen such arrogance in other cities.

Sitting on the rickshaw, Tesla saw that the passing cars were full of people, ranging from six or seven people to a dozen or so, which made him baffled: "Mr. There are too many people here, whether there will be a traffic accident, what are they doing, I think they are all very happy."

Cheng Nuo was well aware of this situation and said with a smile, "This is a unique car rental service in our country. How about it? Mr. Tesla has never seen it in the United States, has he?"

Tesla's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief: "My God, how can so many people fit in such a small carriage? Although there are more cars on the streets of the United States, it can accommodate so many people. I promise it's the first time I've seen it."

Cheng Nuo ordered the rickshaw driver to slow down and keep pace with Tesla: "For new technologies, our biggest feature here is to be curious, instead of doubting and attacking like the United States, and finally completely losing the soil of existence. Tesla Sir, I believe you will have good memories in this land."

Considering that it is summer now, the most common ceiling fans in later generations only exist on the design drawings of Watson Electric Manufacturing Factory. appetite.

Taking into account the opinions of local friends, and considering the eating habits of Cai Yuanpei and foreigners, Cheng Nuo decided to hold the reception banquet at the Chunfeng Songyue Building near the Town God's Temple, which is a well-known vegetarian restaurant.

The food is a fusion of local characteristics such as Beijing, Suzhou and Huaiyang, and there are many varieties, enough to satisfy the appetite of most people.

There are not many dishes, but they are all very special. There are vegetarian smoked goose made by Fuyi in Sixiang, Zhejiang, and vegetarian roast duck made by Pinghudu. .

While chatting on the topic, Tesla asked the question on the boat again, and wiped his mouth: "Mr. Cheng, I know that there are a lot of people in China. With a group of people like you, I think one day you will embark on a new path." Good way, I don't know how you will treat your neighbors at that time?"

That is to say, against this background, the Balkan Peninsula where Sarajevo is located is a big powder keg, which is the hometown of Tesla. When it is lit, it directly explodes into World War I, and Serbia is still under the shadow of war until later generations. Such concerns are inevitable.

Considering this situation, Cheng Nuo did not have the heart of the Virgin. He thought for a moment and said, "Sometimes, wars are not something we can stop fighting if we don't want to. The road to peaceful rise is almost impossible. For us ordinary people, we can do it What we want is to repay the grievances directly, and we may not use force to repay what we owe, but we must use other means to get back what we lost, and this is what we people are working hard for."

After hearing this, Tesla put down the knife and fork in his hands with confidence, held up the chopsticks in his hand and said, "I think I understand what it means, that is, like the Jews, put more emphasis on making money?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head and explained: "We are different from the Jews. First of all, we do not believe in God and have our own cultural beliefs. Secondly, we will not do whatever it takes to make money like them. It is contrary to our traditional customs. Chinese culture In the future, Mr. Tesla will have the opportunity to appreciate the charm."

After gesturing on the correct posture of using chopsticks, Cheng Nuo continued, "As for the Jews you mentioned just now, they are using the war to make a fortune at this time. I believe they will regret it later."

No matter how he changed his posture, Tesla always felt uncomfortable with the chopsticks in his hands, and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Cheng Nuo smiled and said nothing, but in the end he couldn't hold back the three people who were eating together, so he said helplessly, "Facing the poisonous snake in the Garden of Eden, your God will not let him go."

No matter what other people asked later, Cheng Nuo stopped explaining, quickly changed the subject, and talked about the subsequent development: "Mr. Tesla, you are here this time, and you must agree to the request of our Academy of Sciences to serve as the Dean of the Academy of Applied Engineering Sciences." , the place of work is transferred from the United States to us?"

Hearing this, Jiang Lifu and Cai Yuanpei immediately put down their chopsticks, pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Tesla felt suddenly enlightened at this time, using chopsticks, he suddenly got on the road, picked up a piece of tofu, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and finally couldn't help laughing, and asked: "Now I'm all here , A large amount of electrical equipment has been purchased and shipped to another freighter, Dean Cheng will not abandon me like this, will he?"

Cheng Nuo laughed loudly, and pushed the food closer to Tesla: "Don't worry, Mr. Tesla, I will make you feel that chopsticks are easier than knives and forks. When you come, you will be a customer. If you are a customer, you will run away." No."

Cai Yuanpei also laughed and said, "We at Peking University have great admiration for a man of genuine talent and learning like Mr. Don't worry, if the temple of the Academy of Sciences is too small to accommodate a Buddha like you, we at Peking University will definitely clean up the house. Free up the largest and most suitable room."

Most of his life had stood on the top of the mountain, and he had been buried in the valley. He had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and he really didn't want to continue running. Now it doesn't matter where he can settle down, as long as the funds are sufficient, Tesla breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly Asked: "Mr. Cheng, I suddenly wonder what kind of person you are."

"Me? I'm just an ordinary Chinese." Cheng Nuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "If you have to use a different language, then use Stendhal's words to describe it."

"I came from hell, went to heaven, and now I am passing through the world."

(End of this chapter)