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Chapter 359 You want me to lecture on art history? (Seeking monthly votes!!!)
"I'm planning to expand the company further, what do you think?"

“I think it’s great. If the company expands, students will have a guarantee after graduation, at least they can sign a contract here.”

Of course, he wasn't referring to his own students or the students in the Tianyue Class; he was only referring to the ordinary architecture students at Ningda University. As the dean of the School of Architecture, he couldn't ignore the employment prospects of these students.

These students are mostly employed by construction companies, design firms, and cost estimation units.

Actually, jobs are easy to find, but there aren't many that are ideal and that offer some financial security or the ability to make money. After all, that's how the industry is. College graduates are seen as hard laborers, and companies want to use them to boost their performance targets, but they offer very low salaries.

Therefore, if this industry can truly flourish and there are more construction projects or more construction companies, it would be a good choice.

He hopes that the industry can flourish in a diverse and vibrant way.

As for whether this industry will eventually grow into a fully-fledged industry, nobody knows.

However, it's a good thing that another construction unit or company is expanding, since students will have more job opportunities. As the dean, he can also solve more student employment problems, since signing contracts directly with the company is a good thing.

"How about I let you be the general manager?"

"I don't have time to deal with things here."

"It's just a branch office. There will be a leader in charge there to carry out the work. You just need to keep track of the general situation."

"Forget it, I don't have the ability to manage such a large company."

When Lu Qianran saw his refusal, she realized that his reason was invalid. After all, he could manage an architecture school, so how could he not manage such a small company?

"Then you can contribute your technology as equity."

Lu Qianran smiled and said, "The company's expansion is inseparable from your name, but if you don't contribute money, I'll really feel bad. Here's a percentage of the company's shares for you."

"About 10%."

"That's great, just take the money directly, and don't worry about anything else."

"Actually, you still need to take care of other things. For example, you need to do some design work, some complex designs. If we can't complete them here, then we'll need you to do them. But now we basically don't need you to do any designs worth tens of millions anymore."

“The construction industry is not lacking in such people now. After our company expanded, we recruited quite a few of them.”

Lu Qianran has a good understanding of the current state of the construction industry. For example, she recently recruited many recent graduates, most of whom were trained by Zhou Yue.

I've at least taken his design courses, so I know he's very good at all the details of design, and there's no need to train him too much in the company.

What has been criticized in the past is that university education seems to be completely disconnected from society and companies, because the things that people in companies develop must have practical value. If they don't have practical value, they may be eliminated by the market very quickly.

Universities mostly involve large projects, which may seem daunting, but in practice they are not very useful.

This is the reason for the disconnect, because scholars in universities are basically serving the industry. Some may be academic gaps that need to be filled, and some may be projects that need to be done.

However, the market was not considered. The market will eliminate some rubbish and outdated things. The courses in universities are basically both rubbish and outdated.

After Zhou Yue started teaching at the university, things changed fundamentally.

Because what he teaches is something that everyone can use after graduation. Otherwise, he wouldn't offer such basic courses. It's difficult to teach advanced topics like mechanics or various cutting-edge technologies in basic courses.

However, these all involve specific projects and specific designs.

These were all established by himself. Although there are similar programs in various universities, they are not of high quality.

After lecturing at various top universities, he focused on these socially relevant topics, emphasizing that talent development is indeed a crucial condition.

Especially Ningbo University recently.

Even in regular classes, where there are no academicians teaching, the faculty members are all quite good. Zhou Yue even occasionally attends their classes, so these teachers are definitely not incompetent.

That's just how this industry is, so you still need to focus on the most basic things.

Zhou Yue didn't think much of it.

"Our university aims to cultivate talents who are compatible with society, and university-enterprise cooperation is a very important direction. However, many universities are still unable to do this. Only universities of Ningbo University's size can do it to some extent. But even if they can, they will not explore this direction very far and basically just do it perfunctorily."

"Therefore, university education still needs to be innovative and in line with society."

Zhou Yue sighed softly.

Lu Qianran smiled to herself, finding it quite amusing.

"I think you're just like those high-ranking officials in schools, spouting platitudes and empty rhetoric about technological innovation and aligning with society and the international community. We were already tired of hearing that when we were in university."

"Do I have to hear you say all this again?"

"It's different from them. I'm genuinely doing these things. For example, in school-enterprise cooperation, we cooperate with so many companies. We are truly considering the students' needs, helping them find employment, and working tirelessly for their various projects."

However, he felt that Lu Qianran was also right. He was probably just talking empty words and platitudes, and it would be difficult to implement many of his ideas.

But there's no way around it, this is the mainstream. Everyone does it, so you have to do it too, otherwise you might be eliminated by this era very quickly. In any case, just shout out the slogan first. As for how far you can go, that depends on the specific situation and then you need to analyze it specifically. Any achievements can be displayed on the school's official website.

Everyone is doing it this way, and if you don't, you might really be eliminated—not by society, but by the system itself.

The branch office was quickly settled, and they began recruiting a large number of people, all of whom were students from top universities.

Zhou Yue didn't have any particularly good ideas about this job posting. He felt that it was better to focus on the development of ordinary students. If all the students were from top universities, the company would certainly thrive, but for ordinary people who wanted to enter this industry, it would raise the bar so high that they could only look up to it. "The times are pushing people forward, and what can we do? We can only select the more hardworking people to come to us and then connect them with companies."

Some ordinary students are streamed almost as early as the middle school entrance exam. If you don't want to suffer the hardship of studying, you will have to suffer more in life, and then you will go to university, graduate school, or doctoral school.

Because there are too many people, it's impossible for everyone to be like a dragon. Even if someone is truly like a dragon, they will still be divided into different levels. If you don't have resources, connections, or funds, you can only be chosen by others.

But you still have to work hard. If you don't work hard, you won't even be able to see the threshold of others.

As for lying down, do that after you've made enough money.

Otherwise, without economic capital, it is very difficult to gain a foothold in this society.

Zhou Yue didn't concern himself with it; it was a very small matter for him, as he had many other things to consider.

For him, it is more important to cultivate those top students and then catch up with other countries, or to reach the world-class, top-class, and advanced level.

Only by truly developing this industry can those at the bottom also benefit. Even if they don't earn much more after all their hard work, a slight increase in wages would be a good thing.

"The university will be completed soon, right?" Zhou Yue thought to himself.

Of course, before it's finished, there will definitely be a meeting to decide on many things, and he's not in a hurry.

……

Soon, Dean Chen called him.

He has basically stopped handling matters in the School of Arts and Sciences, except for supervising two graduate students. These two graduate students only need to give lectures every day. As for anything else, he hasn't thought about it. Anyway, the future of these two graduate students is almost certain. They will definitely continue their studies at the university. Otherwise, they really won't have any foothold in this industry.

If you don't pursue a PhD or stay in academia, the career paths for this ancient script project are actually very limited. You can only do low-paying jobs in museums, jobs that many people can do, which don't necessarily require your expertise, or jobs in the ancient books department of a library.

Niche and specialized skills must be chosen within a very narrow range of employment opportunities.

He was also surprised that Dean Chen would call him at this time.

"Teacher Zhou, there's an official program being recorded here, and they're holding auditions. I wonder if you'd be interested in coming over and taking a look?"

What program is it?

"A Hundred Schools of Thought Lectured".

Zhou Yue was slightly taken aback. He had heard of this program before. It was one of the "Hundred Schools of Thought Contend" programs, and many scholars had appeared on it and become very popular. They were able to gain a large following simply by talking about their professional knowledge.

Moreover, it's a great program. For example, in the fields of literature, history, and philosophy, many scholars can express their views on it and integrate their academic research into interesting stories. It's a great program, and it's also hosted by an official platform.

“What should I talk about in an interview? Should I talk about architecture? Mechanics?” Zhou Yue found it quite interesting.

He never expected that Dean Chen would send him such an invitation.

"Just talk about anything on this show. As long as it's interesting, you can talk about anything. There are experts on the show, some professional and some not. So you just need to convince these people. What you talk about is not important at all. You can talk about literature, history, philosophy, or architecture. It's all fine."

Zhou Yue was genuinely tempted.

"Shall I talk about architectural history?"

"Could you talk about the history of art in China?"

"Anyone can come over."

Dean Chen told him in a general way that anything was fine, but he still had some plans in mind. If he talked about architectural history, it might involve some foreign things and some foreign culture. He didn't know if they could accept it. If they could accept it, then talking about architectural history was actually a very good plan.

If that's unacceptable, then they can talk about their own country's architects. As for whether there are any applications of Western styles, he feels that's not something to consider.

China's architectural history goes almost directly from ancient architecture to modern architecture, without any intermediate steps or the various schools and levels found in the West.

Of course, talking about ancient architecture will involve a lot of pictures and such, which will require him to spend a lot of time on it, but he thinks that's good too.

I went straight to the School of Humanities, where someone was giving a lecture.

It was really just an interview. He just stood there quietly listening to the person talk about history, which was very vivid and interesting. However, the interviewers looked worried and completely disregarded him.

They've heard so many good things, so if you just talk about ordinary things, it's unlikely to move them. After all, they're here for an interview, so their standards are high. Plus, there are experts and scholars among them, who are actually more professional than the interviewers.

Dean Chen pushed him up directly.

Zhou Yue gently touched his chin.

"I can only talk about things related to art, and I'll focus on architecture."

His words almost made the eyes of the people below light up. They had heard too much about literature, history, and philosophy. Whether it was literature, history, or philosophy, they had heard many experts, scholars, or big names in the academic circle explain it. They had seen too much good stuff.

They are almost immune to things related to history, or even poetry; they have no shortage of talent in these areas. But if you talk about architectural history or art, they are extremely interested.

It's impossible not to be tempted. After all, this is something new, a new kind of program effect. When they make a program, they will definitely prioritize the program effect. As for how well it is told, they are still looking forward to it. Right now, they can only listen. They don't know the person in front of them because they are liberal arts majors, not even professors of language and literature.

But soon someone whispered to them the identity of the person in front of them, which surprised them.

(End of this chapter)