Rewrite the Technological Landscape

At nine o'clock in the morning Russian time on February 6, Polina was waiting for Meng Qian downstairs in the hotel where he was staying.

Today, Polina is wearing a white shirt with jeans and a beige coat. She is simple but hard to conceal her proud figure. "Is there any place Mr. Meng wants to go?"

"We are not a cooperative relationship. You can just call me by my name. I want to go to your school. Is it convenient?"

"Okay." I don't know if Polina is used to enthusiasm, it seems that she is happy to take Meng Qian to school.

The hotel where Meng Qian stayed was very close to Moscow University, and the two chatted and narrowed the distance for a while before arriving at Moscow University, one of the five landmark buildings in Moscow.

On both sides of the road in the middle of the University Square, there are twelve statues of stone carvings.

"This is Zhukovsky, an aviation aerodynamicist, and this is Timiryazev, a biologist and propagator of evolution." Polina introduced Meng Qian one by one.

"By the way, Paulina, what major are you studying?"

"I'm from the mathematics department."

"Mathematics?" Meng Qian was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "Is this the major you chose?"

"Of course." Polina was sure. "My father rarely interfered with my life choices."

"I remember that Moscow University alone gave out five Fields Medals."

"Yes."

Meng Qian paid attention to Polina's expression from the corner of his eye, "But I heard that your Russian mathematicians seem to be treated well?"

Polina frowned slightly, "Actually, for mathematicians, the impact is not very great. As a school with 5 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Moscow University has 5 physics laboratories. It has been 15 years without The device has been updated."

"15 years?" This figure really made Meng Qian feel unbelievable. This is Moscow University with the longest history in Russia. What about other schools? to this point?"

"There are too many places where the school needs to spend money, and this amount of money is not enough to allocate. In addition, there is now competition among international universities, and for the so-called international rankings, the school often engages in face-saving projects." Polina showed her face. Helpless, "In the early years, there were still many corporate donations, but in recent years, corporate donations have become less and less."

"And why?"

"Because the purpose of corporate donations is for students, but these years Western companies have arranged so-called university Bole in our Russia. For the elites in the school, they started to offer from the sophomore or even the freshman year, and gave a high amount. The salary, the school’s elites have been reserved in advance, and domestic companies cannot compete with them, so naturally they have reduced their donations.”

Meng Qian is clear about this, because it is no secret in later generations. In terms of treating college talents, American companies have really done a good job and are worth learning. Not only do they often hold some activities to invite college talents as mentioned before, but they will also Always pay attention to the competitions and activities among major colleges and universities, and discover talents from them.

Once a talent is found, even if the opponent is only a freshman, he will directly hire him with a high salary. Among them, Google is the most ruthless in doing this. I have already received an offer from Google, and other companies are still waiting for their talents to graduate, so Google has already made a move.

This is also an important reason why Google suddenly made great efforts to pursue IBM and Microsoft in the later stage. Google's talent deployment policy is the top in the world.

"Can I go and see your school's laboratory?" Although Polina said so, Meng Qian still wanted to go and see for himself.

"Some laboratories are not open to the public."

"I'll just go and see the open lab."

"This way."

Under the leadership of Polina, Meng Qian visited several physics laboratories and chemistry laboratories of Moscow University successively. When he saw with his own eyes how outdated and dilapidated there were under the magnificent appearance, Meng Qian sighed. many.

"Actually, if the school can spend the money in real ways, it won't be like this." Polina also sighed.

After communicating with Polina for a period of time, Meng Qian noticed that she was a person who dared to speak out. Unlike his father who would consider protecting the country's face in front of outsiders, Polina liked to point out the country's problems. question.

And this, perhaps, is a common distinction between young people and adults.

"What do you think of the leaders of your school?"

Polina shook her head, "That's not true, all the money donated to the school can come down, at least the money my father gives to the school every year is used in the school, but the school cares too much about the so-called balance, a lot of money is spent on meaningful things."

"Does your father donate money to the school every year?"

"Yes, even when he was just a researcher, he started donating to the school. Over the years, the scale of the company has gradually grown. Although the company has not yet started to make money, he has been making more donations to the school." Polina said in When he said this, his expression looked a little disapproving of his father's approach.

"But since you know that the school didn't spend the money, your father should be very clear, why does he still do this?"

"Because education is the future of the country." Polina didn't know what to recall, "He always said that."

Polina's answer made Meng Qian recall Fenohoti's performance last night, "Your father has a dream of strengthening the country."

"Yes." Polina responded very simply, "He always told us that Russia will definitely become stronger again. Every time we raise national issues, he always says that everything will be fine."

"You don't agree?" Meng Qian heard a trace of uneasiness in Polina's tone.

"I just think he's too idealistic."

Meng Qian was silent for a few seconds, "Polina, if one day there were holes in your clothes, what would you do?"

"It's changed."

"But someone will choose to make it up, it depends on how much you value the dress and whether you can buy another dress."

Polina stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

"My father also said similar things to me." Polina seemed to hesitate, "Meng Qian, in fact, my father respects you very much.

He often mentioned you in front of me. A few years ago, my father had been in contact with another Huaxia company, a company called Huawei, but my father said that he didn't like that company very much. "

"Why?" Meng Qian was really curious.

"My father said that although Huawei attaches great importance to research and development, the company is too utilitarian, but since he started to understand Dafeng Group, he always told me that Dafeng Group is likely to become one of the greatest companies in China.

This time my father's company had a lot of choices when looking for an employer, but he chose your Dafeng Group, really out of respect for you, it must be a selfish decision. "

Paulina's words basically made Meng Qian sure what Fenohotti wanted to say yesterday, "I hope you can convey Mr. Fenohoti for me. I also have sincere respect for him. I I also believe that Yandex will become one of the greatest companies in Russia."

Polina nodded, but didn't say anything more, but fell into deep thought for a while.

It was already noon after visiting the laboratory. Polina took Meng Qian to the school cafeteria for dinner. Meng Qian saw many students in the cafeteria.

"There are still so many students during the holidays."

"Moscow University has a lot of hardworking students." Polina raised her head and glanced, "but the purpose of everyone's hard work is to immigrate."

"What about you? What are your plans after graduation?"

"I'm supposed to go out for a few years to further my education, but I'll definitely be back."

"Because of your father?"

"Not really, although I am not as confident as my father, but I hope the country will get better and better."

"You live a very real life." Meng Qian showed a warm smile, and then changed the subject, "What do young Russians think of us in China?"

"I used to have the impression that it was very poor." Polina said bluntly, "But since I came into contact with Fengxin, everyone began to change their views on Huaxia. Now they feel more, probably just curious."

"Let your father take you with him when he comes to Huaxia next time, and I'll show you around."

"Okay." At least from the contact in the morning, Polina had a good impression of Meng Qian.

After the meal, Meng Qian made a phone call with Xiao Boshi to check the situation on both sides. After hanging up the phone, Meng Qian asked Polina a question with the mentality of trying, "Before you said that the problem of funding is very important to your country. The influence of mathematicians is relatively small, so what do you think the mathematics teachers in your college lack most in the field of education and research?"

Polina answered almost instantly, "Respect."

Seeing Meng Qian froze for a moment, Polina thought she was not clear enough, "In the past mathematicians had a very high social status in Russia, but it is completely different now. For many mathematicians, they don't care about income. high and low, but they care about society's respect for them."

Meng Qian couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "Polina, you really helped me a lot."