Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Moscow University, the oldest and largest university in Russia, the reason why Meng Qian went to Moscow University, this matter needs to start from a meeting a few days ago.

"For all the information obtained from Russia, let us combine the company's current situation and talk about whether it is necessary for us to deeply cultivate this market, and talk about what we can obtain from Russia?" Meng Qian asked at the meeting.

"Russia's biggest advantage is still in the field of military industry and aerospace, and most of the existing large number of talents are also concentrated in fields such as military industry and aerospace. These are not fields that our company will be involved in." Ding Mingyuan was the first to speak, "In other fields, Russia The current stock of high-end talents is already very small, and coupled with some measures taken by the new leader just after he came to power, it may indeed have missed the best time to simply dig out elites.”

"I heard that our country has poached a lot of military and aerospace talents from Russia?" Gu Junhui, who was sitting next to him, asked subconsciously.

"Yes, in the past ten years, when it comes to robbing people from Russia, our country has basically recruited talents in the military and aerospace fields."

Meng Qian made a gesture to indicate not to expand on this issue, and Ding Mingyuan continued, "And judging from the data, a large number of laboratories in Russia in the early days, equipment and materials that should be sold at a low price are also sold at a low price. Now I want to pick them up. These are also unlikely to be cheap.

So if you want to find existing value from Russia, I personally have two suggestions, one is the transformation of Russia's elite talent strategy to labor strategy, and the other is the deep digging of basic science talents. "

"Be specific."

"Russia's current strength in such fields as software and civilian hardware is obviously not as good as that of the United States, not as good as that of Europe, and that of Neon Country, but what we have to admit is that their overall level is higher than that of China.

So I think that since the background of the great era has changed, our talent strategy should also change accordingly, from the past thinking of digging elite talents in Russia to going to Russia to take advantage of their labor market.

With the warming of the relationship between the two countries and the rapid development of our overall economy in China, it has become a possibility for Russians to work for us.

Everyone was considering the issue of labor costs before and it is not recommended to set up a branch in Russia so early, but we can see from the per capita income trends of the two countries that Russia is not only not rising, but even has a downward trend, and the Russian technology industry Workers' wages fell particularly sharply.

On the other hand, in China, the national economy is entering a stage of rapid development. Although the overall per capita income has not increased very much, we must consider that we have many low-end manufacturing industries that are always squeezing labor costs. If we only look at the IT industry, our The per capita salary increase has reached 60% in two years.

Coupled with the expansion of the IT staff gap, labor costs will continue to rise, especially the salary of our Dafeng Group has always been above the general salary. From the perspective of the trend, our salary level in the next few years will be sufficient to meet the labor cost in Russia.

However, the experience and ability of Russian practitioners are higher than ours, which has become a point that can be used. "

Meng Qian did not express his position on this issue for the time being, "Let's talk about another idea."

"In addition to the military and aerospace fields, Russia has always been at the forefront of the world in basic science. In recent years, various mathematical and physical awards are still the main stage in Russia. Therefore, in the matter of elite talents, Russian basic science talents It’s a good entry point for us.”

"I agree with this very much." Xiao Boshi raised his hand to signal, "Russia is obviously unwilling to take off the title of a military power, and now it is actually very difficult for us to deal with talents in the military and aviation field.

However, a large number of basic scientific talents in Russia are reserved in colleges and universities. Most of them are responsible for education while doing research. However, it can be seen from the data that Russia’s investment in the education industry is not as good as every year, and teachers’ salaries are decreasing year by year. Teachers' benefits are almost all taken away. "

"Since the salary of Russian educators is so low, why do so many teachers still stay in Russia?" Meng Qian glanced at the relevant data, and the turnover rate of Russian university teachers is relatively low.

"Because everyone's understanding of basic science is still very short-sighted." Ding Mingyuan explained, "For a long time, most people have not understood the value of basic science on the application side, and even put basic science and applied science on the opposite side.

Many people have suggested that it may take years, decades, or even hundreds of years to transform basic science into applied science.

Therefore, it is rare for companies to reserve a large number of basic science talents, and even national institutions rarely reserve such talents, including our country, which also despises basic science. The main retention points for basic science talents have always been colleges and universities. .

But if we take a long-term view, we should realize that the value of basic science will be continuously reflected with the development of science and technology. The value of basic science cannot be seen now, not because basic science lacks value, but because of applied science development is still in its early stages. "

Meng Qian nodded in agreement. As a reborn person, he knew very well that Ding Mingyuan's views were correct. It is true that major companies did not care much about basic science in the early days, but as the concept of the fourth industrial revolution began to become clear, quantum mechanics, life sciences, and artificial intelligence R\u0026D investment in other fields began to increase, and everyone finally realized how important basic science is.

Just like an example often cited by the media in later generations, Newtonian mechanics will not teach you how to build a house, but without Newtonian mechanics, the discipline of civil engineering would not be possible.

Everyone has gradually realized that every industrial revolution is actually triggered by breakthroughs in basic science. This is something that later generations of China regret very much. They did not pay much attention to basic science in the early days.

"Then why didn't Western universities dig out these Russian talents?" Meng Qian asked another question.

"From the analysis of the data, there are two reasons. On the one hand, it is because the basic science needs an environment. Although the comprehensive ranking of Russian universities is not high, the academic atmosphere and academic foundation in the field of basic science are not comparable to Western universities. The other is One aspect is the most realistic salary issue.

When Western companies used to poach talents in Russia, they often gave three to five times the salary. They poached the most elite group of people. Most of these people were old and had a deep affection for the country. It is not easy to leave your homeland, your familiar land and even your family.

Unlike young people, they are eager to leave.

In the West, even private colleges and universities do not pay very high salaries, and the salaries of college teachers in the United States are not as good as those in Neon. "

"If these two reasons are really important, then in terms of the scientific research environment, China is even less attractive." Meng Qian pointed out his weakness.

"It is true, so I suggest that we don't go directly to dig Russian teachers."

Meng Qian looked up at Ding Mingyuan, "What is Director Ding thinking?"

"We have discussed cooperation with Russian universities. In recent years, Russian universities have been in short supply of scientific research funds, and a lot of equipment is outdated and cannot be updated. If we provide them with scientific research funds, I believe they will welcome us very much.

In exchange, we apply for some teaching cooperation, and I am sure they will not refuse. Now that our own private school of Dafeng Group is on the way, we can introduce basic scientific talents from Russia in the name of school cooperation.

And our goal, in the long run, is not how many scientific research results they can provide us, but how many basic science students they can train for us. "

Meng Qian carefully understood Ding Mingyuan's suggestion, "If they cooperate, they will not be able to work for Dafeng Group, but they can train talents for us. What Dafeng Group can gain more is the talent training opportunities brought by educational resources."

"That's right, on this basis, it is supplemented with a lot of money to find suitable talents."

Meng Qian looked around, and everyone else in the office nodded to express their approval of Ding Mingyuan's idea.

Meng Qian still supports this idea in his heart, "That's it, take Director Ding's suggestion as the main direction, go to Russian universities to communicate and understand, and we will try to finalize the final plan after returning."

"Alright Mr. Meng."

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