Mi Changqing is the leader of the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, responsible for the daily work of the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, under the leadership of Yang Yuanzhao, the routine progress of the internal combustion engine, he has a calm face, Yang Yuanzhao almost immediately thought, could it be that there is something wrong with the internal combustion engine, he hurriedly grabbed Mi Changqing, and asked: "What's the matter, Changqing, did you encounter any problems?" ”

"Yes, it's not the internal combustion engine that's wrong, it's Marbury who resigned!"

"Marbury!" Yang Yuanzhao was relieved when he heard that it was not the internal combustion engine that was the problem, and recalled it carefully, and then thought of a young American with yellow curly hair and a huge beard, who was an electric motor engineer and was responsible for part of the work of the fly-by-wire system of the Northwest diesel locomotive.

"Isn't there still Bob and Jockey, just let them come up!" Yang Yuanzhao said a little relaxed.

"They quit three days ago!"

"What, all resigned, what happened?" In addition to the core engine of the internal combustion engine, Yang Yuanzhao and some power experts in the northwest are personally responsible, a large number of projects have been handed over to foreign experts. The three people Yang Yuanzhao mentioned before are all outstanding personnel in the field of electric motors, responsible for the most important fly-by-wire and motor systems, and they are also the focus of the current sweep.

All three left, what the hell is this. Lab salaries are among the highest in the world. Yang Yuanzhao has no doubt about this, in this case. There is only one possibility, that is, subjective, is it that he has suffered some grievances, and almost immediately, he asked: "Is there someone who has recently caused a conflict with foreign researchers?"

After the development of the northwest has gradually entered the fast lane, especially the situation that the proportion of foreigners in the northwest is getting higher and higher, the people have gradually regarded foreigners as foreign masters and ordinary people, and some have even begun to rise to a certain extent. In 1912, there was a conflict between the Chinese side and foreigners, and finally they fought fifty boards, and since then, the Northwest has attached great importance to this, and foreigners cannot enter the most advanced and core fields related to the future of the Northwest, but the huge backbone engineers are also an important cornerstone of the Northwest. For at least 5 to 10 years, the Northwest will not be able to do without the help of these foreigners.

It is precisely because they are important that the Northwest attaches more importance to these, from the personality. Customs, even habits, are very respectful of these foreigners. This has also eliminated the contradictions between the two sides, and the cooperation between them has become closer and closer. Foreigners have also begun to create value for the Northwest.

Now, is this mentality rearing up? Yang Yuanzhao's head. Khan has come out, this is not a good thing, the strength of the northwest, brought the high morale and mentality of the northwest people, from the original submissive, to high morale, this is a good thing, for the northwest, it is very important to establish the mentality of a big country, but for foreigners working in the northwest, it is not a good thing, when both sides are arrogant, it is easy to have conflicts, and foreigners who are alone in a foreign land, holding each other, so that some small personal affairs, it is very likely to change to group events.

"No, as far as I know, not at all, when those foreigners resigned, their expressions were not resentful or angry, but a little happy!" Of course, Mi Changqing knew the meaning of what Yang Yuanzhao said, and recalled seriously, as if he had caught something in his head, and after thinking about it seriously, he tried to say: "When Bob was leaving, he seemed to mention that he had a new job, and he was in the United States!" ”

New job, Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, he just thought that in China, these people are standard foreigners, they left their hometown, the purpose of coming to China is nothing more than for money, there were some before, when they were poor, followers came to the northwest, once they earned money, they would go back, maybe these people found jobs in their home countries, and the wages were not low, so they left, which is also normal, the most is a coincidence.

Letting go of the worries in his heart, Yang Yuanzhao looked at Mi Changqing, who was still worried, and said: "Okay, don't worry, isn't it a telex engineer, I remember that there are several engineers in the 617 Electronics Factory, and I asked them to move one out!" ”

Mi Changqing knew that Factory 617 was a key factory of electronics and electric power, and there were engineers trained in the northwest who belonged to the Chinese people, and he had planned to do so before, but without Yang Yuanzhao's approval, his personal ability was impossible to transfer people from Factory 617.

The human problem was solved, Mi Changqing breathed a sigh of relief, while asking Yang Yuanzhao what he was doing, while simply reporting the recent progress, Yang Yuanzhao listened to Mi Changqing's report, the internal combustion engine project has come to an end, the sub-projects have basically been completed, and now the integration has begun, just wait for the final sweep of the telex project, an experimental final locomotive will be assembled, as long as it has passed a series of experiments, it can be finalized and produced, and the era of internal combustion engines of the Northwest Railway is about to begin.

Unconsciously, he walked to the location of the laboratory of the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, I don't know if it was a coincidence or something else, there seemed to be a lot fewer foreigners everywhere in the past, along the way, he seemed to only see 2, and was about to go in, and asked casually: "How many foreigners have left recently, it seems that there are a lot fewer people?" ”

"A lot, a lot of foreigners in the nearby research institute have left."

It was a casual question, Mi Changqing's answer shocked Yang Yuanzhao, he found the seriousness of the problem, and suddenly he was not in the mood to go to the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, foreign researchers, until now, is still one of the cornerstones of the major research institutes in Northwest China, if this resignation is not an individual case, but a common one, then something will happen.

Yang Yuanzhao immediately made a decision, found the person in charge of the entire Baotou research institute, counted the resignations in the past month, or even three months, and summarized the final data. These personnel are a little overwhelmed, the task is so heavy, what are the good statistics for, although some people left, so that there were certain problems in their research, but after digging deep into the internal potential and recruiting from the outside world, it was still solved, they didn't know why Yang Yuanzhao was so close to the enemy.

Since 1909, when the Northwest has a large number of foreign employees, there are about 80-100 people leaving every month, which is nothing compared to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

However, in 1914, from March 19, 1914, to be exact, the situation changed, with 383 resignations on the 19th, 795 resignations on the 20th, and 2,253 resignations on March 27 today.

From the 19th to the 27th, a total of 9,983 foreigners left their jobs in just eight days, and the number of these people is huge and unevenly distributed, but they are all over the large number of basic research and manufacturing factories in the northwest, which has had a considerable impact on the production and research of the factories.

"Find out what the hell is going on!"

But after investigating for a long time, all the resignations are gone, and those who have not left are still at a loss, and there is no clue about what, the only thing that is more certain is that those who leave have obtained good jobs, suitable positions, and even salary standards will not be lower than the current jobs in the northwest.

Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that someone must interfere, because the wages in the northwest are very high, the northwest has become the world's factory, made in China all over the world, advanced concepts and advanced machines, so that the profit margin of each northwest product is also very high, Baotou's estimate, the same level of skilled workers and engineers, the northwest is at least about 3 times higher than the average level of the United States, such a high wage, but also these foreigners who have left their hometowns and gone to the northwest to work with peace of mind.

Now, the United States actually offers a similar salary, not a single person, at least more than 6,000 resignations are going to the United States, for more than 6,000 workers and engineers to pay about three times the salary, this is simply unimaginable, is it that they have discovered the strength of the department, ready to come and steal technology.

There are many world-class, even beyond the technology of this era in the Northwest, in this sense, this is normal, but what is stealing technology, will be so fanfare, comprehensive origin, unreasonable, not to mention that technology is not so easy to steal, unless it is a traditional industry, otherwise any high-tech that surpasses the world average level, the Northwest will convert the core personnel into Northwest people, or reliable, which will reduce the pace of development, but the Northwest has not attracted the attention of the great powers so far, There was also no large-scale leakage of intelligence and technology, and this caution played a huge role.

Looking at the dense lack of personnel, such a big thing, no one has reported it yet, and he only occasionally found out that if things continue to deteriorate, who knows what the result will be, don't be at that time, all the foreigners in Baotou are gone, and he doesn't know yet.

Now the whole system is being challenged, more than 10,000 foreign researchers, among the hundreds of thousands of foreigners in Baotou, is also a relatively large number, if you don't figure out why they left and what they are doing, then no one will want to fall asleep.

The staff began to be busy, investigating every possible direction, and the Intelligence Bureau, the Import and Export Division, and the Foreign Affairs Department also acted in unison to investigate the emergency situation. (To be continued......)