The journey starts from the Titanic

Stratton took it over and took a look, shocked, and quickly stroked his glasses, looking up at Situ Nan's too young face.

"Are you serious? Sir!" Stratton asked for a long time.

"What do you mean? Although it is a bit difficult, it seems to be just a crazy joke at the moment. But I have such confidence that even if it can't be realized in my lifetime, I think it will come that day."

Situ Nan said confidently, without concealing his "ambition" at all, and completely exposed in front of Stratton.

"Mr. Stratton, don't you think I'm a little crazy? Are you confident to go crazy with me?"

With sincerity, Situ Nan looked at Stratton provocatively.

"Fack!" Stratton cursed mentally. Although he didn't scold him, his temper when he was a soldier in the navy came up. How could he be underestimated by a young man less than half his age?

At the beginning, I was the one who single-handedly pulled the Bureau of Standards up. Who was afraid of whom?Although Samuel Stratton's mind was no longer in officialdom at this time, the pride still remained.

"William = Harvard + Massachusetts, I like this sentence. It's really interesting! How did Samuel miss such a fun thing? Anyway, I'm tired of staying in the Bureau of Standards, and it is quite challenging to prepare for a university now. of."

Samuel Stratton's eyes were piercing, and he greeted Situ Nan unwillingly, nodding his head.

"Haha! I hope we can cooperate happily! Mr. Stratton, the first president of the best university in the west and even in the United States in the future!" Situ Nan said excitedly.

"Far away! Young man. You'd better make sure that your money is still enough! I'm a big man, don't shy away when the time comes!" Stratton said reservedly.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to spend it! The school building committee has prepared a $1 million activity fund. Before the school is built, you still have time to go to Harvard, Massachusetts, Chicago, Yale and other universities to organize your professors and teachers. !

Laura, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Friends of Women charity organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation will also give you enough help.In short, they dug up their best professors!Haha"

Situ Nan said proudly.While cheering on the other side, he also hinted at his own ability and determination.

Thinking of Stratton's unique hobby, Situ Nan smiled humorously: "The University of William in the future will be very free. If you are interested, woodworking can also become a compulsory course in the school, Mr. Stratton! "

"Oh! Really? That's great! Thank you for your reminder, I will let them learn my craft. But do you want to install a hoop on the outer wall of each school building?"

Stratton retorted, looking at the basketball hoop installed on the William deck.

"Haha! Mr. Stratton, you will see." Situ Nan said.

The two foxes, big and small, smiled knowingly, and saw something called ambition in each other's eyes.

Just because of a smile, the University of William later carved the tradition of woodworking and basketball sports, and their graduates are also known as woodworking or basketball players.

In this way, the general plan for the University of William was settled, and he didn't know that he had run off the future dean of MIT by accident!

The only thing that makes Stratton a little bit painful is that the colleges and teaching buildings of the school are often named by various individuals, such as Mellon Business School or mid-track, but Gudas Mathematics Institute is nonsense. No, who didn’t know that Gudas scumbag opened a casino in Nevada!Do you learn math and teach people to gamble?(This is something later!) Fortunately, when he saw the money, Stratton didn't complain too much, but started his career as a principal with great interest.

Do whatever it takes. After leaving the Bureau of Standards, recruiting and digging became the focus of Stratton’s work, because Stratton was determined to imitate the founder of the University of Chicago, William Linney Harper, to play its role. Organizational ability, organized a team and started to encourage incumbent professors and experts to move to William University in major universities across the country.At the same time, lure with generous benefits.

For a while, the presidents of the famous universities in the east began to have a headache. The University of Chicago where Stratton had taught became the biggest victim. More than 10 current deans and professors were poached by Stratton. Graduate students even ran a third!

Well, a sentence was fulfilled, and when I came out, I had to pay it back sooner or later.What Harper did back then was repeated by Stratton.

The president of the University of Chicago cried out with anger, "Stratton is injustice! It's all against the bone!"

Chapter 160-Reminiscence

The busy life time will always pass very quickly.

The careful arrangements made by Situ Nan before the war gradually worked. Due to the rapid transformation, the companies under the William Consortium were able to adapt to the wartime economic system faster than other companies. With a basket of transactions, Bethlehem and Stone Major companies such as Nissan Foods, Chrysler and so on received a large number of orders from the "Tsar" Bernard Baruch of the Bureau of Industry during the War.

It's useless to be jealous of others. How can these companies provide a large amount of high-quality materials in a timely manner?This is almost an industrial production competition. The American factory companies that have been irritated by arms orders have accelerated the pace of transformation and joined this unprecedented competition with a more fanatical attitude.

New factories are under construction, factories are expanding, employees are being trained, and production has begun to achieve three shifts. There are a large number of workers on each production line.

Due to the recruitment of a large number of young men, there was a labor gap in industrial production, and some women began to enter the factory to replace men.

The ammunition workshop of the gunpowder factory of the Bethlehem Arms and Equipment Company hired young workers.It is very dangerous to engage in explosives assembly work, and all procedures must be strictly implemented, and no sloppy is allowed.At this point, they are more attentive and patient than men. After training, they are gradually qualified for this job and receive a daily salary of $5, as well as other subsidies.This is equivalent to a day's wages for a worker at Ford Motor Company. In fact, not every worker can get this wage.

Women's entry into the gunpowder factory is just a special example. It shows that in addition to garment factories, garment factories and other factories that traditionally employ women workers, more and more companies are beginning to hire women workers, which greatly promoted the women's liberation movement in the United States.

The factory of the William Consortium was not the first to adopt this strategy, but it was certainly the most widespread. From factory to office, more and more women went out of the house and began to receive wages.

Situ Nan became a veritable "friend of women". In fact, he did not like this title, but he did not reject this trend. At the same time, he was also a report to Eleanor Roosevelt's women's political work.(I don't know if she has discovered that our lovely Mr. Roosevelt is raising a third child outside?) After finishing the investment, the preparation of the school is almost ready, and the ground is broken when Situ Nan returns.Situ Nan took a break for a while, thinking that there was nothing serious about staying in New York anyway, Situ Nan realized that it was time for him to return to the west.

Saying goodbye to New York, Situ Nan took Laura on the westward journey of the William.Before that, he had to pay an expensive parking fee.Well, I feel a little bit heartbroken. If I stop for another ten and a half days, it is estimated that the money to build a teaching building is gone.

However, after leaving the port, seeing the heroic appearance of the William riding the wind and waves on the sea, the pain soon disappeared.

Before the delivery of the William, Gadas had been refitted at the Bethlehem Shipyard, changing the original steam power to fuel power, so that not only the power was stronger, but the voyage was also increased a lot, and there was no need to frequently refuel in the port. Up.

Situ Nan especially disliked the tall chimney on the original ship, and felt uncomfortable every time he saw it.When the Titanic sank, he never forgot the scene of those tall chimneys smashing down and smashing the passengers who fell into the dark water.

The blue-and-white paint of the William contrasts with the sea and sky, making it comfortable.

The land gradually disappeared in the place where the water and the sky meet, and the tall figure of the Statue of Liberty is also invisible. The powerful propeller is like a beast, driving the huge blades to rotate, smashing the sea water, and the William is like a sharp sword. Crossing the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving a white water mark.

It was a rare calm day. A vigorous figure leaped high from the deck of the William, with his left hand lightly supporting, and his right hand making a strong stroke. With a "swish" sound, the orange basketball made a perfect arc in the air. Line, firmly into the basket.After the basketball fell to the ground, it rolled on the deck and was finally blocked by the net surrounding the ship.

Situ Nan smiled slightly, and secretary Lin Yimin came over, "Master, Mr. Chrysler from Detroit has sent a telegram inviting you to visit the company's new tank experiment."

"Wait a minute!" Situ Nan said.Knowing that it was not an urgent matter, he picked up another basketball in his hand and continued to make a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

The last basketball was thrown out. Situ Nan didn't want to stop, walked to the lounge chair next to him, and sipped his freshly squeezed juice. The feeling of freshness came to the bottom of my heart.

"Yimin! Sit down! Since you went to school, our brothers haven't spoken for a long time, and we have gained a lot of students. But you are also loyal, and you just finished the four-year course in less than three years!"

Situ Nan looked at Lin Yimin next to him with satisfaction. He was not the same after going to university, a little bookish, and more mature and stable.

"Yeah! Thanks to the young master, otherwise I can't have today? The grace of the young master is unforgettable for everyone!" Lin Yimin said, kneeling down.

"Hey-don't! Stand up! Men have gold under their knees. I don't like a person who kneels casually. I don't like being kneeled by someone!"

Situ Nanhu shouted, "Get up, don't the teachers at Yale University learn to soften their knees at every turn? I read your books for nothing!"

"Yes!" Lin Yimin replied, but still stubbornly bent his knees on the deck before standing up, looking at Situ Nan, his eyes were a little red.Situ Nan's words just made him a little ashamed, but he still couldn't help but do it.

Had it not been for Situ Nan's kindness to take him in, he would have died long ago.Lin Yimin was originally from a pretty good family, and his family was doing business in Guangzhou, so if you want to study it carefully, he is still a little Xiguan master.

Although he is not a big business man, he runs a cloth shop on Shangjiu Road and his family is well-established. He has only one child in the family. He has not suffered much since he was a child, and he has not developed any shabby habits.

Guangzhou has been China's window to the outside world since ancient times. The merchants in Xiguan are not as knowledgeable as the mainland Chinese. After Lin Yimin finished high school in Guangzhou, he was sent to the United States by his family to study in order to succeed in his studies and inherit his family business.

The situation is turbulent, lives are humble, it is hard to find peace and stability, and merchants sometimes ruin their homes and houses.Lin Yimin was sent to a school in San Francisco for less than half a semester of preparatory courses. The Xinhai Revolution came in China. Unfortunately, the Lin family’s business was destroyed during this turmoil. Father Lin was so angry that only one weak was left. The woman and a son far abroad.

The young master’s dream finally woke up!The formerly pampered young master of Xiguan has no support from his family, let alone continue his studies, can't even eat enough to eat, almost starving to death on the street.

It was as if he had fallen from heaven into hell, bereavement and life was trapped, for a time Lin Yimin was devastated.Suffering from this doom is indeed a great test for a young man who has not suffered much in his teens.