Chapter 1490: Threaten of Short Sale

Academy of Engineering, Jin Ling University.

Four students who had just finished cla.s.s rushed out of the cla.s.sroom with the crowd. They were talking about the recent events in the school while walking towards the cafeteria.

“I looked at the virtual reality community when I was in cla.s.s just now, and I saw someone in the discussion group of the student union said that East Asia Energy is coming to our school to hold a job fair? Have you heard about that?”

“A job fair from East Asia Energy?” The tall boy walking in the middle was taken aback. He said in a strange tone, “Really? Didn’t they come here some time ago?”

“I don’t know, maybe they lack labor again.”

“Can I get the registration form? What is the recruitment process? Is it the same as last time?”

“I don’t know.” The student who broke the gossip earlier shook his head and continued, “But I heard that this time it seems to be divided into two parts: written examination and interview.”

“Cool! I will join in on the fun, if I get an offer, I will invite you to dinner.”

“Haha, let’s go together, I’ll sign up too.”

Listening to the excited discussion of the roommates next to him, the boy wearing gla.s.ses glanced at the three of them and said with lack of interest, “You guys go ahead, I have to study for the graduate entrance exam, so I don’t have time.”

The tall boy thought he had misheard the genius student. He asked with astonishment, “This is a good opportunity to go to East Asia Energy, you really don’t want to try?”

Who in the Academy of Engineering doesn’t want to go to East Asia Energy?

Why else would you apply for this major?

Another student nearby also nodded in agreement and persuaded.

“That’s right, you are the most promising person in our dorm, brother! Isn’t East Asia Energy way better than a masters?”

The man with gla.s.ses smiled faintly and spoke.

“I don’t think so.”

The boy who broke the news earlier frowned and asked, “Do you know any inside information?”

“Not exactly inside information. I just heard someone who went there for an interns.h.i.+p for half a year said that it was not as good as we think. The company is big, the benefits are good. But in the whole laboratory, there is no academic atmosphere at all. There is no engineering culture. Other than the endless reports, there are endless meetings. Anyone that works there for a few years will become useless after they leave!”

The tall boy was stunned and said, “It’s not that bad, right?”

The man in gla.s.ses shook his head and didn’t intend to explain more.

“You’ll know once you get accepted. Oh, yes, I also heard that connection is more important than hard work. They don’t look at the papers or research quality. You have to put your head down and do the work. I don’t want to go there.”

“However, I heard that Academician Lu seems to have become the chairman of the board, and he has also laid off a group of people! This time should be different.”

“Academician Lu? Haha, what about Academician Lu?” The boy wearing gla.s.ses shook his head and sighed faintly. “The current East Asia Energy is no longer the East Asia Energy that he was familiar with.”

When did this downfall start?

No one knew.

The energy giant that everyone yearned for was no longer as beautiful as they had thought.

Even though in the minds of most people, East Asia Energy was still their pride, but because of its reputation in college circles, especially for those students who had been there for interns.h.i.+ps, East Asia Energy was no longer their first choice.

However, perhaps there was still a trace of expectation in their hearts that had not yet been extinguished, or perhaps it was because the return of Academician Lu could bring change.

The vast majority of people did not expect too much, but they still signed up for the written examination of the job fair.

Not just students from Jin Ling University.

Not even just schools in the Yangtze River Delta city group.

After hearing that Academician Lu would personally host the job fair, there was immediately a stir in the entire Pan-Asian university circle. Because there were no regional restrictions on signing up for the written test, the entire Pan-Asian colleges and universities that did research on controllable fusion all noticed this recruitment.

A week before the start of the job fair, the tickets for the maglev train from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group and the Pearl River Delta city group to Jinling were all taken; even nearby hotels were fully booked.

It wasn’t just because of Academician Lu.

Many people heard some news that, before the start of the job fair, Lu Zhou not only got rid of Director Liu, the leader of the electromagnet research laboratory, but he also fired 2,000 people.

Although this sounded ridiculous, the reality was that the entire electromagnet research laboratory was now almost cut into an empty sh.e.l.l of its past.

And those vacant seats were quite eye-catching…

…

In the past few days, except for occasionally going to school for a preparatory course, Lu Zhou basically stayed at home and didn’t go anywhere.

On the one hand, there were risks in going out; on the other hand, he was busy with the job fair.

In order to avoid the overhauled electromagnet research laboratory once again falling into a vicious cycle of history, he intended to take charge of this job fair entirely by himself, without any intention of letting other laboratories intervene.

After all, the current chaos in East Asia Energy’s R&D department was far more than just a problem of the electromagnet research laboratory, it was a stubborn illness that prevailed in all research inst.i.tutes.

He intended to use the newly reborn electromagnet research laboratory as a breakthrough point, as a demonstration unit of scientific research reform, then promote it to other research inst.i.tutes after making some achievements here.

In addition to job fairs, there was also the research project of second-generation controllable fusion.

As the general manager of the project, he must work out a specific research plan for each research unit, or at the very least, he had to clearly define what each department should do and what role it would play in the project.

These people were not very goal-oriented.

If Lu Zhou didn’t give them enough direction, no one would know how long this project would take.

However, while Lu Zhou was very busy, he suddenly received an unexpected call.

The call was from Song Yangwei.

He was the previous director of the Science and Technology Committee of the board of directors that he replaced. He was also one of the shareholders of East Asia Energy and the chairman of Yangwei Capital, as well as the father-in-law of Liu Sihai.

The moment he received this call, Lu Zhou had actually guessed that this guy was probably here to help his son-in-law.

It seemed that Song Yangwei had expected that Lu Zhou wouldn’t budge, so the voice coming from the other end of the phone didn’t sound like a plea at all.

Instead, it almost sounded like a threat?

“I warn you, immediately withdraw the lawsuit against Liu Sihai!”

Lu Zhou: “Did you take the wrong medicine today?”

“I’m not joking with you,” Song Yangwei said on the other end of the phone with a trace of sullenness. “If you continue, I will immediately start shorting East Asia Energy! Want to research second-generation controllable fusion? Hehe, just wait and see. When the market value of East Asia Power evaporates by hundreds of billions, see if the board of directors will be on your side!”

After that, he didn’t give Lu Zhou a chance to speak. He hung up the call immediately.

As Lu Zhou looked at the empty video call interface in the holographic screen, he was slightly stunned. He then couldn’t help but laugh.

Interesting.

Why is everyone trying to stop me from doing scientific research?

Do I look like the kind of person who bows down to evil forces?

Lu Zhou shook his head, turned off the video call window, turned his head, and forgot about Song Yangwei’s threat.

Short the stock?

Bring it.