The technology auction jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Sciences and many universities in the empire was grandly held in the auditorium of Huaxia University.
Zhou Baixin, Vice President of Huaxia University, is responsible for presiding over this technology auction.
Principal Zhou Baixin looked at the businessmen who were constantly pouring into the auditorium. He did not have to worry that no one would pay attention to this technology auction because of the poor economic environment.
As a confidant of Prince Su Shu, he transformed from a staff member to the vice president of Huaxia University. This was from a fourth-rank official.
Officials in the school system and the Shaofu system, in the eyes of officials who came from the imperial examination, these people are the villains who are lucky enough to be promoted.
Officials from these two systems are not favored by other officials in the officialdom.
However, although officials in the school system and the Shaofu system do not have much power, their grades are official grades recognized by the imperial court.
Only officials of the seventh rank can serve as county magistrates, officials of the fourth rank can serve as prefects, and officials of the third rank can serve as governors.
In the early days of the empire, many officials were promoted across the hierarchy.
With the advent of peace and prosperity, new imperial examination candidates will enter the officialdom every year.
The imperial court's requirements for officials' grades and positions to match their positions are becoming more and more stringent, making it difficult for officials to be promoted over the next level.
The school system and the junior college system have become a platform for many people with backgrounds and mixed qualifications.
As a confidant of Prince Su Shu, Zhou Baixin must achieve unquestionable achievements if he wants to gain seniority.
This technology auction is a task he has worked hard to win.
If he does this well, he will immediately become a fourth-rank official, jump out of the school system, and become a local prefect.
Zhou Baixin failed to do this well, and it took him a long time to achieve his goal.
It is precisely because of his strong driving force that Zhou Baixin, who does not know much about technology, spent the New Year studying hard in his study to understand the status of these technologies.
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Du Baonian and Li Gong walked into the auditorium of Huaxia University together.
The seats in this auditorium, which can accommodate a thousand people, were almost full.
Du Baonian said with emotion: "There are too many people coming, and I don't know if I can find a new technology that satisfies me this time.
I am in the agricultural product processing business, and it is too difficult to cross industries.
When the economic situation was good, I also made some attempts.
After paying a lot of tuition, these cross-industry companies can only sell to other businesses at low prices.
Only the basic foundation of Xingsheng Company can still be preserved.
I have already paid enough tuition, and even if I see new technologies that I am interested in, I don’t dare to try them.
In the current environment, if you rashly enter a new industry, you will never be able to find a businessman to take over, and the probability of bankruptcy is too high.
Bankruptcy is extremely scary for us businessmen."
After Du Baonian said this, he asked with some anticipation: "Brother Li, because the bankruptcy regulations are too strict.
Businessmen do not dare to open a company easily. Even if they open a company, they do not dare to borrow money to operate it.
Without the support of bank credit, it would be extremely difficult for small companies to grow."
Li Gong shook his head helplessly and sighed: "I also raised this issue in the parliament, but there was great resistance in the parliament.
In European countries, businessmen have too much power.
Some big businessmen and big nobles unite to defeat the other king.
Some forces in the empire have seen the huge destructive power of businessmen, and their attitude towards strengthening supervision of businessmen has not changed.
The empire destroyed England, France and other countries too quickly, which made some powerful people in the empire see the side of businessmen who harmed the country.
Only when this generation withdraws from the stage of history can the empire loosen its grip on businessmen.
We cannot see this era, but our descendants can see that the future will definitely be more relaxed.
Now we can only act according to our ability and borrow the money we can raise.
As long as the company has no debt, bankruptcy will be relatively easy."
When Du Baonian heard what Li Gong said, he smiled helplessly.
On this occasion, Li Gong said it silently.
This matter should be an open secret among the imperial elite.
His identity has not yet allowed him to integrate into the powerful class, and he still has little knowledge of the specific circumstances of these matters.
Du Baonian learned that the cost of company bankruptcy was extremely high, which was a method used by the imperial court to restrict businessmen.
If he realizes this, he will not expect the court to reduce the cost of the company's bankruptcy.
The only thing he can do in the future is to run the company conscientiously and prevent it from going bankrupt.
Du Baonian sat calmly in his seat. This was not his first time participating in a technology auction.
But this was my first time to participate in a technology auction attended by more than a thousand people.
He couldn't imagine how chaotic the scene would be when the price was called later.
Du Baonian heard a bang and the sound of the door closing.
He saw a man wearing scholar's clothes walking to the high platform in the center of the auditorium.
There are not only microphones on the high platform, but also a large curtain with a projector placed in front of the curtain.
Zhou Baixin walked to the microphone and knocked on it. There were banging sounds from all around the auditorium.
The speakers installed in the auditorium can play his voice normally.
He went straight to the topic without being verbose: "Gentlemen, welcome to participate in the technology auction jointly held by the Royal Academy of Sciences and various universities in the empire.
I assure you as the president of Huaxia University.
There are many technologies in this auction that you have never heard of.
There are many technologies that seem commonplace now, but will make a lot of money in the future.
Following the practice of previous technology auctions, we still divide technologies into four categories: A, B, C and D.
Class A technology will surely put owners ahead of the industry.
But buying Category D technology does not mean it is junk technology.
It is not uncommon for some far-sighted businessmen to purchase Class D technology and rise to prominence in recent years.
This technology auction also used some new methods to allow everyone to understand the auction technology more intuitively.
Close the windows and put on the video."
As soon as Zhou Baixin finished speaking, the windows around the auditorium were immediately blocked by thick cloth.
The auditorium suddenly became dark, with only a faint light shining through the cracks in the windows.
The projector started to rotate, and a clear image appeared on the huge screen.
Zhou Baixin stood aside, and the images played on the curtain would show everyone the relevant technology.
He is very familiar with the first technology, which is a grade-A technology.
The images on the curtain began to demonstrate this technology.
Du Baonian couldn't take his eyes away, staring at the image on the curtain.
This is a completely unmanned electric production line.
A complex motor cabinet composed of buttons and relays controls the motors on the production line and allows the machine tools on the production line to process products according to the process.
Du Baonian saw the content in the video. Workers only need to input materials, and a complex part can be directly processed by this automatic production line.
His eyes widened, shocked at how efficiently these machines worked.
This is the technological upgrade he has always longed for.
Xingsheng Company's grain processing plants, oil pressing plants, and canning plants use this technology.
That can ensure the uniformity of agricultural product processing.
This is an extremely important key parameter in the market.
The quality of the products currently processed by Xingsheng Company varies greatly.
The factory needs to rely on manual sorting in the later stage to separate these products into different levels.
Du Baonian was excited for a while, then he sighed.
With this kind of Grade A technology, the competition will be very fierce. Among the merchants from all over the country, he can only be regarded as an upper-middle-class one.
Many big figures in the Shanxi Merchant Chamber of Commerce were taken away by the government, so he could become the president of the Shanxi Merchant Chamber of Commerce.
Li Gong saw his friend Du Baonian being excited at first and then decadent.
He smiled and said: "There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with bright flowers and dark trees.
This technology auction will definitely make Brother Du return with a full load."
Du Baonian responded absently: "Thank you, Brother Li, for your kind words."
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Zhou Baixin paused the playback of the projector, and he saw the crowd in front of him, and they were talking about it.
He knew that this technology auction was basically stable.
Zhou Baixin said confidently: "With the rapid development of the empire's technology and the differences in the business environment, this technology auction has some different changes.
On the armrest of everyone's seat, there are two red and green buttons, and there is a light bulb next to the button.
This technology auction, because there were too many people, manual bidding seemed too messy.
This time we bid through the button on the seat.
The green button is for asking price, and the red button is for increasing price.
Pressing the red button briefly means increasing the price once, pressing it several times in succession means increasing the price several times.
The light on the seat lights up, indicating that the price is the highest and the technology is about to be auctioned.
When the lights dim, it means there is no bidding or the price is lower than others.
This technology auction will also be divided into shared technologies and exclusive technologies.
Exclusive technology is similar to the previous technology auction. As long as the technology patent protection period is within the protection period, only the person who auctioned the technology can use the technology.
Shared technology is not limited to the number of people in the auction, and it is auctioned at a fixed price.
No matter how many people think the price is right, they can obtain relevant technology by taking a photo of it.
The first technology to be auctioned in the technology auction is factory electrification control technology, which is shared technology.
It only takes one million taels of silver coins to acquire this technology.
Now I announce that this technology has officially started filming."
Principal Zhou Baixin cannot decide which technologies will participate in the auction, but he can decide the order of technology auctions.
He chose electrification control technology mainly because he wanted to get off to a good start.
He is also preparing to verify whether the new auction method can operate normally by allowing merchants to participate in the auction and share technology.
As soon as Principal Zhou Baixin finished speaking, the auditorium immediately became quiet.
They went from discussing technology and other issues to looking for buttons on the seats.
Zhou Baixin listened to the continuous reports from his subordinates.
Everything in the auction system is normal, and the electrical control system is also selling very well.
In such a short period of time, more than a hundred merchants decided to buy it.
The sales volume of this Grade A technology alone exceeds 100 million taels of silver coins.
Zhou Baixin couldn't imagine that one day he would come into contact with so many silver coins.
He looked down upon officials who wanted to abolish the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Apart from being noble, these officials have no ability at all.
This should be the most expensive one-way technology since the empire was founded.
This is really the right time, right place, and the right people are indispensable.
As soon as this result came out, Zhou Baixin's goal was basically achieved, and he has met the conditions for his current transfer.
If such huge achievements cannot be appreciated, many officials will not be promoted in their lifetime according to this standard.
Zhou Baixin believes that these officials just have different positions. They are definitely not stupid and know the hidden dangers of doing so.
Starting from the second technology, Zhou Baixin resumed the situation of previous technology auctions.
The technologies that the Royal Academy of Sciences and various universities have worked hard to develop are placed on a high platform for businessmen in the audience to compete.
Zhou Baixin knows extremely detailed data on the consequences of the economic crisis.
He thought that these businessmen didn't have much money in their pockets.
Unexpectedly, these businessmen continued to spend huge sums of money in order to purchase technology.
Zhou Baixin was surprised at first, but then he got used to this phenomenon.
No matter how bad the economy is, the rich will not be affected.
Du Baonian was on pins and needles as he watched each technique being photographed at a high price.
Looking at the video introduction of these technologies really makes people drool.
He saw a technology marked as exclusive to private companies, called Class A technology for heavy oil engines.
He was captured by several private shipyards jointly with 130 million taels of silver coins.
He didn't know what impact this technology would have on the shipbuilding industry.
But he knew the current situation and was completely fanatical. In order to compete for a technology, some people desperately began to spend money, preparing to grab the technology.
Du Baonian was a little drowsy, but Li Gong next to him was very energetic.
Li Gong reminded: "Brother Du, are you interested in this technology on stage? If you don't have enough money, just ask."
Du Baonian waved his hand and said: "My family background is quite rich. When I encounter difficulties, I will definitely think of Brother Li."
He began to focus on the technology on stage.
This is an improved industrial production technology of instant noodles.
After Du Baonian read the plot, he was surprised by the convenience of instant noodles.
He has a large number of fields under his name, producing wheat, palm oil and other crops.
This is even more good news for Xingsheng Company, which means that even if someone targets them, they are not afraid of being choked.
Du Baonian immediately participated in the bidding. As long as the price did not exceed his psychological price, he would definitely win it.
The opponent soon couldn't hold on anymore and purchased the technology.
After Du Baonian took the photo of the technology, he felt relieved.
Xingsheng Company has added new technologies and will no longer be designated as backward production capacity by the court.
He saw many merchants competing for technology, and even if it was D-type technology, they could not stop the enthusiasm of buyers.
He saw many novel things at this technology auction.
Some businessmen dare to bet that buying freshly harvested crops is cheap and the technology may be promising in the future. This is purely based on luck.
More businessmen directly spend a huge amount of money to auction the technology they are interested in.
Du Baonian quickly waited until the technology auction was over and was shocked by the huge numbers.
The imperial court held this technology auction and recovered at least hundreds of millions of silver coins.
This technology auction was very successful for the imperial court.
The imperial court obtained precious funds to survive the quagmire of the economic crisis.
Businessmen buy the technology and they are very happy.
This was a win-win situation for the court and merchants.