Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 157 The Importance of the Invitation

Not to mention, there are still a lot of talents in European countries at this time. Although compared with those extremely famous top scientists, these outstanding talents are still lacking in fame.

But what they lack is not necessarily knowledge and ability, it may just be a little bit of luck.

This is not an exaggeration. For example, regarding alternating current and direct current, most people in later generations only know about the current war between Edison and Tesla.

But in fact, during the long period of the electrification revolution, a large number of outstanding electricity experts have emerged in countries around the world.

Some people may not be capable enough to be ranked as top scientists, but some people really just lack a little bit of luck and lag behind others in scientific research.

Only the scientists who first achieved research results are recorded in history. As for the second and third people who discovered a certain research result, they are often not known to most people.

When Spain set its sights on attracting talent from many small and medium-sized countries in Europe, it soon discovered many outstanding scientists who had lost their jobs due to the economic crisis.

These people may not be outstanding in their abilities, but they are also excellent scientific researchers. For Spain, these people are also extremely important backbone-like talent reserves, and naturally they cannot be let go.

Although their treatment is slightly worse than that of top scientists, it is obviously a rare job compared to their current situation of losing their jobs in the economic crisis.

Moreover, these outstanding researchers will get more opportunities in the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain. The Royal Academy of Sciences has sufficient research and development funds. As long as they have the ability, they may change history and become the founders of a certain field of research.

As long as they can complete groundbreaking research, the Royal Academy of Sciences and Carlo will not be stingy with rewards. The most basic reward is the reward of funds and property, and the higher reward is the reward of titles, which directly makes them a member of the Spanish hereditary nobility.

This was explained in advance when these researchers were invited to join the Royal Academy of Sciences. As long as these scientists made outstanding contributions to the various research projects of the Royal Academy of Sciences, they would be eligible for the Spanish knighthood award.

Moreover, the title is based on contribution. As long as the contribution is great enough, what's wrong with becoming the Duke of Spain?
Although the new nobles would not have territories, the hereditary title and the huge improvement in status were also something these scientists could not refuse.

Don't forget that most European countries are currently in the era of monarchy. Except for France, which is a special power, all the powers in Europe are monarchies.

This also led to the fact that these scientists were not opposed to the monarchy, and even many French scientists supported the monarchy.

After all, it had only been a few years since the reign of Napoleon III ended, and the royalist forces in France were still the largest powerful class.

Another benefit of winning over these foreign experts is that they can freely use the foreign patents they have access to.

Of course, doing so is definitely an infringement of patent rights. But the problem is that this is not the future when transportation and economy are highly developed.

In this era, any cross-border patent case can make a company collapse. If others are in a good mood, they may pay some cross-border patent fees, but if they are in a bad mood, they will just copy the patent.

Unless the company that owns the patent has a certain voice in its own country, and that country also has a certain voice internationally, it will basically gain no benefits when faced with a cross-border patent dispute.

Other countries can easily drag their feet for several years. During these years, they have already developed new things based on the original patents, and can even turn around and falsely accuse the other party of plagiarizing their patents.

Of course, cross-border patent cases must ultimately be litigated in the country of infringement. How can you lose a lawsuit in Spain against a Spanish company?

Although it is unavoidable to do so, it is indeed the choice of most countries and companies in this era. Instead of relying on patent fees from others, it is better to turn research results into huge profits and make money for subsequent research and development.

Just like the two famous cola brands in later generations, although the formula of cola looks mysterious, it is actually not that difficult.

It may not be possible to imitate 100%, but it is no problem to imitate more than 90%. However, it is precisely because the two major cola brands have occupied a huge market that it is difficult for other brands to enter the cola market.

What's more, the two major brands of the advanced factory frantically expanded their production lines with the huge profits obtained in the early stage, thereby greatly reducing their product costs.

Companies that enter the market later face high costs for small-scale production. The cost difference alone is enough to make it difficult for other companies to compete with the two major companies in the cola industry.

The reason why Coca-Cola has maintained a relatively low price in later generations is actually a conspiracy based on the above factors. The two major Coca-Cola brands can naturally earn income at a relatively low price because of the lower costs brought about by large-scale production.

However, it is difficult for latecomers to maintain low prices under high costs. If the price cannot form an advantage, how can they compete with the two major brands that have already occupied most of the market?

The same is true of Carlo's idea in the field of automobiles. If Benz and his team could develop and mass-produce automobiles earlier than Ford, the company that pioneered assembly line production in history, they would be able to gain a certain advantage in the automobile market.

When other brands officially entered the automobile market, what they had to face was Benz, a company that had formed a certain brand influence and effectively reduced costs by relying on a high market share.

It's a pity that Carlo can't be of much help in attracting talents.

There was no way around it. Most of the famous celebrities and scientists that Carlo knew only became famous in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Some even gained a certain reputation during the First and Second World Wars.

For example, the famous Einstein was not yet born. Marie Curie, who discovered the element radium and was included in textbooks, was still a child at this time. Nikola Tesla, who fought the electric current war with Edison, was only 17 years old at this time.

Although these people will become hugely famous in the future, it is obviously not appropriate to have too much contact with them now.

Perhaps because of the extra exposure and changes in their early lives, they no longer have the opportunity to become the famous people in history.

In order to facilitate his own talent discovery in the future, Carlo did not interfere too much with the Royal Security Intelligence Agency and the government's discovery and development of talents.

In a word, it can be summed up in one sentence: believe in the outstanding talents born in this era, and don't be too superstitious about famous figures in history.

Although some people are born with talent, it is undeniable that early life experiences are also an important factor in the progress and growth of geniuses.

In fact, as long as we can tap these backbone talents from various countries, we can also rely on their knowledge reserves to cultivate Spain's own outstanding talents.

Although Spain has not produced any Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry in history, who can be sure that the Spain of this world will not produce a few talented and famous scientists under Carlo's strong training?
Back to Spain's efforts to attract talent. There are many scientists in Europe, and their personalities are very different.

The easier ones are scientists who value their own interests and income. These people only need to be impressed with money, and they will basically agree to come to Spain.

For those who are more focused on scientific research, the Royal Academy of Sciences can also solve the problem. The Royal Academy of Sciences can provide an excellent scientific research environment and sufficient scientific research funds, and being a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences is also a recognition of one's status.

Finally, there are those who not only focus on scientific research but also value their own status. Carlo personally invited them to come to Spain as the King of Spain to take up important positions in universities, such as vice dean of the college, vice president of the university and honorary president, etc.

Being personally invited by a king and appointing them to important positions in colleges and universities was a great honor for these scientists.

Of course, those who receive this treatment are basically scientists who already have a certain reputation and status. These people have already achieved something in their own fields, and naturally they are worth Carlo's personal efforts to win them over. Of course, these fields are basically the research fields of physics, chemistry, biology, etc. that Spain attaches great importance to. If it is a literary giant, I'm sorry, Spain is not very interested.

Although cultural propaganda is also important, this kind of work can be done by literary workers in Spain. Carlo is not interested in inviting foreign literary masters. After all, these literary masters are generally very noble and have a lot of things to do.

June 1873, 6, Portugal.

"Manuel, have you also received the invitation letter from His Majesty the King of Spain?" In a hospital that was obviously bankrupt, a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties said to his friend in front of him.

"Yes." The man named Manuel nodded, without disguising: "Although I don't want to leave Portugal, there is no job for me in Portugal now."

Although the economic crisis suffered by Portugal is not serious, Portugal itself is not a strong country. When other countries are facing economic crises, small and medium-sized countries like Portugal have become the target of the economic crisis.

How to divert the economic crisis? Of course, dumping industrial products in large quantities to countries like Portugal in exchange for a certain amount of income and easing the economic pressure on various companies.

Portugal's domestic industry is simply unable to withstand the impact of foreign industrial products. Due to the deliberate dumping by other countries, countless Portuguese companies have gone bankrupt.

This is also the sadness of weak countries, because weak countries cannot choose their own destiny. But Portugal can't say anything, because the countries that dump industrial products in Portugal are those that cannot be offended.

This is why the economic crisis in Spain is not serious. If Spain also suffered a serious economic crisis, it would definitely dump its industrial products to Portugal.

Spain, which is also on the Iberian Peninsula, does not have too much transportation burden. If it dumps a large number of industrial products to Portugal, Portugal may not be able to bear it.

The middle-aged man who spoke first nodded without any surprise, with a helpless smile on his face: "Man, it looks like we have to go to Spain together."

Manuel was stunned for a moment, looked at his friend, who was also his fellow apprentice, and asked with a little surprise: "Are you going to Spain too, Egas?"

Egas nodded and said, "I don't want to leave Portugal either. But there is no way. The conditions offered by Spain are too high. The vice president of the Zaragoza Medical School, the second-level academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the senior expert of the Royal Academy of Sciences Medical Research Institute, who can refuse this?"

Manuel was stunned for a moment and looked at his friend in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Egas was a little surprised. Why did his friend suddenly show such an expression?
"The conditions offered to me by the Spanish side are also to become a second-level academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences and a senior expert at the Royal Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, but my job is at the Royal College of Medicine, and I am also the vice president." Manuel shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Egas was also stunned, and finally blurted out: "It seems that His Majesty the King of Spain is serious about winning over talents this time. But come to think of it, who can refuse such generous conditions?"

It is worth mentioning that the conditions offered to Manuel and Egas were indeed promised by Carlo himself. The two men came from the same school, and their teacher was the famous Portuguese medical expert Bernardino Antonio Gomes.

As Portugal's first dermatologist, Bernardino Antonio Gomes once served the Portuguese royal family and cultivated typhoid and infectious diseases for many years.

During the years he traveled between Portugal and Brazil, he published many reports on the morphology and medicinal properties of plants, as well as the incidence and treatment of infectious diseases, and enjoyed a high reputation in the Portuguese medical community.

His two disciples, Manuel and Egas, also obtained their doctoral degrees in medicine at an early age and held important positions in private hospitals in Portugal.

But unfortunately, despite its large scale, this private hospital was also affected by the economic crisis.

There are many scientists who have similar experiences to Manuel and Egas, and they are also on Spain's list of talents to be recruited.

In order to make these talents feel respected enough, the Spanish Talent Attraction Association, in the name of the royal family and the Royal Academy of Sciences, invites these famous scientists and talents to work in various universities and to serve as academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences and other positions.

In addition to an invitation issued in Carlo's name, the invitation letter also included a detailed list of salaries and benefits for various positions.

Being a second-level member of the Royal Academy of Sciences alone already brings in a relatively high income, not to mention holding important positions at universities as their main job, which can earn them even more than what these scientists earned from their original jobs.

More importantly, because of their status as members of the Royal Academy of Sciences, they can use the Royal Academy of Sciences' large laboratories and have their own research and development funds.

If they do not like to compete with other academicians for the use of large laboratories, they can also use the research laboratories of various universities by virtue of their positions at the university.

When they grow up to become third-level academicians, they will have the power to set up their own laboratories. This is also the most attractive place for those talents. After all, who doesn’t want to have a laboratory of their own, so that they can conduct their own research without worrying about research funds?

Of course, the Royal Society will also review the research projects submitted by all members to ensure that they are all useful projects.

Even some more important projects can enjoy unlimited research funding, provided that all research funds are used for the right purposes.

If scientists put all the research funds into their own pockets, the Royal Society will not be a pushover.

Carlo's purpose in establishing the Royal Academy of Sciences was to provide laboratories and research and development funds for capable scientists to help them conduct experiments, not to serve fake scientists who falsify experimental results or even embezzle research funds for their own selfish desires.

Spain's efforts to attract talent are quite successful. Apart from anything else, the way of attracting people with both fame and fortune is indeed attractive enough.

Within a month of sending out the invitation letter, hundreds of replies had been received, most of which were from people willing to come to Spain.

Of course, it is impossible for all of these people to hold important positions. Most of the ordinary talents can only hold positions such as first-class academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences and professors of certain universities, or are not qualified to enter the Royal Academy of Sciences at all.

Carlo naturally accepted all these talents. Even if some of them were not very capable, they still had some theoretical knowledge and could be a professor at a university.

After all, those outstanding scientists mainly focus on their own projects and it is difficult for them to have time to cultivate outstanding talents.

Although some invitations were rejected, the scientists' replies were quite tactful and also showed enough respect for Carlo and the Spanish government.

After all, it is the recognition of a country's king and government. Even if cooperation cannot be achieved, it is at least a way to prove one's ability.

The invitation letter printed with the Spanish royal emblem can even become a powerful tool for showing off. After all, whether or not you receive an invitation letter means whether you are taken seriously in Spain, right?

To put it bluntly, aren't scientists who are not taken seriously simply incompetent?

It is precisely because of this that even scientists who rejected the invitation were quite polite. Some even kept the invitation as if it were an award certificate.

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