Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Field asked doubtfully, "Master Liu, are you sure Mr. Colt will pay us?"

Liu Ye smiled and said, "Of course, not only will Mr. Colt pay you, I will also give you another salary. Mr. Field will receive 500 taels of silver per month, and each of your assistants will receive 300 taels of silver!"

Five hundred taels of silver would be six thousand taels in a year, which is nearly two thousand dollars when converted into US dollars. Even in the United States, Field's annual income is only one thousand dollars, which is already an upper-class income for the American middle class. If he is an ordinary American worker, his monthly salary is only thirty dollars!

Field was shocked. He looked at Liu Ye in shock and murmured, "Master Liu, you are kidding, right? Are you Chinese so rich? You can actually offer me such a high salary!"

Liu Ye shook his head and replied, "No, Mr. Field, we in China are very poor now, but that's not the point. The point is that you, Mr. Field, are worth so much money! Five hundred taels a month, and Mr. Colt will pay you one thousand five hundred dollars a year. The same goes for the others. Colt will pay everyone eight hundred dollars a person!"

Field's face became solemn. Liu Ye was right. How much money a person should earn depends on his value and how much value he can create for his employer!

Field replied solemnly, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu. As Americans, we value the spirit of contract the most. Since we have signed the relevant contract, we will definitely serve you according to the requirements of the contract!"

Liu Ye nodded and replied, "Mr. Field, I know you have a very high reputation in the engineering and physics fields. I hope you can do me a favor..."

"You said, as long as I can do it, I will be happy to serve!"

Field answered straightforwardly that no one could resist money, and it was now obvious that Mr. Liu Ye was a big money bag, and if he did not curry favor with him, the wealth that was about to be obtained would be gone!

Liu Ye smiled and said, "It's very simple. I hope you can mobilize your personal connections in the United States as much as possible to help me recruit scientific and technological talents. According to your standards, you are a famous professor. Anyone at your level can earn an annual income of 2,000 US dollars in China. Associate professors can earn 1,800 US dollars per year. University lecturers and senior engineers in enterprises can earn 1,200 US dollars per year. As long as they can demonstrate superior abilities in front of me, I will make an exception and give them even more generous treatment! As for top scholars whose reputations are even greater than yours, as long as you can recruit them, they can ask for any conditions. Not only that, I will also give you a separate service fee of 10% of their annual salary. Of course, the premise is that they must have superior abilities!"

Recruiting talents!

Field's eyes immediately lit up. As long as they are senior scholars, they will give me a service fee of 10% of my annual salary. Even if I find ten people, that means I can get double my annual salary!

"Master Liu, are you telling the truth?"

Liu Ye nodded and replied, "Absolutely! And I can give you a suggestion. Set up a company specifically to recruit talents for me. For ordinary engineering and technical talents, the service fee will definitely not be that high, but it can reach 5% of the annual salary. Can you imagine, if you recruit a thousand people for me, what a huge fortune it will be! What if it is 2,000 people? What if it is 3,000 people? As long as you can recruit them for me, I dare to accept it and pay you the corresponding fee!"

Start a company!

Field had never thought about such a thing, and was awakened by Liu Ye's words. He realized that his own power was limited after all. If he wanted to make this matter bigger, he had to mobilize more massive resources!

In reality, Liu Ye had only just come up with this idea. As he spoke, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him, reminding him of the headhunting companies of later generations, which specialized in finding talent for employers, even professionally poaching. In this era, such an industry certainly didn't exist. Wouldn't it be a huge advantage if he established it first? As for how to use these people, they certainly would be useful. Which industry in Shandong wasn't short of talent these days? Just the idea of ​​establishing two universities and a middle school alone would require a large number of Western talents!

If you recruit a thousand people, and calculate the average annual salary at $1,000, that's a total compensation of $1 million. If you calculate the service fee at 8%, that's a whopping $80,000! $80,000 is something you might not be able to earn in ten or twenty years!

Field's heart was pounding!

"I wonder which fields of talent you prioritize, Master Liu Ye. This is for your own good. If I cast a wide net, I'm sure I'll find this many people for you in less than a year. By then, will you be able to come up with that much money? A million dollars? Even the current US government would have to think twice before offering that much..."

Field asked tentatively. He was quite excited and had already moved the issue to the implementation stage.

Liu Ye smiled and said, "I can give you a scope for this. First, engineering talent; second, electrical talent; third, steam turbine and internal combustion engine talent; fourth, weapons manufacturing talent; fifth, business management talent; sixth, banking talent; and seventh, metallurgy and mining talent..."

"Stop, stop!"

Field was sweating profusely and shouted, "Dear Lord Liu, you've already mentioned seven or eight fields in one breath. Even if there are more than ten people in each field, that's hundreds of people! Can you handle so many people? What do you plan to do with them?"

Hahaha……

Liu Ye laughed heartily and said, "Mr. Field, look at me. Don't I need talented people to open a mine? Don't I need talented people to set up a bank? Don't I need talented people to run a machinery bureau and an arsenal? Most importantly, I want to open a school. Which subject doesn't require professional elites to teach? In short, just recruit them. Once you have recruited enough, I will naturally find a place to put them!"

Talents. In this era, talents may not have received such attention, but the value of talents will definitely not decrease due to lack of attention. Liu Ye wants to rely on this time difference to dig out a handful of talents, so that it will be possible to quickly start the construction of Shandong!