Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 142: Select the best?

A quarrel that was seen by everyone working on the cattle farm ended quickly.

The cattle farm team members thought that Zhao Baogen would help his own people, but who knew that Zhao Baogen actually favored outsiders.

After the crowd dispersed, Lin Xiaohe glared at Xia Yu with dissatisfaction, then turned and left.

Xia Yu was also filled with anger at the time of the quarrel, but after calming down, he felt scared. If he had confronted them head-on, he would probably have gotten into trouble. Fortunately, the captain and the young man named Gu Zhan still understood the situation.

On the way back, Zhao Baogen sighed. This cattle farm had just been established and something like this had happened. There was still a long way to go. What should he do?

"Gu boy, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"

On the way here, Gu Zhan had already roughly understood why they were arguing and the basic psychology of the team members in charge of the cattle farm. After a little thought, he expressed his thoughts.

"Uncle Zhao, I think our biggest problem right now is the unprofessionalism of our breeding staff. They lack professional knowledge about cattle breeding, have low learning motivation, and are very xenophobic. What we urgently need to do now is to popularize cattle breeding knowledge among the team members, let them know what scientific breeding methods are, and make reasonable adjustments to the personnel."

After a pause, Gu Zhan continued, "Over at the cattle farm, since we're working according to the work point system, Uncle Zhao, can we consider selecting the best candidates?"

"Select the best ones?" Gu Zhan's words reminded Zhao Baogen that the breeding personnel in charge of the cattle farm could actually be screened in the village.

"But these guys are all experts in raising livestock in the brigade. Even if we choose someone else, they might not be as good as us."

"Uncle Zhao, these are not the key points. Any knowledge can be learned."

"But where are we from..." Zhao Baogen was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "You and Xiaoxia can give a lecture to the members of our team! When it comes to breeding, who in our team knows more than you?"

Gu Zhan smiled and nodded. "Uncle Zhao, we can hold a simple one or two-day training course for the whole village. Anyone in the brigade who wants to work on the cattle farm can sign up for the course. Then we'll ask Xiao Xia to be the teacher and give them a simple knowledge quiz. Then they can go to work on the cattle farm."

Gu Zhan's thinking is actually similar to that of corporate recruiters in later generations, but it is simpler and more direct, and can effectively drive the industrialization and standardization of Shanghe Village's cattle farm.

"Okay, let's do as you say."

After finalizing the relevant matters with Zhao Baogen, Gu Zhan went to the educated youth site before lunch the next day.

The educated youths at the educated youth center all knew that Gu Zhan was now a key figure in the village, and they all wanted to build a relationship with Gu Zhan. When Gu Zhan entered the educated youth center, they were also very enthusiastic.

"Comrade Gu Zhan, are you here to look for someone?" The educated youth Zhang Jiqing was washing vegetables in the yard. When he saw Gu Zhan enter the yard, he stood up and greeted Gu Zhan.

"Well, I'm here to find Xia Yu."

"He's inside the house now."

"Thank you!"

After thanking Zhang Jiqing, Gu Zhan walked over and knocked on Xia Yu's door.

Because of what happened yesterday, Xia Yu's work enthusiasm in Shanghe Village, which had just been ignited, has dropped sharply. He came back early after finishing his work in the morning. Now he is in the room organizing the information he collected this morning.

He also thought about just letting go and watching the people in the cattle farm do whatever they wanted. After all, this was Shanghe Village's cattle farm, and he was just sent by the research institute to do research. Whether they were good or bad had little to do with him.

But then he thought, "Anhe No. 1" is the result of more than ten years of hard work by his master Guo Zhida. If he ignores it and the "Anhe No. 1" scalper promotion project fails, he will feel sorry for his master.

After thinking about it, he still felt that he couldn't just let it go, but what kind of solution could he come up with to solve this problem?

Xia Yu was stumped.

Just as he was racking his brains for a solution, he heard a knock on the door.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear what Gu Zhan and Zhang Jiqing were saying. When he heard a knock on the door, he thought it was the educated youth calling him to eat because the meal was ready.

He lazily stood up from the bed, opened the door, and saw Gu Zhan standing there.

Xia Yu had a good feeling towards this contradictory young man in front of him who was younger than him but more imposing than him, because of the breakfast he had just had when he arrived, and because he stood on his side in the quarrel yesterday.

He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked Gu Zhan: "What's the matter?"

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "There is something I need to discuss with you."

"Oh, please come in!" Xia Yu pushed the door back, opened it a little wider, and stepped sideways to invite Gu Zhan in.

Even in winter, the sun is not very warm even after eleven o'clock in the morning. The sunlight shines in through the door, but there is no warmth at all.

"Are you used to living in this house?"

Xia Yu was stunned. He didn't expect that this would be the first question he asked when he saw Gu Zhan.

"I'm used to it. It's not bad. The conditions at our previous research base were much worse than this."

"Well! That's good!" Since Xia Yu was used to living there, Gu Zhan didn't ask too many questions and directly told her the purpose of his visit today.

"Well, you're probably aware of what happened yesterday. We can't continue running a cattle farm in this muddled way. We'd like to organize a training session on animal husbandry knowledge and invite you to teach. The class will be open to all members of the Shanghe Village Production Brigade. Our goal is to popularize professional animal husbandry knowledge."

Gu Zhan's words made Xia Yu's eyes light up. At the same time, he was also curious. How could a young man from the countryside have such advanced ideas?

Facing the obvious probing look in Xia Yu's eyes, Gu Zhan said calmly, "Then we'll hold a simple interview on cattle breeding knowledge. Based on your previous experience, keep the ones you think can be used. What do you think?"

Xia Yu couldn't believe his ears. Gu Zhan's words were equivalent to handing the initiative of hiring people for the cattle farm into his hands.

"Are you relieved? This is your brigade's own cattle farm!"

Gu Zhan smiled calmly: "Professional people do professional things, we feel more at ease."

Gu Zhan's strategy of attacking the enemy's heart was indeed effective. Xia Yu said with delight, "I will definitely select suitable people for you to take good care of the cattle! I will strive to make your team's cattle generate more economic benefits, as long as you trust me!"

Gu Zhan patted Xia Yu on the shoulder and said, "Then I would like to thank you on behalf of Captain Zhao."

Xia Yu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "It's my duty."