The third interviewer remained noncommittal as he flipped through Zhang Heng's résumé.
"I admire your courage in trying something new, but I noticed that you have no prior experience working at a nuclear power plant. This would be an entirely new field for you."
"I can learn," Zhang Heng replied. "I learn quickly."
"I know. I have no doubt about that, and your record makes it clear as well. After graduating, you rose from assistant engineer to full engineer in a very short time. You are well suited to working at a thermal power plant, so my suggestion is that you stay there. Honestly, the salary we can offer is not much higher than what you make at a thermal power plant. There is no need to give up what you know and start over from scratch."
Zhang Heng had not really cared much about the salary, but in order to play the role of a job applicant properly, he had looked into it a little. The third interviewer was not targeting him; salaries at nuclear power plants really were not much higher than those at thermal power plants. Still, given the choice, many people were willing to switch to a nuclear power plant.
The main reason was that, with SL vigorously promoting nuclear power generation, nuclear power plants held a higher status than thermal power plants, making future promotions easier. That was true for management, at least. For ordinary workers, working at a nuclear power plant was also more prestigious and earned more respect than working at a thermal power plant. Moreover, nuclear power plant construction was in full swing, creating a huge demand for talent and more opportunities for promotion.
Of course, that was not something they could say openly. That was why Zhang Heng had given his