After entering the system, Zhang Yi first spent 30 million directly in the system to exchange for 10,000 Scholar Coins. Since he was preparing for large-scale hiring, he might as well exchange for more Scholar Coins.
He then entered the mechanical industry category and hired fifty Red Alert Trainee Mechanical Engineers.
After hiring the fifty Red Alert Trainee Mechanical Engineers, Zhang Yi went on to hire ten Red Alert Trainee Metallurgical Engineers through the system.
This was because it had been over a month since he had hired several metallurgical scholars to research bearing steel, yet they still had not made a breakthrough.
To speed up the research, Zhang Yi had no choice but to hire more metallurgical scholars. After all, one person's ideas were limited, while many minds could accomplish more.
Besides, once the System Upgrade was complete, he would be able to hire higher-level scholars, making a breakthrough in this area much easier.
Zhang Yi had also come to realize that while Elementary Beginner Scholars were indeed highly skilled—more skilled than many Advanced Technicians in his world—that was limited to their practical skills.
Expecting them to conduct cutting-edge research was unrealistic. These scholars were simply outstanding workers; no matter how remarkable their skills were, they were still workers. Rather than expecting them to conduct research, it was better to let them focus on their jobs.
Of course, not every Elementary Beginner Scholar was like this. There were one or two exceptions, such as Jia Qing.
After hiring ten metallurgical scholars, Zhang Yi planned to hire another ten Industrial Computer Software Scholars and ten Industrial Computer hardware scholars. He did not hire all the Industrial Computer scholars as Red Alert Trainee Engineers, since Red Alert Trainee Engineers did not hold an advantage in this field.
Thus, aside from Red