Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 186 The Economic Committee of the Academy of Sciences
Steal half a day off.

Catch up with the stable mass production of Zhonghua brand soda ash of Yongli Alkali Factory. Apart from keeping an eye on the production line, the factory has no other important things to do for the time being.

"Zhiyuan, Xudong, you have been tired for a while, and you should have a rest long ago. I think it's a good day today, why don't we go to the Haihe River? Enjoy the scenery, enjoy the wind, don't spend the whole day Shut yourself up in the factory and keep stretching the strings, sooner or later something will go wrong."

Cheng Nuo wiped the sweat from his brow, but he forgot that his hands were covered with engine oil, and under the influence of sweat, he turned into a black Baogong.

"Mr. Zhang, go get busy first. I still have a lot of work under my command. After finishing these things as soon as possible, our output can increase by another liter."

From small boilers, steam turbines, generators, compressors, vacuum pumps, to large pig iron manufacturing equipment, carbonization towers, ammonium distillation towers and other soda-making equipment, Cheng Nuo needed to make up his mind.

Knocking on the parts next to it, and lying down on it to take a closer look, Cheng Nuo took out a chalk and directly marked a big red cross on it.

"There are too many trachomas on it. According to the standards set by our Institute of Applied Engineering, it is impossible to ensure the long-term production of soda ash. Even if it can be used for a period of time by luck, it is estimated that it will not be too long, and when something goes wrong, it will also affect the purity of our soda ash. This will affect our "China" reputation."

Fan Xudong was a little nervous: "Then do you know where the problem is?"

Cheng Nuo knocked on the parts again, and after listening carefully to the sound, he said firmly: "If there is no accident, this time it is because the temperature of the molten iron is not enough during casting. To solve this problem, we must take it back to the original factory and recast it, but let me see , the effect after returning to the furnace will not be very good, the main problem is that the technology of the factory is not enough."

Fan Xudong showed embarrassment: "This is the seventh iron foundry we have changed. There is nothing to change. Don't look at the trachoma, but it is already the factory with the best cast iron technology in Tianjin."

Cheng Nuo refused to give up: "Are there any better factories in other areas of Zhili? If not, let's go to the northeast."

Fan Xudong shook his head helplessly: "Purely in terms of industrial technology, apart from Shanghai and Guangzhou, no city dare say that its industrial level is higher than Tianjin."

This is not an exaggeration at all. Due to well-known reasons, the dependence of national industries on foreign capital has also contributed to the unreasonable pattern of industrial concentration in large coastal cities.

By the 20s, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangzhou accounted for 30% of the total number of workers in the country, 39.8% of the total capital, and 51.3% of the GDP.

And this kind of industry far away from domestic raw material production places further increases the dependence on foreign capital.

In this context, although Cheng Nuo's road to developing domestic soda ash was bumpy, he had good conditions for independent development.

Of course, just because one person is strong and a factory is prosperous does not mean that the entire region or even the country has a high level of industrial strength.

Therefore, Cheng Nuo also intends to use the construction of Yongli Alkali Plant to attract a group of supporting manufacturers around to form a chemical industrial park.

Use your own sales to drive the update of local industrial technology.

After all, there are so many industries, it's impossible for Cheng Nuo to cover everything.

Looking at the surroundings, there are still many identical spare parts. If you look closely, they all have similar problems.

Fan Xudong was very helpless about this: "How about, let's use foreign products, not to mention the low price, and the quality is guaranteed."

Cheng Nuo resolutely refused: "It's better for us to do less about taking the initiative to make people's necks stuck. Later, I will lead a team to go to the iron foundry to see it in person. If it can be solved, I will help solve it together."

Fan Xudong nodded: "Okay, tell me the time later, so that they can make an appointment in advance."

At this time, Cheng Nuo suddenly remembered that there was Zhang Jian by his side, and he was busy with work just now, so he almost forgot about it, and turned his head back quickly.

At this time, there was no Zhang Jian around, and he didn't know where he was going for a long time.

Cheng Nuo sighed: "Oh, Mr. Zhang has stayed up with us for a lot of nights recently. He is really suffering at such an age. I have to talk to him about it later."

"Wipe your Bao Gong's face first, or it will dry up in a while, and it will be even more difficult to deal with." Fan Xudong handed over a handkerchief, and said with a little distress: "The road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, especially if you are walking on a road. The road that no one else has traveled is even more difficult."

Of course, Cheng Nuo's arrangement was not limited to technical aspects, especially in terms of enterprise management. Taking advantage of the reshuffle stage of Tianjin's industry, he made multiple bets.

After finishing his work, Cheng Nuo immediately called Jiang Jiangzuo.

"Lifu, long time no see. How are you doing? The economic power of our Academy of Sciences is in your hands. How does it feel to be in power?"

Jiang Lifu had a wry smile on his face, and the bags under his eyes were much heavier than before: "Forget it, learning mathematics well and doing well in economics are two different things. It's not so easy to control income while worrying about income. thing?"

Cheng Nuo smiled and handed over a cup of tea: "Thank you, I just found a young man named Fang for you. How is it? I didn't make any arrangements for him, and the talents are all coming after you."

Talking about the new subordinate, Jiang Jiangzuo's face softened slightly: "The sensitivity to numbers is indeed good, he is very talented, and he is a good seedling. I wonder if he was born by Bole Tuo in his previous life. Where can I find such a young man?" What kind of strange people come?"

Cheng Nuo leaned against the table, and said cheerfully, "Things of a kind gather together and people are divided into groups. As our strength and reputation have risen, naturally talented little guys will come here, but how to use them reasonably and help them grow into talents is just a matter of course." Not a small problem."

Jiang Jiangzuo took the cup, warmed his hands and nodded, "That's right, but why did you call me here today? It's not just to arrange for Fang Xianting, is it?"

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you. The main reason I came to you today is to plan a new industrial direction."

The topic finally got down to business. Jiang Jiangzuo put the cup on the table, took out a pen and paper from his breast pocket, and said with a serious expression, "You talk, I'll listen."

"Do you know what I've been busy with recently about making alkali?" Cheng Nuo raised his hands and pressed down, smiling, "Don't be so nervous, just listen first."

"I know, since you came to Tianjin a few months ago, you haven't been back to Beijing for several months. If you didn't call me over today, I might not be able to see you." Jiang Jiangzuo's face flashed a trace of helplessness, Immediately, he seemed to think of something extraordinary: "Why, the alkali was successfully produced?"

Cheng Nuo had a mysterious smile on his face. At present, the outside world generally doesn't know the real situation of the factory, so he deliberately kept it secret: "I will find out about this in a few days, but I am going to give you a list right now. Look at it. Do it, it’s all about the soda ash industry.”

With that said, Cheng Nuo handed over a list of industries.

The ink on it was still wet, so it was evident that it had just been drafted.

"Soda ash industry?" As an outsider, Jiang Jiangzuo obviously doesn't know much about this industry and related industries.

Cheng Nuo had already prepared for this.

Pointing to the words on the document, he slowly explained: "Although some of the pasta we eat now requires the addition of soda ash, in fact, civilian use only accounts for a small part of soda ash, and the industrial value is far greater than this.

In the soda ash of industry purpose, it is mainly applied to light industry, building materials and chemical industry, accounting for about 2/3: followed by metallurgy, textiles, petroleum, defense, and pharmaceutical.

The largest consuming sector of soda ash is the glass industry.In the chemical industry, it is used to prepare water glass, sodium nitrate, sodium fluoride, baking soda, borax, etc.

In the metallurgical industry, it is used as a cosolvent for smelting, as a flotation agent for ore dressing, as a desulfurizer in steelmaking, and as a water softener in the printing and dyeing industry.In the tanning industry, it is used for degreasing raw hides, neutralizing chrome tanned leather and increasing the alkalinity of chrome liquid.

Even in the steel industry, if there is no addition of alkali, the sulfur contained in the steel cannot be removed. "

Jiang Jiangzuo was confused: "So what do you mean?"

Cheng Nuo said seriously: "I mean, these industries will usher in new developments in the future, and new developments will inevitably drive changes in the domestic industrial situation, but the changes are not necessarily in the right direction, and an industry leader is needed , to explore first and lead everyone forward.”

Jiang Jiangzuo recalled a bit: "That is to say, we are going to invest in some companies and become the industry leader in the future?"

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "It can be said that, so next you have to study carefully, which factory is suitable for investment, it doesn't matter if the scale is small, the important thing is the talent, people from our Academy of Sciences are good at technology, but they are still not good for business. .”

Jiang Jiangzuo got up immediately: "No problem, I'll go down and look, and try to pick out one or two of the industries you listed above."

Cheng Nuo nodded: "Well, it needs to be faster."

Jiang Jiangzuo was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Nuo stopped him again: "Don't rush away, there is still a piece of paper below, which is different from the previous ones, these are all supporting industries for alkali production, and you also need to select a few representatives, At that time, we will choose the best among the best and invest in the name of the Academy of Sciences."

Jiang Jiangzuo opened his eyes wide: "There are so many factories, can we get them here?"

Cheng Nuo waved his hand, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and explained: "Don't look too much, I actually did a simple investigation, and the scale is not large, most of them are small workshops run by family partners, not so many twists and turns."

Although from 1912 to 1927, the number of industrial and commercial enterprises approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the Beijing government reached 1627, with an average of 102 registered each year, involving many industries.

But in fact, there were 1913 factories in China employing more than 30 workers in 279, and it only increased to 1920 in 808. The slightly larger factories have basically been taught in history textbooks.

In other words, even if Cheng Nuo bought all the industries related to soda ash into one or two companies, it would not cost too much money overall.

Jiang Jiangzuo was a little puzzled: "Even if it's cheap, isn't it too much for us to buy so much at once?"

Cheng Nuo thought for a while, and then said boldly: "Then just set up an economic committee. You will be the chairman of the committee, recruit some good seedlings, and supervise and know the development of these holding factories. Only by concentrating on the special period can rapid development be achieved. We can't trust anyone else."

Jiang Jiangzuo hesitated for a moment, and then continued to ask: "The soda ash, have we successfully produced it?"

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "It's all come to this point, do you still need to ask?"

It is not enough to just do a good job in a certain factory. If you want to do it, you have to make a set.

Including the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industrial chain, just like the BYD cars of later generations, the reputation is not mentioned for the time being.

But there is one thing that is difficult for its peers to do, that is, all the parts of the vehicle can be independently manufactured, even if it is outsourced, it is outsourced with low technical content and no barriers to entry.

Ugly country wanted to get stuck, but didn't know where to start.

Cheng Nuo has a similar idea here, and it affects the whole body, even if there is any accident, it can be resolved in a timely and controllable manner.

On the other side, although Zhang Jian failed to take Cheng Nuo and the two out, he did not give up his wandering plan.

When I came to the Haihe River, I saw someone fishing on the bank, so I got a pair of fishing rods under my heart.

Mumbling in his mouth, he caught a few fresh fish to improve the food for Cheng Nuo and the others.

Before the fishing rod in his hand was warm, he suddenly saw a foreigner coming from the corner of his eye.

Being in the concession, there were quite a few foreigners in Tianjin, and Zhang Jian had no curiosity about foreigners, so his attention was always on the fishing rod in his hand and the float on the water.

"Grandpa, I caught a few. I think the fish are in good condition." The foreigner asked curiously.

"Wow, there are some miscellaneous fish today, and the big one was not caught." Zhang Jian was a little helpless: "Plus, I am not familiar with the water conditions here, and I haven't stocked it yet, but you, a foreigner, have a good accent." .”

Although he was familiar with this voice, Zhang Jian didn't think much about it.

After all, in his eyes, foreigners, unless they are particularly ugly, actually look the same.

As for the stiff voice, it is more normal.

If the words are sloppy, and some slang words can pop out from time to time, then it is really worth watching.

"I like the scenery of your country very much. I have been in your country for a long time, and I regard it as my second hometown. In addition, I like Chinese culture and often speak Chinese, so I can be more fluent. You compare, or not." The foreigner said politely.

"Haha, you can say that this level is quite good. Among the foreigners I know, you can at least rank in the top five." Zhang Jian stroked his beard and said proudly: "Our China is a country with a history of thousands of years. It is an ancient civilized country, and there are many historical sites and scenic spots, which are enough to feast the eyes of the gentleman, but I don’t know who the gentleman is?"

Seeing this, the gringo finally showed his true colors.

"Me?" The foreigner shrugged his shoulders: "Mr. Zhang, let's get to know each other again. I am Li Lide, the general manager of Bu Neimen Yangcai Company in China. I am very happy to meet Mr. Zhang again."

"Isn't this the crazy foreigner who just came to Tianjin? Why did he change so much today?" Zhang Jianxin said.

But out of personal cultivation, Zhang Jian held back his temper and asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

"Yes, I heard that Mr. Zhang has shares in Yongli Soda Plant. On behalf of Bu Neimen Yang Soda Company, I am willing to buy your shares at twice the market price. I don't know what to do?"

(End of this chapter)