The train driver in the courtyard

Zhu Yuanrong had already planned to fool people.

Anyway, the comrades in the army don’t understand the situation of Beijing Chemical Industry, so we should first find a few interns to take over and keep the stall going.

After several factories in the eastern suburbs free up manpower, we will concentrate our efforts on tackling the project. This will not affect the normal scientific research and production in the factory, and will also provide an explanation to the higher authorities.

Now seeing Wang Qingdian, Zhu Yuanrong immediately realized that his little plan had failed.

He handed out a few cigarettes, lit one himself, and said with a smile, "We at Jingcheng Chemical will fully cooperate with the research and production work, but our main research direction is not acrylic acid, and we lack relevant equipment. But please rest assured, Director Li, we will definitely let the process department give priority to the development of the required equipment."

He was worried that Li Aiguo didn't understand, so he added, "This equipment is just like your guns to us chemical workers."

It's not that we don't want to invest in the project, but we lack the corresponding equipment. You can't force us to do something without any effort.

Li Aiguo listened quietly, then smiled and took out a document and handed it over.

"No need to go through so much trouble. Jingcheng Chemical seems to have studied acrylic acid before liberation, right?
The chemical plant has basic equipment such as light component distillation tower, acetic acid tower and acrylic acid refining tower.

There are also various chemical pumps, fans and other general machinery.

All that is missing is a partition wall heat exchanger and a fixed bed reactor.”

When Zhu Yuanrong heard that the assets of Jingcheng Chemical had been counted, he was shocked at first, then he looked at Wang Qingdian and immediately understood.

"Brother Qingzhu, it seems that you really care about this project."

Wang Qingdian smiled and said, "I am an old man who is half buried in the earth. I am here with my face licked. I am just trying to help our Xinhua Reagent Research Institute accumulate more technology."

Wang Qingdian used the name Xinhua Reagent Research Institute instead of Jingcheng Chemical, which immediately caused embarrassment to Zhu Yuanrong and Director Zhan.

"Old Director, what happened back then."

Just as Director Zhan was about to explain, Wang Qingdian waved his hand and said, "What happened back then was just a dispute over the direction of development. There is no superiority or inferiority. It's just that Jingcheng Chemical is becoming less and less promising now."

After these words were spoken, Director Zhan's expression changed slightly.

Wang Qingdian is the old director. It is normal for him to have some opinions about Beijing Chemical Industry because of what happened back then.

However, it is ungraceful to accuse Beijing Chemical Industry of not doing a good job.

As the factory leader, Director Zhan was not in a position to refute. A middle-aged man in a gray Mao suit stood up and said, "Old Director, Jingcheng Chemical is currently the largest chemical factory in Beijing, with more than 30 branches. Compared with the past, the scale has increased by nearly 50 times. Isn't your opinion a bit biased?"

Wang Qingdian looked at the middle-aged man.

Director Zhan stood up quickly and reprimanded the middle-aged man with a stern face: "Old Chen, Director Wang is the old director. As our senior, Director Wang has the right to express his opinions. We, the younger generation, must learn and accept with an open mind. Only in this way can we make progress, understand?"

These words seemed to be a lesson to Lao Chen, but in fact they were also meant to warn Wang Qingdian.

Wang Qingdian is now just an old director and has no power to interfere in the internal work of Beijing Petrochemical.

Wang Qingdian didn't seem to understand Director Zhan's intention. He looked at Zhu Yuanrong and asked, "What new technology have you developed in Jingcheng Chemical in the past two years? What new chemical products have you developed?"

This question directly hit Zhu Yuanrong's chest, and his expression darkened.

Director Zhan wanted to take over the conversation, but he opened his mouth and didn't say a word.

Wang Qingdian went on to say: “No matter how big a factory is, it is still just a factory and can never be as big as a research institute.

You have now abandoned Mr. Gao's teachings and turned the institute into a factory.

All of you researchers have become skilled workers.

Compared with ordinary workers, they just wear white coats, and their tools have changed from machines to stirring rods, cough cough cough! "

Wang Qingdian became more and more agitated and started coughing violently.

Li Aiguo was startled and quickly stood up to help him massage his back, but Wang Qingdian stopped him with a look.

Wang Qingdian took a deep breath, and his voice trembled a little at the end, and his tone became heavier and heavier.

"Xinhua Reagent Research Institute is completely dead!"

Several researchers who rushed over after hearing the news stood at the door and dared not utter a word.

Director Zhan and Zhu Yuanrong's faces turned red.

They wanted to refute, but they couldn't.

In particular, as the successor of Mr. Gao, Wang Qingdian has the power to point at their noses and scold them.

Li Aiguo finally understood why Wang Qingdian put aside his current research work and decided to serve as this special consultant.

This old guy still can’t let go of Beijing Chemical Industry!
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Old sir, we still have to rely on others. Now you scold them so badly, what else can we do?
Li Aiguo coughed twice, breaking the silence in the office.

"Jingcheng Chemical has indeed neglected its research work in recent years. This is due to objective factors.

With the development of industrialization, the demand for chemical products from all walks of life is increasing.

Jingcheng Chemical focuses on production to support national construction.”

Li Aiguo's words restored some face for Director Zhan and Zhu Yuanrong.

Zhu Yuanrong was silent for a moment, then stood up and assured: "Brother Qingqing, don't worry, I will never forget Mr. Gao's last wish. We promise to complete the acrylic acid project!"

Director Zhan also stood up and expressed his opinion.

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanrong temporarily transferred a group of researchers from various branches in the name of technical section chief.

Most of these researchers studied under Wang Qingdian in the past.

The project team is led by Wang Qingdian, with Zhu Yuanrong as deputy leader and more than 20 veteran researchers as team members.

Director Zhan also went to coordinate in person, and after a lot of effort, he managed to vacate a laboratory.

As the director of the army's materials department, Li Aiguo serves as the military representative of the project and also serves as the leader of the equipment and technology group.

It took less than a day for the project team to be formed and officially launched, which is an unprecedented speed in Beijing Chemical Industry.

In the afternoon.

Li Aiguo looked at Zhu Yuanrong and those researchers who were studying technology with Wang Qingdian, and felt a sigh in his heart.

The dispute over the routes of the old institute and the new factory is actually a debate between focusing on scientific research and focusing on production.

There is no definitive answer as to which is right or wrong; it is just a matter of making the appropriate choice under the right circumstances.

However, now that Wang Qingdian has lost his temper, everyone in Beijing Chemical Industry feels as if they have been whipped. Even if they have to grit their teeth, they will still fully support the research and development work.

This is a good thing for Li Aiguo.

He put down the enamel pot and started his work as the leader of the equipment process group.

The so-called equipment and process group is specialized in manufacturing equipment for chemical production equipment.

At that time, there were no professional chemical equipment manufacturers in China, and most of the equipment was designed and produced by researchers in chemical plants themselves.

When they encounter equipment that they cannot produce themselves, they will try every means to "outsource" it to other factories.

Because we had a complete set of drawings, the manufacturing of the partition heat exchanger went smoothly.

At the same time, Wang Qingdian and Zhu Yuanrong also completed the process demonstration.

The project team is progressing smoothly.

Li Aiguo also breathed a sigh of relief and rode his bicycle back and forth between the courtyard and the Beijing Chemical Plant every day.
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In the evening, in the courtyard, at Li's house.

Li Aiguo is writing furiously. After the partition wall heat exchanger is manufactured, the equipment process group will immediately start the manufacturing work of the CJ type fixed bed reaction unit.

Li Aiguo did not publish all the drawings of the CJ type fixed bed reactor, but instead adopted the method of producing them in parts.

In other words, each technical team could only obtain drawings of some spare parts and had no way of seeing the full picture of the CJ type fixed bed reactor.

It’s not that Li Aiguo has any special ideas, but the CJ type fixed bed reaction unit is the core device for producing super absorbent resin materials.

In this device, the reactants enter from one end, pass through the catalyst bed, react with the catalyst to produce the desired product, and then exit from the other end.

The molecular formulas of chemical reactions are common knowledge and any researcher can understand them, but why is it impossible to produce the required compounds?
The most important reason is that we do not understand how the catalyst works in the reactor.

Patents are rarely applied for in the production process of chemical products. On the one hand, this is to keep the process confidential, and on the other hand, it is because each process has core technology.

Even if you know the production process, as long as any of the temperature, humidity, ratio, etc. is not appropriate, production will fail.

In later generations, the CJ type fixed bed reaction unit became BASF's signature unit. Relying on its unique skills, it monopolized the production of polymer water-absorbing materials in most of the international market.

Therefore, Li Aiguo wanted to make the CJ type fixed bed reaction device first and test it quietly. If the super absorbent resin material was promoted on a large scale, he would then launch it and produce it in secret in the factory.

"reactor shell, catalyst bed, gas distribution device, inlet and outlet pipelines"

Just as Li Aiguo was writing furiously, there was a commotion outside.

Li Aiguo raised his head but did not stop writing.

It will be the end of the year in a few months, and the driving work will definitely be very busy by then, so we have to take advantage of this time to get the fixed bed out.

After a while, the noise outside became louder and louder.

Chen Xueru suddenly pushed open the door and walked in holding Xiao Hongsheng.

"Brother Aiguo, it's bad. Xu Damao has split Jia Dongxu's head open."

"Why are these two quarreling again?"

If the two men were just arguing, Li Aiguo could have stood by and watched. But now that someone has been injured, it would be a waste of time for him, the captain of the neighborhood patrol team, to eat a meal.

Li Aiguo thought about it, put down his pen, and went straight to the central courtyard.

It was dusk at this time, the clouds in the sky were burning beautifully, and the entire courtyard was coated with a layer of blood-red light.

When Li Aiguo arrived at the central courtyard, the area around the pool was already crowded with people.

When Yan Jiecheng saw Li Aiguo coming, he quickly made way for him.

At this time, Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu had completed the first round of PK and seemed to be in a halftime break.

Xu Damao's eye sockets were black and Jia Dongxu's head was covered in blood.

The two men were standing in the middle of the crowd and talking to each other, and everyone probably understood what they were saying.

The story begins with Xu Damao's job as a projectionist.

The projection work in the steel mill is usually done by two people, one responsible for moving equipment and the other responsible for projecting movies. Since Xu Damao took over Xu Jixiang's job, he has refused the help sent by the factory, just like Xu Jixiang.

It was not because his ideas were so advanced and he saved money for the steel mill, but because if one person worked, he could earn extra money.

In the original novel, even after Xu Damao divorced Lou Xiao'e, he was able to live a comfortable life. Apart from secretly keeping some of the Lou family's money, the main reason was that his job was a lucrative one.

Especially in this timeline, Xu Damao got married, had three children, and could afford milk powder for little Xu Hua, which shows that he made a lot of extra money.

Far away.

Yesterday afternoon, Xu Damao had just returned to the steel rolling mill on his bicycle after presenting a movie to the Hongqi Commune on the outskirts of the city on behalf of the steel rolling mill.

At this time, Jia Dongxu was smoking outside the workshop and was stopped by Officer Zhang from the Logistics Department.

Jia Dongxu was startled and thought he was caught smoking secretly.

Who would have thought that instead of scolding him, Secretary Zhang handed him a cigarette.

"Master Xiao Jia, I heard that you and Xu Damao from the Propaganda Department are neighbors?"

"Xu Damao? Yes, his house is across the street from me."

Although Jia Dongxu didn't understand Secretary Zhang's intention, he was still cunning enough to immediately claim that he had a very good relationship with Xu Damao.

Secretary Zhang perked up and handed Jia Dongxu another cigarette. "That's great. Can you help me contact Xu Damao and ask him to show a movie at my house this weekend? I want the latest one, A Thousand Mountains and Rivers."

"A Thousand Mountains and Rivers" is a war film that was released this year. Because it tells the story of crossing the grassland, it is particularly educational and therefore very popular among the public.

Under such circumstances, the film of "A Thousand Mountains and Rivers" became particularly scarce.

This is also the reason why Secretary Zhang asked Jia Dongxu for help.

Jia Dongxu originally thought that he could take advantage of the opportunity, but now that he realized that Xu Damao was being invited to show a movie, he immediately lost interest.

Under normal circumstances, he would at most agree perfunctorily and not tell Xu Damao, so that Xu Damao could not earn this extra money.

But it just so happened that Jia Dongxu hated Xu Damao because Qin Huairu was often ridiculed by Xu Damao after she gave birth to a daughter.

Now when I heard this, I suddenly had an idea in my mind.

Jia Dongxu looked around, then pulled Secretary Zhang to a secluded place: "Brother Zhang, do you have any female relatives in your family?"

Secretary Zhang looked bewildered: "Yes, I have three older sisters and two younger sisters. In addition, the movie was shown in the commune in my hometown, and there were many female comrades in the village. But what does this have to do with Xu Damao?"

Jia Dongxu curled his lips and laughed: "You are really ignorant. Haven't you heard that Xu Damao has a nickname called Women's Friend?"

Secretary Zhang nodded. "Friend of women? Xu Damao is indeed quite popular. I often see him chatting with female workers."

Jia Dongxu didn't expect that Secretary Zhang was such a stubborn person, so he could only say directly: "He is not clean with women. Every time he goes to the countryside to show movies, he will hook up with young girls and wives. He has caused a lot of romantic debts, and it is said that he even got a young girl pregnant."

This time, Secretary Zhang understood, and his face suddenly showed a little contempt: "Oh, so that's how it is."

Jia Dongxu was pleased: "I'm glad you understand. Remember, I told you this because we have a good relationship. Don't sell me out."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Jia Dongxu put eye drops on Xu Damao and was preparing to return to the workshop with his hands behind his back, looking smug.

But he didn't expect a bicycle to jump out from the side and hit him directly.

"Jia Dongxu, bullshit!"

Jia Dongxu dodged the bicycle and knew without looking back that Xu Damao had returned.

Although he thought he was not afraid of Xu Damao, he was still guilty and turned around and wanted to run away.

Xu Damao has already set his eyes on him, so how can he let him get away like that?

Then he grabbed his collar and slapped him twice.

Xu Damao dragged Jia Dongxu to Secretary Zhang again and said angrily, "Secretary Zhang, don't listen to this nagging nonsense. I, Xu Damao, did have a good relationship with female comrades in the past.

But now I'm married and have children, so how can I do that again?

Don't worry, I will wear a cotton mask, just play movies and not gossip with female comrades.

It costs three dollars to show a movie to someone else, but since we are good friends, it only costs two dollars."

Secretary Zhang thought this was a good idea, although he was not sure whether Jia Dongxu deliberately framed Xu Damao.

But he will be watching it personally at that time, so even if Xu Damao has the intention to do something bad, he won't have the courage to do it.

What's more, it's one dollar cheaper!
Secretary Zhang thought for a moment and felt that he would not lose out anyway, so he nodded to Xu Damao and said, "Master Xu, let's meet again after get off work to finalize this matter."

"Don't worry, I'll be there on time!" Seeing that Secretary Zhang agreed, Xu Damao let go of Jia Dongxu and thought about preparing the film.

However, he still threatened Jia Dongxu fiercely: "Jia Dongxu, we are not done with this matter yet."

Xu Damao was a vengeful person. After discussing the movie screening with Secretary Zhang, he waited in the compound for Jia Dongxu to come back.

Then what Li Aiguo saw happened.

After the residents in the yard figured out the whole story, they began to have different opinions.

"Jia Dongxu is going too far. Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents. Besides, Xu Damao still has three children to support."

"Then Xu Damao shouldn't have beaten Jia Dongxu violently. Look, Jia Dongxu's head is broken."

Jia Zhang had been in the crowd. If it had been in the past, she would have jumped out and asked Xu Damao to pay compensation.

But at this moment, she looked left and right and didn't see Yi Zhonghai, and she felt that something was wrong.

"Huai Ru, Dong Xu was beaten, you should go find the uncle to seek justice."

Jia Zhang knew very well that if she wanted to suppress Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai had to step in.

Qin Huairu carried Xiaodang and ran to Yi Zhonghai's house.

After a while, he came back and reported the bad news to Jia Zhang.

"Master Yi's old illness has relapsed. He is lying in bed and can't get out of bed!"

Hearing this, Jia Zhang's face darkened and she spat, "He was fine at work today, but now he's sick. I think he just doesn't want to help Dongxu."

Jia Zhang was furious for a while, but when she saw Liu Haizhong standing in the crowd watching the fun, her eyes lit up and she ran over.

"Second uncle, Xu Damao is lawless. You are the uncle in charge, you can't just ignore it."

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was not around, Liu Haizhong finally had a chance to be the boss. He walked out with his hands behind his back and a big belly: "Da Mao, we are all neighbors, how can we fight? Do you know what you are doing?"

"What?" Xu Damao stiffened his neck.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Haizhong wanted to give Xu Damao a hearty scolding, but he suddenly forgot the words.

After hesitating for a long time, he uttered a sentence through his bangs: "You are destroying the unity of the compound! Your nature is particularly bad, and your thinking is actively backward."

If Yi Zhonghai came forward at this time, Xu Damao might be a little scared.

But facing Liu Haizhong, he was not afraid at all.

"Second Uncle, what does Jia Dongxu mean by accusing me of having promiscuous relationships?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Haizhong's expression changed.

Liu Lan also took the opportunity to open fire: "Don't I know what kind of person my Damao is?! Why is Jia Dongxu throwing dirty water on us!"

Liu Lan would normally scold Xu Damao for hooking up with young girls, but at this moment she could only firmly support Xu Damao.

If it was just Xu Damao alone, Liu Haizhong would be able to control him.

But Liu Lan's appearance was enough to prove the legality of Xu Damao's beating of Jia Dongxu.

Liu Haizhong felt a little regretful.

He took the initiative to step forward just now because he saw that Li Aiguo had no intention of taking charge.

Who knew that the boat would capsize in the gutter.

Seeing that Liu Haizhong had no way to step down, the third uncle could only step in to smooth things over: "Old Liu, I think Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu are both responsible for this. Now that they are both injured, let's just let it go. Apologize to each other."

Xu Damao glared: "Why should I apologize? My reputation has been ruined by Jia Dongxu!"

Jia Dongxu also put his hands on his waist and said: "I was beaten!"

The two men also knew that there would be no result if they continued to make a fuss about this matter, and neither of them listened to the third uncle. They looked at each other, said "Pah", and turned away.

There was nothing exciting to watch, so the residents dispersed.

Liu Haizhong was getting anxious at this moment, and subconsciously waved his hand and shouted, "Dismiss!"

Every time he attended a meeting, Liu Haizhong dreamed of shouting out this slogan, and this time he finally fulfilled his wish.

Although he failed to show the power of the Second Uncle and suppress Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu, Liu Haizhong still returned with a full load.
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Seeing that the matter did not get out of hand, Li Aiguo also went home with his hands behind his back.

After working at the desk for most of the night, I finally split the drawings of the CJ type fixed bed reactor into six sub-components.

Reactor inlet diffuser, liquid distribution plate, cartridge oil filter, catalyst bed support, quench box and redistribution plate, reactor outlet oil collector.

These six sub-components are each divided into three to four sub-components.

The next day at work, Li Aiguo shuffled the drawings of the components and distributed them to the members of the equipment process group.

The team members all have many years of experience in manufacturing. Just by looking at the discontinuity in the drawings, they knew what Li Aiguo was thinking.

"It's obvious that Representative Li doesn't trust us."

"Don't talk nonsense. This kind of equipment should be kept secret. I would rather not know the detailed structure to avoid trouble."

"That's right, we just need to build it according to the blueprint. Why bother with so much?"

The team members may not care, but Zhu Yuanrong cannot but attach importance to the CJ type fixed bed reactor.

Although the CJ type fixed bed reactor is specially designed for the production of super absorbent resin materials, its core design principles are common.

Fixed bed reaction equipment has always been a difficult point for chemical plants. If the blueprints can be obtained, Beijing Chemical's technical strength may be able to take a big step forward.

(End of this chapter)