Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 183 You're asking the wrong person
at night,

The hospitable Chen family insisted on keeping Zhang Yunfan and the other two at home for a delicious meal.

After sending the three people out of the courtyard, Chen Luyang sat at the table, sighing, scratching his head and reading a book.

"Uncle, what don't you understand? I'll teach you!"

Junjun came over like a bright light and looked down at the notes and papers in Chen Luyang's hands.

Borrowing the light of my uncle,

Just now, he and Chen Lingling both received special treatment as top students from the provincial university. Now Junjun feels that he is incredibly strong and can handle any problem.

"Let's go have fun!" Chen Luyang coaxed Ming Deng away in a bad mood.

Now this matter... has put him under a lot of pressure!
There was a Yu Huichuan who gave him special treatment, but that was his own preference.

But now the four best students from the provincial university's chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics departments are giving themselves extra lessons.
If I still can't pass the exam, it will be so embarrassing.

Chen Luyang scratched his head in frustration.

Now the situation is critical. Even if it means death, he must get into this university!

……

I studied hard for two days and nights behind closed doors.

On Monday morning, Chen Luyang stayed up all night with his eyes red, and dragged his tired body to the workshop.

He has been reading books about the rubber industry these days.

This weekend I was reviewing hard under the supervision of the three provincial university masters, and I had no time to translate the materials for the fusion workshop.

If he didn't work anymore, Cao Qinghang would probably come over with a blackboard.

So he planned to make good use of his time in the morning to translate some of the information first.

It's not time to go to work yet, but the door of the workshop has been opened.

Who? So early!

When Chen Luyang approached, he heard a voice reading in English.

Behind the machine, Zhao Yuejin was holding a book called "English Sentences for Daily Communication" and reading haltingly.

Seeing Chen Luyang, Zhao Yuejin quickly stood up.

"Good morning, Director."

"Learning English?"

Chen Luyang asked cheerfully.

This Zhao Yuejin was the leader of the third party group promoted by himself in the workshop.

He was also the workshop worker who was responsible for taking the keys and was the last one to close the door.

"I've always been interested in it and wanted to learn it." Zhao Yuejin said embarrassedly.

"It's just that I don't pronounce it right. I'm afraid others will laugh at me..."

Chen Luyang quickly corrected him: "Don't be afraid of being laughed at. It's already impressive that you dare to open your mouth."

"If you encounter something you don't understand, just ask me. We're all from the same workshop, so don't be shy."

Zhao Yuejin here hasn't answered yet.

Then I heard a hoarse voice shouting next to me: "Okay~"

"Fawn!"

"Three knocks of oil!"

……

After hearing just three short sentences, Chen Luyang's blood pressure almost rose.

He and Zhao Yuejin looked in the direction of the sound and saw Du Han holding a book under the window, reading loudly with his head shaking, looking as confident as if he was giving a speech on the stage.

Seeing Du Han acting as if he was alone, Chen Luyang really didn't know what to say.

Seeing Chen Luyang, Du Han stood up very happily.

"Director, how's my reading? Is it standard?"

Chen Luyang considered his words carefully: "You read it very well! You should read it louder and more often, so that it will get better and better!"

After a pause,
Chen Luyang couldn't help but advise, "Du, next time when you pronounce something, don't just follow the pronunciation of the letters. Read according to the markings in the book. Follow them and then slowly delve deeper."

"Okay, director!"

Seeing how seriously Du Han was studying, Chen Luyang smiled and turned to walk towards the office.

After translating the materials, during the lunch break, Chen Luyang asked Zhao Yuejin.

"Brother Zhao, how long have you been in the workshop?"

"It's been almost three years. I was assigned to the rubber workshop when it was first established, and I've been working here ever since."

"So, has Director Xu led everyone in finding a solution to this rubber frosting problem in the workshop?"

Chen Luyang still didn't give up and asked about the rubber manufacturing problems in the workshop.

In the workshop in the morning, he sorted things out from beginning to end.

Although Wang Qingzhou's attitude is not clear at the moment, and he wants to make money quickly.

But Chen Luyang still felt that if the rubber workshop wanted to gain a foothold in the factory, it should have a strong weapon in hand. "Why haven't you thought of a solution?" Zhao Yuejin smiled bitterly.

"When Deputy Director Liu was here, we went to the rubber factory to learn about technology and took trains to other cities to consult experts. We did everything we could."

"But the only problem that remains unsolved is rubber vulcanization."

Currently, rubber processing mainly uses traditional sulfur vulcanizing agents for vulcanization.

Although the urethane vulcanization system was discovered in the 70s.

However, sulfur is still widely used because it is cheap, easy to obtain, abundant in resources, and has good performance in vulcanized rubber.

However, the mechanical properties of sulfur vulcanizers are poor. When its solubility in rubber reaches supersaturation, it will crystallize out of the rubber, destroying the uniformity of sulfur dispersion in the rubber, reducing the adhesion of the rubber surface, and bringing difficulties to processing. This is the frosting phenomenon.

Over the years, although the rubber workshop has been constantly testing and controlling the amount of sulfur used to avoid exceeding the concentration in the rubber,
Unfortunately, the effect was average and the problem was not completely solved.

"It seems the problem lies with the vulcanizing agent..."

Chen Luyang wrote this question down in his notebook.

Although the provincial university does not have rubber materials, the Department of Chemistry may be researching this type of vulcanized preparation.

With a direction in mind, Chen Luyang went to the provincial university with his bag after get off work.

Although Yu Huichuan's major is related to chemistry, his main focus is materials.

It would be better to ask colleagues in the Chemistry Department about the issue of sulfiding agents.

With the reputation of the previous lectures and the help of Yu Huichuan's introduction.

Chen Luyang quickly found out the result.

The main research directions of the chemistry major at the provincial university are applied chemistry, polymer science, chemical technology and catalytic science.

There is no research on the project of rubber vulcanizing machine at all.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, you're asking us the wrong person about this."

The chemistry student said, "There are only pine trees here, where is the rubber?"

"If you want rubber vulcanizer, you should definitely go to the south where rubber grows and has rubber. There are resources everywhere, so you don't have to worry about running any experiment."

"But if we were to research rubber here, we would run into difficulties just transporting the raw materials."

Chen Luyang was stunned!
This student from the Department of Chemistry really woke people up with just one sentence!
It is extremely cold in the provincial capital. Let alone the rubber tree, its seeds would wither in the soil as soon as winter comes.

According to geographical location and air temperature,
The most suitable place for growing rubber is probably Renan.

And now is the perfect season to go to Renan~
After figuring this out, Chen Luyang wrote an application the next day, asking the factory leaders for leave to go to Renan for a trip.

But before I finished writing the application, Guo Qiang came to me.

"Xiao Chen, there's good news!"

"The book you wrote, 'English Sentences for Daily Communication,' was recommended by the school to the department and was rated as an excellent book."

"Next weekend, the province will hold a cultural publishing and academic exchange conference."

"By then, all writers and scholars who have published outstanding books this year will come to the provincial capital to attend the conference."

Guo Qiang smiled and said, "I know you've been busy researching natural rubber manufacturing lately. Maybe you'll meet a rubber expert at this cultural publishing and academic exchange conference."

Chen Luyang couldn't help but show joy on his face, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was overjoyed.

This is definitely the best news he has heard since taking office.

But he was not happy for long, and immediately asked anxiously:
"Brother Guo, is this meeting open to the public? People from the rubber factory can't come, right?"

Although the rubber factory now, perhaps, well... definitely does not take the rubber workshop of a mere machinery factory seriously.

But now he is in competition with the rubber factory.

If he really meets an expert, he will be the first to monopolize the technological achievements!

...At least I can have it for one more day.

It would be best to wait until he has solved the frosting problem and produced a batch of qualified parts before letting the rubber factory follow up.

Guo Qiang frowned.

This Chen Luyang doesn't seem to be so petty normally!
Besides, once technology makes revolutionary progress, it will quickly become popularized throughout the country.

What’s the point of arguing about this for a day or two?
However, even though he thought so, Guo Qiang still said:

"I don't think so."

"This is a cultural publishing and academic exchange meeting, and experts in history, literature, art, language, science, industry, and so on will be present."

“It sounds like a big circle, but it’s actually very small.”

"No one who had the invitation letter, the relevant book distributors, or the reporters knew about this news."

This makes me feel relieved...

Chen Luyang breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the invitation from Guo Qiang. He then asked:
"Where is the location?"

Guo Qiang said happily: "You are familiar with the place, Songting Hotel."

"Oh." Chen Luyang nodded, then reacted and looked up suddenly:

"Um?!"

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(End of this chapter)