Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 316 Experiment Successful!

After Song Zhiyuan came over, Yan Hui gained a real friend, putting everything else aside.

Throughout Jinan, almost everyone Yan Hui knew was a business partner in a broad sense; he didn't have a single person he could hang out with.

With Xiao Song here, Yan Hui could ask him to go out for a stroll whenever he had nothing else to do, and he would even take Xiao Song to sing karaoke.

Yan Hui hadn't sung in a long time. In his early twenties, he should have been living the most carefree life, but for various reasons, Yan Hui's heart was always heavy. After Song Zhiyuan came, Yan Hui relaxed a lot.

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The collaboration between Chen Jian, Liu Wei, and Song Zhiyuan became increasingly smooth. After returning to the laboratory, Chen Jian approached Yan Hui for the first time to discuss purchasing a large batch of new equipment. Upon hearing about this, Yan Hui called on Zhou Ping and began to make complete records and plans for the laboratory.

Don't underestimate this laboratory. In addition to industrial equipment such as Roots water circulation units, vacuum dryers, vacuum pumps, reaction vessels, and stirred tanks, it also has auxiliary equipment such as computers, printers, cold storage, and transport vehicles.

This time, Chen Jian seemed to have more confidence in the future of the experiment. Yan Hui was quite excited when he saw the items on the equipment list!

Rigid tube filling machine, hydraulic discharge machine, multi-functional dispersing mixer, computer-controlled universal testing machine, water cooling equipment, differential moisture analyzer…

Among them, the multi-functional dispersion mixer costs as much as 14.6 yuan, and the other equipment costs about 1 to 3 yuan each. The total cost of these items is about 25 yuan. Yan Hui only glanced at the list and immediately approved it.

With packaging equipment as the main focus, this is a sure sign of success!

Chen Jian didn't say that the experiment was going to be successful, and Yan Hui didn't ask either. He just silently bought all the equipment and sent it over one by one.

This new differential moisture analyzer only cost 12,000 yuan. Chen Jian didn't know anything about this equipment before, but after researching it together, they finally decided to buy one.

This was also Yan Hui's first formal encounter with the internet.

In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of information online, and giants like Baidu and Tencent have already taken shape and are at the forefront of the times. The device that Chen Jian bought was found by Song Zhiyuan on Tianya Forum.

Desperate, they bought the product and tried it out. Surprisingly, it worked quite well. However, Chen Jian and the others became more cautious. This was mainly because Song Zhiyuan had been trying various ways to save money for Yan Hui since he arrived, and Chen Jian was also busy with calculations, striving to do his best in every experiment.

Time flies. Song Zhiyuan arrived in Jinan, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye. It was Chinese New Year again.

As the Chinese New Year approached, Yan Hui finally heard the news he had been longing to hear—the product was finally made!

As the boss, Yan Hui's only concern was the funding; everything else was handled by Chen Jian and his friends. But talk is cheap, and when the product was finally released, Yan Hui was more excited than anyone else!
He has already invested 260 million yuan in this laboratory!

At this moment, Yan Hui had less than 100 million yuan in cash. If it weren't for his extremely low-desire personality, he would never have been able to keep going like this.

"President Yan, it looks like it's a success this time! This is the first time we've had you come to inspect the product!" Li Pengfei was driving slowly, and it was snowing lightly outside.

"They'll succeed eventually, I've always believed in them." Yan Hui sat in the back seat, feeling like he was missing a glass of wine.

Over the past year, Yan Hui has become completely accustomed to the presence of a driver and no longer enjoys driving himself. With Li Pengfei by his side, Yan Hui no longer needs to go to many projects personally; sometimes, Li Pengfei can simply make the trip for him.

If it weren't for the chemical industry taking up so much of his energy, his daily business dealings would actually be quite worth discussing. Unfortunately, at this point, the main focus was on Chen Jian and his group; Yan Hui wasn't even a part of it. "I watched it from beginning to end; it wasn't easy," Li Pengfei sighed.

"Let's not talk about that now, let's go and see for ourselves." The closer they got to success, the less Yan Hui dared to make any promises.

The car slowly made its way to the laboratory.

Chen Jian, Liu Wei, and Song Zhiyuan stood at the factory gate, waiting for Yan Hui to arrive. Judging from the snowflakes on their heads, the three of them had been waiting for at least twenty minutes.

As soon as Yan Hui got out of the car, he immediately ran over and said, "Why are you three standing outside in the cold? Hurry up and go back."

"Boss, let me show you something." Chen Jian proudly presented a tube of sealant.

"It's done?" Yan Hui asked with a smile.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it's done. The data level is basically the same as what Senior Brother Luo gave us." Chen Jian said this with a very relaxed expression.

In fact, Dr. Luo and his companion, Yan Hui and others had not mentioned it for several months.

Yan Hui heard that Dr. Luo and his colleague had gone to a competitor company and had already started working there in the fall. Of course, although it was called a competitor company, it was actually much larger than Yan Hui's current company, and it was estimated that they would be able to successfully produce single-component polyurethane sealant this year.

Yan Hui, Chen Jian, and the others all knew this news, and it hung like a shadow over everyone's hearts. At this moment, Chen Jian finally dared to confront this shadow and proactively mentioned Dr. Luo's name.

"What about the cost?" Yan Hui asked again.

"The cost per liter is about 50 yuan," Chen Jian said.

Upon hearing this number, Yan Hui remained silent for more than ten seconds.

It was still snowing lightly, but no one felt cold. Everyone was standing outside, and there were still four or five workers inside the laboratory who hadn't come out yet.

Upon hearing Chen Jian mention the cost, Yan Hui bit his lip lightly, then pulled Chen Jian close and hugged him tightly: "Well done, brother, well done!"

Unaware of the situation, Li Pengfei had initially thought Yan Hui's silence was due to the high cost, making him nervous and afraid to utter a sound. Seeing Yan Hui's current state, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Dr. Chen is truly remarkable! I use you as an example to educate my son every day! I always say education is useful! You intellectuals are truly amazing!"

"Come on, let's not talk here, let's go inside and chat. I need to see the data for this gel!" Yan Hui called to everyone, and they all went into the laboratory.

One-component polyurethane sealant, also known as one-component polyurethane construction sealant, was widely used in the construction industry over the past two decades due to growing fears about formaldehyde. However, the quality of this product varies greatly.

The German company Henkel, where Dr. Luo and his colleague previously worked, is a world leader in this product. Some of Henkel's high-end adhesives can still sell for more than 2 yuan per gram today.

Yan Hui and his team certainly don't have that technology yet, but their polyurethane sealant has already reached a leading level in China at this moment!

(End of this chapter)