Hearing Qin Hai's words, Ji Zhenrong shook his head and said, "It's too difficult. Who designed this drawing? It's too unrealistic."
"How could it be?" Qin Hai was a little confused. He combined some of his previous life experiences with this drawing and asked a professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Anhe Institute of Technology to make an estimate. It is really because the Department of Chemical Engineering of Anhe Institute of Technology is not strong enough, and some
He couldn't do complex theoretical research, so he went to Huaqing University for help. Of course, he also had another purpose, which was to establish business ties with the Department of Chemical Engineering of Huaqing University through such cooperation, so as to turn this place into a
An external brain of my own.
Ji Zhenrong said: "I didn't make it clear. I'm not saying that the process route on this drawing is wrong, but the equipment it requires is not something our country can produce. Let's take the ethylene plant. Now our country has 300,000 tons of ethylene.
There has not yet been a breakthrough in the technology, and you just want to go to 800,000 tons, how is that possible?”
Qin Hai thought for a while and said: "Professor Ji, my thinking is this. We can directly import some equipment from abroad, such as the most difficult ethylene compressor in the ethylene plant, etc.; for some equipment, we can import it from abroad.
Imported raw materials, manufactured domestically, such as vinyl spherical tanks, require some low-temperature resistance
We cannot solve the problem of hot steel plates at present, so we can consider importing steel plates from abroad. As for the equipment that can be produced domestically, it is based on domestic production. However, the overall design of the entire set of equipment must be completed domestically, so that our country can also develop
What do you think of my own equipment manufacturing capabilities?"
"Import it by item and integrate it domestically?" Ji Zhenrong somewhat understood Qin Hai's thoughts. He tapped the table gently with his fingers and fell into deep thought.
The design and construction of large-scale chemical equipment has always been a shortcoming in China's industry. As a professor at the Huaqing Department of Chemical Engineering, Ji Zhenrong is also sad about this. He knows that if he wants to cultivate his design and construction capabilities, he must obtain
Practice on actual projects instead of simply talking about it on paper. But it is so prudent to launch a set of large-scale chemical equipment in China. How can you just leave it to them to practice?
So far, several sets of large-scale ethylene plants that have been built or are under construction in China are all imported from abroad in complete sets, and domestically only make some peripheral supporting equipment. The core parts cannot tolerate domestic scholars and engineering technology at all.
personnel intervene.
According to Qin Hai, he plans to ask the Department of Chemical Engineering of Huaqing University to do the overall design of this large-scale equipment, and build such a combined ethylene and propylene device based on domestic strength. If this idea can really be realized
, then those professors in the Department of Chemical Engineering who are engaged in process control will get an extremely rare opportunity to practice.
"Xiao Qin, have you thought about the risks of doing this?" Ji Zhenrong felt a little uneasy. He was afraid that Qin Hai was just a whim.
Qin Hai smiled and said: "Someone has to take this risk. Professor Ji, I think that with so many domestic chemical experts working together, we should be able to solve these technical problems. Is there really something that is not considered thoroughly?
If you don’t believe it, you won’t be able to see it. Finally, after all the designs are completed, we can also ask well-known foreign design institutes to help review it. They have such a business."
"The cost of reviewing the drawings is not a small amount." Ji Zhenrong reminded.
Qin Haidao: "Compared with the investment in the entire device, the cost of reviewing the drawings is nothing. Professor Ji, I am here to ask for help sincerely. You must help me with this."
Ji Zhenrong said: "Chairman Qin, what you said is contrary to what you said. You gave us an opportunity and helped us by asking us to undertake the process design. However, to design such a device, we alone have to rely on us."
The Department of Chemical Engineering is not strong enough. We have no problems with theory, but our specific engineering experience is not as good as the engineers from the Chemical Engineering Design Institute, so we must invite them in to work together when the time comes."
"No problem. When the time comes, you tell me who you want to invite, and I will just come and invite them." Qin Hai said happily.
"Great! Well... this design is really interesting. Please put this drawing with me first. Later I will gather everyone together and discuss it together to see how to divide the work." Ji Zhenrong took Qin Hai.
Looking at the drawings, I am filled with joy.
Qin Hai looked at Ji Zhenrong and asked with a smile: "Professor Ji, don't you have any other questions to ask?"
"Other questions?" Ji Zhenrong scratched his head, "There are no other questions."
"What about the cost?" Qin Hai was a little crazy. Designing a set of large-scale chemical equipment abroad would cost tens of millions of dollars, but Ji Zhenrong actually seemed indifferent.
Hearing Qin Hai talk about the fees, Ji Zhenrong was stunned for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "Hmm, the fees...should definitely be charged. To complete this design, I'm afraid it will take half a year or a year. Everyone occasionally reports
A meal fee...and the cost of checking information and the consumption of drawings..."
"Yes, I'm just waiting for you to make an offer." Qin Hai said with a smile.
Ji Zhenrong thought for a while, then looked at Qin Shan who was sitting beside him, as if he was a little embarrassed to speak. Qin Hai had no choice but to encourage him quickly: "Professor Ji, just say, I am in business, and I have to do things in a certain way."
I still understand the principle of spending money."
"Well, okay." Ji Zhenrong gritted his teeth and said timidly: "I think the expenditure for this project must be around 200,000."
"How much?" Qin Hai's eyes widened. Isn't this old gentleman illiterate? He designed a set of large-scale chemical equipment and asked for 200,000 yuan? This kind of money would be enough to hire migrant workers, not to mention hiring a bunch of professors to do the work.
You can’t ask for much, right?
Ji Zhenrong misunderstood, thinking that Qin Hai thought his price was too high. At that time, the salary of professors was a little higher than that of ordinary workers, which was more than 200 yuan a month. 200,000 was indeed a big number.
He waved his hand and explained: "I just talked casually, and I haven't calculated the details. How much does Chairman Qin think is appropriate?"
"I'll offer two... uh, two million." Qin Hai originally wanted to blurt out that it was twenty million. When the words came to his mouth, he hesitated and finally changed it to two million. Since Ji Zhenrong's expectations
It’s only 200,000. If he paid 2 million, it should be
It was completely beyond Ji Zhenrong's expectation. It is always a happy thing to lower the price now and increase it if necessary in the future. If we can whet the appetite of these professors now, it will be better in the future.
It might make it difficult to cooperate.
"Two million? This...this is too much." Ji Zhenrong said with a red face.
"That's not much," Qin Haidao said, "To complete this design, it's definitely not enough for us professors alone. We also need to mobilize young lecturers, teaching assistants, graduate students, and undergraduates to participate. Even if it's a work-study program,
Our department also needs to pay people some labor fees, right? After the complete design, I estimate there will be tens of thousands of drawings. By the way, will our department also introduce a set of CAD software to realize computer-aided drawing?"
"It's worth considering. However, the price of CAD software is not cheap. We never dare to even think about it." Ji Zhenrong said with a smile. With Qin Hai's words, he has decided to accept it.
He paid the design fee of 2 million yuan. At this moment, he began to feel a little distracted, thinking about how much great things could be done in the department with 2 million yuan. As the head of the department, it was really painful to have no money.
Qin Hai stood up and said: "I will leave the drawings with you for now. You can discuss it with the professors to see how to do this. We will have further discussions later. Otherwise, let's just talk about this today.
, I’ll take my leave first.”
Ji Zhenrong sent Qin Hai and Qin Shan out of the Civil Engineering Museum, watched them go away, turned around and went back. Instead of returning to his office, he opened the door of a laboratory and shouted to the students inside:
"You guys, go immediately and notify Teacher Xiong, Teacher Li, and Teacher Ma in the process room and ask them to come to my place for a meeting. Tell them that there is an urgent task and it is urgent!"
With a mere 2 million yuan of funding, the Department of Chemical Engineering was overwhelmed, and Qin Hai felt quite a sense of accomplishment. After the two left the Civil Engineering Museum, Qin Shan went to the classroom, while Qin Hai left the campus alone and called a taxi.
We took the car and headed to the Iron and Steel Research Institute to meet our old friend Chen Heqian.
"Xiao Qin, you haven't been here for a while. I heard that you have made a fortune recently." Chen Heqian said happily as soon as he saw Qin Hai.
In the past two years, Qin Hai provided Chen Heqian with a lot of scientific research funds in the name of assisting in research projects, allowing Chen Heqian to achieve several internationally influential results. Of course, Chen Heqian reciprocated the favor and used his social connections to help
Qin Hai solved many difficulties in production and sales, and the friendship between the two became deeper and deeper.
Qin Hai sat down on the sofa in Chen Heqian's office and said with a smile: "To use a fashionable saying, I am so poor that I only have money left. No, this time I made a special trip to the capital to find experts for help."
"Oh, what problem did you encounter again?" Chen Heqian asked with concern.
Qin Hai shook his head and said: "It's not that there are any practical problems, it's just that I want to prepare for a rainy day and want to start some long-term projects. The materials are for a century-old plan. If we don't lay the foundation now, there will be no place in the future."
"There are so few people who think like you." Chen Heqian sat down opposite Qin Hai and said with emotion, "Now everyone says they respect knowledge and talents, but the actual allocation is pitifully small.
We can’t afford to do any good research. Especially in the field of materials, there are no short-term projects, so it’s even more difficult to apply for funding.”
Qin Haidao: "If Teacher Chen has any difficulties, just tell me. I can't do research. Even if I have some bad money, I can't let a great scholar like Teacher Chen give up for five buckets of rice, right?"
Chen Heqian shook his head and said: "I'm not talking about me. In the past few years, you have given me a lot of funding for this laboratory, and many people are extremely envious of it. I am talking about some of my colleagues, like those from the University of Technology.
Sun Yuzhi, from the Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Yan Shuncheng, everything has stopped now, and all experiments have stopped. You know that if you are working on materials, if you can't do experiments, what results can you produce? Several young assistants under Lao Yan are making trouble now.