The train coming from Guangzhou gradually stopped at Hankou Station.
Huang Minglong took off his glasses and wiped them, picked up his luggage, and walked off the train dusty. He received a doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1924, and two years ago he studied at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Würzburg and served as the university's director.
visiting professor.
According to the original history, Huang Minglong did not return to China until 1940, working at the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, and concurrently as a professor at Southwest Associated University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
But just a month ago, Huang Minglong received a telegram from his mentor Zhao Binghuang, saying that Zhou Hexuan was going to open a sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory in Chongqing and was in urgent need of chemical pharmaceutical professionals. He immediately interrupted his studies in Germany and rushed back to China.
Before Huang Minglong walked out of the platform, he saw a sign held high in the crowd with his name written on it.
"Hello, I am Huang Minglong." Huang Minglong walked over and said.
The other party was a young man who smiled and said: "Hello, Dr. Huang, my name is Zhao Chixiong."
Huang Minglong immediately asked: "Who are you, Mr. Zhao Huang?"
"Uncle," Zhao Chixiong said, "Uncle asked me to pick you up."
Hearing that Zhao Chixiong was the nephew of his mentor, Huang Minglong immediately became much kinder to him, nodded and said, "Thank you."
The two took a rickshaw to a hotel, where many elites in chemistry and medicine had gathered, more than 30 of them. When everyone gathered, they were about to leave for Chongqing.
These people are roughly divided into two groups. One group is attracted by Fan Xudong and focuses on chemical research. The other group is attracted by Zhao Huang and focuses on drug research.
This time, Zhou Hexuan summoned chemical and pharmaceutical professionals. Instead of posting hero posts, he directly sent a telegram asking Fan Xudong and Xu Guanqun for help.
The Yongli Sulfuric Acid Plant built by Fan Xudong in Nanjing produced China's first batch of ammonium sulfate products, which can provide raw materials for China's self-produced fertilizers and explosives. Unfortunately, not long after the sulfuric acid plant was built, the July 7th Incident broke out, and now the factory is busy
move.
The preparation of sulfonamide drugs requires a large amount of acidic raw materials, which is exactly what Fan Xudong can cooperate with.
Fan Xudong was well aware of the importance of sulfa drugs in the war against war. After receiving Zhou Hexuan's telegram, he immediately dispatched professional personnel to support him and mobilized relationships to recruit relevant chemical talents for Zhou Hexuan.
As for Xu Guanqun, he is the boss of Xinya Pharmaceutical Company, China's first Western medicine factory (Chinese-owned). The famous heat-repelling drug "Ten Dishui" was developed by this pharmaceutical factory.
Xu Guanqun had no plans to leave Shanghai and handed over the task of recruiting talents to his partner Zhao Rutiao.
It happened that due to the impact of the war in North China, Zhao Rudiao's brother Zhao Dihuang's work at the Peking Research Institute was interrupted. Zhao Dihuang was one of the founders of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Society. After receiving the telegram from his brother, he immediately contacted his old disciples and brought him with him.
Zhou Hexuan went to help with his friend Mr. Zhong Guangguang.
Although Zhong Guanguang is a botanist, he is also involved in pharmacology. In the past two years, he and Zhao Dihuang have been collecting and verifying traditional Chinese medicine.
Huang Minglong, the future academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was also a student of Zhao Dihuang earlier. He was called back from Germany with a telegram.
As for Zhao Chixiong, who picked up Huang Minglong at the train station, he will also be a powerful figure in the future. This person has a master's degree in pharmacology from the Imperial University of Japan and later founded Xinsheng Pharmaceutical Company in Taipei. He will also be the future chairman of the American Watson Pharmaceuticals Company and the number one in the United States in the 21st century.
The CEO of Watson Pharmaceuticals, one of the three major pharmaceutical companies, is none other than Zhao Chixiong’s son, Zhao Yutian.
Of course, Zhao Yutian was not born yet, because Zhao Chixiong had not yet married Xu Hua.
Well, Xu Hua is here too this time.
Xu Hua is the sister of Xu Guanqun, the owner of Xinya Pharmaceutical Company. She graduated from the University of China and France majoring in pharmacology. The "Hua" of Watson Pharmaceuticals in the United States is Xu Hua's "Hua". By the way, Xu Guanqun's son is Xu Hua's nephew.
Xu Qingrui will become an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the future.
Everyone took the river boat to Chongqing. Along the way, Xu Hua's eyes stayed on Zhao Chixiong, and his admiration was beyond words.
The Xu family and the Zhao family are family friends and business partners. Zhao Huang is happy to see the success of the affairs between the two juniors.
On the deck of the river ship, Zhao Huang said to Zhang Fuzhong: "Xin Wu, I have to rely more on you this time!"
Zhang Fuzhong said: "Work together and do your best for the country."
Zhang Fuzhong was once a student of Zhao Dihuang. He used his spare time to study German, English, and Japanese as a foreign language. He was also keen to participate in strikes and school strikes. After Chiang Kai-shek "purged the party", he left the Kuomintang and went to Berlin, Germany.
He continued his studies at university, and his tutor was the German chemist Manneich.
Zhang Fuzhong now serves as the director of the second pharmaceutical factory of Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, and teaches at Jiaotong University, Tongji University and Sino-French University. Even without the help of Zhou Hexuan, he would have led his students to successfully imitate sulfadiazine, and also imitated vitamin b1.
There are more than 30 kinds of Western medicines such as Furazolidine. Of course, these are all things for later.
In order to invite Zhang Fuzhong, Zhou Hexuan paid 200,000 yuan to compensate Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. If it were not for the sake of serving the country and the people, Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory would not let him go at all.
When talking about Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, we have to mention Mr. Xiang Songmao.
Xiang Songmao is a big capitalist in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He spans many industrial and commercial fields and serves as a director of 13 companies in Shanghai. After the September 18th Incident, Mr. Xiang publicly stated in the newspaper that his companies will never import Japanese goods. At the same time, he will All employees of the company are organized into the First Battalion of the Volunteer Army. They appoint themselves as battalion commanders and hire military instructors for strict training. Every employee must train for one hour after get off work.
During the 128th Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Xiang Songmao rushed to provide pharmaceuticals to the Chinese defenders and personally organized his employees to participate in the Shanghai defense war. On the third day of the 128th Incident, Xiang Songmao and 11 of his employees were invaded.
Killings by Chinese and Japanese troops.
Zhang Fuzhong and Xiang Songmao were close friends. When he went to Germany to study chemistry, Xiang Songmao funded it.
Now Xiang Songmao has been killed by the Japanese invaders for more than six years. Seeing that Shanghai is not safe, Zhang Fuzhong is unwilling to stay in Shanghai and become a subjugated slave. After receiving the invitation from Zhou Hexuan and his mentor Zhao Dihuang, he immediately packed up and moved with his family. If he could mass-produce
Sulfonamide drugs can be regarded as fulfilling the unfulfilled ambition of my friend Xiang Songmao in disguise.
Zhang Fuzhong not only went to Chongqing himself, but also brought eight students, all of whom are top students with actual experience in pharmaceutical research and development.
Zhao Chixiong's girlfriend Xu Hua is also one of Zhang Fuzhong's students. However, Xu Hua is a junior college student at the University of China and France. She only listened to Zhang Fuzhong's lectures and did not receive individual guidance. She mainly followed her boyfriend.
"He is doing research in Austria and has reached a critical period. He will return to China when the research is completed." Huang Minglong said.
The Huang family has three brothers, namely Huang Minghu, Huang Mingju and Huang Minglong. They are all experts in pharmacology and are known as the "Three Heroes of the Huang Family".
Huang Minghu specializes in traditional Chinese medicine and has a profound research on "Compendium of Materia Medica". He is also the long-distance running champion of the Shanghai World Games. Huang Mingju is the founder of modern toxicological analytical chemistry in China, while Huang Minglong specializes in organic chemistry and chemical pharmaceuticals.
During the Republic of China, the elite intellectuals were all closely related to each other.
