Go upstream along the Jialing River and after passing Beibei, you will reach Hechuan.
The mountains here are steep and water transportation is convenient. The river turns several bends and is still more than ten kilometers away from Hechuan County. Houses appear on the mountainside on both sides of the bank, nestled among the green pines and bamboos. In addition, there is often heavy fog in the mountains.
It was so diffuse that Japanese planes were difficult to detect from high altitudes.
Zhou Hexuan stood on the bow of the ship, took out a map and gestured with his hands: "This is the site of the factory, located among the mountains. When building the factory, I specifically asked not to damage the vegetation. The factory is on the Jialing River, and industrial water consumption is extremely high.
Convenient. Along the river is Hechuan County, and down the river you can go directly to Chongqing City, passing Chongqing University on the way. Life, production and transportation are extremely convenient. If Huanghai Chemical Research Institute is willing to move here, it can definitely settle near Chongqing University.
The trinity of industry, academia and research promotes each other.”
"This place is well chosen." Sun Xuewu nodded and said.
Zhang Fuzhong suddenly asked: "Is it convenient to use electricity? Pharmaceutical factories are big consumers of electricity."
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the map and said: "This is the Hechuan Hydropower Plant. It's very close. I've already had people pull up the lines. In addition, there are many coal mines and iron mines found in the mountains of Hechuan. Especially here,
It is an open-pit iron mine and is very convenient for mining. However, transportation is a bit troublesome and mountain roads need to be dug. By the way, there is also a salt mine. If Boss Fan is willing to cooperate, I would like to open a salt farm in Hechuan with him."
Fan Xudong started his business by making salt, and the salt-making technology is at the leading level in the world. Sun Xuewu smiled and said: "I will convey Mr. Zhou's wishes to Boss Fan."
To be honest, Hechuan is really a treasure land. Many mineral deposits have been explored in later generations, including 1.82 billion tons of coal reserves, 16 billion tons of salt reserves, 68 million tons of iron ore reserves, 5.5 billion tons of limestone reserves, as well as bauxite, strontium ore, and barite.
and many other varieties.
The most rare thing is that coal, iron, and salt are not buried deep and are easily mined and utilized.
The only drawback is transportation. Although there is a Jialing River waterway, roads still need to be built on the mountain walls because most of the mineral deposits are located in the mountains.
Everyone arrived at the factory dock, climbed up the stairs, and headed towards the living area.
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the front and said: "That is the factory living area. I have built many apartments. Your family members can also live here. Those with children can live in Chongqing or Beibei. After all, it is more convenient to study there."
"Mr. Zhou is so considerate." Huang Minglong praised.
Arriving at the living area, Zhou Hexuan asked everyone to put their luggage first, and then he led them towards the factory area.
When we arrived at the factory, we immediately saw several British guys. These were pharmaceutical experts invited from London. As for their families, they were arranged to live in Chongqing. Everyone was given a garden house for free, as long as they completed their work in the pharmaceutical factory.
Owned the property rights of the villa within two years.
"Hi, Zhou, you're finally here!" A handsome middle-aged guy with blond hair and blue eyes smiled and waved.
Zhou Hexuan shook hands with the man and said, "Hello, Cook, are you still used to working here?"
Cook's full name is Cook Bernard, and he is responsible for the production management of the sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory. He was originally the vice president of the London pharmaceutical factory. This time he was thrown to China by Ornis, and the other British guys who accompanied him returned.
He takes care of it.
Cook led everyone into the factory and introduced: "The pharmaceutical production line has been debugged and can be started at any time as long as the worker training is completed. But raw materials are a big problem, and finished products cannot be purchased, including acetanilide and chlorosulfonic acid.
We also need to produce it ourselves and open at least three upstream raw material factories. The raw materials shipped with the ship can support the factory's production for up to one month."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Don't worry, the preparation machines for the raw material factory have been purchased. This time I have found some manpower and will be able to set up the factory soon. Before that, we can order finished products in Nanjing and Europe."
"Well, I hope everything goes well," Cook added. "In addition, there is a big problem in life, and I hope you can solve it as soon as possible."
"What's the problem?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"There is an urgent need for a British chef," Cook complained. "The food cooked by the Chinese chef is too spicy. In the past two days, several unlucky people have suffered from recurrence of hemorrhoids."
"I didn't think well, so I immediately asked someone to hire a chef," Zhou Hexuan said.
Cook thought for a while and then said: "Also, we need to install fans in the apartment. Damn it, it's already autumn, and it can still make people spit out their tongues. One fan per person is simply not enough. In China,
Is it that hot? It’s like hell.”
Zhou Hexuan nodded repeatedly: "OK, I will solve it right away."
Cook pointed at Zhong Guanguang and others and asked: "Are these the Chinese managers of the factory?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhong Guanguang, a Chinese botanist and herbalist; this is Mr. Zhao Juhuang, a biopharmaceutical expert; this is Mr. Sun Xuewu, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University; this is Mr. Sun Xuewu, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University;
This is Mr. Zhang Fuzhong, PhD in Chemistry from the University of Berlin; this is Mr. Huang Minglong, PhD in Chemistry from the University of Berlin; this is..."
After a round of introductions, Cook immediately put aside his disdain. There were several Ph.D.s from prestigious European and American universities.
Among them, Zhang Fuzhong’s tutor Mannich had been a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge in the UK. Cook had attended Mannich’s chemistry class for a while. Speaking of which, Cook and Zhang Fuzhong were barely brothers in the same discipline. There were many differences between the two.
common topics.
Scientists pay attention to real skills. After in-depth exchanges, Cook admired Sun Xuewu, Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong. However, he was not interested in Zhong Guanguang and Zhao Lianghuang because they studied Chinese medicinal materials and chatted with each other.
It sounds like a chicken-and-duck talk.
Cook took everyone to visit the pharmaceutical workshop. The almost "fully automatic" production line shocked two young people, Zhao Chixiong and Xu Hua. Their family ran a pharmaceutical factory, and it was the first fully Chinese-owned western medicine factory in China.
Compared with the pharmaceutical production line in front of them, their factory is like a small workshop.
Zhao Chixiong exclaimed: "This sulfonamide production line is more advanced than any Japanese pharmaceutical factory."
"Have you ever visited a sulfonamide factory in Japan?" Zhou Hexuan asked curiously.
Zhao Chixiong said: "I took a look outside the workshop from a distance and saw that the moment the workers opened the door, the Japanese did not allow me to enter."
"What is the output of Japan's sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"It seems very low." Zhao Chixiong said.
There are also copycat factories of sulfa drugs in Japan, and the production processes are all explored by themselves. And it is ridiculous that although the Japanese attach great importance to sulfa drugs, they are unwilling to spend a lot of money on research and upgrades. Instead, they invest all their money in the manufacture of weapons and equipment.
among.
The result was that until Japan announced its unconditional surrender, Japan's sulfonamide production remained pitifully low.
Zhou Hexuan was thinking about whether he could ask for patent fees from the Japanese after World War II. With the support of American friends, it would be easy to win the lawsuit. After all, the United States after the war was Japan's biological father.
After visiting the factory, Zhou Hexuan took Zhong Guanguang, Zhao Xianhuang, Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong to an apartment, mysteriously opened the safe and said, "Four of you, please take a look."
Zhang Fuzhong casually pulled out a stack of documents, glanced at it a few times, and exclaimed: "These are all pharmaceutical industry preparation methods? Oh my God, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, metamizole... Mr. Zhou, where did you get it?
data of?"
"I got it from England." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
The British Royal Pharmaceutical Factory, which Zhou Hexuan cooperated with Ornish and King George VI, not only produces sulfa drugs. After several years of development, the pharmaceutical factory already has more than ten products. Things like vitamin B are already very popular in Europe and the United States.
It's so common that even if you can't develop it yourself, you can still spend money to buy the production technology, so the Chinese still regard it as a treasure.
It is very sad to say that at this time, the Chinese pharmaceutical factory could only produce red potion in the past two years, and the developers were Zhang Fuzhong and his students.
"If the four of you are interested, you can copy these materials." Zhou Hexuan said.
Zhang Fuzhong geared up and said: "As long as I can get the machinery and raw materials, plus these materials, I promise to build the largest pharmaceutical factory in China for Mr. Zhou!"
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
In fact, Zhou Hexuan took out these drug information, on the one hand, to encourage everyone, and on the other hand, he also gave it to New China. Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong are both chemical and pharmaceutical experts in the Republic.