Sail across the sea

Chapter 15 The Well-deserved Technical Authority

"The main reason for the high energy consumption of our plant is the small scale. It is conclusive that large-scale ammonia synthesis plants are more energy-efficient than medium-sized ones, and medium-sized ones are more energy-efficient than small ones. Therefore, to completely solve the problem of high energy consumption, It must carry out a comprehensive transformation and expand the scale. You, the factory leaders, should have a clear understanding of this."

In the production area of ​​Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory, engineer Zhou Xiaoyun said to Gao Yiping and several factory leaders and middle-level cadres.

"Zhou Gong, we all know what you're talking about. But our factory is such a large scale, and it's not up to us to say what we want to do, so it's useless if you say it." Deputy factory director Qiu Guoliang frowned. Said with a frown.

Zhou Xiaoyun shook her head and said, "Director Qiu, the reason why I want to emphasize this point is to explain that we should not invest too much in technological transformation. Since our ultimate solution is to carry out comprehensive transformation, if we invest too much now Many, these investments will be wasted in future renovations.

"Moreover, if we invest too much money in this transformation, when we propose to expand the scale, the county and the province will reject our request because of the initial investment."

"The expansion of the scale you mentioned will happen at least ten years later. After ten years, I must have retired. Director Gao must have gone to be a leader in the county, or even a leader in the district. Possibly. Zhou Gong, you don’t plan for yourself, do you?” Qiu Guoliang said with a smile.

"Old Qiu, you can't talk nonsense like that." Gao Yiping interrupted Qiu Guoliang.

Qiu Guoliang is over 50 years old, he is not doing business all day long, he is talking about retirement, he does not have a long-term perspective in thinking about problems, every time he asks him to participate in the discussion of the development plan of the factory, he is always messing around, making it clear that he wants to tear down the stage .

What Zhou Xiaoyun said just now was actually discussed with Gao Yiping. The statement that too much investment now may affect future expansion is actually Gao Yiping's opinion.

The coal consumption of Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Plant was too high. It received a red card warning from the Provincial Department of Chemical Industry and faced the danger of being shut down. Cangtang County attached great importance to this, and also expressed that it could allocate some funds to help the chemical fertilizer plant carry out technical transformation. Reduce energy consumption.

The Ministry of Chemical Industry draws a red line of less than 2500 kg of coal consumption for the two countries, which is based on the consideration of a national game of chess.There are more than 1500 small nitrogen fertilizer factories in the country. Some of them are shut down and others are undergoing technological transformation. This is in line with the principle of "expensive and not expensive".

But for Cangtang County, the Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory is the largest enterprise in the county. If it is shut down, the county's economy will be seriously affected. The resettlement of more than [-] employees alone is enough to cause headaches for the county.In addition, once the Canghai Fertilizer Plant shuts down, Cangtang County will have to rely on fertilizer plants in other counties to supply the fertilizers needed for agricultural production.
Based on such considerations, the county economic committee greeted the chemical fertilizer factory and asked the chemical fertilizer factory to formulate a technical transformation plan, saying that the county would provide financial support as appropriate.

Technological transformation of small nitrogen fertilizer plants is currently a hot spot in the country. Trials have been made in various places, and there are many mature experiences for reference.For Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory, the key is to determine the scale of technical transformation, whether it is a small transformation or a major transformation.

A group of leaders represented by Qiu Guoliang are inclined to make major changes.A big change means a big investment. If there is a lot of investment, if there is a little leakage, it can also become a benefit for the factory.If you don't take the money from the finances, you don't take it for nothing.After the major reform, the original value of the factory's fixed assets has also increased, and its status in the county can be further improved. Why not do it?
At first, Gao Yiping was also inclined to make major changes to this plan, but Zhou Xiaoyun persuaded him to switch to a long-term plan such as making minor changes first, and then waiting for an opportunity to implement a comprehensive expansion of production.

Zhou Xiaoyun was a college student before the sports era. Not long after entering university, the sports began. The university was impacted by the sports and could not attend classes normally.When most of the students are enthusiastically involved in sports, Zhou Xiaoyun is one of the few students who sneak into the library to read books. This kind of students are called "Xiaoyao School" by the students, which has some derogatory meanings.

According to what Ran Yuying told Gao Fan, one of the reasons why Zhou Xiaoyun didn't participate in sports during college was because of her bad background.Her father was an official of the state government, and went abroad before liberation, leaving behind her mother and her who was only two years old.

Zhou Xiaoyun's mother was a teacher in a university in Pujiang, and she stayed there to teach after liberation, so Zhou Xiaoyun was from a scholarly family.Due to her family background and her own hard work, she has a solid foundation in chemical engineering.

After graduating from university, Zhou Xiaoyun was assigned to the Canghai Fertilizer Factory, or more precisely, to the fertilizer factory in this remote county.

According to common sense, after a person like her enters the factory, she will be discriminated against.However, instead of discriminating against her, Hu Chenglin, the former factory manager, asked her to be responsible for the original driving after the expansion of the equipment. This is a job with high technical requirements, and no one in the factory understands this technology.

Zhou Xiaoyun cooperated with Gao Yiping, who was the head of the production section at the time, consulted literature, visited some other chemical fertilizer factories in the province, learned the original driving experience, and finally formulated a feasible synthesis tower catalyst heating and reduction plan, and successfully started the first time, convinced The cadres and workers of the whole factory.

Due to her background, Zhou Xiaoyun has not been promoted and is still an ordinary engineer in the technical department.However, everyone in the factory knows that Zhou Xiaoyun is a well-deserved technical authority in the fertilizer factory and can take the top spot.

Gao Yiping had the experience of working with Zhou Xiaoyun on the original driving plan, so he knew Zhou Xiaoyun's level and work spirit quite well.After he succeeded Hu Chenglin as the director of the fertilizer factory, he has always regarded Zhou Xiaoyun as his arm, and he basically listened to Zhou Xiaoyun's opinions on technical matters.

Zhou Xiaoyun was used to seeing the cruelty of the world during the sports years, and she has always been very grateful to Gao Yiping for his kindness. She even formed a good relationship with Ran Yuying, and she always called Ran Yuying her sister in private.Gao Min and Gao Fan have been playing with Aunt Xiaoyun since childhood.Every time Zhou Xiaoyun came back from visiting relatives in Pujiang, she would always bring Pujiang’s white rabbit toffee to Gao Min and Gao Fan. The siblings also received a lot of guidance from Zhou Xiaoyun in their studies.

Another thing is that Zhou Xiaoyun is now 34 years old, but still single.Some people said that she was afraid to talk about marriage because of her bad family background.Another point of view is that she is the daughter of a professor at Pujiang University, and she looks down on Cangtang people, so she is single until now.

(End of this chapter)