industrial overlord

Chapter 4 Technical Problems

"Come on, Xiao Lin, come on, I'll toast the hero." You Jianmin raised his glass and gestured to Lin Zhenhua.

The light meals at Hongxing Ceramics Factory are indeed much richer than the small restaurants in Hongshan Commune.The custom of eating and drinking in Chinese society has existed since ancient times, and it has never been cut off for 5000 years.Officials back then did not dare to embezzle and accept bribes, but eating and drinking was a matter of course, and no one could say anything.He Haifeng himself is not keen on going to the subordinate enterprises to cheat food and drink. This time he went to the Red Star Porcelain Factory to have dinner to entertain Lin Zhenhua.However, for You Jianmin, having the opportunity to entertain He Haifeng at a banquet is of course a dream.

You Jianmin brought several middle-level cadres from the factory with him to eat with He Haifeng and Lin Zhenhua.Everyone knew that Lin Zhenhua was the savior of He Haifeng's daughter, so naturally they were doubly flattering. Being polite to Lin Zhenhua was to give He Haifeng face, and He Haifeng would take it to heart.

After drinking for three rounds, He Haifeng asked about the production situation in the factory. He is one of the few business backbones in the Light Industry Department, and he knows the production situation of Hongxing Ceramics Factory very well.

"Old You, how is the production of your export porcelain?" He Haifeng asked.

He Haifeng didn't mention it, but when he mentioned export porcelain, You Jianmin put down the wine glass and sighed bitterly: "Oh, don't mention it. Director He, I went to the hall to look for it two days ago. You, they said that you asked for leave to go home to visit relatives. In fact, if you don’t come today, I will go to see you tomorrow.”

"What? What's wrong?" He Haifeng was a little surprised.

"There is a big problem with this batch of exported porcelain."

"No way?" He Haifeng said, "Old You, you have to know that this is a key project in the province. In this year's task of earning foreign exchange through export, your batch of export porcelain will occupy a share. If something goes wrong, you can quickly tell me."

"He Zhichang, do you remember what is written in our contract with Japan, the porcelain must be pure white without any variegated color?"

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"That's the problem. The samples we fired were a bit reddish, which didn't meet the standard. Actually, it's not a particularly obvious red color, but you know that Little Japan is very picky. Even if there is a little bit of red, they will definitely reject it." You Jianmin poured out bitterness.

"Have you found out the reason?"

"I checked. Our factory engineers and technicians have been working for half a month, but we can't find out whether they are dead or alive. Later, we invited engineers from Dongfeng Porcelain Factory to look at it, but they couldn't find out the problem. Beijing invited a few experts to help take a look." You Jianmin said, and He Haifeng could clearly feel his anxiety from his tone.

"This matter is a bit troublesome." He Haifeng said.Hongxing factory and Dongfeng factory are both key enterprises in the department, and their technical strength is also top-notch among the ceramic factories in the whole province.If the engineers of these two factories can't solve it, then the problem is really serious.Going to Beijing to invite experts has happened in the past, but it was too troublesome.

"Look at Section Chief Wang's hair. It's been half white in the past two days." You Jianmin pointed to a man beside him. He Haifeng knew him. This man was the technical section chief of Hongxing Ceramics Factory.

"What's the use of having gray hair? Our porcelain is only useful when it's white." Section Chief Wang sighed, took a big sip of the wine, and looked really worried.

"Director You, I didn't understand, you said your porcelain is red?" Lin Zhenhua who was chatting with He Lan suddenly interrupted and asked.

"Well, it was supposed to be white porcelain, but it turned out a little red." You Jianmin replied casually. Just now when everyone was talking about technical issues, they directly regarded Lin Zhenhua as a transparent object.He Haifeng said in advance that Lin Zhenhua is just a veteran who barely graduated from junior high school. Such a high-level topic is not suitable for Lin Zhenhua.

"Let's start with the color." Lin Zhenhua said casually.

"What do you mean?" He Haifeng asked. He didn't think Lin Zhenhua could offer any useful suggestions, but since he had spoken, it was hard to ignore him.

Lin Zhenhua looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "I don't know much about it either, but I remember learning in chemistry that if an object turns red, it should contain iron. I wonder if our raw materials are covered with iron. Mineral pollution. You can try it. During the powder preparation process, add an electromagnetic filter to absorb the iron-containing powder, and I guess there will be no problem.”

"You..." You Jianmin pointed at Lin Zhenhua, directly entering the state of petrification.

"That's right!" Section Chief Wang slapped the table, "I'm an old fool, I've been thinking about temperature and sintering time, why haven't I thought about the problem of raw materials. Director You, you forgot, our this time A batch of stones from other places were mixed in the raw materials, so maybe the problem lies in this batch of raw materials.”

"Then hurry up and go to the workshop!" You Jianmin was very excited and shouted to Section Chief Wang.He has been the director of the ceramics factory for so many years, and he has learned a lot about the production process.What Lin Zhenhua said sounded very simple, but it hit the nail on the head. You Jianmin was able to confirm almost immediately that the problem must be here.

Section Chief Wang threw down his wine glass, nodded to He Haifeng, and ran away quickly.The matter of exporting porcelain has troubled them for almost a month. If Lin Zhenhua's advice can be effective, it will be a surprise.

You Jianmin didn't want to drink any more, he and He Haifeng had a few perfunctory words, and He Haifeng saw what he meant, and said with a smile: "Let's stop here today, Xiao Lin has worked hard, it's time to go to rest."

"That's right, Xiao Lin has worked hard, I'll take you to the guest house." You Jianmin said repeatedly.

He Haifeng took He Lan home in a small jeep sent by Hongxing Ceramics Factory.Accompanied by You Jianmin, Lin Zhenhua came to the guest house of the factory.You Jianmin specially went to the front desk to order a private room for Lin Zhenhua. His level of hospitality made the little waiter mistakenly think that he was a leader from the central government, or that he was a relative of the factory director.After Lin Zhenhua settled down, You Jianmin rushed to the workshop, eager to see the results of the new trial production.

Lin Zhenhua slept very soundly in the guest house. Early the next morning, he was awakened by a loud knock on the door.He got out of bed and opened the door. He saw You Jianmin and Section Chief Wang standing at the door with excited faces. Section Chief Wang was holding a porcelain plate that was still emitting heat. Lin Zhenhua took a closer look and saw the color of the plate. It was pure and flawless, like a piece of white jade.

"Successful?" Lin Zhenhua asked with a smile.

"Success!" You Jianmin said loudly, "Xiao Lin, you are amazing!"

"This..." Lin Zhenhua was a little embarrassed. As a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Huaqing University, he was a little bit familiar with materials science. He had read about the technical problems encountered by the Red Star Ceramics Factory in the literature. , so the main point is grasped at once.He didn't know that the level of technology 30 years ago was not the same as that of later generations. Most of the engineers in Hongxing Ceramics Factory only had a diploma from a technical school. People with this point can't be found no matter what.

"Xiao Lin, you saved my life." Section Chief Wang said exaggeratedly, "I haven't even had a full sleep these days, and I finally closed my eyes, and my dreams were full of red porcelain. "

"Well, it's just a bystander." Lin Zhenhua said modestly, "Actually, if you weren't in it, you wouldn't have missed this point."

"Expert Lin, you are so humble. You, a bystander, can see more clearly than us old ceramics." Section Chief Wang sighed repeatedly. He is a technical person, and he naturally admires those who are more skilled than himself.

"Let's go, let's have breakfast. You are our hero, I want to buy you a drink, so you won't get drunk forever!" You Jianmin said.

"Drinking in the morning?" Lin Zhenhua was dumbfounded.

"It's not morning, it's noon. Now let's have breakfast first, and then I will arrange someone to accompany you to visit Tanzhou. I heard from Lao He that you have never been to Tanzhou. Then, we will drink at noon." You Jianmin said Take the road.

"Director You, I want to take the 10:[-] am train."

"The ticket is refunded, and I will ask the office to buy you another ticket for tomorrow." You Jianmin said.

"But, hasn't our technical problem been solved?" This time it was Lin Zhenhua's turn to look bitter.

You Jianmin patted Lin Zhenhua on the shoulder: "Xiao Lin, you helped us solve the technical problem, we have to thank you. Yesterday's drink was for Mr. He, and today's drink is for you. The little car went to pick up the chief, and today he is in your favor."

(End of this chapter)