The Dahua Laboratory is a group of small buildings with a tree-lined road to the headquarters, nicknamed the Ho Chi Minh Trail by researchers.

Every day, there are researchers on the trail who happily hold a piece of information, go to the headquarters to apply for projects and funds, and then hold a piece of information, or hang their heads or come back happily.

The approval rate of Dahua Lab's projects fluctuates between 8% and 12%, which is not low in any country's research institute. The Dahua Laboratory also relies on these project funds to maintain its development, so the Ho Chi Minh Trail is the logistics channel of the Dahua Laboratory, and the researchers who come and go have the experience of successfully applying for funding and failing to apply, and when they pass through this trail, they will naturally speed up their pace.

Today, however, the Ho Chi Minh Trail is completely congested.

First of all, it is a huge high-temperature cracking furnace.

The young assistants were responsible for carrying boxes and instruments, and the older researchers were mostly in awe around the high-temperature cracking furnace.

A bearded man couldn't help but knock on the outer wall of the alloy and said, "This doesn't look like 800 alloy." ”

Wang Yun hurriedly knocked off his hand and said proudly: "You still think it's a horizontal tube furnace, this is a special alloy of HK40, with GR added to it." ”

"You old boy, why aren't you so lonely when you use the centrifuge in our lab. Su Dong hasn't said to give you the stove yet. The bearded man was not happy, and he felt around the high-temperature pyrolysis furnace in a circle, and said with a vinegar smell: "There are only a few people in one of your laboratories, and I don't think it is possible to work 24 hours a day, so it is better to ...... a family a day."

"If you think about it, this is something that is good for the Carbon Fiber Research Institute. Later, carbon fiber testing. The high-temperature cracking furnace is to run all day, and not a single working hour will be vacated. If there are not enough people, I can recruit them. I don't need your centrifuge anymore, the institute has it. Wang Yun looked like he didn't need you anymore, and the people around him were itching.

Yao Zefan of the Third Oil Production Research Institute widened his eyes and asked, "The centrifuge is also equipped...... I haven't seen it, what model?"

He was the leader of the equipment group back then, and now he has taken over the three oil production research institutes, and he is very familiar with the equipment. Centrifuges are almost standard in all kinds of research rooms. From mechanics to chemistry to biology, the use of centrifuges is increasing, and Yao Zefan has wanted a new centrifuge for some time. The one that was equipped with the third oil production station was not only dilapidated in several years of uninterrupted use. And also lagged behind.

Wang Yun's personality is a bit Muna, but among a group of researchers who are also Muna, it is much more normal. He pouted, pretending not to care, and said, "It's piled up over there, we make asphalt-based carbon fiber, and centrifuges are also key equipment." Don't make up your mind. ”

Yao Zefan didn't say a word, and followed the direction pointed by Wang Yun to find it.

The shell of the wooden box is marked with the manufacturer and model, and the specific parameters are also partially indicated. Of course, for Yao Zefan, who is researching equipment. As long as there is a model, there is no need to mark the parameters or anything, he almost knows it in his chest, just like a fanatical computer nerd who treasures the new hardware data. Yao Zefan spent a lot of time drooling over the explanatory materials of journals and manufacturers.

The position that Yao Zefan gave up was quickly filled. Chasing Wang Yun's words just now, he asked, "Then which of you is a non-critical device?"

A circle of bookish researchers, like wolves in night school, their eyes squinting or staring.

The research room is a jungle for researchers, and researchers who can't find equipment are like wolves that can't catch prey, and they will be dragged thin if they don't starve to death. A good device can simplify complex research a lot, save time and effort, and get more accurate conclusions.

Historically, proud Chinese have invented many wonderful experimental methods to circumvent the dilemma of lack of equipment, especially in the process of catching up with developed countries, and a large part of the experience of Chinese researchers has been spent on how to repeat each other's experiments.

The way of experimenting abroad is not necessarily a secret, but the equipment is. Chinese researchers, who lack equipment, often have to spend a lot of energy to complete the simple work of the other party with outdated equipment and a lot of time in order to verify or reproduce the results of the other party's experiments. Many of these methods can be called classics, but due to the single role, those shining wisdom can only be reluctantly returned to the old paper pile, and there is no value in using it.

With the development of the times, by the 90s, this tail line strategy was not even effective. Increasingly sophisticated instruments and higher and higher experimental requirements have made researchers who have not updated their experimental equipment for a long time at a loss......

If there is an advanced equipment, for a laboratory, it is equivalent to saving a year and a half of time and liberating three or five excellent researchers.

How could you not grab such equipment.

Researchers may be able to ignore the monetary rewards for a while and focus on making a difference or exploring the unknown, but in any case, the researcher has a pursuit. In the face of modern science, equipment is an indispensable vehicle in the pursuit process.

More than half of the reason why Dahua Laboratory can gather a large number of researchers and get strong researchers like Wang Yun is that Dahua Industrial has invested enough research funds, and most of these funds are reflected in the equipment.

The price of research equipment in the 90s was not too exaggerated, and millions of pieces of equipment were enough for national laboratories. With an annual funding of hundreds of millions of yuan, Dahua Industrial can support hundreds of projects and dozens of research entities, with an average of one million per research entity.

Still, this is something that cannot be compared to the shrinking China Research Group. For most research institutes, millions of dollars not only have to maintain the operation of the project, but also have to support hundreds of idle staff affiliated with the institution, and many large units in the past may have no money to pay a salary, let alone buy new equipment.

Wang Yun used to be a member of the search for equipment everywhere, and at this time he was arrogant, and his mentality was still the same as before, but he just shook his hand and said: "Don't say it's useless, if you don't see it, the Carbon Fiber Research Institute can't play." There are no non-critical parts. ”

As he spoke, Yao Zefan had already turned the centrifuge out, glanced at the symbols on it, and he howled: How can it be two generations more advanced than us?

"The equipment in your lab is getting old. A man on the side said.

"yes, you can't just leave us alone. Yao Zefan stared at the number of T160 on the ground, and his greedy eyes lit up: "The centrifuges in our three oil production stations are all products of the early 80s, in fact, they can also be used, and they are quite easy to use, why don't we replace them first?"

"Don't even think about it. Wang Yun spoke categorically. Ignoring the dust falling from the box on the ground, he beckoned an assistant to come over, picked it up with brute force, put it on the cart, and instructed: "Don't stop in the middle." Sent directly to the laboratory, there are people to keep in the laboratory, no one is allowed to come, and the instrument is not allowed to be handed over to anyone except me. ”

"Understood. "The assistant researcher is a recent college graduate this year, and although he has little experience, he also knows the importance of equipment. He looked around with the wary eyes of a young pioneer.

93 years of Dahua Industrial, whether it is the quality of research, the level of colleagues, personal treatment, or even social status. are better than the impoverished Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions. Dahua's personnel department has begun to make personnel files for research institutions across the country, and there are few researchers they select who cannot be poached. Under such circumstances, Dahua was able to recruit almost every graduate they needed. And the fierce internal competition began almost after they entered Dahua. Everyone, whether it is a big cow or an ordinary cow, must do their best to participate in the competition, otherwise they may be eliminated to subordinate branches, or affiliated enterprises.

Young people's eyes often sparkle with more sparks of competition.

Yao Zefan looked at the wooden box containing the centrifuge disappearing, and sighed: "Our equipment application was not approved, and people are more popular than people." ”

Wang Yun smiled and said: "That's right, I have the impression that the establishment of the three oil extraction institutes is not in the Dahua laboratory, and Su Dong is willing to provide equipment, which is good." ”

"Why is it not Dahua's, my establishment has been transferred to Dahua's, and in the three oil production institutes, seventy percent of the researchers are Dahua's establishment. Moreover, the ownership of all the patents and research results of the tertiary oil production institute belongs to Dahua Industrial, and the Shengli Oilfield only has the right to use it for free and cannot be transferred, what is the difference between this and the research institute of Dahua Laboratory?"

Wang Yun's idea was simple, and he said: "No matter how you calculate it, there are always thirty percent that are not, Shengli Oilfield almost does not provide funds now, and you still have thirty percent of Shengli Oilfield, there must always be a little difference." ”

Wang Yun didn't really think much about it, and said it casually. The speaker has no intention of listening, and Yao Zefan pondered when he arrived: Dahua and Shengli Oilfield have a good relationship now, and it is okay to distinguish between each other, and Mr. Lin will be promoted to general manager in the future, but there is always a time to retreat. How old is Su Dongcai, I'm afraid he still has a few decades to live...... Phew...... It's not surprising if it's a bit of a mustard.

Thinking about it like this, his mind moved: Or, really end the cooperative relationship and completely switch to Dahua's side?

Most of the people who are reluctant to come to Dahua now are retired researchers over the age of 50. They have health insurance and pension considerations. After all, the scale of Dahua Industry cannot be compared with the country, and everyone is worried about what if......

However, if these people are hired in the name of Dahua Laboratory, it is not impossible.

Yao Zefan thought about it a lot, but he didn't care about the equipment behind him.

It only took half a day to complete the equipment handling, but the installation was a slow process. In order to pursue precision and stability, many equipment is grounded with a drill bit. If it is excessive, it is necessary to pour concrete. It is a matter of course to measure the level and vertical, and the requirements for avoiding the sun or installing flannel are also different, and the progress of the construction is not fast if you want to.

Therefore, it is very difficult to relocate most of the equipment after the location is determined, and the design and installation requirements are much higher.

In order to avoid mistakes, Wang Yun ate and lived in the laboratory. The other research assistants, as well as the newly recruited researchers, were also molds, staring and helping out, trying to make the construction progress faster.

A week or so. The two spinning machines are first in place, followed by the all-important high-temperature cracking furnace.

Wang Yun immediately began to prepare the experimental design, and the time spent in the toilet was spent thinking, and he was even more left behind when he went home, forcing his wife to come and deliver food every day.

In such an atmosphere, it unexpectedly only took half a month for carbon fiber to start working.

Wang Yun was holding back a lot of energy in his heart: he wanted to make anisotropic carbon fiber before Su Dong's next inquiry. As long as it is maintained to the current level, with the quality of anisotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber, it will definitely become a cash cow for a new generation of Dahua Laboratory, just like the well-funded offshore oil research institute!

At that time, who would dare to say that the newly established carbon fiber research institute is not worthy of the name!

In order to achieve this goal, Wang Yungen has no intention of stinging with research funds. In the case of complete equipment, the fire is in full swing, and the high temperature of 1100 degrees is still used to crack the petroleum straight-run residue at high temperature, and the cracked asphalt at 1000 degrees is begun to be adjusted into asphalt for spinning. On the other hand, the simple two-stage heat treatment carbon method began to be tested again, and the Exxon law of the solvent extraction method began to prepare the data......

Long before joining Dahua Industry, Wang Yun began to study carbon fiber. In fact, China is a very early country to study carbon fiber, and in the 50s, China had a special project team related to carbon fiber. At that time, the main goal was tracking research, but unfortunately, in the 90s, China was still conducting tracking research.

The research of carbon fiber is too expensive, and there are too many things that the country needs to study, and none of them is indispensable. Only a private company like Dahua Industrial can engage in its own in-depth research without considering a complete range of categories.

Wang Yun used to study carbon fiber mostly on paper, and most of the experiments were done over and over again in his head. After joining Dahua Industry, the carbon fiber project team is not unlimited in funds, and can only make simple isotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber first. And the research plan he kept in the drawer had been revised many times.

With the injection of funds at the research institute level, where can Wang Yun endure it, now the external conditions are complete, and the internal is twisted into a rope, and the previous ideas have been verified in the experiment one by one, and the progress of the experiment is advancing rapidly, which further stimulates them.

The financial department of the Dahua headquarters had to remind Wang Yun continuously: Pay attention to expenses! If it weren't for the fact that the city of Suzhou, which was in Almaty, had the authority to cancel the research plan of the institute, the headquarters might have stuck Wang Yun.

Sioux City knew about it, but remained silent. And before he made it clear, the Carbon Fiber Research Institute did race against time to come up with results.

A day earlier in the study of anisotropic carbon fibers could bring millions of benefits. For a new institute, that's the performance of the best. For new fellows, this is also the best way for them to make it to the "Special Contribution" list.

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