Xiong Youxin and Bian Wenguang returned to Xiamen by car, and asked the teacher to send everyone to the methanol base in Dahua for inspection.

One of the reasons why large companies are often difficult to vet is that when the cost of review is too high for the government to afford, regulation becomes useless. A typical example is Formosa Plastics, whose annual output value exceeds 10 billion yuan, accounting for a large part of the island's GDP, and the government can only superficially supervise unless it takes out all the taxes it pays.

In the methanol base in Sioux City, there are now five sets of equipment, each of which requires hundreds of maintenance personnel alone, and it may be enough for ten people to quickly check them all. But if you want to seriously dig into the problems hidden in the depths, it is not too much to send 500 people, and it is not uncommon for two or three months to have no results.

Xiong Youxin also knew that he was short of manpower, so in addition to gathering his brothers, he hurriedly asked Sinopec for help.

In order to get as much assistance as possible, Xiong Youxin also raised the severity of the matter, and assured Vice President Wen Zhaohong on the phone: "We only need to prove that Dahua Industrial failed to fully understand the imported equipment, and during the evaluation period, deliberately shut down some equipment, so that Su Cheng can drink a pot." It would be even better if it could be proven that the equipment they shut down was contaminating. And the worst, assuming that the reduction of lubricant is only the tip of the iceberg, Dahua may evade taxes by falsely reporting the cost of materials, and maybe send Sioux City to prison. ”

On the other end of the phone was Wen Zhaohong, the vice president of Sinopec, who asked for a few details. Sure that Xiong Youxin was not talking nonsense, he muttered: "There is no need to go to prison, you can prove that their level is low and full of loopholes, it is enough." This Dahua, is he really going to shoot himself in the foot?"

Xiong Youxin laughed twice, and said evilly: "These people are all guilty of original sin. There will always be times when they can't resist temptation. ”

"Hmm. If it becomes serious, please feel free to report it to me. Report it to me directly. You ask Xiao Gao for my phone number. Although Wen Zhaohong was not prepared to send Su Cheng to prison, he thought. If he had a handle in his hand that could put Su Cheng in prison, wouldn't he take it away.

Xiong Youxin was not qualified to extort money from Su Cheng, although he guessed that Wen Zhaohong's mind was also willing. This time. It was because Academician Chi wanted to evaluate the Dahua methanol base that he got in touch with Wen Zhaohong, but he didn't expect to be able to contact Wen Zhaohong directly so soon, and he was extremely satisfied.

The next day, Xiong Youxin got up early in the morning, went to the canteen to supervise the chef to make several tables of hearty breakfast, and then called the brothers out, and went straight to the methanol base after eating.

Li Lianxiang and the others didn't know Xiong Youxin's target, but they just accompanied him as usual. Xiong Youxin ignored it, and focused on equipment detection. He knows. To bring down the CEO of a large company like Sioux City, no matter how good the human evidence is, there is no physical evidence to use.

An urban steel jungle has both pros and cons. It's too big to probe for, but once something is found. It is also extremely difficult to destroy evidence, and even because production cannot be stopped, once something is found, it is extremely difficult to change it.

When it was time for lunch, Li Lianxiang invited everyone to dine as usual.

Unexpectedly, Xiong Youxin waved his hand and said, "We had a good breakfast." If you have to work at noon, you can just have a box of fast food per person. ”

In the past few days, Li Lianxiang has to prepare two boxes of wine every day, and he was stunned when he saw that they had the intention of eating fast food.

Of course, Xiong Youxin will not explain anything, and work on his own. Others also come and go, and are busy. Finding equipment in a jungle of steel that shouldn't be deactivated is as difficult as finding a sick tree in a forest. A lot of equipment has to be used on a rotational basis, and intermittent downtime for maintenance is not uncommon, in fact, just knowing all the equipment is enough for them to get tired.

Li Lianxiang had no choice but to prepare fast food as he said.

Xiong Youxin and others are not picky, and they eat whatever they bring. In the afternoon, Academician Chi, who had taken a nap, also came out and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Bian Wenguang immediately packed up his things, put them in front of Academician Chi, and said excitedly: "There are many things, we haven't found the specific equipment yet, but the purchase quantity of many materials of Dahua Industry has been reduced. For example, gears, bearings, valves, hydraulic pumps, etc., the reduction rate is about 30%, so it seems that they have suspended at least 15% of the equipment. We're testing their methanol production process to see out which equipment is faulty enough to shut down ......"

He spoke for several minutes in one breath.

Academician Chi listened carefully, and waited for him to finish speaking: "Have you communicated with the technical staff of Dahua Industry?"

"We have more than 80 people, and Sinopec Fujian Branch has sent more than 20 people to help, and more will come tomorrow. I think we can do it without the help of their technicians. Xiong Youxin said and pulled over a researcher of the same age and introduced: "This is Du Tianyu, a ...... in the direction of pipeline machinery research."

Du Tianyu hurriedly came up to shake hands and said, "Academician Chi, I have admired my name for a long time." ”

"What about your point of view?"

"Well, I've just arrived. Du Tianyu glanced at Xiong Youxin and said: "But I think, Dahua Industry does have some concealment, in a few months, the use of various materials has been reduced by twenty or thirty percent, such as gearboxes and other materials, almost reduced by 60%, which is a bit too strange, doesn't this mean that they only took a few months to reduce the maintenance cost by 60%, according to the lowest algorithm, it will save millions a year." It's not that easy. ”

Du Tianyu laughed twice, and then everyone smiled. The more professional the researcher, the more aware he or she is of technological progress and the difficulties of implementing it.

Xiong Youxin couldn't help but say: "Sinopec is already the best petrochemical company in China, we use so many methods, we can only reduce the operating cost by 10% at most every year, and reduce it by 60% in one go, and I also want this technology." ”

"Because of this, you didn't communicate?" Academician Chi asked repeatedly.

Xiong Youxin nodded suspiciously.

Academician Chi picked up the report on the table and looked at it twice, and then said, "What you said...... On the surface, I thought of a few reasonable explanations, or ask the people of Dahua and send technical factors to talk about it. ”

Xiong Youxin hesitated for a moment. Although he has been on his own for a long time, Xiong Youxin has always believed in Master's judgment.

But the hesitation didn't last long, Xiong Youxin said softly: "Master, we have all the manpower in place, can you let us hold out for another two days? If we really can't find anything, we will communicate with Dahua Petrochemical Company, otherwise, they will know what we are investigating, and it will be difficult to continue." ”

Academician Chi knew what he was thinking and asked, "How many people are there to help?"

"About 200 people. ”

"It's all from the Petrochemical Corporation?"

"Yes. ”

"200 people......" Academician Chi muttered: "A provincial branch will definitely not be able to draw so many researchers and technicians, you have to transfer from Beijing, if it is not enough, you have to transfer from several other provinces, if you can't find anything, after these people go back, you will become a laughing stock." ”

Xiong Youxin was silent. He was really reluctant to Wen Zhaohong's line, and if he could do this, he would have entered the eyes of the deputy general manager of the petrochemical company. If it can't be done...... That would be a shame.

Academician Chi knew that this disciple was a bit of an official fan, and persuaded again: "You first contact Dahua's technicians and ask them if they have adopted any new technology, you can ask privately." If not, you continue to check, and if you do, let these people go back. Isn't that safer?"

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow. Xiong Youxin is equivalent to another day of delay. Attacking them unprepared is naturally easier than fighting in a dignified battle, not to mention that they are already short of manpower.

Academician Chi sighed secretly and thought: Disciples have their own blessings as disciples, and I can't manage so much.

He patted Xiong Youxin on the shoulder and went back to rest.

Xiong Youxin was full of energy, and he didn't mean to sleep that night, and checked all kinds of outdoor instruments all night.

In the maintenance of petrochemical equipment, the most important maintenance method is to look at the instrument. If the pressure gauge reading is weakened, there may be a leak. If the temperature of the thermometer drops, it is possible that the oil line is clogged or the engine is not running out of power. In a large methanol plant, there are thousands of instruments, and it is very complicated and trivial to check them one by one.

Many people stayed up late with her.

The next day, thirty or forty more came to help. Li Lianxiang knew that the visitor was not good, and while dealing with it carefully, he complained: The public relations department doesn't know how to find an academician who is easy to deal with, and how to find it is all to find our fault.

He's just whining. The 4 academicians invited were all smooth, only Academician Chi here, there was a famous disciple who was obsessed with the official - even if he knew that there was such a thing, Su Cheng would ask for an evaluation.

It's much easier to get a researcher than a state councilor.

Compared to Li Lianxiang, Xiong Youxin didn't even have time to think at all, although he forced himself to think.

The more he learned about Dahua Petrochemical's methanol base, the more he felt that Dahua's technology was advanced. In this case, to say that they were forced to shut down 10% or even 20% of the equipment, Xiong Youxin felt a little unreliable.

It's too much to say that they can't figure out the equipment in Casali, Switzerland, but they can't do it with the old equipment from Brazil?

If it were so simple, Xiong Youxin felt that he had already discovered it.

Just thinking about it, Bian Wenguang pushed the door in and said softly: "Dahua's technician has gone to the B5 area to change the lubricating oil." In addition, the head office sent another 40 people. ”

"So fast?"

"Why don't you let them rest first?" Bian Wenguang was also a little weak-hearted, reputation is such a thing, you can't see or touch it, but it is indeed a sharp weapon, the most important thing to be a scholar is to accumulate fame, which also makes reputation a double-edged sword.

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