"If it doesn't conflict with the project, you might as well give it a try!" Situ Nan smiled faintly and said to Carothers in a suggestive tone.

Well?

Carothers was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Situ Nan, as if asking - how did you think of this? The reason?

Situ Nan looked at Carothers with a calm face, as if to say, I'll just talk about it, you can try it.

Carothers couldn't see any problems in Situ Nan's eyes, and Situ Nan didn't answer his doubts directly, and said in his heart: Anyway, it's all a kind of material comparative test, since the boss has spoken, and it's not a matter of principle, it doesn't matter if you listen to him once.

Thinking of this, Carothers nodded slowly and glanced at the assistant next to him, who quickly understood, and also nodded, taking adipic acid and ethylenediamine as priority test subjects.

"A bright future is at hand, the opportunity to change the history of mankind has come, you have seized the feet of the goddess of victory, and you have worked hard to pull off her skirt! Guys! ”

Stuart encouraged Carothers and the organic chemistry department he led.

Carothers and the others don't have a sense of humor, or the engineering man is emotionally introverted, he just laughs when he listens to it, and he doesn't let go of it, and Situ Nan's bold words don't get too strong a response.

It gave them a lot of confidence that they could at least secure a million-dollar research grant from their organic chemistry department.

When people think of nylon, what comes to mind?

Naturally, it's stockings!

In fact, the application of nylon is very broad, and stockings are only one of the fastest applications to reflect economic benefits, when Situ Nan left the giant laboratory. Carothers made a small batch of polyester yarn smaller than a guitar string.

All right. It's a mouthful. Who made the real nylon 66 not appear yet!

How to put the results of the laboratory into practical use is a great test of the technology of Giant Chemical Company.

It is imperative to cooperate with the laboratory to develop relevant industrial equipment and develop industrial processes.

Situ Nan gave instructions to Giant Chemical Company, and Giant Chemical Company could not build those high-pressure, high-temperature and corrosion-resistant reactors by itself, and found Cummins Electric Company and Bethlehem United Iron and Steel Company to cooperate to jointly develop reactors, reaction pots, decomposition pots, polymerization kettles and other equipment suitable for polymer polymerization reactions.

Under the instigation of Situ Nan, several large enterprises such as Giant Chemical Company, Cummins Electric Company, and Bethlehem Iron and Steel Company jointly tackled key problems and invested a lot of manpower and material resources in research and development. Soon a breakthrough was made in stainless steel alloys and welding technology.

An experimental reactor was set up for experimental production based on the results of the research provided by Dr. Carothers.

Regrettably, Carothers followed Situan's suggestion and used adipic acid and ethylenediamine as raw materials to carry out polymerization experiments, which made rapid progress and made many breakthroughs, but it was still a little bit of luck to find nylon 66.

Situ Nan didn't mind this little fly in the ointment, and using the automatic loom provided by Dasheng Loom Company, the textile laboratory jointly established by Dasheng Company and Giant Chemical Company finally made the first pair of stockings!

Laura discovers that Situ Nan has been mysterious since he returned from the Giant Chemical Company. I don't know what I'm messing with.

When Situ Nan mysteriously said that he wanted to give her a gift, she was still unimpressed. What else had she not seen? I didn't take it to heart, and said, "You stay at home with me more, don't run around, it's the best gift." ”

On this day, a sunny afternoon, well, the California sun is always so good!

Situ Nan rushed home in a hurry, and said to Laura with a smile: "It's a success!" As he spoke, he called Laura into the room.

"What succeeded?" Laura asked with a smile.

"Look!" Situ Nan smiled and handed a box to Laura, who opened it and saw a pair of thin, crystal clear, flesh-colored stockings like cicada wings!

Suddenly frozen, his eyes were attracted by the stockings, and he couldn't move away anymore. Reaching out and touching it, the stockings feel very good to the touch, smooth and supple, and the elasticity is very good.

She wears a lot of stockings, and there is no shortage of them in the cabinet, which are made of natural silk and are very expensive. (The Japanese 88th Fleet was built by exporting silk and women.) ）

The elasticity and color seem to be a little different from the pair in front of you.

"Oh! Oh my God, it's so beautiful! Laura said excitedly, kissed Situ Nan, and gestured her legs with stockings, the length was just right for her slender legs.

"Thank you, my dear, this is the first stocking you gave me, it's beautiful." Laura said.

"It seems that you don't fully understand its value, this is not ordinary stockings, it is not made of silk, but a material that is chemically synthesized in the laboratory, and I make stockings with my own hands. A one-of-a-kind pair that has never been seen before in history! ”

Situ Nan explained with a smile.

He took the stockings and pulled them hard, the stockings network expanded, becoming more transparent and lightweight, and then he let go of his hand and returned to its original shape, just like a magic glance.

"Oh! Are you sure? I can't wait to put it on! ”

Laura became excited again, not only did she like to die in these stockings, but she also liked Situ Nan to do all this for herself.

"Then try?" Situ Nan smiled slightly, thinking: Laura wears these stockings, and those beautiful legs will definitely become magical.

"Come, I'll help you!"

Situ Nan's little caution did not hide from Laura, Laura smiled sweetly, sat down, pulled up the corners of her skirt, stretched out her long white legs, and let Situ Nan put on the stockings slowly......

What a romantic thing it is!!

The process of peeling off the stockings and peeling off a pair of long legs that are unique in the world is also exciting!

All afternoon, the husband and wife were tired of being in the room, and the joy of the boudoir could not be expressed, but could only be understood.

The thought that this was the only pair of stockings in the world greatly satisfied Laura's vanity, this guy hadn't let himself be so moved in a long time.

At dinner in the evening, Laura also talked about it, saying that such stockings would be very popular in the market, and women all over the world would love it.

Situ Nan nodded and said, "Your pair is still a semi-finished product, and the materials used in the laboratory have poor heat and friction resistance. The cost is also relatively high. Even if it is to promote the market. The price will also be very high.

Until a material of better quality and cheaper is found, the time has not yet come to promote it to the market. ”

"It's a shame." Laura said.

"No one else has it, but my dear, I am willing to make as many pairs of stockings as I want from the laboratory, and there will be no shortage of you." Situ Nan added.

"Honey, you know my heart. I remember your words. I'm the only one who has these stockings, don't I? ”

Laura said.

Situ Nan nodded.

Only Laura has, then other women will not have similar treatment.

It's not a big deal, as long as Laura is happy, Situ Nan doesn't care.

In just a year and a half, Laura "admired herself" or "led alone" and enjoyed this unique honor. However, nylon 66 will soon be born, and the nylon family will soon be born, and a large wave of polymer chemical industrial products will follow.

Giant Chemical has applied for a patent. There are more than 1,000 of them, ranging from the reaction principle of nylon to industrial processes. Establish a strong patent pool, and also work closely with Chevron Petroleum, Cummins Electric, Bethlehem Steel, Dasheng Loom and other related enterprises, including dyes, looms, textile enterprises and other upstream and downstream related aspects are grasped in hand, forming a huge industrial alliance, and seeking to maximize the market share of polymer chemistry.

Even if DuPont Chemical joins the battlefield, it may not end well.

Besides, they've lost the lead!

The more Situ Nan thought about it, the more proud he became, and it was too wise to dig up the Carothers team in advance, otherwise they would fall into the hands of DuPont Chemical.

Even if it is a synthetic rubber technology that is deliberately refrigerated by itself, in a few years, it can be sold to the Germans!

Later generations thought that in World War II, Germany's synthetic chemical technology was powerful, and rubber and gasoline were chemically synthesized, but in fact, they were forced to do nothing. The really powerful chemical companies in the United States, such as Situ Nan, he doesn't need synthetic rubber technology, and Rockefeller's Exxon Petroleum also has synthetic gasoline technology, but can people use it?

In short, after sulfonamides, Giant, this chemical brand will once again shine all over the world and become the world's best chemical company.

"In order not to irritate DuPont Chemical, I suggest you keep a low profile, dear, okay?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.

"DuPont again? They are our mortal enemies! Laura agreed.

DuPont Chemical and Giant Chemical are the two giants of the U.S. chemical industry, with comparable strength and highly overlapping businesses, so the competition is fierce.

In addition to the chemical industry, in the automotive industry, DuPont's General Motors and the William family's Chrysler Motors are also competitors, and have re-surpassed Chrysler Motors to become the No. 1 of the American Automobile Triumvirate!

However, profits and profit margins are not comparable to Chrysler and Ford, and GM's favorite thing is to buy, buy, buy, and acquire a large number of car brands, surpassing Chrysler and Ford in size at once.

The continuous increase in automobile production has led to the development of the oil industry, and more refineries and more gas stations have been built.

Chevron Oil Company's Long Beach refinery expanded and expanded, and Situ Nan's eyes were an industrial world of pipelines and reactors, refining 10 million tons of oil a year, equivalent to half of the West Coast's refining output, and one-fifth of North America's refining capacity.

"It seems that Chevron Oil was built in Long Beach in the right place! Who would have thought that more than ten years ago, this was just a port with a few oil wells! The population is not more than 10,000, remote and backward, and when we came to invest, there was nothing but a piece of seawater. ”

Situ Nan sighed with emotion, facing the CEO of Chevron Oil Company next to him, Henders. Brown recalls the time when he started his business.

"Today, it's not only rich in oil, it's also one of the largest ports on the West Coast, with a lot of import and export goods, and it's connected by railroad to California Steel in Fontana.

A number of large industrial complexes, such as Cummins Electric, Giant Chemical, and Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company, have set up headquarters or manufacturing bases in Long Beach, and have become customers or partners of Chevron Petroleum Company.

It's fair to say that we are the makers of the California miracle! ”

Hantec. Brown said angrily.

Now the Brown family has given up the mining business and invested all in oil and banking, becoming one of the majority shareholders of Chevron Oil, Occidental Petroleum, Wells Fargo, and an important partner of the William family.

The only thing that annoyed him was that the heir of the Brown family, Mike Brown. Brown has yet to take over the business at the oil company.

Hantec. Brown's words are the focus of Situ Nan's concern.

There are two major industries that drive the oil industry, one is the power energy based on automobiles, and the other is the chemical industry with oil as raw materials.

The power of the former has been fully reflected, the scale of the US automobile industry has reached 10 billion US dollars, driving the output value of oil, steel, rubber and other related industries to tens of billions of dollars, becoming one of the three pillars of Coolidge's prosperity.

Compared with the widespread application of power energy, the potential of the petrochemical industry has not had time to be realized, and now is the right time.

A breakthrough has been made in technology, so it is necessary to lay out raw materials in advance to ensure that Giant Chemical Company can obtain a long-term and stable supply of raw materials in the future, which puts forward the requirements for Chevron Oil Company to increase production.

As a billion-dollar company, Chevron has to go further and more far-sighted than Exxon in the petrochemical field.

"The oil fields in the Long Beach area have long been carved up, and Chevron oil has a good share, even in the face of Rockefeller's Mobil oil, it can have a proud confidence in Long Beach and even in California.

According to the report of the Geological Institute of Laputt and Mr. Laput, Long Beach and the continental shelf that stretches out to the ocean along Long Beach are a sea of oil underneath! ”

Situ Nan solemnly said to Handa. Brown Road.

"In the sea, under the sea—" Handar. Brown looked at Situ Nan suspiciously, and then at the busy Long Beach Harbor in front of him, except for the ships coming in and out, it was a sea of water.

Chevron Oil Company's refinery is close to the sea, building a 1,000-kilometer-long terminal in the port of Long Beach to supply Chevron Oil Company's oil tankers to dock, load and unload crude oil and refined oil, and build more than a dozen huge oil storage tanks on the terminal, storing hundreds of thousands of tons of crude oil and refined oil, which is also California's oil storage base.

(Once it explodes, it will definitely be the American version of the Tianjin Port explosion in Long Beach.) ）

Behind the oil port terminal is the oil refinery, and a little inland is the chemical plant of Giant Chemical Company, including fertilizer plant, synthetic ammonia factory, pesticide factory, explosives factory, synthetic drug factory and more than a dozen chemical plants.

It can be said that the petrochemical alliance, which is composed of Chevron Petroleum and Giant Chemical as the core, Cummins Electric Company, California Steel Corporation, aircraft and automobile and other related industrial sectors, is the largest investor, owner and user of the Port of Long Beach, and can basically represent the industry in the Los Angeles area.

Abundant oil resources are the foundation of all this, and also the basis of Chevron's rise to become one of the seven sisters of oil, Chevron oil has already exploited all the oil fields in California, and the next ten years will be the most vigorous period of Chevron oil's oil exploitation.

But what do you do when you have extracted all your crude oil reserves? (To be continued.) )