The journey starts from the Titanic

Seeing Li Renqiao's expectant eyes, Situ Nan touched his chin and smiled, "Actually, I want to know. In fact, it's just a coincidence. I don't know why, it's just an intuition."

"Intuition?" Li Renqiao shook his head disapprovingly.

"Yes! Intuition is hard to say clearly. Whether you can do it or not, I believe it. My intuition has always been accurate, and you will get used to it later."

Situ Nan shrugged and smiled triumphantly, "Now the whole world knows that you are the inventor of the hundred waves. Sulfonamide is also your masterpiece. It has nothing to do with me. I heard that you were nominated for the Nobel Prize? , And it should be, with the contribution of sulfa, this is a sure thing!"

"Okay! I can't tell you." Li Renqiao said helplessly. He always felt that the success of sulfa was a bit sudden, not very real, like a dream, but now he has slowly accepted this fact.

Thinking of the Nobel Prize, Li Renqiao felt enthusiastic, a little proud, and said: "But I don't reject you to provide me with more similar intuitions."

After all, the Explosives Award has unparalleled temptation for everyone engaged in scientific research, as if a businessman has achieved Rockefeller's level.

"Okay! I'll give you pointers when I have time." Situ Nan said without embarrassment.

"Fuck you! Really regard yourself as an expert? You are just a fool this time, and you are lucky. Let's do a good job as a businessman! Anyway, remember to allocate research funds to me on time."

Li Renqiao patted Situ Nan a little angrily.They often like to make such jokes.Li Renqiao is different from Situ Nan's subordinates who are more and more in awe of him. If he does not regard Situ Nan as his boss, he is still open in front of Situ Nan.As Situ Nan's momentum grows, fewer and fewer people will be able to follow him presumptuously.

"Right! What happened to your synthetic ammonia experiment?" Situ Nan asked.He has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in research funding, even if he fails, he doesn't feel bad about the money.

"Quickly! We have figured out its principle and got a lot of accurate data. I believe that day is not far away." Li Renqiao said confidently.

Compared with sulfa, which is too easy to succeed, he feels more fulfilling about the synthetic ammonia technology he has studied for several years.

"Then I wish you an early success." Situ Nan smiled and thought: If it doesn't work, I'll send someone to catch a few German chemists for you. Anyway, the war in Europe is almost over.

Industrial synthetic ammonia technology is so important that it is almost the lifeblood of a country's chemical industry.Ammonia can not only be used to produce various nitrogen fertilizers and compound fertilizers, and increase the yield of crops. Farms all over the world cannot do without ammonia-made fertilizers. Especially in countries with large-scale mechanized production such as the United States, there is no indirect demand for ammonia. Endless.Think about what a big market this is!

In addition to making fertilizer, ammonia can also be used as industrial raw material and ammoniated feed. Nitric acid, various nitrogen-containing inorganic salts and organic intermediates, refrigeration systems, and various chemical materials are all inseparable from ammonia.

The most important thing is that the current output of sulfa is also affected by the output of ammonia. The sulfa produced by Giant also needs ammonia, so there are too many reasons why Situ Nan has to desire synthetic ammonia technology.

If the Giant Company can succeed in the industrial synthetic ammonia technology, it will become a chemical company comparable to DuPont, not just a pharmaceutical company.

Situ Nan thought of this, and his heart surged, just like the establishment of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, now there are fewer and fewer things to make him feel a sense of accomplishment.

Once you become famous, the world knows!After the technical paper about sulfa was published in the American "Science" magazine, Li Renqiao suddenly became the brightest new star in the scientific world. The Giant Laboratory became known all of a sudden, and even the Eastman Medical School who participated in this project also won In order to gain a lofty reputation, there was a free advertisement for Situ-William University, and more and more people began to know the University of William in California.

Li Renqiao himself was nominated for the Nobel Prize, and invitations from world-famous universities such as Harvard, Massachusetts, and Cambridge flew like snowflakes. They all offered generous treatments in an attempt to win this new star in the scientific world.

Even the Rockefeller School of Medicine is no exception. The conditions they give are more generous, but this does not make Li Renqiao's heart beat.Because he does not lack anything, Giant's company has been provided with all conditions by Giant Lab.

In view of the important role of Li Renqiao and Giant Labs to Giant, Giant had just passed an award to reward the research team with a $300,000 bonus.In addition, in the future, the technological inventors of Giant Labs will also hold 20% of their invention patents.

As the inventor of sulfa and Bailangduoxi, Li Renqiao also holds 5% of the shares of Giant.In this way, the interests of scientific and technical personnel and the company are tightly tied together.

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The car drove to the door of a luxurious manor and stopped. Wu Liande saw a scene that surprised him through the car window.

What appeared in front of him was a fenced iron gate that was ten meters wide. A solemn guard stood at the door. You could see the open grass inside, the castle-like building, and the tall landscape wood transplanted from various places. , And there are two long rows of street lights that have been seen all the way up the mountain.All these show the master's dignity, whether rich or noble.

Woo—a plane flew over them suddenly, stopped on the grass inside, and came out from the inside, two young white people, one large and one small, laughing.

"Girl He, is this place?" Wu Liande asked.

"This is William Hill in Beverly Hills. His host and Mr. Li Renqiao are good friends. Let's go! Mr. Li Renqiao is inside." He Xiangu smiled.

She stretched out her head and gestured toward the door. The door opened and the car slowly drove in.

Chapter 222

"Mr. Wu, welcome you to Los Angeles! I am the host here, Stoneny William, but you'd better call my Chinese name Situ Nan!" Situ Nan stood in front of the door and enthusiastically held Wu Liande's hand. Tao.

"This is Mr. Li Renqiao. As for Xiangu, I think you already know each other?" Situ Nan introduced.

"Hello! Mr. Situ, Mr. Li. I didn't expect you two to be so young!" Wu Liande said with emotion.But it looks a little cramped.Especially for Situ Nan, who had never met before, he felt strange and curious.

This William Manor is a bit strange. There are whites and Chinese in it. It looks like they get along very well, and they hear the white servants talking in fluent Chinese from time to time.

The William Manor is very large, and the decoration inside is very luxurious, even more luxurious than the homes of the rich and powerful that Wu Liande met in Beijing and Shanghai.

In addition to many foreign masterpieces hanging in the living room, there are also many Chinese landscape paintings, and even a few blue-and-white porcelains that are rarely seen in China. The combination of Chinese and Western styles made Wu Liande secretly surprised.

"Why have you never heard of this person?" He was a little funny in his heart, and he was ignorant.

"Mr. Wu is surprised, isn't it?" Situ Nan smiled, looking at Wu Liande who was waiting for him, "My father is Chinese, so I am also Chinese. My mother is British, so I look a little special. But they all passed away." Situ Nan said this with regret.

"Sorry!" Wu Liande said.

"It's okay." Situ Nan waved his hand, after some greetings, went straight to the subject.

"I know that Mr. Wu, you are an expert in China’s national defense, quarantine, and quarantine. You are very experienced in this field. After knowing that you have been invited to attend the medical seminar in Los Angeles this time, I want to see you. This time I invite Mr. Wu to come. Idea, I heard that many people in my hometown have been infected by the flu, so I want to do something for the people of my motherland. I have a charity foundation, mainly about medical and health.

Now they have launched activities in Guangzhou and Hong Kong.However, this strength is limited, more people and more support are needed, and it is not convenient for me to come forward for many things, so I hope to entrust this work to you, Mr. Wu."

Situ Nan looked at Wu Liande's gentle face. Although it was the first time he met, he had heard of the name "Guo Shi Wushuang Wu Liande" in his previous life.A person who can be called an unparalleled scholar is naturally a person of the most affectionate and sexual, who is worthy of trust.

"Mr. Situ, this..." Wu Liande said embarrassedly. He rushed to the United States from Tianjin and was not familiar with Situ Nan at all. Situ Nan's words made him feel abrupt.

"Don’t be too busy to refuse. Later, I will let someone tell you about the relevant situation, and you will not give up after you consider it. In addition to charity relief, I also plan to build a batch of medical schools in Guangzhou and other cities to cultivate medicine. Talents, improve the local medical level.

Hey, the current medical and health level of the motherland is really worrying!I believe Mr. Wu should be clear about your return to China for so many years.Situ Nan sighed.

"Who said no?" Wu Liande felt sad.

After a bit of emotion, everyone discussed the upcoming Global Seminar on Spanish Flu in Los Angeles.

When it comes to flu prevention, Situ Nan is not a doctor, but he has a lot of knowledge and can make some good suggestions.This made Wu Liande a little surprised, and the two talked happily.

Seeing Situ Nan talking freely, He Xiangu couldn't hide her admiration in her eyes, and she was almost staring.

On the contrary, Li Renqiao, the inventor of the sulfonamide, seemed relatively quiet, with one sentence, every sentence interjecting.Well, this stuff is full of chemical formulas, and the knowledge of medical research is not as good as Situ Nan.

"I heard that Mr. Wu was born in Penang, Malaysia? There is also a fellow of yours here!" Situ Nan pointed to Li Renqiao.

"Oh? Could it be Renqiao too?" Wu Liande looked at Li Renqiao somewhat unexpectedly.

He was born in Penang, a British colony, Malaysia.Received Western education from an early age, after graduating from Emmanuel College of Cambridge University, he has been practicing medicine.In 1907, he accepted the invitation of the Qing government and returned to Tianjin to become a medical officer in Chinese.

"My family is also in Penang, and my father is Li Yuanshan. Mr. Wu should have heard of it!" Li Renqiao nodded.

"Of course! The Chinese in Penang don’t know Mr. Li? Before I went to the Penang Public School run by the British, I had studied in the school run by Mr. Li! This time Mr. Li invented sulfa. The morale of our Chinese people has soared! I didn't expect you to be Mr. Li's son, really a tiger father without a dog!" Wu Liande repeatedly admired.

"Thank you!" Li Renqiao said modestly, "Speaking of fellow villagers, Mr. Wu and Situ Nan are fellow villagers. I remember that Situ Nan's ancestral home is also from Taishan?" Li Renqiao turned to Situ Nan.

Situ Nan nodded and said, "Because of poverty, my ancestors crossed the oceans to make a living when they were young. I am a little ashamed to say that I haven't visited the mainland yet!"