The journey starts from the Titanic

The refrigerant project has attracted the attention of the United States and China Consortium. Baoshan Port has set aside a section of wharf to build a storage yard to store the raw material fluorite transported from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It also built a 500-meter track to connect to the chemical plant.

A bird’s eye view of Xingang Industrial Zone from the sky. The refrigerant factory is only a small part of the Meihua Chemical Industrial Zone where it is located. The key scene.

After a complicated and rigorous process, fluorite is first synthesized into hydrofluoric acid, and hydrofluoric acid undergoes further chemical reaction to produce difluorodichloromethane, which is Freon.

Accompanied by Liu Hongsheng and Xu Zhouyang, Situ Nan walked into the refrigerant factory, and looked over the several containers and tanks resistant to high temperature and high pressure corrosion in the chemical factory, feeling a little excited.

Because the fluorite from Shangrao, Jiangxi Province was transported to Shanghai, after a layer of chemical processes, when it came out of the reaction tower, it had become Situ Nan's long-awaited refrigerant-Freon.

"Meihua Refrigeration Laboratory uses hydrofluoric acid to generate difluorodichloromethane. We named it CFC-12 or R12, which is called freon according to you. After testing, freon has ideal refrigeration effects, and its efficiency is much higher than ammonia and sulfur dioxide. A traditional refrigerant with propane as the main component.

The most important thing is that it is safe, non-toxic, non-flammable, and non-corrosive. There is no doubt that it will replace unsafe propane refrigerants."

Liu Hongsheng said with a smile on his face. Originally, according to Situ Nan's instructions, Meihua Mining Company invested a huge amount of money to mine fluorite. He was still a little worried, worried that this kind of stone was worthless, but he did not expect to finally create a promising freon.

Walking into the workshop, Situ Nan saw a steel cylinder full of Freon.Workers in white robes carefully loaded the freon bottles on the trolley and transported them away.

The filled Freon preparation is two to three meters in diameter and three to four meters long, a bit like a small gas bottle on a tanker truck.

I wanted to tap the cylinder lightly, but quickly put his hand back.Situ Nan felt dangerous subconsciously about the bottle and can, and couldn't help but ask: "Is this can strong? Where is it produced? It won't explode, right?"

In the 1920s, safety accidents were all too normal.

"Rest assured, this is a professional high-pressure resistant aluminum alloy stainless steel cylinder, which we specially customized from Baosteel. It is very strong and safe. In order to produce this professional container tank, Baosteel has introduced related technologies from Krupp, and has produced a lot of blood. It."

Liu Hongsheng smiled confidently. In order to solve the filling problem, he ran to Baosteel next door and used his influence in the US-China Consortium to put pressure on Baosteel to facilitate this.

As for the explosion of the freon tank, this has not happened yet.

"The factory can produce 5,000 tons of Freon every year, all of which are supplied to Meihua Electric. A company under Mitsui wanted to cooperate with us, but I ignored them."

Liu Hongsheng said again.He was a little proud of making the Japanese cripple.

"Others are not as generous as our Meihua Electric. They are willing to spend 1,000 yuan per ton to buy Freon refrigerant from you." Seeing Liu Hongsheng's proud look, Xu Zhouyang couldn't help but complain.

"Haha, this is a unique business. There is only one family in Asia. If you think it is too expensive, you can buy it in the United States. Didn't Giant Chemical Company build a new Freon factory in Los Angeles?"

There are only three companies that have obtained Freon patent licenses in the world, namely China Meihua Chemical Company, American Giant Chemical Company and German BASF Company. The latter two are located in the United States and Europe.And only the Shanghai plant of Meihua Chemical was the first to achieve mass production. In a long period of time, Meihua Chemical will surely be able to grab a very optimistic cake in the refrigerant market.

"Have you seen, Liu Sheng looks very cute!" Xu Zhouyang looked at Situ Nan.Said jokingly, with some emotion in his heart.

In the past few years, his position in the US-China Consortium still has some advantages. Now Liu Hongsheng and other local factions have caught up. Liu Hongsheng is in charge of most of the US-China Consortium’s businesses in the mining, energy, and part of the chemical field. I sat on an equal footing.

"I have always admired Liu Sheng's ability. Now Meihua Mining monopolizes the Asian fluorspar market. It is almost impossible for Japanese to enter the refrigeration market to compete with us. Even BASF, it is estimated that they can only find Meihua Mining to cooperate, unless They can find a sufficient supply of fluorite in the Soviet Union."

Situ South Road.

Fluorite production areas are mainly in China and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is blocked by the world and it is impossible to open the door to do business. On the contrary, Meihua Mining has a greater advantage.

"Yes, even if Meihua Mining doesn't do chemical industry, it can earn enough by selling raw materials." Xu Zhouyang nodded in agreement, and gave Liu Hongsheng a look of envy.

"Speaking of it, Mr. Situ had a long-term vision and prepared for a rainy day. Only when the railways between Jiangxi and Zhejiang were opened, did Meihua Mining lay the foundation for development."

Liu Hongsheng will be humble now, knowing in his heart that he is not so capable, everything is planned by Situ Nan, and he will execute it himself.Besides, compared with Freon refrigerant, the refrigerator produced by Meihua Electric is truly profitable.

The three talked with a smile, and the topic is always inseparable from the grand proposition of industrial development.

"A product that sells well will drive the development of upstream and downstream industries. Freon is a key to open our current series of successful investment methods. Upstream can promote the development of mining, transportation and other businesses, especially for the railway that we have invested heavily in. The benefits of maritime transportation will increase the business volume of China Railway Corporation by at least several percentage points."

Situ Nan said that he stopped for a while, looked at Xu Zhouyang, and continued, "Downstream, Freon can enable Meihua Electric to establish its own world brand. The home appliance industry has a vast market, with a scale of tens of billions of dollars. Refrigerators It is one of the main appliances."

"You put it this way, I'm under great pressure. If Meihua Electric can't grab a billion-eight-billion-dollar home appliance market, it will be shameless."

Xu Zhouyang shrugged and smiled, but he knew in his heart that Situ Nan drew a big cake, and the home appliance market of tens of billions is not without it.But in the United States, in Asia, the scale may be only one-tenth.

Even if it is a tenth, it is a cake worth at least one billion yuan.With its technological advantages and huge influence in the Asian market, Meihua Xu Zhouyang is not afraid to compete with electrical appliances manufacturers such as Europe, America and Japan. The refrigerator business is estimated to bring in revenue of two to three billion yuan per year, plus radios, fans, electric lights, and electric perms. For other businesses such as buckets, it is not difficult for Meihua Electric to achieve an annual turnover of five or six billion in the field of home appliances.However, if you want to break through the billion level, you have to go out of Asia to Europe and the United States to fight.

"It's killing people. This is still the home appliance business. Meihua Electric's main business includes power generation, power transmission, urban electrification transformation and other fields. The same cannot be ignored. I increasingly feel how difficult and glorious it is to build an electrical empire!"

Xu Zhouyang shook his head and sighed, could not help but envy Situ Nan's freedom.Of course, he would not complain about this, but rather be grateful. After all, it was a great opportunity to meet a benefactor like Situ Nan.

"Thanks for those who can! Mr. Liu and I support you. Don't they?"

Situ Nan ignored Xu Zhouyang's complaint.

Liu Hongsheng nodded. The life experience is really wonderful. Now he is no longer a Shanghai rich man who was so excited that he could not control himself when he sold coal in Shanghai to earn a million, but shouldered the heavy responsibility of industrializing the country. Tycoon.

Had it not been for Situ Nan's special status and erratic whereabouts, Xu Zhouyang and Liu Hongsheng might not have time to accompany Situ Nan in Shanghai this time to discuss in detail the industrial layout of the US-China Consortium.

During the period, Liu Hongsheng mentioned that he had a non-technical background, and he had to take care of chemical plants while in charge of mining business.I'm afraid that I don't have enough energy, so I am planning to recruit domestic chemical industrialists to be his deputy and actually control his own chemical business. Hou Debang and Wu Yunchu are all his optimistic targets.

Situ Nan attaches great importance to refrigerant projects.Therefore, it is necessary for Liu Hongsheng to obtain Situ Nan's approval.

"Mr. Wu Yunchu is very happy to do MSG, and he is doing his own research. How do you convince him to help you?"

Situ Nan asked with a smile.Wu Yunchu and others have a close relationship with Meihua Laboratories, and they have a lot of cooperation, but Situ Nan still understands the truth that he would rather be a chicken than a oxtail.

"Needless to say, I invited him to visit the refrigerant factory. He was tempted." Liu Hongsheng smiled, thinking: Although the MSG business has brought success to Wu Yunchu, how can MSG, a small side of the food chemical industry, compare What about the refrigeration chemical industry?

Seeing that Situ Nan didn't mean to object, Liu Hongsheng felt relieved.He is now more and more looking at problems from the perspective of industry planners. Like Situ Nan, he puts talents in the right place and lets them do things instead of specific tasks.

Wu Yunchu received a call from Liu Hongsheng a little unprepared: "Mr. Wu, I invite you to join the gathering in Kadoorie Garden. Both Mr. Situ and I hope you will be a part of our business."

"Part of our business?"

Putting down the phone, Wu Yunchu couldn't calm down for a long time, and he hadn't recovered from his excitement.Liu Hongsheng's sentence "a member of our business" weighs far more than the monosodium glutamate factory of a joint venture between him and Meihua Chemical Company.

Although Liu Hongsheng did not give a clear promise, Wu Yunchu knew that he would be given a bigger stage to show his talents and enthusiasm for serving the country. He knew how to participate in the Kadoorie Garden party and readily agreed.

On the other end, Xu Zhouyang commented on this: "It is a pity for Renqiao, he was originally the first candidate."

"It's not a pity. He is also in charge of Meihua's pharmaceutical business. Their Li family has numerous assets in Nanhua. How can it be used to run to the mainland?"

Situ Nan smiled faintly, and did not tell Xu Zhouyang that Li Renqiao was studying the "penicillin" project at the South China headquarters of the Meihua Laboratory.

The main business of Meihua Chemical Company is domestic, and Li Renqiao cannot go away in South China. Compared with management companies, he is more willing to be a scientist.

"In addition to the refrigerator and other home appliances business, medical equipment such as X-ray machines and scalpels are also markets that Meihua Electric cannot ignore. Before Cummins Electric and other European and American electrical giants pay attention to the Asian market, you still have time to prepare."

This is how Situ Nan warned Xu Zhouyang.

Chapter 149

From the refrigerant factory, trucks with steel cylinders can be seen traveling between the refrigerant factory and the refrigerator factory along the way.

"The refrigerator factory is an industrial area of ​​hundreds of acres, with more than a dozen parts factories including compressor factories, condenser factories, evaporator factories, refrigerator shell factories, etc., around the refrigerator assembly factory.

In addition, other small parts factories such as electrical switches, plastics, temperature control instruments, etc. are also in this electrical industrial zone, forming a relatively complete industrial chain of home appliance manufacturing as a whole.