The journey starts from the Titanic

He became a director of Hollywood's strong rise, and his film career was bright, almost becoming a winner in life.

It’s just that the career of picking up girls is not very fun, and it is easy to be successful with other actresses. Under the support of the Hongche Rose movie, none of them did not fall, but they hit a wall at Catherine Hepburn.

Both the flower chariot and the date are accepted, but she always keeps a sober attitude, does not let him go further, and is always wary of him.

Although Catherine Hepburn accepted him as a friend, she did not discuss his interest in life in depth. Perhaps he has seen the nature of his care.

As a woman who is already married and divorced, how can she trust a divorced playboy who is everywhere?

With the strong support of William Films, Katherine Hepburn is on the way to scoring the Oscar record and becoming a legendary Hollywood actress No1. It is not yet the turn of Howard Hughes to come to the unspoken rules.

This makes him very depressed, and he feels powerless.

On the one hand, he pursued other actresses, and on the other hand, he maintained a state of separation from Catherine Hepburn.

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"This is the Giant Lab? Where Dr. Li Renqiao invented sulfa?"

Entering the heavily guarded building, Zhang Xiaoruo couldn't help asking Situ Nan.

Situ Nan nodded. Although Giant Company is almost divided into two major companies, medicine and chemistry, medicine and chemistry are not separated. Later, Situ Nan reorganized Giant Company. After Li Renqiao left Giant Company and returned to Nanhua, Giant Company's pharmaceutical business gradually It was replaced by its subsidiary Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and its main business returned to the chemical field, especially the organic chemistry field.

"The advent of sulfa, not only won glory for the Chinese in the field of science, and won the Nobel Prize, but also saved countless lives. It can be described as immense merit!"

Zhang Xiaoruo said with emotion that when he learned that he was going to visit the Giant Lab, he deliberately learned about the scientific research institution and the Giant Company behind it and did a lot of homework.

However, he still doesn't understand, is there any business relationship between Giant Chemical Company and Dasheng Group?Dasheng Group manufactures textiles and Giant Company manufactures chemicals. The dyestuffs needed by Dasheng Textiles are all contracted by Meihua Chemical Company, so there is no need to import chemical raw materials from the United States.

When I was in doubt, I heard Situ Nan said: "Li Renqiao is good, and his contribution to the Giant Company is obvious to all. Unfortunately, this kid can't help it, otherwise another scientific research honor will fall on him."

"What scientific research honor? So mysterious!" Zhang Xiaoruo asked with a smile.

"The technology that can change the future of mankind!" Situ Nan said proudly.

After skilfully passing through more than a dozen rooms, Situ Nan came to the most mysterious department of the Giant Laboratory-the organic chemistry department, and spent 40,000 US dollars in scientific research each year!

Dr. Carothers, the leader of the organic chemistry project team, was already standing at the door waiting for Situ Nan. Seeing Situ Nan coming, he confidently shook hands with the boss.

Dr. Carothers is very young, in his early thirties. As early as a few years ago, when he was in his twenties, he was appointed by Situ Nan to become the project leader of the scientific research department of a world-class chemical company. , This kind of respect and understanding, he always remembered.

"Congratulations! Mr. Carothers! I am proud of your genius achievement and thank all the staff of the organic chemistry project for their contributions to the company."

Situ Nan praised, shook hands with the scientists in the laboratory one by one. Although this was a bit bureaucratic, the excitement in his heart was real.

And introduced Zhang Xiaoruo to Carothers and them: "This is Mr. Zhang from Shanghai. His company, Dasheng Company, is the largest textile company in Asia and the most advanced textile machinery company in the world. The automatic loom invented by Dasheng has been exported to The United States has become a must-select product for the upgrading of American textile companies."

Situ Nan introduced Zhang Xiaoruo and Dasheng Company very grandly, and said, "Mr. Zhang is also my partner and a trustworthy friend."

Carothers and others are in awe. Companies that can be industry-leading are indeed worthy of respect. Moreover, their own inventions happen to have close ties with textile companies. It is only natural that the boss will bring his partners to visit the scientific research results of the organic chemistry department. Up.

"Welcome, Mr. Zhang, you will see our outstanding results and be amazed by it." Carothers laughed.

When he said this, Zhang Xiaoruo became even more confused, turned his head to look at Situ Nan, and asked him with his eyes-what kind of scientific research results are so mysterious?

Situ Nan smiled: "You'll know later!"

The group of people changed their clothes and put on white coats. After a few security checks, they came to the experimental base of the Giant Laboratory, where there are a series of experimental equipment.

The most obvious is that there are a lot of high-temperature and high-pressure vessels. “In order to obtain high-temperature and high-pressure experimental conditions, we had to design this expensive reaction tower. We also cooperated with Cummins Electric to purchase a batch of precision measurement and control instruments. is worth it.

Under the conditions of high temperature and high pressure, the raw materials undergo a series of chemical reactions to obtain the polymer materials we want."

Carothers proudly introduced Situ Nan and the others, knowing that they did not understand the profound chemical vocabulary, he tried to be concise and concise.

While talking, he took a piece of yellow jelly from his assistant and handed it to Situ Nandao, “The molecular weight of a polymer like this with two layers polymerized with acetylene exceeds 4! The performance can basically reach the level of natural rubber, and after processing, You can get synthetic rubber, we call it neoprene!"

Situ Nan squeezed the synthetic rubber in his hand, soft and elastic, smiled and nodded, and then handed it to the curious Zhang Xiaoruo.

Oh my!

"This is synthetic rubber?" Zhang Xiaoruo's eyes widened, and he repeatedly checked the difference between the yellow jelly in his hand and the rubber that he was in contact with. It felt the same.

I squeezed it with my fingernail and then released my hand. The jelly in my hand suddenly returned to its original appearance, leaving only a faint nail print on it, which shows that the elasticity is very good.

It is really amazing to be able to use petroleum to synthesize rubber, and rubber is so versatile, this technology can make a lot of money.

Now in the international market, the price of rubber is more than ten thousand dollars a ton!

"Unfortunately, for various reasons, we had to hide this great invention and focus more on the items that the boss likes." Carothers looked at Situ Nan sadly and shrugged, regrettingly said.

"Why not push it to the market?" Zhang Xiaoruo asked Situ Nan in confusion.

"Once synthetic rubber becomes popular on a large scale, it will severely damage the rubber plantation industry in South China and cause immeasurable losses to the South China economy."

Situ Nan explained lightly.

"Understood!" Zhang Xiaoruo nodded. The popularization of synthetic rubber technology is good news for Giant Chemical Company and European and American automobile companies, but it may not be beneficial to Nanhua!

South China's Acorn International Company exports rubber and rubber products to the United States as much as four to five billion US dollars a year, which is equivalent to a pillar of the South China economy.

How could Situ Nan be willing to let Acorn International be ruined?

Of course, he knows that the cost of synthetic rubber is high, and it is impossible to replace natural rubber at once. Even if synthetic rubber technology is popularized all over the world, the rubber planting industry cannot be destroyed.

It can only be said that the benefits of monopoly are too tempting. The South China rubber plantation industry not only means economic benefits, but also political benefits.

It is precisely because of the popularity of rubber that Song Ailing and his wife, Sun Dianying, have invested in Nanhua's plantation industry, providing a large number of employment opportunities for Chinese immigrants in Nanhua.

How did California develop? Haven't countless zealous guys "cheated" by gold from all over the world?

For far-reaching considerations, Situ Nan would not explain to Carothers and the others, the reason might be that Zhang Xiaoruo would slowly understand when he went back to think about it.

"Even if there is no synthetic rubber, the world's rubber supply can still meet international demand. The U.S. auto industry can obtain sufficient rubber not only from Southeast Asia, but also from South America.

Before the technology matures, we are not in a hurry to promote synthetic rubber technology."

Situ Nan smiled and explained it.

As for Carothers, believe it or not, it doesn't matter at all.

Compared with synthetic rubber, these scientists are keen on polymer chemicals with higher molecular weight and higher technology.

"Let's go, there is more fun! I promise you will like him." Situ Nan smiled and signaled Carothers to show even more powerful results.

When Zhang Xiaoruo saw the slender and tough white lines coming out of the experimental instrument, his eyes were almost glaring, and he walked over and grabbed it. The hand that touched the soft silk thread trembled slightly and was excited.

Dasheng started his business by weaving. He knows what this kind of thread means. No wonder Situ Nan will bring him here?