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Chapter 558 What kind of talents are the most important (fourth update, please subscribe)

The early morning sunlight shines into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and some birdsong can be heard faintly outside the window.

After slowly opening his eyes, the white ceiling came into view.

Like all company employees, Li Zuhui’s current home is provided by the company. Although there are official public housing in Nanyang, the company also provides housing to employees.

Unlike official public housing, company-built communities are often located near businesses. Married employees can apply, and the waiting period is usually no more than two weeks.

Li Zuhui, who got married six months ago, only waited nine days. This is because there were only 117 people who entered Yangfeng Chemical Taiping Branch at the same time as him.

He graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Taiping University last year. After six rounds of written examinations, interviews, and tests, he entered this large company that everyone wants to join. This is because of the benefits of large companies, which not only provide housing, but also provide corporate nurseries, schools, and There are hospitals, consumer welfare societies within communities, and even cemeteries.

All this means that as long as you join this company, you will basically live a worry-free life.

But living a worry-free life does not mean that you can just lie down. If you want to get promoted in the company, you need more efforts. There is absolutely no room for lying down in the company, otherwise, even if you are employed for life, you will be advised to resign.

Without any hesitation, Li Zuhui got up and finished washing up in only ten minutes. His wife had already prepared breakfast for him.

"Developing nitrogen fertilizer equipment with a daily output of 600 tons..."

This price was calculated by Li Zuhui based on the world market nominal price of US$48 per ton. However, no matter how calculated, there is no doubt about the bottom cost of large-scale production equipment. Feng Jichang, who has participated in the development of the joint line, is certainly clear about this.

"Chief Feng, I've just arrived."

Feng Jichang took a look at the report and said.

Therefore, as early as four or five years ago, German technology was introduced to establish Yangfeng Chemical. At that time, the most advanced large-scale nitrogen fertilizer equipment from Germany with a daily production capacity of 200 tons was introduced. The following year, a large number of fertilizer production equipment was dismantled from Japan. Although these The equipment is all small and medium-sized nitrogen fertilizer equipment ranging from 1 tons to 5 tons. However, after technological improvements, its production capacity increased by 20% to 45 tons. This 52 tons of fertilizer production capacity is the foundation of Nanyang's fertilizer industry.

"Chief Feng, I think fertilizer production technology should be large-scale. The annual production capacity of a synthetic ammonia plant should be 20 tons or even 30 tons or 50 tons! This is its development direction. Large fertilizers and small ones There is a huge gap in energy consumption of chemical fertilizers. From the company's perspective, a large plant with an annual output of 7 tons of ammonia consumes 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per ton of ammonia, while a small plant with an annual output of 5000 tons of ammonia consumes 2239 kilowatt-hours of electricity. The consumption level brings about huge differences in costs and profits. The profit of synthetic ammonia of the currently put into production line is 17 yuan per ton, while the profit of small lines is only 6-8 yuan per ton. "

"Shufen, I may have to come back later tonight."

"Don't we already have 20 tons of equipment?"

But after a while, a blue narrow-gauge train pulled into the station, and the six o'clock carriage was empty. There were only five or six passengers. Taking advantage of the time spent in the car, everyone finished breakfast in a hurry.

"Zu Hui, you're here so early again."

The joint line mentioned by Li Zuhui is a new technology successfully developed by Yangfeng Chemical two years ago. Because Nanyang is located in the tropics, the soil is mostly relatively poor brick red soil, and the cultivation of tropical crops such as rubber, sugar cane, and oil palm has always had a very large demand for chemical fertilizers.

However, in Li Zuhui’s view, that kind of joint line does not meet future development needs.

"Section Chief, what we are using now is a 20-ton joint line. It is actually a joint line composed of three sets of 200-ton-per-day equipment. They share some equipment, but they are still three sets of equipment in essence..."

Ten minutes later, as soon as I arrived at the office, I heard the door open.

Li Zuhui quickly stood up, and while no one else in the office came, he picked up a copy of the information that was revised overnight and said.

However, due to its own agricultural production and export needs, the 20-ton line was developed. Because some of its equipment can be shared, not only the equipment investment is less, but the production cost is slightly lower.

"Chief Feng, this is my report. Take a look at it."

Carrying his briefcase, he picked up the buns on the table and hurried out. When he arrived at the station, it was only around six o'clock. Since it was not the time for shift change, there were not many people on the platform - as a family owned Taiping Branch, a large enterprise with 365 employees, even built a dedicated narrow-gauge railway line through the port near the employee residential area to make it easier for company employees to go to work. Although it is the Spring Festival holiday, the production of chemical fertilizers is no better than that of ordinary products. If production is interrupted, all the raw materials in the pipeline will be scrapped. Therefore, unless it is for maintenance or failure, production will basically not be stopped. Twenty-four shifts a day, days a year. , workers on the production line work three shifts, and the company's employees also have night shifts, and they also need to be on duty during the Spring Festival. Of course, this kind of duty is considered overtime, and additional overtime pay will be paid.

"So, you think it's time to develop large-scale ammonia production equipment?"

"From a profit perspective, this is inevitable for enterprise development."

"But the current maximum production capacity of ammonia synthesis towers in the world is 200 tons, which is the technology we currently use, 600 tons, which has tripled! This is very difficult!" Why did we choose the joint line in the first place? Because the technical difficulty is low, the company's German experts participated in the production research of 200-ton equipment when they were in Germany. Now they just integrate three sets of equipment in one factory and share some equipment, thereby reducing equipment costs and infrastructure construction time.

"But if it succeeds, the cost can be reduced by at least half, and the company's profits will be very considerable!"

Then Li Zuhui said again.

"And with the development of agriculture in Tangshan, Southeast Asia, India and other places, their demand for chemical fertilizers will only increase. My preliminary estimate is that in five years, Tangshan alone will need to import 100 million tons of chemical fertilizers every year. India and Southeast Asia also need to import 100 million to 200 million tons per year. The fertilizer market of two to three million tons per year is extremely considerable, and the upgrading of production equipment will reduce production costs and will also benefit our products. Compete with European and American products in the international market.”

Looking through the analysis of domestic and foreign markets in the report, Feng Jichang showed a bit of surprise. The report listed in detail the number of acres of land and the demand for chemical fertilizers in each country, and even calculated the annual demand for chemical fertilizers by farmers in each country. Growth, I have to say, just such a data is already very surprising.

After thinking for a while, he said to Li Zuhui:

"In this case, it seems necessary to do this. However, you know, we cannot be the home of equipment development. A dedicated team at the head office is responsible for it, um..."

After thinking about it, Feng Jichang said.

"Just in time, we will send people to the company headquarters in Kuching for technical training after the Spring Festival. When the time comes, you can go there for training. Firstly, you can improve your professional capabilities. Secondly, there are many experts there. You can communicate with them. Let's study the feasibility. I will submit your suggestion report to the manager. I believe Manager Han and others will be very interested. "

How could the company not be interested?
You must know that this is a profitable proposition, but of course it is technically very difficult. After all, the technical difficulties involved in tripling daily output can be imagined. But if a breakthrough can be made, the company will definitely be able to obtain very generous benefits.

And it can also train a group of outstanding technical researchers. No matter how you look at it, they will definitely not reject it. On the same day, Feng Jichang sent the report to the company manager's office.

Just as he imagined, the manager was also very interested in this, but because of the Spring Festival, after reading the report, Manager Cai said.

"Let's wait until the Spring Festival is over. I will take this report with me when I go to the head office after the Spring Festival. By the way, what is the name of that young man?"

After taking a look at the report, Manager Cai said something.

"Well, Li Zuhui, let him go to the technical personnel training at the head office this year. Whether it is successful or not, young people with ideas like this must be focused on cultivating."

Although Manager Cai is not a technician himself, as a business manager, he knows very well what kind of talents are most important for a chemical company like Yangfeng.

It is those technical personnel, especially those with ideas, who are crucial to the development of an enterprise. After all, what they master is not just technology, but also guides the development of technology.

And all he needs to do is create a good research environment for such talents.

Then they talked about some technical issues in factory production. What they discussed was nothing more than how to reduce energy consumption and how to reduce production costs. After all, even branches compete with each other.

When everything was about to end, Manager Cai said to Feng Jichang.

"By the way, Mr. Feng, you can take a vacation after the Spring Festival. The resort built by the company last year has been put into use. You, your sister-in-law and the children will go there to have a rest."

"Thank you manager!"

Feng Jichang laughed. He knows this is a reward from his manager for recommending talents to the company.

"Thank you. Mr. Feng is an old man in the company. He is busy all year round, and technical things are quite hard. It is normal to take a vacation. And vacations are also our normal benefits."

Manager Cai said with a smile.

"Okay, Gong Feng, go ahead and go ahead. Remember to take some good things with your sister-in-law when you go back."

Even when leaving, Feng Jichang's face was filled with a smile. This means that the company will never treat its employees poorly at any time.

(End of this chapter)