Scholars in the courtyard

At noon.

Red Star Steel Factory, outside the office building.

"Teacher An! Hello!"

The car stopped. As soon as An Zhongsheng got off the car, he saw a group of people led by a young man coming forward to welcome him. The young man was even more enthusiastic.

"Teacher, this is Chief Designer Yang of the Machinery Factory!"

An Zhongsheng immediately understood that the person in front of him was Yang Xiaotao who promoted him.

Before coming, he knew that Yang Xiaotao was a young man, but he didn't expect that he was so young.

There is no beard on his face, his face is fair, and his face looks a little ordinary, but his eyes are bright, and he has a unique aura standing there.

If I have to talk about aura, perhaps it has the talent of a scholar, the magnanimity of a superior, and the energy of a young man. This mixture of aura makes people not feel alienated, but also shows enough respect.

"Hello, Mr. Yang!"

Stretching out, An Zhongsheng held it tightly.

The more you know about the person in front of you, the more you admire him.

It can be said that the machinery factory has it, and he takes the greatest credit.

He was there after every breakthrough, and while everyone was still digesting it, he had already taken the next step and opened up a new direction.

At the same time, the other party's vision and courage are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Teacher An, I have been waiting for a long time, and you are finally here. If you don't come, something will happen!"

Yang Xiaotao smiled, and An Zhongsheng quickly said modestly, "Mr. Yang, you are serious. I am just an ordinary worker, not that powerful."

Yang Xiaotao shook his head, then turned back and looked at everyone.

"Everyone, this is Comrade An Zhongsheng. He will serve as the deputy chief of the R\u0026D section in the steel plant and is also the general person in charge of this oxygen top-blown converter project!"

Yang Xiaotao announced his decision in An Zhongsheng's surprised eyes.

The person in charge.

Yang Xiaotao really promotes talents in an eclectic way!

At this moment, An Zhongsheng put aside his shock and became even more moved.

If there had been someone like Yang Xiaotao who trusted him and supported him, perhaps the face of the domestic steel industry would have changed long ago.

bang bang bang bang

Yang Xiaotao took the lead in applauding, and everyone in the surrounding steel plants also applauded.

No matter what, Yang Xiaotao, the chief designer and deputy director of the machinery factory, has made a decision, and they have to hold back their opinions even if they have them.

What's more, facing this kind of thing that has never happened before, let alone jealousy, now I am more worried.

Worry about not completing the task.

Now that An Zhongsheng has joined, at least there is someone who will take the blame after failure.

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Yang for your trust, thank you comrades for your support, thank you all!"

An Zhongsheng held back his inner turmoil and expressed his heartfelt emotions to everyone.

"Teacher An, let's go, let's talk inside."

Yang Xiaotao looked at the family members coming down behind him and waved to Lou Xiao'e beside him.

Lou Xiao'e immediately came forward, took out a pack of White Rabbit toffee from her pocket, distributed it to the three children, and then chatted with An Zhongsheng's wife. People from the logistics office of Hongxing Steel Factory immediately helped to get the things, and then brought Go to the family home.

An Zhongsheng asked his wife to settle down first, and he followed Yang Xiaotao and others and began to enter the steel plant.

"How's it going? Does it feel familiar?"

Yang Xiaotao was talking at the side, but An Zhongsheng raised his head and took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

Looking at the blast furnaces, the steel bridges, the dark earth, the busy workers, the familiar heat wave, and...

All the scenes seemed to be the same as the scenes in dreams.

Slowly clenched his fists, and finally unclenched them. This time, it was not a dream!

"This feeling is so familiar."

After saying it softly, An Zhongsheng smiled and said, "It's a feeling I've never had before in a steel factory in this town."

"This is a familiarity that runs deep in the blood!"

"When I came here, I even felt my blood flowing faster."

An Zhongsheng said excitedly.

“I’m even more looking forward to the next work.”

Yang Xiaotao smiled quietly, "I won't let you down."

As they spoke, they quickly walked through the steel, through the workshop, and arrived at a remote corner.

Here, the surrounding area has been tightly guarded by the security department, and the original workshop has been transformed into the current experimental base.

"This is the area where our experiment will take place, and oxygen top-blown converter technology will be used."

Yang Xiaotao said, Zhang Hongxian, who was in charge of the construction at the site, brought someone over. After seeing Yang Xiaotao, he came forward to see him, and then turned his attention to An Zhongsheng aside.

He guessed that this person was his biggest competitor.

But facing such people, there is really no thought of competition.

In terms of age, An Zhongsheng is much older than him.

In terms of qualifications, to be honest, he is really incomparable. When he was working, others had already followed him abroad for inspections.

As for ability, Mr. Yang was able to appoint him as deputy section chief at a glance, and he is now the overall person in charge of the project.

He estimated that if he hadn't taken care of the mood of everyone in the steel factory, Mr. Yang would have wanted him to step aside.

After all, this R\u0026D department was founded on Yang Xiaotao's initiative, and it took less than two months to launch.

For such an organization, he originally thought that he could rely on his years of experience to explain to his superiors.

But in the past few days, he was facing more and more difficulties in the construction of the converter. Sometimes he felt like he had exhausted his talents.

If you can't afford to be a leader, you have no psychological bottom.

There is no such thing as jealousy or jealousy.

Not knocking him off was already a big honor.

Of course, if he knew that Yang Xiaotao was paying attention, he wouldn't think so.

Yang Xiaotao never thought of placing An Zhongsheng in the steel factory from beginning to end. Such talents must be assigned tasks in the machinery factory headquarters.

Otherwise, it is a waste of talent.

Ahem

This is by no means a reason for Yang Xiaotao to be lazy.

"You must be Teacher An, I've been waiting for you to come."

Zhang Hongxian had the urge to put down the burden, and stepped forward to hold An Zhongsheng's hand, "You are finally here. If you don't come, we won't be able to complete our task by the end of the year, let alone the end of the month."

He said and shook his hands vigorously.

Feeling the strength from his hand and Zhang Hongxian's unfaithful smile, An Zhongsheng was suddenly stressed.

After meeting a few people, Zhang Hongxian began to explain the current progress of the project.

Li Junming also came over with drawings for An Zhongsheng to check.

The three of them were gesticulating on the spot. Yang Xiaotao reached out and asked someone to bring two helmets to them. After giving them to the two of them, Yang Xiaotao watched from the side.

He was a layman on how to design and build, and left the on-site matters to the three of them.

"Mr. Yang, let's go to the conference room first?"

"No, just take a look here."

Yang Xiaotao waved, "How is the mission now?"

"Generally speaking, the tasks can be completed on time. Without other tasks, the steel needed by the machinery factory can be guaranteed in time."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "The machinery factory has just started. The demand will be more and more in the future. Your production capacity must keep up and don't fall behind."

Guan Zhiyong nodded, "Don't worry, the workers are now very enthusiastic and highly motivated. With the policies in place, the comrades are confident to complete the task."

Yang Xiaotao nodded noncommittally, then remembered the Gemini project and explained the matter. Guan Zhiyong immediately became excited.

Even the several directors around them were as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood. One by one, they wanted to go back and explain things clearly to the workers. This was the first time in their steel plant.

"Mr. Yang."

While Yang Xiaotao was talking about work with Guan Zhiyong, An Zhongsheng had already grasped the progress of the on-site project, looked at the drawings, and knew what he was doing.

Then Zhang Hongxian and others came forward.

Yang Xiaotao ended the conversation and looked at An Zhongsheng coming over, "Teacher An, if you have any questions, just ask them."

An Zhongsheng's face softened, "Mr. Yang, the factory director, the comrades have done a great job. The design was also thoroughly considered. There are no problems in the general direction."

An Zhongsheng will definitely reassure Guan Zhiyong and others. This time has finally been wasted.

Zhang Hongxian even glanced at Yang Xiaotao. Seeing that the other party didn't speak, he waited quietly again.

"But there is something we need to resolve as soon as possible."

After An Zhongsheng finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Supply of oxygen and manufacture of oxygen lances."

An Zhongsheng pointed to the oxygen storage room under construction, and Yang Xiaotao also looked over.

"We have considered the issue of oxygen and discussed with the chemical factory to ask them to provide oxygen tanks for experimental purposes in advance."

"We'll figure it out later."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, An Zhongsheng shook his head, "Mr. Yang, the effectiveness of the oxygen tank may be greatly reduced."

"It even affects efficiency."

"what to do?"

Yang Xiaotao didn't question the other party's judgment, just like he didn't ask why, because it was just his imagination to use the gas tank, and he didn't know whether it would work or not.

What he needs is a solution to his problem.

An Zhongsheng understood Yang Xiaotao's point, but the people around him were confused, looking at this person who pointed out the problem when he first arrived, with great suspicion.

An Zhongsheng glanced at the people around him and saw that everyone looked confused, and realized that if he didn't explain, these people wouldn't know how to count him behind their backs.

So An Zhongsheng opened his mouth to explain.

"Mr. Yang, factory director, all of you are comrades."

"To put it simply, oxygen top blowing is to use pressure to blow oxygen into the furnace so that it can fully contact the objects in the furnace to complete the deoxidation of iron."

"If the oxygen only flows on the surface, it will not only have no effect at high temperatures in the furnace, but will even affect the operation of the drilling furnace. In serious cases, it will also cause safety problems."

"As for the oxygen lance, a strong and effective cooling water design is needed here, otherwise the oxygen will not be sprayed out at all under the high temperature of thousands of degrees in our furnace."

What An Zhongsheng said was not very detailed. The main reason was that he had no practical experience. He learned everything secretly from the alliance. After so many years, being able to remember so much is already a sign of intention.

Others didn't understand, but Yang Xiaotao understood what An Zhongsheng wanted to express.

"Teacher An, you are saying that it is best to have enough pressure to hit the inside of the furnace directly and stir it thoroughly, right?"

An Zhongsheng looked at Yang Xiaotao with admiration on his face. He was worthy of being the chief designer, and his eyes were vicious.

"Yes, that's what it means."

"When we visited the Alliance Susco Steel Plant, the oxygen they used was stored in liquid form and then pumped into the oxygen lance after being pressurized. Then a vortex was formed in the furnace to increase the temperature of the molten pool and improve efficiency. the goal of."

"Flow state?"

It was the first time Guan Zhiyong and others heard that Qi could turn into liquid, and they were all surprised.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao coughed lightly, "Oxygen will change from gaseous to liquid when the temperature becomes low."

After hearing this, everyone nodded regardless of whether they understood it or not. Anyway, it was enough to know what was going on.

"In fact, there is no need for liquid oxygen, as long as it is pure oxygen, but liquid oxygen is better."

An Zhongsheng explained that as long as it can be blown into the furnace and the oxygen gun can work normally, it will be fine.

"Teacher An, do you know how to make liquid oxygen?"

Yang Xiaotao asked, since he wanted to do it, he should do the best.

Liquid oxygen is the first choice. If it really can't be done, then consider other methods.

An Zhongsheng shook his head, "When we first started studying oxygen top-blown converters, there was no liquid oxygen technology in China. At that time, we had a good relationship with the alliance. In our plan design, we introduced relevant equipment from their Far East Chemical Plant and established our own oxygen plant."

"Unfortunately, the other party's purpose was not pure, and it failed in the end."

An Zhongsheng said with regret.