Chapter 558 What kind of talents are the most important (fourth update, please subscribe)
The early morning sunlight shines through the gaps in the curtains in the room, 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, the home that Li Zuhui currently lives in 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 near the company. 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.
Last year, he graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Taiping University. After six rounds of written examinations, interviews, and tests, he entered this large enterprise that everyone wants to join. This is because of the benefits of large enterprises, which not only provide housing, but also There are corporate nurseries, schools and hospitals, consumer welfare societies within the community, and even cemeteries.
All this means that as long as you join this company, you will basically have a worry-free life for the rest of your 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.
"Shufen, I may have to come back later tonight."
With the briefcase in hand, he picked up the buns on the table and hurried out. When he arrived at the station, it was only around six o'clock. Because it is not a shift change point, there are not many people on the platform. As a large company with tens of thousands of employees, the Taiping Branch even built a dedicated narrow-gauge railway line through the port near the employee residential area to facilitate the company’s employees. 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, 365 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.
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.
Ten minutes later, as soon as I arrived at the office, I heard the door open.
“Zu Hui, you’re here so early again.”
"Section Chief Feng, I have just arrived."
Li Zuhui stood up quickly, and before anyone else in the office came, he picked up a copy of the information that was revised overnight and said.
"Chief Feng, this is my report, take a look."
"Developing 600 tons of nitrogen fertilizer equipment per day..."
Feng Jichang took the report and read it Said with a glance.
"Don't we already have 200,000 tons of equipment now?"
"Section Chief, what we are using now is a 200,000-ton connection line. It is actually a combined line composed of three sets of 200-ton-per-day equipment. They share some equipment, but there are essentially three sets of equipment..."
The joint line Li Zuhui mentioned 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.
So as early as four or five years ago, German technology was introduced to establish Yangfeng Chemical. At that time, it introduced Germany’s most advanced large-scale nitrogen fertilizer equipment with a daily production capacity of 200 tons. The following year, a large number of them were dismantled from Japan. Fertilizer production equipment, although these equipment are small and medium-sized nitrogen fertilizer equipment ranging from 10,000 tons to 50,000 tons, after technological improvements, its production capacity increased by 20% to 450,000 tons. This 520,000 tons of fertilizer production capacity is the foundation of Nanyang's fertilizer industry.
However, due to its own agricultural production and export needs, the 200,000-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.
However, in Li Zuhui’s view, that kind of joint line does not meet future development needs.
“Chief Feng, I think fertilizer production technology should be large-scale. The annual production capacity of a synthetic ammonia plant should be 200,000 tons or even 300,000 tons or 500,000 tons! This is its development. Direction. There is a huge gap in energy consumption between large-scale chemical fertilizers and small-scale chemical fertilizers. From the company's perspective, a large-scale unit with an annual output of 70,000 tons of ammonia consumes 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per ton of ammonia, while a small-scale unit with an annual output of 5,000 tons of ammonia consumes 1,000 kWh of electricity per ton of ammonia. Consumption is 2239 degrees. Different consumption levels bring 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.”
This price is calculated by Li Zuhui based on the world market nominal price of 48 US dollars 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 United Line, is of course very clear about this.
“So, do you think it is time to develop large-scale synthetic 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!”
Li Zuhui then said.
“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 it every year. 1 million tons of fertilizer, while India and Southeast Asia, each It is necessary to import 1 million to 2 million tons per year. The fertilizer market of two to three million tons per year is extremely considerable. The upgrading of production equipment will reduce production costs and will also benefit our products in the international market. Compete with European and American products”
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 about it, he said to Li Zuhui:
“It seems that it is necessary to do this, but, you know, we are responsible for the development of equipment. If you can’t get home, a dedicated team at the head office will be responsible, 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 and study the feasibility. I will submit your suggestion report to the manager. I believe Manager Han will be very interested. ”
How could the company not be interested?
You must know that this is a profitable suggestion, 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.
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 mentioned 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 training."
< br>Although Manager Cai is not a technician himself, as a business manager, he knows very well what kind of talents are most important for chemical companies like Yangfeng.
Those technical personnel, especially those with ideas, 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 smiled. 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 hard work. It is normal to take a vacation. And vacations are also our normal benefits."
Manager Cai said with a smile.
"Okay, Feng Gong, go ahead and remember to bring something to 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)