Chapter 289: The True Gift, "Industrial Pearl"

Labor Day was just a few days away. On Wednesday morning, Gao Zhendong was reading the newly delivered daily newspaper in his office.

On the front page headline, a line of words suddenly caught my eye.

"A Tribute to May Day: my country's Urea Industrial Production Technology Has Made a Breakthrough and Will Soon Be Fully Promoted"

The article uses enthusiastic words, serious and lively tone, and rich pictures and texts to report the arduous research process of our industrial production of urea, as well as the heroic spirit of our scientific and technological workers in overcoming difficulties in the research.

The author happily introduced the important role of urea industrialization technology in grain production, and put forward a beautiful vision for the grain production situation after the full promotion of urea industrialization production.

The article mentioned the Ministry of Applied Chemistry, the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, the Ministry of Agriculture and other ministries and commissions that played an important role in the development of the urea industrial production line, and emphasized the gratitude to the process researchers of the Ministry of Applied Chemistry and the scientific researchers of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building who worked day and night to fill the domestic gaps at an extremely fast speed and provided the special materials needed for the urea production line.

It seems that the Ministry of Applied Chemistry, the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, and the agricultural department have joined together to report this incident as a May Day tribute. Originally, the 17th Ministry of Machine Building had nothing to do with it, but since the urea steel incident, the situation has changed.

The role played by the 17th Ministry of Machine Building in this matter is even greater than that of the Agriculture Department. The reason is not surprising. The mechanism and use of urea are clear, so the Agriculture Department does not have a very special role in this work. It mainly plays a supporting and verifying role in fertilizer effectiveness.

On the contrary, the industrialized production process of the Ministry of Chemical Industry and the urea steel supported by the 17th Ministry of Machine Building are more important than the agricultural sector.

However, when it comes to breeding and planting, the other companies have to stand aside, as everyone has their own expertise.

The news of the promotion of industrialized production of urea has caused a stir in the entire society. This achievement related to food is undoubtedly a significant shot in the arm at this time.

Everyone who reads the newspaper is full of confidence and hope for the improvement of the environment.

Inside the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, whether it was the Third Steel Rolling Mill or the Capital Steel Plant, everyone felt proud when reading this report, because we were all involved in this endeavor.

"Hey, our department's name is in here. We are ironworkers, what does that have to do with agricultural fertilizers?"

"The steel used in the industrial production of urea should have been made by Director Gao during his time at the Beijing Steel Plant, right? You can ask the people in the research room and you will know."

"Yes, that's it. At that time, I was also supporting the Beijing Steel Plant. Director Gao went there just to get this thing."

"No wonder Director Gao is already the deputy director at such a young age. He has earned it with his own ability. You can't deny it."

"Alas, how come such a rich son-in-law was lured away by someone from outside?"

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Not only the Third Steel Rolling Mill, but also the Capital Steel Mill had the same scene, and everyone was discussing this matter.

"Is this urea made from the same steel produced in our AOD workshop?"

"That should be the case. The main product produced by the AOD workshop is called urea steel."

"That's right. When urea steel was first trial-produced, some chemical research institute came and took away all the finished products."

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In fact, no one could imagine one thing, that is, if Gao Zhendong had not developed urea steel, even decades later in the 80s, our urea industry would still be controlled by others, and the urea industry would take off even later.

Of course, Gao Zhendong couldn't bring this up and could only feel secretly happy in his heart.

Comrade Zheng Liangshu felt mixed emotions when reading the report.

I am happy that I was assigned to an external post at the right time and had a very good starting point, as I happened to be in charge of this AOD workshop.

What worries me is that with such good conditions, if I don’t achieve decent results, it will affect my pace later on.

Thinking of this, Zheng Liangshu took a look at the research plan diagram for three types of steel for firearms on the wall and felt relieved. What was there to be afraid of? Lao Gao had already prepared the results. As long as he kept a close eye on it and did it step by step, there would be no problem and he would definitely get a result.

There are obviously more than one group of units like the Ministry of Applied Chemistry that operate in this way. However, they may not even be able to make it to the front page, let alone be published in the daily newspaper. Those who can make it to the daily newspaper are not simple people.

Gao Zhendong soon saw another achievement of his in the science and technology-related section of the Daily.

The 17th Ministry of Machine Building, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the 12th Ministry of Machine Building jointly wrote an article reporting that the 17th Ministry of Machine Building had completed the research of "Universal Single Crystal Furnace" and "High Purity Silicon Single Crystal for Electronic Industry", and successfully perfected the industrial mass production process. Speaking of which, the 12th Ministry of Machine Building felt wronged, as they used this thing the most, but they were ranked last.

The 17th Ministry of Machine Building is the ministry that completed the above research, so it is understandable that it is ranked first.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the top technical force in domestic science and technology. It is responsible for national-level recognition, identification and verification of achievements. It is normal for it to rank second.

In the end, only the Twelve Machine Departments were left, weak, helpless and pitiful, ranking third.

"Silicon single crystals are the jewel in the crown of the electronics industry and are an essential raw material for emerging semiconductor technologies. Silicon single crystals with a purity of 5 nines are a hurdle for the mature development of the semiconductor industry."

Seeing this, Gao Zhendong smiled. "Industrial Pearl", he was familiar with this. He had seen many "Pearls" in his previous life, but few of them could stay on the crown for too long.

For example, it started with machine tools, then ballpoint pen tips, and later, there was really nothing else to inlay on the crown, so printers and fountain pen tips were all put on. Just think about it, it's quite difficult for these tinkerers.

Oh, that’s not right. I have already made my own printer, although it is not inkjet or laser, but you can tell me whether it can print.

Although some pearls were still pearls when he traveled through time, such as the photolithography machine, Gao Zhendong believed that they would not last long.

However, the starting point of the "industrial pearl" mentioned in this article is obviously different from that of the tinkerers in the previous life. It is really evaluated based on technical difficulty and social benefits, rather than based on abstract standards such as "if a country has it, it is not a pearl, and if a country does not have it, it can be placed on the industrial crown no matter how low it is."

When Gao Zhendong thought about this, he secretly made up his mind, "Menders, let me make your work a little more difficult. Maybe I can even increase the price of one sticker from five cents to ten cents. Although the price is still the same, it's still profitable, not bad at all."

Don't thank me, this is really what I should do, haha.

"The most important equipment for producing silicon single crystals is the single crystal furnace. This time, a number of units within the 17th Ministry of Machine Building jointly developed and conquered the 'universal single crystal furnace'. On the basis of silicon single crystal production, it has developed a universal production equipment that can produce single crystals of different materials, climbing over a mountain on the road of the crystal Czochralski process."

"The respected scientific and technical personnel of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building have used this equipment to produce single crystals of many different types and materials, successfully verifying the versatility of this equipment."

"Since the project was launched, the scientific and technological personnel of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building have been keeping a close eye on the transformation and promotion of scientific and technological achievements, and have always paid close attention to the practicality of the technology. In the end, they not only researched and realized the mass production process of silicon single crystals, but also completed the industrial batch production research of single crystal furnaces. They achieved the breakthrough and application of two scientific and technological achievements in one fell swoop, and took a solid step in the transformation and promotion of scientific and technological achievements."

Wow, Gao Zhendong was amazed. It was true that there were top talents in all 360 professions. He himself did not have the ability to write an article like this.

"The 'dual mass production' of general-purpose single crystal furnaces and high-purity silicon single crystals is a major step forward for my country's electronics industry. It represents my country's official entry into the emerging technology hall of the semiconductor industry, and is of great significance to the development of society and the happiness of the people."

Oh my god, Gao Zhendong himself didn't think of the term "double mass production", but when others brought it up, it was obvious that it did make sense and he couldn't help but accept it.

The reporter was generous in praising this achievement, and to be honest, this achievement is well-deserved.

Electronic information technology will be in a period of rapid development in the next few decades. If we fall behind, we will fall behind step by step. We can lay a more solid foundation while there is still a chance. Perhaps many things will turn around in the future.

Gao Zhendong finished reading the report happily, put the newspaper away, picked it up and walked towards the single crystal furnace laboratory.

Sharing happiness with others is worse than enjoying it alone. Let Lao Yu see it too and have fun.

Gao Zhendong found Yu Yuncheng who was summarizing his work in the single crystal furnace laboratory. He turned the newspaper to the page about single crystal furnace and silicon single crystal and put it in front of Yu Yuncheng: "Old Yu, take a look. Haha, you are on the Daily News."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yuncheng was surprised. He put down what he was doing and quickly took the newspaper from Gao Zhendong.

Then, from beginning to end, I didn’t see my name, but I didn’t see Gao Zhendong’s name either, or even the name of anyone in the project team or even the unit.

Suddenly, he felt empty and threw the newspaper back to Gao Zhendong: "Director Gao, that's really not nice. Haha, you're trying to fool me."

That being said, he was still happy in his heart that the project could be reported in the Daily News. Although it was not on the front page like Director Gao's other project, he was already satisfied. It was slightly worse than Director Gao's, but not shabby at all.

He had seen the urea-related stuff on the front page, and he also knew Gao Zhendong's role in it.

Gao Zhendong said with a smile: "If the project is in the newspaper, it means you are in the newspaper. You are one of the main contributors. Not bad. I have had so many projects in the newspaper, but my name has only appeared once. Haha."

Yu Yuncheng then remembered that the tough guy in front of him was said to be a frequent visitor to the Daily News, and this time it was confirmed.

(End of this chapter)