Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

In accordance with the agreement with Hai Zhiyan, He Yuzhu went to the Ministry of Chemical Industry to find him early the next morning.

"Chief Hai, good morning!" He Yuzhu greeted Hai Zhiyan warmly as soon as he saw him.

"Deputy Director He, good morning to you too. You're here so early. We've only been at work for a short while." Hai Zhiyan glanced at the clock on the table and said with a smile.

"I was afraid that if I arrived too late, Vice Minister Hou would be out again, so I made arrangements at the factory yesterday. I went out early this morning and came directly to the Ministry of Chemical Industry instead of going to our factory." He Yuzhu explained with a smile.

"Then please wait a moment, Deputy Director He. I will call Deputy Minister Hou's secretary Zhang to ask." After saying that, Hai Zhiyan walked to the desk, picked up the phone and dialed.

After a while, Hai Zhiyan smiled and said to He Yuzhu: "Deputy Director He, congratulations, you are lucky. Secretary Zhang just said that Deputy Minister Hou is not busy and has time. Come on, I will take you to see Deputy Minister Hou."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he was secretly delighted and quickly followed Hai Zhiyan to the office of Deputy Minister Hou. Along the way, the two chatted in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

Soon, they arrived at the door of Deputy Minister Hou's secretary's office. Hai Zhiyan knocked on the door gently, and after getting permission, he took He Yuzhu in.

Secretary Zhang was sitting at his desk. When he saw them come in, he stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"Secretary Zhang, this is the Deputy Director He of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill that I just mentioned on the phone. He wants to visit Deputy Minister Hou." Hai introduced directly.

"Hello, Deputy Director He!" Secretary Zhang extended his hand and shook hands with He Yuzhu.

"Hello, Secretary Zhang!" He Yuzhu said respectfully.

"Please wait for a moment. I will go and report to Vice Minister Hou." After saying that, Secretary Zhang walked out of the office and went to Vice Minister Hou's office.

"Deputy Director He, you are really too low-key. After you left yesterday, I specifically inquired about your Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I didn't expect that the most popular off-road vehicle in Sijiu City is now produced by the machinery manufacturing plant under your Red Star Steel Rolling Mill." Hai Zhiyan said with a smile after Secretary Zhang left.

"Hehe, this is all the result of the joint efforts of all the employees. It's not mine, so I didn't have the courage to tell Chief Hai." He Yuzhu smiled and said modestly.

"Deputy Director He, as a cadre of your level, you should be entitled to a car, right? It's hard for other factories to get cars, but your factory can produce its own. You can't be short of your car, right? But I remember that you rode a bicycle when you came here yesterday." Hai Zhiyan asked curiously.

"Our factory's off-road vehicles have just been put into production not long ago, and the production capacity cannot meet the demand, so I haven't applied for a vehicle yet." He Yuzhu explained with a smile, "Besides, I think riding a bicycle is quite convenient. I can go wherever I want."

"Deputy Director He is truly a man of high moral character." Hai Zhiyan said with admiration.

At this time, Secretary Zhang came back from Vice Minister Hou's office and returned to the office. "Deputy Director He, I have reported to Vice Minister Hou. Vice Minister Hou has agreed to see you now. Please follow me."

"Chief Hai, I'll excuse myself first. I'll come find you after I meet with Deputy Minister Hou."

"Deputy Director He, please go quickly. I have completed the task you assigned me. You go to see Deputy Minister Hou, and I can go back to our office." After saying that, Hai Zhiyan left Secretary Zhang's office.

"Secretary Zhang, let's go over there. Thank you for your help." He Yuzhu said to Secretary Zhang with a smile.

He Yuzhu followed Secretary Zhang to the office of Vice Minister Hou. Dongdongdong...

"Come in." The deputy minister said after hearing the knock on the door.

"Deputy Minister Hou, this is Comrade He Yuzhu, the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, who wants to meet you." Secretary Zhang immediately introduced He Yuzhu to Deputy Minister Hou after entering the room.

Deputy Minister Hou, who was sitting at his desk reading a document, put down the document in his hand, looked at He Yuzhu enthusiastically and said, "Comrade He Yuzhu, hello."

"Hello, Vice Minister Hou." He Yuzhu carefully observed the chemical giant in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Anyone who has attended junior high school in the future has seen his story in textbooks. He Yuzhu compared the real person in front of him with the photo in the book. As expected, they were similar, except that the real person looked a little older than the photo in the book. The only big difference was that the hair of Vice Minister Hou in front of him seemed to be thinner.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, don't be so restrained, sit down quickly. Xiao Zhang, pour Comrade He Yuzhu a glass of water." Deputy Minister Hou got up from his chair, sat down on the sofa in the office, and then asked He Yuzhu to sit down.

He Yuzhu sat down on the sofa respectfully. Secretary Zhang brought a cup of hot water and placed it in front of He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu quickly took the cup and expressed his gratitude.

"Secretary Zhang, go and do your work first. I'll let you know after I finish talking to Comrade He Yuzhu."

"Then I'll go over first. Vice Minister Hou, please call me if you need anything." After saying that, Secretary Zhang left Vice Minister Hou's office.

"Comrade Xiao He, what is it that brings you to me?" Deputy Minister Hou asked in a friendly manner.

"Deputy Minister Hou, this is the case. Our factory's newly built steel-making blast furnace was put into operation in the first half of this year. This blast furnace produces a lot of exhaust gas during operation. I wanted to come to the ministry to consult whether it is possible to process and reuse this exhaust gas. Chief Hai of the Fertilizer Industry Bureau told me that the carbonization method you advocated for producing ammonium bicarbonate has been successfully developed, but it is still in the laboratory stage and has not yet started large-scale industrial application. So I came to you and would like to apply for a research pilot in our factory." He Yuzhu carefully reported his intention to Deputy Minister Hou.

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Vice Minister Hou smiled and said, "Comrade He, I didn't expect you to be so forward-thinking. But I'm very curious about how you came up with the idea of ​​utilizing the exhaust gas produced by steelmaking."

"This has something to do with you. I read your story in the newspaper a long time ago, especially your improved method of making alkali. So when I learned that there was a large amount of high-temperature exhaust gas when the blast furnace was in operation, I was thinking that since many chemical reactions are carried out under high temperature and high pressure, why can't these high-temperature exhaust gases be utilized? In this way, these high-temperature exhaust gases can be avoided from being directly discharged into the air, and these exhaust gases can also be reused, so I came to the Ministry of Chemical Industry." He Yuzhu answered seriously.

"And I feel that if steel mills want to improve their efficiency in the future, they must take a composite development route and recycle all the waste generated during the steelmaking process, so as to improve the efficiency of steel mills."

"Haha, Comrade Xiao He is really not an ordinary person. With these ideas, you are probably many years ahead of the experts in your steelmaking industry." After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Deputy Minister Hou said happily, "Since Comrade Xiao He has such a brilliant idea, it just so happens that the carbonization method of ammonium bicarbonate requires a coke oven for experiments. I will apply to the Minister to set up a pilot project in your factory later."

"That's great, Vice Minister Hou, I will definitely cherish this opportunity and strive to make our factory's fertilizer workshop a national model workshop." He Yuzhu said with joy.

"Oh, Comrade Xiao He, are you so confident? Then let me ask you, what do you think is the development direction of the fertilizer industry?" After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Vice Minister Hou was immediately interested and decided to test He Yuzhu.

"Deputy Minister Hou, since you asked me, I will show off my skills in front of you. Please don't laugh at me if I'm wrong. Since I started to utilize blast furnace waste, I have checked a lot of information in the library. I personally feel that the future development direction of the fertilizer industry should be based on urea. After all, the storage of ammonium bicarbonate is not as convenient and simple as urea. The future development direction of the urea industry should be to reduce the energy consumption required for the synthesis of urea. Only in this way can the production cost of urea be reduced and make it more price-competitive. Therefore, I feel that our country should also speed up the research on urea synthesis technology and strive to realize the development of the domestic urea industry as soon as possible." He Yuzhu said confidently. He was just kidding. After all, he had received nine years of compulsory education and could still talk about the things in the junior high school chemistry textbook.

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Deputy Minister Hou nodded and smiled with satisfaction. He felt that this young man had a lot of ideas and insights, and could see the essence of the problem and put forward reasonable suggestions. So he said with a smile: "I didn't expect Comrade He to have such a deep understanding of the development of the fertilizer industry. Now I believe you can build your fertilizer plant into a domestic model."

Deputy Minister Hou paused for a moment, then continued, "I will do my best to apply to the Minister to establish a pilot project for the carbonization process to produce ammonium bicarbonate in your factory. I look forward to witnessing the day when ammonium bicarbonate is mass-produced with Comrade Xiao He."

He Yuzhu watched the changes in Vice Minister Hou's expression and felt secretly proud in his heart. He knew that his answer was recognized. After hearing what Vice Minister Hou said, he was so happy that he wanted to jump up. It seemed that this trip to the Ministry of Chemical Industry was stable and he would definitely be able to realize his wish.

"Then I'll trouble you, Vice Minister Hou. Vice Minister Hou, I have finished what I want to say and it's time for me to leave." After saying that, He Yuzhu stood up and was about to leave.

Deputy Minister Hou shouted outside the room: "Xiao Zhang, come here."

Secretary Zhang rushed to Vice Minister Hou's office upon hearing the voice, "Vice Minister Hou, you called me?"

"Comrade Xiao He and I have finished our conversation. Please send Xiao He off for me."

"Okay, Deputy Minister Hou." Secretary Zhang said, then turned to He Yuzhu and said, "Deputy Director He, I'll take you out."

When leaving Vice Minister Hou's office, He Yuzhu was in a particularly good mood. This meeting brought him a lot of benefits. Not only did he get the recognition and support of Vice Minister Hou, but it also brought new opportunities for the development of the steel mill. He believed that with the help of Vice Minister Hou, the Red Star Steel Mill would be able to achieve greater success.