Chapter 23: Underwater welding
Translated by me, edited by drpetro.
Gangjie Chemicals is a large, privatized corporation. In 10 years of struggle, they won multiple awards including «Jiangnan provinceâs best privatized corporation», «Jiangnan provinceâs Enterprise Innovator award», «Zhongyunâs most environmental friendly corporation», «AAA rank bank credit rating corporation», and other honors.
Their boss, Gong Wei, is not only one of the biggest contributors to the industrial park, but is also an esteemed guest in the mayorâs annual entrepreneur tea party.
Gangjie Chemicals mainly produce chemicals that are either non-toxic or have low toxicity. In all of Zhongyun city, there is no one that can match their power.
Last month, they successfully signed a 50 million contract with Germanyâs BASF corporation for chemical materials. This is now what Gong Wei is always talking about.
Germanyâs BASF corporation is, through and through, a international tycoon in the chemical industry. They possess a terrifying business footprint. They have factories in 41 countries, and more than 160 wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures.
If youâre in the chemical business and havenât heard of the BASF corporation, then itâs just like finding a young, chinese man who donât know of Sola Aoi.
Being able to attain stable working relations with this kind of giant almost had Gangjie Chemicalâs boss, Gong Wei, faint from happiness.
With any company or individual client, if the first joint venture is successful, then that means long term relations with these giants.
Next time, if there is a need for the same materials, then naturally they would think of their previous partners, whom theyâve had happy relations with before.
For this order, Gong Wei used everything and all the horsepower he could muster. The best materials, the most strict procedures, just for a chance to enter the international stage.
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Due to [Huaxing Heavy Work]âs single mistake, all his efforts, and millions in chemical materials are all for naught.
Disastrous, but there is still a sliver of hope.
However this hope, is seriously minuscule.
When Ye Qing and his van arrived in front of the main gates of Gangjie Chemicals, originally wanting to explain to the guard why he is here, he found that the guard house is completely empty.
The electronic gate is wide open. As far as the eyes see, the property is filled with fire trucks.
Ye Qing drove past the trucks and parked next to a row of sedans.
The size of Gangjie Chemicalsâ factory is huge. The side of the road is filled with pipes that are as tall as half a person, all sizes of reactors, large ball shaped pressure vessels, large scale cooling towers, and tall smoke stacks.
Apart from a clear office building, the rest of the structures had all kinds of large containers filling the rooftops.
In the air, there is still a hint of something that smelled like shampoo.
There is no need to look for the location of the accident, as the 10 meter tall steam pillar is clearly right in the middle of the man made lake in front of the giant office building.
Having parked the car, Ye Qing unhurriedly approached the lake.
As Ye Qing approached the lake, he felt clear increases in the surrounding temperature. When he got to the edge of the lake, he found dozens of people together bickering endlessly.
Right now, at the edge of the lake, itâs literally chaos. Most of the fish that has been steam cooked in the lake have surfaced. Dozens of Gangjie Chemicalsâ workers were using nets to catch dinner.
Ye Qing also found 2 middle aged men with security guard uniforms in the group trying to catch fish with netsâŠâŠ
Since the water in the man made lake is pretty clean, and the fact that the steam being spewed out is of restaurant grade, the workers are naturally netting to their heartâs content.
Ye Qing headed towards the intensely bickering group. He found several familiar faces.
Of course these familiar individuals donât know him, but he knows them. Zhongyun universityâs 2 white haired professors, Huixing Heavy Workâs leader Li Huaxing, and Gangjie Chemicalâs boss Gong Wei.
The 2 chemistry professors are both national treasures.
The 2 professors are currently discussing the issues surrounding the catalysts and the materials with Gangjie Chemicalsâ workers and the fire fighters.
This is probably to confirm all the possibilities. A police officer already informed most of the fire fighters to pack up and move out.
In the other group, the boss of Gangjie Chemicals, Gong Wei, with a flushed face and manicured fingers, is pointing at and putting all the blame onto Huaxing Heavy Worksâ leader Li Huaxing.
The compound in question this time is diethanolamine. Not only is this compound extremely expensive, itâs also extremely difficult to produce. In the end, he never wouldâve thought that he would get fucked over by Huaxing Heavy Works this hard.
âThis incident has definite ties to your Huaxing Heavy Work. Right now the steam temperature canât reach the required target, so itâs causing abnormal reactions with the materials. You guys must compensate!â
âMr. Gong, I admit that we made a mistake, but you canât just shift all the blame onto us and ask for compensation like this.â
Chairman Li Huaxing wearing a full set of gold attire, innocently said: âWho told you to place the pipeline in the lake. This wasnât even in the plan. Look, now that itâs broken, itâs even more difficult to fix.
âIf it wasnât because you shorted the main line, how could my pipeline rupture?â Gong Wei is completely pissed now: âThe pipeline is perfectly fine. These are double layered pipelines, you wonât be able to find internal damages even if you used x-ray. There is even a fiberglass layer in the middle, and on the outside are two layers of epoxy resin and polyurethane.
âThen the problem is with your accidental power outage procedures.â
Chairman Li Huaxing acted as if his hands are tied: âIâll definitely pay compensation, but I can only pay up according to the compensation numbers set by the electrical department and the industrial parkâs management.â
âOh right, I helped you contact a company who is able to perform underwater welding. There are only 2 of these companies in all of Zhongyun. Adding in the one you called, soon theyâll all be here.â
Ye Qing who was listening to their conversation on the side, wanting to offer his services by saying Iâm a third party that you didnât know off, but I can also perform underwater welding.
Right now the situation is just too chaotic. No one knows which branch Ye Qing belongs to, so naturally no one will question him.
Just as he was about to speak, a white Iveco flashed its lights, barged in through the grass, and drifted to a stop beside the group.
When the doors opened, a couple of young men jumped out: âWeâre from Dragon Underwater Infrastructure, who called for us?â
âMe! Me!â Gong Wei is as excited as if he saw a savior, and pointed towards the man made lake: âQuick, quick, the pipe is underneath there, I still have tons of materials in the reactors that need saving. Quickly help me save them!â
The saviors are here. The workers with their white uniforms surrounded the lake.
âRight now the temperature in the reactors arenât rising. We need an internal temperature of 120°C, but right now itâs stuck at 50°C. I need you guys to block up the rupture in the lake.â
âDude, you stupid?â Two of the men wearing diving suits almost swore: âAll the fishes in the lake are dead. How the hell are we supposed to go there? You want us to become poached fish?â
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