Chapter 830 829 [Talent]
"Woo~~~"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The train coming from Guangzhou gradually stopped at Hankou Station.
Huang Minglong took off his glasses and wiped them. He picked up his luggage and walked off the train dusty. He received a doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1924. Two years ago, he further studied at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Würzburg and served as a visiting professor at the university.
According to the original history, Huang Minglong did not return to China until 1940, working at the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, and concurrently as a professor at Southwest Associated University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
But just a month ago, Huang Minglong received a telegram from his mentor Zhao Xuanhuang, saying that Zhou Hexuan was going to open a sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory in Chongqing and was in urgent need of chemical pharmaceutical professionals. He immediately terminated his studies in Germany and hurried back to China.
Before Huang Minglong walked out of the platform, he saw a sign held high in the crowd with his name written on it.
"Hello, I am Huang Minglong." Huang Minglong walked over and said.
The other party was a young man who smiled and said, "Hello, Dr. Huang, my name is Zhao Chixiong."
Huang Minglong immediately asked: "Who are you, Mr. Zhao Xuanhuang?"
"Uncle," Zhao Chixiong said, "Uncle asked me to pick you up."
Hearing that Zhao Chixiong was the nephew of his mentor, Huang Minglong immediately became much kinder to him, nodded and said, "Thank you."
The two took a rickshaw to a hotel, where many elites in chemistry and medicine had gathered, more than 30 of them. When everyone gathered, they were about to leave for Chongqing.
These people are roughly divided into two groups. One group was attracted by Fan Xudong and focused on chemical research. The other faction was brought in by Zhao Lianghuang and focused on drug research.
Zhou Hexuan summoned chemical and pharmaceutical professionals this time. Instead of posting hero posts, he directly sent a telegram asking Fan Xudong and Xu Guanqun for help.
The Yongli Sulfuric Acid Plant built by Fan Xudong in Nanjing produced China's first batch of ammonium sulfate products, which can provide raw materials for China's self-produced fertilizers and explosives. Unfortunately, not long after the sulfuric acid plant was built, the July 7th Incident broke out, and now we are busy relocating the plant.
The preparation of sulfonamide drugs requires a large amount of acidic raw materials, which is exactly what Fan Xudong can cooperate with.
Fan Xudong was well aware of the importance of sulfa drugs in the war against war. After receiving Zhou Hexuan's telegram, he immediately dispatched professional personnel to support him and mobilized relationships to recruit relevant chemical talents for Zhou Hexuan.
As for Xu Guanqun, he is the boss of Xinya Pharmaceutical Company, China's first Western medicine factory (Chinese-owned). The famous heat-repelling drug "Ten Dishui" was developed by this pharmaceutical factory.
Xu Guanqun had no plans to leave Shanghai and handed over the task of recruiting talents to his partner Zhao Rutiao.
Coincidentally, due to the impact of the war in North China, Zhao Rudiao's brother Zhao Xiaohuang's work at the Peking Research Institute was interrupted. Zhao Xuanhuang was one of the founders of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. After receiving the telegram from his younger brother, he immediately contacted his old disciples and even brought Mr. Zhong Guanguang, Zhou Hexuan's friend who had never been with him for years to come, to help.
Although Zhong Guanguang is a botanist, he is also involved in pharmacology. In the past two years, he has been collecting and verifying traditional Chinese medicine with Zhao Liohuang.
Huang Minglong, the future academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was also a student of Zhao Jiaohuang earlier. He was called back from Germany with a telegram.
As for Zhao Chixiong, who picked up Huang Minglong at the train station, he will also be a powerful figure in the future. This person has a master's degree in pharmacology from the Imperial University of Japan and later founded Xinsheng Pharmaceutical Company in Taipei. He is also the future chairman of Watson Pharmaceuticals in the United States. The boss of Watson Pharmaceuticals, the third largest pharmaceutical company in the United States in the 21st century, is Zhao Chixiong's son Zhao Yutian.
Of course, Zhao Yutian was not born yet, because Zhao Chixiong had not yet married Xu Hua.
Well, Xu Hua is here too this time.
Xu Hua is the sister of Xu Guanqun, the owner of Xinya Pharmaceutical Company. She graduated from the Sino-French University in Pharmacy. The "Hua" in American Watson Pharmaceuticals is Xu Hua's "Hua". By the way, Xu Guanqun’s son and Xu Hua’s nephew Xu Qingrui will become an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the future.
Everyone took the riverboat to Chongqing. Along the way, Xu Hua's eyes stayed on Zhao Chixiong, and his admiration was beyond words.
The Xu family and the Zhao family are family friends and business partners. Zhao Xianhuang is happy to see the success of the affairs of the two juniors.
On the deck of the river ship, Zhao Huanhuang said to Zhang Fuzhong: "Xin Wu, I have to rely more on you this time!"
Zhang Fuzhong said: "We work together to do our best for the country."
Zhang Fuzhong was once a student of Zhao Juehuang. He used his spare time to study German, English, and Japanese foreign languages. He was also keen to participate in strikes and school strikes. After Chiang Kai-shek "purged the party", he left the Kuomintang and went to Berlin, Germany. He continued his studies at university, and his tutor was the German chemist Manneich.
Zhang Fuzhong now serves as the director of the second pharmaceutical factory of Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory and teaches at Jiaotong University, Tongji University and Sino-French University. Even without Zhou Hexuan's help, he would have led his students to successfully imitate sulfadiazine, and he had also imitated more than 30 kinds of Western medicines such as vitamin B1 and furazolidine - of course, this is all a story later.
In order to invite Zhang Fuzhong, Zhou Hexuan paid 200,000 yuan to compensate Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. If it were not for the sake of serving the country and the people, Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory would not let him go at all.
Speaking of Wuzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, Mr. Xiang Songmao has to be mentioned.
Xiang Songmao is a big capitalist in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, spanning multiple industrial and commercial fields, and serves as a director of 13 companies in Shanghai. After the September 18th Incident, Mr. Xiang publicly stated in newspapers that his companies would never import Japanese goods. At the same time, he organized all the employees of his company into the First Battalion of the Volunteer Army, appointed himself as the battalion commander, and hired military instructors for strict training. Every employee must train for one hour after get off work.
During the 128th Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Xiang Songmao rushed to provide pharmaceuticals to the Chinese defenders and personally organized his employees to participate in the Shanghai defense war. On the third day after the January 28 Incident, Xiang Songmao and 11 of his employees were killed by the Japanese invaders.
Zhang Fuzhong and Xiang Songmao were close friends. When he went to Germany to study chemistry, Xiang Songmao funded it.
Now Xiang Songmao has been killed by the Japanese invaders for more than six years. Zhang Fuzhong sees that Shanghai is not safe and is unwilling to stay in Shanghai and become a subjugated slave. After receiving the invitation from Zhou Hexuan and his mentor Zhao Xuanhuang, he immediately packed up his bags and moved away with his family. If he could mass-produce sulfa drugs, he would be able to fulfill his friend Xiang Songmao's unfulfilled ambition in disguise.
Zhang Fuzhong not only went to Chongqing himself, but also brought eight students, all of whom are top students with actual experience in pharmaceutical research and development.
Zhao Chixiong’s girlfriend Xu Hua is also one of Zhang Fuzhong’s students. However, Xu Hua studied at the University of China and France as a junior college student. She only listened to Zhang Fuzhong's lectures and did not receive individual guidance. She mainly followed her boyfriend.
Zhao Xuanhuang asked Huang Minglong again: "Why didn't Mingju come back?"
"He is doing research in Austria and has reached a critical period. He will return to China when the research is completed." Huang Minglong said.
The Huang family has three brothers, namely Huang Minghu, Huang Mingju and Huang Minglong. They are all experts in pharmacology and are known as the "Three Heroes of the Huang Family".
Huang Minghu specializes in traditional Chinese medicine and has a profound study of "Compendium of Materia Medica". He is also the long-distance running champion in the Shanghai World Games. Huang Mingju is the founder of modern toxicological analytical chemistry in China, while Huang Minglong specializes in organic chemistry and chemical pharmaceuticals.
During the Republic of China, the elite intellectuals had many connections with each other.