RPAGF Chapter 690 Perhaps this is called an alternative two-way journey?
Chapter 690 Perhaps this is called an alternative two-way journey?
The sound in the meeting room paused, and Teacher Fangzhou appeared in front of Jiang Xia: "Where's the equipment you promised me yesterday!"
"Let's leave aside the basics like beakers, test tubes, and reaction vessels. We absolutely need a distillation apparatus! And..." He rattled off the list at lightning speed.
"And a centrifugal extractor, right! How about a high-efficiency stirrer? We'll also prepare explosion-proof fume hoods for you. Oh, and most importantly, pipettes, I think you'll need them..."
Jiang Xia patted his bottom, stood up, and looked at these predecessors who had not yet reached the heights of later generations, his tone very sincere.
"However, in your research project, could you... add an extra task? The laboratory preparation of medical-grade nitroglycerin? Not in large quantities, just enough for laboratory research and small-scale clinical trials!"
"Hey? You've jumped way too far! How did you suddenly think of nitroglycerin..."
Jiang Xia's mind flashed again to the brigade commander's hearty yet faintly weak laughter, and he glanced down at the glaring "0" on the form.
As dusk settled, the lights in the control tower came on, casting interplay of light and shadow on his face.
"Currently, we can't produce medical nitroglycerin ourselves, right? We mainly import it from Czechoslovakia. Recently, they even responded to the alliance's call to distance themselves from us?"
Jiang Xia looked down at the table again. The table title was “Brief Table of Imported Pharmaceuticals”, and the blank zero for the item “Medicinal Nitroglycerin” made Jiang Xia somewhat lost in thought.
"Did you make this form?"
He looked down again, his fingertip pointing to the table title "Brief Table of Imported Medicines" and the zero. He looked up, his gaze precisely landing on the silent Mr. Yuyuan, keenly catching the fleeting melancholy in his eyes.
"Yes... What's wrong? The real data is right here. What do you want to say?" Ms. Misono crossed her arms in front of her chest, adopting a clearly defensive posture.
"It's nothing," Jiang Xia suddenly smiled and magically produced a document, "It's a project participation form that I'd like the three of you to sign..."
His gaze swept over the three of them, finally settling on Yuyuan with a hint of mischievousness.
Teacher Xinghan habitually shielded Yuyuan behind him, and tremblingly accepted the project participation form. The almost completely covered stamps in the lower right corner made the old man somewhat dazed.
"This……"
“Sign it,” Jiang Xia tilted his head, a mischievous smile on his face, his gaze passing over Teacher Xinghan and looking straight at Yu Yuan. “Sign it so I can help you, right? Teacher Yu Yuan, don’t always hide behind your teacher!” He wanted to provoke this proud yet frustrated middle-aged man.
"I'll help you?!" Yu Yuan seemed to be ignited, suddenly taking half a step forward from behind Teacher Xing Han, her voice rising abruptly, "Hmph! I'm helping this land! I'm helping the people of this land!"
"Oh?" Jiang Xia raised an eyebrow, pressing forward instead of backing down. "Then you must have a mature idea for converting industrial-grade nitroglycerin into medical-grade nitroglycerin, right?"
"Hmph! Simple as it is!" Yu Yuan blurted out almost without thinking, his powerful professional confidence instantly overriding his emotions. "But," he changed his tone, looking directly at Jiang Xia with a challenging gaze, "I need equipment! Can you provide it?"
“Sign,” Jiang Xia waved the document in his hand, his smile deepening. “Once you sign, I’ll give you… and restart that project you interrupted earlier, the one about vicinal dimercapto compounds!”
Yu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. That project... was his deepest regret and hidden pain.
"As expected of a second-generation rich kid! He even knows such secrets?"
Jiang Xia paused, then said: "Uh, my dad is getting the 'young lady' ready for her hair and makeup. My dad's teacher is a real academic tycoon. That guy, who's worth ten soldiers, even makes me call him 'teacher'... My real mentor has been promoted to a level three engineer. All things considered, under the academic tycoon, rounding up, calling myself a 'second-generation academic' doesn't seem so wrong, huh?"
Wait, something's not right, this relationship seems a bit complicated! Senior Sister Zehui is making me call another academic tycoon "brother-in-law"...
Tsk, this generational hierarchy is such a mess, it's impossible to make sense of it!
…………
Just as Jiang Xia was counting his origins on his fingers...
"Hmph! Fine, I'll sign it!" Yu Yuan snatched the document and slammed his name down in the designated spot. "But, now that I've signed, can you conjure up the equipment I need?"
Jiang Xia snapped his fingers casually: "Specifications, parameters, required indicators... You don't need to say anything about the material, standard stainless steel..."
"Here are the equipment and parameters I need. I'll produce the finished medicine as soon as you deliver them!"
Wow, it seems this person has been thinking a lot about the preparation of pharmaceutical nitroglycerin. They've already listed out all the necessary ingredients!
Jiang Xia took the manuscript from Teacher Yuyuan, looked at the relevant equipment and parameters on it, and nodded to him.
(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~, I thought you wanted some high-precision equipment like reverse osmosis equipment or conductivity meters, but all you got was this...
Look at me, I've been working myself to the bone for one, two, three, or four days, and if I still can't get this out, I'll write the character "Jiang" backwards!
"Heh..." Ms. Yuyuan looked up in displeasure: "Are you kidding me? The character 'Jiang' reversed is still pronounced 'Jiang', isn't it?"
Σ(⊙▽⊙“a! Really?”
Teacher Xinghan and Teacher Fangzhou thought Jiang Xia was just joking around, after all, the kid's achievements in mechanics were obvious to all, so the two of them signed their names as well.
After signing the papers, Fangzhou, fearing that Yuyuan and Jiangxia might clash again, quickly dragged Yuyuan, who was still somewhat indignant and wanted to continue arguing, away.
Teacher Xinghan stayed behind, with apologies and expectations, to smooth things over for his stubborn student.
After Jiang Xia swore to the heavens that he would never cause trouble for Yuyuan and would make the equipment they urgently needed as soon as possible, the old man nodded in satisfaction, his steps slightly unsteady, and declined Jiang Xia's offer to see him off before leaving.
"They're technical people after all, simple-minded. A little provocation and a bit of incentive and they're hooked! With this medical nitroglycerin, even lab-scale experimental products, the brigade commander and his men carry a few tablets with them. If they feel something wrong with their heart, they can take one immediately! This is much better than anything else!" Jiang Xia finally gave up on discussing seniority and turned his attention to the signature in front of him.
Looking at the three people's freshly signed autographs, Jiang Xia's unruly tuft of hair on his head seemed to be happily twisting into a pretzel.
Looking at Jiang Xia's smug expression of "successful scheme," Secretary Liu glanced downstairs and sighed helplessly. In the end, she decided not to tell the little idiot the "secret" she had just discovered—why ruin his sense of accomplishment?
……
Downstairs, the twilight deepened. Just moments ago, Teacher Yuyuan had looked indignant in front of Jiang Xia, as if she had suffered a great injustice. Now, Teacher Xinghan was rubbing her head and praising her with a loving expression.
"Good job, lad! You've really benefited from this..."
"I knew that child was kind-hearted and wouldn't leave your skills unused..."
"That's great, both the old and new projects are making progress..."
The evening breeze carried up words like "benefiting from others' misfortune," "kind-hearted," and "knowing it all along"—words that clearly implied "getting a good deal and then complaining."
Secretary Liu listened to the snippets of conversation drifting downstairs, looked at Jiang Xia beside her who was happily chatting away, and shook her head with a helpless smile.
Forget it, these researchers are all cunning and manipulative; let them scheme against each other.
In the end, after all the twists and turns, aren't the ones who truly benefit the land beneath our feet and the people on this land who need protection?