King of Industry

  Chapter 696 "New Material Industry"

   After waiting in the departure hall for more than an hour, it was finally time for boarding.

   Hearing the English prompt from the radio, Zhao Guoyang took the first step and stood up.

   "Okay, you can board the plane! Everyone, let's go!"

  When Zhao Guoyang stood up, Liang Hongjun, Xue Ming and others all stood up.

  After passing the security check, a group of nine people boarded the plane one by one.

  For safety reasons, the delegation bought a business class ticket.

  Led by the tall blond stewardess, nine people found their seats one after another and sat down.

  The business class seats are arranged in a "2-2-2" arrangement, and Zhao Guoyang's seat is on the left side of the aisle. Sitting next to him was Ning Zhongxin.

   But while waiting to take off, Huo Xiufen, who was behind Zhao Guoyang, said something to Director Ning in embarrassment, hoping to change seats with him.

  The reason is simple, Huo Xiufen will be a little airsick when taking off, and she hopes to sit by the window.

  As for why she didn't change seats with Duan Ruixiang next to her, it was because this worker Duan also had the same problem.

   Director Ning would naturally not refuse Huo Xiufen's request, and quickly switched seats with her.

  Seeing the blushing researcher Huo sitting next to him, Zhao Guoyang said apologetically, "I knew Huo Chu you were airsick. When I bought the plane ticket, I chose the seat near the wing..."

   Indeed, under normal circumstances, if someone gets airsick, they can choose a seat in advance when buying a ticket.

  The best place to prevent airsickness is near the wing, near the window.

  Because the position near the wing is the hardest to feel the turbulence of flight. And the position by the window can help people to be distracted and let people pay attention to the horizon or other distant scenery.

  If these seats are all occupied, you can choose the window position in the front cabin of the plane, which is also the place with the least bumps during the journey.

  Although Zhao Guoyang was only a short sentence, it made Huo Xiufen's impression of him much improved.

   Originally, in her opinion, the young head of the delegation may be very capable, but he must be inexperienced when dealing with some emergencies.

  Who knew, this person not only expressed concern for her, but also said something to the point, which made Huo Xiufen a little unexpected.

  Seeing that Huo Xiufen was still frowning slightly after she took her seat, Zhao Guoyang said with concern: "How about I ask the stewardess for you, there should be some medicines on the plane."

   "This...you don't need to bother. It should be fine after taking off for a while!" Huo Xiufen blushed and waved her hands repeatedly.

  Zhao Guoyang said disapprovingly: "It's nothing troublesome. In fact, some flight attendants also experience airsickness during takeoff..."

   While speaking, Zhao Guoyang pressed the "button" for service.

   Not long after, a tall, blond and beautiful stewardess stood in front of him with a smile on her face.

   "Sir, what can I do for you?" The blond stewardess asked in somewhat blunt English.

  After hearing the accent of the other party, Zhao Guoyang just smiled: "Miss, you usually speak French, so let's communicate better in French!"

   Zhao Guoyang spoke pure French, which surprised the blond stewardess and couldn't help but look at him twice.

   "Okay, thank you for your thoughtfulness!" The blond stewardess who came back to her senses hurriedly said.

   "Well, it's like this, my companion is a little airsick, I would like to ask if your flight crew has airsickness medicine?"

   "For example, prescription drugs such as Chengyunning and Minkejing, or hyoscyamine-like drugs are fine!"

  After hearing Zhao Guoyang's question, the blond stewardess nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, sir, just wait a moment, I'll pick it up for you!"

   When the blond stewardess went to pick up the medicine, Zhao Guoyang noticed that Huo Xiufen beside her was looking at him with a strange look.

   "Chief... Zhao, your French is very standard, I'm afraid you have learned it for many years?" Huo Xiufen asked quietly.

   "Uh... It's been a long time." Zhao Guoyang froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer her question.

  I can’t say, counting my previous life, I’ve studied it for decades, right?

  Seeing Zhao Guoyang's expression, Huo Xiufen felt a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Researcher Zhao, I had some doubts about you just before boarding the plane!"

   "Doubts?" Zhao Guoyang turned his mind a little and understood what this guy was talking about.

  He waved his hand with a smile, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, anyone else would be suspicious when he saw that a guy my age turned out to be the head of the investigation team!"

   "I, I have been questioned too much, I have already developed a strong body!"

  Hearing Zhao Guoyang's humorous words, Huo Xiufen couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling.

   After waiting for a short time, the stewardess brought over the airsickness medicine.

  Helping Huo Xiufen pass the water glass, watching her take the airsickness medicine, Zhao Guoyang smiled slightly.

   "Thank you!" When handing the water glass back to the blonde stewardess, Zhao Guoyang thanked her naturally.

   "You're welcome, sir!" The blond flight attendant nodded to Zhao Guoyang with a smile, and then returned to the work area with a cup.

   "Commander Zhao, it seems that you have taken a lot of planes!"

  Seeing Zhao Guoyang calmly communicating with the stewardess, Huo Xiufen beside him couldn't help asking.

   "Uh, it's not too much. For long-distance travel, I've only been to Samba and Czechoslovakia once!" Zhao Guoyang said honestly.

   "Ah, then Commander Zhao, your ability to adapt is really strong. I have taken four or five planes, and I don't dare to talk to these flight attendants, especially foreign flight attendants!"

  After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang just smiled slightly.

   Indeed, in the early 1990s, air travel was still relatively new to Chinese people.

  Many people are afraid to make reasonable requests to the flight attendants when they fly.

  For example, many people have never tried things like ordering coffee and snacks outside the main meal. Instead, they sat obediently in their seats, for fear of making any jokes.

   But for Zhao Guoyang, flying is just a kind of consumption.

  Since I gave you the airline money, you should enjoy the services within the scope of these regulations as a matter of course, so there is no shame in opening your mouth.

  With the airsickness medicine provided by the flight attendant, Huo Xiufen's condition is obviously much better.

  During the takeoff of the plane, she basically didn't feel any discomfort.

  After the plane entered the process of stable flight, Huo Xiufen and Zhao Guoyang chatted with each other, but not with each other.

  Although Huo Xiufen's rank in the State Planning Commission is not high, she is only one step away from the middle level.

   Listening to her talk about some people and things she came into contact with is still very instructive.

  For example, at this moment Huo Xiufen mentioned that in an internal meeting of the High-tech Industry Department of the State Planning Commission not long ago, a deputy director proposed that great efforts should be made to develop the "new material industry".

Maybe because Zhao Guoyang didn't know much about the "new material industry", the researcher Huo sighed and said: "The last internal meeting of our company was attended by some leaders from the committee, which is enough to show that the higher-ups are facing the "new material industry". materials industry' attention."

"It's just that, according to our Director Jiang Haoran, our country's research level on 'new materials' is far behind other developed countries, and the gap is all-round. If we want to improve our level for a while, There is really no way to start!"

  Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang was silent for a moment, and then slowly expressed his point of view.

   "Director Jiang's worry is reasonable, but it's not completely hopeless!"

  “The so-called new materials generally refer to those newly developed or under development materials with better performance than traditional materials.”

  "New material technology refers to the technology of creating new materials that can meet various needs through a series of research processes such as physical research, material design, material processing, and test evaluation according to human will."

   "That's right, the gap between our country and other advanced Western countries in the research of 'new materials' must be very large. But narrowing the gap is not as difficult as we imagined..."

  Hearing Zhao Guoyang's highly professional words, Huo Xiufen was dumbfounded.

   "Chief Zhao, do you...do you also understand the 'new material'?" Huo Xiufen couldn't help but opened her mouth to ask.

   "Well, let's know a thing or two!"

Zhao Guoyang turned his head and smiled at Huo Xiufen, and continued the previous topic: "New materials are divided according to the properties of materials, including metal materials, inorganic non-metallic materials (such as ceramics, gallium arsenide semiconductors, etc.), organic polymer materials, advanced Four categories of composite materials."

   "According to the performance of materials, there are structural materials and functional materials."

  Zhao Guoyang talked eloquently: "At present, our country's backwardness in the field of 'new materials' is mainly reflected in the field of metal materials and inorganic non-metal materials."

   "As for organic polymer materials and advanced composite materials, although our level is not high, the gap with the world's advanced level is not very big."

   "After all, except for the United States, a behemoth that can unscrupulously spend money on the research of 'new materials', some other Western countries do not invest so much in this area."

   Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but glanced at Huo Xiufen and said, "I think, if our country has ambitions in this area, we might as well start with organic polymer materials and advanced composite materials."

   "The reason is simple. Organic polymer materials and advanced composite materials correspond to functional materials. The scope of use of this material in the future will far exceed that of structural materials."

  Hearing what Zhao Guoyang said casually, Huo Xiufen felt a little dizzy.

  She couldn't help opening her mouth and said, "Then Head Zhao, what are the applications of this functional material?"

  (end of this chapter)