This was the second time that Director Yuan said such words. Fang Hanmin wanted to ask him face to face, but he was a calm and low-key person after all. Since the leader refused to say it clearly, there was a reason for it, even though he and Director Yuan had already had a long-standing relationship. There were no taboos, and he felt that this kind of thing should not be inquired into.
Factory Director Yuan promptly submitted the report on the organizational adjustment of the technical department to the factory affairs meeting for discussion. Because the purpose was very clear, and there was no interest involved with the members of the factory-level leadership team, it also greatly weakened the jurisdiction of the technical department. The suggestion was unanimously approved by the team members.
At the same time, based on the proposal of Factory Director Yuan, it was decided to appoint Fang Hanmin as the director of the technical center, Guo Peng as the executive deputy director of the technical center (the administrative level is the department level), to preside over daily work, and Wan Cheng took over as the technical section chief.
Fang Hanmin's position was a parallel transfer, and the team members had no objections. However, there were major differences over the appointment of the other two young people.
Deputy director Wang and chief engineer Lao Xia, who are in charge of production, believe that after Fang Hanmin is transferred from the technical department, the two existing deputy chiefs of the technical department can take over his position, and there is no need to promote a new chief.
In fact, Factory Director Yuan also accepted Fang Hanmin's suggestion and decided to promote a young man to take over as technical section chief. When talking about this topic two days ago, Fang Hanmin recommended his two assistants without hesitation, because the two existing deputy section chiefs of the technical department could not adapt to the new technology of the first workshop, and they only started working under desperation. The leadership position of the first workshop was relegated to the technical department to support the elderly. Not only were they older and lacked energy, but they also knew nothing about the new processes and technologies in the entire factory. How could such a person be the technical section chief?
On the other hand, the two young people recommended by Fang Hanmin not only have the advantage of age, but also they have participated in almost all the process transformation projects of the entire factory so far. However, Guo Peng has more solid basic knowledge and is more interested in exploring the unknown world. Wan Cheng is slightly more interested. Impetuous, but good at management, based on their own characteristics, Fang Hanmin suggested appointing them separately.
Obviously, when Lao Wang and Mr. Xia were considering candidates for the new section chief of the technology department, the first thing they thought of was qualifications. If they promoted other department heads, qualifications might be the first factor, but as a very professional department responsible for the production technology of the whole factory, if other department heads were promoted, If the person in charge knows nothing about the business in charge, he will certainly not be able to play a management role.
How did the two current deputy section chiefs of the Technical Section get downgraded from the leadership positions of the first workshop to the Technical Section? Lao Wang and Lao Xia knew it well. Especially deputy section chief Lao Han, who had a close relationship with deputy director Wang when he was the director of the first workshop. Seeing his brother occupying the position of deputy section chief of the technical section, Lao Wang always wanted to change the status quo for him. This time he finally waited until Fang Hanmin When he was given the opportunity to be transferred from the technical department, he tried his best to let Lao Han fill the vacancy.
Of course Director Yuan heard the clues, and he smiled disapprovingly, "The technical department is different from other departments. It is too professional. Of course the qualifications of the two existing deputy section chiefs are no problem, but they are not satisfied with the current situation of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory." How much do you know about process technology? In this matter, I hope everyone will follow the principle of seeking truth from facts, put aside personal factors, focus on the overall situation of the work, and support more suitable candidates."
A few quiet words left Lao Wang and Mr. Xia speechless. Lao Han is a college graduate in the late 1960s. He should have a certain theoretical foundation and practical experience. However, after more than ten years of working, he has neglected learning and improvement and lacks enterprising spirit. He was not interested in knowledge and new technology. Although he personally participated in the process transformation of a workshop, he knew nothing about the essence of the new process. How can such a person be qualified for the position of technical section chief?
In the era of the explosion of knowledge, unless you keep up with the pace of the times and constantly improve yourself, once you stand still or even remain stagnant, you will be eliminated by the times in an instant. If the older generation of scientific and technological personnel do not think about making progress, it will be difficult for them to adapt to the pace of scientific and technological development in the new era, and they will inevitably lag behind the times.
After the meeting, the relevant personnel appointment and dismissal notices were quickly issued to all grassroots units of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. Most people can understand the organizational adjustment between the technology center and the technology department, but the personnel arrangements made in the factory made it difficult for everyone to understand. Onlookers came up with various interpretations. Even among the factory-level leadership team, except for Factory Director Yuan, other members were a little confused, especially Deputy Factory Director Wang and Chief Engineer Lao Xia. Fang Hanmin even felt confused about the change in his position. gloat.
"Fang Hanmin has made so many contributions to Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory. After becoming the technical section chief, he promoted the technological transformation of the entire factory. During this organizational adjustment, why was he transferred from the technical section to the technical center? Could it be that the factory The leader thinks that his mission has been accomplished? This is to kill the donkey!"
"The trees are as beautiful as the trees, but the wind will destroy them. Fang Hanmin is too good, and he doesn't know how to protect himself. His sudden success has made all the scientific and technical personnel of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory look shameless. Who knows how many people are attacking him behind his back?" I hate him so much! I just wish something would happen to him."
"Don't make wild guesses. Fang Hanmin is a low-key person and focuses on his work. He is not the kind of person who is obsessed with power. Moreover, he has the support of Director Yuan. What can happen to him?"
"A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. No matter how much Lao Yuan supports Fang Hanmin, he can't stand those villains talking behind his back. If people often complain to Lao Yuan and frame Fang Hanmin, can he still trust Fang Hanmin as always? ? I don’t think so.”
"Fang Hanmin has made so many contributions to Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory. It stands to reason that he should be promoted step by step. Unexpectedly, after serving as the technical section chief for several years, not only did he not get further promotion, but he went to a technical center where he had no job title and no authority and just worked. , it’s heart-breaking for the factory leaders to make such a decision!”
"I think things are not as pessimistic as you think. According to Fang Hanmin's personality and scientific research expertise, working in the technology center can maximize his potential. Maybe it is his own request."
Regarding Fang Hanmin's job adjustment, people are discussing in private. Even Jiao Tiehui, a good friend who knows Fang Hanmin best, said: "Hanmin's technical level is not only much higher than that of ordinary scientific and technical personnel, but he is also a doer. He is not willing to work all day long." It is definitely his choice to sit in the office and work in the technology center."
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Fang Hanmin's style of conduct was to be vigorous and resolute. On the day he received the personnel appointment and dismissal notice, he completed the work handover with Wan Cheng, who took over as the technical section chief, and immediately reported to the technical center.
In fact, the technology center is a relatively large organization. The catalyst section that Jiao Tiehui is responsible for alone currently has hundreds of employees. As the tasks increase, the scale may be expanded in the future. In addition, nearly twenty college and technical secondary school graduates assigned from various schools have already been put in place. These young scientific and technical personnel have already participated in the recycling and treatment experiments of waste palladium carbon catalysts. Combining the basic knowledge learned in school, they have The technological development of the factory gained a new understanding.
In order to strengthen the connection between various parts of the technical center, Fang Hanmin suggested promoting Jiao Tiehui to deputy director of the technical center, responsible for the catalyst preparation section and future scale-up tests. This suggestion was supported by the factory leaders.
The current technology center is a brand new organization. Fang Hanmin is the director of the technology center, and Guo Peng and Jiao Tiehui are deputy directors. However, Guo Peng is responsible for the daily management of the technology center and enjoys full-time treatment.
After the institution is established, the next step is to start trials of generic patented drugs as soon as possible. To this end, Fang Hanmin analyzed several drugs whose patent protection is about to expire, selected three drugs with good prospects, and prepared to develop them. for development.
Through careful analysis of the preparation processes and market prospects of the three patented drugs, it was found that a cardiovascular and cerebrovascular drug has the best market prospects. Once the imitation is successful, this drug will have a clinical demand of billions of yuan, but the imitation of this drug will We also face one of the biggest difficulties, that is, among the dozen raw materials used to synthesize this drug, two raw materials are not available in the domestic market.
The market prospect of the second drug is also good, and the raw materials are basically guaranteed, but the process flow is too long, and the two or three steps of the synthesis process are quite technically difficult.
The synthesis process of the third drug is not too difficult and the raw materials are easy to purchase. However, the market prospect is average. Even if the imitation is successful, there are still some uncertainties in future clinical demand.
Through comparison, Fang Hanmin preferred to imitate cardiovascular and cerebrovascular drugs first. At the technical analysis meeting, he explained his views to the technical staff present.
"The problem is that if we can't buy ready-made raw materials, how can we carry out experiments?" Guo Peng seemed to have a different opinion.
"Yes, the problem of raw materials is the biggest difficulty before us, but the market prospect of this drug is really great! If it is successfully developed first, it will give Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory an advantage in the country. As for the problem of raw materials, since we If we plan to imitate patented drugs, why can't we overcome the difficulty of raw materials?" Fang Hanmin seemed confident.
"Director, what do you mean, we need to start with the raw materials?"
"Yes, let's start from the raw materials. Is there anything wrong?"
"There is no problem in starting from the raw materials, but it may take a long time!"
"Imitation of patented drugs is a race against time. Whoever successfully develops it first will have the upper hand in the market. If you are passive in terms of time, even if the development is successful, you will have to make greater efforts to gain market recognition in the future. .”
Fang Hanmin divided the scientific and technical personnel of the technology center into two research groups. He and Guo Peng served as the project leaders respectively. He decided to first develop two raw materials that could not be purchased in the domestic market. Fang Hanmin's research group chose the most difficult one. Raw materials are developed.
This is a tough nut to crack, involving at least three typical reactions in organic synthesis. In addition to reduction and condensation, the diazo reaction has extremely high requirements on temperature and medium conditions.
Under the condition of minus five degrees, it is necessary to keep the temperature of the reaction system constant and the pH value of the system to be equally uniform. In the 21st century experienced by the time traveler, such conditions are not very harsh and are a slightly formal laboratory. can meet these requirements. However, in the mid-to-late 1980s, especially in factories and enterprises without any scientific research accumulation, many difficulties needed to be overcome to meet these external conditions.
Knowing that such harsh experimental conditions were required, colleagues all frowned, "Director, it may not be difficult to lower the temperature to minus five degrees, but during the reaction process, it is necessary to keep the temperature constant and the pH value of the system to be in a uniform state. It’s not easy to achieve!”
Fang Hanmin knew the reaction process well. Through thermodynamic estimation, he learned that the heat effect of the reaction reached hundreds of kilocalories per mole, which was a strong exothermic reaction. Based on past experience, Fang Hanmin knew that this reaction was difficult to control.
Should we face the difficulties head on, or choose to escape? Colleagues all wanted to back off, because they felt that the existing experimental conditions simply could not carry out such experiments.
