In the following week, Xu Qiang quickly came up with the process formula and equipment solutions for two new daily chemical products and handed them to Zhang Li.

The two products this time are a new type of soap and shampoo.

In fact, the two products that Xu Qiang provided to Zhang Li can be regarded as upgraded versions of the soap and shampoo he had bought from the Shengli Machinery Factory before.

The hot sales of Xu Qiang's soaps and shampoos in local factories have given Xu Qiang more confidence. In his opinion, if the daily chemical products produced in his small workshop can still be so popular and have such high sales, then they can also be successful in Shanghai.

What's more, Zhang Li's factory is much better than his small workshop, both in terms of production equipment and working environment. In addition, it is convenient to purchase various raw materials, so naturally it can produce better products.

Ever since Wang Yongsheng went to jail for fighting, Xu Qiang's previous business at the factory has been cut short. Now Liu Jun and his team have also come to Changzhou, so Xu Qiang wants to restart his daily chemical products business, and cooperating with Zhang Li is undoubtedly the best opportunity.

As for the product technology and formula that Xu Qiang provided to Zhang Li, the most critical fragrance part still has to be produced by his own factory. This also includes some sterilization and refreshing and moisturizing formulas, which are also in the hands of Xu Qiang.

Only when the product is recognized by the market and Zhang Li is willing to give him 30% of the shares, will Xu Qiang hand over all the key rice preparation and production processes to her. This is also what the two had agreed on before.

After coming up with the new plan, Xu Qiang immediately began recruiting people.

Using the warehouse rented from the cotton mill, Xu Qiang began to renovate the second factory building. It took a whole week for Xu Qiang to direct a dozen newly recruited workers to clean and repaint the entire factory building. Then he spent more than 50,000 yuan to purchase a batch of new equipment. After debugging, he immediately started the production of new flavors.

At Zhang Li's factory, they also purchased some equipment for the production of soap and shampoo. They are more efficient and quickly completed the debugging of the new equipment. As long as the raw materials arrive, they can start large-scale production.

From mid-October to early November, the first batch of soap and shampoo produced by Zhang Li's factory and Xu Qiang's factory finally came on the market.

Zhang Li has put a lot of effort into the packaging of the new product. Perhaps because of her previous experience abroad, she attaches great importance to product packaging. The brand name is "Xinli" and the packaging pattern was designed by designers from Hong Kong, making the whole product look exquisite and elegant, with a truly "international style".

As for the fragrance of soap and shampoo, the first batch launched three types, namely lemon, mint, and Zhang Li’s favorite lavender.

In fact, these three fragrances are also the most popular fragrances among consumers in later generations. As for the formula of fragrance adjustment, currently only Xu Qiang masters it.

Zhang Li was very happy after getting the sample. She did not expect that the soap developed by Xu Qiang in such a short time would be so excellent, especially the shampoo, which can be said to be a very rare product in the country today.

In fact, the introduction of shampoo into China can be traced back to the 50s, when some foreign embassies and hotels began to sell shampoo in China.

Due to the high price of shampoo, only a few people buy and use it.

It was not until the mid-to-late 80s, with the development of China's economy and the improvement of people's living standards, that shampoo gradually became popular in China.

Xu Qiang took out this product just to test the waters.

Just as Zhang Li started to sell the new soaps and shampoos, he also finally started the project progress at the research institute.

Today, the Shanghai Institute of Chemical Technology has the best living conditions in the country.

With Xu Qiang's continuous application, the institute purchased a large number of cultural and sports facilities. The dormitories for two people are equipped with a desk, a small sofa, a tape recorder, and a fan. There is a TV room on the second floor of the dormitory area, four washing machines in the laundry room, and even a dedicated bathroom.

There are also a reading room, a table tennis room, and a chess and card room. Next, Xu Qiang will build a gym here.

Such a configuration was definitely considered "luxurious" in the country at that time, and could be said to be comparable to the level of some high-end hotels.

As a result, the BJ experts who came to Shanghai now, from the initial gradual adaptation, have begun to enjoy the life here now. Some of them even privately approached Deputy Team Leader Guo Rui to ask if they could be transferred here to work long-term after the project is completed in the future.

Although Xu Qiang has always attached great importance to the working and living environment of the institute, he immediately started the research and development of new high-energy explosives after the necessary raw materials arrived. In the synthesis process of the new explosive, methyl cyanide (acetonitrile) is used as a medium, formic acid is used as a catalyst, and benzylamine and glyoxal are injected to react at room temperature to produce HBIW (2-hexabenzyl-4-hexaazaisowurtzitane). HBIW is an intermediate with a basic cage structure, but surrounded by stable benzene rings (actually benzyl or benzyl).

The benzene ring is the simplest aromatic ring and is widely present in a large number of organic compounds. The reason why it is the simplest and most widely present is the stability of its structure. However, the benzene ring is a structure in high-energy chemistry. Its advantage is that it can aggregate energetic bonds, but its disadvantage is that it is too stable to decompose, which reduces the energy ratio of energetic materials.

It is obviously unrealistic to make HBIW containing so many benzene rings into high-energy explosives, as the power of this thing is too weak. Therefore, HBIW needs to be hydrogenolyzed. In layman's terms, it means breaking up the benzene rings on the periphery of the molecule.

Since the benzene ring structure is extremely stable, this process requires a stronger catalyst, and palladium was used in the plans of foreign experts in the early years.

This is an extremely expensive metal, with global crustal palladium reserves less than one-third of gold reserves.

In China, this metal is very expensive. The important raw material that Xu Qiang had been waiting for was actually this metal. However, it was not until last week that BJ delivered 130 grams.

In fact, whether it is the CL-01 that Xu Qiang is currently developing, or the CL-20, which was later called the king of explosives, both require palladium for catalysis.

In his previous life, Xu Qiang had read many papers on high-energy explosives, especially the experimental procedures for CL-20 high-energy explosives.

In fact, many pathways for producing CL-20 have been discovered in the course of later research. At least 15 different reaction pathways can produce CL-20. Note that the word used here is "produce." If you want to "produce" CL-20, there are only three reaction pathways that can be used to manufacture this high-energy explosive in large quantities: TADB route, TADF route, and TAIW route.

In 1993, domestic experts first completed the synthesis of tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TADB) in the laboratory, which is a different approach from HBIW. In 1994, CL-20 was produced through two consecutive treatments of nitrosation and nitration.

After that, it was Professor Zhao Xinqi who really made efforts in CL-20 in my country. In 1994, he pioneered the hydrogenolysis of TADB in acetic acid to obtain tetraacetylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TAIW), and then synthesized CL-20 from TAIW.

Xu Qiang did not intend to produce CL-20 directly according to the technology of his previous life. In order to become the project leader of domestic high-energy explosives for a long time, Xu Qiang only planned to develop CL-20 with lower performance, technology and cost.

It took Xu Qiang three whole days to quickly synthesize the first batch of CL-01 high-energy explosive samples according to the technology from his previous life.

At this time, more than three months had passed since Xu Qiang took over the 8702 project.

For safety reasons, Xu Qiang only synthesized less than five grams of samples this time, and then placed these samples in a small closed warehouse in the basement of the institute, preparing to hand them over to BJ for testing after a while.

"Director, now that the raw materials are in place, when can we make the samples?"

In the evening, when Xu Qiang was having dinner with several people from the laboratory, Guo Rui suddenly asked Xu Qiang.

The laboratory has been very busy these days. Everyone is synthesizing various raw materials according to Xu Qiang's requirements. However, the synthesis of the final sample was done by Xu Qiang himself, so no one knows that Xu Qiang has actually made the sample.

"Don't worry, I will tell you the results." Xu Qiang said lightly.

"I just feel that our project has been going on for several months, and we should at least let our superiors see some interim results..." Guo Rui said.

In fact, Guo Rui said this because he really had a sense of crisis.

Almost every week, the research institute kept asking superiors for money, and the department almost always met their requests. After a long time, even Guo Kai felt a little embarrassed.

In addition, the projects that Xu Qiang applied to his superiors were rarely related to the projects themselves, but were basically some facilities and products for life and entertainment. Although Guo Rui did enjoy the convenience and enjoyment brought by these things, this was obviously contrary to the traditional spirit of the scientific research team of "not afraid of hardship and not afraid of fatigue", and was more like a capitalist idea of ​​greed for pleasure.

Moreover, up to now, the entire project has been going on for more than three months, but no interim results have been produced. This is obviously unacceptable.

"The so-called interim results have no meaning to the superiors. They only want the final result." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "I don't have any other abilities as the director, but I can strive for more benefits for everyone. As for the project itself, you don't have to worry. I am the person in charge of the project and I will bear all the responsibilities. When the project is due to be completed, I will naturally complete it..." (End of this chapter)