Twenty years of cold chain

Hu Shutong currently faces two most pressing issues. One is the cold chain logistics for the flowers he promised Guan Wentao, which has been delayed for half a year. For Guan Wentao, who doesn't want Guan Xiaoman to stay in Yuncheng for even a moment, his lack of urging or inquiry over the past few days is already quite lenient.

The other thing was the 300,000-ton single warehouse in Longtai City. According to Qiu Shuanghu later,

The bidding process in Longtai City has expanded to eight participants, including cold storage solution providers, research institutes, and research projects from two universities, Longtai University and Mingda University. Not only is the competition intense, but the bidding results are set to be announced in June, leaving all parties with only a little over two months.

For Tongxing, both of these tasks fell to the company's R&D center.

The success of the Longyao project marked a solid first step for Tongxing Enterprise's R&D Center. It must be said that Luan Pingxin's initial suggestion was extremely prescient. The enterprise R&D center has another layer of driving force for Tongxing. On the surface, it is a manifestation of soft power, but in reality, it is the hard power that differentiates it most from its peers.

There are countless parks nationwide that are ten times the size of Tongxing's. In terms of policy support, prosperous coastal provinces have a stronger pull on enterprises. However, if technology is turned into a calling card, in addition to reputation, Tongxing can also obtain benefits in terms of technology intellectual property rights by relying on this internal organization.

Encouragingly, it has already shown initial results. The Longtai single-unit warehouse project did not scrutinize Tongxing's R&D qualifications in detail; the tender was awarded solely because of one thing—

Tongxing successfully transformed Longyao.

Suddenly, Hu Shutong realized that this was an excellent opportunity; for someone like him who wanted to do everything thoroughly, the corporate R&D center was the best way to achieve this.

Through the combined efforts of these elite talents,

It ignites sparks across the entire industry.

Moreover, this is quite gratifying for people who work in technology. Although they don't know where the end is, they can pick up where they came from. Perhaps this is Luan Pingxin's biggest original intention.

As soon as Hu Shutong learned of these two matters, he immediately gave instructions to the R&D center; however, progress was not optimistic. Hu Shutong did not blame anyone, because the difficulty of these two matters far exceeded that of the Longyao project.

Fortunately, after half a year of preparation, everyone has figured out some things about the flower cold chain park. The market research is quite detailed and incorporates advanced foreign cases. There are also some novel ideas for the characteristics of this field, and several site selection options have been developed. Basically, it can be submitted to the meeting for a comprehensive discussion.

However, this 300,000-ton single warehouse has yielded little result after two meetings because it represents a nearly opposite mindset to the flower cold chain industrial park. One is an open proposition without any restrictions, allowing for boundless imagination in describing what a flower cold chain industrial park would look like.

The other one was a set essay with all the rules and regulations.

No one has ever seen such a large warehouse. Assuming the space is scaled up proportionally, can the use of exterior materials be justified according to this scale? Considering the function of this cold storage, simply copying the layout of each cold zone would mean a huge waste.

In addition, the number and layout of cooling units, computer simulation of beam and column structures, and various unseen aspects such as pipelines and fire protection must all be taken into account without any omissions.

The key point is that at this point, no one dares to make any boasts. Regardless of which plan Longtai ultimately adopts, the differences lie more in the internal structure. The R&D team must be responsible for every word of this plan. If problems arise with the design team, the consequences will be unbearable.

When Hu Shutong first reviewed the Longyao project, he was able to come up with a solution for the key points on the spot. However, when it came to this single-unit library solution, which was clearly defined in words, he couldn't immediately articulate his thoughts. The only way out seemed to be to put in the hard work and study it thoroughly.

The people in the R&D center were thinking the same way. Even if they had ideas, they would always add a "yes or no" to them. Since they couldn't justify their own ideas, they were unwilling to reveal too much. After all, everyone in this room was a capable person, and they were worried about misleading the whole team.

After the meeting ended and everyone left, Su Mu stayed behind.

"Mr. Hu, everyone has ideas about this single-unit warehouse, but no one wants to take the lead and offer any suggestions because we only have theoretical arguments but no practical experience. If you ask me, we should find someone who has done similar projects before, not necessarily on a 300,000-ton scale, but someone who has worked on even larger projects. If he comes forward and gives his opinion, perhaps everyone will be more flexible and won't be so cautious."

Hu Shutong nodded. Su Mu had hit the nail on the head; he understood everyone's preconceived notions. But where could one find such a person? It wasn't a matter of simply asking for something and getting it. He couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Su, do you know someone like that?"

Su Mu nodded and said, "There's a guy named Liu Zhiying, an alumnus of our University of Ming, one year younger than me. After graduation, he went to work for a multinational shipping group, mainly dealing with logistics terminals and international shipping. When it comes to large cold storage, those of them who work in port storage and transportation have more experience than us."

Hu Shutong understands the scale of port logistics, such integration and concentration, the huge shipping capacity and cold storage space, which are completely different from the cold chain enterprises in the inland areas that produce agricultural and sideline products.

Hu Shutong frowned. "Everyone in the industry knows about the Longwan base, and the reports are quite sensational about it. But why haven't I heard of this Liu Zhiying before?"

At this point, Su Mu paused for a moment, then looked up and said, "There are some things I can't guess, but I trust his abilities. He's been at home with some free time lately, so I thought that since you two are in a good position, you might be able to have a chat."

"Location advantage?"

"That's right, he's from Qingping."

……

I've loved cold chain logistics for twenty years.