In the summer of 1992, the city of Perot in southeastern Mexico.

This is a picturesque coastal city. The Pacific Ocean breeze brings abundant rain, giving birth to wide grasslands and dense forests. The waves wash over the beach for many years, leaving behind large white natural baths, allowing tourists from all over the world to linger.

In the north of the city, about one or two kilometers away from the seashore, there is a construction site under construction, with a spectacular scale. Standing in the construction site, you can see various towers, tanks and other giant containers, as well as dense pipelines, which are woven and reveal a strong industrial beauty. Outside the gate of the construction site, a huge sign is supported with the name of the project written on it:

Hauge Chemical Co., Ltd. Perot Factory.

At this moment, the chemical factory site was silent, all the construction machinery had stopped, and the dazzling electric welding sparks in the past were nowhere to be found. Next to a large fractionation tower lying on the ground, a group of people of different skin colors stood. Although it was sunny, there was no warmth and leisurely expression on these people's faces replaced by a depressing solemnity.

"Mr. Uchida, please explain, what's going on?"

The owner's representative Erskine pointed at the lodged fractionation tower in front of him and asked coldly to the Japanese in suit and robed and looked humble.

This is a fractionation tower that is more than 20 meters high, weighing more than 100 tons. It should have stood on a steel base, but a strong wind last night broke its base, and the tower body suddenly fell, smashing a group of pipelines next to it, causing minor injuries to two night patrol workers. In fact, everyone has to be grateful that the accident happened at night, and there were no construction workers around. If such an accident occurred during the day, the casualties would probably not be so minor.

The person questioned by Erskine was Uchida Yu, the sales director of Iketani Products in Japan. The chemical factory was also under the responsibility of Iketani Products. Uchida Yu was previously attending a meeting in the United States and received the news, so he rushed over overnight. Seeing the situation at the accident scene, Uchida Yu was also stunned. You know, the wind was not particularly strong last night, and the original design of Iketani Products was able to withstand hurricanes. If there was an accident of equipment collapse in such an ordinary wind, there would be no need for this factory to continue building.

“This is an accident.”

Yuuchi Uchida bowed 90 degrees to Erskine and said apologetically.

"Of course I know this is an accident, but how can your company explain this accident?" Erskine said angrily. "It's just the construction stage, and there is still room for recovery when this situation occurs. If production has already started, what consequences will a fractionation tower be dumped like this? Have you considered it?"

"This is absolutely impossible. Before it is put into production, we will conduct strict inspections and will never leave any problematic equipment." Yuuchi Uchida replied in sweat. As the sales director of a chemical equipment company, he even knows the serious consequences of equipment collapse than Erskine. The intermediate products of chemical plants often have the characteristics of highly toxic, flammable, explosive. If a fractionation tower is poured out during the production process and some pipelines that convey intermediate products are broken, the losses caused will be immeasurable.

"Our technicians have already boarded the plane and will be able to arrive in Perro tomorrow. The specific cause of the accident will be determined after they conduct inspections. Before that, we will stop all construction work and inspect the installed equipment to ensure that no similar incidents occur." Yuuchi Uchida bowed as he said, and his slightly bald forehead swayed up and down, and in a short while, Erskine was already fainted.

"Okay, then we will wait for your inspection results. The losses caused by delays in progress will be borne by you." Erskine said without hesitation.

"Yes, we will definitely bear all the losses." Uchida Yu assured.

As Yuuchi Uchida said, technicians from Japan arrived the next day and brought a full set of testing equipment and original design drawings. Because it was of great importance, these people started working intensively as soon as they arrived at the scene. Some inspected the breaks of the base, some investigated the technicians and workers responsible for the installation work, and some began to collect relevant information on local earthquakes and meteorological aspects, hoping to find some factors that were sufficient to affect the quality of the project.

"I'm asking your name."

In a temporary office, Tian Xiongzhe, deputy director of the technical department of the Ikegai Production Office, also had a dark face and asked a worker in front of him. The worker was the same as Tian Xiongzhe, with black hair and yellow skin, wearing the yellow cardigan work clothes of the Akima Club, but his mouth was full of Chinese Haidong accent. He spoke Chinese, and Tian Xiongzhe had to communicate with him through translation.

"My name is Bi Jianxin. I am an electric welder at the Huian Chemical Machinery Factory in Haidong Province, China." The worker replied.

"Did you weld the base of the fractionation tower that collapsed the night before yesterday?"

"Yes, I soldered it with several other masters."

"So, have you strictly followed the process specifications when welding, and have you violated the process specifications?"

"You can check the work log and see if I, Lao Bi, are the kind of person who violates the process specifications." Bi Jianxin's face also sunk. The other party was clearly questioning his work attitude, so he couldn't help but be angry.

A few years ago, member companies of the Japan Chemical Equipment Association suffered from the high domestic labor prices, resulting in the lack of competitiveness of products, and formed a group to go to China to discuss business outsourcing. Under the organization of the Reinstallation Office, Chinese companies formed an alliance and repeatedly negotiated with the Japanese side on the outsourcing price issue, and finally obtained a relatively satisfactory price. The business outsourcing cooperation between China and Japan was launched.

Although there have been some twists and turns in recent years, the scale of cooperation between the two sides has been expanding. The reason is naturally that the continuous appreciation of the yen has led to the continuous increase in labor costs in Japan, and Japanese companies have to rely more on skilled Chinese workers to help them complete the construction tasks of overseas projects. In these cooperation processes, the technical level and discipline of Chinese workers have also made the Japanese who have always pursued rigorousness admire, which has led to the continuous deepening of this cooperation.

Bi Jianxin is the ace welder at the Hoi'an Chemical Machinery Factory. He was loaned out by Nguyen Phucang of Quanfu Machinery Company and was sent to a construction site in Mexico with dozens of workers from Quanfu Company. It is of course even harder to send overseas to work. Nguyen Phucang has paid three times the salary to all the dispatched employees, which is also an important reason why workers are eager for this task.

The fractionation tower that was poured out the day before yesterday was completed in Japan and was transported to Perro by sea. Bi Jianxin and several other workers were tasked with erecting the fractionation tower and welding the foot under the fractionation tower to a pre-built base. They have done such a lot of work, and this time they are naturally familiar with the road and are stress-free.

But who would have thought that the fractionation tower that had just stood up was blown down by a gust of wind, which was shocking. When Bi Jianxin heard this news, he was scared and sweated, afraid that the welding quality would not meet the design requirements because of his error in operation. He went to the dispatching department to check the production records of that day. Although he could not recognize a few Japanese in the record book, he also confirmed that his operation had no mistakes and fully met the requirements of the process documents. With such confidence, he could naturally challenge Tian Xiongzhe.

Before Tian Xiongzhe also met with Bi Jianxin, he naturally had read the production records. He knew that from the records, there was nothing wrong with Bi Jianxin and several other welders' operations. So he asked this question just because he was lucky and hoped to hear some different situations from Bi Jianxin.

From Tian Xiong Takaya's heart, he hoped that the cause of the accident could be implemented on Chinese workers such as Bi Jianxin, so that the credit losses that the Japanese side would have to bear would be much smaller. He did not expect that Bi Jianxin's reaction would be so strong that he did not leave any chance.

"Are you sure you won't make any mistakes?" Tian Xiongzhe was still making the final efforts.

Bi Jianxin shook his head firmly and said, "My old Bi's skills are not very high, but at least there is no problem in welding a fractionation tower base. If you don't believe it, you can check the inspection records and see what I welded on this construction site, and there is no error.

"Okay, I'm very sorry, Mr. Bi, you can go back. However, if you think of something else these days, please give me some advice." Tian Xiongzhe also stood up and sent Bi Jianxin out of the room.

The same discussion also happened between Tian Xiongzhe and several other Chinese welders. Some of these welders had a irritable personality and immediately argued with Tian Xiongzhe, while others were relatively weak. However, when it comes to the question of whether there were any mistakes, their attitude was also very firm, that is, they would never admit that there was something wrong with their operations.

"Mr. Tian Xiong, Mr. Bi and his Chinese colleagues have good technical skills and a very good work attitude, just like working for their own companies. I think we should protect such good employees and not easily doubt them."
Chapter completed!