Founding Era

Chen Zhicheng, a 22-year-old young scientist, returned from Southeast Asia with biological knowledge that transcended his time and a pure heart. On the ship sailing north, he got the opportunity to enter the Central Institute of Biological Products with his accurate judgment and a "special" luggage. His goal is clear and firm: to use his knowledge to save lives and serve the country. However, the road to ideals is full of thorns. What he faced was not only extremely scarce material conditions and technical barriers that urgently needed to be overcome, but also complex scrutiny, ideological conflicts and invisible pressure from a special era. During the arduous years of conquering the mass production of penicillin, which was urgently needed on the front line, and developing life-saving frostbite drugs in extremely cold battlefields, he experienced the tempering process from showing his sharp edge to hiding behind his back. In the collision between "technology first" and "politics in command", he learned to integrate the wisdom beyond the times into the realistic soil of "local methods are implemented". At the same time, he and Su Qingjun, his assistant arranged by the organization, gradually developed into soul partners who shared a common soul as they fought side by side and overcame difficulties together from the initial work partners who respected each other like guests. Her tenacity, wisdom and silent protection became his warmest support in the long cold winter.