In the past month, Xin was caught in a whirlpool of troubles. Due to the fact that there was too much explosive news here, many news media decided to station their reporters here to get first-hand information.
Other than that, the number of tourists who traveled to the undeveloped island out of curiosity also increased. Now on the streets of Coro Island, tourists with backpacks could be seen everywhere.
A federation with only nine islands, a federation with no government in control of the military. Some foreign radical organizations that had nothing better to do even exclaimed that this was the model of democracy in the world … Who knew what kind of expression a certain puppet president would have when he heard this.
News itself was an advertisement. There were not many opportunities to appear on the international headlines for free.
Before this, a lot of people had never heard of a Pannu Islands in the Pacific Ocean. But with the series of events, as well as Future International's intentional hype, a lot of people had an impression of this palm-sized Pacific country.
Regardless of whether the impression was good or bad, it paved the way for further marketing in the future. Once the infrastructure and tourism resources were developed and the political situation stabilized, there would be a lot of people willing to come to this charming island to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Pacific and experience the unique culture.
With the current construction progress, it would take at least half a year to a year.
That day was not far away.
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Compared to Zhang Yaping's anxiety, the mastermind behind all of this – Jiang Chen – was having a great time. Although he had promised to help solve this problem, he threw Zhang Yaping a "no" and then walked away from it.
Then, Jiang Chen went to New Moon Island for two days. Zhang Yaping didn't know what he did on the island.
As the major shareholder of the company, he didn't seem to care about the possible retaliation from Country F. Zhang Yaping wasn't sure if this guy was really confident or just unfounded arrogance.
From the perspective of the president of Xin, he certainly hoped it was the former.
In the next few days, Jiang Chen basically drove a boat around the islands. Of course, he didn't do it for fun, but for business.
Because of the ten billion dollar project, he became the largest real estate developer on Pannu. The 110 square kilometers of land adjacent to the project and the 70 square kilometers of land on the other islands, as well as the sea near the equator, were all under his name. It was up to him whether he wanted to keep it for himself or sell it to someone else.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to develop so much land by himself. It would only grow weeds if he left it there. Over the past few days, he had gone through all the properties on the island that belonged to him. He had an idea of which were for his own development and which were for others to develop.
After he had dealt with everything, another piece of good news came from the apocalypse.
After half a month of experimentation and exploration, the formula of the improved nutrient supply was successfully developed. When he heard the news from Lin Lin, he immediately returned to the apocalypse and took a helicopter to Camp 27.
He took the elevator underground and found the leader of the experiment team in the spacious fallout shelter.
"I heard you guys completed it?" Jiang Chen asked directly when he saw the skinny middle-aged man.
Wang Fangping looked at Jiang Chen with excitement and nodded.
"It's done. We completed the clinical trial yesterday. It's unbelievable. Originally, we only planned to improve the existing nutrient supply formula, but we didn't expect to have a technological breakthrough in the field of living cell preparation. "
"Technological breakthrough?" Jiang Chen paused for a moment before a trace of shock appeared on his face.
In the apocalypse filled with devastation, it would be impressive to even digest the pre-war technology, let alone a technological breakthrough. But now Wang Fangping told him that his research team had a technological breakthrough in the experiment.
"That's right." Wang Fangping nodded excitedly. "Based on your request, to reduce the production cost of nutrient supply, we chose the highest yield and shortest growth cycle seaweed as the raw material of the nutrient supply. But when we induced the differentiation of the seaweed cells, we accidentally cultivated a new type of seaweed. "
"What is it?" Jiang Chen was curious.
"Seaweed that can generate electricity!" Wang Fangping said excitedly.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen was moved.
Energy was always one of the key issues in development, whether it was on the wasteland or in the modern world. At the end of the 21st century in this world, biological power generation had a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion power generation, and before the first space elevator was built, it had always been the focus of the three countries' research. It wasn't until the completion of the space elevator that the Moon's helium-3 and tritium were continuously imported to the Earth to create a relatively cheap nuclear fusion battery that the focus on biological power generation finally eased.
Since the fusion of 1 gram of deuterium and tritium produced fusion energy was equivalent to the combustion of 11.2 tons of standard coal, and it was also environmentally friendly. The terrifying amount of energy was something other power generation technologies couldn't match. Because of this, although other power generation technologies had a theoretical foundation, no one conducted further research on them.
But now, whether it was on the wasteland or in the modern world, the sustainable and clean energy had a huge market! For example, Pannu Islands, because it was defined as a tourist area, it was impossible to set up a highly polluting thermal power station on the island. They could only use the high cost and low efficiency tidal power station in conjunction with a solar power station to power the island's daily life.
But with this thing, Pannu Islands' sea area could provide Xin with an endless supply of electricity! Xin no longer had to worry about energy.
Jiang Chen didn't expect the breakthrough in biotechnology to occur during the research and development of nutrient supply. It was a pleasant surprise as excitement appeared on Jiang Chen's face.
"When the seaweed cells undergo photosynthesis, it will produce a special photosensitive effect that will form a directional micro current in the cell fluid. Although the current is weak, it is still significant for an entire seaweed plant. " Wang Fangping explained the theoretical knowledge of the seaweed plant to Jiang Chen. Although his explanation was easy to understand, Jiang Chen was only interested in the last sentence.
"What is the power output per unit area?" Jiang Chen asked eagerly.
"Currently, the power generation efficiency is low, only 0.1 kilowatts per square meter. Most of the energy will be converted into heat energy and dissipate. It will even increase the temperature of the water nearby, and there will also be problems with the loss of electricity underwater. But based on the mathematical model, it is estimated that after these problems are solved, the power output can reach 1 kilowatts per square meter. "
"1 kilowatts per square meter!" Jiang Chen was shocked again.
If it was solar power generation, 10 kilowatts would require 40 solar panels with an area of 64 square meters. In other words, the power output per square meter would only be 0.15 kilowatts! Although the "biological generator" also used solar energy, the power output was 6.6 times that of traditional solar panels!
Seeing the shock on Jiang Chen's face, Wang Fangping let out a sigh of relief.
A while ago, when he learned that there were not many nuclear fusion batteries on the surface and the base was all solar panels, he thought about the stagnant power generation technology at the end of the 21st century. And he was a bioengineer, so the first thing he thought of was biological power generation.
Although the technology was not yet complete, it was not difficult to create it while standing on the shoulders of giants. It was like a person who couldn't solve an Olympiad math problem in elementary school could easily solve it in high school.
Because the connection between the Earth and Moon was cut off, the outdated power generation technology could once again be put to use.
To be honest, their research team completed the nutrient supply five days ago. The reason why they delayed the report was to study the seaweed plant's power generation cells. The discovery of the cell was not accidental, but rather, it was guided by the gene map. They didn't dare to tell Jiang Chen because they were afraid that the dictator would unreasonably think that they were taking up research resources and delay the report.
Now that Jiang Chen seemed to be satisfied with their research results, he was relieved.
Therefore, this research project was valued and there was hope for it to continue to exist. They didn't have to return to the surface to live a hard life.
But their worry was unnecessary. Jiang Chen didn't care about their "private work". In any case, no matter what they researched, it would belong to him.
"You guys did a good job! Excellent, what reward do you want? "Jiang Chen laughed and patted Wang Fangping's shoulder.
"There's no need for a reward." Wang Fangping waved his hand and smiled apologetically. "Just let us stay in the fallout shelter to continue our research. Our research team is quite accomplished in the biological field. "
"That won't do. You guys must be rewarded for your contribution to the development of the base." Jiang Chen rubbed his chin and thought for a moment before he suddenly had an idea.
"I got it. To recognize your outstanding contribution in solving the energy problem of the base, I will award the five of you the title of "Outstanding Scholar" and award you the "Knight Medal". From now on, you will be part of the knight class of the Fishbone base. Although the title of Outstanding Scholar is just a title, it means that you will be able to freely enter and exit the fallout shelter without the need to ask for permission from the camp manager. Even without the research project, you can live here. "
Wang Fangping was ecstatic.
"Thank you, General!"
He wasn't interested in becoming a knight. He had never been to the Fishbone base and didn't want to go. As long as he could stay in the safe and comfortable fallout shelter, he didn't want anything else.
"Don't thank me yet. Wait until you complete this project, then I will award you this honor." Jiang Chen smiled.
"General, don't worry. We will definitely complete this mission!" Wang Fangping patted his chest and promised.
"Then I will wait for your good news. Let's not talk about this anymore. Take me to the improved nutrient supply. "
The nutrient supply was the focus of Jiang Chen's trip. The earlier it could start production, the earlier he could make money. He didn't forget that he still had a debt of 30 billion USD.
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