Just as Jiang Chen expected, after listening to Jiang Chen's words, Xia Shiyu fell into a daze.
When she recovered from her daze, she repeatedly asked Jiang Chen about the feasibility of the virtual MMORPG and the difference between it and existing VR games. When she heard the words "complete neural connection" and "second life", she immediately said she would come personally once the typhoon passed before she hung up.
She couldn't wait to draft the operation plan for this epoch-making online game.
…
Because mining was mainly conducted in the southern sea, the headquarters of Future Mining was located on Ange Island. After they parted ways, Yang Yuan began to prepare for this. After half a month of hard work, the framework of the company was finally set up.
After he got off the boat, the car sent by Celestial Trade's station on Ange Island was already waiting by the road. In the car, Jiang Chen gave the driver a simple explanation of the destination, and the driver started the car.
In Celestial Trade's security business, it was divided into military and civilian. Military employees were stationed on New Moon Island while civilian employees served as bodyguards for government officials. The temporary driver for Jiang Chen was the bodyguard of Min Ke.
Jiang Chen rolled down the window, put his arm on the window, and began to admire the garden that belonged to him.
It had only been slightly more than a month since he last came to Ange Island. However, within this period of time, the small town had undergone tremendous changes. Newly built apartment buildings, houses, and commercial streets in the process of being renovated were everywhere on the street. Compared to the small town that looked like a "fishing village", Anjia City finally had the taste of a city.
Influenced by the infrastructure construction and tourism development project led by Future International, a lot of foreign merchants smelled the opportunity and attempted to ride the high-speed train to share in the benefits of Xin's development.
When Jiang Chen passed by the city center, he was surprised to see a Coles supermarket in the process of renovation. He vaguely remembered that it was a brand of a supermarket chain in Australia. Its main business scope was local retail. It was obvious that the current retail gap in Xin made Coles Group smell the opportunity. Therefore, they boldly took the first step and made Ange Island their first stop to expand their international business.
Because of the crazy purchase of land by foreign merchants, the Ange City government naturally made a lot of money. With enough money, they immediately invested the money they earned from selling the land into public infrastructure projects, such as the expansion of roads and the construction of new schools.
The construction of public facilities not only improved the quality of life of the people, but also provided a large number of jobs. Not only had the high unemployment rate been greatly reduced, but the labor shortage had also attracted many overseas immigrants. The originally lifeless town seemed to have been injected with a shot of adrenaline, glowing with the vitality it should have.
…
The "employee dormitory" for Yang Yuan was located at the edge of Jia City. There was only a bare road and a few tall green palm trees in front of the door. Other than that, there was nothing else.
He parked the car on the side of the road and ordered the driver to wait for him in the car. He then walked to the seascape house and pressed the doorbell on the wooden door.
The sound of footsteps could be heard, and the door was quickly pulled open.
When he saw his old friend, Yang Yuan warmly welcomed him into the house.
"What do you think? Jiang Chen looked around the decorations in the living room as he sat on the sofa with a smile.
"Unimaginably good. I almost couldn't afford the rent back in Australia." Yang Yuan let out a sigh and looked at Jiang Chen seriously. "Although it's a bit pretentious, I still want to say it. Thank you. "
"We're old friends, no need to thank me." Jiang Chen waved his hand.
If it wasn't for the downturn in the industry, just based on Yang Yuan's resume, his life in Australia would not be any worse than here. Since on this island, other than the cheap housing, it was inconvenient to do anything else.
"Have you eaten? Why don't we have lunch here? "
"That's why I'm here. Is it troublesome? "Jiang Chen joked.
"Haha, it's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks. It's not troublesome." Yang Yuan also laughed.
"Here's the champagne." Sophie took out two bottles of champagne from the fridge and placed them in front of the two. She then opened the cap for them.
Perhaps because she knew there was no hope, Sophie didn't give Jiang Chen the frivolous feeling this time. Jiang Chen also felt relieved.
"Thank you." Jiang Chen took the full glass and gave Sophie a friendly smile.
"You're welcome." Sophie smiled and poured more wine for her boyfriend. "You guys talk, I'm going to cook."
Yang Yuan looked at his virtuous girlfriend's back as a happy expression appeared on his face.
"Did you lose your soul?" Jiang Chen joked.
"Hehe." Yang Yuan shyly rubbed his nose as he picked up the glass. "Let's drink."
"I didn't know you could cook." Jiang Chen was surprised by this as Sophie didn't look like a virtuous person.
"Your sister in law is very virtuous. I just bought a tuna from the fishermen in town yesterday. You're in for a treat. "Yang Yuan took a sip as he said.
"Stewed fish?" Jiang Chen laughed.
"Why stewed tuna? Sashimi!" Yang Yuan laughed.
To his passionate roommate, Jiang Chen sincerely hoped he could be together with the person he loved. Although Sophie didn't give him the feeling that she was a good girl, he would never gossip about other people's feelings.
As the two chatted, their conversation shifted from life to work.
No wonder he was signed by Rio Tinto in his first year of graduate. Yang Yuan's work ability was exceptional. When it came to work, his motivation was comparable to a workaholic like Xia Shiyu.
"The education rate in Xin is very low. I hired all the technical talents from Australia. Due to Rio Tinto's massive layoffs, a lot of talented seniors I met when I was a graduate student at the University of Western Australia are now on welfare. I asked for their opinion. They don't ask for a high salary, but they ask for housing according to Australia's labor contract. "
"Vacation and housing are not a problem. I'm only asking about their abilities," Jiang Chen said.
Yang Yuan smiled confidently as he answered with certainty, "They are all very capable. They are all former employees of Rio Tinto with rich work experience."
"How many people?"
"Based on the fact that the company hasn't started mining yet, I only hired ten people as management."
"I'm afraid that won't be enough. I have an offshore mining project coming up." Jiang Chen shook his head.
Yang Yuan looked at Jiang Chen in shock.
"That fast?"
"The president and I have a personal relationship," Jiang Chen said ambiguously.
Yang Yuan immediately used an "I understand" look to respond to Jiang Chen and laughed. "No wonder the mining license was approved so quickly. In many countries, it would take half a year to get the license. Tell me the type of mineral so I can prepare. If there is a project coming up soon, ten people won't be enough. "
"Molybdenum."
"Molybdenum? Have you confirmed the location? "Yang Yuan raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Chen nodded as he took out a folded geological map from his pocket. Although he didn't understand the map, he still marked out the molybdenum deposit closest to Ange Island.
Yang Yuan looked at the red circle on the map as his eyebrows furrowed even more.
"Do you know the average depth of this deposit is 7500 meters?" Yang Yuan looked at Jiang Chen with a strange look.
"What? Is there a problem? "Jiang Chen didn't understand.
The reduction environment in the deep sea caused the molybdenum to be absorbed by organic substances and wrapped in the manganese colloid, eventually forming nodules that sank to the bottom of the sea and separated from the biosphere. This type of marine molybdenum deposit was without a doubt easier to accumulate molybdenum than continental deposits, but this type of deposit usually appeared below 5000 meters deep in the sea, and deeper deposits were everywhere. Mining manganese nodules in this environment was as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Although in the 1970s, manganese nodules mining technology made some progress, it was still in the phase of detailed investigation, evaluation, and trial mining. Currently, the theoretical deepest mining was probably the fluid mining experimental system in Nippon. Under ideal conditions, the working depth could reach 5250 meters. But this technology obviously didn't make any breakthroughs, or else the resource-starved Nippon would've already started building offshore platforms.
"You mean, it can't be mined with the current technology?" Jiang Chen already expected this.
"Maybe it's possible in the lab, just maybe." Yang Yuan smiled bitterly. "Your friend … is he messing with you?"
Indeed, in the eyes of others, Yang Yuan couldn't think of a better explanation for selling a mine that couldn't be mined at all to you. Other large mining companies had invested hundreds of millions of dollars, but they had not made a splash, let alone a small mining company that had started from scratch. It would be difficult for them to mine in Qianhai.
Thinking of this, Yang Yuan was a little nervous. If this mine couldn't be mined, wouldn't his job be ruined? But due to the rigor of a technician and the honesty of an honest person, he couldn't hide the big problem from Jiang Chen.
But Jiang Chen didn't show the disappointment or even anger he expected. Instead, he showed a strange expression.
[Zhang Yaping dares to mess with me? Don't mess around.]
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, "I can solve the problem of seabed mining."
"That's 7500 meters," Yang Yuan reminded him.
"It's only 7500 meters." Jiang Chen smiled confidently and said with an unquestionable tone.
Yang Yuan paused for a moment. Although he wanted to use his rich industry experience to tell Jiang Chen that it was not realistic, the confidence on Jiang Chen's face was unfathomable.
"I'll take care of the seabed mining. Your current task is to build a platform directly above the target deposit to transfer resources, then purchase a transport ship to build a molybdenum refinery on Ange Island … Mhmm, there's also a steel plant and an aluminum plant to process the iron transported by BHP Mining Group," Jiang Chen said.
It was not worth it to mine iron and aluminum from the seabed. It was cheaper to import.
"That would cost a lot of money," Yang Yuan reminded him.
"I have plenty of money."
After borrowing 30 billion, Jiang Chen had plenty of money.
"… Okay." Yang Yuan took a sip from his glass and pursed his lips. "Since you insist, then I'll do it."
Just then, Sophie's voice came from the kitchen.
"Dinner is ready. Clear the table, there's a lot of good food today. "
"Haha, I can smell it." Yang Yuan stood up and went to the kitchen to help his girlfriend.
Jiang Chen wanted to help as well, but Sophie politely stopped him with the raw fish.
"How could I trouble the customer? Just me and Yuan will do it." Sophie smiled at Jiang Chen and returned to the kitchen.
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