Make money.
He had to make money.
The "small goal" of $100 million had to be achieved!
And it had to be achieved as soon as possible, without any delay.
For the first time, Chen Jin, who had been living at home for more than two years, had never felt such a strong desire and motivation to make money.
Just the cost of electricity for the exploration of Haierfa made him realize that he needed money so badly.
No matter what business it was, there would always be a certain cost.
Even if he found a planet, he would have to make some initial investments to reap the huge benefits he wanted.
Just the electricity alone would cost him $10,000 a month.
He would definitely need more electricity in the future.
Including other resources …
Combining his previous expenses, Chen Jin estimated that even $100,000 a month might not be enough to explore Haierfa.
In terms of profits, he had only made $30,000.
So, in order to realize profits, Chen Jin had to think of ways to save money and increase his income at the same time.
"I'm using too much electricity. The maximum output of a household circuit is 30 kilowatts. I'm almost fully using it. My monthly electricity bill is at least $10,000 …
Such an exaggerated amount of electricity will likely be inspected by the electricity department. There is a certain risk.
Plus, with the increase in the number of robot squads and the repair of all kinds of electrical equipment, 30 kilowatts of household circuits will definitely not be enough.
It's urgent to build an independent power generation system here in the other world. "
For example, a wind power generator or a small diesel generator could provide more electricity.
Solar power generation was out of the question. The unit power generated by solar panels was too low. Plus, Haierfa was covered in yellow sand and the sunlight was not strong enough. Chen Jin did not have the time to clean up the dust on the solar panels.
If he asked the robots to clean up, the electricity generated by the solar panels would not be able to offset the energy consumption of the robots.
Also, on Earth, it was not convenient for individuals to buy flammable items such as diesel and gasoline.
Chen Jin's only option was to install a wind power generator.
That would definitely cost a lot of money.
The $10,000 a month that he earned by collecting rent was not enough at all.
"So … I have to make a lot of money!"
…
The next morning.
The Blue Angel's battery was almost fully charged.
Along with Da Li, Da Tou, and Da Bao, Chen Jin drove the car out of the gigantic crater and into the vast Gobi Desert, driving on the rugged and uneven ground.
The journey was bumpy.
According to the 3D map projected by Da Li, they headed straight to the City of Tereese, which was 100 kilometers away in the northeast.
Two hours later.
From the driver's seat, Chen Jin saw that at the end of the abandoned road, on the gray and flat ground, there was suddenly a patch of uneven, geometrically shaped protrusions.
There were rectangles, triangles, shells, cylinders, obelisks and so on.
These shapes were arranged in a row, like many human figures connected together.
In the dusky yellow world of sand and dust, it was like an island in a corner of the ocean.
He had arrived at the City of Tereese.
…
The car stopped on the outskirts of the city.
One man and three robots, each carrying a snakeskin bag, walked into the downtown area of the City of Tereese.
Chen Jin looked around, his face full of excitement.
On the main street of the city, his gaze stopped at a large office building that was more than twenty stories tall.
"Such an office building, if placed within the Fifth Ring Road of Shanghai, would be worth at least 1 billion?"
"Now it's mine. The office building next to it is also mine. The large shopping mall on the right … One billion after another."
He walked another few hundred meters.
He saw a high-end residential area with more than 20 buildings.
Chen Jin looked at it for a while and said, "The average price of a house in Shang Hai is more than $50,000 per square meter. A 100 square meter commercial house would sell for more than $5 million …"
"There are at least 700 to 800 houses in this area, if not a thousand. Multiplied by $5 million, this area is worth another $3 to $4 billion."
"As for me, I've suddenly become the 'King of Houses' who owns countless houses. I'm even more awesome than the 'King of Houses'."
"Just this house alone is enough to make me rich."
Although Chen Jin could not sell any of the houses in front of him, and he would not sell any of them, he enjoyed this feeling.
He enjoyed the feeling of owning an infinite number of houses, setting a price that he wanted, and calculating his net worth.
Even if Chen Jin only had about $40,000 left, he felt that he was already the richest man in the world.
But he couldn't pick up the houses, let alone bring them back to Earth. He could only look at them and fantasize.
There were also cars, trucks, and construction vehicles everywhere on the road. All of them were luxury cars that were worth tens of millions. But he couldn't bring them back to Earth, so he could only use them here.
Chen Jin also saw a lot of high-tech gadgets.
For example, laser projection TVs, AR digital glasses, home computers with the 8th generation graphene CPU, foldable air projection phones, and all kinds of intelligent robots … It didn't take much effort to find them in the City of Tereese.
Chen Jin even found a supercomputer in the City of Tereese that managed the entire city. Da Li told Chen Jin that the supercomputer's peak computing speed could reach 10 billion petaflops, which was 5 times faster than the fastest supercomputer on Earth, "Summit."
These high-tech gadgets were worth bringing back to Earth, but …
They were too advanced. It was like a machete falling into the hands of a primitive tribe that still used wooden sticks. It could easily cause a huge backlash.
It would increase the probability of exposure.
So try not to bring any high-tech gadgets.
Also, Chen Jin saw some antique calligraphy and paintings in a museum in the City of Tereese. They had a certain artistic value.
There were a few oil paintings that even a layman like Chen Jin thought were very good. They should be able to sell for a lot of money.
However, the history of Haierfa was not quite the same as that of Earth. During the Han Dynasty of Country Z, a man named Wang Mang succeeded in usurping the throne of the Han Dynasty. He changed history and established an extremely powerful new dynasty that lasted for five hundred years. As a result, the subsequent history of Haierfa was completely changed.
Antique calligraphy and paintings. Even the writers and artists from Europe and the United States were completely different from those on Earth. If their works were brought back to Earth, no matter how high their artistic value was, they would only be bought at a very low price because the name of the creator was unknown.
Or they couldn't be sold at all.
In the end, only gold, platinum, diamonds, precious stones, jade, and agate were worth searching for and suitable to bring back to Earth.
The rest were either worthless or not easy to bring back.
The problem was that the citizens of the City of Tereese had already moved most of their jewelry before the war broke out. There were very few opportunities for Chen Jin to pick up the leftovers.
For seven consecutive days, Chen Jin sent out all the robots from the two exploration teams to search the entire City of Tereese.
His final haul was as follows:
Gold and gold jewelry weighing 1,415 grams, worth about $200,000.
Silver and silver products weighing 6 kilograms, worth about $50,000.
155 platinum jewelry and 173 diamond accessories, worth more than $500,000.
359 different kinds of jewelry and jade. Chen Jin was not an appraiser, so he could not estimate their value.
He picked up countless watches. There were thousands of them, but only about 50 of them were plated with gold or inlaid with diamonds or precious stones. Chen Jin only took the gold-plated and diamond-inlaid watches.
One of the watches had a natural sapphire the size of a broad bean on its dial. It was extremely gorgeous and could definitely be sold for a good price.
53 antique calligraphy and paintings. Chen Jin did not know that he would pick up these antiques. He just thought that they looked good, so he took them.
Finally, there were some miscellaneous items. There were about 300 to 400 of them, such as clothes, shoes, men's bags, and women's bags. Chen Jin picked up more than 100 items from the warehouse of a high-end clothing store.
There were more than 20 different kinds of bags.
"These clothes and shoes look good. They look very fashionable. Their understanding of aesthetics is hundreds of years ahead of Earth.
Although some of them look a little non-mainstream, at least I don't have to buy clothes anymore!
I have more clothes, shoes, and bags than I can carry. "
Especially bags. When he was dating a girlfriend in college, he had bought two bags for her. Damn it, it had cost him four or five thousand dollars, and it was a low-grade bag. His girlfriend was very dissatisfied and felt that she had lost all her dignity. She threw the bags away after a few days … Chen Jin's monthly living expenses and game top-up fees were all thrown away by her.
Later, they broke up (Chen Jin suggested it). Chen Jin only felt free and relaxed. He did not feel any sadness.
No one would think about his game top-up fees anymore.
But now, Chen Jin was not afraid of dating. He had everything: clothes, shoes, bags, diamond rings … He could have as many as he wanted. He did not even need to spend money to start a harem.
But Chen Jin was tired of dating. He felt that being single was better.
"Let's go back. I've searched all the houses. There's nothing worth taking back to Earth. This time, I should be able to earn a few million."
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