As the majority of netizens and investment analysis agencies said, there was no profit in managing the desert. Was it something that only saints or fools were willing to do?
Zero commercial investment value?
Of course, Chen Jin was not a fool. He had done sufficient research in advance and let the computer do a simulation analysis.
In general, the cost of managing the desert was mainly as follows:
First, the labor cost of leveling the sand, building roads, and irrigation facilities was about $2,000 per mu.
Second, the purchase cost of seedlings, fertilizers, and agricultural machinery was about $1,500 per mu.
Finally, water. Each mu of land needed to be irrigated with more than 100 tons of water every year. The cost of water per mu was more than $1,000 per year.
Moreover, it had to be persisted for more than 10 years to get some returns. There was no income in between.
Overall, according to the traditional transformation model, the total cost of transformation of one mu of land was at least $15,000.
After the transformation was completed, the net profit generated from planting cash crops was difficult to exceed $500 per mu.
In other words, the return cycle was more than 30 years.
It would really take 50 years for him to earn a little bit of money.
It could be called the "most unprofitable industry."
But if Xing Hai Technologies were to do this, the situation might be completely different.
The desert contracted by Xing Hai Technologies did not require manual labor. All the work was done by robots. The labor cost was reduced by more than 70%.
The cost of seedlings, fertilizers, and agricultural tools was basically the same.
There was also water. The cost of water in the desert area was more than $10 per ton. The annual water consumption of each mu of land was more than 100 cubic meters. This cost was difficult to save and was the main cost.
But Xing Hai Technologies had a few ways to reduce this cost.
Lake Baikal, located in Russia, was the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia. It was also the deepest lake in the world with an average depth of 730 meters.
Lake Baikal contained a total of 23.6 trillion cubic meters of freshwater, which was equivalent to the total water volume of the five major lakes in North M and exceeded the water volume of the entire Baltic Sea. Its absolute pure water reserves accounted for 20% of the world's freshwater reserves and 85% of the total lake water volume in Russia.
Based on the annual water consumption of 100 cubic meters per mu of land, the annual water consumption of 50,000 square kilometers of desert land was only 7.5 billion tons.
The freshwater volume of Lake Baikal was enough for the desert contracted by Chen Jin for 3146 years.
Furthermore, the lake water resources would automatically be replenished due to rainfall, snowfall, underground water infiltration, and other reasons. Therefore, it was equivalent to "inexhaustible".
In addition, the straight-line distance between Lake Baikal and the northeast corner of the Taklamakan Desert was only more than 1,800 kilometers, which was the same distance as extracting fresh water from the central provinces. It was closer than extracting seawater, and it saved the cost of desalinating seawater.
Therefore, Chen Jin's eyes were fixed on the fresh water in Lake Baikal.
"Go straight to the Russians and buy water. They should sell it for ten cents a ton, right? 100 tons is 1 billion. That's quite a lot. "
"The construction cost of nearly 2,000 kilometers of pipelines will be 10 million yuan per kilometer using high-pressure carbon fiber pipelines, so 2,000 kilometers will cost 20 billion yuan. Including high-power water pumps, relay water pumps, high-voltage cables, and labor (labor will be done by robots), the total cost should be 30 billion yuan."
"What's left is probably the electricity bill for the pumping process."
"For a ton of water to be pumped here, 10 kWh of electricity should be used. Assuming that each kWh of electricity is 0.1 yuan, the cost of electricity per ton of water is only 1 yuan."
"In addition to the cost of buying water and building the pipeline, the average cost of transporting water per ton can be reduced to less than three yuan!"
"In this way, Xing Hai Technologies can save 70% of the cost in terms of water consumption."
In the end, the cost of transforming an acre of desert land by Xing Hai Technologies was only about 6,000-7,000 yuan.
The cost was less than half of the traditional transformation method.
After the investment period ended and the return period entered, with Xing Hai Technologies' technology, there was no difficulty in generating an average net benefit of about 700 yuan per acre. Therefore, it would only take 10 years for them to recoup their capital.
In total, it would only take 20 years for Xing Hai Technologies to start making profits and become an agricultural giant.
"20 years. No company can accept such a long return period, but I can. I can afford to waste this time. I'm willing to engage in such long-term investments. I can afford to play this waiting game."
So, Chen Jin called Ling Jun Dong over and asked him to go to Russia to discuss the "purchase of water."
Ling Jun Dong's eyes widened.
"0.1 yuan per ton of water?"
He shook his head forcefully. "President Chen, the Russians are not fools. They know the value of fresh water. It's impossible for them to sell it for 10 cents a ton. President Chen, you still don't understand the Russians' character. They are not that generous!"
"I know," Chen Jin said faintly.
Chen Jin said faintly, "With the Russians' character, if they know that someone wants to buy their fresh water, and only their water, they will definitely sell it at the price of oil. They will not be soft-hearted when they see a fat sheep."
"Then why did you ask me to offer 10 cents a ton? Wouldn't the Russians just kick me out? "
Ling Jun Dong shook his head. This was called faking it in front of a fighting nation!
However, Chen Jin had a card up his sleeve. "Old Ling, the Russians' economic development has been very fast in the past two years. They have made many achievements in the field of science and technology. They even created a real fifth-generation fighter.
This means that they are using our company's intelligent learning machine, virtual factory, work assistant, and other products, right? And they have produced some results. "
Ling Jun Dong nodded. "Yes, the Russians are our biggest customer. We have sold more than 8 million units of the intelligent learning machine in Russia. We have bought more than 100 sets of the virtual factory."
"There are also more Russian players in the 100% Science Studio, right?"
"More than 2,000, close to 3,000. The most powerful player already owns a C-grade laboratory." Ling Jun Dong was very familiar with this.
"So, I think the Russians will agree to sell us water at the price of 10 cents a ton," Chen Jin said.
"You can ask their leaders if they want to buy an intelligent learning machine that extends the knowledge tree to the university level. Do they want a virtual factory with a simulation degree of 99.99%? "
Speaking of virtual factories, Xing Hai Technologies had recently successfully developed a supercomputer called "Supernova 3." It was equipped with "Virtual Factory 3.0." The simulation degree would be as high as eight nines, which was more than two generations ahead of four nines.
"In addition, for the game '100% Science Studio,' you can ask their leaders if they lack points to withdraw 'technical information.' Now, they have a channel to obtain free points. That is, for every ton of water sold, they will receive 0.1 game points. If they sell 10 billion tons, they will receive 1 billion points … I think they should be clear about the value of these points.
1 billion points is definitely worth more than 1 billion in cash. They will calculate this! "
"With a three-pronged approach, do you think it can be done at 10 cents a ton for Lake Baikal?"
Chen Jin asked.
"Uh …"
Ling Jun Dong thought for a while. "I think a normal person would agree. But President Chen, the Russians are not normal in some aspects. They can't stand to lose out. If they lose out, someone will make a fuss and mess things up in the end." He still did not have much confidence.
"If we can't cooperate, then blacklist the Russians! In the future, when other customers enjoy the upgrade services, the Russians will not get a share. Set the highest cash withdrawal price for the 'Science Studio' to the Russians. Let them starve to death while guarding their treasure mountain. It's not that we can't get fresh water from other places, it's just that the cost is higher. "
“！！！”
Ling Jun Dong was sweating profusely.
This was not just a scam, it was outright hooliganism.
But who asked Xing Hai Technologies to master the core technology?
With the core technology, they could do whatever they wanted!
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