Not only is there a vast overseas market, but after Penglai City is built, fresh water supply may also become a real problem. At present, 300,000 units have been sold. Even if the occupancy rate is only 50%, the population of Penglai City will be a very scary figure by then.
After leaving the presidential palace, Jiang Chen got into the car and asked Ayesha to take him to the gate of Group C.
After waiting for the car to hit the road, he first made a call to someone from Group C, and then clicked on the holographic image of the watch on his left hand.
A faint blue light emerged, and a three-dimensional bust appeared in the car.
Aisha's wide eyes were full of surprise, but she didn't ask anything. She pressed the button to close the window and continued to focus on the road ahead.
"Jane, activate the fourth-dimensional signaling device and help me search the directory of the recycling technology completed in Shelter 27 to match the entries related to seawater desalination."
"As ordered." The woman in the holographic image nodded slightly, and the light blue data stream flashed on the solid outline.
The fourth-dimensional sending device was originally a chip hung on the E. It was initially used to communicate with Lin Ling across dimensions. Later, it was also connected to the server of the Fish Bone Base so that Jiang Chen could instantly understand what was going on in the apocalypse. Condition.
Later, because Yao Yao DIY's watch already had the function of E, Jiang Chenbian implanted the chip into the watch.
"The search is completed, a total of 7 items have been matched."
"Download to my watch."
"Yes, Mr. Chairman." Jane said in an emotionless tone.
Watching the progress bar on the holographic screen run out, Jiang Chen reached out and poked at the screen. .
"Received! Just go ahead and play."
"Q: What are you doing while playing?"
"Well, you just mean to come out when I need you."
I always feel uncomfortable having someone watching next to me when playing on the computer. Although I know she is an AI, except for her expression, everything about her is too close to a human.
"clear."
Nodding, Jane's figure turned into blue characters and disappeared into the air.
Leaning on the passenger seat, Jiang Chen called up the files downloaded to the watch.
As early as the source of infection in the city center was eliminated, Vault 27, with the help of the NAC First Corps, began to recover the technology under the ruins of Wanghai City. Regardless of whether these technologies have been digested or not, all the data has been logged into the database by more than a thousand researchers to prepare for emergencies.
Seawater desalination technology is also a relatively common technology in the 22nd century when the population is overloaded. Although Wanghai City, located at the mouth of the Huangpu River, does not experience the pain of water shortage, this does not prevent it from providing technical services to other water-scarce areas in Pan-Asian cooperation.
The researchers at the shelter have only completed the collection of these technologies, and have not yet digested and organized the specific contents of the technical documents. However, the conceptual graphics and effect parameters of these documents themselves are well recorded, so it does not prevent Jiang Chen from inspecting these projects. Content.
His fingers were drawn across the interface, and the blue linear cube immediately outlined the shape of the desalination device.
"Who is she?" Ayesha asked curiously.
"Artificial intelligence, her name is Jane." Jiang Chen smiled.
"It's actually a program... I thought it was your assistant." Aisha whispered as she turned the steering wheel with both hands.
Group C's office in New Zealand is located in the city center of Koro Island. Fortunately, the road conditions were pretty good, and it only took the two of them fifteen minutes to reach their destination.
When the car stopped, Jiang Chen clasped his fingers, put away the holographic screen, opened the door and walked out.
In this tourist city full of "rickshaws", the sudden appearance of such a flame-colored Lamborghini is quite eye-catching. Many tourists even excitedly took out their mobile phones to take photos... Although Jiang Chen didn't know what they were so excited about.
Entering the lobby of Group C, a secretary-looking person greeted him and took him to the direction of the elevator.
On the way here, Jiang Chen had already called the manager of Group C branch. Although he did not want to continue to tangle with the New Zealand government on the issue of seawater desalination, considering Jiang Chen's status, Jim Atlee nodded his impromptu visit and moved the scheduled meeting back one hour.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Jiang Chen." Alit poured a cup of coffee for Jiang Chen and then sat opposite him. "I'm surprised that you will visit our company. Is the Future Group interested in the freshwater business?"
"To be precise, I'm interested in seawater desalination." Jiang Chen picked up the coffee and took a sip, then put it down and stopped touching it.
Damn it, all this coffee tastes like Chinese medicine.
Hearing Jiang Chen talk about seawater desalination, Alit thought Jiang Chen was here to convince him, so he sighed.
"We have always had this joke in our company."
"Oh?" Jiang Chen looked at him with interest.
"Our company's tap water supply business in New Zealand, the total income so far is not as good as the income from real estate." Alit took a sip of coffee with relish and continued in a teasing tone, "For example, I The office building at our feet cost a total of 150,000 US dollars including decoration, and now it can be sold for at least 2 million."
"Haha, your joke is quite funny." Jiang Chen laughed and said, "Are you so not optimistic about the freshwater market in New Zealand? There are only 50,000 permanent residents now, but what will happen in one or two years?"
"The key is not here." Alit shook his head, threw a sugar cube into the coffee cup, and gently stirred it. "On the one hand, the new government wants us to expand our business, and on the other hand, it wants to reduce the drinking water area." As for the price of drinking water, we do not have the power to raise prices independently. Although the fresh water resources in Coro Island are tight, to be honest, we are not optimistic about the market here."
"Then do you have any plans to sell this business?" Jiang Chen asked.
Ariet shook his head.
“We’re not bullish, but we’re not planning to pull out either.”
"Does that mean you plan to maintain the status quo?" Jiang Chen understood their plan.
"Exactly." Alite nodded.
At present, Xinguo's fresh water supply pipelines are owned by Group C. If other fresh water companies want to enter the market, they have only two options, either to cooperate with them or to re-lay the pipelines themselves. Even if the government spends its own money to import fresh water, it still sells the fresh water to them at a low price according to the contract, and then supplies water to residents through them. This behavior of buying high and selling low can also be regarded as a disguised financial subsidy.
Jiang Chen nodded and said nothing.
Alit took a sip of coffee, looked at Jiang Chen, and asked in an unexpected tone.
"Is Futureman Group interested in the fresh water business?"
"That's right." Jiang Chen nodded again, looked at him and continued, "Future Heavy Industries, a subsidiary of our group, has recently made a breakthrough in seawater desalination technology. Zhang Yaping happened to talk to me about the freshwater resources of New Zealand. Because of the shortage, I plan to build a desalination plant on Coro Island, with an estimated daily processing capacity of more than 40,000 tons."
Forty thousand tons is just a conservative number. The minimum treatment capacity of any seawater desalination technology from the 22nd century is much higher than this number. But for the new country, this number is enough.
"Forty thousand tons, that's quite a large scale." Alit said slowly, "But have you considered the cost?"
"Based on New Zealand's industrial electricity prices, our cost per ton of desalinated water can be controlled below US$0.5."
"0.5 US dollars? That's not bad..." Alit's hand holding the coffee cup suddenly froze.
With a clang, the cup fell to the ground. He didn't care about the coffee juice on his body. He supported the table and looked at Jiang Chen with wide eyes.
"This is impossible! I have never heard of technology that can reduce costs to this extent. Even the Matrix Company cannot!"
"But we are people from the future." Jiang Chen said calmly, but he was laughing secretly in his heart: This is because the price of electricity here in this world is high. If we put it in the 22nd century, when nuclear fusion technology is mature, the cost of desalinated water will not be much more expensive than tap water.
Arit was about to retort, but the words were stuck in his throat. He suddenly remembered that the Future Man Group seemed to be always creating miracles and subverting people's inherent concepts. From virtual reality to home robots…
A ridiculous idea came to his mind.
Maybe they can do it!
"How's it going? Are you interested in cooperation?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile while looking at Arit who didn't speak. (.)