The person in charge of leading Fang to call them to the service area was Colonel Edmund, a middle-aged man who looked a little serious and unsmiling.
Edmund is eighty years old this year, and only belongs to middle age in the new century. However, Edmund knew in his heart that it would be difficult for him to rise further. Even if the base expands and develops better in the future, he may not be able to rush up.
There is an internal saying that after the age of 80, if you haven't been able to rush up, there is basically no chance. What's more, Edmund has no background. If he hadn't followed Shanta closely, he wouldn't even have the status he is today.
Knowing that he was too old to climb up, Edmund thought, after this year, he will change his career. Like many comrades in arms, he will return to his hometown and spend the rest of his life in a local authority. Maybe he will be able to go up. one step opportunity.
Shanta also knew what Edmund was thinking. Knowing that this capable subordinate was leaving, Shanta also gave him this opportunity to show his face in front of the camera more, which might be beneficial to his career change in the future.
Therefore, Edmund values this opportunity very much. Even if he used to despise those little stars, when facing Fang Zhao and Kevin Lin, his serious face rarely showed a smile, and it brought less pressure. a lot of.
A convoy set off from the base, and in a car in the middle of the convoy, Edmund explained the mining area to Fang Zhao and Lin Kevin.
"There are currently three mining areas, two basic mining areas and one energy mining area. The mines produced in the basic mining areas are mainly used for construction, and the mines produced in the energy mining areas are used for energy supply. The basic mining areas are all completed by an automatic freight system. How many people are needed. But not every construction site can use the automatic freight system, energy mining areas will not work, instruments will be disturbed, and excavation machinery may cause huge losses, so generally in such mining areas where mechanical equipment cannot be used, manpower is required. Mined, service is generally like this. What we are going to now is the energy mining area.”
In front of the camera, Edmund didn't appear nervous, but Fang Zhao felt that Edmund wasn't nervous, just didn't show it. Fang Zhao can also guess Edmund's thoughts. The old man Fang and the old lady have told him some things about the army. Coupled with the past experience of Fang Zhao, it is not difficult to guess Edmund's thoughts.
This is also the reason why Fang Zhao is willing to cooperate with them in this show, to give Edmund more opportunities to perform, so that the value of Baijixing's mineral deposits is known to more people, and more investors are attracted to share the pressure. The leadership is happy, and it will also give them more convenience for those who serve and still have tasks on their backs.
Edmund told them that in the basic mining area, the mine cart fleet can transport thousands of tons of ore raw materials, and those are used for the construction of the base.
A trip that can transport thousands of tons of raw materials sounds like a lot, but compared with those military bases that have a lot of manpower and materials, they are pitiful and not enough to see. The mine carts dispatched by those bases every day, every trip The quantities are in tons.
The transportation volume was small, and the manpower could not keep up.
The road that the convoy traveled was the road that they usually traveled, and they did not encounter other aggressive creatures. The journey went smoothly. After about forty minutes, they arrived at the energy mining area.
The mining area is guarded by garrisoned troops to protect the safety here.
Kevin Lin turned on the camera again. He wanted to control the camera to fly and give a comprehensive shot of the mining area from the air, but was stopped, saying that the layout of the mining area was a military secret, so he only took pictures of the surrounding situation.
Edmund took them into a mine, where today's mining work has already started, Fang Zhao could hear the sound of ding ding hoo ah coming from inside, two mechanical conveyor belts transporting the stones inside, one It is the transport of waste rock, and a transport of energy mines.
Edmund picked up a rough stone from the conveyor belt and handed it to Fang Zhao and Kevin Lin. A stone with high transparency is wrapped in the dark brown stone body.
"A-level rich ore, strictly speaking, is a-level." In ore classification, a-level is also divided into three levels, a+ level, ordinary a-level, and a-level. An energy stone of the same size, an A+ level will provide more energy than an A- level energy stone.
However, to be able to reach Grade A, this type of energy ore is already very good. The reason why Baijixing can build a base is not only that it has life and can inhabit people, but also because of its own mineral deposits. Light energy alone cannot maintain the huge energy demand for the development of the base, and the most important thing is the energy mine. Baijixing A-level energy mine, and preliminary survey, the content is still quite large, enough to maintain the development of the base and subsequent expansion.
"It's a pity," Edmund sighed, "I was too careless when digging, and it broke. The grade of ore of this size will definitely decrease. However, these guys have only been mining for half a year, and they have been able to maintain this level. Not bad."
Edmund would say good things about young people who are serving in the live broadcast. There are many viewers watching the live broadcast. If you criticize too much in front of these audiences, you will be annoying.
A whole piece of energy stone is definitely better than the energy stone broken into several small pieces, and its commercial value will be higher. However, the mining people are inexperienced, or distracted, not focused enough, or too careless, and may cut off a large piece of energy ore and dig it into several pieces, resulting in a lower ore grade, which is what many people think. Said ore depletion.
If the service system is still two years, maybe this phenomenon will be better. After one year of mining experience is accumulated, it is necessary to retire, and then new people come over, and the phenomenon of ore depletion can be improved.
"The dilution of ore is unavoidable. Even if it can be mined by machines, it will occur." Edmund said the truth, but also with a sense of justifying the young men who served in the service with little experience. He knew that many of the people watching online must be parents, and they would never want to hear base officers speak ill of their children.
Edmund can get to the heights he is today, and his emotional intelligence is not too bad. Even if he can't make the audience like him, at least he can make less people hate him.
"Mining is a technical job, unless it is some old miners with many years of experience, otherwise, no one can avoid this situation."
While Edmund was talking, a man in overalls and armed to the head ran out of the mine. He took off his helmet, revealing a young face.
"You're here!" With excitement on the young man's face, he turned his eyes to Fang Zhao and Lin Kevin next to Edmund, and then glanced at the camera floating in the air, his smile increased by two points, his demeanor was much restrained, and he raised his hand to flirt. I took care of the hair that was pressed by the helmet, and made the hairstyle look better.
Edmund was very aware of the other party's thoughtfulness and didn't say anything. He turned around and introduced to Fang Zhao, "Hayden, I came here last October, the captain of this mining team." Pointing at Fang Zhao, "This is..."
"I know I know, Fang Zhao, I have been looking forward to it for a long time! I like your style very much!"
Haydn wanted to say a few more words, but when he caught a glimpse of Edmund's eyes, he swallowed all the remaining words, and put on his helmet again with some reluctance, "I will take you into the mine?"
The two soldiers brought over two sets of uniforms for service members, and helped Fang Zhao and Kevin Lin put them on.
"Come in." Edmund raised his chin at Haydn, motioning for him to lead the way ahead, his eyes briefly intertwined with Haydn.
"Hey, good!" Haydn said happily. Looking through the transparent mask, he gave Edmund a "don't worry" look. He has arranged everything, and there will be absolutely no embarrassing situation.
Edmund was relieved. Haydn still has some abilities. Among the people in this team of mining, Haydn has the best rating and also has experience in mining, otherwise he would not be the captain of this team.
There are lights in the mine, so it doesn't look dim. If you continue to walk in, you can see some servicemen who are using tools to mine.
When I saw Fang Zhao's live broadcast prompt light, I quickly took a pose, rushed to say hello, and tried my best to make my voice appear in the live broadcast, or show my face. Although the mask covered half of my face, I couldn't tell my family and friends. Just look at the eyes and hear the sound to match the number
Haydn brought Fang Zhao to a stop, where there was a box with tools, mostly like pickaxes.
Haydn picked a handful from it and handed it to Fang Zhao, "Try it first?"
Fang Zhao took over the tools, and found that these excavation tools were not as simple as they seemed, with some sophisticated power devices inside, and the materials were also specially made. This is not a tool specially prepared for Fang Zhao. The service workers in the mining area use this kind of tool. They don't need to use a lot of force to chisel a stone from the hard stone wall.
However, if you want to dig out ore of better grade and reduce the situation of digging, you still have to accumulate experience.
"We have a lot of ores in our mining area. You don't need to pick a place, just dig here." Haydn pointed to a certain place on the wall of the cave seemingly casually.
Kevin Lin, who was standing beside him, thought it was funny. With such a clumsy method, even he can't deceive, how can he deceive those shrewd businessmen
The leadership of Baijixing wants to attract more investors, this is to make Fang Zhao a nurse.
Then tell the audience: Look, this little star is mining for the first time. He chooses a place and digs out ore with a pickaxe. We have a lot of ores here. Although the ore grade is not particularly high, it is better than the quantity. what! Interested investors come quickly!
Lin Kevin held back his laughter and asked Fang Zhao, who was looking at the cave wall, "How do you feel?"
"Feeling? It feels like there is something behind this." Fang Zhao said.
Edmund raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face thickened. Something is right! Quickly dig, let the online audience know how dense the ore distribution of Baijixing Mine is!
Lin Kevin gestured to Fang Zhao, indicating that the angle of the camera had been adjusted and it was time to dig.
Fang Zhao weighed the power pick in his hand and waved it towards the cave wall.
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A piece was pried loose on the wall of the cave, Fang Zhao moved the handle, and the loose piece fell off. The strength is still a little bigger, and the rock that was pried off is relatively large.
Haydn looked at the stone that was knocked down, and the smile on his face became reluctant. Obviously, it is a place rich in ore. He also found a few experienced old miners in the base to see, how come there are so few energy stones scattered among the stones that were knocked down
However, what attracted the most attention was not the stone that fell on the ground, but the creatures that appeared on the stone wall along with the falling of the stone.
A bug that lives in the ore vein area, two big slaps, the bugs that can move in this kind of place are all hideous, and the ones in front of them are even more ferocious. But people who are familiar with this mining area know that this kind of bug looks scary and has strong defense, but it is actually very stupid.
Colonel Edmund put a blank face and said to a soldier beside him, "Drag it out and bake it."
Haydn shuddered. He always felt like he was talking about him when he heard this. After all, he was not good at doing things. He hurriedly gave Edmund a look of "be calm and don't worry." When he arrived, he picked several spares.