A few years ago, Zhao Yi would have been a little hesitant about the technology he had in hand. What he used often was slightly higher than the advanced level in the world today, but still within the acceptable range of ordinary people.
Because at that time, the gap between our country's science and technology and the world's was too big, and our industrial strength was also very different. If we were too far ahead of the world, it would attract the attention of relevant foreign institutions.
In fact, he was still a little uneasy with the technology that was slightly ahead of the world. This is why he refused to stand at the front desk for so many years, just to avoid attracting other people's attention and bringing risks to himself.
Of course, at that time, his strength was relatively weak, he was soft-spoken, and he came up with too advanced technology, which might also cause him huge troubles at home.
After these years of development, the situation has undergone tremendous improvements. my country's industrial strength is actually the first in the world, but statistics in this area have not been disclosed to the outside world.
In fact, in recent years, relevant domestic statistics have been actively carried out, and the country has specialized statistical agencies to conduct it. However, until now, these data have basically not been disclosed to the outside world, as if the domestic economic development is developing blindly.
This leads to a problem, that is, foreign countries see that my country's foreign trade export industry is very good, the economy has definitely achieved tremendous development, high-tech export products account for a high proportion, and scientific and technological strength has also made great progress.
However, since the relevant data are not disclosed, if you want to fully understand our country's economic development and scientific and technological progress, you are blind and unable to see the whole picture.
With the development in the past few years, our country's industrial strength and scientific research strength have reached a new level. However, due to the short development period, the infrastructure still needs to be improved, but these are also beginning to be accelerated.
In fact, just having these does not mean that we are foolproof. The most important thing is to have sufficient military strength. Only this thing can have sufficient deterrence.
Fortunately, the shortcomings of our country's military industry are gradually being made up. After this year, our country's military development situation is very different from the past, and it already has sufficient self-protection capabilities.
So now, even if he brings out more advanced technologies, he doesn't have much scruples in his heart, because we now have the strength to avoid interference and attacks from the outside world. This is where our confidence lies.
Although my country's high-tech product exports accounted for a large proportion in the past, there were not many original things of ours. They were all products invented by foreign countries. It was only through technological improvements based on theirs that we surpassed them. .
The most typical ones are semiconductor products. Even the LCD panel industry that now dominates the country is actually not original to us, but we just directly come up with quite mature technologies and products.
Even for 2G communication technology, our country only began to develop rapidly after 1G communication technology appeared abroad, and eventually achieved a global monopoly, but it is not completely original.
However, many of the products launched this year are original to us, most of which are in the Internet field. Now we are basically in a leadership position, and other countries are following.
Others, such as the drone industry of Shangtong Trading Company, are completely original products, and the same is true for smartphones. However, tablet computers have been used before, so it is not a big surprise.
Now Zhao Yi is planning to bring out a housekeeping service robot within this year. Although it is only a housekeeping service robot, it can be imagined what a huge shock it will bring to the world.
Fantasy about robots usually only appears in science fiction books. Even the earliest film about robots was only released last year, "Thunderbolt 5".
In this life, Lime Entertainment disrupted the global film market and brought about a series of changes. As a result, "Thunderbolt 5" did not appear.
When robot science fiction scenes that have not been touched in movies actually appear in the real world, Zhao Yi can imagine how strong the shock is with his toes.
It's just that now he doesn't care about it at all. No matter how the world reacts, we all have the ability to run all the way without caring about the opinions of other people on the road.
Because we now have the ability to independently develop our economy, technology, and military, we will become less and less dependent on the outside world. Even in international trade, others rely on us more than we rely on them.
This phenomenon will become more and more obvious as time goes by. Even if they want to decouple from us, it will be very difficult, and the price they pay will even be unbearable.
The reason why he is so confident is that last year's GDP statistics have been released. The National Bureau of Statistics sent him a statistical report. Last year, my country's GDP officially surpassed that of Eagle Sauce, reaching 10 trillion yuan, becoming the world's largest. , and there are quite a few excess parts.
Because our country's annual GDP growth is too high, it is precisely because the growth rate is so terrifying that our country's statistics department dare not release the data to the outside world after finishing the statistics, for fear of causing others to panic in advance.
Among the components of GDP, industrial output value accounts for 60%, and the rest is occupied by the primary industry and the tertiary industry. The primary industry accounts for 25% due to the existence of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company. %.
In other words, the development of our country's tertiary industry is still quite lagging behind compared to the size of our economy, and most people are employed in the industrial and agricultural fields.
There are reasons why the development of the tertiary industry is relatively lagging behind. The first is that my country's industrial and agricultural development has been very fast in recent years, which requires a sufficient labor force. There will be a serious shortage of professionally qualified tertiary industry employees.
Although there is a large surplus labor force in rural areas, their ability to participate in the development of the tertiary industry is insufficient, and the urban population has been basically absorbed by industrial enterprises.
Later, with the rapid development of national infrastructure and the full launch of urbanization, even the surplus rural labor force will be absorbed by these two fields, and there will still be a serious shortage of personnel in the tertiary industry.
The second reason is that my country's urbanization level is relatively low, both in terms of urban infrastructure and urban population ratio, resulting in slow development of the tertiary industry and low output value.
Only when a city has a sufficient population can more urban service jobs be created, new service demands can be created, and the output value of the tertiary industry can be significantly increased.
Of course, this does not mean that the tertiary industry has not developed over the years. The reason why the proportion of industries is not high is because the primary and secondary industries in our country have developed too fast in recent years.
After seeing these data, Zhao Yi became even more optimistic about my country's economic development in the future, because there is still room for great progress in the tertiary industry and the domestic economy has the potential for sustainable development.
Therefore, setting the goal of becoming the largest economy in the world is not actually a big ideal. The next step is to strive to achieve the highest GDP per capita in the world.
Due to the large population of our country, Zhao Yi has not yet thought about reaching the first place in the world in per capita GDP. This goal will not be achieved at least in the short term.
Because as our country's economic aggregate becomes larger and larger, even if there are people like him, the economic growth rate will slow down year by year. This is the law of development, and the role he can play will continue to weaken.
However, this worry does not need to be considered in the short term. Although the scale of my country's industrial development is very large, the urbanization rate is very low, which implies huge economic development momentum.
In addition, my country's current family planning policy is much looser than before, and various benefits are basically equal. The population size will continue to grow for a long time, which can also promote economic development.
As for the resource consumption problem caused by overpopulation, he is not particularly worried. First, R&D and investment in resource recycling technology can be strengthened to achieve efficient recycling of resources. Currently, Lucky Light Environmental Management Company is doing business in this area.
The second is that when the population size is too large, interstellar immigration can still be carried out. Although Future Space Technology Company is not able to do it due to its current strength, it may not be able to do it in the future with its presence.
If we want to realize interstellar immigration on a large scale, the current chemical energy power system is not feasible. We can do space exploration, but the cost of interstellar immigration is too high.
For short-distance interstellar migration, you can consider the ion thruster mentioned before, because it needs to carry much less working fluid and the transport capacity is much larger. With controllable nuclear fusion or ultra-high-density batteries, it can basically Do it.
But if you want to realize ultra-long-distance interstellar immigration, you need the legendary warp engine. This involves space technology issues. The earth is still far behind in this area of technology, so we won’t think too much about it. .
Of course, if you want to realize interstellar migration, transportation technology alone is not enough. You also need a set of planet transformation technology. Zhao Yi actually has this technology.
If the planet is to be suitable for human survival, firstly, the gravity must be almost the same as that of the earth. If the difference is too great, the immigrant humans will need to carry out necessary genetic modification.
The second is the need for suitable planetary magnetic field protection. Like the current Mars, the magnetic field is not enough to protect the survival of surface organisms. Therefore, if you want to complete Mars immigration, you need to activate the Martian magnetic field.
The third is the need for stable stars to provide energy, because judging from the current development of civilization, the energy provided by stars is currently the cheapest source of energy on all major planets.
The fourth is to have a certain amount of water resources, but these things can actually be produced artificially through technical means, which involves element conversion technology to convert other elements into hydrogen and oxygen.
The rest can be modified through microbial technology to modify the overall environment of the planet, adjusting the air content to a ratio suitable for human survival. The soil structure can also be modified through microorganisms.
If they want to conduct these planet transformation experiments, future space technology companies may conduct them on the lunar base at the earliest. The purpose is to establish a lunar base that can continue to operate for a long time without relying on the supply of earth resources.
As long as this experiment is completed, the conditions for initially establishing a permanent base on Mars will basically be met. However, the mass of Mars is still a bit small, and the gravity is less than half that of the Earth.
Of course there is no problem if it is a short-term life, but if it is a long-term life, various problems will arise, so it is necessary to add weight to Mars and adjust the rotation speed of Mars.
These tasks are very difficult to do. It requires capturing a large number of asteroids from space to fill them and adjusting the planet's rotation speed. This is an even more complicated project. At least the power system must be powerful enough.
Of course, through precise calculations and with the help of a large number of asteroid impacts, it is possible to add weight to Mars, adjust the rotation speed of Mars, and even reactivate the core of Mars to increase the density of the geomagnetic field.
These data require humans to have a sufficient grasp of Mars before they can obtain relatively accurate data, and then establish relevant models to calculate them.
Therefore, as Musk said, Mars immigration is just like playing house for children. It is more suitable to travel to Mars. If you want to settle down for a long time, the difficulty is completely different.
In fact, human development resources are ultimately energy resources. As long as there is sufficient energy supply and efficient recycling of resources, the size of the population that can be supported will increase significantly.
As for the energy part, Xinhui Energy Company is actively deploying, and it is still a relatively green photovoltaic power generation industry. In addition, China Housing Corporation's buildings will also conduct part of photovoltaic power generation. By then, the scale of photovoltaic power generation will be very large.
It is enough to meet the energy demand required for my country's economic development in the short term. In the long term, controllable nuclear fusion is still needed, but it is not particularly urgent yet.
Currently, there are two national teams researching controllable nuclear fusion in China. In addition, Xinhui Energy Company also has research work in this area. The R&D team and investment are actually not low.
However, this thing, if Zhao Yi had not been personally involved in it, would have taken 50 years. Without low-cost photovoltaic power generation technology, controllable nuclear fusion had to be included in his research and development list.
Nowadays, high-efficiency photovoltaic power generation technology has matured. Not only is the investment cost low, but the additional pollution and energy consumption are also very low. It is an energy industry that is very suitable for development at present.
Xinhui Energy Company plans to complete the construction of 10,000 square kilometers of photovoltaic power plants within this year and next. The photovoltaic power generation area will reach more than 5,000 square kilometers and the annual power generation will reach about 7.2 trillion kWh.
Based on the current economic scale of our country, such a large scale of new power generation is actually far more than needed. However, if the work of replacing fossil energy is done well, it can still be fully absorbed.
Because the cost of electric energy is much cheaper than fossil energy, just the energy replacement of various types of cars will consume a large part of electric energy.
Moreover, cheap electricity prices will lead to a rapid increase in the scale of industrial electricity consumption and a decrease in industrial production costs. The prices of industrial products will also decrease, and the demand for industrial products will also expand.
In particular, there are many high-energy-consuming industries that are no longer bound by energy. For example, the semiconductor industry is a large energy consumer. There are also some scientific experiments, such as the operation of electron collider, which consume huge amounts of energy.
Even if the new power generation cannot be fully digested, Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company can still use artificial light sources to digest it. In short, there are many ways to digest electric energy.
The reason why Xinhui Energy Company has formulated such a radical photovoltaic power generation industry plan is mainly because the production difficulty of photovoltaic coatings is very low and it is very convenient to expand production capacity.
Among other supporting equipment, inverters are relatively high-tech, but with my country's industrial capabilities, large-scale supply is not a problem.
Of course, the electrical energy storage technology supporting photovoltaic power generation has a much higher technical content, but these are not big problems for Xinhui Energy Company. Zhao Yi has provided a full set of technical solutions.
It is precisely because of its unique industrial strength that Xinhui Energy Company formulated such a radical plan and received strong support from relevant national departments. After all, this is a good thing for the government.
The first is that photovoltaic power generation is relatively green. Although the thermal power plant of Xinhui Energy Company handles waste gas, waste water, and residue relatively well, it does not cause much pollution problems.
However, the disposal of waste residues, even if it is environmentally friendly, will still cause certain environmental damage, and the damage to the stratigraphic structure caused by coal mining cannot be ignored. In the past, there was no way, and coal had to be used.
Now that Xinhui Energy has found a new and greener power generation model, its dependence on coal will be greatly reduced. Coal will only be used as part of the industrial raw material in the future, and the consumption will be much smaller.
In fact, Xinhui Energy's nuclear power plant technology is among the most advanced in the world, and the nuclear power plant built in cooperation with the state has almost begun to be completed.
Although nuclear power plants are handled well and can be regarded as a source of clean energy, there is still a certain probability of accidents. If you don't worry about 10,000, just in case, it will be difficult to deal with it.
As for photovoltaic power generation technology, there is not such a big problem. Even if there is a problem, at most it will be out of power, and there is no possibility of causing a major accident.
Secondly, it can significantly reduce the electricity price in our country. Although the current electricity price is not very high, this is because thermal coal is specially supplied and the price is very cheap. If it is supplied according to the market price, the electricity price will be much higher.
Moreover, as labor costs increase, coal prices will also rise year by year, but photovoltaic power generation is different. It has low labor maintenance costs and a long service life, which can maintain long-term electricity price stability.
Finally, this photovoltaic power generation site does not occupy normal land. This is also an important reason why the government readily agreed. Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company built the photovoltaic power plant in the desert, which will also prevent the desert from further expanding.
Of course, more importantly, the construction of such a large photovoltaic power plant does not require a penny of government investment, and is all borne by Xinhui Energy Company itself.
As for the funds of Xinhui Energy Company, although they cannot support this plan on their own, after several years of development, their surplus is only tens of billions of yuan, but they can borrow money to do so.
The current construction cost of photovoltaic power plants is 100 yuan per square meter, and a power generation area of 5,000 square kilometers will require about 500 billion yuan.
This does not include energy storage related equipment. The construction cost of energy storage equipment is 50 yuan per kilowatt hour of electricity. Calculated based on the photovoltaic power generation stored for one day, an investment of 1 trillion yuan is required.
In other words, the entire plan will require an investment of 1.5 trillion yuan, which seems very huge, but compared with the benefits, it is insignificant.
Calculated based on the current on-grid electricity price of 0.1 yuan/kWh, the annual power generation is 7.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, and the annual revenue will reach 720 billion yuan. The cost can be recovered in two years, and the entire revenue cycle is 50 years. Just think about it and you will know how much Considerable.
This is calculated based on the current on-grid electricity price. Such high electricity prices will definitely not be maintained in the future, but reducing the electricity price to 0.05 yuan in the early stage is the limit. After all, recovering investment is the first priority.
Even if maintenance costs are included, it only takes about 5 years to recover the entire investment. Over the entire cycle, the profit will reach 10 times, which is a very cost-effective deal.
In the face of huge profits, even if Xinhui Energy Company does not have much money in hand, major banks will actively lend them money. After all, after construction is completed, banks will not have to worry about Xinhui Energy Company repaying the loan.
Of course, such a low cost is mainly because the photovoltaic coatings use internal supply prices. If they are supplied according to market prices, the prices will be many times higher.
In addition to photovoltaic coatings, high-energy-density batteries are also unique to Xinhui Energy Company. They are basically supplied at internal prices. External prices need to be several times higher, and Xinhui Energy Company will not sell them to them.
Therefore, calculated according to market prices, the overall investment needs to be increased by about 2 times. From this perspective, a return rate of 5 times in a 50-year cycle is not excessive.
In fact, in the above investment cost calculation method, a very high profit rate has been added, at least doubled, otherwise, the investment cost will be lower.
For this kind of high-tech technology, doubling the profit is not too much. Although the cost of industrialization is very low, the technological content is too high, so it is worth the price.
In fact, these technologies are all monopoly technologies under Zhao Yi. If necessary, they can quote external prices at will. No matter how much it is, others can only accept it because they can't make it at all.
Even if it takes a lot of effort to copy these products, the production costs will be very high, and it is not as cost-effective as buying them from his companies.
High-energy-density batteries will be classified as confidential technology for a long time and will not be exported. Even domestically, they are only used in the military industry. The level in the civilian field is much lower, and there are many restrictions on application scenarios.
It is still possible for photovoltaic coatings to be exported in the future, but the export price will be much higher, and the cost of power generation is not cheaper than it is now. This is also a necessary means to ensure our country's industrial development potential. (End of chapter)