Chapter 240 The gold mine that has not yet been discovered! It belongs to me!

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 240 The gold mine that has not yet been discovered! It belongs to me!

After chatting with Qiu Mai, Chen Nian added something to his "task manager", that is, to help Qiu Mai promote the progress of electromechanical and hydraulic integrated design within the scope of his capabilities.

After all, in this era, it is still difficult to promote the development of this technology.

Just for the servo motors it involves and is necessary, there are a large number of technical gaps that need to be filled.

Not to mention the strength of Qiu Mai alone, even if the whole country joins forces, it will not be so easy to solve the problem.

Fortunately, there's no rush here.

After returning to his room, Chen Nian picked out the latest one from a thick stack of books and began his study of energy materials.

What he focused on was the problem of lithium dendrites. After all, this problem was not solved until many years later.

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In fact, it is not that it has not been solved, but that everyone has not even understood the principle of lithium dendrite generation.

If we can solve this problem by ourselves, it goes without saying that the number of source points generated by the increase in knowledge will definitely exceed a hundred.

However, it is not that easy for an entry-level player in materials science like Chen Nian to overcome a major problem with no experience to follow.

The establishment of the laboratory, the study of theoretical foundations, repeated trial and error and research are all steps that cannot be skipped.

Of course, in this process, Chen Nian can also take appropriate help from some systems.

This is another topic.

After making a preliminary plan, Chen Nian was about to start previewing. However, at this moment, there was a knock on his door.

When he opened it, he saw that it was Chen Guo standing outside the door.

"Professor Chen, what's wrong?"

Chen Nian asked somewhat unexpectedly.

Generally speaking, Chen Guo rarely disturbed him, especially at night, which was usually Chen Nian's free time.

If you find yourself at this time, it means that either something big has happened, or "something big is about to happen."

Upon hearing Chen Nian's question, Chen Guo did not answer immediately. Instead, she walked into the room first and then said:

"There are three messages that need to be synchronized with you."

"Two good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

".Let's do it in chronological order."

Chen Nian slightly replied speechlessly.

Chen Guo smiled and said:

"The first good news is that the positive effects of the live broadcast on the Beijing-Shijiazhuang section have begun to show up. According to data monitoring, people's attention to advanced technology is increasing, and the number of visits to the popular science website we set up is also skyrocketing."

"It can be said that the 'National Science Popularization Plan' you proposed has already achieved initial results."

"But that's not all I want to say."

"The better news is that because of the comparison with the live broadcast of the Los Angeles High-Speed ​​Rail in the United States, the publicity effect of our program far exceeded previous expectations."

"Especially the promotion of machinery is almost like a large-scale advertising film."

"So, the good news is, we got the order."

"The Gauteng high-speed rail project in South Africa has expressed its intention to cooperate with us."

“Gauteng High Speed ​​Rail?”

Chen Nian was shocked.

In fact, he was quite impressed by this thing.

Because the construction process of this high-speed rail line was also filmed as a documentary in South Africa.

However, hasn’t the Gauteng high-speed rail project been controlled by Bombardier?

In my impression, by this time in 2006, Bombardier should have formed the Bombela consortium with South African officials to win the construction rights of this high-speed railway, which South Africa has high hopes for.

The interest relationship in the design is extremely complex, and what determines the ownership of the project is far more than just the "technology itself".

How could South African officials give up the fat they were about to acquire and instead extend an olive branch to us?

So, he continued to ask:

"What about Bombela Consortium? Where about Bombardier? South Africa doesn't want them anymore?"

Seeing Chen Nian's reaction, Chen Guo sighed and then continued:

"Okay, then we'll get into the second message in advance."

"This is bad news. The Bombella consortium did not withdraw from the project. On the contrary, they offered more favorable conditions in order to win the Gauteng high-speed rail."

"They even made an offer that was lower than the cost price, which seemed like a desperate move."

"Of course, this is easy to understand."

"Although the first phase of the Gauteng high-speed rail plan is only 80 kilometers, it is an expansion project. If they can get the admission ticket, they will be able to get huge profit returns for every kilometer of high-speed rail built in the future.

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"To put it bluntly, if we want to compete with them, we have to operate at a loss."

"That's not bad news."

Before Chen Guo could answer, Chen Nian interrupted directly.

Because he knew that the so-called Gauteng High-Speed ​​Railway was only built for 80 kilometers from beginning to end.

Although South African officials proposed expansion plans more than once later, due to the weakening local economy and the turmoil in Africa as a whole, these expansion plans were not implemented at all.

It just whets the appetite of the consortium again and again and deceives them of free operation and maintenance services.

With such a broken project, is it still worth losing money to grab the market?

Don't be ridiculous.

The moral character of South Africa is not much different from that of India. I don’t even want the project given to me, why are you still grabbing it?

Grab a hammer!

He paused for a moment and said patiently:

"The news currently released by the Gauteng High-Speed ​​Railway is basically uncertain. The reason why the Bombela Consortium wants to take over this project is also attracted by their expectations."

"But the problem is that in the past few years, South Africa's economy has been on a downward path. After driving away the white elite, those black people, er, those black people, cannot get the economy back on track on their own."

"The only potential flashpoint is the 2010 World Cup."

"But judging from historical experience, no country has become rich by hosting a World Cup."

"So, I don't recommend taking this project. Even if you want to take it, it must be profitable."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo showed a smile on his face.

He nodded slightly and replied:

"We have already considered these issues."

"The situation is indeed as you said. If we just win this project, it is indeed impossible for us to make money."

"But the problem is that South Africa has attached a condition to this project."

"This is the third news, good news."

"The conditions are the exploration rights for gold mines within the territory and the mining rights after gold mines are discovered."

"???"

With a question mark on Chen Nian's forehead, he asked in disbelief:

"South Africans want to sell gold mining rights? Are you sure? Is it the entire exploration rights? Or is it limited to certain areas?"

In Chen Nian's impression, although South Africa exports an astonishing amount of gold every year, in fact, they have extremely strict control over the exploration and mining rights of gold mines. In the past few decades, only a few foreign capitals have obtained it.

Mining rights, and the benefits are not very good.

The reason is very simple. The places where they can issue mining licenses basically have lower ore grades and are more difficult to mine.

Or in other words, it is the leftover bones that they cannot do themselves, so they give them to others to do.

If this is still the case this time

Although it is indeed a little better than simple bidding, it is not much better.

Unless South Africa opens up exploration and mining rights throughout the country, this will be considered a breakthrough.

Looking at Chen Nian's expectant eyes, Chen Guo didn't show off, but answered Chen Nian's questions directly one by one.

"It is determined that the gold mining rights will be transferred, but not the entire territory, but a few defined areas."
To be continued...