Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 79 Dam Project
"To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, please allow me to make an explanation first."

Lin Chihao said: "The Energy Storage City has certain requirements for raw material suppliers. First of all, the credit rating must be D or above. Your company is rated C, which fully meets the requirements."

"In addition, we also have certain standards for the basic equipment and processes for collecting raw materials to avoid purchasing inferior raw materials or those with too many impurities."

"Finally, we will evaluate the output capacity of the buyer. Because if the seller is short-term production and output is small, it will be too expensive for us to provide transportation."

"I hope you can understand."

Zhou Yi thought it was quite reasonable.

The seller considers the acceptable price, and the buyer requires the quality and quantity of the goods. Both parties get what they need.

"Along the way, Captain Red Falcon has already briefed me on the situation here."

Lin Chihao continued, "Your company uses two small reinforced ships as platforms to manually collect the sea surface soot sand. As long as there are enough workers, the output will also increase, and there will be no problem of source depletion."

“Although it is a more traditional manual labor, as long as the collection process is clear and the output is controllable, it meets the energy storage city standards.”

Green lights flashed on the wings of the detection plane. "My electronic eyes have observed that a ship has been collecting data in the offshore area of the Dead Sea. It seems that your company is doing this. According to the procedure, I have to take a close look at the local production environment and report the data to the rear for archiving. I hope to get your authorization and consent."

"Please."

With Zhou Yi's permission, the black V-shaped plane flew silently over the Dead Sea and began a field survey.

At this time, Hong Jianhao said: "I checked the data. Only 0.4% of micro-scale raw material suppliers like us can pass the energy storage city's review and meet the standards. Whether we can pass is still unknown."

Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this: "What's the main reason?"

“Process standards.”

The Red Falcon explained calmly: "The Energy Storage City's assessment of suppliers is mainly based on safety regulations, collection processes, and quality assessment."

"Most micro-suppliers try to reduce costs and increase output as much as possible to obtain maximum profits in a short period of time. Therefore, it is difficult to meet the minimum standards of these three items."

“If the rectification cannot be done to meet the minimum requirements of the energy storage city, they will refuse to acquire it. This is because there will be a series of uncontrollable risks, which may cause a butterfly effect. Stability is the core standard of the electromechanical city.”

The energy storage city will refuse to accept small workshops that operate in the illegal coal mining sector.

Zhou Yi also used the Red Falcon's camera to observe the sea surface.

The Skyhunters are on patrol.

On the Dead Sea, trainee workers holding nets and ropes tied around their waists lined the sides of small reinforced boats, stirring their long poles and concentrating on catching the tiny particles floating in the mist.

Behind each person is a clay jar or wooden barrel filled with snow. After each round of scooping, they take out the snow from the net bag, scrape it out with branches or boards, and pour it into the container to accumulate and form snow.

Yuan Tong was patrolling back and forth on the boat, correcting the operations of the newcomers.

It looks presentable.

After a while, the Linqi returned to the roof of the Emerald City.

The wide and flat detection aircraft remained in a hovering state, and a stereo voice came from the wings on both sides: "In terms of safety regulations and collection procedures, your company has done a good job. There are safe operation instructions and clear collection procedures. There is no problem with these two points."

"Unfortunately, your company currently has a small workforce, with only two ships serving as collection platforms. I calculated that even if the two ships were fully loaded and working, the output would still be below the minimum standard of the Energy Storage City. Therefore, the quality assessment process cannot meet the standards."

Zhou Yi felt a little regretful.

There are fewer boats.

But this is not actually a problem.

Zhou Yi pressed down: "If we buy more ships, we should be able to meet the minimum production standard, right? Can you calculate how many ships are needed at least?"

The detective plane immediately replied: "If they are all small reinforced ships currently used by your company, a total of 10 ships will be needed to reach the minimum standard line."

10 ships.

Zhou Yi began to think about where to buy a boat.

The collection of soot can provide a large number of jobs and revitalize the social activity of the entire Emerald City, which is of great significance. Not only should it be carried out, but it should be carried out on a large scale.

"But I have a suggestion. This suggestion is personal, not from the Energy Storage City Detective Team."

The Lin Owl made a disclaimer before suggesting: "Instead of using ships, it would be better to build a dam on the edge of the Dead Sea for collection."

"The disadvantage of a dam is that it takes a long time to build, at least one or two years, but it has many advantages."

"First of all, it has a longer service life than a ship, and the wear and tear is almost negligible. Because the Dead Sea does not damage such structures, but gradually forms a light film on their contact surfaces, which is beneficial to their long-term stability."

The detective plane continued, "Another reason is that it is cheap. The cost of building ten reinforced ships, plus the energy packs consumed every month, will cost several times more than hiring workers to build a dam."

"The last one is scalability." "The dam can be continuously expanded and extended, which can increase the working area, so that the collection output will continue to increase in a predictable manner."

Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

This is called professionalism!
Fortunately, the Linchi came to conduct on-site investigation and evaluation, and pointed out the future direction for the company's soot industry.

“Although this will require a long preparation period, and it may not be put into use until next year or even the year after. But in terms of long-term operation, this is more beneficial to your company, so please be patient and carry out the initial infrastructure construction and personnel training first.”

Lin Chihao finally said: "I believe that we will be able to officially start cooperation in two years at the latest."

Zhou Yizhe asked it for confirmation again: "As long as the dam is built by the Dead Sea and people can stand on it to collect the azure sand, it will be fine, right?"

"Yes, this is not a complicated project, but it requires a lot of manpower to build. In addition, it is close to the Dead Sea, so the whole project needs to be built up bit by bit, first raising the terrain and then filling and building the dam bit by bit..."

"Then please help me with some reference."

This made Lin Chihao a little confused: "What do you mean?"

However, at the same time, the surface of the Emerald City was already emitting a faint glow.

Dam construction begins!
After receiving Zhou Yi's order, Emerald City stretched out its giant hand made of steel bars, grabbed several nearby buildings that were used as ammunition, walked to the edge of the Dead Sea, and stacked them up...

Not long after, a long embankment wall was built between the Emerald City and the Dead Sea, allowing people to walk all the way from the community to the Dead Sea.

Sizzle, sizzle—

Red lights flashed on both wings of the Linxiao, emitting a burst of electric current.

Rays of light appeared on its body, and it seemed to have a certain degree of computing overload: "No, no... This is a B-level Dead Sea alien, and it is a rare engineering type... Can you control it??"

Zhou Yi corrected him, "Emerald City is an employee of our company, it's just doing its job. Take a look, is this dam okay? If not, I'll ask it to make some adjustments."

"Oh, oh, let me see."

The Lin Owl flew over the dam and circled.

Then it responded: "The main body of the building is very stable in the Dead Sea, and the supporting structure is also strong enough."

Zhou Yi immediately said: "Then what about our current goal..."

"There is no problem with the links here, they meet the standards."

The Linchi couldn't help but turn its nose to the extremely small Hongjian next to it: "Captain Hongjian, you didn't say that your company has any alien members."

"This has nothing to do with our company's soot sand collection business, and no registration record is required." The drone's answer was concise.

"Captain, you misunderstood me."

The lights on the Linxiao flickered: "With the help of the Dead Sea Alien, the Wasteland Development Company will have strong competitiveness in this area, which will also play a huge role in our cooperation."

"A moment later."

Thirty seconds later.

There was a beeping sound from the Linxiao, and a circle of colorful light emanated from its surface: "The review has been passed."

"The supply of soot sand between the Wasteland Development Company and the Energy Storage City has been formally planned. Please confirm."

A cooperation agreement appeared on the remote control screen.

Zhou Yi took a look and found that the two parties planned to cooperate for 5 years. Upon expiration, the contract would be renewed or terminated based on the intentions of both parties. The price for purchasing the soot sand would still be 5 times the copper price.

As long as the company has accumulated 1000 kilograms of soot sand, it can contact the Mineral Department of the Energy Storage City, which will be responsible for sending trucks or cargo ships to receive it and bear all transportation-related expenses, and complete the settlement of money and goods in person.

After finding no problem, Zhou Yi clicked to confirm.

"Then our cooperation has been reached. I wish your company a prosperous business."

Lin Chihao said: "I have some official business, so I need to leave for now. I will come to visit you later and chat with Captain Hongshun. Goodbye."

It left as soon as it said it would, and disappeared into the horizon in a flash.

However, Zhou Yi discovered that the Lin Chi was not leaving in the direction it came from, but was heading to the depths of the Dead Sea in the east.

Does it have other tasks?
But Zhou Yi decided not to think about anything else.

Now we have to build the Guangxu Dam!

Don’t worry about those useless things. The most important thing is to solve the employment problem of the current residents of Emerald City!

(End of this chapter)