Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 137 Promotion of Electricity

"I suggest that every two or three provinces should establish a controlled nuclear fusion power station, and provinces near the border may need to increase the number of controlled nuclear fusion power stations," Li Weidong continued.

The head shopkeeper frowned and asked in confusion, "Weidong, why does every province have to build one? Even if electricity consumption will increase dramatically in the future as you said, it won't require that much electricity, right? Won't it be a waste of our funds?"

"Chief, this is what I think. If two or three provinces can have one controlled nuclear fusion power station in the future, their electricity needs will be met. Now it is far in excess. We can increase our electricity demand and reduce our costs," said Li Weidong.

The chief shopkeeper and all the leaders present frowned, not understanding what Li Weidong meant.
At this time, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Industry was about to say something when he was interrupted by the chief manager:

"Let Comrade Li Weidong finish speaking first."

Li Weidong also noticed the confusion among the people present. He nodded to his father-in-law and continued, "Perhaps the leaders don't understand what I mean. Let me explain briefly. I mean to promote electrical appliances to the public. For example, we can design a pot for cooking that uses electricity. We can also introduce various electrical appliances such as electric fans to people to introduce the benefits of using electricity. Let all the people use electrical appliances, and all appliances will be sold to the public at cost price.

Let us also publicize how cheap the electricity generated by our controlled nuclear fusion power station is. Anyone who wants to use electricity can pay a certain amount and it will be free forever.

Of course, this is for individuals, and it's not free for businesses and factories, because the controlled nuclear fusion power station will definitely need maintenance in the future, and you have to pay for it, so you have to charge fees to businesses and factories, etc. Of course, this fee is also very low. "

The chief innkeeper and the other leaders discussed this in low voices for a while, and then the chief innkeeper said:

"Weidong, your plan is indeed very feasible. It not only reduces our waste of resources but also improves the quality of life for the people. When we get back, we'll study it carefully to confirm its feasibility and the specific implementation arrangements. Please continue."

Li Weidong nodded and continued, "In this way, our controlled nuclear fusion power station can be built, but we still have excess electricity. This requires us to continue to improve our equipment, such as replacing all the equipment in the factory with electricity. This requires the hard work of our technicians across the country. We can't complete it just by relying on our research institute. The workload is enormous. I won't say more about this aspect. I believe the leaders will take this into consideration."

"Let me talk about another aspect. I want to build one or two controlled nuclear fusion power stations in our border provinces and sell our cheap electricity to the various gangs next to us." Li Weidong was interrupted by a leader just as he said this.

"Comrade Li Weidong, why should we provide cheap electricity to other countries?"

Li Weidong looked at the leader and continued, "Sir, please don't worry. Listen to me. We will sell cheap electricity to them at a very favorable price, but compared to our costs, it is already a huge profit. We will receive a large amount of foreign exchange to continue to develop and build our country.

After they use our cheap electricity, will they still build power facilities? No, because they won't be able to recoup their costs. Once their entire country uses our electricity, if they come into conflict with us, we won't need to send troops or fight a war. We can simply shut off their power. How can they fight back? They won't be able to.

As for whether they'll use our electricity, there's no need to worry about it; they'll definitely use it. What if this gang is stubborn and refuses to use our electricity, but its neighboring gang isn't on good terms with it? We can sell our electricity cheaply to its rival. Their rival will then have more funds to develop other projects. "Do you think they'll still use our electricity?" After hearing this, the leader gave Li Weidong a deep look and said nothing.

"Of course, the leaders need to study the specific pricing, understand electricity prices and usage in different countries, and decide what price they can't refuse and won't want to refuse to invest in power plant projects. I won't get involved, but I'll offer a small suggestion."

After Li Weidong finished speaking, the chief shopkeeper immediately led the applause, and the other leaders present also applauded.

"Okay, Comrade Li Weidong is a good comrade who is wholeheartedly considering our country and people. We should let more comrades learn from Comrade Li Weidong." The shopkeeper said to everyone with a smile on his face.

"Commander, you are too kind. This is my responsibility and obligation as a Party member," Li Weidong said modestly.

"Haha! It seems that our Comrade Li Weidong is very humble! Comrade Li Weidong, could you please tell us about the next plan of your institute? We are also very curious." said the shopkeeper.

"Chief, the next plan of our institute will probably come out slowly. Since we want to build a nuclear power plant, we will definitely have to transfer some personnel from our institute. So I plan to do a few small projects next, develop some equipment for our troops, and then miniaturize this controlled nuclear fusion and install it on our warships, so that our warships can use nuclear power. Then we will develop some new weapons and equipment to use our excess electricity. I have several small projects in mind now, the research and development of electromagnetic railguns, electromagnetic guns, laser weapons and other energy weapons." Li Weidong said truthfully.

Commander Yang, the military's father-in-law, suddenly smiled so hard that his teeth showed. He said to Li Weidong, "Weidong is great. If you have any needs, please feel free to tell me. Our military fully supports your research and development. Haha."

Minister Wang, the old father-in-law of the Ministry of Industry, looked at his old comrade with a smile that blossomed into a flower. Suddenly, he said with some displeasure, "Weidong, you can't play favorites. Our Ministry of Industry is your family. How can you only develop for the military? You can't treat your own family unfairly and benefit outsiders. You can't put the cart before the horse. Do you understand?"

"Hey, what are you talking about, Old Wang? What do you mean by putting the cart before the horse? Can't our military let Comrade Li Weidong do research and development? Our military needs good comrades like Li Weidong to support our work. Our military is definitely much more important than your Ministry of Industry." When Chief Yang heard what Minister Wang said, he immediately became unhappy and stood up to argue loudly.

Minister Wang was not willing to be outdone and argued with him loudly.

Seeing this, the chief manager said a few words to comfort the two men, asked them to sit down, and said to the crowd, "It seems that everyone likes Comrade Li Weidong, but there is only one Comrade Li Weidong. Let Comrade Li Weidong give full play to his abilities. We will not restrict him or force him. Let Comrade Li Weidong decide on the research and development projects himself."

The chief manager made the final decision, and many leaders nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)