Chapter 321 Public and Private Matters

Chapter 321 Public and Private Matters

Chapter 321 Public and Private Matters
The measurement report of Ring 28 and Wang Heming's application for scientific research funding came into Jiang Miao's hands on the eighth day after the end of the experiment.

After reading these reports, he was also very surprised that technological development has been getting faster and faster in recent years.

He then approved the 100 billion research funding requested by Wang Heming.

After all, Star Ring Energy's controlled nuclear fusion can now enter commercial operation, but the overall version has not yet reached its best version. If we don't increase investment at this time, when will we?

He had just approved the document when the phone rang. He looked at the number and the name on the note and clicked to answer:
"Hey, Lao He, what's the matter?"

"Haha, you are such a boring person. Can't I just chat with you?" He Jintang said with a smile on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, Lao He, based on my understanding of you, you wouldn't be so bored as to call me just to chat about family matters." Jiang Miao was doing two things at the same time, listening to the phone while flipping through documents.

"Well, there are a few things."

"Well, tell me, I'm listening."

"One is about Youwei. Didn't she start dating a boyfriend some time ago?"

"I heard Shuya mention it. Old He, you're not trying to break up the couple?"

"The last time I met her boyfriend, I felt that there was something wrong with the way they both thought."

"How to say?"

"Her boyfriend knew that Youwei had lupus and that she had been taking medication, so he assured me that they would not have to have children in the future."

"..." Jiang Miao frowned. He didn't expect He Youwei's boyfriend to say that.

"A Miao, I think you have realized the problem."

"Well, that's a little bit false."

"He thinks he is very smart and won't have children in the future. Men get married just for sex, having children and money? Is there still true love nowadays? He is just taking me for a fool." He Jintang said angrily.

If it's purely for money, that's fine. After all, if He Youwei sells her 5% stake in New Kangle Medical now, it would be worth hundreds of millions.

Besides, He Jintang's family was not short of money, so it was no big deal to support a live-in son-in-law.

But He Jintang realized that the other party might be approaching his daughter deliberately. After all, his daughter was plain-looking and had lupus, a semi-genetic disease. She was not attractive enough and could not have children. Her boyfriend was obviously after the money and the power of the He family.

He Jintang naturally would not have a good face towards this kind of scheming Phoenix man.

After all, there are too many precedents of this kind of thing.

Not to mention ancient times, there are also many such examples in modern times.

For example, Li Bancheng from Hong Kong and the Spinach King from Macau are both scheming Phoenix men. After they made their fortunes with the help of their wives, they became extremely cruel to their wives.

"So what are you going to do, Lao He?"

"That man works in a hospital in Yangcheng. I would like to ask you to do me a favor and transfer Youwei to a place far away so that we can be separated. I have already asked someone to investigate him. I will make a decision after the results of the investigation come out."

"Okay, let me think about it..." Jiang Miao stopped flipping through the documents and said after a while: "I will arrange for her to go to Malaysia tomorrow. Hailufeng Hospital has built a large comprehensive hospital there. It just so happens that many lupus erythematosus patients come here because of its reputation. Let Youwei go there to preside over the treatment! This can be delayed for about half a year."

"Okay, half a year is enough. If he really has no problems, I will accept him as my son-in-law. If..."

"Okay, calm down. What about other things?" Jiang Miao understood parents' concerns about their children's marriage.

Especially in the case of the He family, careful identification is required.

"Well, let's get back to business. The second thing is, didn't the Star Ring Energy that your company invested in make a breakthrough recently?"

"I was just watching it, and they were given 10 billion in funding."

"Let me introduce you to a business."

"What? Lao He, when did you become a broker?" Jiang Miao said half-jokingly.

"I would like to be a broker, but this business is not easy to do."

"what business?"

"Let Xinghuan Energy design a nuclear fusion device for ships. There are special requirements for the size, and the thermal power of a single unit must not be less than 1000MWth. In terms of price, there is only a 10% profit margin for you."

"I don't object to taking this business, but the current technology of Xinghuan Energy is not perfect enough, and the lithium recycling model they envisioned has not been completed. If we wait another two or three years until the technology matures, it should be better."

"I know, but they have studied the technology of star ring energy concentration. They think it is irrelevant whether there is a lithium cycle or not. After all, the thermal power of the nuclear fusion device they require is not high, and the consumption of several hundred kilograms of lithium 6 every year is actually irrelevant."

"So urgent?"

"It's a bit urgent indeed. We are currently in need of ocean-going nuclear-powered ships. Although the previous No. 5 ship was nuclear-powered, the actual test results were not ideal. Although the No. 6 ship under construction has been improved, the size and power limit of the nuclear fission reactor are contradictory. It is better to directly develop a nuclear fusion device."

"Okay! I'll instruct the Star Ring Energy Department, but it would be best if the shipyard could send someone over. After all, the specific situation requires communication between the two parties."

"Of course. Darian Shipyard will arrange a professional ship design team to contact Star Ring Energy."

Jiang Miao quickly wrote this down in his memo book.

He Jintang on the other end of the phone continued, "The third thing is about South Asia."

"South Asia? The nuclear leak a few days ago?"

"Yes, that's the incident. A local force seized a local nuclear arsenal. Since they didn't have the start switch, they dismantled the warheads without authorization and made dirty bombs to threaten other forces. However, the various forces in that place have now gone completely crazy and have ignored the dirty bomb threat at all."

"Just three days ago, three of the dirty bombs were wrapped in TNT and detonated in the middle reaches of the Ganges. A large amount of radioactive material contaminated dozens of square kilometers of land around it."

Hearing this, Jiang Miao could only say in his heart: Your third brother is really courting death, he even dares to detonate a dirty bomb on his own land.

"Although this is a South Asian matter, the radioactive material released by the dirty bomb will soon flow into the Ceylon Ocean along the Ganges River, which is a potential threat to the western coast of Southeast Asia."

"This problem shouldn't be too serious, right?" Jiang Miao didn't think that just three dirty bombs would bring any serious impact.

It’s not that he underestimated nuclear weapons, but that the ocean’s dilution capacity is too strong.

After all, America conducted a large number of nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean and even secretly dumped a large amount of nuclear waste into the sea.

Even with such suicidal behavior, there is still no significant change in the radiation level in the global oceans.

This is mainly due to the vast amount of sea water in the ocean, which can dilute many components. In addition, some radioactive substances are heavy metals, and they will quickly be deposited on the surrounding seabed when entering the ocean.

“It’s not a big problem, but Hongsavadi, Malaysia and Java are more worried about the pollution of the ocean, so they are increasing the scale of desalination plants and also building coastal dams faster.”

"Okay, I'll ask Minqin Group to cooperate with your work, but this shouldn't be the point, right?"

"Well, this matter is not just an internal issue of Tianzhu. We have found some clues through some channels." "Which side made the move? The north? Or the east?"

"It's most likely a collaboration between the north and the east."

Jiang Miao narrowed his eyes: "Polar bears still refuse to change their bad habits. They do have the motive and ability."

In fact, as America retreated back to North America, the conflict between America and Seres was eased. After all, both sides had already made concessions where they should. In the short term, Seres would definitely not go to North America to provoke America's fragile nerves.

Instead, the conflict between Lucia and Cerise suddenly intensified.

This change is actually easy to understand.

It is the geographical relationship that causes the underlying potential conflicts between the two sides. Previously, it was because of America, the troublemaker, that the two sides could barely carry out limited cooperation.

Now America is unable to take care of herself. At the same time, America and the European Union have promised this polar bear a lot of things in order to win over Lucia.

Seris took advantage of the natural disasters and man-made calamities to take Mobei into his possession, which further stimulated the polar bears. They were worried that Central Asia would also be eaten, so they engaged in this dangerous behavior.

With the idea of ​​harming others without benefiting themselves, they naturally dare to join forces with America. If a large-scale nuclear leak occurs in South Asia, Southeast Asia will definitely be the first to suffer.

"We plan to have you, A Miao, secretly cultivate several types of algae that can enrich radioactive elements, and then release them to the coast of South Asia to limit these radioactive substances to a certain range."

"Radioactive algae? No problem."

As for why the problem is not solved fundamentally.

The answer is no.

Because India is in such chaos right now, with famine, plague, war, natural disasters, and recently nuclear pollution, there are dozens of well-known forces alone. If you add in those small forces of only a few hundred or a few thousand people, the number would be countless.

Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to enter the heartland of India and take away the nuclear materials.

If fewer people go, they will die.

If too many people go there, we may have to attack all the local forces before we can force them to hand over the nuclear materials.

No matter what you do, it's not a good choice.

South Asia is now like a big cesspool. Instead of digging out a few bottles of poison with your own hands, it is better to let the poison leak out locally. After all, it can be solved once it leaks.

With today's water purification technology, there is no need to worry about nuclear pollution, and the rain brought by ocean evaporation will not actually bring radioactive elements from the sea to land.

Unless a dirty bomb is detonated at high altitude, it is difficult for radioactive elements to enter the land through rainwater.

The large-scale nuclear leak on the South Asian land is no big deal, time will erase everything.

The Japanese, who had been living a good life back then, were full of life thanks to the warm hospitality of the little boy and the fat man.

Nuclear pollution is something that will not wipe out humanity as long as not every inch of land in the world contains high concentrations of radioactive elements.

Instead of covering most of the world's land with high concentrations of radioactive elements, it would be better to go to the asteroid belt and push an asteroid to hit the earth. The difficulty coefficients of the two are very different, but the effects are similar.

After all, the total amount of radioactive elements that can be mined on the earth's surface is limited. Collecting so many radioactive elements is really not as good as pushing an asteroid into the earth.

"Just keep this to yourself and don't tell anyone."

"I know."

"The fourth thing is somewhat related to the third thing above. The bears are still too idle. We plan to find something for them to do so that they don't have to do nothing all day long."

Jiang Miao smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

"energy."

"Energy? I see." Jiang Miao understood instantly.

After all, Lucia's economic structure is too single. Due to the impact of natural disasters and man-made calamities, their agriculture is basically in a semi-wasted state and they can only barely be self-sufficient. Now all of them eat potatoes and soybeans.

The remaining pillar industries are energy, metal minerals, and defense.

Among them, energy and metal minerals are the most important pillar industries. It was because of the plummeting oil prices that the economy of old Russia entered a vicious circle.

Global energy prices have remained at a relatively high level recently.

This is mainly because the world currency system of the US dollar has collapsed, and the Chinese yuan can only be used as a local world currency, so transactions in many places have become very troublesome.

At the same time, due to the climate crisis, the demand for energy in various regions has also increased a lot. For example, high temperature weather requires cooling; drought requires pumping; low temperature requires warming; floods require drainage, etc.

The combination of these factors has resulted in global energy prices remaining at a relatively high level.

But this situation is unsustainable.

Because domestic consumption of oil, natural gas and coal has been decreasing in recent years, even if the oil-producing countries in the West Asia region continue to limit production, they can still only barely maintain the current prices.

Actually, Lucia and Amelica are very similar.

Agriculture and energy are pillar industries for both sides, and the cost of oil extraction for both sides is relatively high.

The EU itself does not produce too much energy, mainly because the output of the North Sea oil fields has decreased a lot. In addition, Britain has withdrawn from the group and Norway is not a member of the EU. These two countries are the core players in the North Sea oil fields. The North Sea oil fields can produce 100 million tons of oil each year, and at their peak, they can even produce nearly 200 million tons of oil each year.

Therefore, most of the EU's energy is imported.

Currently they mainly import oil from America, Britain, Norway, and Central Asia, and have recently reintroduced Russian oil and natural gas.

The overall purchasing cost averages 406 Chinese yuan per barrel (equivalent to about 58 US dollars before the crash).

This price is only a small profit for America's shale oil; for Russia and the North Sea oil fields, the profit is half and half; for West Asia and North Africa, the profit is 80%.

After Jiang Miao chatted with He Jintang for a while, he knew what the other party was thinking. This matter really required Hailufeng Company to step in.

Expand oil production capacity in North Africa and West Asia through commercial channels.

As long as oil production capacity expands, global oil prices will inevitably fall, and this time the price reduction range will be controlled around 175 yuan per barrel.

This price is basically close to the cost price of the North Sea oil fields and the Lucia oil fields. As for America's shale oil, it will be a huge loss.

Faced with this price, no matter how stupid Mr. Ou is, he will reduce the scale of oil and natural gas imports from America, Lucia and the North Sea oil fields, and use cheaper oil and natural gas from West Asia and North Africa.

After all, the price difference is twice as much. Even if Mr. Ou’s ancestors had been bandits for hundreds of years, he doesn’t have much money to squander now.

All it takes is to lower America and Lucia's energy incomes and they will decline further.

(End of this chapter)