bonanza

Chapter 674 Plateau
When it was the Mavericks' turn, the most famous stars had already been drafted away.

However, 2003 is worthy of the draft year. Even at the end of the first round, there are still good players for Yang Dongsheng to choose from.

Yang Dongsheng selected Josh Howard with a first-round pick.

In his previous life, Josh Howard was a member of the Mavericks. He was the backbone of the Mavericks' defense and had good scoring ability. He also said that he entered the draft only as a senior. .

In the second round, Yang Dongsheng selected Steve Blake.

Steve Blake is an orthodox point guard who wants to pass the ball more than he shoots, but his body is too thin.

He is 1 meters tall and weighs just over 91 kilograms. When he meets a point guard like Fisher who weighs more than 70 kilograms, he will definitely suffer when defending.

Nash was beaten by Fisher in the playoffs before, and Nash is much heavier than Steve Blake.

After the free market opened, the Mavericks renewed Fred Hoiberg with a two-year veteran's minimum salary.

Then Yang Dongsheng asked Larry Bird to trade Reid and Arenas in exchange for the draft picks of the next year. Next year, the Mavericks are likely to have three first-round picks, and there is no need to add more.

In addition, I will contact Gary Payton to see if he is interested in going to the Mavericks for the championship as in his previous life, and taking Steve Blake by the way.

Billups has done a good job as the starting point guard in the past few seasons. It is really worth signing him with only one middle class in the past few years. After completing the current contract, Billups will definitely Ask for a top salary.

Yang Dongsheng has to start cultivating successors in advance. I don't know if Steve Blake can be trained. He has to improve his confrontation ability first.

After staying in China for more than ten days, James Whistler rushed to Australia, and then went to the Middle East to talk about planting grain in exchange for contracting abandoned oil fields, and improving the crude oil transportation capacity of those oil fields in Saudi Arabia.

Yang Miao was on summer vacation again, and Yang Dongsheng took Yang Miao to Qing Province.

Before leaving for Qing Province, Yang Dongsheng saw the news that the Lakers had fallen out with O'Neal, and the two sides had not reached an agreement on the renewal amount.

O'Neal wanted a super high salary. In 2003, the Lakers offered O'Neal a three-year, $3 million contract extension.

But in this life, O'Neal has one less championship than the previous life. The Lakers management believes that O'Neal is no longer worth 3 million in three years.

Yang Dongsheng is not interested in introducing O'Neal. O'Neal is already in his 30s, and he doesn't pay attention to weight control. His flexibility, speed and physical strength have dropped significantly compared to previous years. He is no longer a big shark who can do whatever he wants inside.

Mineral products such as copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, cobalt, and lithium in Qingdao occupy an important position in the country, and Qingzhou is also a food-deficient province.

The reason why it is difficult to negotiate contracts between Qinghai Province and Tibet Province is that Yang Dongsheng wants to actually win these mines, not just contract them.

Most of the contracts that Dongsheng Mining signed with other provinces were contract contracts. After the contract expired, Yang Dongsheng had a way to get those provinces to renew their contracts with them—let them work for two years, and found that they would not be able to open these mines without Dongsheng Mining. But it takes time.

Dongsheng Mining was Yang Dongsheng's most reliable source of funds, and if it was cut off all at once, the entire company system designed by Yang Dongsheng would be in big trouble.

Qing Province and Tibet Province are not opposed to handing over the mine to Dongsheng Mining, but in the previous negotiations, they insisted on taking more than half of the shares in the mining company. Recently, there has been a turning point, and Qing Province has let go.

Yang Dongsheng naturally knew the reason, but to be honest, he didn't really want this quid pro quo.

Qinghai and Tibetan provinces have harsh climates and poor infrastructure. It will take at least ten years for their minerals to be developed. Yang Dongsheng has plenty of time to talk to them.

But the rewards have already been given out, Yang Dongsheng can't go over and say, you take the rewards back, I don't think it's worth it!

Yang Dongsheng and his party first went to Xishi, the capital of Qing Province, to visit the leaders of Qing Province. After leaving Xishi, Yang Dongsheng chose Haixi City as his second stop.

Haixi is rich in mineral resources such as coal, potash, chromium, lead and zinc, and the reserves of brine lithium ore rank first in the country.

Moreover, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is full of mountains, there is also a rare flat land - the Qaidam Basin.

According to Dongsheng Food’s preliminary investigation, the center of the basin is very suitable for the development of agriculture. Not only is there flat land here, but also the altitude of the basin is much lower than that of the surrounding areas. Most of the interior of the Qaidam Basin is below 2800 meters.

The high mountains around the basin leave an endless stream of snow water every summer, converging into rivers into the basin, and Yang Dongsheng doesn't even need to go to Greenland to get fresh water.

The problem here is that the salinization of the land is very serious, and even the groundwater is salt water. It is very simple for Yang Dongsheng to deal with this problem.

Remove the salinity and alkali on the surface, and then make an anti-seepage layer to prevent the salt water from seeping into the ground during the wet season.

Compared with the plains, the air in the plateau is thinner, and plants can get more solar radiation, which is beneficial to photosynthesis.

Moreover, the plateau has strong ultraviolet rays and better sterilization effect. Most insects are near-earth organisms and cannot fly to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Therefore, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the area with the least crop diseases and insect pests in the world.

Yang Dongsheng plans to make the Qaidam Basin a grain base on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

After getting off the plane in Haixi, Yang Dongsheng took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little out of breath.

The altitude of Xishi is only over 2000 meters, and there is no big difference. However, the altitude of the urban area of ​​Haixi City has reached 3000 meters, and the altitude sickness is already obvious.

"How is it? Do you have a headache?" Yang Dongsheng touched Yang Miao's forehead.

"..." Yang Miao shook her head.

"If you feel unwell, tell me right away!" Yang Dongsheng glanced around again, everyone was somewhat uncomfortable, especially Vice President Zhao, whose lips were a little purple.

"Old Zhao, are you okay?" Yang Dongsheng asked worriedly.

"It's okay, it's the same when I came here last time, I'll get used to it in a few days!" Vice President Zhao waved his hand, and took out a plate of Rhodiola capsules from his pocket and shook it, "I've been eating it all the time!"

Yang Dongsheng said to the entourage, "Take care of Vice President Zhao!"

As usual, there was a reception banquet in the evening, but before half of the meal, there was a plop, followed by a loud noise, and someone shouted, "It's not good, Vice President Zhao passed out!"

Yang Dongsheng ran over following the sound, and saw Vice President Zhao lying on the ground, his hands and feet twitching unconsciously.

"Hurry up to the hospital!"

Outside the rescue room, Vice President Zhao's entourage sobbed, "Not long ago, Vice President Zhao went down to check his work, and he started to have a fever when he came back. He took some special medicine and he was fine, so he didn't take it seriously. Who knows..."

"Why didn't you say something like this happened?"

"Vice President Zhao refuses!"

"He won't let you talk, so you just..." Yang Dongsheng was about to get angry when the lights in the emergency room went out.

(End of this chapter)