Lost eight hundred million at the beginning

The groundwork for the docking was all done. Zhuo Yuan came to pick Lin Ruoyan and Hua Mengmeng off the plane.

After all, Mr. Lin only brought a female assistant and bodyguards, Zhuo Yuan was still a little worried.

In the era of the book, there are still countries that maintain slavery in the interior of Africa. In addition, the more impoverished and backward the place, the easier it is for women to be sold as male accessories or goods. Those things really happened.Both men and women must pay attention to personal safety when overseas.

Even if the civil strife has just ended here, the law and order in the country is far worse. Only when a woman goes out is accompanied by a man can she be safer.

Zhuo Yuan also grew up on the construction site. He has been working on engineering projects in Africa all year round, and he is tanned and shiny. He used to be a southerner with delicate features and fair skin.

Except for the two translators Zhuo Yuan brought who looked like Chinese, the others were all local black brothers.Zhuo Yuan specially introduced the black brothers who came with him, all of them are studying engineering in China, and they can speak Mandarin very well.

Zhuo Yuan said: "Their parents have worked in my country's construction aid projects. They know that to change the face of the country and improve the economy, they must let their children study and have knowledge and culture. Many of their children are very smart and have been admitted to our country. A university with a wide variety of subjects, such as Chinese medicine, engineering, military affairs, and train driving.”

"Drive a train?" Lin Ruoyan was surprised, "Does that also go to China to learn? Are European and American ones better?"

A black brother laughed and said, "The technology in Europe and the United States has been overtaken. Your country's electrified high-speed railway project to be promoted nationwide recently has world-leading technology. We will also build such a high-speed railway in our country in the future." .”

Lin Ruoyan knew that what they were talking about might be the high-speed rail.At the time of the book, high-speed rail has not yet been popularized, and it is being built between several first-tier cities.At the same time, there are ordinary railways in parallel, but due to technical problems, the maximum speed of that ordinary railway cannot reach [-] kilometers per hour.

The high-speed rail is different. The material used for the rails is no longer the traditional splicing of high-hardness steel rails, but some kind of elastic track that is several kilometers long.Such a track has very little wear on the wheels, and the car runs very smoothly at high speed.There are video records in the real world, where a coin is placed vertically on the small window sill of a high-speed train carriage, and the coin does not fall over after running for a long time, which shows that the train runs very smoothly.

For conventional trains, because the track is very short, there is a gap between each track for thermal expansion and cold contraction, which will cause the car to bump and wear due to impact. The track and wheels must be replaced regularly, which will cost a lot.

However, if electrified high-speed railways are to be promoted in Africa, the power supply must first be guaranteed.The construction of large-scale power stations, whether using nuclear energy or hydropower, requires the construction of these basic guarantees to be possible first.

Lin Ruoyan thought about it for a moment, and was invited by Zhuo Yuan to a restaurant by the sea, and everyone sat down to eat.After eating, you have to drive for six or seven hours to reach the mine near the inland.

Zhuo Yuan said that their advance team had built a temporary camp there.At that time, the office and accommodation can be in the camp, and it will be convenient to see the scene.If you live in a nearby big city, it will be more troublesome to travel back and forth.

Lin Ruoyan doesn't mind where she lives, on the contrary, it is safer and more secure for Chinese people to camp for big companies.In addition to the function of accommodation and reception, the camps Zhuo Yuan and the others built generally have armed guards and do not mix with the locals. This is also convenient for management, and they have the ability to defend against enemies with armed forces at critical moments.

Entering the restaurant, Zhuo Yuan sat at a table with Lin Ruoyan and Hua Mengmeng, and the other entourage sat at another table and were served by Zhuo Yuan's assistant.

Lin Ruoyan guessed that Zhuo Yuan had something important to discuss about the project, but unexpectedly Zhuo Yuan looked out the window.

Hundreds of years ago, this city was just a small port on the west coast. It was the earliest ships for slave trade that docked. With the pace of the colonists, the construction of the port gradually developed.

"Look, there are a lot of containers over there, right?" Zhuo Yuan said this question first, "Many countries in Africa rely on imports for their livelihoods, and they cannot be self-sufficient in food and industrial products. Those containers are full of goods. It was brought in, but there was nothing to take away, so it piled up like a mountain."

Lin Ruoyan was thoughtful when she heard this, and vaguely guessed what Zhuo Yuan was going to say next.

Hua Mengmeng asked: "Is there no company to recycle these containers?"

Zhuo Yuan said: "If it is a domestic port, if the goods entering and leaving the port are not equal, there will definitely be organizations or companies to recycle containers and transport empty containers to places where there is demand. But in this country, Recycling money is more expensive than throwing it here. So there are a lot of empty containers. We built the camp to buy the empty containers here, and through design and transformation, they became our temporary camp housing, which is very cost-effective.”

"But that won't use many boxes, right? I think there are tens of thousands of containers in the factory, are they all empty?" Lin Ruoyan asked, "These boxes are very strong, and they are really good for houses. The locals don't Money can be used to build a decent house, and it is also possible to use a container as a house.”

"Well, you are right. However, there are still a few empty boxes that can be used. The local poor are really poor, and they buy slippers in installments, let alone such a large container. There are no cars or roads to transport them to the inland areas they need. In port cities, those who have jobs have a place to live, and those who have no jobs can’t stay.” Zhuo Yuan said with emotion, “The west coast is also the port city by the sea. The economy is not bad, but most of the inland areas are barren lands and primitive tribes that do not communicate with the outside world. Road construction has not kept up, and in fact, it is difficult for national officials to even count the population there.”

Lin Ruoyan asked suddenly: "I heard that our country's aid medical teams have gone deep into inland countries and cities? Don't they need container houses?"

Zhuo Yuan said: "We have contacted domestic medical teams before, and most of them have to go deep into many remote villages to practice medicine on the go. They are actually stationed in large hospitals, and they basically have places to live. Temporary houses built by containers still need The flexibility of large-scale vehicle transportation means that it can be moved, but unfortunately it is not convenient in places with few roads. It would be more convenient to set up a tent or build a house with iron sheets.”

Lin Ruoyan smiled: "Then wait until our copper mine project is launched, and the upstream and downstream housing construction companies will follow suit. In the future, there will be a large number of products in Africa that can be produced by themselves and shipped out."

Zhuo Yuan and Hua Mengmeng also laughed, and they all agreed: "That's right, we are not here to plunder resources, but to drive the local economy to develop together by introducing real industries. The people from Panshi have arrived a few days ago. We can hang out together at camp."

"Do the people of the Rock live in your camp?"

Zhuo Yuan nodded: "This time we built a large-scale comprehensive camp using containers. We came here with the determination to win this project. In the future, that camp may also be the earliest construction of a core dispatching area. The offices of enterprises, as well as some factories producing and processing building materials can be stationed here.”

Lin Ruoyan praised: "Then you have built an industrial park ahead of time."

Zhuo Yuan nodded: "Well, the local forces are also watching, saying that if we evacuate the camp in the future, they can spend money to buy the houses and equipment we left behind."

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