Spark

On the other side of the sea, the office of the May Society.

"Are you kidding!? Evande actually has a gold mine?! Is it such a big mine?"

Houston roared hysterically, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger.

How is this possible?

Can these Chinese people really be able to predict the future?

Or is it that their luck is so strong that even if they choose a piece of land randomly, they can dig out gold? !

You must know that the South African side has inspected the Evande area before, but no matter what the inspection results are, there is no evidence that there is a large-scale gold mine buried under the mountains in the Baihe area!

In addition, the terrain is rugged and the development is difficult, so it has not been included in the list of "mines with development value" from the beginning to the end.

According to the evaluation report of professional institutions at that time, the gold reserves in the Avande-Baihe area must reach at least 200 tons, and the ore grade must reach 5 or above to have development value.

Everyone believes that this goal is basically impossible to achieve.

——

But I never expected that according to Huaxia's actual survey results, the goal was not only achieved, but also doubled.

Houston took a deep breath, suppressing his emotions that were already out of control, and then continued to ask:

"Is it possible that it is fake news? Is it possible that they deliberately released it to save face in order to alleviate the storm of public opinion in the country?"

The assistant shook his head dejectedly, and replied:

"That possibility is basically non-existent."

"South Africa's Ministry of Mines and Energy has made a public statement acknowledging the new mine discovery in the White River area."

"And, their next step is to seek mining cooperation with Huaxia."

"After the dust settled, we thought we had won. Unexpectedly, this match hadn't even reached the last moment."

Hearing the assistant's words, Houston's heart skipped a beat.

"The game did not develop to the last moment."

This sentence was like a thorn, deeply pierced into his bone marrow.

Then, when is the last moment of the game?

Wait until they take over all of Africa?

Or, wait until they take over the entire world?

He felt as if he had seen the end, but he couldn't accept that ending anyway.

That's all.

At least, the Los Angeles project is going well.

——

etc.

It seems that I have not cared about the progress of this high-speed rail project for a while.

"The Los Angeles-San Francisco high-speed rail project, is it going well?"

He asked quickly.

"So far it's been going well."

"According to the feedback from the front, we have completed more than two-thirds of the project work, and the time is just over half. No matter how complicated the follow-up work is, the demonstration section line can be completed on time."

"However, the progress of the Huaxia people is not slow."

"The large equipment they are using is even more advanced than ours in a way. We expect that they will complete the 30km project before us."

"Are you going to lose to them again?"

Houston frowned and asked in a stern tone.

"This can't be regarded as a loss. We didn't take the project time into the scope of competition, and investors didn't care about it."

"As long as we can finish the project on time, then our goal will be achieved."

Hearing this, Houston finally nodded.

But he still couldn't help asking one more question, just wanting to get a definite answer:

"You mean, whether we are slower than them or not, it will not affect the original purpose of this project, that is, the activeness of the capital market, right?"

"right."

The assistant said firmly.

"That's good."

Houston breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, as long as the financial market can take this opportunity to stabilize, all the losses will no longer matter.

However, what he didn't know was that at this moment, the entire Los Angeles project was on the verge of collapse

Los Angeles-San Francisco high-speed rail demonstration section.

Evans stood bored in front of the soon-to-be-finished tunnel, almost completely unaware of what he was supposed to be doing.

This cannot be blamed on him. Since he joined this project, he has actually existed in a state that is roughly equivalent to a "mascot". modeling.

After more than a month, he could no longer keep up with the progress.

But now, after the initial heat was taken away by Huaxia's amazing construction machinery, he regained his "freedom".

But such freedom comes at a price.

And the price is that no one on the construction site is willing to take him to play.

He once tried to ask the project leader for some work, but the other party called him a big star as soon as they met, with undisguised sarcasm in his tone.

So Evans also lost his temper.

Since you don't want to take me with you, then I can do nothing.

Anyway, the salary is still paid, and after these three months, even if I go to interviews and work as a model in the future, it will be enough to live on my own.

Besides, if the director hadn't asked to "finish the trick", I would have already left this dirty and messy construction site

Thinking of this, Evans couldn't help feeling a little angry.

In the final analysis, those Huaxia people are still to blame.

If it wasn't for the competition programs they produced, he could obviously make a lot of money without any effort.

Are those machines that good-looking? ——

Well, it's pretty nice.

This, even he himself had to admit.

Thinking of this, Evans shook his head and casually walked along the laid railroad tracks.

Right in front of him is the No. 01 tunnel, which has already started construction and is about to pass through. The total length of this tunnel is less than 100 meters. In theory, the shield machine can only be completed in about 10 days.

But in fact, the tunnel has been renovated for 15 days from the start of construction to now, far exceeding the expected completion time.

what is the reason behind the scene?

Evans was a little curious.

He crossed the roadblock placed at the entrance of the tunnel and wanted to walk in, but the staff on the side recognized him and stopped him quickly.

"Evans, this is not the place you should go, it's under construction, it's dangerous!"

"very dangerous?"

Evans looked at the staff member puzzled, and continued to ask:

"This is a shield machine, a tunnel less than 100 meters long, what danger can it have?"

"Tenuo, you won't be like that project manager, trying to make things difficult for me?"

Teno glanced left and right, then pulled Evans aside, lowered his voice and said:

"Evans, we're friends."

"I'm not like those hypocritical mice, no matter what you do, I will regard you as a friend."

"I'm not kidding you, this tunnel is really dangerous."

"We've dealt with two prefabricated slab ruptures just yesterday."

"Also, there were problems with the installation of the tunnel walls, insufficient airtightness of the vaults, problems with the installation of the waterproof membrane, and even the substandard concrete poured on the ground."

"Yesterday, a heavy truck directly collapsed the ground in the tunnel. I really don't know how they did the construction at that time."

"Anyway, it's all a mess."

"I have a hunch that even if this tunnel is finally open to traffic, various problems will continue to arise."

Hearing Teno's words, Evans' eyes widened in shock.

"Teno, are you serious?"

"I always thought our project was going well!"

"In just over a month, we have already completed two-thirds of the work"

"You didn't do the construction yourself, so it's impossible to know how the two-thirds came about."

Teno let out a long sigh, and then continued:

"Everyone is accelerating, not just us, the entire project team has gone crazy."

"For the so-called efficiency, in order not to be left behind by those Chinese people, most of the supervision procedures have lost their meaning."

"Even, those engineers will give us ideas and teach us how to do it faster."

"How can this be?"

Evans paled in shock.

"But it is what it is."

"Why do you think they interviewed you and put you on TV?"

"Everyone knows that this project is just for show, so let's leave quickly."

"I don't know if the tunnel will collapse, but in short, I hope God will bless you."

Evans hesitated for a moment, but finally obediently walked away from the tunnel.

He wasn't really afraid of the collapse of the tunnel. After all, the characteristics of the shield machine determined that even if the tunnel did collapse, it would not cause too serious consequences.

He just didn't want to have anything to do with it anymore.

At this moment, Evans had a premonition in his heart:

This project will definitely not go well.

It is even possible that in the event of an accident, all project participants may be implicated.

As for myself, as the "image spokesperson" of this project, the impact will obviously be even greater.

no.

I can't stay here for a day.

You must discuss it with the live broadcast director immediately, and then find the project manager to resign.

As long as he left, no matter how big the problem was, he couldn't be blamed on himself.

What's more, if something really happens later, I can use this to establish an image of "unwilling to join forces with others"

Then you can make another fortune.

Thinking of this, Evans quickened his pace.

The temporary tent of the director's department is just ahead, and the distance of a few hundred meters can be walked in five minutes.

——

But at this moment, there was a loud noise behind Evans.

He turned his head subconsciously, and a puff of smoke and dust surged out from the tunnel.

Then Tenola, standing at the entrance of the cave, sounded the alarm.

In an instant, the entrance of the cave was filled with red light, and the users ran out of the tunnel one after another.

They ran and yelled:

"Cave wall collapsed! Cave wall collapsed! Evacuate first! Evacuate first!"

Evans watched the scene with ashen face.

A thought suddenly popped up in his heart:

It's over.

This high-speed rail project is over, and I am also over.

"A major accident occurred in the Los Angeles-San Francisco high-speed rail project. The tunnel collapsed and the shield machine was seriously damaged. The progress of the project may be delayed."

In Xigong University, Chen Nian silently shook his head while watching the internal news in front of him.

Sitting opposite him was a rare visitor whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Zhang Shuguang.

After coughing, he said:

"I thought these old beauties could have something to offer. They claimed to gather the strength of the whole country, and they did this?"

"The tunneling of the shield machine can collapse the hole, which is really unprecedented."

Hearing his words, Zhang Shuguang laughed and replied:

"Xiao Nian, if you think this way, you probably don't know enough about the working method of the shield machine."

"Actually, the so-called shield machine is not so much a machine as it is an assembly line."

"In the front, the drill bit is constantly digging forward, and in the back, the construction work surface is continuously reinforced, poured, and constructed."

"While the drill bit plays an important role, in order to actually build the tunnel, most of it still depends on manual control."

"Among them, including the pouring of the ground, the installation of the tunnel wall, the so-called 'shield', and the construction of the second concrete reinforcement layer are all parts that are prone to problems."

"Don't laugh at them, we have our own problems."

"It's just that because we have no experience, we are particularly strict in inspection and supervision. Basically, small problems are solved as soon as they are discovered, and major accidents like theirs have not been caused."

Hearing Zhang Shuguang's explanation, Chen Nian nodded suddenly.

Of course, he would not think that the shield machine is a large-scale ground drilling machine, but what he knows is only limited to the "machine" part, and he is really not familiar with how to cooperate with man and machine and how to carry out the construction process.

However, even if he is not familiar with it, he can imagine how poor the management of the US side in this project is.

Thinking of this, he said:

"This accident, it is estimated that their entire Los Angeles high-speed rail project will be scrapped directly."

"As soon as the news comes out, retail investors are the first to run away, and then those investors will also consider withdrawing their funds."

"It is said that they planned to use this project to stimulate the financial market again, but now it seems that it is all in vain."

"They might as well keep it a secret, maybe it can be saved a little bit"

Chen Nian's tone was gloating, and Zhang Shuguang couldn't help but smile a little when he heard it.

"You... sometimes act like a child."

"However, it is impossible for them to hide this accident."

"After all, two unlucky people died. It's really funny. Even the suspension bridge can collapse. Not only the quality of their engineering is poor, but the quality of their equipment is also not very good."

"The last time we encountered a cave roof collapse accident, our suspension bridge was still holding up."

"It's better to keep things at home, I have a bottom line in my heart."

Zhang Shuguang looked at Chen Nian approvingly, and the latter smiled modestly and didn't answer.

After a short pause, he turned his head and said to Chen Guo who had been listening:

"The Los Angeles-San Francisco project is their last-ditch effort to save the financial markets."

"This project has consumed all the confidence of the investors. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we should also make a move."

"Attract their capital first, no matter whether it is hot money or not, we will talk about it later."

"Strategies on all continents are spreading, and we have more places to spend money. No matter how hot it is, we have a way to swallow it."

"Professor Chen, you will arrange this matter?"

Chen Guo nodded and replied:

"I'll discuss it with Feiyun."

"That's all right."

"News about the Jingshi section, prepare to release it."

"Don't worry, it's already ready."

Zhang Shuguang replied with a smile.

A day later, two major news stories appeared in the international media at the same time.

One is "Major Accident at Los Angeles High Speed ​​Rail Project, Tunnel Collapses, Two Dead".

And the other one is "The Beijing-Shibai high-speed railway has entered the final sprint stage, the main project has been completed, and the finishing touches are about to begin."

Two events that started from the same starting line, at this moment, the winner was decided ahead of schedule.