"How about this mine reserve resource?"

"It is mainly a salt lake brine lithium mine, and the reserves have been proved to be more than 800,000 tons. It was discovered about 20 years ago, but it has not been mined much. First, lithium batteries were not developed at that time, and secondly, there were many more important mineral resources in the copper country. ”

Bella understated, but Xiao Feng had to be convinced, God really treated these people too much.

Indeed, more than 20 years ago, lithium batteries were not mainstream batteries, but now that they have become the era of global electrification, can you still sit still?

If such a mine had been discovered in China, those mining companies would have already played out their brains to compete for development rights.

There are more than 800,000 tons of proven reserves of lithium ore, but it is not the most important here, and no one even wants to mine it.

Grandma's, there are still too many copper mines in the copper country, and the money for opening copper mines is too easy to make.

Even if people don't open copper mines, as long as they go to the fields and fish, it is estimated that they can have an easier time than opening mines.

But it's okay, it's not developed, and it will be left to me in the future, and when I cash out all the black technologies in the other world, this lithium mine will definitely be able to be used.

And even if the mortgage is gone, don't worry, anyway, those banks won't use it for development.

After thinking about this, Xiao Feng no longer worries.

"By the way, what are your plans for the redevelopment of this city?"

"We think so, the first thing to do is to expand and improve the waterworks, power supply stations, and other facilities that maintain basic people's livelihood. And then the first thing to develop is this commercial area in the city center, where we plan to build two large shopping malls. The foundation has now been completed and is estimated to be completed in six months. I have to say that the construction speed of Huaguo's construction team is fast. ”

Bella took the binoculars and pointed to Xiao Feng in the downtown area, and Xiao Feng looked over there.

Sure enough, next to the original municipal square, two new shopping malls have been built.

At the same time, he also laughed secretly at Bella in his heart, the speed of the Huaguo construction team is undoubted, but the reason why it is so fast this time is mainly because the requirements of their shopping mall are too simple.

Unlike those shopping malls in China, which are often several storey buildings, foreign shopping malls are generally a large flat floor, covering a large area, but there are few two-story buildings.

This is mainly related to their small number of people, more than a million people are already a big city, so there is no need for so many storey shopping malls.

A large flat floor can already meet all the needs of shopping, shopping, watching movies, entertainment, etc., why build a high-rise building?

In addition, the geological environment is not too stable, and there will be earthquakes and tsunamis from time to time, so it is not safe to build too many high-rise buildings.

This can be seen from the residential community that Lao Liang planned for them, although it also adopts the model of Huaguo's buildings.

But the area of this community is much larger than that in China, and the spacing between buildings is much larger, and the most important thing is the floor height.

Unlike the kind of high-rise buildings in China, where there are often thirty or forty floors, the highest design of residential buildings here is fifteen floors, and most of them are eight to ten floors.

"As soon as the mall is built, the merchants will move in and the market will quickly prosper. After all, in the past, there were no decent shopping malls in the Ithaca area, and everyone used to go to wholesale markets. ”

Xiao Feng agreed with Bella's statement.

When he used to come to Ithaca, he really didn't see any decent shopping malls in town.

Because the urban area was built relatively early, and there was no formal planning, the layout of the city appeared to be disorganized.

The commercial core area of the city is a wholesale market and a vegetable market formed by several residents.

If you look at it from a distance, it will feel more dirty.

And this time they will build a new commercial center, so it will naturally be welcomed by the general public.

After all, the people of Ithaca are not so bad for money.

"Now the building has not been completed, but the leasing of shops has basically been completed. Haha, many stores have broken their heads in order to get a place in the mall. The deposit alone has covered all the construction costs. ”

Bella said happily to Xiao Feng, and Xiao Feng was also surprised when he heard it.

But on second thought, the e-commerce here is not very developed, so it is understandable that physical stores are very popular.

"When the mall opens, the money is circulated, the city government can receive the tax, and the bank loan can be repaid on time. When the city is built and the environment is improved, there will naturally be more foreign investors to invest in the city......"

Xiao Feng agrees with Bella's statement very much, and if the environment is good, it will naturally attract more investors.

Especially those of Chinese capital......

"By the way, what about the docks and airports?"

These two will be the most important aspects of the future development of the Ithaca region, especially the airport.

Once the Ithaca area is built, it will certainly be a popular destination for domestic tourism, an overseas Chinese territory, with both exotic and familiar Chinese environments.

Such a place is not only the first choice for Chinese tourists, but also a popular destination for Chinese immigrants.

So the airport is naturally the top priority of construction, and in the past, there was only one small airport in the Ithaca area.

But that's still for the wealthy people who were founded, and usually only their private jets take off and land there.

And if ordinary people want to fly to travel, they have to fly to the capital city of San Diego.

But no longer necessary, Beira and the others are building an airport with a capacity of two million people a year to the south of the old city.

Although it cannot be compared with the large airports in China that can handle more than 10 million yuan at every turn, it is enough for the Ithaca area.

In addition, there is enough reserve space on the periphery, so that in the event that the airport is not enough in the future, it can be expanded at any time.

The docks are even more different, as the docks in the Ithaca area used to be completely dirty and messy.

It's more of a fisherman's settlement than a wharf.

During the fishing season, the fishermen go out to sea in small boats to catch two nets.

The harvest of a trip to the sea is enough for a family to eat for several months, and there is no way that the fishing grounds here are so rich.

But now it's different, because there is going to be large-scale development, so the terminal has to be expanded.

At this time, the dock area was in full swing, not only digging deep into the nearby seabed, but also building many warehouses and factories next to it.

In the future, it will be an industrial area for seafood processing.

Every year, the fish caught during the fishing season are processed in part of the Kalapague Islands and some are processed here.

Some of the products are exported to China, and some are sold in copper countries.

So here, but the future Ithaca people's rice bowl, Bella also attaches great importance to the construction of the port.

Xiao Feng looked at the port area, and then said to Bella: "Mark an industrial zone for me to the north of the port." ”

The current Ithaca area is the private territory of the Chen family and Xiao Feng, and if he wants to paint an industrial area, it doesn't cost money at all.

Bella didn't take it seriously, and asked casually: "How much area do you want?" By the way, what do you want this industrial zone to do?"

"It's going to build a chemical plant, where to refine oil and supply it to the Ithaca region. ”

"Really? That's great, you know what we've spent the most on building the old city right now? It's all kinds of diesel and gasoline! Now we spend half a million dollars a day on this fuel, and when we enter the peak of the construction period, we expect the cost of oil to triple. ”

When Bella heard that Xiao Feng could get oil, she was overjoyed.

The Ithaca region does not produce oil, let alone the Ithaca region, and even the copper country does not produce oil.

The oil they usually use is mainly imported from the United States.

It is all oil produced by Chevron, and when the oil price is low, it uses oil produced in the United States, and the quality of gasoline produced in Texas and Gulf of Mexico oil fields is still good.

When the oil price is high, the oil from Venezuela is used, which is also refined by Chevron anyway, and the price is not expensive, but the oil is a little worse and not burned much.

Now Xiao Feng says that he can solve the oil problem, which makes Birla overjoyed, and if he can build a petroleum refinery and provide them with cheap diesel, it may help them save a lot of money.

Xiao Feng nodded after hearing this: "The oil is the Venezuelan oil that I entrusted someone to get from the country, and the quality is not very good, so refining may still need some effort." ”

"It's okay, I know a lot of people in the United States, their factory is specialized in the production of petroleum refining equipment, what equipment do you need, you tell me, I will help you purchase it." In addition, I can also help you recruit what kind of chemical personnel you need, in fact, there are a lot of chemical talents in San Diego. ”

The foundation of the copper country is the mining industry and the resource industry.

Therefore, there is really no shortage of chemical talents in all aspects, even if they do not have oil fields in their own country.

However, the best national universities in the copper country also have chemical engineering majors, and it is said that the quality of the students is not bad.

"Well, I'll talk about this later, and I'll have to get some experts to come up with a workable plan. But there will be a couple of ships coming in the near future, and they'll bring in some oil. ”

"That's great, even if we can't refine it, we can sell this oil to Chevron or Copper Oil, and cooperate with them in exchange for some cheap diesel, which can also reduce our costs. ”

Xiao Feng didn't expect to be able to operate like this, and at this time, he couldn't help but glance at Bella, this woman is a talent!

Seeing Xiao Feng's appreciative eyes, Bella couldn't help but straighten her chest.

Xiao Feng is a big water hose with bottomless strength, such a big boss must be caught, if he can succeed, then not only will it be good for her, but their Chen family will also be more and more entrenched in Ithaca in the future.