The antique 'chaotic' gold and jewelry of the prosperous era are not as long as the gold is preserved, and some 'jade' products cannot be corroded by thousands of years, and the shelf life of gold can be as high as hundreds of thousands of years. The old rascal has a lot of gold, and since he has a jewelry company and an expert like Ma Chongren, he wants to make a set of gold 12 zodiac signs.

One weighs up to 1 ton!

Ma Chongren said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I think your golden zodiac can definitely be passed down through the ages! ”

1 ton of gold is now worth nearly 600 million yuan, and 12 tons is 7.2 billion yuan!

Ma Chongren will help make these 12 zodiac signs in Xiangjiang, and then transport them directly to the basement of the old rascal's manor in Xiangjiang.

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In 2013, Huaxia Li received nearly 1.9 trillion yuan in revenue from the dividends of major companies, more than 200 billion yuan more than last year, mainly due to the contribution of Lanyin Automobile and high-energy metal batteries.

So, big bosses make big money, and employees can make small money. Huitong Bank, which was just established in 2013, and Huanyu Airlines, which was established in 2012, did not have many employees, adding up to less than 600 people, and Huaxia Li was generous and paid an additional 12-month bonus to these 600 people out of his own pocket.

In early January 2014, after attending the 2013 and summary meetings of several major companies, the old rascal came to Huhai and brought gifts to several lovers of Huhai.

Of course, the gifts were then "tao" from Lao Ma, and several gifts added up to nearly 2 billion yuan, and the old rascal shouted to Lao Ma: "The rich list in China is fake, and my piles of RMB are all waste paper compared to your jewelry..."

mm received the jade bead chain, Liu Qing received a string of emeralds that Westerners highly respected, Jiang Yiting received a sapphire necklace, and Zhixue received diamonds.

As for Xiao Liu Xin, the old rascal didn't forget her, and gave her a platinum longevity lock, Liu's mother smiled: "This is like a daughter!"

Even Mother Liu, the old rascal gave her a pair of green jade bracelets in the Nannan jewelry store by the way, and the appearance of millions made her very happy.

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mm this girl, after receiving the jade necklace and certificate, she was pleasantly surprised, she thought that her brother had forgotten the promise he had made to her. Nowadays, the old rascal makes promises, even if they are small ones, the other party will remember them very well.

Therefore, the old rascal rarely promises now, and it is better to give a surprise than to give a promise!

As for the three wives, they will not be interested at all in sending money, villas, planes or something; Zhang Baoxiu, she has no shortage of jewelry, nor is she short of brand-name clothing, she opened this kind of shop, she once said to the old rascal: Come and see me and Xiu'er more, there will be nothing missing.

Thunderstorm, this girl is not too interested in jewelry or anything, and the old rascal rarely sees her wearing any complicated jewelry, only a very simple white gold necklace, sometimes she doesn't wear it at all, which may have something to do with her 'sex' personality and the profession she once engaged. So what does she like, after so many years, the old rascal, of course, has known for a long time: like high-tech things and weapons!

For example, this girl has been taught by the old rascal to make voluntary muscles.

Although there is no shortage of gifts for wives and lovers, they still have to be given!

For example, the old hooligan gave Yang Fei'er a down jacket and went to the mall to buy it for her alone, which moved Yang Fei'er a lot, although this down jacket was only worth more than 3,000 yuan, but this was the first time that the old rascal officially gave her clothes for many years.

For example, giving Wang Zixuan a bottle of perfume made her feel at a loss, she said: Why is my sister's clothes and mine's perfume? Don't you know that perfume will always run out?

The old rascal laughed and said, "Then don't use it." Then next time I'll send you two bottles of French wine, and you can keep them for our 10th wedding anniversary.

Wang Zixuan said: Well, this is good, it's 'quite' and 'promising', hurry up and buy me red wine tomorrow!

Today's three wives lack nothing, what they lack is 'Lang' Man!

Although the old hooligans occasionally give 'waves', but after all, they are not as frequent as in previous years, and the 'waves' are less, of course I miss them!

As for Zhao Ruolan, she got a pair of golden dolls, male and female golden dolls, and she happily accepted it, because she also gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses!

As for Thunderstorm, she likes weapons, and the old rascal gave her an ivory dagger, and said with a smile: "It's almost the New Year, and the blade is ominous, but the ivory dagger is still good." ”

Zhang Baoxiu, who is not short of clothes and jewelry, received an unexpected gift, and the old rascal gave her a 5% stake in Universal Airlines!

For Universal Airlines, which now has a market value of 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, 5% is 4 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This money is not too much for Zhang Baoxiu, but it is of great significance, opening an airline has always been her dream, and now although she can't be the boss of an airline, she has become a shareholder, which is not bad!

Even Wang Tong, the old rascal, prepared an amber bracelet for her, because her original one was discarded when she was in Australia.

The wives and lovers have gifts, and the children can't live without them, especially the children who are already a little sensible.

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The old rascal gave gifts to his wife and lovers, and they would give them back, what to give back, the old rascal never wore any rings and watches, so everyone gave him a limited edition lighter, an ashtray made of natural crystal, leather shoes, a suit, a belt, and an antique pocket watch.

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Cai Niu called him again and told him that last year was okay and that he had managed to break even...

Of course, the old rascal said okay, there is a chance to "go back" to see you, who knew that this girl was going to come to Xijing to accompany him for the 'Spring' Festival, the old rascal hurriedly said: Don't, I have an arrangement...

This girl is also a smart person, and she knows that the "seniors" are estimated to have "female" people, because usually, the seniors basically don't call her.

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At the beginning of 2014, Huaxia's high-speed rail increased the operating speed of some long-distance tracks to 420 kilometers per hour, an increase of 50 kilometers from the original 380 kilometers, don't underestimate these 50 kilometers, because after the speed of high-speed rail exceeds 350 kilometers, energy consumption, and the wear rate of tracks and wheels will be greatly increased.

High-speed rail has only greatly increased its speed, of course, mainly to compete with large civil helicopters in the future!

Although the maximum operating speed of high-speed rail can reach 420 kilometers, if there are too many stations along the way, the average speed is far from reaching this number. As for the helicopter, because it will not "stop" on the way, a large helicopter with a speed of 450 kilometers per hour and a payload of more than 300 tons is also very competitive for high-speed rail.

The helicopter of Lanyin aircraft is advanced, not only the introduction of electric power, but also the introduction of some advanced design concepts, the reason why Lanyin's LZ25 and LZ600 helicopters can reach a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, for a while the appearance is more in line with aerodynamics, the second is that there is a propeller thruster at the tail of the aircraft, which makes Lanyin's helicopter much higher than the previous traditional helicopter speed of three or four hundred kilometers per hour.

But can the speed continue to go up? Of course it can!

But there are also upper limits, for example, the ultra-large LZ600 helicopter is difficult to increase the speed of the helicopter too much, and the small LZ25 can be increased to a maximum of 800 kilometers per hour.

However, for some "traffic" tools, too fast, is not a very good thing, small helicopter speed is too fast, the probability of accidents will be greatly increased, because small helicopters in the smooth "nature" is far from the level of high-speed rail and jet aircraft.

Speaking of high-speed rail, although the speed exceeds 350 kilometers per hour, the energy consumption and wear and tear on the track are also huge, but in China, the power of interest groups cannot be underestimated. The interest groups behind high-speed rail may be more powerful than those behind civil airlines!

When people question the speed of high-speed rail, the wear rate will be greatly increased, so that the wheels and tracks will be replaced more frequently, so will the cost be passed on to passengers?

The Ministry of High-speed Rail's 'door' came out and said: For the time being, this is the case, but we will soon use more wear-resistant tracks and wheels, and we have cooperated with Lanyin Steel to develop a steel alloy with excellent 'performance', which can make the final theoretical operation speed of high-speed rail exceed 800 kilometers is not a problem.

The people said: Damn, if you want to replace it with new tracks and wheels, it is estimated that you will have to invest trillions of dollars, right?

This is a time of competition!

The Ministry of Civil Aviation 'door' jet aircraft due to the lack of price advantage, the market is retreating step by step, from 800 kilometers, to 1200 kilometers of the market, step by step, today, only more than 1200 kilometers of the market, jets have a competitive advantage.

However, large civil helicopters have brought hope to civil aviation companies, some people estimate that if the payload reaches 300 tons, it can carry 1,500 passengers, while a high-speed rail generally carries 1,000 passengers, and the ratio of passenger capacity is 1.5:1;

The price of an Airbus 380 with a passenger capacity of 90 tons is 300 million US dollars, the price of a large helicopter with a payload of 300 tons will not exceed 150 million US dollars, and the cost of a high-speed rail locomotive with a passenger capacity of 1,000 people is 500 million yuan, so that the cost ratio of large helicopters to high-speed rail locomotives is 1.8:1;

Speaking of the cost of use, both use electric power, super helicopters rely on high-energy metal batteries, high-speed rail relies on the power grid, and the price per kilowatt-hour is about the same. The engine power of a high-speed train operating at 300 kilometers and transporting 1,000 people is 15,000 kilowatts, but at a speed of 420 kilometers per hour, it needs an output of 30,000 kilowatts. The 300-ton super helicopter has an output of 220,000 kilowatts, surpassing the 160,000 kilowatts of the 'Bo' 747.

In this way, the average energy consumption of a passenger in a super helicopter is 150 kilowatts, and the average energy consumption of a passenger in a high-speed train traveling at more than 400 kilometers per hour is 30 kilowatts. The energy consumption ratio of the two is 5:1.

It stands to reason that a super helicopter is more expensive than a high-speed rail, and the energy consumption of a single person is greater, so the ticket price should be more expensive, in fact, it is not!

You must know that the main cost of high-speed rail is not in the locomotive, but in the investment in telecommunications and electricity along the track, bridge, and all the way. In addition, after the frequency of high-speed rail is determined, even if a car is empty, it must be driven, and airlines currently control flights according to passenger flow, that is, super helicopters can do at least half of the people on each shift.

The cost of locomotives is less than one-tenth of the cost of the entire high-speed rail network.

In addition, the investment in the high-speed rail network is huge, and the annual bank interest is astronomical, plus depreciation and maintenance costs are not a small number.

Therefore, on the whole, the passenger cost of super helicopters is lower than that of high-speed rail.

Of course, the construction of high-speed rail can stimulate the development of other industries, some people say that an investment of 1 yuan in high-speed rail can drive the relevant output value of 9 yuan, and super helicopters may not have this ability.

Therefore, some people also say: In China, due to the dominance of government and capital, some super projects are cost-free, so the future of high-speed rail in China should be better than that of super helicopters, but in Europe and the United States, where capital is dominant, especially in the United States, the future of super helicopters is definitely better than that of high-speed rail, in fact, Americans cannot make up their minds to build tens of thousands of kilometers of high-speed rail network.

Indeed, this is a good statement, the development of high-speed rail is not just about the profitability of the high-speed rail itself, so if one day, the government will erase the loan of the Ministry of Railways to build high-speed rail, then the comprehensive cost advantage of high-speed rail is definitely better than that of super helicopters!

So in early January, Lao Zhang talked to the old hooligan about high-speed rail, and Lao Zhang said: "The government plans to release the cargo market for super helicopters, do you know what the most fundamental reason is?"

The old rascal said with a smile: "Needless to say, there are some military reasons, in wartime, these civilian super helicopters can be requisitioned; in addition, in the long run, air 'traffic' is a trend, don't look at the current electric helicopter speed is not fast enough, but also affected by bad weather." Recently, everyone has been talking about the competitiveness of high-speed rail and super helicopters, hehe, in fact, it is the topic of competition between road and air traffic. ”

Lao Zhang said: "Yes, air 'traffic' is an inevitable trend, air 'traffic' is also more flexible, high-speed rail network, really in wartime, a missile can paralyze a road section, want to repair, how to repair? Now high-speed railways are viaducts, to be repaired, you have to 'mix' for a few months!"

The old rascal said: "A few months? Have you forgotten the new type of building that Greenyn Real Estate is working on? How can it take a few months? If the railroad is built according to this model, it will take a week at most to replace the piers that were blown up." I'm afraid that the piers and bridges are not easy to transport, hehe, isn't there also a super helicopter? A helicopter of several hundred tons can't transport piers and bridges of one or two hundred tons?"

Lao Zhang smiled and said: "Yes, I forgot, the world is changing so fast! The new modular building concept is indeed good, but it also requires a lot of bridge piers and bridges to be stocked up in normal times, right? What if the factory that stores these is blown up? It is estimated that it will take a lot of time to rebuild a bridge pier, right?"

The old rascal said depressedly: "You just said that the airport was blown up." The war has really reached that point, either you have to send out a nuclear bomb or start fighting guerrillas. Isn't the Yankees planning to engage in a super-airship program? This airship will not be too fast, reaching the top of 350 kilometers, but it will carry a large number of passengers, and it can transport several thousand people at a time, and because it can use part of the buoyancy of the air, the energy consumption is not too great, and it is much less than that of a super-helicopter. This kind of 'traffic' mode is still very good as a tourist sightseeing. ”

Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "This doesn't make much sense in the military, hehe, and the investment in one is too huge, transporting thousands of people, hehe, this is bigger than an aircraft carrier, 2 kilometers long, 500 meters high and wide, such a behemoth, the cost is several times higher than that of an aircraft carrier." Hehe, this is in the air, it really covers the sky and the sun, and the goal is too big. ”

The old rascal laughed: "Isn't it possible to 'get' it into a space carrier?"

Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "No, there is no comparison between the safety and 'nature' of aircraft carriers in the sea, you must know that there are many anti-aircraft missiles in the hands of terrorists, and anti-ship missiles do not even have this technology in many countries at present." You say that the terrorists in Afghanistan can use a few hundred rounds of anti-aircraft missiles that add up to only $5 million to shoot down a supership worth $10 billion or two. Hehe, sightseeing tours are good, if there is such a super airship, I would like to sit and take a trip around the world or something. ”

The old rascal groaned and said, "Well, the reason why I'm optimistic about the air 'traffic'. One is flexible 'sex' large, the other is the comprehensive investment is small, Huaxia likes to engage in large-scale civil engineering projects regardless of the cost, which can indeed stimulate the development of other industries, but it is not a long-term solution, in the long run, it still depends on the benefits of investment, otherwise, high-speed rail, ultra-high voltage power grid, telecommunications investment, highways, and finally the debts of these large projects will be passed on to ordinary people, causing absolute inflation. Fortunately, in the past few years, productivity has increased rapidly, and the emergence of artificial intelligence life and high-energy metal batteries has enabled many industries to save huge expenses, and these saved costs have offset some of the government's investment in civil engineering, so that the current domestic prices have not risen to the point where it is too unacceptable. Hehe, two years ago, China Telecom came out and said that it wanted to reduce the tariff of the ultra-broadband communication network, how to reduce it? I think it must be the government that has decided to erase the huge investment in building this network, right?"

Lao Zhang smiled: "I don't know about this, I didn't participate in this kind of decision-making, but I think, it should be, otherwise, the ultra-broadband communication network built with an investment of trillions will never recover the cost." But if this is canceled, it will inevitably cancel the investment in high-speed rail and the power grid. Therefore, from the current point of view, high-speed rail is still better than super helicopters. ”

The old rascal said: "That's not necessarily, we still have a killer feature, just announce it, and the world will be 'messed up' immediately, hehe, do you always know what technology is?"

Lao Zhang looked at him suspiciously, deliberately 'revealed' his dissatisfaction, and said: "What kind of technology? Don't tell me it's a nuclear-powered super helicopter! This is not good, even if there is technology, no country will allow a nuclear-powered plane to fly around its head." ”

The old rascal stood up and said, "Wrong, what is nuclear power? In the future interstellar voyage, nuclear power is not qualified at all." Hehe, I'm talking about anti-gravity technology, or superconducting technology!"

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The old rascal wanted to leave and go to 'mingle' with the snow weaver outside, but Lao Zhang shouted to him again: "Wait, wait, you say, you are secretly engaging in anti-gravity technology?"

Obviously, Lao Zhang is more interested in anti-gravity technology.

The old rascal scratched his head and said with a smile: "What is it! I said that it was fun, but it was not yet time." Haha, I said, as soon as this technology appears, will the era of air 'transportation', or the era of astronautics, officially come?"

It is true that anti-gravity technology exists, and there are already reserves of this technology in the minds of aunts and grandmothers, but any technology requires resources, mineral resources!

For example, LY smart life phones need rare earths, electric cars need rare earths and copper, and in the same way, in the minds of old hooligans, anti-gravity technology needs a special kind of crystal, which is currently available on Earth, but the content is very scarce, and it is very difficult to refine on Earth. What to do, go to the solar system to find it, in the solar system, but there are many planets and their respective moons, after finding it, build a smelter in space, refine some elements, and make this rare crystal.

So, it makes sense for the old rascal to say that it will wait until 2030, when the ships of the Blue Craft will be free to soar through the solar system in search of planets or moons with such elements.