Chapter 552: Buying the Desert

Israel's desert covers 67% of the country's land area, and there is a serious shortage of water, so how to transform the desert and how to study how to obtain drinking water from the sea has become the top priority for Israel's future!

Interestingly, water-scarce countries have created the world's best desalination companies.

Israel is home to more than 250 water technology companies, DE Technologies, founded in 1965, is the world's largest provider of desalination technology, and for decades, IDE Technologies has built more than 400 water plants for 40 countries around the world, with a daily production capacity of 3.5 million cubic meters.

Earlier, Li Zetian had already sent someone to contact this company, and by the time Li Zetian came to Israel, the acquisition had already been completed. At the same time, a number of other desalination companies were acquired. Of course, Li Zetian also acquires desalination in other countries, including companies related to desert management technology.

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Many people say that the two smartest people in the world, one is Chinese and the other is Jewish.

There are about 14 million Jews in the world, of which more than 5 million are in Israel and more than 6 million are in the United States. Jews have a great influence on American politics, economy, culture, and public opinion.

Half of the 200 most influential celebrities in the United States are Jews; half of the more than 100 Nobel laureates in the United States are Jews; one-third of the professors at prestigious universities in the United States are Jews; one quarter of the lawyers in the United States are Jews; 60 percent of the first-class writers of literature, drama and music in the United States are Jews; half of the world's richest entrepreneurs are Jewish; and 18 of the top 40 richest people in the United States are Jews......

The United States has always supported Israel's development, giving Israel $4 billion in free aid every year, and even participating directly or indirectly in the Middle East war!

In addition to being related to the desalination company, another purpose of Li Zetian's visit to Israel was to win over Jews and consolidate his position as president of the United States.

Li Zetian actually wants to rely on the strength of Chinese Americans, but their current strength is not strong enough. However, as more and more Chinese immigrants to the United States, the Chinese will eventually become one of the backbone of the United States!

The Israeli government attaches great importance to Li Zetian's arrival, and Israel is a very small country that is very dependent on big powers. Li Zetian's appointment to talk about the acquisition of IDE Technologies was smooth sailing, and Li Zetian's status as president of the United States played a great role.

At this time, the situation in the Middle East suddenly became more tense due to Li Zetian's arrival.

Israel's neighboring countries are all frightened and afraid that Li Zetian will support Israel in using force against them. However, Li Zetian did not want to see the existence of a powerful Israel, so their worries were unnecessary.

A few days later, after the exchange with the Israeli government, Li Zetian went to IDE Technologies to learn about desalination.

There are two main technologies in the field of seawater desalination, one is membrane technology, and the other is thermal technology.

The CEO of IDE Technologies is called Green Birrell, Jewish, 48 years old, about 180cm, slightly chubby, high nose, big eyes, graduated from Cambridge University.

Li Zetian asked: "If you transport seawater to the desert for irrigation, and at the same time build a desalination plant there, Greenbilal, do you think this is feasible?"

Greenbiler frowned, thought for a moment and said: "This can indeed be a good transformation of the desert environment, but the economic benefits are ......."

The words were not finished, but Li Zetian understood that he just didn't make money, and he might even lose money.

Greenbiler continued: "The desert is mostly higher than the ocean, and to transport seawater to the desert requires not only a large number of pipelines, but also powerful pumps. In addition, the cost of repairing pipes and pumps will also be a significant amount, making it difficult to guarantee the company's profitability. ”

But Li Zetian felt that as long as the desert environment was well managed, it would definitely create amazing benefits!

"In terms of revenue, I will find a way, IDE Technologies only needs to come up with a feasible plan, and I will immediately get the land use rights of the desert land, and when the time comes, you will start to act. Li Zetian's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he said in a deep voice.

"Okay. Although Green Birrell was puzzled, he still followed Li Zetian's decision, but he was very curious in his heart, what miracle would he create in front of the legendary richest man in the world, the current president of the United States?

A week later, Li Zetian returned to the United States, but he ordered people to collect the locations of the world's deserts.

If there is no oil in the desert, it is synonymous with barrenness and disaster, it has no effect in the slightest, and it is very harmful. If someone were willing to buy land and promise to clean up the desert, it is conceivable that these countries would be ecstatic.

Things soon progressed, and Li Zetian got his wish and bought a desert with an area of nearly 700,000 square kilometers, an area twice the size of Japan, and most of it was in Africa. African countries are poor and have no ability to govern deserts, so under Li Zetian's money, they naturally agreed.

After the desert is transformed, it will be beneficial to these countries, so of course they are willing to sell the desert to Li Zetian. However, they also made a lot of requests. First, if there are mineral deposits under the desert land, it belongs to the country, and secondly, Li Zetian has obtained a land use right for 70 years, after which he needs to renew the land use right.

Fortunately, these conditions are not too harsh, and there is no need to pay taxes. And although land ownership in the United States is a permanent right, but there is a tax, such a large area of land, land tax is absolutely astronomical!

In early December, media reported that Li Zetian had bought 700,000 square kilometers of desert for $500 million, which caused a global sensation.

"Chronosli really has a lot of money and nowhere to spend it, and he spent 500 million dollars to buy a useless desert!"

"Hehe, $500 million is a yarn for Chronosli, the point is why he wants to buy desert !!"

"Could it be that he wants to transform the desert and turn waste into treasure?"

"Chronosli is very ambitious, but it's too hard to turn a desert into a fertile land. ”

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Countries around the world have expressed concern about this matter, and the degree of desertification in many countries has become a common problem. If Li Zetian succeeds in managing the desert, he may be able to learn from it.

Li Zetian is looking forward to the desert after the governance of the desert, the establishment of desert eco-tourism, pastures, grain production areas, pharmaceutical production areas, solar energy bases, wine grape industry, carbon-based compound mixed fertilizer industry, etc., under their own leadership, you can also contract out the desert, let everyone jointly govern, through marketization and industrialization operation, play the main role of enterprises, to achieve desert greening, enterprise efficiency, farmers and herdsmen income, and promote the benign interactive development of ecology, economy and people's livelihood in the desert area!