Chapter 253: Field Trips
Jiang Lang sighed lightly when he heard this, he can understand Moscow, is it necessary to build a railway in this ghost place? Coal is available in relatively warm Siberia, and people don't need to use your coal, the only eye-catching gold mine, and because the environment is too poor to mine, why build a railway.
"Is there a port on the south shore of Anadyr Bay?" Jiang Lang's original idea was to build the mine on the Anadyr side, after all, it was relatively warmer there, and there was no need to go around the Bering Strait to run into the Arctic Circle, and the future transportation could be more convenient.
"Yes, Anadyr is our government station, and there is an airport over there, and there is also a port, which I haven't been to either. But I think Mr. Jiang, your ideal ship may not be the same thing as what I said, we use small boats on our side, big ships can't dock the coast, there is no port on the entire north shore, all our needs are transported by plane, there is a cargo plane every week, which can provide us with some supplies, so do you know why the prices on our side are so high?" Batar Terelenko shook his head a little bitterly, obviously hating this damn place.
"Understand, the cost is too high, and how to transport it out in the future is still a problem. "Jiang Lang is also very helpless, even if it can be mined, but transportation is a huge problem.
"Then can we go to Anadyr? I'm going to see if we can suggest a mine directly over there, and see if the port over there can meet the needs of transporting bulk commodities, otherwise I can't invest in this gold mine if the transportation problem can't be solved." ”
"If you want to get there, you have to use your plane, and it takes two weeks to get there from land, and you have to cross dozens of mountains, and you may not even be able to get there for two weeks, because there is no way. Batar Terelenko said with some frustration, if Jiang Lang does not invest in gold mines, then what about the gold mines in this place?
According to the news from the Russian Ministry of Commerce, Qidong Energy is the most likely to mine gold here, because their equipment is extremely advanced, there is no need to mine at all, and they also have their own generator sets, which can also provide power supply while mining, which makes Chukotsia Autonomous Region, which is extremely short of electricity, quite important.
"No problem, then I'll look at the gold mines first, then go to Anadyr, and finally to Vladivostok. Jiang Lang hurriedly said, as long as there is a way to go over and have a look, the rest of himself can negotiate with the people of the Far Eastern Federal District.
After sleeping in the only hotel, Jiang Lang got up and explained to Peng Li and the four of them, asking them to get ready, in a few days, he will go to Anadel in the southern region first, let Peng Li get ready, and take off directly if there is no accident when he comes back, this damn place is too cold, Jiang Lang himself doesn't care, but the women of them are obviously really a little unbearable, and after a meal, Wang Na is frozen and snot.
"I know Mr. Jiang. Peng Li assured that she was the captain of Jianglang's private jet, and she was still quite dedicated.
Jiang Lang left them millions of dollars in cash, and they preferred green dollars to the Russian ruble, and the renminbi was not easy to use here, and the locals did not recognize it.
And the prices here are so high that you suspect that you are in space? In fact, it is quite speechless, a piece of ordinary domestic chocolate for one or two dollars can be sold for 10 dollars in the store here, and I'm sorry I refuse to bargain, because everything is airlifted in, and there is no ship at all, what can you let the people here do? They are also helpless. So I can't care about it.
It is said to be a city, but it is not much bigger than a rural village in China, and there are only more than 5,000 people in the whole town, but all those who have connections and money have gone to Moscow, even Vladivostok, and no one wants to stay in this place.
Contacted Batar Terelenko again, the local mayor had already gone out and returned, Jiang Lang met with him, but he didn't agree to anything, because everything had to be seen before making a decision, Jiang Lang did promise the Ministry of Commerce before he came to invest here, but if it didn't meet after the on-site inspection, Jiang Lang couldn't help it.
Batar Terelenko had already prepared the vehicles, fuel and supplies, and the two of them drove for more than 20 hours, using up two of the four barrels of diesel fuel they had prepared, before they reached the gold mine on the road that had not yet melted the ice, which was completely covered with snow and ice, and the snow was not so much that it was not left, but there was ice underneath the snow.
After arriving at the place, Batar Terelenko took Jiang Lang directly down to the mine, there was not even a house here, there was a tent, but that thing was not warm at all, so it was better to simply go to the mine to save trouble.
This mine is not too deep, only seven or eight meters, in fact, this is a permafrost, even in this position is still surrounded by frozen soil, one of their deepest mines is a full 100 meters, only more than 100 meters is the soft soil. According to Batar Terelenko, when exploring here, I don't know how many people froze to death, which is why it is called as difficult as mining in space, and the environment is really bad.
"Mr. Batar Terelenko, I'm going to try it myself, I'm sorry. ”
Jiang Langyu put the suitcase on the ground, opened it, and took out something similar to an electric hammer from it, this is a handheld mine prospector, the system is produced, safe and reliable, and the most important thing is that others can't understand it, and the exploration area is 100 square kilometers.
"Are you free, do you need my help?" Batar Terelenko couldn't help but shake his head a little speechlessly when he saw what Jiang Lang took out, he also thought it was an electric hammer, but can you use this thing to make holes in the permafrost?
Jiang Lang picked up the hand-held prospector, the position of the drill bit was aimed at the ground under his feet, and he pressed the beginning, after a light bang, the nearly half-meter-long drill bit of the entire prospector directly sank into the ground, Jiang Lang clicked on the small screen at the top after letting go, and saw that it began not to detect all the nearby mineral deposits.
Sure enough, the sporadic gold dots on it gradually increased, and at the same time, a large number of gray and black dots gradually appeared, and Batar Terelenko, who was looking directly, was completely inexplicable, and he didn't know what Jiang Lang was doing.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Jiang Lang turned off the prospector, got up with some satisfaction, put away the main engine, put it back in the luggage charm, and said with a smile: "It's done, we can go back." ”
"Uh, that's it, don't you need to go to that deep mine and take a look?" Batar Terelenko was a little confused, not knowing what Jiang Lang was doing.
"No, no, not at all. The gold reserves here are still quite good, and I will negotiate with Moscow on a concrete basis, and I will decide to invest in Chukotki as soon as the local authorities allow me to build a port and a mining area in the south. ”
"Is this mining?" said Batar Terelenko, pointing to the luggage that Jiang Lang had put away, he had never seen this kind of prospecting equipment, and he didn't even understand it at all.
"It's just a preliminary detection, and the specific ones will only be done after the future equipment is launched, just to make sure if there is anything here. Jiang Lang smiled and picked up the suitcase, grabbed the rope and stepped on the cave wall a few times to get to it, and Batar Terelenko, who was looking directly, was amazed, he didn't expect this young rich man to have such good skills.
When the two went back, they met two polar bears on the way, Batar Terelenko and Jiang Lang did not bother them, it seemed that these were two wild polar bears in the mating period, the male bear roared at the passing car, obviously blaming this big guy who suddenly came out to disturb his good deeds.
It took 37 hours to return to the town, and after Jiang Lang thanked Batar Terelenko, he wanted to give him a reward of 100,000 US dollars, but Batar Terelenko refused: "Mr. Jiang, I have a daughter, can you please take her to Vladivostok? You have also seen the environment here, I am such a child, it is too bitter here, I want her to have a better future." ”
Jiang Lang was a little unexpected, but he was still moved by his father's idea of thinking about his children for the sake of his children, and invited: "Mr. Batar Terelenko, aren't you going? ”
"Of course, if Mr. Jiang thinks it is necessary, I can go with me, but I am afraid that my superiors will not let people like me participate in it at all. ”
"Why not, Batar Terelenko, you can go and settle your daughter yourself, and I hope that in the future you will be the deputy director of our Chukotsia mine. This will get you out of your current predicament. Jiang Lang only said a word, and Batar Terelenko was completely moved, it was too bitter here, and he also wanted to make money, so he could support his wife and children, but the conditions here are like this, it is simply wishful thinking to do business in the Arctic Circle, and Komsomolsk is only such a small person.
"Mr. Jiang, are you serious? Are you sure you want to build a new mine in Anadyr?"
"Yes, as long as the Anadyr government agrees, I have decided to establish a mining area there and directly exploit this gold mine, as well as other mineral resources in the area, but first the conditions will be about the same. I can give you a salary of $10,000 or more per month, and I believe that your family can live a better life there. In the future, there is no need to think about any gold mines here, and it will not be long before the gold mines here will be completely mined. ”
"Okay, please give me two hours, I'm going to go back and ask my family for their opinion, but it shouldn't be a big problem. Trouble Mr. Jiang. “
Jiang Lang agreed: "Okay, I'll wait for your family's arrival." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang," Batar Terelenko was overjoyed, and after thanking Jiang Lang after seeing him get out of the car, he drove directly home to pick up his family, Jiang Lang's Chuke ran out of the hotel this time to go home to pick up people.