Chapter 252: The Far East's Mega Gold Mine
"Mr. Jiang can still speak Vietnamese?" Hou Guangping, who was also riding the elevator, was a little surprised, at first he thought Jiang Lang was looking at the picture, but he glanced at it and there was only one picture on it, and the rest were all text, and that picture was a picture of a power plant that was obviously malfunctioning.
"Fortunately, Vietnam is suffering from a power shortage, and one of their power plants broke down and exploded last year. โ
"Yes, Yongping Power Plant, improper operation when replacing coal for adjustment and reactivation, caused the thermal boiler to explode. It was reported in China last year, but Mr. Jiang didn't pay attention?"
"I really didn't pay attention at that time, I was running around with the equipment of the coal group. Jiang Lang smiled, and threw the newspaper into the trash can when he got out of the elevator, you can't manage the power shortage in Vietnam, that's your business, but it's still that sentence, Jiang Lang is still worried about the relationship between the two countries, so the insurance method is to be able to pull state-owned enterprises to invest together, just count on himself, Jiang Lang will definitely come here.
Moreover, Vietnam's Son Loh Hydropower Station has also been officially put into operation at the beginning of the year, which is known as a large hydropower station known as the Three Gorges of Vietnam, with a total power of 8*300,000 kilowatts, which can greatly alleviate the local power tension, although it is still not enough for the whole of Vietnam, but at least it can be partially alleviated.
After the two-day meeting, generally speaking, Vietnam has evolved from the original power emergency to a power shortage, Thailand, Malaysia power is tight, but the problem is not serious, Indonesia is slightly better than Vietnam, but it is also very nervous, but people are developing sustainable development of wind power, solar energy, biological power generation and other projects, and the Philippines is also quite nervous, even better than Vietnam, because its population is too large, and then several other Southeast Asian countries and even the poorest Laos is not much of a problem.
The shortage of coal and oil and gas has not had much impact on everyone, after all, life has to go on, but the cost of living has increased accordingly, wages have not risen, and they cannot die, which is completely acceptable for the people of Southeast Asian countries who live leisurely.
After returning to Quandu and falling in love with Gao Qing and Liu Jia for two days, Jiang Lang and the team going to Russia were ready, and everyone boarded Jiang Lang's private plane with thick warm clothes and luggage, even Jiang Lang had to take the thick down jackets and jackets that Gao Qing and Qiao Xue prepared for themselves.
On March 2, under Qiao Xue's personal send-off, Jiang Lang kissed her goodbye, and then took his own plane to Vladivostok, the headquarters of the Russian Far Eastern Federal District, where the plane landed, and after putting everyone except himself, let them go to negotiate and negotiate first, while Jiang Lang continued to let the plane take off and fly to Komsomolsk, the nearest airport in Chukotsia Autonomous Region, where the Kupol gold mine is located.
Jiang Langren went there alone to take a look, and then decided whether to really invest here, it was completely unnecessary to have other people around him, not to mention that they didn't know, the main reason was that the environment there was too poor, and if there was an accident with too many people, he would really die, and he would fly back after he was sure.
This will be an extremely long journey, basically a round trip of 10,000 kilometers, and at the same time, according to Jiang Lang's idea, he will also go to Anadel City.
This trip is called a death trip by the people inside Qidong Energy, even the people in the Bank of China team do not recommend that Jiang Lang really go to Russia to mine this world-class gold mine that is as difficult as space mining, it is really the environment there that really makes people doubt life, even if the spring season is now in spring, the temperature there is still below minus 40 degrees, located within the Arctic Circle, frozen all year round, completely unsuitable for human beings to work there for a long time, not to mention how difficult it is to mine itself, even if it is mined, how you can transport it out is a headacheใ
But Jiang Lang still chose to go, not that Jiang Lang did not listen to persuasion, but that the conditions given by Moscow were too tempting, and the minerals of the entire Chukotsia Autonomous Region were allowed to be exploited by Qidong Energy, which made Jiang Lang completely irresistible, where there are world-class reserves of coal, crude oil, iron ore, and silver mines, but because the environment is too harsh, even the frost-resistant Russians have not come here to mine for decades.
Just breaking the permafrost is a problem, but what ordinary enterprises can't do, Jiang Lang dares to accept, relying on the advanced earth technology provided in the system infinite mall I don't know how many years of black technology equipment, as well as the rich mineral deposits here, more than 4,500 tons of gold, 1 billion tons of coal, hundreds of millions of tons of iron ore, no less crude oil than Alaska opposite, as well as hundreds of billions of cubic meters of natural gas, and hundreds of thousands of tons, possibly millions of tons of silver, there is a huge value.
That's right, Chukotsia Autonomous Region is in the west of the White Collar Strait, across the strait from Alaska in the United States, is the easternmost territory of Russia, and the Kupol gold mine is still in its north, deep in the Arctic Circle, basically except for a very short summer time, the temperature is below zero for most of the year, and it is one of the most unsuitable areas for human survival, where the snow on the mountains does not melt all year round, even in relatively low, It's also extremely cold on the flatter ground, and the only road is also covered with ice most of the time, just the transportation is a problem, let alone mining here, no wonder this gold mine has been unmined for decades, and it really doesn't take long to work in the open air, you can directly freeze people into icemen, even in the underground mines, it will not be comfortable anywhere.
The two flight attendants Wang Na and Ganlulu Jiang Lang didn't want them to follow, Jiang Lang of food had already prepared a lot of food in his system backpack, even if he couldn't eat it for half a year, and other Jiang Lang couldn't use it, but the two of them were very insistent, that is, if Xu Zijiao didn't want to translate for Sun Guohua and them, he would also want to follow Jiang Lang.
After they agreed to wait for Jiang Lang near the airport with Peng Li, Jiang Lang still agreed to the insistence of the two of them, and Zhou Xiao, Li Meili and others followed Sun Guohua and they went directly out of the airport to communicate and negotiate with the officials of the Russian Ministry of Commerce here, as well as the government personnel of the Far Eastern Federal District.
Jiang Lang arrived at the northeasternmost city in Russia, in fact, in Jiang Lang's opinion, this is a village, after landing at Komsomolsk Airport, Ganlulu opened the cabin door, Jiang Lang stepped out of the plane, and stretched out his hand to Batar Terelenko, who came to pick up the plane after receiving the call, and said: "Mr. Batar Terelenko? Hello, I am Jiang Lang of Qidong Energy." โ
Batar Terelenko directly and happily gave Jiang Lang a big bear hug, patted Jiang Lang's back vigorously and said happily: "Dear friends, welcome to Chukotsy. โ
If Jiang Lang didn't know that he didn't have malicious intentions, he really wanted to kick him out, this is a high-altitude area, but Jiang Lang found that Batar Terelenko is also of the yellow race, with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, and even a little like the Japanese, but completely different from the Japanese.
The air was filled with a cold breath, but fortunately, Jiang Lang came out of the warm cabin, and the system could automatically adjust the body temperature for him, at least he didn't have to worry about freezing and cold, and he was wearing a thickened down jacket prepared by Qiao Xue.
"Yes, I have to come and see for myself if it's worth investing in, you know it's a bad environment, and the main thing is whether the attractive gold mine is real. Jiang Lang said with a smile, and then at the invitation of Batar Terelenko, they boarded his off-road vehicle together, this is not a hospitable place, and people will freeze to death.
Peng Li and the four of them will stay in the hotel at the airport, waiting for Jiang Lang's return, this time it is estimated that it will take about a week, just to reach the location of the gold mine, it is not a short time to complete, after all, this is an ice field, and it is a damn mountain, and 300 kilometers away, Jiang Lang really felt strange, how did he find the gold mine hidden in the mountains, fortunately, this mountain area is not too far from the seaside, the key is that there is no road by the sea, so you can only drive on the ice field, unless you have particularly good technology, and take into account all the links before setting off, so as not to encounter any accidents after you go out, then there is really only freezing to death outside.
At this time, there is no night here only for a short time, the day is more than 20 hours, until the night basically disappears after May, so it is completely unaccustomed to the collapse, of course, if it is after the autumn equinox, then congratulations, enjoy the night for nearly half a year, can make you want to freeze to death in the dark night.
There is no customs here, and it is quite a luxury to build an apron, and no one wants to come to the customs office, so after Jiang Lang's plane landed, no one cared about it at all, just threw it on the airport and left, no one will steal your plane, because few people will drive.
After eating, Jiang Lang was arranged to rest and sleep in the hotel first, and when he woke up, Batar Terelenko would accompany him to the gold mine to inspect the site, he was from Chukotka, that is, a person from the gold mine, but it was too cold there, the key was that life was inconvenient, and even workers could not be recruited on the gold mine, so they were usually all here, in fact, the gold mine was in a state of perennial abandonment.
"Mr. Batar Terelenko, how do you transport your commodities here?" The roads in this small town are not in good condition, but fortunately there is no ice on the roads, or they are cleared in time.
"Cars, or ships, we also want to build railways, but it's too difficult, Moscow won't invest in us. โ