Chapter 87: See the Dragon

Juchen's mobile phone business has been hit hard by friends, and it may be difficult to guarantee 1 million units next year, but this does not prevent him from continuing to lead the way in other fields, such as the long-term development of the "Water Dragon" fresh water delivery plan, which ushered in its debut.

To the astonishment of the world, this product does not need to draw water from a certain freshwater river, but directly desalination its own seawater! Is there a way to reduce the cost of desalination on a large scale?

The most impressive thing about this water dragon is that there are two 50-meter-high "Ferris wheels" on both sides of the long special hull when propelled, very similar to Robert Fulton's invention of the Fighting Paddle Steamer, but it is not power, but resistance, under the tugboat traction, the ferris wheel's tanks will circulate to dive underwater and surface, what is this?

This is the use of the huge pressure generated by the seawater tens of meters deep to squeeze the reverse osmosis membrane around the water tank, you know, to create fresh water, which is a one-way process, because in the process of surfacing the water, the water valve is closed, and the recovery of water pressure cannot return the fresh water to the sea, but is transmitted to the cylindrical chamber of the water dragon.

As the tugboat moves slowly, the Ferris wheel continues to produce fresh water with high efficiency, and by accurately calculating the speed, it can even set off empty, and when it reaches the destination of the water delivery, all the water storage is filled with fresh water.

Obviously, this is a mobile desalination plant, which can transport 100,000 tons of fresh water at full capacity, subverting the current freshwater manufacturing process, and the tugboat, Ju Chen, directly let himself rarely use the Aquila yacht to bring, which is a vessel that uses photovoltaic thin films on sails and sails, indicating that it can operate indefinitely.

This design is best suited for countries like China, which have occasional dry seasons and can transport fresh water as a temporary emergency measure.

The generation process of unidirectional osmotic pressure is very energy-saving, so the efficiency of this mode of fresh water production is much higher than that of ordinary reverse osmosis membrane desalination plants, and Juchen has subverted another industry.

It is estimated that a paddle desalination ship can generate at least 50,000 US dollars per day, and it will be a net profit of 18.25 million yuan in a year. Even such a high-end ship can pay for itself in a year, and when the dry season comes, this number has to be increased.

Desalination technology is a strange industry, and the leader in this area, the Israeli IDE, is also not very profitable, and recently sold a 50% stake for only $178 million. In stark contrast, China has a water deficit of about 40 billion tonnes per year.

Selling water is definitely more profitable than providing technology. With paddle wheel desalination technology, you can earn 1 yuan per ton in China, not to mention some cities in the United States, the price of a ton of water is a staggering 8 US dollars.

Taken together, with the maturity of technology and operations, it is no problem for the business of selling water to make billions of dollars a year.

The Middle Eastern tyrant Isa Oil Company, which has spent a lot of money all over the world to buy high-tech, has sent His Royal Highness the Prince to discuss investment matters, and this technology not only has broad prospects, but also has a strategic position for them to control the desert, so they are willing to spend a lot of money.

It's okay to imitate it if someone else does it, but it's different when the local tyrant comes, and he is willing to value this emerging technology and the concept of selling water at $50 billion!

Juchen was willing to sell all his shares to Isha Oil, but the prince firmly disagreed, and each of them must hold 50% of the shares. Moreover, in order to enjoy the golden veto, the prince won the special treatment of 50% + 1 share, for which he was willing to pay a price of 5 billion US dollars, and a total of 30 billion US dollars was used to buy 50% + 1 share of the "Paddlewheel Mobile Desalination System Company".

This is really a crazy transaction, such a traditional industry can make so much money, Juchen really didn't expect it.

Superstar unicorns like Uber are valued at $48 billion (at their peak, they reached $69 billion, but they were discounted in the face of strong challenges from emerging companies such as Didi).

It's no wonder that Juchen is not very interested in selling the mobile phone business for $15 billion, you see, you see, one accidentally made another $30 billion.

ISA Petroleum is so generous, of course, it is inseparable from the last successful investment, last time they invested 100 million US dollars in Fox Tail Power, and it didn't take long for Fox Tail Power to earn 300 million US dollars a year, and the valuation was even more 10 billion US dollars, which made them very confident in Juchen's innovation ability.

Besides, Ju Chen's net worth is too deep, for the sake of his own reputation, he will definitely not let Isha suffer, you see, the deal with Microsoft involves tens of billions of dollars, and he will withdraw if he says goodbye, which is not ambiguous at all, who else can this kind of entrepreneurial star invest in if he doesn't invest?

Hehe, they were right, anyway, there are 30 billion more cash in Juchen's account, and it has reached the horror level of 130 billion US dollars.

This level is about equal to the foreign exchange reserves of Italy, an old imperialist country, and ranks within 20th in the world. Of course, the significance is very different, Italy's national debt ratio is 130%, and Juchen's debt ratio is basically negligible, which is 500 million US dollars of corporate debt, which is simply a drop in the bucket.

The rating of similar corporate bonds issued by Juchen is AAA, which is as high as the sovereign credit rating of Australia, Germany, Singapore, and Switzerland, and even higher than the sovereign credit rating of the United States AA+, the European Union's AA, the United Kingdom's AA, South Korea's AA, and China's A+.

However, Juchen's corporate bonds have stopped being issued, and the money is hot, otherwise, it will definitely be a super high rate of return, because the yield is twice as high as AA+'s US Treasury bonds.

The wealthy boss finally wants to take advantage of his abundant funds and set up a special bank called "Diamond Bank", which will issue a digital currency "Diamond Coin", which is peculiar in that this diamond coin can really be exchanged for diamonds.

Diamond Bank will set up treasure troves of diamonds in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Seoul, Hong Kong and other cities, where users can hold digital currencies at any time to exchange virtual digital currencies for real-world diamonds.

The minimum size of the diamond is 100 points (1 carat), and the corresponding color, clarity and cut are the highest grade, and there are the world's most authoritative GIA certified natural diamonds. The price should be more than $10,000, or even as high as $100,000.

The smallest size is also the only one in the diamond bank at present, and the error is within 10 points, which is 90 to 110 points for diamonds.

I heard a long time ago that Mr. Ju was researching synthetic diamonds by the burst pressure method, and it was possible that he had made a breakthrough? But why is it a GIA-certified natural diamond?

Ju boss claimed that the issuance of virtual currency that can be exchanged for diamonds is to establish the world's fastest clearing system, and it will take several days for international settlement at present, and even bitcoin is too large because of the scale, and it will take days for free transfers, otherwise the transaction costs are expensive, and the value of the diamond bank will be lightning fast in the future.

The data center of the Diamond Bank is distributed all over the world, and every city where there is an exchange has a data center, and the blockchain technology is used for the distributed data center, and any data center is destroyed will not affect the overall operation of the Diamond Bank.

Bank transactions are free for the time being, and a small fee may be charged in the future, depending on the operation situation, if the cost is not too exaggerated, it may be able to build a financial NGO and continue to be free.

His GIA-certified "natural" diamonds have long been rumored to be synthetic, but the technology is too high (which has always been Professor Juchen's true color) for GIA experts to identify.

Juchen has never paid attention to these rumors, and he can't pay attention to them, because ...... His diamonds are really synthetic, using tokamak magnetic rings, the kind of technology of nuclear fusion, which is a high-level top secret, only a few people know the inside story, if a huge international settlement network is established, for example: a daily turnover of 100 billion US dollars worth of payments, which means that there are people holding 100 billion US dollars worth of diamond coins every moment, he is equivalent to selling 100 billion US dollars of synthetic diamonds, which can be issued at any time, and has unimaginable financial potential.

It doesn't matter if it fails, these synthetic diamonds are really good-looking, and they are no different from real diamonds. It can be said that Juchen's team has thoroughly understood the environment in which natural diamonds are produced, and if it were not for confidentiality, papers could be published in "Science" and "Nature".

His diamond bank opened smoothly, the first batch of 10,000 carats worth between $100 million and $10 was snapped up, and the stocks of diamond giants such as De Beers and Tiffany & Co. fell in response.