Chapter 696: The Talkative Durin
"Waterworks, power plants, oil plants, coal plants, ......", Dührin sits in his room on a manor house in Henry, a suburb of Van Lier, where the current meeting place of the country club, where the members of the country club gather for the second time, and Doolin is facing the next distribution of the benefits among these big men," Gentlemen, this is a big business with a market size of nearly 600,000 people, and these people need to provide at least two dollars a month for various expenses to use infrastructure services, and half of the profit after deducting the cost, which is 600,000 yuan!"
"We all know that there are twelve months in a year, and I want to thank the people who taught me to count that I know at least six hundred thousand a month of profit of seven million two hundred thousand in twelve months, and that after those taxes, I have at least six million four hundred and fifty thousand profits. So I think if you have some money that you can pull out, you might want to think about investing in some infrastructure in these three towns. I'm here to reveal another piece of news, these three towns are very likely to be upgraded to cities, three cities of immigrants in the next three to five years!"
As the only woman in the room, Sandra was more sensitive to some of the details, "You mean that the empire is going to expand the scope of immigration and send all the subsequent immigrants to the west? ”
"How big can they be?", Henry asked a question that everyone else wanted to know, "I mean in three to five years, how many people will live in these three places that have been upgraded to cities, will there be a million people, how many people will there be in the whole West, why would they let immigrants come to the West instead of sending them somewhere else?"
Durin pouted, "You have a lot of questions, but I'll be patient with your questions." That's what makes Doolin so good that he never discriminates against the mentally retarded.
"In my estimates, in five years, these three cities will have at least 1.5 million people, and more than 70 percent of these population will be laborers, and they will create great wealth, according to the expenditure standard I just told you, in five years, this 1.5 million people will produce at least 4 million per month for infrastructure services, and we assume that the profit is still half, which is the profit of 2 million per month. ”
"As to how many people in the whole West that Mr. Henry asked, I think you should ask the state government, not me, but I believe that there will be no less than four million to five million people. ”
"The third question, why did they come to the west!", Duhrin looked around at the big capitalists sitting in the room, and said with a smile: "Because here is the soil suitable for their survival!"
"The economy in the south and east of the empire has shown a trend of rapid expansion, and in the west, there is an income of fifty yuan a month, which can ensure the basic living of two people, and there is probably a balance of more than ten yuan. But in the rest of the empire, fifty dollars would only guarantee a person's survival for a month, and there would not be much to spare. I know you might think that salaries will be a little higher elsewhere, but be aware that you don't need special skills to work in the west, but in other places, high-skilled jobs will gradually account for half or more of the total number of social jobs. ”
"And the unskilled or low-skilled jobs are already saturated, and there are not enough jobs for these refugees, they cannot survive in the empire, and they will eventually face the end of leaving the empire. ”
"But the West can, all the work in the West does not require a certain technical skill, it takes only strength to farm, mine, and exploit natural resources here, and I believe that the West will soon undergo an industrial transformation, from the current single resource extraction to the largest light and heavy industrial factory in the Empire. Cheaper labor costs will make more people choose to set up factories in the west, on the one hand, there are developed areas with high consumption and high income, and on the other hand, there is no threshold for immigrants to be familiar with the rhythm of life in the empire, what do you think they will choose as their first home in the empire?"
In fact, there is a more important social problem that Duhrin did not say, that is, the contradiction of social groups, even if the new immigrants came to the empire and ran to those economically developed areas, Duhrin had enough ways to make them cry and shout to join the big family in the west. This is also the reason why he attaches great importance to immigration, because these and those immigrants who come after do not have any basic foundation in this empire, they are like duckweed and do not have any ability to resist risks, so they need a living environment that is different from the current social existence.
But at the same time, this group of people has gathered together and undergone simple processing and transformation, and has a powerful power, this force is not like any group or class that currently exists in the empire, they have almost no sense of identity with the Shining Star Empire, and they have no psychological fear of the country's high-level including those nobles.
Henry seemed to understand, and he couldn't stop nodding, "It's a good business, I can invest some money, two million." ”
Sandra was thoughtful, but she was quick to give her answer, "I believe you, Doolin, so I'm going to invest two million too, but I have a request, I want my investment to be distributed to the water plant as much as possible." ”
The Olvelli Mining Group has a water plant under its command, and the water plant is a little slower to make money than other infrastructure, but the profit margin is extremely terrifying. For as long as it is a person, he must drink water, and every day, and not more than once. At present, the water factories in the empire have set three to six grades for commercial water according to the quality of the water, and at present, only the imperial capital has the highest grade of six-grade water quality, which can be directly drunk and can also play a health-promoting role in the body.
In other places, there are mostly three to five grades, from the cheapest penny a bucket of water, to a bucket of water for the royal family and the big men for five dollars, the profit in the water thing can be said to be a huge profit! Because all the water comes from nature, there is no need to cultivate, no need to take care of, and no need to dig it out with a hoe, as long as the water source is found, there will be a steady stream of profits, so Sandra, who knows something about the water plant, immediately set her sights on this seemingly unprofitable business.
Originally, Cliffland also wanted to take over the water plant, and the Jindes Mining Group also had a subordinate department that operated the water plant, and these large mining companies would actually own some water plants to a greater or lesser extent. In the early days, these people made holes all over the empire, and it was inevitable that they would come across some water sources with good water quality, and it would be a pity to lose them in vain, so as a kind of compensation for the failure of exploration, they either operated these water sources themselves or resold them to others, knowing how terrible the profits of the water plant were, and it was really profitable.
"I invested 1.5 million, and if I could, I personally hope to invest in the power plant. Perhaps it was Cliffläve's speech that made everyone enthusiastic and they realized that this was the first "dinner" at the country club. If you don't take the initiative, you may only have bones and slag left behind.
In just half an hour, Doolin raised nearly 16 million in investment, enough to temporarily build some infrastructure so that the refugees could at least live.
After dividing up the cake again, Carlos asked in a somewhat stiff tone, "Mr. Durin, how should the matter of Mr. Memnon be resolved?" I learned through a friend of mine that the investigation team from the imperial capital does not seem to intend to oust Memnon from power, and if he does not step down, I think he will have a certain impact on our business in the west. ”
These capitalists heeded Doolin's request and did not intervene in this turmoil, and their silence did not seem to be at fault from an outsider's point of view, but for Memnon it was a betrayal, a kind of injury. He has tried his best to convince these big capitalists, and created an environment suitable for investment and development for them, and even loosened some sensitive policies for them, but what he got in exchange was silence.
There is no one in this world who cannot be replaced, neither Memnon nor these capitalist friends. Maybe when Memnon has settled some of the troubles he has at the moment, he will pull out his hand to deal with these people. From the perspective of now, Memnon may not be able to do anything with them, but what if he does become governor in three years? At that time, the property of everyone here could be at great risk, which is one of the reasons why Carlos is a little bit angry.
Another reason was that Doolin did not contact him, let alone give him a specific quote and feedback about the recipe that could get a high temperature of 2,000 degrees at that moment.
"The investigative team of the Cabinet has not yet left, the whole empire ...... No, it's the eyes of the whole world focused on the west, and the cost of making Memnon disappear at this time is too great. I can afford it, but can you? If you can withstand this pressure, without any problems, he will disappear by twelve o'clock tonight, as long as you nod your head. Durin unhurriedly took out a cigarette and lit it, and he showed a slightly tougher attitude than before.
Carlos pursed his lips and looked at the others, who made eye contact with each other for a moment before Carlos shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I've been a little upset by some things lately, and since it's not suitable right now, let's wait until it's safe to make him disappear." ”
Durin looked at him and nodded, "It's okay, I understand this feeling, everyone will encounter something beyond their ability......"