Xu Yuan flipped through the documents casually, and Lin Xiujie continued beside him:

"We plan to leave the desalination plant to you, if the source film international group is not interested, we can also find another way."

"Why don't you leave it to the waterworks?" Xu Yuan asked casually.

In his impression, it is an Australian company that is responsible for fresh water supply and water pipeline maintenance services, which seems to be called WT Company.

For the market of fresh water supply, Xu Yuan is really not interested.

Even if it is expensive to a sky-high price of five dollars a ton of water, monopolizing the freshwater business of the entire Qatar country, the monthly net profit of this desalination plant is only 500,000 US dollars.

The annual income is only 6 million, which is not even a small profit compared with the income of Source Shadow International Group in the Internet, food, robotics, automobile industry, medical and other fields.

"WT Group believes that our market is completely insufficient to support a desalination plant, and does not pay attention to our tender documents, and other small companies, do not have the ability to accept the bid, if it is really not possible, the council is discussing this desalination project as a social welfare project, like a public school to be operated by **." Lin Xiujie smiled bitterly.

Continue to subsidize the financial subsidy for fresh water, even if Qatar has money, it is estimated that it will be difficult to afford.

"What do you think?" Xu Yuan looked at Carter.

Carter smiled slightly, took the document in Xu Yuan's hand, and turned to a page with color illustrations.

"In the case of the Lucas Islands, our company recommends the use of an S in the document

The integrated seawater desalination device with a daily processing capacity of 35,000 tons and a treatment cost of US$1.6 per ton can perfectly solve the water supply crisis currently faced by Qatar. ”

"What about the price?"

"Including the construction of the treatment plant, the offer on our side is $150 million."

"It's too expensive." Lin Xiujie shook his head and said.

Even without equipment maintenance costs, the freshwater treatment plant would ideally take more than 30 years to recoup its investment.

Although it is not bad money, Xu Yuan has no reason to take on a deal that is destined to lose money.

Carter smiled helplessly.

"Seawater desalination is a long-term investment, believe me, a one-time investment is definitely more cost-effective than long-term import of fresh water."

"Can't it be cheaper?"

"This is the market price." Carter said in an uncompromising tone, "The desalination equipment designed by our Storm Desalination Company for the Maldives, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries is much more expensive than the one sold to you." ”

To be honest, after talking about this for so many days, Carter is also a little impatient.

Negotiations have been going on for so long, and yet there has been no progress at all.

Qatar wants to engage in desalination, but it doesn't want to pay for it himself.

WT Group, the largest water supplier, shut him up again, making him feel like he was wasting his time.

The company urged him to solve the matter as soon as possible and took his team to Saudi Arabia.

There's another $1 billion worth of cooperation projects with the Saudi Desalination Corporation waiting for him.

At this time, Xu Yuan suddenly spoke.

"Wait, what do you mean...... Is the market price of seawater desalination equipment very expensive? ”

"Or else? Do you think that desalination is just a stove to boil water? I recommend you guys give it a try. ”

Dropping this unceremonious remark, Carter stood up, left a business card on the table, and looked at Lin Xiujie.

"It's a pity, Mr. President, we couldn't reach a cooperation agreement, and my team and I have wasted a week on the island, we can only settle the cost of geological assessment and water treatment plant site selection and inspection separately, and we will send the bill to the presidential palace in seven days, if you and your think tank are sure to discuss it, please come back to us at that time, I will have a plane in two hours, and I will see you later."

With that, Carter picked up his briefcase and walked away without looking back.

Lin Xiujie wanted to stay, but he was pulled by Xu Yuan.

"Let him go, I'm not uncommon to cooperate with them." Xu Yuan said with a smile.

"Hey, if you really can't do it, you still have to get this money, and you can't always import fresh water from abroad...... Wait, what do you say? Are you going to get involved in the freshwater business? Lin Xiujie suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Xu Yuan in surprise.

If Yuanying International Group plans to take over this project, he has nothing to worry about at all!

"Originally, I didn't have this plan," Xu Yuan said unceremoniously, and then smiled again, "But listening to him, the market size of this desalination seems to be a bit big." ”

What a mistake, his eyes were only on the country of Qatar, Xu Yuan almost forgot that there is not only one country in the world that lacks water!

Those big oil countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are all masters where water is more expensive than gold.

Let's not talk about the far, let's talk about the near, why Huaxia is engaged in the huge cost of Nanshui. The Northern Diversion Project? It's not because of the lack of water in the north!

If more than a dozen freshwater treatment plants can be built along the coast of the Bohai Sea, this southern water. Is it still necessary to transfer to the north?

Where is the desalination of seawater, it is a small profit, it is simply a huge profit!

Is desalination technology a problem in Yuanxing? What reverse osmosis method, low-temperature multi-effect method, electrodialysis method is simply weak!

It's really blind, and I almost didn't even pick up the banknotes at my feet.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't sit still at the moment, and stood up with a pat on his thigh.

Hmph, I'm sorry, the wind gust desalination company is right? From now on, you have competitors!

Seeing that Xu Yuan was going to leave, Lin Xiujie couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"You're going?"

He didn't stop Carter leaving just now, and now Xu Yuan plans to leave without saying a word, he can't help but be a little anxious.

Someone has to solve this freshwater problem!

Stopped, Xu Yuan turned around and smiled at him.

"I went to talk to WT Group, I just suddenly remembered that the desalination equipment of Yuanying International Heavy Industries seems to be able to do it."

Hearing Xu Yuan's "it seems", Lin Xiujie almost vomited blood out of breath, and complained to him fiercely in his heart.

Damn, I should have said it earlier if I could do it! It's harmful, I'm doing this and that.

Not only the vast overseas market, but also after the completion of Neverland, the supply of fresh water may also become a real problem.

At present, 300,000 units have been sold, and even if the occupancy rate is only 50%, the population of Neverland will be quite a terrifying number.

Leaving the presidential palace, Xu Yuan got into the car and instructed Liu Ling to send him to the door of WT Group.

When the car was on the road, he first made a phone call with someone from the WT Group, and then clicked on the hologram of his left-hand watch.

A faint blue light emerged, and a three-dimensional bust appeared in the car.

Liu Ling's wide-open eyes were full of surprise, but he didn't ask anything, pressed the button to close the window, and continued to stare intently at the road ahead.

"Ling, help me search the directory of the sanctuary to complete the recycling technology, and match the items related to desalination."

"Yes." The woman in the holographic image bows slightly, and her entity-like silhouette flashes with a pale blue stream of data.

"After the search, a total of 8 items were matched."

"Download it on my watch."

"Yes, Mr. Chairman." Jane said in an emotionless tone.

Looking at the progress bar on the holographic screen, Xu Yuan reached out and poked it on the screen.

"Received! Let's play on the side. ”

"Q: What are you doing while playing?"

"Well, that's what it means to come out when I need you."

I always feel uncomfortable watching someone from the side when I play with the computer, and although I know that she is an AI, she is too close to a human in every aspect except for her expressions.

"Understood."

Nodding, the spirit's figure dissipated into a dark blue character in the air.

Leaning on the passenger seat, Xu Yuan called up the files downloaded to the watch.

As early as the source of infection in the city center was removed, the Vault, with the help of the First Corps, began to recycle the technology beneath the rubble.

Regardless of whether these technologies have been digested or not, all the data has been logged into the database by more than 1,000 researchers in case of emergency.

Seawater desalination technology is also a more commonly used technology in the source star of population overload.

The researchers at the shelter have only completed the collection of these technologies, and have not yet digested and sorted out the specific content of the technical documents, but the conceptual graphics and effect parameters of the documents themselves are well recorded, so it does not prevent Xu Yuan from checking the content of these projects.

Fingers swiped over the interface, and the blue line-like cube immediately outlined the shape of the desalination device.

"Who is she?" Liu Ling asked curiously.

"The artificial intelligence, her name is Spirit, took a word from your name." Xu Yuan said with a smile.

"It's actually a program...... I thought it was your assistant. Holding the steering wheel with both hands, Liu Ling's eyes flashed with a strange light.

WT Group is located in the center of the city, and fortunately, the road conditions are not bad, and the two of them reached their destination in only fifteen minutes.

The car stopped steadily, Xu Yuan grabbed it with his five fingers, put away the holographic screen, pushed the door and walked out.

In this tourist city full of "rickshaws", the sudden appearance of such a flame-colored Lamborghini is quite eye-catching.

Many tourists even excitedly took out their mobile phones to take pictures...... Although Xu Yuan didn't know what they were excited about.

Walking into the lobby of WT Group, he was greeted by a secretary-like figure and led him to the elevator.

On the way here, Xu Yuan had already called the manager of the WT Group branch.

Although he didn't want to continue to entangle with Ka Guo** on the issue of desalination, considering Xu Yuan's identity, Soyal still nodded his temporary visit and moved the scheduled meeting back by an hour.

"You may be seated, Mr. Xu Yuan." Soyal poured Xu Yuan a cup of coffee, and then did it to him, "It's very surprising that you will visit our company, Yuanying International Group is interested in the freshwater business?" ”

"To be precise, I'm interested in desalination." Xu Yuan took a sip of coffee, and after putting it down, he stopped touching it.

His sister's, what kind of coffee is this, it's bitter and tastes like Chinese medicine.

Hearing Xu Yuan talk about desalination, Soyal thought that Xu Yuan was trying to convince him, so he sighed.

"There's always a joke in our company."

"Oh?" Xu Yuan looked at him with interest.

"Our company's tap water supply business in Qatar has not been as profitable as real estate so far."

Soyal took a sip of coffee with relish, and continued in a teasing tone, "For example, the office building under my feet, counting the decoration of a total of 150,000 US dollars, can now be sold for at least 2 million." ”

"Haha, this joke of yours is funny." Xu Yuan laughed and said, "Are you so optimistic about the freshwater market in the country of Qatar?" Now there are only 80,000 permanent residents, but what about a year or two from now? ”

"The point is not here."

Soyal shook his head, threw a sugar cube into the coffee cup, and stirred it gently, "On the one hand, Ka Guo ** wants us to expand our business, and on the other hand, we want to make drinking water a welfare, in terms of drinking water prices, we do not have the right to raise prices independently, although fresh water resources are scarce, but to be honest, we are not optimistic about the market here." ”

"Do you have any plans to sell this business?" Xu Yuan asked.

Soyal shook his head.

"We're not optimistic, but we don't plan to pull out either."

"So you're going to keep it as it is?" Xu Yuan understood their plan.

"Exactly." Soyal nodded.

Currently, Qatar's freshwater supply lines are owned by WT Group, and other freshwater companies have only two options to enter the market, either work with them or rebuild the pipelines themselves.

Even if they import fresh water at their own expense, they still sell fresh water to them at a low price according to the contract, and then supply water to residents through them.

This kind of behavior of buying high and selling low is actually a disguised financial subsidy.