Temporarily free, Cao Chuan is now checking the progress of the construction of the rare metal refining plant.

Since the exploration department led by Sophia made a historic discovery in Bailey Crater more than a month ago, the construction of the local sub-base has been carried out in an orderly manner.

Considering the isolation of the crater and the lack of access to roads and subways, they planned to build a shipping route to solve the transportation problem by air.

In the low gravity environment of the moon, the cost of air freight is not high at all, and the mined rare metals, the average price of 1 kilogram is more than 100,000, and air freight has no impact on the final profit at all.

Then there is the factory, each rare metal raw ore processing method is different, using different production equipment, in the large-scale mass production stage, it is necessary to build different workshops, the scale of the factory accidentally reached an area of 100,000 square meters.

Cao Chuan held a piece of refined pure iridium in his hand, such a fist-sized piece of iridium was worth 1 million, but because the reserves of the mineral deposit were too terrifying, the factory could produce hundreds of fist-sized pieces of pure iridium a day.

"The mineral deposits we have discovered are enough to destroy the earth's current rare metal market, and we intend to develop it cautiously, deploy a large number of urban law enforcement officers in the sub-base, and station immigrants for a long time to ensure the overall stability and security; Secondly, choose to conduct small-scale trade with the earth, control production, reduce prices by 20%, seize about 40% of the market, and avoid the disaster caused by rapid price diving. ”

"In this way, the trade volume in rare metals will reach 50 billion this year, and the excess production capacity can also be used for the consumption of the lunar base and the lunar city, and the sustainable development is enough to maintain more than 100 years."

Wang Xian's ideas are complete and detailed, and Cao Chuan also knows the reason why he did this, which is similar to the last helium-3 trade and fusion energy, there is a stable rare metal market on the earth, including its supply, price, distribution, and maintaining a good ecology of self-circulation.

Once they enter, if they are not well controlled, for example, dumping 1,000 tons of rare metals a year is equivalent to dropping a bombshell directly in the market, which will lead to a reshuffle in the market.

It sounds very interesting, but Cao Chuan can't imagine that if he plays so many times, the East Galaxy Company is estimated to no longer be a human hope, but will become a resource trust and an economic destroyer.

"No problem, let's continue with this scale of production first...", he said unhurriedly, "but have you forgotten anything..."

The staff around him turned their heads sideways, wondering if Mr. Advisor had anything else to add...

"I don't see the existence of the processing industry in terms of the planning of the sub-base! Could it be that the East Galaxy Company has to buy and sell raw materials to do business? ”

From materials to components, from components to products, it is an industrial progressive process, and the later it goes, the higher the technical content, often containing more profits and technical barriers.

For example, the several resources they have discovered now - iridium, platinum, palladium, there are many high-level processed products, such as iridium wire, various platinum alloys, cutting-edge electronic components made by using palladium as a catalyst, etc., which are the first value addition to the original value of the material.

When companies downstream of the industrial chain reuse iridium wire, platinum alloys, and cutting-edge electronic components to assemble them into products for the people, a second value addition is generated in the process.

And if the industrial chain is not so simple, including more links, it will generate more times of value addition.

Now, whether it's the first time or the second time, or even more, the profits in the process are completely made by companies on the planet, which is equivalent to wasting a considerable amount of profit in vain.

The employees of the trade department were stunned, unable to question Cao Chuan, thinking about why such a decision was made in the first place.

To put it simply, they thought about this problem, and the reason why they did not turn their ideas into plans and did not see the existence of large processing plants was mainly because Donghe Company did not have the relevant advantages.

As a result, we did not invest too much financial resources in processing, and concentrated our strength on the "raw materials" with obvious advantages, anyway, the supply of raw materials alone is enough to make the industrial chain from top to bottom a series of companies all obedient and obedient...

For ordinary people, their idea is correct, but from Cao Chuan's point of view, the Moon City just has a digital city, learning devices, personal assistance modules, and even counting the Scientology Cult, Hengyue-class spaceships, resorts, limb repairs, etc., the shock generated is not strong enough, and he has to add some more materials.

If this is the time, the staff of the brainy exploration department will naturally think that Mr. Consultant has received the latest batch of technical support from the board of directors...

For example, low-cost molecular-scale material processing technology?

This is a beautiful dream, Cao Chuan does not have the ability to jump more than 1,000 years of technology, but he can still do it to upgrade the processing industry of the lunar city.

In this way, they have the technical advantage to process the material, which ensures that they get more benefits from it. As for the stage from the processed parts to the product, it doesn't hurt to leave it to other companies to have some swill.

There is also a point, raw material processing is always low-end, processing and manufacturing is the place to highlight the technology, and when the processing industry develops, the moon city will be more like a future city, barely meeting its own expectations.

After telling their thoughts, the employees woke up to the fact that the board of directors was going to provide them with a batch of new super-era technologies.

Remediation Plan !! The employees in the trade department are characterized by flexibility, they quickly adapt to Cao Chuan's rhythm, and when they switch, they have to think about what else they can do with the super era technology.

They will think from their own point of view, because everyone has their own profession, hobbies, and come to different conclusions, so that on the basis of industrial upgrading, Cao Chuan will eventually see a blueprint that is much more beautiful than thinking alone.

Cao Chuan saw that everyone understood what he meant, and considering that he had to waste a lot of saliva to explain the problem, he asked Nana to preside: "Please note that the following 8 processing industries will be upgraded this time. ”