Bald Eagle, PHS headquarters office. Zhou Jimin, who changed to Michael's vest, handed Liang Wenfeng the list of materials that needed to be purchased, and asked the latter to hurry up and deal with it.

Five hundred kilograms of uranium, just the amount on the list, surprised Liang Wenfeng and them.

What is this for? As we all know, uranium is one of the main elements of nuclear bombs. And in addition to making a nuclear bomb, it can also be made into a fuel assembly for a nuclear power plant.

Enriched uranium-235 is the best raw material for power generation in nuclear power plants. Before it can be used in nuclear power plant reactors, uranium-235 must be enriched to increase its purity to between 3% and 5%.

It is then sent to a fuel manufacturing plant, where it is converted into uranium dioxide powder. It is then compressed into small fuel pellets and heated to make a hard ceramic material.

Seeing Liang Wenfeng's expressions, Zhou Jimin stopped and said: "Don't worry about going to procurement, no one will embarrass you, if there is, just tell me, I will clear the obstacles for you." "Five hundred kilograms of uranium, it seems like a lot, but in reality there is not much.

Judging from the strength of PHS Mobile North America Company that has been rooted in Bald Eagle for so many years, the purchase of 500 kilograms of uranium is actually just a temptation.

Zhou Jimin's real purpose is to see how much the bald eagle knows about his vest.

Although when he copied this vest, he had already done it to the extreme. But in front of the state apparatus, how much can be hidden, Zhou Jimin really doesn't dare to say more.

In fact, in the 70s, the level of science and technology has developed rapidly, but it is still useless.

The main reason is that there was no more effective verification method before, and Michael's vest is an orphan himself.

The orphanage closed down more than a decade ago. There is no way to find those people in the first place.

After the task was dispatched, Zhou Jimin could only wait. While waiting, he also learned about the current development of the little bee mobile phone on the Bald Eagle side.

In December last year, the second-generation product of the Little Bee mobile phone was released, and it went on sale on New Year's Day this year. Judging from the current operation, the data is not as good as the first generation machine, but it is not too far behind.

In short, this leek, he Zhou Jimin is cut. As competitors, Pacific mobile phones, first mobile phones, general mobile phones, etc., have indeed been successfully released, but the mobile phones on sale only account for 5%.

So many mobile phone companies only got five percent of the market share, and they slapped their faces loudly.

That said, the companies are already very happy. At the very least, it has finally torn a hole from PHS mobile phone company.

However, their communication service provider, GSM, is another small company product of Zhou Jimin's vest.

Therefore, Zhou Jimin is clear about their data. After understanding, Zhou Jimin didn't say anything.

The market still needs to be cultivated, so take your time. Computers are slowly appearing on the market, but the unit price is too high, and it is difficult to reduce the price.

For the time being, the market can't afford it, and the cost can't do it. Many of the materials used to make computers are very expensive and the technology is very high-end.

If you want to reduce the price, you must first bring down the cost, and secondly, the market must have enough rich people.

So, take your time. Just when Liang Wenfeng found an agent to purchase the materials on Zhou Jimin's list, with the fermentation of time, many elders turned their eyes over.

PHS Mobile North America Branch? Procurement of 500 kilograms of uranium? What do you want to do? As an extremely free market, any company in Bald Eagle can actually run any industry, as long as you have money, brains and vision.

Of course, many industries actually have thresholds. Like the arms business, individuals can open studios to operate.

But nuclear power plants and nuclear bombs are not things that ordinary people can afford. Uranium is inherently very sensitive.

If it's just like some of the elders who just want to gather all the elements on the periodic table, then of course that's fine.

But if you get involved in this industry, whether it's the upstream nuclear power plant fuel manufacturing process, or the downstream nuclear power plant, or whatever.

The thresholds are obvious. So, if you want to buy uranium, you have to prove that you have the qualifications.

To prove this qualification, it is very simple for Zhou Jimin. Immediately, he arranged for Liang Wenfeng and them to start cooperating, and carried out a series of applications according to the other party's requirements.

While waiting, Zhou Jimin left Bald Eagle and went to Oceania to find his own mine for refining.

Oceania is one of the countries with the richest uranium reserves in the world and a major uranium-producing country in the world.

As early as a few years ago, Zhou Jimin made a big 'purchase' at the Blue Jie uranium mine in Oceania. However, this mining area is owned by Oceania Electrolytic Zinc Co., Ltd., not by Zhou Jimin's mining company.

Now the reason why Zhou Jimin went to the Bald Eagle to purchase uranium first is naturally because it is the area where the largest uranium-235 fuel rods are located.

In addition, it is foreseeable that in the next few years, Zhou Jimin's demand for uranium ore will be very large.

Relying solely on the uranium production of Oceania may not be enough to meet his needs. After entering Oceania, Zhou Jimin did not go to the Lanjie uranium mine, but to the Olympic Dam uranium mine.

The Olympic Dam uranium mine is located 560 kilometers north of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, which is the location of the mine directly demarcated by Zhou Jimin when he asked Liang Wenfeng and them to come and set up a mining company.

Extremely accurate latitude and longitude addresses, never go wrong. As a result, a large number of metal minerals such as copper and uranium were discovered soon after the mine was put into operation, and production was soaring from the very beginning.

This means that as long as someone has a machine, it can definitely be produced quickly. He showed up at the Olympic Dam uranium mine and found the head of the company, Eric.

"What is the current production of uranium oxide?" Eric reported very respectfully that the current output has reached 1,080 tons of uranium oxide, 120,000 tons of copper ore products and 500 catties of gold, as well as associated metal sulfides, sericite, hematite, fluorite and chlorite, barite and other mine products.

In addition to gold, uranium oxide and copper ore products are basically sold. Each time it is sold on a quarterly basis, and the sales object is naturally Xinghai Trade Group.

After the latter brought these products back to the southern islands, some of them were sold directly to companies on Hong Kong Island, while others were sold directly to Oasis New Town or the mainland.

The demand for metal raw materials in Oasis New Town is huge, so even if the production of the Olympic Dam uranium mine is huge, it is still barely satisfied.

Naturally, in the whole of Oceania, Zhou Jimin is not limited to this one mine. Throughout the Olympic Dam uranium mine, it is a copper-uranium-gold-iron-rare earth element integrated mine.

The current output of rare earth elements is negligible. Because of the shortage of skilled workers, it can only be temporarily abandoned.

Mining is not a simple matter, and the requirements for many skilled workers are not ordinarily high.

Especially on the management side, Zhou Jimin came here to sweep once last time, and later Li Yuzhu and Liang Wenfeng also came many times one after another.

It's just that I'm worried about these management troubles. Otherwise, Eric would not have treated Zhou Jimin so respectfully now.

After listening to Eric's report, Zhou Jimin said directly: "From now on, increase the production of uranium oxide, double the salary to poach people from other mines, and the cost can be appropriately increased." ”

In addition, uranium oxide and rare earth elements are no longer for sale, and all are sealed in warehouses for safekeeping. I will send someone to the mine warehouse every quarter to receive it, and you should pay attention to the person in charge. ”

"Okay, probably just report these things to the advisory group in time and inform them." Procedurally speaking, it should be the advisory group that directly issues orders to Eric's superior, that is, Hunter, the head of the Oceania side, and then Hunter informs Eric.

Ran goose, Zhou Jimin is the big boss, whatever he says is what he says.

"Okay, boss." Eric nodded, respectfully, and completely obedient. If the mine management outside the office saw this, their eyes would definitely drop.

Usually, Eric is here in the mine, but he is the Emperor of the Earth. In front of many workers, not to mention showing off their might, they are also shouting and drinking, and they can do whatever they want.

Zhou Jimin hummed for a moment, and then, accompanied by Eric, took a tour of the mine. Through chatting with the mine workers, Zhou Jimin probably understood some of the situation.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and within a reasonable and legal range, he can ignore those gray incomes. However, if it is too much, Zhou Jimin will definitely make a move.

The actual gold reserves of the Olympic Dam uranium mine in front of us are about 1,200 tons. However, the entire mine is so big, and it took more than half a year to dig out 500 catties of gold.

Therefore, Zhou Jimin is not interested in this. Many years ago, Zhou Jimin was in the Ferghana Basin, and he was still very interested in those gold mines.

It's just that now the gold reserves in his space have exceeded 2,000 tons. There are more reserves than many countries, which is why there is little interest in gold.

Not entirely without interest, though. If it was just the gold he picked up, he would still bend down to pick it up.

But if it takes a lot of time and energy, he won't be happy. After visiting the mine, Zhou Jimin told Eric that he would go to the warehouse tonight to take all the uranium oxide.

Naturally, Eric didn't say anything about this, and he didn't wonder why the warehouse was not allowed to be approached after nightfall.

After leaving the Olympic Dam uranium mine, Zhou Jimin went to the Beverly uranium mine. The Beverly uranium mine is the second uranium mining area controlled by Zhou Jimin on this side of Oceania.

If it weren't for the fact that the previous Lanjie uranium mine was a little slower, Zhou Jimin would have directly taken over all the uranium mining areas in Oceania.

In contrast to the Olympic Dam uranium mine, the Beverly uranium mine is an underground mine with a depth of 100-130 meters.

This means that it is slightly more difficult to mine, and the uranium oxide production is not as good as that of the Olympic Dam uranium mine.

But, again, no matter how small the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. Therefore, Zhou Jimin will not dislike it. After two days in Oceania, he had already taken nearly 1,400 tons of uranium oxide from two mines.

One can imagine how low the production of Beverly uranium is.

"Damn, I have to go to the Blue Jie uranium mine!" More than 1,400 tons of uranium oxide is already quite a lot.

It is well known that depending on the technology, the amount of uranium oxide required to refine each kilogram of uranium-235 ranges from about one ton to five tons.

For example, the technology on the Bald Eagle side requires less than one ton of uranium oxide per kilogram of uranium-235 to refine.

Conversely, in countries such as the Middle East and the Fresh Countries of the North, refining uranium-235 requires at least five tons of uranium oxide per kilogram.

That's the technical difference. In terms of Zhou Jimin's technology, about one kilogram of uranium-235 can be refined per ton of uranium oxide, in other words, the 1,400 tons of uranium oxide he is taking away now can probably refine 1,400 kilograms of uranium-235.

The nuclear power plant established by Zhou Jimin is still quite advanced in technology, so the utilization rate of uranium-235 is still quite high.

One kilogram of nuclear fuel uranium is about the size of an egg, and the energy released after fission can produce 22.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

According to the calculation that the two nuclear power plants built by Zhou Jimin at the Loulan monument generate 200 million kWh of electricity per day, the daily consumption of uranium-235 nuclear fuel is nine kilograms.

The two nuclear power plants consume 18 kilograms of uranium-235 nuclear fuel per day. 1,400 kilograms of uranium-235 nuclear fuel is only enough to generate electricity for 77 days, that is, a little more than two months.

In this way, it is not enough for Zhou Jimin to fully charge the super lithium-air battery. After all, it takes 100 days to fully charge a super lithium-air battery, and 1,400 kilograms is only enough to charge it for 77 days.

Lanjie uranium mine, Zhou Jimin came here again and began to loot. He didn't want to use this method, but he was poor.

By the time Zhou Jimin left Oceania, the uranium oxide in space had become 3,400 tons.

On the Bald Eagle side, Liang Wenfeng and they completed all the formalities in just one week.

However, the other side is still reluctant to sell uranium-235, on the grounds that the technology is not up to standard.

Liang Wenfeng: After they saw it, they exploded. Two or three manufacturing plants on Bald Eagle's side that produce uranium-235 fuel rods were immediately identified, and their technology was also very average.

It's not even as good as the technology they provide, why can? In this regard, John of the Western Mining Alliance replied to Liang Wenfeng seriously: because those companies are subsidiaries of the alliance.

Well, that's where it comes out. John's meaning is also very straightforward, that is, they need to participate in Liang Wenfeng's newly established company.

Liang Wenfeng asked Zhou Jimin what he meant, and the latter said to ask, how many shares does the other party need? Far away in the western region of Bald Eagle, the small town of Moab, Anders uranium mine.

John, who was in the office, received Liang Wenfeng's reply, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, interview!" ”