Wasteland Development Diary

"To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, please allow me to make a statement first."

Lin Chihao said, "The Energy Storage Market has certain requirements for raw material suppliers. First, the credit rating must be D or above. Your company's rating is C, which fully meets the requirements."

"Secondly, we also have certain standards for the basic equipment and processes for collecting raw materials, to avoid purchasing substandard raw materials with excessive impurities."

"Finally, we will assess the output capacity of the acquiring party. Because if it is a seller with short-term production and a small output, it would be too expensive for us, who provide transportation."

"I hope you can understand."

Zhou Yi found it quite reasonable.

The seller considers the acceptable price, and the buyer requires the quality and quantity of the goods. Both parties need each other.

"Along the way, Captain Red Falcon has already introduced the situation here to me."

Lin Chihao continued, "Your company uses two small reinforced ships as platforms to manually collect sea phototite sand. As long as there is enough labor, the output will increase accordingly, and there is no problem of source depletion."

"Although it is a relatively traditional manual labor, as long as the collection process is clear and the output is controllable, it meets the standards of the Energy Storage Market."

The reconnaissance aircraft's wings flashed green light: "My electronic eyes observed that there is already a ship in the offshore area of the Dead Sea conducting collection operations, which seems to be the work your company is doing. According to the procedure, I need to take a close look at the local production environment and provide feedback to the rear for filing. I hope to get your authorization and consent."

"Please go ahead."

With Zhou Yi's permission, the black V-shaped aircraft silently flew over the Dead Sea and began on-site exploration.

At this time, Captain Red Falcon said, "I have checked the data. Only 0.4% of micro and small raw material suppliers like us can pass the Energy Storage Market's audit and meet the standards. Whether we can pass is still unknown."

Zhou Yi frowned upon hearing this: "What is the main reason?"

"Process standards."

Captain Red Falcon stated without any emotion, "The Energy Storage Market's assessment of suppliers mainly includes three items: safety regulations, collection process, and quality assessment."

"Most micro and small suppliers try to reduce costs and increase output as much as possible to obtain maximum benefits in a short time. Therefore, it is difficult to meet the minimum standards of these three items."

"If they cannot rectify to meet the minimum requirements of the Energy Storage Market, they will refuse to purchase. Because this will have a series of uncontrollable risks, which may cause a butterfly effect. Stability is the core standard of electromechanical cities."

The Energy Storage Market rejects black coal mine-style small workshops.

Zhou Yi also used Captain Red Falcon's lens to observe the sea.

The Spine Hunters in the air were patrolling.

On the Dead Sea, on both sides of the small reinforced ship were trainee workers holding nets and wearing straw ropes around their waists. They stirred the long poles in their hands, concentrating on catching the floating small particles in the mist.

Behind each person was a crock pot or wooden bucket filled with snow. Every time they fished, they would scoop out the net, scrape it out with branches or boards, and pour it into the container to accumulate it.

Yuan Tong was patrolling back and forth on the boat, correcting the operations of these newcomers.

It looked quite decent.

After a while, Lin Chihao returned to the top of Emerald City.

The wide and flat reconnaissance aircraft remained suspended, and stereo sound came from the wings on both sides: "Your company is doing a good job in terms of safety regulations and collection process. There are safety operation guidelines and clear collection procedures. There is no problem with these two points."

"Unfortunately, your company currently has less labor and only two ships as collection platforms. I have calculated that even if the two ships are fully loaded, the output is lower than the minimum standard of the Energy Storage Market. Therefore, the quality assessment cannot meet the standard."

Zhou Yi felt a hint of regret in his heart.

There were too few ships.

But this is not a problem.

Zhou Yi asked, "If we buy more ships, we should be able to meet the minimum output standard, right? Can you calculate how many ships we need at least?"

The reconnaissance aircraft immediately replied, "If they are all the small reinforced ships currently used by your company, a total of 10 ships are needed to reach the minimum standard line."

10 ships.

Zhou Yi began to think about where to buy ships.

Phototite collection can provide a large number of jobs and revitalize the social activity of the entire Emerald City, which is of great significance. Not only must it be done, but it must also be done on a large scale.

"But I have a suggestion. This suggestion is of an individual nature, not from the Energy Storage Market Reconnaissance Team."

Lin Chihao first made a disclaimer, and then proposed, "Rather than using ships, it is better to build a dam on the edge of the Dead Sea for collection."

"The disadvantage of the dam is that the construction takes a long time, at least one or two years, but there are many advantages."

"First of all, it has a longer service life than ships, and the wear and tear can be almost ignored. Because the Dead Sea will not damage this kind of structure, but will gradually form a layer of light film on its contact surface, which is beneficial to their long-term stability."

The reconnaissance aircraft continued to state, "Secondly, the cost is low. The cost of ten reinforced ships, plus the monthly consumption of energy packs, will be several times the total cost of hiring workers to build a dam."

"Finally, it is scalable."

"The dam can be continuously expanded and lengthened, which can increase the labor area, so the collection output will continue to increase predictably."

Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly as he listened.

This is called professional!

Fortunately, Lin Chihao came to conduct on-site investigation and assessment, and pointed out the future direction for the company's phototite industry.

"Although this requires a long preparation period, perhaps until next year or even the year after, it may be put into use. But in the long run, this is more beneficial to your company, so please be patient and carry out the initial infrastructure construction and personnel training first."

Lin Chihao finally said, "I believe that we will definitely be able to officially start cooperation in two years at the latest."

Zhou Yi confirmed with it again, "As long as the dam is built on the edge of the Dead Sea, and people can stand on it to collect phototite sand, that's fine, right?"

"Yes, this is not a complicated project in itself, it just requires a lot of manpower to build. In addition, because it is close to the Dead Sea, the entire project needs to be piled up little by little, first raising the terrain and then filling and manufacturing the dam little by little..."

"Then please help me refer to it."

These words made Lin Chihao a little confused: "What do you mean?"

However, at the same time, the surface of Emerald City had already emitted a faint light.

The dam project began!

Under Zhou Yi's order, Emerald City stretched out its large hand made of intertwined steel bars, grabbed several house bodies used as ammunition next to it, strode to the edge of the Dead Sea, and piled them up...

Before long, a circle of dam long walls was built between Emerald City and the Dead Sea, and people could walk all the way from the community to the Dead Sea.

Buzz buzz buzz—

The red light on Lin Chihao's wings flickered, emitting a burst of electric current.

The light paths on its body bloomed, and there seemed to be a certain degree of calculation overload: "No, no... this is a B-level Dead Sea alien, it is actually a rare engineering type... you can control it??"

Zhou Yi corrected, "Emerald City is an employee of our company, it is just working. Look, is this dam okay? If not, I will ask it to rectify."

"Oh, oh, let me see."

Lin Chihao flew in a circle over the dam.

Then it gave feedback: "The main body of the building is very stable in the Dead Sea, and the supporting structure is strong enough."

Zhou Yi immediately said, "Then the matter of us meeting the standard now..."

"There is no problem with my link, it meets the standard."

Lin Chihao couldn't help but turn its head towards Captain Red Falcon, who seemed extremely small next to it: "Captain Red Falcon, you didn't say that your company has alien members."

"This has nothing to do with our company's phototite sand collection business, and there is no need to register it," the drone replied concisely.

"Captain, you misunderstood my meaning."

The lights on Lin Chihao flickered: "With the help of the Dead Sea alien, the Wasteland Development Company will have strong competitiveness in this area, and it will be of great help to our cooperation."

"Wait a moment."

Thirty seconds later.

A burst of didididadadada music came from Lin Chihao, and a circle of colored light radiated from its body: "The audit has been passed."

"The phototite sand supply business between Wasteland Development Company and the Energy Storage Market has been officially drafted, please confirm."

A cooperation agreement appeared on the remote control screen.

Zhou Yi looked at it. The cooperation period agreed by both parties was 5 years. Upon expiration, the contract would be renewed or terminated according to the intentions of both parties. The pricing was still based on the purchase of phototite sand at 5 times the price of copper.

As long as the company has accumulated 1000 kilograms of phototite sand, it can contact the Mineral Resources Department of the Energy Storage Market, which will be responsible for sending trucks or freighters to receive the goods, and bear all the transportation-related expenses, and complete the transaction in person.

Finding nothing wrong, Zhou Yi clicked confirm on it.

"Then our cooperation has been reached, I wish your company a prosperous business."

Lin Chihao said, "I still have some official business to do, so I need to say goodbye temporarily. I will come to visit later and catch up with Captain Red Falcon. Goodbye."

It left as soon as it said it would, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

Zhou Yi found that the direction Lin Chihao left was not the one it came from, but went to the depths of the Dead Sea in the east.

Could it have other missions?

But Zhou Yi decided not to think about anything else.

Now we have to get the phototite dam up and running!

Don't worry about those useless things, solving the employment problem of the residents of Emerald City is the most important thing!