this man is not calm

Chapter 493 Spending money
After hearing what her husband said, Jin Lanyun asked in surprise:

"Logically speaking, we are engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, as well as channel marketing. Ashang is engaged in high-tech and cultural industry business, which is at most related to mechanical electronics, warehousing and logistics, and publicity media. How come you suddenly turned to energy and electricity?"

"So-called high technology requires both efficient use of resources and large consumption of electricity. Modernization is based on the improvement of both quality and quantity."

Zhang Hua explained with a slight sigh,

"For example, the current wind power and photovoltaic supporting projects involve the production of a large amount of monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon, which is only one step away from the wafer factories that produce chips."

The so-called “one step away” describes the technical relevance, and the difficulty of crossing is quite exaggerated.

Unlike the high-tech chip manufacturing industry that everyone knows, semiconductors with ordinary precision can already solve many problems. Even products from 20 or 30 years ago are still widely used in electronic products, such as game consoles, automotive semiconductors, and home appliances. Except for a few precision components, a large number of chips from the previous generation, two generations, or even three generations are used.

Don't just focus on a few high-end CPUs and graphics cards. The importance of a large number of other types of chips cannot be underestimated. For example, the MP3 player developed by Xixi Culture uses a chip that can implement digital signal processing technology (DSP). This thing has been around for nearly half a century. It should be an antique that should be eliminated, but it still has vitality and plays an important role in many fields.

"Photovoltaic semiconductors? I heard that the manufacturing plant consumes a lot of electricity and water..."

Jin Lanyun said so.

Further production of chip-level silicon materials, establishment of wafer fabs and manufacturing of finished products may consume astronomical amounts of resources.

Zhang Hua responded with some worry:
"Water is actually easy to get. If the location is not too remote, it can always be delivered as long as it is cost-effective. Electricity is more difficult. If we follow Ashang's plan, the power consumption of all data centers in the next ten years may exceed that of half of the provinces in China. As for wafer fabs, their energy demand may be higher than that of some so-called 'small and beautiful' developed countries in Europe."

Whether it is data centers, semiconductor wafers or the more exaggerated training of large AI models, the data and computing power required, as well as the energy and water consumed, will rise to an astonishing level.

Only two or three countries in the world can cross the hard threshold of future technology. Those leisurely "small countries with few people" are not even qualified to board the train of the times.

Things like data centers, artificial intelligence, big data, etc. are not easy to handle. According to Jin Shang's prediction, if a large-scale wafer factory industrial cluster is established, the annual electricity consumption will be higher than that of half of European countries such as Greece, Romania, Denmark and Portugal.

It takes the efforts of an entire continent to barely sustain normal operations in the peak era of IT.

As long as Jin Shang intends to continue on the IT path, the energy supply issue is a hurdle that cannot be ignored.

Not to mention being completely self-sufficient, but at least you need to have some confidence and not be easily bullied by others.

Think about a certain chip foundry on the right bank in the previous life. It moved from one country to another, but encountered more and more setbacks. In addition to the investment environment, labor costs and supply chain factors, stable electricity and sufficient water resources are the most difficult hurdles to cross.

"If that's the case, then we really need to prepare for a rainy day."

Jin Lanyun agreed with Zhang Hua's explanation.

The North has great advantages over the South in terms of energy, water resources and cooling conditions.

Coincidentally, the industries that Jin Shang has laid out are basically high-tech unmanned factories or the type that can operate normally with maintenance by very few technicians, which perfectly avoids the defect of the small population in the north and the difficulty in recruiting a large number of grassroots employees.

The North Sea in the north, Lake Khanka in the far east, and Julunbo here are all good places to stay. Once the IT infrastructure is in place, we will start to increase construction efforts. For now, we can only spend more time on the area near Gyeonggi Province.

"Last month, two large ships carrying liquefied natural gas under the second owner of the Mei family arrived at the port. The e-commerce and logistics groups under Ashan are equipped with a large number of diesel (heavy oil) and natural gas dual-fuel ships and transport vehicles, which can greatly reduce operating costs and meet environmental protection requirements."

A big problem with diesel (heavy oil) internal combustion engines is that it is difficult to meet exhaust gas emission standards. Many transport trucks have to add urea, which is actually to reduce the content of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas.

By delivering diesel (heavy oil) and natural gas into the cylinder for combustion in a ratio of one to nine, the emission of harmful pollutants is reduced by not just 90%, but 99%. The reason is simple: natural gas is mixed more evenly. If methanol with a higher oxygen content is added, the combustion will be more complete, which will not only reduce exhaust pollutant emissions, but also reduce knock, reduce carbon deposits, and extend engine life.

This is a multiple-birds-at-one benefit, of course, provided that the entire supply chain from energy, refueling stations to vehicle and vessel users can be opened up.

"Dual-fuel vehicles don't seem to be suitable for private cars. They are quite suitable for large group companies to operate and produce vehicles. If they are really introduced to the family car market, they will probably only be able to go the route of luxury brands and become a new toy for the wealthy."

"What's wrong with that? If it works, it's great. If it doesn't, that's fine too!"

Zhang Hua glanced at his indifferent wife and added:
"I heard that the Huang family has also arranged for talents to work in the automotive field in the future..."

"so what?"

Jin Lanyun, who had great confidence in her nephew, retorted,
"If Shang is really the genius you said who 'looks three times before taking a step' and 'has every plan in mind', he wouldn't care about this level of competition at all. Are sons-in-law, niece-in-law, grandsons-in-law and relatives really closer than legitimate great-grandchildren? Changing the surname doesn't change the blood relationship! Besides, the world is so big, can't it accommodate fair competition between the two families? Maybe they will be defeated by other big companies in the industry before they even have any grudges against each other."

The automobile industry is basically divided up by a few big players. It is difficult for latecomers to survive, so how can they have the energy to compete with their fellow entrants?
Judging from Jin Shang’s layout, even if Jinxi Culture really wants to enter the automotive industry in a big way, it will take the path of new energy and will not be in direct competition with traditional car companies.

"In other words, Ah Shang is going to bet on electric cars?"

Jin Lanyun asked with some worry,

"I heard that new energy is a scam and the result will definitely be a mess."

Zhang Hua couldn't help but laugh when he heard this:
"It's not that exaggerated. Although it's not as miraculous as some media have hyped it up to be, it does have some value. In the future... there will definitely be a place for the new energy industry. Maybe it won't overwhelm traditional steam-powered machinery like the internal combustion engine did, but it will definitely play a pivotal role."

"Why can you be so sure?"

"I have seen the grand blueprint conceived by Ashang. The idea of ​​super hybrid is very clear. However, due to the immaturity of the first-generation technology, it is only tested on a small scale. As for pure electric vehicles, they need to be promoted from top to bottom. Subsidies alone will definitely not work. It is absolutely no problem to drive around the city, but long-distance driving... it is not clear yet. However, it may not work in places that are too cold. For example, our hometown Julunbo has only had a slight rise in temperature in recent years. More than a decade ago, the average temperature was below zero most of the year, and ordinary diesel and gasoline vehicles did not work well..."

Although there have been breakthroughs in lithium battery technology, which performs extremely well in the laboratory and can be promoted for commercial use, especially in harsh environments, it is completely different.

"Speaking of which, last time I visited him, I took an electric commuter car. It looked OK, with a pure electric range of nearly 40 kilometers. But the charging time was too long and the lifespan was too short."

"Well, Ah Shang has already calculated it. The most stable and reliable lead-acid battery has a very high recycling rate. There are many unknown but extremely profitable industries, one of which is the recycling of used and second-hand goods. Although it is dirty and tiring, it is worth it. Among them, the recycling of used lead-acid batteries is the most profitable business among the highly profitable ones."

It is hard to say how much others can earn in this business, but Jinxi Culture's model of taking profits from start to finish will definitely make huge profits.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it doesn't matter as the boss Jin Shang doesn't have to do it himself and doesn't have to do the dirty or tiring work.

"Shang, you're right. There are plenty of respectable industries out there, but you're investing so much money in waste recycling..."

In Jin Lanyun's opinion, there are plenty of profitable businesses, and there is no need to work hard to pan for gold in the garbage dump. Recycling of used batteries, second-hand cars, kitchen waste, gutter oil, plastic waste, wood scraps, landfills, biogas tanks, cardboard recycling, etc., really does not despise it at all.

I even heard that a special laboratory was set up to improve utilization.

Regardless of whether the output efficiency is high or low, there are still many finished products, including methanol, ethanol, coal gas, biogas, biodiesel, feed, fertilizer, charcoal, machine-made charcoal, refractory bricks, cement, paper pants, packaging boxes, etc.

In addition, scrap iron, scrap aluminum, scrap copper and other metals can also be recycled.

All in all, it seems that waste recycling can be quite profitable if good ecological and environmental protection measures are taken.

"That's the direction of the future. If you take into account various subsidies, tax exemptions, tax refunds and preferential policies, it will be much more than what we earn from working hard to grow crops and raise cattle and sheep."

Apart from other things, the recent catalytic cracking of waste plastics, rubber, wood and straw, and high-temperature gasification reforming and refining projects have become quite valuable after solving the pollution emission problem. Even if the quality of the produced fuel is not high, it can be burned in dual-fuel internal combustion engines and the exhaust emissions meet the standards.

If the promotion of biodiesel refined aviation fuel was not a bit slow, this would be a "golden goose".

Among the approximately 200 countries in the world, China is far ahead in terms of per capita edible oil consumption and total amount. As long as it is developed well, it will be equivalent to finding a super large oil mine other than the "three oil giants", which will be inexhaustible.

What’s even more wonderful is that it has countless “associated minerals” waiting for Young Master Jin to develop and mine.
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While Zhang Hua and Jin Lanyun were chatting, the mentioned Jin Shang was already at an altitude of 10,000 meters, on a private plane, heading from the capital to Julunbo.

Not long ago, it signed a memorandum of cooperation with the local government to develop the Huangling Reservoir, build wind and solar power plants, pumped-storage power stations, develop ecological tourism, and control environmental pollution. It also immediately attended the joint press conference on the cooperation between the group company and the oil company to establish CNG (compressed natural gas), LNG (liquefied natural gas), methanol, biodiesel and ethanol gasoline filling stations. Soon after, 3,500 customized dual-fuel (diesel and natural gas) transport heavy trucks were added to the warehousing and logistics operations of Jinxi Mall, and Jin Shang also needed to go and see the ceremony to witness it.

After working for a while, we set out on the journey north to see for ourselves whether the local environment of Julunbo was suitable for large-scale development.

I should have taken this trip a few months ago, but I just couldn't find the time. If I don't go this time, it will be even more impossible to travel next month because of the freezing weather.

Looking at the time, there was still more than an hour to travel. Jin Shang casually flipped through the book at hand. Li Xuan, who was listening to music with her eyes closed, noticed it. After a few glances, she couldn't help but ask curiously:

"I thought you bought these books just for show, but you actually read them."

"It's just to kill time. By the way, I can also see how other entrepreneurs... or grassroots heroes make their fortunes."

Students of the new era may no longer understand to what extent the impetuous mentality of the general public at all levels of society was exaggerated around the millennium.

The speculators, brokers and con men made a fortune, and people's minds were not very stable.

Various books such as Wolf Totem, The Art of Thick Black, The Secret of Getting Rich, Interpersonal Relationships, etc. have emerged in an endless stream and are selling quite well. This period is also the golden age for all kinds of shameless success gurus to show their talents.

"I don't know who would believe that things like Thick Black Studies can help people get rich."

"There's no other way. We have to try everything."

"If children from poor families want to make a lot of money, they do need to be thick-skinned, but if they think they can succeed by being shameless, they are foolish."

Li Xuan curled her lips in disdain as she spoke.

Being thick-skinned and bold is not the same as being shameless without a bottom line. The former advocates abandoning high moral advantages, not attaching too much importance to one's personal dignity before success, putting down one's airs, taking off the "long gown", and doing things down to earth;

The latter despises rules and human nature, is self-interested, eager for quick success and instant benefits, cheats, deceives, and even commits crimes.

Could these two be the same thing?

Only those who are desperate and have no other options but are obsessed with getting rich will believe that someone as bloodthirsty and ferocious as a wolf, or even as bad as a mad dog, can succeed.

Jin Shang flipped through the pages slowly and calmly responded:
"Low morals are an advantage, but without a bottom line, one will fall into a whirlpool of ever-deepening abyss, from which there is no return. Only when one's own vision reaches a certain level will one realize that going to extremes, or even going all the way to the end, is a dead end. This world is so complex and so wonderful, how can it be explained in a few words?"

After a pause, Jin Shang sighed helplessly and added:
"It's no wonder those people are short-sighted. It's very difficult to measure a person's success. What the general public can see is who has more money, who has a higher position, who drives a more luxurious car, and who wears more expensive clothes."

In the fifteen southeastern states of Jinfen, thousands of grievances and grievances belong to celebrities.

It's all about having sex with guests in the prison basin, but the only ones who can enjoy the group fan are at the top.

I avoid banquets for fear of hearing about literary inquisitions, and I write books only to make a living.

Tian Heng's five hundred people are safe, how can they return to rule the lords?
Not to mention the common people who are busy struggling for three meals a day, food, clothing, housing and transportation, many of the bigwigs in the government are just greedy people, there are very few brave men like Tian Heng, and most of them are vulgar people who "only care about making a living".

In recent years, there is still the possibility of upward and downward mobility and crossing classes, but in another ten or twenty years, the opportunities will become fewer and fewer, and there will be no chance to climb up by relying on "thick black studies".

"I understand, but does that not affect your contempt for those mediocre fools?"

"Is there a problem? I sympathize with many people's experiences, but that doesn't stop me from laughing at their choices..."

"You should despise the shallowness and greed of the 'meat eaters'. The virtue of a gentleman is like the wind, while the virtue of a villain is like grass. The wind will bend the grass."

"If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked!"

If the “gentlemen” do not set a good example and rituals and music are destroyed, what should the “villains” do?
In the 21st century, what a turbulent, stormy, and muddy era it will be. Can Jin Shang and the Jinxi Culture he founded really become a clear stream in this turbid world?

Today, the trend of "everything is about money" is becoming more and more obvious. The tendency of people to pursue profit from top to bottom is very strong. Traditions are constantly collapsing, and all kinds of monsters and demons are emerging. Even Jin Shang, a billionaire who is relatively far away from the grassroots, has felt it.

"Let's build a few more schools in the second half of the year. It's always a good idea to invest in children and spend money on education."

"it is good!"

Jin Shang agreed readily, saying that money can never be earned enough, but money should be spent on key areas.

(End of this chapter)