Ants exploded, I opened a power plant to supply power to the world

Chapter 144 143 The neighbor is in power emergency, call Zhetong customer service for help

Half a month later, the Binhai Branch of Zhetong Electric Power was still under preparation.

Good news has come from the Buick car factory. Xu Wenjun was very attentive to Lin Zhe's request this time. It took only half a month to complete the transformation from design drawings.

Currently, the first prototype is on its way to Lincheng, driven directly by an experienced driver from their Buick factory.

Lin Zhe was naturally very satisfied with this news. After all, when the prototype car arrives, he can put some Volt Ants into it and see the effect in actual operation.

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There is a town called Huixi Town at the junction of Quanhe City and Kangyang City.

Huixi Town is much larger than Shima Town, but because it is located in the mountainous area, the local county power plant does not provide electricity, but a small power plant in the town provides electricity.

Compared with other traditional thermal power, Huixi Town uses hydropower.

Because Huixi Town is close to the Gouyang River, a hydropower plant was built locally. At its peak, the hydropower plant not only supplied electricity to Huixi Town, but also transmitted electricity to several other towns around it.

But as the water level has continued to drop in recent years, the Gouyang River has become smaller and smaller.

It can be seen from the riverbed that is gradually exposed on the shore that the electricity supply generated by the hydropower plant in Huixi Town is neither up nor down, and the supply to several other towns was cut off early.

Such a small hydropower plant has been supporting the electricity supply of Huixi Town, but now there can be power outages several times every ten days or half a month. Last time when the Gouyang River was hit by drought, there was even a power outage for five consecutive days.

Power supply will not be restored until heavy rain returns the water level to the minimum level required for hydropower generation.

Just look at this: In the past two days, with the arrival of the hot autumn weather, the riverbed of the Gouyang River has been exposed again after a few days of sunshine. The hydropower plant has also stopped generating electricity, and the entire Huixi Town has been plunged into a power outage again.

The people here are not like the people in Songjiakan who were used to living without electricity.

Now, the frequent power outages have affected production and everyone is very annoyed, so today the party secretaries of several large villages under the town and representatives of several streets in the town all came to the Huixi Town Hydropower Plant.

This hydropower plant is not large in scale, but it makes a lot of profit.

The biggest cost of hydroelectric power generation, apart from the initial construction cost, is tax. Apart from this, the profit is still very considerable.

So the boss has been living quite comfortably these years, at least he has earned enough money.

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"Fellow villagers, listen to me. It's unavoidable that it's going to rain and my mother is going to get married. You can't see the water level of our Gouyang River right now. How can I be in a daze without water?"

Hearing the helpless answer from the hydropower plant owner, the other people who came here this time didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Old Chen, if you really can't do it, then leave. I think the water level of the Gouyang River needs to drop a lot more. Why don't you shut down your hydropower plant and build a thermal power plant instead?"

After saying this, other people around also expressed their support.

After all, thermal power is much more stable than this kind of small hydropower station, and the people in Huixi Town no longer have to endure the much higher frequency of power outages than other areas.

But Mr. Chen from the hydropower plant doesn't think so.

Although I have lived a comfortable life in recent years, after all, the size of the surrounding towns combined is not much bigger than that.

Moreover, he is used to the low cost of hydropower, and he is reluctant to switch to the higher-cost thermal power now.

By that time, building a thermal power plant will be a huge investment. How long will it take to recover the cost?
Let’s not talk about anything else, just take Huixi Town as an example. It borders the nearby Quanhe City. The Zhetong Electric Power in Quanhe City is developing very rapidly now.

If one day they come and take over the market in Huixi Town directly, who will they sell the electricity generated by their new thermal power plant that they have invested so much money on?
So now he has become more open-minded. He has made a lot of money over the years and cannot compare with the big bosses.

But he has built a small villa in Huixi Town, drives a Mercedes-Benz, and bought a house and a shop for his son in the county town. He has more than 300 yuan in his card. Who wouldn't envy such a life?

There is no need to bother with it. The thermal power plants themselves will never invest in it.

As for the current water level of the Gouyang River, I cannot decide or change it, so I just let it be and wait until the day when the Gouyang River dries up and I can close the business.

With this thought in mind, Mr. Chen from the hydropower plant also spoke.

"Fellow villagers, I am also from Huixi Town. I cannot cheat you, right? I am more anxious than you about the lack of electricity. To be frank, the water and electricity business cannot continue. I will show you a way out for Huixi Town."

When he said this, other people came over as well, curious about what this bright path he was talking about was.

"It seems that my hydropower plant will not be able to operate for much longer. We are not far from Quan River, and we can reach Quan River from a few villages. Everyone has heard of the reputation of Zhetong Power there. We might as well invite Zhetong Power to come and provide electricity for our town, so that I can retire and enjoy my old age."

These words may not be from the bottom of my heart, but they are very sincere.

It was just as he said. If we want to solve the problem of frequent power outages, we can't find a good solution from the hydropower plant. After all, no one can control the Gouyang River. In addition, he was unwilling to pay for the construction of a thermal power plant. Instead of letting an unknown boss from outside come to build a thermal power plant, it would be better to let Zhetong Power come to supply the power.

Quanhe Zhetong Power, which is not far from them, is the most suitable choice.

As "neighbors", they have all heard about Zhetong Electric Power to some extent and know that it is a good and legitimate company, so it would be best to just contact it.

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Starting from that afternoon, the phone at Zhetong Power Customer Service Center started ringing one after another.

Now, with Zhetong Power covering the entire city’s power supply, the staffing of the customer service center has reached a new high.

After all, the total population of counties and urban areas of Quanhe is more than 1.5 million, which is not a small number. If we count a family of three, there will be 500,000 users of Zhetong Electricity.

This does not include various units, shops, etc.

With so many people supplying electricity, there are more and more requests for power pulling, maintenance, and other issues every day. Originally, the customer service department at the Lincheng headquarters had only a dozen people in total.

A large part of them were still responsible for the back-end of each business hall. Later, as the number of staff increased, they simply set up a customer service center in an office area in the Lincheng headquarters.

We have recruited more than 20 people in total. Now, with the city-wide coverage completed, the total number of people in the customer service center has exceeded 60.

"Hello, this is the Zhetong Power Customer Service Center. How can I help you?"

"Hello, I'm from Huixi Town, a town under Kangyang City on the bank of the Quan River. I'd like to ask if Zhetong Power can provide electricity to our town?"

"I'm sorry, but we at Zhetong Power have not started power supply services in the current area yet. Please stay tuned for the follow-up. We will try to enter the Kangyang area as soon as possible."

"Hey, is this Zhetong Electric Power? I want to ask if we can get electricity to Huixi Town? There are quite a few people in our town~"

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Residents of Huixi Town alone made no less than fifty calls today, all requesting Zhetong Power to provide them with electricity.

This situation was naturally reported to the higher authorities, and then the supervisor of the customer service center reported it.

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In the office, Lin Zhe was still a little surprised when he heard the news.

The group has just gained a foothold in Quanhe, the branch in Shancheng has just begun construction, and the Binhai branch is also under preparation. There is really no plan to expand its influence to the surrounding cities and counties.

What is going on in Huixi Town? Why are so many local residents suddenly demanding electricity?
He stood up and walked to the back of the office, where there was a map of Quanhe City. It was bought by Lin Zhe's mother Jiang Lan herself and hung in the office so that she could take over the entire city as soon as possible.

Now that I have done it myself, this map is still useful.

Lin Zhe found the location of Huixi Town near the border of Kangyang City, which borders Quan River.

Although he didn't know why, but since they had made the request, Lin Zhe naturally wouldn't mind having more users, so he directly arranged for Zhang Yuliang to send someone to find out.

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Because the distance is very close, the person sent to Huixi Town returned to the headquarters a day later. He drove there overnight and spent the whole morning getting to know the situation in Huixi Town.

Moreover, the mayor and the owner of the local hydropower plant are very supportive of this matter. Even the original land lease contract of the hydropower plant can be transferred to their group after Zhetong moves in.

Taking all these conditions into consideration, Lin Zhe made a quick thought.

For Zhetong Electric Power, no customer can be let go, and it plans to expand into big cities next.

But this does not mean giving up these other cities. As a big city with a permanent population of nearly 200 to 3 million, Kangyang still has a huge market.

If we really move into Kangyang, we will have to build a power plant there.

However, this does not need to happen for the two counties bordering Quanhe River. The Second Plant can build an electricity transportation network there, and then use Huixi Town as a bridgehead to directly build a substation there.

In this way, the electricity directly imported from the second plant can be distributed in Huixi Town and subsequently imported into several surrounding counties.

After thinking about it, Lin Zhe made a decision. Huixi Town will serve as a bridgehead for Zhetong Electric Power to enter other regions.

It just so happens that the mobile power supply vehicle prototype sent by the Buick factory will arrive this afternoon. It can be quickly assembled and the Volt Ant can be put in it, so that it can be driven to Huixi Town to provide power to the town before the circuit is built to Huixi Town.

You can also take this opportunity to test the true level of this mobile power supply vehicle, what its actual effect is, how much power input and output it can provide at full efficiency, and whether it can serve as a small mobile power plant.

(End of this chapter)