Chapter 401 The Golden Age
In the afternoon, half past two.
Inside the holographic conference room.
Li Qingye summoned a group of company managers.
The management team was also confused about the situation of this new material.
The head of the mining division was the first to speak: "We can currently mine 2.4 to 2.8 tons of gold per month, and we can also extract 86 to 95 tons of gold from seawater per month."
Liu Zhifan looked at the data and asked Jiang Mingxuan, the head of the scientific division, "How much gold is needed to produce a three-layer composite 100-megawatt temperature difference generator?"
"..." Jiang Mingxuan did not answer, but directly connected to the researchers at the 8092 Laboratory and the researchers at the Electric Power Research Institute.
After more than ten minutes, a rough estimate was finally obtained: "About 240 to 250 kilograms of gold will be needed."
"Too many!" Liu Zhifan had a headache.
Based on this usage, the nearly 100 tons of gold produced by Homo sapiens each month is enough to manufacture 400 sets of 100-megawatt thermoelectric generators.
And the gold content in sea water is not infinite.
According to sampling surveys conducted by the Mining Division in various locations, the gold content in the seawater in the coastal area of Hongsavadi, where golden seaweed has been cultivated for a long time, has dropped by about 40 to 50%.
The same situation is true along the coast of Luzon.
Li Qingye also knew about this situation, and he instructed the Ministry of Mines: "Add more golden seaweed plantations in the Malay Archipelago, the Western Pacific Islands, Mada Island, and Ceylon Island, and increase the gold production capacity to 200 tons per month."
"Yes, Chairman."
Although expanding the scale of golden seaweed cultivation can indeed quickly increase gold production capacity in a short period of time.
But people did not get too complacent because the production capacity was far from enough.
You should know that currently the world has mined about 190,000 tons of gold, of which 47% is used for jewelry, and the rest is for investment and official reserves, as well as as industrial raw materials.
Homo sapiens has a gold reserve of 2,743 tons.
At this time, the installed capacity of Homo sapiens' thermal engine power generation devices was 3.62 million megawatts. If all of these thermal engine power generation devices were to be replaced with temperature difference power generation devices, 8,900 tons of gold would be required.
Of course, if we could obtain the private gold in India, we could probably squeeze out tens of thousands of tons of gold.
However, at this stage, Tianzhu has strictly restricted the outflow of gold, and many arrangements of the field business department have not been completed, so it is impossible to do whatever we want.
And this material isn't just for generators.
Thermoelectric conversion materials can also be used in refrigeration.
In addition, the car's thermal engine can be replaced with a thermoelectric generator and combined with a battery to eliminate the currently used micro gas turbine power generation system.
Spacecraft, artificial satellites, and space stations in outer space all require temperature difference materials. After using this temperature difference material, the heat dissipation problem that has plagued spacecraft will be solved.
It is even possible to consider installing nuclear reactors to generate electricity in space stations and spacecraft .
These applications will push Homo sapiens further.
After all, increasing the thermal efficiency from an average of 45% to 99.41% will mean that the same power can be achieved by consuming less than half of the previous amount of fuel.
The changes brought about by new materials tempted everyone present.
After listening for a while, Garfield suggested: "Maybe we can find a solution from the seabed and deep underground."
The head of the mining division nodded and said, "That's an idea. The gold reserves in the underground ore layers and seabed mines we have discovered are quite good, about 700,000 to 900,000 tons. It's just that mining is more difficult."
At this time, the head of the Space Division also quickly spoke for his department:
"In fact, there are many asteroids rich in gold in the asteroid belt. If we can capture such asteroids with extremely high gold content, our gold production will increase greatly in the future."
His subtext is to quickly transfer money to support the space division.
Liu Zhifan's mouth twitched slightly: "The asteroid belt is too far away, and it is not operable for the time being."
Li Qingye also agrees with Liu Zhifan's point of view: "Space mining will not start until at least 2025. It may take until 2035 to mine resources in the asteroid belt. Space mining is not an option in the short term."
Hearing this, the head of the space business unit looked somewhat helpless.
Space mining is indeed immature at this stage, and the asteroid belt is too far away.
Li Qingye continued, "Now we need to discuss how to transfer the reserve gold to industry without affecting the stability of the gold standard of the Jinyuan."
Everyone is confused by
If it's just a few hundred tons that are secretly withdrawn, then it won't be a big problem.
But looking at the current situation, it will definitely not be a few hundred tons, but most of the gold will be put into new materials.
Even if it is used in batches, the current inventory will not last too long.
Liu Zhifan hesitated for a while, but still raised an objection: "Chairman, I think we can promote the application of new materials step by step. With the company's current gold production capacity, it can still meet the initial needs."
Other executives also tend to be more conservative.
At this stage, Jinyuan must not be untied from gold, otherwise it will affect the layout and promotion of many plans.
After more than three hours of intense discussion, the final conclusion was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
We will increase the scale of golden seaweed cultivation, fully start the mining of deep underground gold mines and seabed gold mines, increase gold production capacity to 300 tons this year, and to 500 tons next year.
We strive to complete the upgrading and transformation of the power generation industry within 10 years.
At the same time, we call on all new human employees to sell the gold jewelry in their homes to the company.
According to estimates, Homo sapiens employees currently hold a considerable amount of gold, with the scale being around 6,000 to 7,000 tons.
If this part of gold can be collected, then the upgrade of the power generation system can be completed with the gold inside the Homo sapiens alone.
In addition, the Field Business Department asked comprador groups in India, Africa and other places to help purchase local gold.
In particular, India, which has huge private gold reserves, has become a key target of the Zhiren Company.
The value of gold has become increasingly popular with the emergence of new materials.
In the past, the value of gold was mainly its scarcity and stability, and its industrial applications were not very large, so the price was lukewarm.
But it’s different now.
Gold is endowed with "energy" properties.
That’s right, it’s the energy characteristics.
Using gold temperature difference materials can increase thermal efficiency to the extreme, which is actually a disguised energy metal.
At the same time, Li Qingye also ordered the relevant information to be blocked to prevent this material from being discovered by the outside world.
In particular, the manufacturing process of this material is of paramount importance.
If this technology were acquired by the great powers, their productivity would be greatly improved, and they would also compete with Homo sapiens for limited gold resources.
After the meeting.
Li Qingye left Chen Jianxiong alone.
"Jianxiong, your field division must intensify its efforts to obtain more gold for the company, especially in Asia, where they have huge gold resources in private reserve."
"Please rest assured, Chairman. I will lead the field business department to do our best." Chen Jianxiong replied seriously.
"There is one more thing I want to tell you..."
After Chen Jianxiong heard this, his eyes changed slightly, but he nodded without hesitation: "I will arrange it as soon as possible."
"Go ahead!"
Looking at Chen Jianxiong who disappeared in the holographic conference room, his eyes were calm, yet seemed filled with all kinds of complicated emotions, and then he clicked to log off.
