Clicking on the chat channel, I sent a message to Xu Yan.
Jiang Ye: How much would it cost to build a running water system and a power system for the town?
Xu Yan: Your town has expanded, right?
Jiang Ye: Yes, there are three hundred people now.
Xu Yan: For the running water system, the budget is twenty million. That's the minimum. First, you'll need a seawater purification plant for fifteen million, plus the laying of underground pipes. As for the power system, what kind of power system do you want?
Jiang Ye: Are there options?
Xu Yan: A hydropower plant. You can build it by the sea. The budget is nineteen million. It can temporarily meet the needs of the entire town, but if the town continues to expand later, the power will be insufficient.
Xu Yan: A thermal power plant. The budget is seventeen million, but you have to burn a large amount of coal every day. In reality, the cost is very high. You also need to hire specialized personnel to watch the furnaces in the power plant.
Xu Yan: A nuclear fusion power plant. The best power plant, providing almost inexhaustible electricity. It uses seawater for cooling. A few minutes of power generation is enough for the entire town for fifty years. You can sell the surplus electricity. There's a technology that can transmit power from the power plant to a nodal star. Most of the electricity will be lost during transmission, but the remaining electricity will still generate a profit of about ten thousand yuan per day.
Xu Yan: These are the only three options. The prices I've given you are already discounted to the lowest. To be honest, I'm not making any profit on this deal. I'm building the town for you at cost price. I'll make money on future deals.
Jiang Ye: How much is the nuclear fusion power plant?
Xu Yan: One billion.
Jiang Ye: Sorry to bother you, I'll stick with the hydropower plant for now.
Closing the chat window, I transferred nineteen million to Xu Yan.
Jiang Ye instantly became poor, with only 430,000 yuan left in his account.
However, the overnight passive income arrived, and the balance soared to 10.02 million.
The next morning, as Jiang Ye sat up in bed, he heard a rumbling sound.
Looking out the window, spaceships were landing one after another on the beach, kicking up dust.
This time, the scale was quite large, with over fifty spaceships of various sizes. It looked like an army air-dropping for battle.
He quickly washed up, changed his clothes, and went out, bumping into Xu Yan in her black suit.
She handed him a tablet. I've surveyed the terrain near your town and picked the best location for the power plant. The water flow here is rapid, the soil is suitable, and the distance from the town is also moderate. Do you think it's suitable?
Jiang Ye didn't take the tablet. I trust your professionalism.
Xu Yan smiled. Thank you. Then I'll have them start construction. The noise might be quite loud, so construction will stop at noon and at night. The estimated construction period is three days in total. This power plant is fully automated. Apart from some robots, no manual operation is required.
Okay, thank you for your hard work, Ms. Xu. Jiang Ye nodded.
At eight in the morning, construction began on the beach as scheduled.
The construction noise was even greater than expected. They even used explosives. The engineering explosives boomed, sending half the beach into the sky, with dust flying everywhere.
Hundreds of large machinery entered simultaneously. There were over five hundred robots and more than a hundred human foremen.
Many residents of the town went to the beach to watch. The crowd grew larger and larger, reaching a hundred people at its peak.
They stood motionless outside the construction site, craning their necks to observe for several tens of minutes, with unusual focus.
Jiang Ye couldn't help but sigh that watching the show is indeed human nature, even on an alien planet.
When construction stopped on the beach in the evening, the foundation of the power plant had been laid. The black, curved base, with generator components covered in white plastic film, were arranged uniformly like a herd of elephants. Many townspeople held up instant cameras to take pictures. The town's bar immediately organized a power plant photography exhibition, with hundreds of photos strung together and floating in the air.
After finishing dinner at Isabel's house, Jiang Ye returned to his base vehicle and opened the panel.
Various passive income streams had already arrived. Having done nothing all day, his account balance had increased from 10.02 million in the morning to 19.87 million.
He was just a little short of being able to build the water plant.
Jiang Ye was impatient. He couldn't wait another whole day for this little bit of money.
He got out of the base vehicle and went straight to Ju Lanlan's house.
It was already past nine in the evening. The workers at her house had gone home, leaving only mountains of various goods.
Ju Lanlan's base vehicle still had its lights on. Jiang Ye went over and knocked on the door.
After a few knocks, the door opened.
She wore very short shorts, her slightly plump long legs were as smooth as jade, her yellow t-shirt was tied up, revealing her fair waist, and she wore flip-flops.
Ju Lanlan fanned herself incessantly, sweat on her face and neck. Hello! Don't come into the car, it's terribly hot.
She jumped out of the car and handed Jiang Ye a fan.
Jiang Ye took the fan and examined it. The ribs were made of thin wood, and the fan surface was coarse cloth, clearly a homemade item. Recently, he had seen residents on the street fanning themselves with homemade fans, all driven by the heat.
He was also sweating profusely like a dog and fanned himself vigorously.
I have new stock, Jiang Ye said directly. Can you help me sell it? This batch of goods consists of large items and is essential. The profit should be quite high.
Sure, sure! What's the new stock? Ju Lanlan agreed immediately.
Whenever money was mentioned, her face would be covered with a sacred and solemn radiance.
Refrigerators, small air conditioners, and ice cream machines, Jiang Ye said. The prices are 200,000, 200,000, and 800,000 respectively.
Holy cow! I want an air conditioner right now! Ju Lanlan's eyes lit up. I'm so hot I want to run naked!
No problem, but you can't use them yet. You'll have to wait until the power plant and water plant are built, Jiang Ye said, wiping the sweat from his face with his sleeve. I didn't want to build the power and water plants, but I'm so hot I've lost my temper, so I'm building them quickly.
Then can I pre-sell them? Ju Lanlan blinked. Do some hunger marketing?
You can market them however you want. I'll just be responsible for supplying them, as much as you want. I also need some money to build the water plant, so do you want to place an order now? Jiang Ye winked.
Ju Lanlan gave an OK gesture and turned back into her base vehicle.
Jiang Ye didn't linger and returned to his own base vehicle.
Ju Lanlan's order payment had already been transferred, with a reservation for ten refrigerators, thirty air conditioners, and one ice cream machine.
In just a few minutes, Jiang Ye earned a net profit of 700,000!
With enough money for the water plant, he immediately transferred it to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan: Received the money for the water plant. Construction will start tomorrow.
Jiang Ye: Great, great!
Xu Yan: Before construction begins, there's something you need to do.
Jiang Ye: Please, go ahead.
Xu Yan: The running water pipes need to go into every household, and the power lines also need to go into every household. The construction personnel need to get everyone's consent and cannot enter and start construction without permission. So, please notify everyone.
Jiang Ye: No problem, I'll handle it.
Opening the town's group chat.
Jiang Ye pondered for a moment, then grinned mischievously and posted a message in the group:
[Notice]
[To facilitate everyone's lives, the town is building a new running water plant and power plant.]
[By paying a pipeline fee of 30,000 yuan, you can receive door-to-door water and electricity pipeline installation service in the coming days.]