Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven, One Arrow and Two Birds

"Well, here's our project budget."

Bella smiled and handed over a ledger, which contained not only the detailed construction expenditure records of Ithaca City, but also various budgets, and even Karapag's budget.

Xiao Feng secretly laughed in his heart that Bella was really shrewd, she actually included the part of the Kalapago Islands in the account book, and this account book was clearly prepared for him to read.

But this is also good, after all, the two parties are in a cooperative relationship, and many accounts are clear, which is good for both parties.

He probably looked at the accounts of the construction of the Kalapago Islands. The total calculation of Plum Blossom Island as the main island and the construction of the other five sub-islands will cost about five billion U.S. dollars.

That's a lot of money in South America, especially in a region like Kalapag.

Half of this money was contributed by the Chen family, and half by Xiao Feng. Considering that they copied the Li family's background, that part of the funds alone was enough to cover the construction costs.

The construction cost on the Ithaca side may be higher, after all, it involves compensation for the renovation of the old city, as well as expansion and so on.

The estimated total budget of this project is about 8 billion US dollars.

But Xiao Feng reckoned that after the project was finished, the budget would definitely exceed the standard.

"Is 8 billion enough?"

He tentatively asked Bella, and Bella smiled and said to Xiao Feng.

"It's actually like this. In the construction team, many people's wages are quite low. And we have calculated that even if we purchase cement, steel bars, and even construction machinery from Huaguo, the cost is lower than that purchased locally. So the project budget is enough.”

Xiao Feng nodded. Regarding building materials, it is indeed cheaper to purchase them from China than from the Copper Country.

This is mainly due to the accumulation of large-scale domestic infrastructure projects over the years, and the overcapacity of cement, steel bars and other consumables has always been.

For example, in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative promoted by the country, most of the building materials used in the project are purchased from domestic sources.

Even if the reinforced concrete is shipped to Africa, it is cheaper than purchasing it from Africa.

In South America, of course, it is no problem. Although the current economy of the copper country is not very good, but they are "developed countries" assessed by the United Nations, and the labor level is quite high.

Therefore, if they hire local workers and purchase building materials from the local area to carry out this project, the cost will at least quadruple.

And the construction period has to be more than doubled for you!

"By the way, why are workers' wages kept so low? Those people are all from Huaguo, and they don't let them make money all the way, isn't it good for you?"

Xiao Feng suddenly thought of this again, and asked Bella, and Bella smiled slightly after hearing that.

"In fact, most of the workers have already signed skilled immigration contracts with us. As long as they work on the construction site for three years according to the current salary standard, they can obtain the status of our Ithaca region."

Li Zhiyang couldn't help but suddenly realized, and then said to Bella with a smile: "Is your plan to kill two birds with one stone good?"

This operation can not only save a lot of cost for engineering projects, but also obtain a lot of human resources by the way.

These workers may be dispensable ordinary workers in the country of China, but they can definitely be called high-tech workers in the country of copper.

The most important thing is that even if Bella's salary for them is not high, the salary level is almost the same as that of their part-time jobs in China.

Moreover, the prices here are extremely cheap, such as food and housing, which are not a little cheaper than those in China.

What's more, food and housing are included on the construction site, so they usually only have a little daily expenses and need their own size.

So even if the wages are similar to those in China, they can still save money.

"Are the workers willing to immigrate to our Ithaca area?"

Some of them are hard to leave their homeland, but most of them are willing. After all, they are all in their twenties and thirties, and the pressure to survive in China is still quite high.

Bella has also been to Huaguo many times, and she is very familiar with the living environment of ordinary people in Huaguo.

Nowadays, ordinary male Chinese, especially those who do not have advanced diplomas and can only rely on skills and hard work, it is really difficult to survive in China.

Moreover, the cost of living in the country is so high. Buying a house and starting a family are simply not affordable for these ordinary workers.

Because these workers have worked with the foreman on many projects of the China Railway Group in the past, they have worked on projects in Africa and the Middle East, so they also understand the situation overseas.

The reason why I didn't stay in Africa is that Africa is too poor and the country's political situation is too unstable, and the African women's appearance does not conform to the aesthetics of Chinese people.

That's why not a large number of them stayed in Africa, but even so, there were still many married African wives.

And when it comes to the copper country, the attraction of immigrants is much greater than that of Africa.

First of all, the Ithaca area is a Chinese-dominated area. Although the language environment and living habits are different, they can all adapt.

The political environment here is relatively stable, and it is relatively friendly to the Chinese. Moreover, the women here are more in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese people, so naturally a large number of workers are willing to immigrate to Ithaca.

After all, the natural environment here is much stronger than many places in China, and the most important thing is that the pressure of survival here is not so great.

Because of this, after many construction teams came here, when negotiating contracts, Bella arranged for people to discuss immigration options with the workers.

Not to mention the results, many people readily agreed.

Although these workers may not have a high level of education, they are very clear that if one day they are old and unable to work, if they return to China at that time, they will be quickly eliminated by the high-intensity living environment in the country.

But if you stay in Copper Country, it will be much easier, after all, the pressure of the living environment here is much less.

Because of this, the project has greatly saved a part of the personnel and construction costs.

"What about the immigration office?"

Although the Chen family is now very famous in the political circles of the Bronze Country, Xiao Feng is still worried that such a big-spread immigrant into China will arouse suspicion from some people.

"Ha, don't worry about that side. First of all, Ithaca is an autonomous region, and we have autonomy in immigration options. In addition, there are also people from us at the Immigration Bureau. And the political side, I wish we could immigrate more. The talents are good. Now there are a lot of young people going overseas every year in the Copper Country. The government wants more people to immigrate in and create GDP. As long as we pay taxes on time every year, those people can’t say much. .”

Seeing that Bella was so confident, Xiao Feng didn't say anything more.

Well, this just solved the problem of the local population composition that he was worried about.

"Well, that's good. Now that immigration has begun, we can't just immigrate these skilled workers, but also introduce some high-level intellectuals."

Xiao Feng said to Bella again, and Bella nodded with a smile.

"Hey, that's right. Now we have contacted many immigration agencies in the mainland to help them contact more skilled immigrants. For example, various electronic engineers, as well as teachers from primary and secondary schools and even universities, we need Reshaping our education system in the Ithaca area. And doctors, we're bringing in a bunch of them too..."

Xiao Feng nodded: "We need to bring in more of these people. What kind of development our Ithaca area can develop in the future depends mainly on them. Our future goal is to target a high-end Chinese area like Jiapo."

Bella's eyes lit up, she really didn't expect Xiao Feng to set the tone of the Kalapag area so high.

It seems that he is not the kind of person who intends to come and leave with one vote!

But what Xiao Feng was thinking about was that so many black technologies he got from other worlds were hatched here.

If you don't have talent to support you, you will build a castle in the air, and you will definitely be suspected.

Only by bringing in more college students and scientists from Huaguo, and more black technologies will be revealed in the future, will it become more reasonable.

After talking about talent introduction, Xiao Feng shifted the topic to funding.

"Is there enough money?"

"In the current phase, we have borrowed a total of two billion dollars from Citigroup and Southern Cross Bank. We have mortgaged several high-quality farms near Ithaca and the only remaining salt lake mine to them..."

"Wait? We still have a salt lake mine here?"

Xiao Feng was a little puzzled. In the past, this Ithaca area was indeed a famous mining area, but the main production was saltpeter.

That is, the raw materials for making fertilizers and explosives. The war between the Copper Country and Peru and Bolivia was to snatch this mining area.

Later, after the victory of the Copper Kingdom, the mining area was given to the Chinese who had made great achievements in the war to live in. In fact, they had no good intentions.

Because the mining area was on the verge of exhaustion at that time, the Chinese were arranged here, and they could also be guarded. Once there was movement in Peru and Bolivia, this would be a war zone.

Later, the mining area dried up, and it was turned into an agricultural area.

Xiao Feng hadn't really studied the mineral resource reserves in this area. He really didn't know that there was a salt lake nearby.

"Ha, if we go further east in the Ithaca area, at the foot of Mount Tbilisi, there used to be a large area of ​​undeveloped algae swamp. However, due to the gradual decrease in rainfall in recent decades, a desert has formed there. Salt Lake. Later, some people discovered lithium mines there, but no one has developed it..."

Let me go, it turns out that there are really lithium reserves?

"Then why hasn't it been developed before?"

"Um! Mr. Xiao, you have to know that when our Ithaca was controlled by the four major families, it was faster to do other businesses than to mine money. Besides, even if you don't do those businesses, it is cheaper to buy some fish every year. Mining is easy..."

Grass, what a reckless waste, Xiao Feng was also speechless.

But when I think about my old business, it is really easy to sell flour, and the money comes in quickly, so who would want to go to mine with painstaking efforts?

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