848 Moon Landing Projec (1/2)

Having lived up to Jiang Chen's expectations, the Graphene Research Institute of Future Heavy Industries came up with a solution that would turn the kind of floating plantation he conceived into reality.

One hundred acres of floating plantations were on the southwestern waters of Penglai. They were connected by graphene ropes. Under the force exerted and received, each floating plantation was as stable as flatland. While on the plantations, there was no feeling of bumpy waves at all.

The output of sap was collected by the staff on the floating plantation and poured into the designated area. Through the graphene pipes that connected plantations to each other, the sap was transported to storage tanks, awaiting tankers to transport them to the refinery on MLL Island to be refined into fuel and other petrochemical products.

Yes, although Jiang Chen didn't intend to build a plantation abroad, he didn't mind sharing the highly polluting industry of refining with his own allies. The industrial foundation of Moro was very shallow, and half the finances depended on the mines of Future Mining. Santos was more than happy for Jiang Chen to move these highly polluting factories to his lands.

On the one hand, it could solve the issue of unemployment. On the other hand, it could also increase tax revenue.

Regardless if it was dirty, stomachs had to be filled first!

Just like that, from Penglai to MLL Island, a relatively complete oil industry chain was formed. The petroleum products produced in MLL were transported through the port to Ange Island and New Malaysia Special District to support the oil demands of the local chemical, food, and clothing companies, while the surplus oil would be exported to Hua.

At present, both the MLL refinery and the 100-acre offshore plantation in Penglai were under construction.

According to the Ministry of Finance's assessment, once this oil industry chain was completed, it would bring Future Group a direct profit of at least 20 billion XND per year, and it would completely reverse the status quo of Xin's industry subject to the international crude market.

After learning that Future Group found a new solution to the energy crisis, countries sent their own researchers to Coro Island. Supposedly, it was in the name of experiential exchange. In fact, they were trying to figure out the DNA code of these oil palms from Future Group. It would be even better if they obtained the breeding technology.

In the open and in the dark, all countries tried to use all tactics possible.

However, these researchers sent to Xin didn't even see Xin's scientists, let alone exchange experience with them.

No matter what reasons they gave from being ”academics without borders” or ”performing a duty for all of mankind”, Celestial Trade's soldiers guarding the entrance of Future Biology were completely unmoved.

As for those spies who came under disguise, they were invariably countered by Ghost Agents. Some were expelled from the country, and serious consequences were carried out in secret. Although the overseas activities of Ghost Agents were less skillful than that of CIB and the Mossad, the home court advantage combined with their technology ensured the national security of the country when it came to anti-espionage activities.

Although no countries could gain anything despite the tactics used, they were clearly unwilling to give up.

Switzerland offered 2 billion US Dollar for the DNA information, but Jiang Chen didn't even look at the letter of intent before he immediately tossed it into the recycling. While the price was seriously understated, he wouldn't sell to a NATO nation to start with.

Exxon Mobil offered a high price of 3.7 billion US Dollar. However, even this figure still grossly undervalued this technology in Jiang Chen's mind.

Even the Liu family in Hua was interested in this technology and probed to see whether Jiang Chen had any plans for cooperation.

”If you need land, we happen to have some.” On the phone, Liu Xiangguo smiled.

”That's enough. We can export crude to you at a price that is lower than OPEC's. As for the oil palm DNA, you can forget about it. I can't sell it.” Jiang Chen was direct.

[It's exactly because you happen to have land that I can't sell it to you.] The only advantage of Future Group was technology. If this technology was sold, any slightly larger landlocked country could use its own land area to plant these oil crops.

They were at sea, while the others were on land. Without a technological advantage, how could he compete?!