Chapter 502: Chapter 238 Rapid Progress_2 Chapter 502: Chapter 238 Rapid Progress_2 However, this is Misty Island, everything here legally belongs entirely to Yan Fei's private ownership. Yan Fei and Lu Pingping simply need to shift the focus of Dream Technology here, and they can then do as they please, making their own decisions, and doing whatever they want–this is what true freedom looks like in everyone's dreams. This is also the ultimate goal that Yan Fei has always been thinking of for properly developing Misty Island, to turn this place into the new Headquarters of Dream Technology.
After making the rounds, Lu Pingping was very satisfied, but there was also a slight disappointment. That was the thick White Mist constantly shrouding the sky above Misty Island, and beneath it, all that met the eye was sea water and yellow sand, or the pitch-black Reefs, not a hint of life. There were neither animals nor birds in the sky; no plants, forests, or flowers; and not even the fish commonly seen in the ocean. Living here for the long term would inevitably lead to profound loneliness…
During the time when Yan Fei was accompanying Lu Pingping to inspect the new lands of Misty Island, the port construction outside was underway with experts directing the operations vigorously. Thanks to everyone's efforts, the port was rapidly taking shape. In just a mere four days, it had already begun to resemble a port.
Beyond the construction of port facilities, a mini thermal power station was being built in the distance. The electricity needed for the dock construction and people's livelihood was being supplied by several Diesel Generators, and there was no shortage of electricity for the time being. However, as the construction volume of the dock project grew and the number of workers increased, the demand for electricity would also become greater. Eventually, the electricity generated by those Diesel Generators would be insufficient, resulting in a tremendous shortfall.
It was to resolve this long-term problem that Yan Fei decided to build a thermal power plant here. Originally, according to Yan Fei's previous plan, Misty Island was to be constructed into a beautiful ecological island, and it was absolutely not going to allow heavily polluting enterprises, let alone a thermal power plant that would cause significant environmental pollution.
But the actual situation was somewhat different, as maintaining the operations of an ecological island would require a large amount of electrical support. Since Yan Fei could not yet solve the electricity problem and could not rely on Diesel Generators forever, he had to utilize the thermal power plant to supply electricity, temporarily sustaining the various construction works on Misty Island and the workers' needs. However, as soon as Yan Fei found a solution to the electricity problem, the thermal power plant would be swiftly dismantled, returning Misty Island to its clear blue skies and white clouds.
During this time, Yan Fei also took the opportunity to use the Drone to transport himself back to China at night to shift the various materials stockpiled in that Secret Warehouse to the Misty Island Sea Area, ensuring that the great construction of Misty Island would not suffer from a shortage of supplies.
The various constructions here required a lot of pricey large machinery and equipment, and when Lu Pingping was purchasing these pieces of equipment before, she only bought one of each type. However, after paying a great price, the Auxiliary Brain had acquired their Manufacturing Process and further improved and refined these processes, thus gaining the ability to produce them.
So when the construction Workers arrived on Misty Island, Yan Fei used the improved Manufacturing Process to produce more advanced Equipment from the collected Raw Materials through his own mini Production Space. This not only accelerated the port's construction progress but also saved a great deal of money. And most importantly, it prevented others from deducing the true purpose of these pieces of equipment based on the quantities Lu Pingping purchased.
The mini-production workshop demonstrated its immense value at this time. With it, Yan Fei could produce most of the Equipment himself, not only avoiding the risk of supply chokepoints but also preventing substantial waste of funds. Dream Technology, while profitable, was not a money printing factory and couldn't pour unlimited funds into the construction of Misty Island. Therefore, saving money where possible was essential.
Having seen the immense value of the mini-production workshop, Yan Fei even started to formulate a new money-making plan; that is, once the products produced by the mini-production workshop met the construction needs, he considered producing some extra basic Equipment for sale.
Unfortunately, the manufacturing process also falls under high-tech technology, which needs to be accumulated over time. Some manufacturing processes have been made public on the Internet, and the Auxiliary Brain just needs to download them and further refine and optimize them to possess the production capacity for these products. However, these products are generally very low-end, or even obsolete, with no market value.
More advanced manufacturing processes are commercial secrets of others, and are not disclosed on the Internet. To obtain them, other than having the Auxiliary Brain itself carry out Technology Analysis, there is only the option of purchasing them. It is these kinds of products that are hot sellers on the market and hold extremely high production value.
Among the manufacturing processes that the Auxiliary Brain has acquired, apart from those publicly available, are the production technologies for large machinery that were obtained through purchases. With the manufacturing process and raw materials, the mini-production workshop can produce them. It should be noted that these large pieces of equipment are essentially building machinery, which belong to the category of 'big and crude', with not too many subsystems or electronic devices, so the mini-production workshops can manage to produce them. Once encountering equipment with multiple subsystems, or high-end electronic devices, the mini-production workshops are unable to produce them because the Auxiliary Brain does not have manufacturing processes for subsystems and electronic devices.
The construction of Misty Island proceeded step by step. Accompanied by Yan Fei, Lu Pingping spent a very pleasant time there. However, after ten days, she had to leave. Due to the numerous affairs of Dream Technology, she had to return to oversee the overall situation. Although reluctant, Lu Pingping had no choice but to board the departing fleet and leave Misty Island, heading back to Shanghai, China.
After personally inspecting the actual situation on Misty Island, Lu Pingping became full of enthusiasm. She began to recruit more construction workforce, purchase more second-hand ships, and procure more various materials. She spared no expense in anything that could better serve and build Misty Island, going all-in with purchases.
Yan Fei did not choose to leave with Lu Pingping but stayed on Misty Island to direct the construction of the port infrastructure. A month later, with the aid of Yan Fei's unique abilities, and the collective effort of all construction workers, Misty Island's port had taken shape, with various necessary port equipment starting the installation phase. On another front, the construction of the thermal power plant was going very smoothly, reaching a critical moment.
At this time, the second batch of materials and construction personnel procured by Lu Pingping were transported to Misty Island. Coming with the fleet, besides an immense amount of materials, were an additional 3000 construction workers and 300 logistics support staff who had signed confidentiality agreements. These personnel would join the existing construction teams to build and develop Misty Island together.
The construction speed here was very rapid, provided there was a massive consumption of materials. Not to mention other materials, just the quantity of diesel consumed by the generators for producing electricity was astronomical. If Yan Fei hadn't quietly transported a large amount of materials between the two locations, the construction on Misty Island would have ground to a halt long ago.
By the time the second month had passed, Misty Island's port had been built at an astonishing speed. Even the experts overseeing the construction were shocked by this pace; in their lifetime experience, even on mainland, even with a full supply of materials, they wouldn't have been able to complete such a massive project in such a short period under normal circumstances.
However, what these people didn't know was that, during the brief periods of shift changes for the three-shift workers, Yan Fei took the opportunity to fix any oversights and used the amazing capabilities of the Universal Space to help them with a large amount of manpower-intensive work, which greatly increased their construction speed. Otherwise, even if they doubled the time, they wouldn't have been able to complete the construction of this dock.