12 Chapter 12: Progress
In the evening, after Chen Yang had dinner, he sat in front of the computer and checked the quotations and tenders sent by companies from various countries.
He inquired about the other party's company size and operating conditions, comparing quotes. The whole process was quite cumbersome, and Chen Yang felt a little dizzy just looking at it.
Chen Yang's hometown is in Rongcheng County, Jiangling City, in China. His parents have become the focus of Rongcheng County these two days. The couple, in their forties, are both employees of an ordinary unit. They have been ordinary people for half their lives. Their dream is to buy an apartment for their son in the city, watch their son marry and have children, and then their life will be complete.
As a result, when they were in their forties, their lives suddenly changed drastically. Their son went and bought an island and established a country. When they first learned the news, their son was still in the crowdfunding stage. But only three or four days had passed, and their son had already established a country. He even made 50 billion by selling government bonds. When they visited the grave during the Qingming Festival, they had never burned such a large denomination of money. Their son earned it in just four hours.
The leaders of the unit expressed cordial condolences in the office, gave them a salary increase, and allowed them to freely choose the positions they wanted to take. The sudden special treatment made the two of them feel very uncomfortable. Every day when they came home from work, the door was crowded with visitors. There were distant relatives whom they had not contacted for a long time, matchmakers who appeared out of nowhere, local businessmen, and even county leaders whom they had only seen in newspapers, all wearing shy smiles and speaking respectfully. When the neighbors nearby chatted, their words were full of envy, and they kept saying "Your son is really promising." Although they were humble on the lips, they were happy in their hearts.
After dinner in the evening, Chen Yang's mother sat on the sofa and said, "I don't know how Chen yang is doing there. I heard that the island doesn't even have a toilet. Do you think our son can live there?"
The Dad said: "Isn't it already under construction?"
The Mom looked at the phone in her hand and said, "How about giving Chen yang a call?" Dad shook his head: "Let's wait a few more days. Chen yang is very busy recently, so let's not disturb him." "Why did this kid suddenly think of buying an island and establishing a country? Such a big thing..." Dad looked out the window and frowned slightly. His wife didn't notice, but he did.
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{Let me steal some of your stones...}
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Since yesterday, many strange faces suddenly appeared in their building. The neighbors next door and upstairs suddenly rented out their houses. No matter how stupid he was, he could still guess that someone from the state must be secretly protecting them. After all, they are the parents of a king. Although that country has not yet been recognized by other countries, Chen Yang's various big moves in the past two days have obviously attracted the attention of many countries. He is just an ordinary person with low education and limited knowledge. He doesn't know whether this attention is good or bad.
At two o'clock in the morning, Chen Yang finally identified all the winning bidders and purchasing companies. He replied to the emails one by one and then just waited for the other party to deliver the materials.
Twelve days passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, the supplies he purchased were delivered one after another. The winning bidders would also arrive today. In order to save time, he chose the nearby Longguo as the winning bidder. In terms of supplies, they chose the closer African country. Cargo ships docked one after another on the shore. After Chen Yang checked, he determined that there were no problems and settled all the remaining balances directly. Then he arranged the engineering robot to unload the goods.
At 11 o'clock at noon, several Longguo companies that won the bid also arrived. They were mainly responsible for the construction of base stations, laying of submarine cables, power stations, water plants, etc., on the island of Prosperia. They only needed to provide materials and guidance, and the labor would be provided by Chen Yang. With everything arranged properly, Prosperia's infrastructure construction finally officially began!
Tano city: 35,000 engineering robots. Airport: 25,000 engineering robots. Port: 25,000 engineering robots. While waiting for the supplies, Chen Yang specially arranged these engineering robots to plan the path between the three places and clear all the trees and obstacles on the path. Although it was full of potholes, construction vehicles could still drive through.
Chen Yang stood on the shore and watched the engineering robots building the port busy. He took out his mobile phone and started the first live broadcast in more than ten days.
"Big Brother is on!"
"He's finally streaming. If he didn't stream, I would have almost forgot Prosperia."
"Holy crap, the port has already been built? Is it so efficient?"
"Oh my god, why are there so many people?"
Chen Yang said: "Long time no see, hello everyone. The Dragon Project has officially begun. What you see now is Prosperia's first port. According to the design plan, the first phase of Prosperia Port will build berths with a length of about 5,000 meters. Ships with a draft of about 13m can smoothly berth at the port. The project is expected to be completed within 30-40 days."
"How long will it take to complete? Did i hear right?"
"Thirty or forty days? Are you kidding me?"
"A port of this size would not be completed in a month, let alone a year!"
Netizens though that Chen Yang's words were simply a fantasy.
Chen Yang said with a smile: "A total of 125,000 workers are working on the port project at the same time. Thirty to forty days is just a conservative estimate."
A robot is efficient as five people. 25,000 people are equivalent to 125,000 people. Anyway, the netizens are not at the scene. Even if they were at the scene, they will not waste time counting. So it doesn't matter how many workers he says.
"Incredible, 125,000 people?"
"The daily salary cost for so many people is 60 to 70 million. Brother, can you afford the 50 billion?"
"The upfront investment is crazy!"
"Is this Prosperia? It's enlightening."
Chen Yang took a rough shot, got in the car, and continued driving towards the airport. When he arrived at the airport and the viewers saw the dense crowd of construction workers again, they were completely numb.
Chen Yang said: "There are also 125,000 staff at the airport. My expert team estimates that the construction period for the airport, port and Tano City is expected to be completed simultaneously in 30-40 days."
"In addition, Prosperia's submarine cable is expected to be completed within 20 days, and the base stations covering the country will also be completed within a month. Starting today, I will take everyone to see the progress of the project at 12 noon every day."
"That's it for today's live broadcast, see you all tomorrow."
Chen Yang ended the stream, but the live broadcast room was filled with excitement.
"The infrastructure of Prosperia is so sick!"
"I thought Prosperia would take a year at the fastest, but he said a month?"
"This speed of infrastructure construction reminds me of films."
"If you have money, you can really do whatever you want!"
"For the first time, it felt like building a country was so simple."
"Hahaha, fortunately, I bought national bonds. When the Prosperia is built, I can immigrate!"
"Damn it, my girlfriend said that Prosperia would make money and run away, so she told me not to buy it. Damn it!"
"The value of Prosperia's passport is increasing day by day! The next step should be to establish diplomatic relations, right?"
"How can it be so fast? With just infrastructure, the most it can do is to be able to live. But if it can be lived in, there must be a job. Otherwise, it will end up eating dirt."
These days, officials, consortiums, and investors from various countries are paying close attention to Prosperia. But Prosperia suddenly stopped moving. Now, Prosperia, which has been silent for more than ten days, has once again appeared in the eyes of netizens from all over the world. And it was presented to the public in such an explosive way. It attracted everyone's attention for a while.
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- End of chapter twelve -
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Author's note: Hufff... A really stressing chapter, full of wrong spelling and pronouns. Let's not forget the incomprehensible words like:
Was on air : streaming
Airing : streaming
Like.... I don't know how can someone enjoy this without a good grammar, it makes you lose brain cells. Please drop some stones for this poor beggar...
Let me know in the comments if you like this style of translation. I'm also working on another translation of a One Piece MTL, stay tuned for more chapters!
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