America's Road to Fame

Chapter 318 Engineering Construction Company
"What happened to what I said before?"

"I have bought an engineering construction company according to your instructions. Although the scale is not very large, the system is still very complete and there are many construction qualifications."

Ivanta answered William Chen's question.

This is one of the purposes of William Chen's return to China this time. He had ordered Ivanta to acquire an engineering construction company in the name of TC Commercial Management Company before, in order to have his own construction capabilities.

The reason for this is that those large infrastructure projects, such as Luqiao Wharf, must be tendered and let those groups with construction experience carry out them.

However, some small projects, especially those related to William Chen himself, such as his mansion, the data center in Atlanta, and the Southern Crusaders' garrison, were not allowed to be constructed by outside companies.

Therefore, it is very necessary to have an engineering team that can be controlled by oneself.Therefore, in the name of TC Business Management Company, Ivanta bought a local engineering construction company in Shanghai after making a selection, and changed its name to TC Engineering Construction Company.

At present, Atlanta Island has a great demand for workers. Apart from those large projects that are invited for bidding, many basic livelihood security projects need to start construction. In terms of infrastructure, Huaguo's companies, whether it is cost or speed, need to start construction. In terms of technology, they are currently winning over European and American countries, and the projects that require them to build are not projects with too high technical content.

Now the first major project to be carried out on Atlanta is to purchase soil in large quantities from surrounding countries, mainly Papua New Guinea, and then spread it to various places in Atlanta. Each place needs at least The height of the pavement is half a meter to one meter, and some places are basically leveled out, and then follow-up construction is carried out.

The plan for the first step is to lay a layer of soil on almost all places except the mountain peaks and lakes on Atlanta, with a height ranging from half a meter to one meter. According to different uses, different degrees of compaction will be carried out. Reality.

As for the recruitment and transfer of TC Engineering Construction Company, the enthusiasm of local workers is also very high, because although the current living environment in Atlanta is a little bit difficult, the remuneration offered to work there is very attractive. But they will be paid in U.S. dollars, and converted into Chinese currency, the salary is more than three times the current salary.

Their current priority is to go to Atlan Island and transport the soil from the ship to the designated area of ​​Atlan Island for laying.

This job does not require much technical content at present, and it could have been hired nearby, such as importing labor from Papua New Guinea or Indonesia.

At first, Erica and others from the Atlanta Management Committee also suggested the same, but they didn't know the specific situation. William Chen knew it, because in his previous life, some classmates had been here to do projects. I complained to him during the chat.

Like the locals in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, what should I say?In terms of work enthusiasm, it may be slightly better than African black uncles, but it is also limited.

This is why the Chinese in these places are generally relatively wealthy groups. Because the Chinese can endure hardships and work hard, it is easy to accumulate wealth. Even if they are penniless at first, they can save money to start doing business after hard work. Business, over time, will naturally be able to gather more wealth than those lazy locals.

Therefore, instead of hiring these people, it is better to simply hire all workers from Huaguo to do these jobs.

In Atlanta, low-skilled jobs such as soil transportation and laying will have slightly lower salaries, but they can also get more than twice the domestic income. As for more technical construction jobs, the salary can reach More than three times or even higher, it is no wonder that the recruitment of TC Engineering Construction Company received such a positive response.

During this period of time, the Atlanta Management Committee has also deeply felt that the current Atlanta Island, even the current infrastructure projects, are spending money like water, and they import soil from neighboring countries such as Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. And for the matter of laying, the cost is also huge.

At present, Atlanta is undergoing a new round of mineral resource exploration. The mines with development value will be drawn out, and soil laying will not be carried out for the time being.But even so, to lay the soil of the whole island again, just the cost of purchasing and shipping, after calculation, it needs at least 10 billion US dollars, plus the cost of labor and equipment for laying, it is properly more than 15 billion US dollars. $[-] billion already.

It can be said that the soil in various places is a gift from nature to human beings. As a virgin land that has just experienced a volcanic eruption and is covered by magma, Atlanta has not had time to get this gift, so it can only spend money to do it by itself. layout.

The Ring Road in Atlanta is about 120 kilometers long and is expected to cost US$10 billion.

In addition to the 3 million US dollars already paid for the purchase of the Hermi Islands, the government office building will be built next, and now the 34 billion US dollars in the Atlanta Fund is not much left, and there are many other large projects, so There will be a lot of funds needed in the follow-up.

But it doesn't matter, William Chen still has follow-up funding arrangements.

In the debt crisis in Europe, Tianshu Fund, a private equity fund under the Meta Investment Company currently belonging to the Kettering Foundation, put out 50 billion US dollars to short the European stock market, and it has basically closed all positions. This time The action has allowed Tianshu Fund to obtain a profit of about 20 billion US dollars.

William Chen didn't expect this. Originally, he only planned to spend the money idle, and it would be good to earn some interest. He didn't expect that the profits could almost match the profits of Tianshu Fund's previous investment of 150 billion US dollars in US stocks. Rate up.

Therefore, after recovering the funds invested in shorting the European stock market, he first used the 20 billion US dollars in profit this time to purchase bonds issued by the Atlanta Fund through the Tianshu Fund, allowing the Atlanta Fund to raise funds again. $20 billion for infrastructure.

This is equivalent to Tianshu Fund investing in bonds issued by Atlanta Fund. Although the interest rate is relatively low, it is also a normal investment behavior.

A few days before returning to Shanghai, William Chen and Ivanta arranged for TC Engineering and Construction Company to undertake the work related to the Atlanta government, rented a boat, brought equipment and used it for temporary accommodation activities Prefab houses, etc., as well as the first batch of more than 200 engineering and technical personnel and construction personnel, went to Atlanta by boat.

After the first group of them set up a temporary camp, more people will set off later.

The first step of TC Engineering Construction Company’s arrival in Atlanta, in addition to organizing newly recruited personnel to carry out soil laying and leveling work, will continue to build residential areas near the two high-rise residential buildings aided by Japan, and , is to participate in the construction and supply of materials, a large supermarket belonging to the South Pacific Industrial Investment Corporation, as well as various underground pipeline laying in the living area near the temporary dock, general road laying and other infrastructure.

Therefore, there are still a lot of people needed, and the first batch of more than 200 people is definitely not enough. It is estimated that within one month, TC Engineering Construction Company will need to import at least 1500 construction workers to Atlanta Island.

But adding so many people at one time, the current facilities in Atlanta must be unbearable. Therefore, those who go ahead of schedule need to pay close attention to building living facilities that can satisfy these people.

However, it takes time to build a house. In the early stage, most people still need to live in prefabricated houses. Fortunately, the climate in the Atlanta area is between 25-30 degrees for a long time, which is neither too cold nor too cold. In residential areas, it is not necessary to use too many air conditioners. Even when it is hot, an electric fan is enough. Otherwise, it will be difficult to bear such a large load in the current situation of relying on diesel generators for power supply.

After the management committee of Atlanta returned to the island of Atlanta and started the reconstruction work, the magic mirror system in the small data server on the Eclipse also started working. Under the staff's work, the magic mirror system has been connected to the official website of Atlanta, which faces the world, and accepts applications for residence or work visas from all over the world.

Everyone can log in to Atlanta's official website, fill in their identity information and some relevant information on the corresponding page, and then wait for the review and get a reply email.

Uh, in fact, after they apply, the magic mirror system can give a score immediately, but this is a bit outrageous, so William Chen set it to give a reply after 24 hours.

The system will respond based on their ratings.If the score reaches the standard, you can get an offer. Take your valid identity certificate and go to the reception office in Malus Island in Atlanta. After the verification, you can get the supporting documents and go to Atlanta via Malus Island. With two daily ferry boats, you can reach Atlanta, or obtain residency, or obtain a work visa.

The employees of TC Engineering and Construction Company who went to Atlanta before went through this process. After being confirmed by the system, they will first take a boat to Malus Island to get everyone’s certification documents, and then go to Atlanta Koh Lan, proof of obtaining a work visa.

(End of this chapter)