Chapter 2081: Chapter 1903: Ha! Is That Possible? The benefits of manufacturing in China are clear. Otherwise. If everything is imported. China would be purely a consumer. Nowadays, even though there is no tax revenue from domestic manufacturing, the entire economic process from raw materials to labor can generate social value. Why is there no tax revenue? ---Joint ventures. Back then. When filtering solutions entered China, shares of subsidiary companies were sold, which means the country can earn a portion of the profits from sales of filtering solutions and filters, although it’s not much. But it’s an attitude. Later. The Oasis emerged. Similarly. China could also receive ’rebates’, and at that time, the government directly offered six years of tax exemption. In a certain sense, Myanmar Environmental Technology Company’s Chinese branch was equivalent to a bilateral cooperative enterprise. The status was not low. "How long is the warranty?" "Two years." "That’s a bit short." "..." After negotiations, the warranty period was extended by six months. "What are the maintenance costs?" "Around 3,000 RMB per year." "..." "What if it gets stolen?" "The probability is extremely low, but we have precautionary measures. Once fixed, if moved more than half a meter in any direction, it triggers an alarm and reports to the control center." "What if the signal gets blocked?" "Alert." "..." As the main procurement item, the details of the underwater monitors were discussed for nearly twenty minutes, after which, as in previous days, the delegation was led to the basement level. An hour later. After the tour. The delegation was amazed, reflecting on domestic wastewater treatment plants, which felt several grades lower. Just the sci-fi visual impact made it feel like a futuristic technology exhibition. The speed of wastewater treatment was astonishing. Ten minutes. No odor. They didn’t even need to be built in less populated areas. It could probably become a tourist attraction itself, even charging admission, which is a very appealing aspect. Moreover. The crux is the subsequent treatment technology. Filtration. Reaction. Separation. Depending on different separated substances, they’re sent to different secondary treatment plants, whether for making fertilizers, extracting some heavy metals, or further decomposing into raw materials, leaving very little waste. In the afternoon. They visited the secondary treatment plants. Three in total. - Metals. - Organic matter. - Inorganic matter. The three treatment plants handle a total of twelve major types of residuals, watching the wastewater containing mixed heavy metals go in and pure metal elements come out, with efficiency that surprised them. Alcohol, oil, protein... Salt, acid, alkali... From waste. Turned into bags of raw materials. These mixed together are trash, difficult to handle, but decomposed and extracted, they became very useful raw materials with wide applications. "This..." Previously, they didn’t know. Because. Only water purifiers and recovery devices were sent to China for testing. This kind of secondary treatment technology requires the entire plant’s equipment to achieve, it’s impossible to package and ship the plant over. A certain academician was excited. Recycling. This goal. They had pursued for years, but the results were always insignificant. Precise extraction of complex mixtures is very difficult, not entirely impossible, but reducing costs has always been the biggest challenge. Urgently asking: "What about the costs?" "Not low." Hearing this. Those present thought: As expected. However. The next moment. "The primary cost lies in the equipment; the entire plant’s equipment costs more than one billion RMB. In terms of extraction ability, it can entirely meet the needs of a city with a five-million population." "After calculating profit and loss." "The annual subsidy expenses are around three hundred million RMB." Immediately. Everyone started doing the math, ten billion, five million, if it’s Beijing, it would require an investment of forty billion, with annual subsidies exceeding ten billion RMB, but it seems... not much? Beijing. Can afford it. "What is the source of profit?" "Certainly the extracted substances, these can be used in industrial production or even as one of the raw materials for water purifiers. Our water purifier manufacturing plant can completely handle the recycling." "Thus." "Calculating overall, the treatment plant is actually losing money." Upon hearing this. Everyone marveled once more, the recycling process was so well done, reducing the remaining waste to an incredible degree, but the investment is huge, requiring annual subsidies. Subsidies. Subsidies? Suddenly. They realized they might have overlooked something. "Hiss~" Gosh! Indeed, something was overlooked. "Are you saying only this secondary treatment plant is losing money?" The leader asked hurriedly. "Of course." "Is the residential wastewater treatment fee included?" "No." "..." At this moment. Everyone was speechless, thinking the entire investment was at a loss. Little did they expect you completely ignored whether the previous process had any surplus. You disregarded selling water and wastewater treatment fees. Alright. You really know your stuff. "So, if the wastewater treatment plant and these secondary treatment plants are combined, along with the city’s water supply and wastewater treatment charges, the entire project can be profitable." "Calculated that way, of course." "..." Ha! This misunderstanding was quite huge, thinking it would lose money but not expecting it could still earn. How much profit wasn’t the concern; urban water supply and sewage are public services, loss isn’t even a matter. Now. Being able to earn is great. "Good." "Good." "Good." The academician said "good" three times; doing environmental protection is difficult due to costs, yet now it can become profitable, which is fantastic. This trip brought unexpected pleasant surprises and unexpected concerns. After all. You need to spend more. Water purifiers. Recovery devices. Treatment plants. Secondary extraction plants. All are money, with construction expenses measured in billions. Although the other side said most equipment can be manufactured in China, it’s not given for free; purchase still requires real money. However. It is better than purely importing. "Looking forward to more cooperation with your country." "..." A group of people had smiles in their eyes, anticipating earning our money! It’s just a bit speechless, this money being spent, with a little heartache, but no ill feelings towards the company before them. The root cause. Is still that this Company is doing something beneficial for humanity. Pricier. Isn’t so hard to accept. ... 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺 That night. At the hotel. After dinner. Sun Jiang drank tea with the delegation leader. "How does this Company update its new technology so quickly? Forget about transcription fluid’s derived technology, water purifier is entirely another technological system, even distinct from filtering solutions." Incomprehensible. The technology tree follows patterns, yet you are hopping branches, not scientifically. "Who knows." Sun Jiang shrugged. "However." "Existence is reasonable. Currently, its main development direction still relates to the human living environment. If they could solve the solid waste problem in the future, the entire world should thank them." "Ha! Is that possible?" The person across laughed.