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Chapter 145 The Pilot Well Succeeded Perfectly
Chapter 145 The Pilot Well Succeeded Perfectly
Five months later, a piece of news that shocked the world was jointly released by KS Group and quaise company.
The drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling well has reached 10000 meters!That's faster than the first 5000 meters, which took six months and the last 5000 meters in just five months.
This matter is a bit abnormal to say, it should be getting slower and slower, but I didn't expect the community of the two companies to do the opposite.
In an instant, countless media scrambled to report on this matter, and pushed the two companies to the forefront.
At this time, both the people of Country M and the people of China knew that the two companies jointly used a high-end ultra-deep drilling machine, and judging from the current performance, it seems that this drilling machine is more powerful than the previous drilling machine. very many……
For a while, many Chinese people began to discuss it on the Internet. Regarding this matter, it was not only discussed in China, but even the people of country m were discussing it. The people in country m seem relatively calm about this. They all think that this ultra-deep drilling machine has great potential, but they don't know how big the specific potential is.
Of course, Chen Fan didn't care about outside public opinion. After all, he knew from the beginning that this matter would be successful.
Chen Fan even has an idea now, that is, if given the opportunity, he would consider building ultra-deep drilling rigs around the world. However, he is still in the experimental stage and it is not convenient to do this.
Moreover, he now needs to pay more attention to another issue, which is country M, which dominates the international drilling machine market.
Therefore, he now needs to try his best to avoid conflicts with the people of country M. Otherwise, his ultra-deep drilling machine has not yet been developed, and he may be resorted to insidious tricks. This is the last thing he wants to see.
In a blink of an eye, two weeks passed. Chen Fan was abroad, and every few days he had to participate in an international drilling machine exhibition and visit drilling machines from all over the world.
This time, in addition to visiting drilling machines from various countries and learning drilling techniques, Chen Fan also collected a lot of technical information on foreign drilling machines. After returning to China, he planned to integrate all the technologies of these drilling machines and use them all over the world. Promote it to the world.
Of course, the premise of this item is that their first test must be successful!
Only successful drilling to depths where ultra-deep geothermal heat can be harnessed will prove the viability of their path.
During this period, all aspects of work were running normally.
Du Tianyun has made Xiaocha Milk Tea the third place in the country, and the positions of XC and NX are also faintly likely to be surpassed.
At present, the valuation given to Xiaocha has exceeded 400 billion!
Fanchen Technology Group is even more prosperous. After Liang Xiaoyu took charge, all organizational and coordination work was done flawlessly. Liang Xiaoyu's strategic policy of covering the entire industry chain is gradually taking effect.
Sugon Technology began to expand its business, and EDA software development and chip design were divided into two major businesses.
Pure Technology and Linghuiwei are responsible for the necessary equipment for chip manufacturing, lithography machines and ion implanters.
Now the preliminary layout has basically been completed, only the final packaging and testing board is missing.
Of course, Liang Xiaoyu will also continue to try to contact and acquire related companies that meet their requirements.
As for KS Group, it has completely divested of residential real estate, leaving only commercial real estate as its original business.
At present, the most important business has been replaced by drilling and new energy!
Geothermal energy is their most important first shot!
……
Finally, at the end of January in the cold winter, the drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine reached 1 meters!
This is a depth that attracts the world's attention, because currently, no drilling machine in the world that can drill to this depth has ever been heard of, not even the country M, which is known as the most powerful country in the world, is no exception!
The drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine has reached 19999 meters, which indicates that this ultra-deep drilling machine has established a firm foothold in the entire drilling field. It is no longer what it was when it was first announced, and anyone can easily evaluate it!
As the drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine exceeded the threshold of 2000 meters, the global attention to this ultra-deep drilling machine began to soar.
In just two weeks, the popularity has increased by 10 times!
This result is simply unprecedented, and it surprised Quaise's CEO Johnny and all shareholders.
Because of this news that shocked the world, their market value on the Nasdaq soared by US$100 billion!
Doesn't that justify Johnny's wise decision?
Johnny is very proud of himself these days!
Regardless he also knew there would be no time to enjoy the victory because it was their turn to make the move.
Extracting the continuous underground thermal energy and turning it into inexhaustible clean energy is the top priority of this project.
So Johnny immediately convened the board of directors. When the meeting was held, all the shareholders gathered together, and their faces were full of excitement and excitement, because they had been waiting for so long, for more than a month, and now it was finally here. result.
At this meeting, Johnny directly made a decision that all the funds of Quaise Company, including various funds, will be invested in the research and development of this ultra-deep drilling machine, and strive to produce results as soon as possible.
"Everyone, now that the ultra-deep drilling machine has been successfully developed, we will immediately start the second phase of the test!" After the meeting, Johnny said to everyone: "We must complete this ultra-deep drilling machine project, and we must To the extreme, only in this way can we completely solve the current bottlenecks in our company and allow our products to be produced faster and on a larger scale. In this process, we must cooperate with Chen Fan and the others, and absolutely no mistakes are allowed. !"
At this time, Johnny couldn't help but secretly rejoiced that he had listened to Chen Fan's words and chose the other party, which made their quaise company successful and did not take detours.
Otherwise, they will really regret it!
After the meeting, he took his assistant secretary and drove to the airport to prepare for ZG.
……
Chen Fan's office.
Chen Fan was sitting behind his desk at this time, looking at the data on the computer screen, feeling very satisfied. Next, it was up to him to see if Johnny could fulfill their promise.
If the ultra-deep drilling machine that can be used can be successfully drilled this time, the strength of KS Group will get a bigger leap!
At that time, his business empire will add another general.
dong dong dong.
Chen Fan was admiring the data on the computer when there was a knock on the door.
Chen Fan shouted: "Please come in."
The person who came was none other than Johnny, who was in full swing, and rushed to BJ without stopping.
However, Chen Fan seemed relatively calm and calm about Johnny's arrival.
After all, even though he had promised to cooperate with them, he still had to confirm it.
"Hello, Mr. Chen Fan, your research results are really amazing. On behalf of Quaise, I congratulate you!" After Johnny entered the room, he first praised Chen Fan, and then went straight to the topic: "Chen Fan Sir, I don't know when the ultra-deep drilling machine can conduct the second phase of the test!"
Chen Fan raised his head, showed a smile, and replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Johnny, my research has been completed. I wonder how you are going to arrange it?"
Johnny said: "We have already contacted various equipment and personnel, as long as you arrange it, we can carry out the second phase of research at any time."
After hearing this, Chen Fan nodded.
"Well, that's fine, then let's start the second phase of the experiment tomorrow, and we need your company's cooperation at that time."
"Okay, I understand Mr. Chen Fan, no problem." Johnny said without hesitation.
…………
The next morning, Johnny from quaise company arrived at the scene with his own technical power.
Their first plan is to rebuild their own equipment on the well site that Chen Fan has already evacuated, because these are the keys to transforming geothermal energy.
The plan of the Quaise company is actually not a complicated plan, after all, it is managed by a professional named Johnny.
So they have completed the construction of the first batch of equipment in less than a week.
These devices are all imported from abroad, the price is also expensive, and it costs a lot of money.
But in order to put the ultra-deep drilling machine into use as soon as possible and win huge profits for Quaise, none of the senior management of Quaise opposed it.
Even during this period, quaise company executives sent people to visit Chen Fan personally and asked him if they could increase their investment.
However, Chen Fan did not agree to this. He only said that he did not want to increase the cooperation ratio between the two parties for the time being, because the current quaise company was far from being as important in his heart.
He also wants to take advantage of the current popularity of KS Group Company to continue to expand and strengthen his own industry, so at this time, Chen Fan will definitely not release any more shares of KS Group Company.
So, in the following time, the two sides will continue to develop according to the plan, and on the other hand, they will be busy with various things.
Why geothermal energy can become the focus of the world's attention.
That's because after going deep into the formation of 20000 meters, the temperature of the formation is enough to reach a temperature of about 500°C.
This is well past the point at which water is heated to a "supercritical" state, radically improving the efficiency of geothermal power generation.
Supercritical water refers to water when the density of water expanded due to high temperature is exactly the same as that of water vapor compressed due to high pressure when the pressure and temperature reach a certain value.
At this time, there is no difference between the liquid and gas of water, and they are completely blended together to become a new fluid that presents a high-pressure and high-temperature state.
The energy of water in this state is very considerable!So it is also the core principle of this project.
If these supercritical water can be lifted to the ground through their special technology.
Then with the help of this kind of energy, even the most common way of utilization can achieve huge effects in a short period of time.
As long as this kind of energy can be continuously supplied, the experimental project of both parties will be a great success!
In this world, nothing is impossible, only dare to try.
Chen Fan was naturally willing to take the risk.
Moreover, Chen Fan had thought about turning this project into a super drilling machine before, but his company was not good at geothermal conversion technology and he did not have so much money to invest in it, so this plan came with quaise.
But at this moment, the project of the ultra-deep drilling machine has progressed very smoothly.
It proved Chen Fan's luck and ability.
……
One month later, January comes at the beginning of the new year.
KS and quaise once again released the test results that shocked the world.
The experimental results are very successful, and the conversion rate of geothermal energy is very high.
At this moment, the whole world was in an uproar, and countless media were reporting on this incident.
Even, Quaise Company took this opportunity to announce the plan of transforming the commercial achievements of the two parties, which made the international influence of both parties increase again!
Not only that, the successful research of this ultra-deep drilling machine also marks that KS and quaise will step up to a new level and make a huge breakthrough in the technological development in the next few years!
Under such circumstances, Quaise's CEO Johnny and other high-level executives were all very excited when they announced the success of this ultra-deep drilling machine. They wished they could hold a press conference right away to tell the world about their company's success. .
However, this kind of thought, after they got excited, slowly calmed down.
The success of the quaise company was due to the efforts of Chen Fan and Johnny. The most important thing was that they met Chen Fan and had the help of such a terrifying person as Chen Fan, so they could succeed.
Without Chen Fan, that would not necessarily be the case. Perhaps Quaise Company would still be in trouble in the development of ultra-deep drilling rigs.
So, after calming down, Johnny and the others couldn't help but rejoice at their choice.
Because in their view, if it wasn't for Chen Fan, Quaise would never have come to this point, so they must thank Chen Fan for this success.
However, nothing in this world is free.
Chen Fan helped them, and of course they also gave something.
After all, the success of the ultra-deep drilling machine cannot be achieved without the efforts of Quaise. If they hadn't provided all the technical support for heat conversion, then even if Chen Fan and his technical department fully assisted in the development, it would not be possible to successfully develop it in such a short period of time. .
The first successful geothermal well of both parties has generated a lot of traffic around the world!
Then the real first geothermal well in commercial operation is very exciting.
No, after the success of the geothermal well experiment, Chen Fan began intensive preparations for the site selection of the first well, preparing to start the construction of the geothermal well.
Whether to implement this plan in ZG or MG is an important point of negotiation between KS Group and quaise company.
Johnny, the CEO of the KS Group, immediately agreed to the other party after knowing what Quaise meant, and agreed to build a geothermal well in ZG.
However, after he agreed, he became a little confused and asked, "Mr. Chen Fan, how do you know that we will be able to successfully build in zg?"
Johnny didn't know whether Chen Fan had the strength to carry out his plan, but he guessed that since KS Group proposed to build a geothermal well in ZG, Chen Fan should have a way to confirm it, right?
If he can't confirm the procedures and other issues in advance, they can make adjustments in time if they fail.
However, to Johnny's surprise, Chen Fan heard his question and said with a smile: "Mr. Johnny, don't worry, I'm not [-]% sure, but I'm at least [-]% sure !"
Hearing this, Johnny's face showed surprise, and he said in surprise, "Mr. Chen Fan, are you really confident?"
Obviously, Johnny had some doubts about this statement.
Not only him, but also the other senior executives of Quaise Company were all staring at Chen Fan with suspicion.
Because they all know that if they want to win such an authority in ZG, it is tantamount to reaching the sky, which is different from the first test well.
(End of this chapter)
Five months later, a piece of news that shocked the world was jointly released by KS Group and quaise company.
The drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling well has reached 10000 meters!That's faster than the first 5000 meters, which took six months and the last 5000 meters in just five months.
This matter is a bit abnormal to say, it should be getting slower and slower, but I didn't expect the community of the two companies to do the opposite.
In an instant, countless media scrambled to report on this matter, and pushed the two companies to the forefront.
At this time, both the people of Country M and the people of China knew that the two companies jointly used a high-end ultra-deep drilling machine, and judging from the current performance, it seems that this drilling machine is more powerful than the previous drilling machine. very many……
For a while, many Chinese people began to discuss it on the Internet. Regarding this matter, it was not only discussed in China, but even the people of country m were discussing it. The people in country m seem relatively calm about this. They all think that this ultra-deep drilling machine has great potential, but they don't know how big the specific potential is.
Of course, Chen Fan didn't care about outside public opinion. After all, he knew from the beginning that this matter would be successful.
Chen Fan even has an idea now, that is, if given the opportunity, he would consider building ultra-deep drilling rigs around the world. However, he is still in the experimental stage and it is not convenient to do this.
Moreover, he now needs to pay more attention to another issue, which is country M, which dominates the international drilling machine market.
Therefore, he now needs to try his best to avoid conflicts with the people of country M. Otherwise, his ultra-deep drilling machine has not yet been developed, and he may be resorted to insidious tricks. This is the last thing he wants to see.
In a blink of an eye, two weeks passed. Chen Fan was abroad, and every few days he had to participate in an international drilling machine exhibition and visit drilling machines from all over the world.
This time, in addition to visiting drilling machines from various countries and learning drilling techniques, Chen Fan also collected a lot of technical information on foreign drilling machines. After returning to China, he planned to integrate all the technologies of these drilling machines and use them all over the world. Promote it to the world.
Of course, the premise of this item is that their first test must be successful!
Only successful drilling to depths where ultra-deep geothermal heat can be harnessed will prove the viability of their path.
During this period, all aspects of work were running normally.
Du Tianyun has made Xiaocha Milk Tea the third place in the country, and the positions of XC and NX are also faintly likely to be surpassed.
At present, the valuation given to Xiaocha has exceeded 400 billion!
Fanchen Technology Group is even more prosperous. After Liang Xiaoyu took charge, all organizational and coordination work was done flawlessly. Liang Xiaoyu's strategic policy of covering the entire industry chain is gradually taking effect.
Sugon Technology began to expand its business, and EDA software development and chip design were divided into two major businesses.
Pure Technology and Linghuiwei are responsible for the necessary equipment for chip manufacturing, lithography machines and ion implanters.
Now the preliminary layout has basically been completed, only the final packaging and testing board is missing.
Of course, Liang Xiaoyu will also continue to try to contact and acquire related companies that meet their requirements.
As for KS Group, it has completely divested of residential real estate, leaving only commercial real estate as its original business.
At present, the most important business has been replaced by drilling and new energy!
Geothermal energy is their most important first shot!
……
Finally, at the end of January in the cold winter, the drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine reached 1 meters!
This is a depth that attracts the world's attention, because currently, no drilling machine in the world that can drill to this depth has ever been heard of, not even the country M, which is known as the most powerful country in the world, is no exception!
The drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine has reached 19999 meters, which indicates that this ultra-deep drilling machine has established a firm foothold in the entire drilling field. It is no longer what it was when it was first announced, and anyone can easily evaluate it!
As the drilling depth of the ultra-deep drilling machine exceeded the threshold of 2000 meters, the global attention to this ultra-deep drilling machine began to soar.
In just two weeks, the popularity has increased by 10 times!
This result is simply unprecedented, and it surprised Quaise's CEO Johnny and all shareholders.
Because of this news that shocked the world, their market value on the Nasdaq soared by US$100 billion!
Doesn't that justify Johnny's wise decision?
Johnny is very proud of himself these days!
Regardless he also knew there would be no time to enjoy the victory because it was their turn to make the move.
Extracting the continuous underground thermal energy and turning it into inexhaustible clean energy is the top priority of this project.
So Johnny immediately convened the board of directors. When the meeting was held, all the shareholders gathered together, and their faces were full of excitement and excitement, because they had been waiting for so long, for more than a month, and now it was finally here. result.
At this meeting, Johnny directly made a decision that all the funds of Quaise Company, including various funds, will be invested in the research and development of this ultra-deep drilling machine, and strive to produce results as soon as possible.
"Everyone, now that the ultra-deep drilling machine has been successfully developed, we will immediately start the second phase of the test!" After the meeting, Johnny said to everyone: "We must complete this ultra-deep drilling machine project, and we must To the extreme, only in this way can we completely solve the current bottlenecks in our company and allow our products to be produced faster and on a larger scale. In this process, we must cooperate with Chen Fan and the others, and absolutely no mistakes are allowed. !"
At this time, Johnny couldn't help but secretly rejoiced that he had listened to Chen Fan's words and chose the other party, which made their quaise company successful and did not take detours.
Otherwise, they will really regret it!
After the meeting, he took his assistant secretary and drove to the airport to prepare for ZG.
……
Chen Fan's office.
Chen Fan was sitting behind his desk at this time, looking at the data on the computer screen, feeling very satisfied. Next, it was up to him to see if Johnny could fulfill their promise.
If the ultra-deep drilling machine that can be used can be successfully drilled this time, the strength of KS Group will get a bigger leap!
At that time, his business empire will add another general.
dong dong dong.
Chen Fan was admiring the data on the computer when there was a knock on the door.
Chen Fan shouted: "Please come in."
The person who came was none other than Johnny, who was in full swing, and rushed to BJ without stopping.
However, Chen Fan seemed relatively calm and calm about Johnny's arrival.
After all, even though he had promised to cooperate with them, he still had to confirm it.
"Hello, Mr. Chen Fan, your research results are really amazing. On behalf of Quaise, I congratulate you!" After Johnny entered the room, he first praised Chen Fan, and then went straight to the topic: "Chen Fan Sir, I don't know when the ultra-deep drilling machine can conduct the second phase of the test!"
Chen Fan raised his head, showed a smile, and replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Johnny, my research has been completed. I wonder how you are going to arrange it?"
Johnny said: "We have already contacted various equipment and personnel, as long as you arrange it, we can carry out the second phase of research at any time."
After hearing this, Chen Fan nodded.
"Well, that's fine, then let's start the second phase of the experiment tomorrow, and we need your company's cooperation at that time."
"Okay, I understand Mr. Chen Fan, no problem." Johnny said without hesitation.
…………
The next morning, Johnny from quaise company arrived at the scene with his own technical power.
Their first plan is to rebuild their own equipment on the well site that Chen Fan has already evacuated, because these are the keys to transforming geothermal energy.
The plan of the Quaise company is actually not a complicated plan, after all, it is managed by a professional named Johnny.
So they have completed the construction of the first batch of equipment in less than a week.
These devices are all imported from abroad, the price is also expensive, and it costs a lot of money.
But in order to put the ultra-deep drilling machine into use as soon as possible and win huge profits for Quaise, none of the senior management of Quaise opposed it.
Even during this period, quaise company executives sent people to visit Chen Fan personally and asked him if they could increase their investment.
However, Chen Fan did not agree to this. He only said that he did not want to increase the cooperation ratio between the two parties for the time being, because the current quaise company was far from being as important in his heart.
He also wants to take advantage of the current popularity of KS Group Company to continue to expand and strengthen his own industry, so at this time, Chen Fan will definitely not release any more shares of KS Group Company.
So, in the following time, the two sides will continue to develop according to the plan, and on the other hand, they will be busy with various things.
Why geothermal energy can become the focus of the world's attention.
That's because after going deep into the formation of 20000 meters, the temperature of the formation is enough to reach a temperature of about 500°C.
This is well past the point at which water is heated to a "supercritical" state, radically improving the efficiency of geothermal power generation.
Supercritical water refers to water when the density of water expanded due to high temperature is exactly the same as that of water vapor compressed due to high pressure when the pressure and temperature reach a certain value.
At this time, there is no difference between the liquid and gas of water, and they are completely blended together to become a new fluid that presents a high-pressure and high-temperature state.
The energy of water in this state is very considerable!So it is also the core principle of this project.
If these supercritical water can be lifted to the ground through their special technology.
Then with the help of this kind of energy, even the most common way of utilization can achieve huge effects in a short period of time.
As long as this kind of energy can be continuously supplied, the experimental project of both parties will be a great success!
In this world, nothing is impossible, only dare to try.
Chen Fan was naturally willing to take the risk.
Moreover, Chen Fan had thought about turning this project into a super drilling machine before, but his company was not good at geothermal conversion technology and he did not have so much money to invest in it, so this plan came with quaise.
But at this moment, the project of the ultra-deep drilling machine has progressed very smoothly.
It proved Chen Fan's luck and ability.
……
One month later, January comes at the beginning of the new year.
KS and quaise once again released the test results that shocked the world.
The experimental results are very successful, and the conversion rate of geothermal energy is very high.
At this moment, the whole world was in an uproar, and countless media were reporting on this incident.
Even, Quaise Company took this opportunity to announce the plan of transforming the commercial achievements of the two parties, which made the international influence of both parties increase again!
Not only that, the successful research of this ultra-deep drilling machine also marks that KS and quaise will step up to a new level and make a huge breakthrough in the technological development in the next few years!
Under such circumstances, Quaise's CEO Johnny and other high-level executives were all very excited when they announced the success of this ultra-deep drilling machine. They wished they could hold a press conference right away to tell the world about their company's success. .
However, this kind of thought, after they got excited, slowly calmed down.
The success of the quaise company was due to the efforts of Chen Fan and Johnny. The most important thing was that they met Chen Fan and had the help of such a terrifying person as Chen Fan, so they could succeed.
Without Chen Fan, that would not necessarily be the case. Perhaps Quaise Company would still be in trouble in the development of ultra-deep drilling rigs.
So, after calming down, Johnny and the others couldn't help but rejoice at their choice.
Because in their view, if it wasn't for Chen Fan, Quaise would never have come to this point, so they must thank Chen Fan for this success.
However, nothing in this world is free.
Chen Fan helped them, and of course they also gave something.
After all, the success of the ultra-deep drilling machine cannot be achieved without the efforts of Quaise. If they hadn't provided all the technical support for heat conversion, then even if Chen Fan and his technical department fully assisted in the development, it would not be possible to successfully develop it in such a short period of time. .
The first successful geothermal well of both parties has generated a lot of traffic around the world!
Then the real first geothermal well in commercial operation is very exciting.
No, after the success of the geothermal well experiment, Chen Fan began intensive preparations for the site selection of the first well, preparing to start the construction of the geothermal well.
Whether to implement this plan in ZG or MG is an important point of negotiation between KS Group and quaise company.
Johnny, the CEO of the KS Group, immediately agreed to the other party after knowing what Quaise meant, and agreed to build a geothermal well in ZG.
However, after he agreed, he became a little confused and asked, "Mr. Chen Fan, how do you know that we will be able to successfully build in zg?"
Johnny didn't know whether Chen Fan had the strength to carry out his plan, but he guessed that since KS Group proposed to build a geothermal well in ZG, Chen Fan should have a way to confirm it, right?
If he can't confirm the procedures and other issues in advance, they can make adjustments in time if they fail.
However, to Johnny's surprise, Chen Fan heard his question and said with a smile: "Mr. Johnny, don't worry, I'm not [-]% sure, but I'm at least [-]% sure !"
Hearing this, Johnny's face showed surprise, and he said in surprise, "Mr. Chen Fan, are you really confident?"
Obviously, Johnny had some doubts about this statement.
Not only him, but also the other senior executives of Quaise Company were all staring at Chen Fan with suspicion.
Because they all know that if they want to win such an authority in ZG, it is tantamount to reaching the sky, which is different from the first test well.
(End of this chapter)
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