After half a month, Dong Qing completed all the procedures for developing the uninhabited sister islands.
In this day and age, anyone with the financial means can develop uninhabited islands.
Dong Qing paid 10 million RMB to the local authorities to buy out the two uninhabited islands in one go and signed a permanent use contract with the local authorities. From then on, the two islands became the permanent property of Yusheng Company.
The Pengcheng branch was recently established, and Gu Yurou was appointed as the branch's general manager. She has been away for too long and it's time for her to go back.
The next day, Dong Qing asked Gu Yurou to drive back to the Pengcheng branch.
Developing uninhabited islands is no joke. Transporting all the building materials to the islands is a huge expense, and you absolutely cannot rent ships, as that would be too costly.
Yusheng Company invested heavily in purchasing a large cargo ship, which can carry more than 20 large trucks at a time, enough for long-term transportation to the islands.
The next morning, Dong Qing and his wife flew back to their hometown. He needed to go back for a meeting about such a large project to arrange the later stages.
The couple walked out of the airport with their luggage at noon that day, and Fang Lin waited for them outside the airport.
He stepped forward and took the suitcase from Dongqing. Noticing its unusual weight, he asked, "What's in this heavy suitcase?"
Dong Qing lied and said, "I picked up some pretty stones on the island."
Fang Lin didn't pay any attention to what she heard. She put the box in the trunk of the car, the three of them got in, and Fang Lin started the car and drove towards her hometown.
When they returned to their hometown at noon, Dongqing took his luggage out of the trunk and said, "Sister Fanglin, pass on the word that there will be a meeting of the company's senior management and shareholders at 2 p.m. this afternoon."
Fang Lin said okay, got in the car, started the engine, and drove back to the company.
At 2 PM, the company's shareholders' meeting officially began. Dong Qing recounted the island development plan, saying, "Dong Sanmei will be appointed as the general manager of the sister island branch. Just like last time, two key personnel from each department will be selected to take the train to the sister island branch in a week!"
Many people in the company didn't understand Dongqing's actions, but the shareholders all agreed, and none of them dared to say anything. That's how the matter was settled.
After the meeting adjourned, a high-level meeting was held. Dong Qing said, "Yu Zhu, I'm handing over all the affairs of the head office to you. I'm leaving tomorrow; there are many things on the island that require my personal attention."
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down."
Dong Qing continued, "Except for Sister Fang Lin, all the senior executives in the company are like my own sisters. I've long considered Sister Fang Lin as my own sister. I have no one else to send, so I'm sorry to trouble Third Sister this time."
Dong Sanmei said, "Don't worry, little brother, I'm fine with working anywhere."
Dong Qing said, "It won't be long. I'll bring you back once we find a suitable branch manager."
Dong Ermei said, "Brother, your second sister believes that your decisions are all correct. How do you plan to develop the island? That's what we want to know."
Next, Dongqing shared his thoughts with the group of people.
The first step is to build a large pier on the island.
The second step was to transport a large amount of engineering materials to the islands and build a road between the two islands.
Following this, all the main and branch roads were built across the two islands, and scenic areas and residential areas were subsequently developed on the islands.
Highways are the lifeblood of an island; without highways, nothing can be done. Everyone here knows this.
After listening, Dong Ermei said, "Leaving aside your plan for now, developing two islands is no small amount of money. Does our company have that much money to invest?"
These were all Dong Qing's biological sisters, and he didn't treat Fang Lin like an outsider. He took a rough sapphire from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table. Then he recounted the discovery of mineral deposits on the island, saying, "With these mineral deposits, why would we worry about not having money?"
The group examined the sapphire closely; it was truly stunning. Dong Ermei looked at her younger brother in disbelief and asked, "Was this diamond really found on an island?"
Fang Lin suddenly remembered Dong Qing's heavy trunk and said, "I know, it's probably not just this one gem. I support you in going for it."
The older sisters looked at their younger brother in disbelief. Dongqing said, "Yes, there are six diamonds and one piece of jade in total, all kept at my house. I hope you will keep this a complete secret. You absolutely cannot tell anyone else, not even my brother-in-law, understand?"
This is something we really can't let a second person know. If word gets out, the island will be in chaos. Even if mining happens in the future, it will have to be done in a very secretive way.
Diamonds are much more expensive than gold, with a single diamond costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. If others were to discover them, it would be a huge problem; at that point, it would be impossible to keep them under control.
On the second day of the winter celebration, I took my third sister by plane to the seaside. That afternoon, we bought a lot of prefabricated houses in the city and had the manufacturers transport them to the shipyard and load them onto the ship.
The manufacturer provides installation services, and the next morning, the manufacturer's installation technician boarded a ship to the island.
Over a hundred temporary prefabricated houses were built on the island, which will become the temporary branch office of the sister island.
Prefabricated houses on islands are different from those on land. They need to be equipped with storm protection facilities. All the prefabricated houses are secured to the ground by steel cables running from the roof, so that the prefabricated houses will not be damaged in the event of a typhoon.
The company staff all arrived a week later; some stayed by the sea, and some stayed on the island.
The staff at the seaside mainly handle business related to supplying materials to the islands, while the staff on the islands are responsible for the island's construction.
Construction on the island's pier began a week later, and the entire project was contracted out to a large construction team.
In just one month, the entire dock was completed, and trucks drove off the ships to transport goods directly to the island.
Next, the road construction began. The construction team transported large-scale engineering machinery and equipment from the sea and started the road construction project on the island.
Building roads on islands is relatively simple, but building roads between the sister islands is more complicated.
When the tide is high, the rocks between the two sister islands are completely submerged, so the construction of the sea road must be carried out during low tide.
The ebb and flow of ocean tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon.
The rise and fall of the tides are mainly related to the lunar months, especially at the beginning and end of the month, when spring tides may occur.
The specific times of high and low tides vary depending on the geographical location and need to be determined by consulting the local tide forecast.
According to Dongqing's research, the tides reach their highest point at 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM from the first to the fifteenth of each lunar month, and their lowest point at 12:00 PM and midnight.
Dong Qing observed the seaside for several days and found that the tide would start to recede after noon every day and rise again at dawn the next day.
At sunset, the rocks between the two islands are fully exposed, with the maximum tidal range reaching about 8 meters. This is most pronounced around midnight, when rocks several meters high are exposed above the sea surface.
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