Zhang Guanghe, the leader of the Shandong Provincial Inspection Team, carefully observed the sewage treatment situation and asked Jiang Hailin about some questions from time to time.

"Manager Jiang, can your technology be used for seawater desalination?"

"My company has indeed tried it, and it can indeed desalinate the sea water." Jiang Hailin did not hide this aspect.

Zhang Guanghe's eyes lit up a little: "I don't know how much the cost of desalination is? Can large-scale production be achieved?"

"The cost is pretty good, mainly because the permeable membrane needs to be replaced regularly, some electricity bills, and harmless treatment of filter slag." Jiang Hailin opened his eyes and said lies.

In fact, the heptamorphous silicon oxide-graphene film will not be a problem for more than ten years when operating at high strength.

But that's definitely not the case, otherwise how can you make a profit? At worst, film replacement will be done regularly, which will create an illusion.

As for discovery, it can also be explained by technological upgrades. Anyway, these technologies and products are impossible to sell in a short period of time, and only some people within the company know about it.

Zhang Guanghe and others are also considering some situations.

"Manager Jiang, if a seawater desalination factory is built, what is the factory price of desalination water?"

When asked, the technology transformation group led by Jiang Hailin is a department specializing in the commercialization of scientific research results, and has naturally studied the commercialization plan for seawater desalination.

He pretended to think for a few minutes before he said a number: "About 0.3 yuan per cubic cube."

"0.3 yuan?" Zhang Guanghe fell into deep thought. The price was expensive, but it was similar to that of ordinary water plants, and even cheaper.

Especially for Shandong Province, where heavy industry is developed, there is serious pollution in the water resources in the region, so the treatment cost of tap water plants will be relatively high.

Take Quancheng, the capital of Shandong Province, as an example.

The ex-factory prices of the five tap water plants in Quancheng are between 0.6 and 1.2 yuan per cubic cube, which is significantly higher than 0.3 yuan per cubic cube.

"If the scale is expanded, can the ex-factory price be effectively reduced?"

Jiang Hailin thought for a while and replied: "If the annual output exceeds 1 billion cubic meters, the cost can be reduced by one cent. The problem is that such a large output is difficult to digest in the local area. It is necessary to build water pipelines, which is also a huge expenditure."

"The annual output is 1 billion cubic meters?" Zhang Guanghe was shocked. You should know that the total water supply in Shandong Province last year was only 21.989 billion cubic meters, of which 2.871 billion cubic meters of domestic water for residents, 2.469 billion cubic meters of industrial water for them, 16.276 billion cubic meters of agricultural water for them, and 373 million cubic meters of ecological water replenishment.

If the seawater desalination factory put into production by Suiren Company can produce 1 billion cubic meters of desalination water per year, it will basically be one-third of the domestic water used by residents in the province.

And the problem follows, that is, how to transport water.

After all, not all cities are coastal cities, and before coming here, Zhang Guanghe also heard about Pengcheng’s defeat at Suiren Company.

It is estimated that in the island city, due to the Veolia sewage treatment plant project, it is difficult for Suiren to agree to coexist with the other party.

Sure enough, in the following conversation, the cooperation plan that Jiang Hailin came up with was a package of plans contracted by all, and it was not allowed to set up a separate water plant to supply the water company.

After two days of talk, but after a long time of delay, Zhang Guanghe finally ran to the headquarters of Suiren Company and had a look at Huang Xiuyuan.

Inside the small office at the headquarters.

"Mr. Huang, we are very sincere here. If we can reach a cooperation, it will be a good publicity for your company."

Huang Xiuyuan was not concerned about this, so he directly asked a very realistic question: "If the seawater desalination factory is built, how can we ensure profit?"

Zhang Guanghe wanted to explain something, but Huang Xiuyuan raised his hand: "Director Zhang finished listening to me. What I meant is how the local water company made a profit?"

"Uh..." Zhang Guanghe was stunned by this question and asked in confusion: "Is this related to the profits of the local water company? The desalination water from the seawater desalination factory is of course sold directly to the water company, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses."

"Of course it's related. If the water company cannot make a profit and happens to encounter local financial difficulties, will the water company pay on time? I'm afraid this is an unknown."

Faced with Huang Xiuyuan's outspokenness, Zhang Guanghe was indeed a little embarrassed. At the same time, he thought deeply that this possibility does exist.

The most common situation when private enterprises and state-owned enterprises do business is that funds are often delinquent.

The water supply project itself is very sensitive and is a must-have for people's livelihood. Basically, the water supply company cannot be cut off due to debts.

In this way, the seawater desalination factory is in a very passive situation during the cooperation process, which Huang Xiuyuan is unwilling to see.

"I believe this situation, Director Zhang also knows it well. At present, the specific profits in water companies in various places are probably negative!"

Zhang Guanghe nodded helplessly. Before he came to Shanmei, he had investigated some situations. The Quancheng Water Company alone would lose 1.5 yuan per cubic cubic of tap water.

In other words, the supply of domestic water in Shandong Province will have a loss of more than 4 billion yuan every year. If it were not for financial subsidies, these water companies would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Zhang Guanghe was also in a dilemma: "Mr. Huang, although there is a precedent for private and foreign capital to contract water affairs, and your company has also contracted the Shucheng Water Company, the water affairs contract in the entire Shandong Province is still too large."

Huang Xiuyuan took out a document and handed it over: "What's better than this? Lu Province and our company jointly invested to form a general water company. We, Suiren, only need 5% of the shares, but all management rights are required."

"5% of the shares? All management rights? Can your company make the water company profit?" Zhang Guanghe became a little curious.

"We can actually calculate the calculations. In terms of water fees in Shandong Province, industrial water use 2.4 billion cubic meters and domestic water use 3 billion cubic meters..." Huang Xiuyuan said while writing some data on the paper.

Industrial water is 2.4 billion cubic meters, domestic water is 3 billion cubic meters, water charges and sewage treatment fees, the average retail price is 3 yuan per cubic cube, which means that the total turnover of a year is 16.2 billion yuan. Even if there is water stealing, it can receive at least 80%, and it will have a turnover of 13 billion yuan.

In fact, if commercial water in domestic water is listed separately, the total water bill in Shandong Province can definitely reach about 18 billion for the charges for part of agricultural water.

The ex-factory price of Suiren Company's water plant is 0.3 yuan per cubic cube, and it supplies 6 billion cubic meters of pure water a year, which is only 1.8 billion yuan.

Subtracting the sewage treatment fee of 0.8 yuan per cubic cube, that is, 4.8 billion yuan.

After some calculations, it only cost 6.6 billion. Where did the remaining tens of billions go? Even if you invest 30% of your turnover every year to maintain and renovate pipelines and equipment, it only cost about 5.4 billion.

There is still about 6 billion in turnover, so there is no labor cost of 6 billion, right?

There are up to 16,000 employees in water companies in 16 prefecture-level cities. Even if the average annual salary is 100,000 yuan per person, plus other expenses and benefits, it will be up to 2 billion yuan.

Where did the remaining 4 billion go?

It would be understandable if the ex-factory price of the previous water plant was too high, resulting in the 4 billion being used in this regard.

But if Suiren Company takes over, then the 4 billion will become a profit point.
Chapter completed!