CHAPTER 85: CHAPTER 85 EXPANSION PROJECT!

Baisha Bay, Infinity Pool.

The sea breeze gently blew as Jiang Cheng lay comfortably on the beach chair, taking a big gulp of coconut juice before picking up his phone and bringing up the construction system of the Island Tycoon app.

In the 3D holographic projection, a variety of buildings appeared before Jiang Cheng, dazzling his eyes.

In fact, as the name of Jade Island resonated increasingly, its political influence rose, bringing the benefit of a skyrocketing island valuation.

Currently, almost all the functional modules of Island Tycoon have been unlocked, except for some high-level future projects and overly advanced black technologies, which remain locked. The range of buildings and projects Jiang Cheng could choose from was simply overwhelming.

However, it is somewhat regrettable that Jiang Cheng currently doesn’t have the courage to build and produce them all.

Simply put, these technological products are too advanced. Even if he wanted to showcase them, he needs to have sufficient means of self-protection. Therefore, for now, they must remain hidden away, waiting for Jade Island’s strength to improve, allowing the protection of these tech products before making them public.

Shaking his head to dismiss these thoughts, Jiang Cheng focused his attention on what lay ahead.

After a search, a massive super factory appeared within his view.

From the outside, the entire factory looks like an enormous Transformer toy hundreds of times larger. Its main structural design is built entirely with steel frameworks, covered with a layer of metallic coating, giving it a full-on sci-fi feel.

A Level 3 Transformer Flying Car Manufacturing Factory!

This factory model is a design Jiang Cheng had long thought of, only never having the chance to construct it.

Now, with the Island Master’s level increase and the construction permissions unlocked accordingly, he finally has the opportunity to build such a sci-fi-looking car manufacturing plant.

It must be known that after a series of recent events, Jade Island’s tech products have increasingly enjoyed the people’s love worldwide. Some countries and regions that previously hesitated have also joined the ranks of those introducing flying cars.

After all, it’s the trend of the times and the primary solution to future transportation, verified by the world’s scholars. So, introducing such products as flying cars is an inevitability.

Thus, under such demand, the orders for flying cars have surged dozens of times. The previously constructed Level 2 car factory is clearly no longer sufficient, so building a factory with higher production capacity is imperative.

[Name]: Level 3 Transformer Flying Car Manufacturing Factory

[Parameters]: Stamping Workshop X2, Body Workshop X2, Paint Workshop X1, Powertrain Workshop X1, Final Assembly Workshop X2, Large Capacity Garage X2, Supporting Facilities X1

[Area]: Building area 23,700,000 square meters, Land area 8,500,000 square meters

[Production]: 2.8 million vehicles/year

[Cost]: 1 billion USD, Unit cost 350,000 USD

[Time]: 45 days

Looking at some parameters of this level 3 car factory, Jiang Cheng, although somewhat prepared, still clicked his tongue slightly.

Of course, it wasn’t because of its cost but its production capacity!

2.8 million vehicles!

In today’s automobile manufacturing enterprises, this would be absolutely unimaginable!

To know that in a world-renowned car manufacturing country like Germany, the annual production is only about 9 million vehicles. In contrast, a single car factory on Jade Island could already match nearly a third of a country’s production. This is truly astonishing!

Of course, behind this is not just a matter of having more production equipment but also extraordinarily high production efficiency and refined production processes.

In general... uh... there is black technology supporting it!

Additionally, Jiang Cheng also noticed that in the level 3 car factory, the unit cost of a flying car reduced by 50,000 USD, which is definitely an unexpected delight.

It seems that the enhancement of work efficiency not only increases production capacity but also lowers production costs!

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng nodded with a smile, extremely satisfied with this level 3 factory.

Presumably, with this new factory, the supply volume in the upcoming period should be able to meet all customer demands.

According to the technical introduction agreements Jiang Cheng has signed with various countries, he basically holds exclusive patent rights for flying cars for a few years. Subsequently, he plans to gradually relax technological restrictions, allowing each major partner to introduce and localize production.

Yet even so, Jiang Cheng remains able to earn substantial royalties, which is a highly profitable venture!

"Build!"

After quickly browsing through the parameters of this level 3 factory, Jiang Cheng decisively clicked the build button. As for the construction location, he chose the vicinity of the level 2 factory.

In his previous planning of the production workshop, Jiang Cheng had already reserved large open spaces, which now proved useful.

Watching the level 3 factory officially enter the construction phase, Jiang Cheng breathed a slight sigh of relief but then immediately turned his attention to the shipyard.

With the unveiling of the high-speed transport ship at the Leicestershire Expo, Jiang Cheng has reasons to believe that supercavitation technology will soon become the hot topic for study in all shipyards.

Moreover, before this, Samsung Heavy Industries, a world shipbuilding giant, has already publicly disclosed this technology.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng can speculate that this technology, once the domain of science fiction, will accelerate into practical implementation, with crucial technical problems gradually being solved through the efforts of global researchers.

Hence, during this valuable time, Jiang Cheng needs to fully utilize it.

Based on the agreements he currently has with major international shipping companies, the order volume is still extremely impressive. Of course, due to the high costs and the lack of seen practical transport effects, many of the shipping companies remain in a tense observational phase.

However, once the Jade Island’s first batch of high-speed transport ships is delivered, showcasing its remarkable transport efficiency, the orders are bound to explode.

By then, the existing shipyard would clearly be insufficient, so Jiang Cheng finds it necessary to look ahead.

According to Jiang Cheng’s plan, Octopus Island has enough space for eight shipyards, and currently, he has only built one on one of its "tentacles."

Additionally, to quickly seize the Asian market, those obsolete transport ships of Jiang Shipping Group must be updated. This requires the existing shipyard to increase its production.

Overall, from whichever perspective, it’s necessary to initiate actions to expand the shipyard.

After some searching, Jiang Cheng directly called up the previously built shipyard model and constructed another two 100,000-ton commercial shipyards on the other two "tentacles."

As a result, the production of high-speed transport ships has also directly tripled!