In the Cold Sea of the Moon, at the Starlight 1 mining base built by the Starlight Mining Group, Shao Mingxuan, wearing a heavy spacesuit, drove a lunar engineering vehicle and was busy building a lunar rare earth factory.
After graduating from school, he joined the Starlight Mining Group and conducted two months of study and training. Not long ago, he completed the study and training with excellent performance and successfully came to the moon, starting his career as a lunar absentee.
Life.
There are only two most valuable minerals on the moon, one is rare earth. This is a resource currently being mined by all lunar mining groups. It is also the most abundant mineral resource on the moon. It can be said that it is everywhere.
The other one is copper mines. Copper is extremely valuable and very expensive. Copper resources on the moon are also relatively abundant, but you need to find copper mines that are large enough and rich enough to be valuable, because everything needs to come from the earth.
Ship it here.
The methods of mining rare earths are similar to those of the Xinghai Mining Group. Both require the construction of rare earth factories for mining. The current progress of a lunar mining group is similar, and they have only established a lunar base on the moon. As for the rare earth factory,
Now only the Xinghai Mining Group's has been put into use.
"The moon is so boring and monotonous."
Shao Mingxuan looked in the direction of the earth while working. Looking at the earth from the moon, the earth was very bright, standing like a sapphire in the dark starry sky.
The moon has no air or atmosphere, so the light in the universe can directly shine on the surface of the moon. When you look at the starry sky and the universe, it is completely different from what you see on the earth.
The earth is protected by the atmosphere, which refracts light, and is blocked by clouds, water vapor and dust particles in the air that refract light.
Therefore, the sky on the earth is basically blue during the day, and only at night can you see the starry sky.
The moon is different. Even during the day, you can still see the dark starry sky. In this dark starry sky, the earth is the most dazzling existence. The blue planet shines with a halo of halo, which makes people
Extremely comfortable.
Looking at the surface of the moon again, it is as dull and monotonous as ever, without any color and gray, as if it has been covered in dust for hundreds of millions of years.
"I heard that Xinghai Mining has started mining rare earths, and the output is quite high. Thousands of tons of water-mineralized rare earths can be mined in a day."
The sound of friends chatting came from the earphones.
There is no air on the lunar surface, and communication with each other is achieved by radio.
"Thousands of tons of mined rare earths. If we were to mine expensive rare earths, wouldn't we have to record more than ten small targets a day?"
"What do you think? Judging from the strength of Xinghai Mining Group, they must be mining expensive rare earths such as europium oxide and rubidium oxide. Even one ton of water ore will cost millions."
"Of course, with the technological strength of Xinghai Technology, it is estimated that they will definitely not sell the water ore, and will definitely keep it for further purification and smelting. After the rare metal is purified and smelted, the price can increase many times."
"Tsk, tsk, this mining is about making money quickly."
"Isn't that right? If you make 10 small goals a day, it will be hundreds of billions this year. This is just a rare earth factory. If you open a few more, it will easily exceed one trillion in this year."
"The key point is that it's still on the moon. It's not within the scope of any management. You don't even have to pay taxes."
"Do you have to pay tax?"
"If you pay a hammer tax, what law can stipulate that you go to the moon?"
"No wonder the bosses are asking us to speed up our business every day. The speed at which we can make money is really amazing."
"It's time, it's time, let's rest, rest, eat, eat."
At this time, no one knew who shouted, and Shao Mingxuan quickly looked at the time. According to the time on the earth, they had been working for four hours, and it was already night time, so they could start to rest.
"It's time to get off work, it's time to get off work~"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but cheer.
Before we came to the moon, everyone was looking forward to it. But after we actually came to the moon, we felt very boring and bored after staying there for a few more days.
The advantage of staying in the base is that you don't need to wear a spacesuit and it's very relaxing. However, the base is still very small at present, with only a few places, rooms, recreation room, exercise room, canteen, and work area.
Each area is very small and has been strictly calculated and arranged. There is not much space for you to mess around at will.
After all, this is the moon. It is not easy to transport supplies here. The freight is very high. The key is that capital is profit-seeking and will not spend money on things that should not be spent.
The space, living facilities, entertainment facilities, etc. of the base are all the product of strict calculations. They are just to provide you with a place to relax. When employees come to the moon, their main job is to create value for the company, not to come to the moon.
Playful.
Instead of staying in the base, you have to put on a bulky spacesuit when you come out. Although the moon has a small gravity and the load is not very heavy, the spacesuit is bulky and requires an oxygen bottle to be carried at all times, which is very uncomfortable for people.
Not adaptable.
In general, work on the moon is very boring, monotonous and boring.
The only thing worth coming to the moon for everyone is that the salary income is pretty good. Even a fresh graduate like Shao Mingxuan can earn 300,000 to 400,000 yuan a year.
This income definitely beats other graduates. The key is that after working for half a month, you can go back to Earth to rest for half a month. This is also very good.
Driving this lunar engineering vehicle back to the base.
"Huh~"
After entering the base and taking off the helmet of his spacesuit, Shao Mingxuan couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The feeling of working in a space suit is really terrible. It's better for a short time, but over time, you'll feel suffocated inside.
"There are only five days left before we can return to Earth!"
Next to me, someone was excitedly counting the time it would take to return to Earth.
After staying on the moon for a long time, I feel boring and bored. The earth is better. I am comfortable anywhere, but I am not comfortable anywhere here.
After passing through several gates, Shao Mingxuan came to the canteen. The canteen was also very small. There were two specially hired chefs who prepared three meals a day plus a supper for the dozens of people working in the base.
The dishes are pretty good, rich in nutrients, complete in variety, and all kinds of tastes are considered. The taste is also okay. After all, you are working on the moon, so you should eat well so that you can have enough physical strength and energy to work.
"I heard that Xinghai Technology's Yuegong Base is very large, and there are all kinds of entertainment facilities inside. Is there anyone who wants to go to the Yuegong Base with us after dinner?"
"I'm going~"
"Count me in, count me in, our base is really too small, there are too few things to play with, and even the gym is very small. I heard that there is a basketball court built here at the Moon Palace Base. On this moon,
Everyone can dunk in all kinds of ways.”
"Really or not?"
"Is there a basketball court in the Moon Palace Base?"
"Of course it's true. I need to lie to you. Do you think Xinghai Technology is the same as our company? They are very wealthy and have many spaceships. They can build whatever they want. It's just a basketball court. To them
It’s just trivial.”
"I'm going, I have to go here. You can't dunk on the earth. But on the moon, you can dunk on the moon by just moving."
"Nonsense, the moon's gravity is only one-sixth of the earth's. We can all jump two or three meters casually, and dunking is a trivial matter."
"I have to go to this, I have to go to this, I have to try the feeling of playing basketball on the moon."
"Will the people from Xinghai Technology allow us to play?"
"You can go to all of them, and now Xinghai Technology's Lunar Palace Base is ready to open to the outside world, and has signed contracts with some tourism companies to cooperate in lunar tourism."
"Xinghai Technology is also building some special lunar tourism and entertainment projects. Basketball is one of them. I heard there are many other fun projects."
"And here at Xinghai Technology's Yuegong Base, all kinds of living supplies are very complete. All kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables are shipped from the earth on the same day. They are very luxurious. They are not like us.
They all eat frozen food.”
"There is no way, Xinghai Technologists have a big business, they are not short of money, and the boss is willing to give up. The key is that they have many of their own spaceships, and the lunar base can be expanded at will. The scale is already very large, like a small town.
It’s also divided into many areas.”
Shao Mingxuan also laughed when he heard his colleagues discussing where to go and play.
The people who work on the moon are all young people, and they are basically college graduates. They are all educated people who like to have fun. Being stuck in this small base is really boring. They are thinking about returning to Earth while thinking about it.
Go to Xinghai Technology’s Yuegong Base to play.
Shao Mingxuan is not very interested in these things. All he is thinking about now is mining. Moon mining is a really promising industry, but the key is to be your own boss to make money.