Chapter 108 - 33: Doing Business Requires Proper Justification (Thanks for the support of monthly tickets, here’s an additional update)_3
As for land transport... the United States’ railways, calling them roller coasters on flat ground would be a compliment.
The main problem is that ever since the United States split into three parts, along with a bunch of free states, nobody maintained the interstate railways. Back in the Red Era, they were basically scrapped, shut down, and optimized. The war caused a lot of cities to collapse, and the transfer stations were gone.
Now, the transportation of goods between cities relies on nuclear-powered airships, and they only transport raw materials. The consumables in Night City are all locally produced, which ironically prevents costs from coming down.
"Once my water purification plant is built, I can keep the cost around 25 Euro per gallon, giving me a price advantage over True Water Corporation."
This was Lin Miao fooling Sol.
What nonsense about costs being 25 Euro—he calculated the cost was no more than 10 Euro. Moreover, the profit isn’t just about the water. By building this, Lin Miao can make the electricity meter run backward, and the sludge as a byproduct can be sold as fertilizer chemicals.
If a little political maneuvering is added, in the name of environmental governance, he could get some money out of the city government and reduce some taxes, and then the profits would skyrocket.
As for how to extract... Lin Miao heard there’s going to be a new mayoral election in 2077. He figured the candidates wouldn’t mind spending some city government money in exchange for environmental governance plus some jobs and votes.
But of course, he couldn’t tell Sol this. Theoretically, besides recycling wastewater, recycling waste materials is the same deal, a sure-fire profit-making business.
And Sol was still muttering "25 Euro... 30..."
Sol pondered for a long time, almost counting on his fingers, while Lin Miao thought this rough fellow wouldn’t figure it out anytime soon. But he wasn’t in a hurry either. Compared to Adcardo, finding a big brother is more important. Only with a sufficiently influential big brother can he implement the next steps of his plan.
So, where to find a big shot who’s stupid, rich, and doesn’t mind his own business?