Chen Lin has always been interested in this kind of thing, so he paid more attention to it before. When he thought of it today, of course he wanted to suggest going to take a he had been away from home or even in outer space before, Anyun Base would still send him some things for review on a daily basis. As a result, Chen Lin also learned about the super mineral vein discovered by Anyun Base some time ago.
According to the pictures taken by the exploration team at that time, the newly discovered mineral veins in Taka Continent are located in the upper reaches of the Chi River Valley, which is most likely the main reason why the color of the river in the Chi River Valley periodically turns red.
The explorers did not go deep into the interior of the vein to take pictures because the dense primitive forest hindered most of the exploration work. However, they finally relied on unmanned equipment to enter the depths of the forest and took some photos.
The colors of the minerals in those photos are very strange, even magical. Judging from what is shown in the pictures, the mineral deposits are "colorful".
Yes, it is a colorful tune.
Chen Lin was also stunned when he saw those colorful mineral veins for the first time. He repeatedly looked at the photos taken by the exploration team, and after making sure that they were not joking, he couldn't suppress his smile.
Chen Lin actually had no idea what the colorful mineral deposits represented, but he was sure that it was definitely not that simple.
At this time, he had returned to Anyun Base. After finishing the matters at hand, Chen Lin began to prepare for a new round of exploration of the colorful mineral deposits on the Taka Continent.
He asked his deputy to call over several heads of the exploration department and briefly explained the matter. They all immediately had an impression of it.
"We initially speculated that they might be copper ores because, according to the laws of nature, copper-containing minerals usually appear in green to blue tones."
"For example, azurite is blue, and malachite is green... Copper ions absorb red and part of yellow light in the mineral structure, and reflect and transmit blue and green light, which is why many mineral deposits appear particularly bright in color."
A responsible person spoke up, and Chen Lin nodded, thinking that his analysis made sense.
"But after we came back, based on the pictures taken at the scene and the analysis of the surrounding environment, we felt that it was not a copper mine because the color also included white, red and even brown. We suspected that it contained calcite."
"But since so little was brought back, these are just speculations."
After listening to this, Chen Lin looked around at the people around him and asked if they had any other opinions. Another person in charge looked at Chen Lin and said, "Chief Executive, we think we should mobilize some people to get that side out."
"I suspect those colorful deposits might be some kind of power stone."
Chen Lin immediately became interested in what the person in charge said: "Tell me what you think."
"We have discovered quite a few energy stones. They are usually dazzling white or colorless and transparent. We have also discovered a black energy stone before. That thing exists in the desolate sea of the Blue Sea Star. The number of energy stones we have discovered on the Origin Star is not large overall..."
"If we can suddenly discover a huge energy mineral vein on the Taka Continent, then Anyun Base will be able to take off completely!"
The person in charge became excited while talking. Chen Lin waved his hand to signal him to sit down and calm down. He then said to everyone, "No matter what the mineral vein over there is, the overall development of Taka Continent must be carried out."
"I took a quick look at the exploration department's work report a few days ago. Compared to a year ago, there is indeed a big breakthrough, but it is still not enough."
Several responsible persons hurriedly tried to explain, but Chen Lin raised his hand again to signal them not to speak.
"Our previous plan was to expand the exploration scope to one-third of the Taka continent within six months. Although the target was met, I didn't get what I wanted."
"For example, the mineral vein above the Red River Valley is a typical example. It was discovered more than four months ago, right? Why did we only send people there a while ago? Are our equipment insufficient?"
The person in charge who was questioned by Chen Lin quickly shook his head.
"So it's because of a shortage of staff?"
The person in charge was stunned for a moment, then said, "Chief Executive, our exploration department does not have enough manpower... The equipment we mentioned earlier is actually not very good. We even need to travel on the ground. The road conditions in some places are very bad. Our people can't even enter normally, and the exploration efficiency is extremely low."
After Chen Lin listened to him patiently, he asked his assistant who was sitting beside him, "Old Su, do you know what he just said?"
The deputy smiled and nodded at Chen Lin: "I understand the situation since I came here. The exploration department has many problems now. I have already discussed it briefly with Director Chen. We are going to split and reorganize the exploration department."
After he finished speaking, the two people in front of him suddenly became nervous.
They are all senior managers in the exploration department, and what their deputy said basically means that their positions are at risk!
"Don't be so nervous, our reorganization work is not starting now. I'm just giving you a heads up in advance."
The deputy laughed and looked at Chen Lin. He nodded and continued, "The splitting and reorganization work will have to be done after the mineral vein above the Red River Valley is fully mined. Before this operation begins, we even need to temporarily increase the number and size of the exploration department."
"The issues you mentioned before, in fact, the general manager and I have already discussed in advance. The core of the problem is that the management of the department is rather chaotic. We don't even know who to contact for applying for and transferring various equipment. Not to mention the distant associations, you don't even know how to transfer some of the equipment at Anyun Base? For example, the things at the Flight Equipment Management Department, I've never seen the Exploration Department apply for them before..."
"You just said that the road conditions were bad and you couldn't enter, so why didn't you apply for new exploration equipment?"
"This……"
The two responsible persons were speechless for a moment, and after a while they spoke up: "It's not that they are afraid of causing trouble to the base..."
"I think you two are afraid to take responsibility?"
Chen Lin took over and said to the two people, "The equipment is manufactured to be used. If there is a problem, solve it. Apply for whatever you need. Are you worried about it breaking down or are you worried that applying for too much will affect your image? This won't work!"
The two men were speechless for a moment. As Chen Lin had said, they were indeed allowed to apply for a large number of equipment at Anyun Base. However, they had too many things to worry about. After all, the exploration department was a place with extremely high wear and tear. Once a lot of equipment was used, it would be broken when it was returned.
These two people were quite irresponsible. In order to prevent this situation from happening again, they simply put pressure on the exploration teams and made all kinds of strange regulations for the exploration personnel. Many people were miserable.
Chen Lin also learned about this incident through his deputy and some anonymous complaints on the internal network. "Do you have anything else to say?"
Chen Lin said calmly, "We are all clear about the situation. I suggest that you two go to the grassroots level and go on a mission with ordinary exploration personnel. Simply go through the process with them, and then go and see how ridiculous those weird internal regulations you have issued are."
Both of them were sweating profusely at this time. The head of the department stood up and said to Chen Lin: "As the general manager, I am mainly responsible. I was the one who asked for so many internal regulations to be established. The reason why the exploration work at Anyun Base was not as good as expected was entirely because of me."
"I will quit."
Just as another person was about to stand up and express his opinion, Chen Lin raised his hand to signal him not to speak.
"I didn't actually pull you two over here to take off your hats directly."
Chen Lin had no expression on his face. "I am a pragmatist. My requirements are actually very simple. My biggest requirement is that you should be in your position, fulfill your duties, take on your responsibilities, and do your best. You two are still the main persons in charge of the exploration department. After you go back this time, I hope that you two can do your work well. Even if you two cannot do it by then, the most important thing is to do well what you should do during your term of office."
"You two are both quite serious about your work. I hope you can seriously consider what I said when you go back. It is not impossible for you to sit in this position again in the future."
The two men looked at each other, then stood up towards Chen Lin. They spoke to each other, but Chen Lin was too lazy to say anything else. He just nodded slightly and let the two men leave.
"Is this how it's solved?"
The deputy asked Chen Lin, "There are a lot of people reporting to their department. There are so many internal rules and regulations!"
"What else can we do? Let's just make do with it for now."
Chen Lin said helplessly, "I plan to send people to develop the mineral vein upstream of the Red River Valley. The exploration department cannot make large-scale changes at present, otherwise it will affect efficiency..."
"The current efficiency is not that high. I suggest you replace the head of the department directly and let the person we selected take over. And abolish a bunch of bad rules in the department. At least it will show our attitude, right?"
"After all, I just said..."
"If you don't feel comfortable saying it, I'll say it."
The deputy took the initiative to speak up: "We need to demonstrate our lightning-fast handling methods, otherwise the work efficiency of those employees will not be improved at all! How can you be so indecisive?"
Chen Lin immediately laughed: "Well, to be honest, I didn't have much opinion on the handling of the previous deputy. The replacement was still handled by the association."
"I know that deputy. It's just his personal problem."
Deputy Su said to Chen Lin, "It's true that the association has delegated power to us, but in reality they still need to intervene in many things. If they don't help you solve these things, it will be very disadvantageous for your future work."
"What Deputy Su said makes sense. I'll trouble you to handle this matter."
"Don't worry, Chief, I will take care of it."
……
A few days later, Anyun Base replaced the head of the exploration department with lightning speed. At the same time, the base announced that it would recruit a large number of professionals to carry out a comprehensive exploration of the mineral veins in the upper reaches of the Chihe Valley.
The number of recruited personnel was not particularly large compared to the current number of the entire Anyun base, but this large-scale operation still attracted the attention of many employees. They were very curious about what the mineral vein in the upper reaches of the Chihe Valley was.
Because Anyun Base only gave the mission objectives without saying anything specific, there are all kinds of speculations.
Some say it is a radioactive mineral, some say it is a magic mine, some say it is a super gold mine, and some say it is a super energy mine.
However, Anyun Base could not give a clear answer at this time. After all, they themselves had to conduct detailed exploration work on the mineral vein, so Anyun Base did not intervene in these topics, but began to recruit various personnel according to the original plan.
This exploration work can be said to be a huge project, and the preliminary work has been prepared.
This stage typically involves studying the geological, topographical and geophysical features of an area to determine which areas may contain mineral deposits. The overall determination of mineral veins requires comprehensive data from multiple channels such as satellite imagery and aerial photography.
Chen Lin mobilized the cutting-edge scientific and technological forces at Anyun Base to analyze it, and also obtained satellite data from the association, finally ensuring preliminary confirmation of the entire area.
The ground exploration stage requires the exploration team to take action.
The exploration team needs to carry out more detailed work on the ground, including collecting soil samples, rock samples, water samples, etc. The entire team even needs to use tools such as geological radar, magnetic measurement and electrical measurement to detect underground structures. The whole process will take a long time, at least two months.
The colored mineral deposits are not all underground structures, and if preliminary exploration and surface exploration show promising signs, the exploration team will need to drill.
Drilling provides direct subsurface samples to help determine the size, grade and distribution of mineral deposits…
The following is actually the most critical part - analysis.
The collected mineral samples will be sent to the laboratory at Anyun base for analysis. The scientific researchers dispatched by Chen Lin will determine their mineral composition and resource potential. These analysis results are crucial for evaluating the economic value of the mineral deposits. This is also the step that really makes people feel like opening a blind box.
According to the speculation of Chen Lin and others, this mineral vein in the upper reaches of the Red River Valley is most likely the legendary energy mine. This mineral has completely replaced previous rare earth and gold deposits and has become the new favorite of the entire Origin Star and even the Earth.
The Red Dragon Association is now promoting the crystal engine on a large scale. The demand for energy stones is ridiculously high. Once the energy mine is really opened, Chen Lin can't even imagine how exciting it will be! (End of this chapter)
