Chen Yang was sitting in his office, typing on the keyboard.
He was working on Yan Guo's second phase urbanization plan.
In his plan, two new cities would be built, focusing on agriculture and industry.
However, before developing industries, it was necessary to establish the basic structure of urbanization.
Therefore, the construction of the cities would essentially be based on Yan City, with only the focus of development being different.
Agriculture was relatively simple, as the island had enough freshwater resources to meet basic agricultural needs, although they were not as abundant as on dry land.
The industry, on the other hand, was a little more complex. Chen Yang's plan was to build a large steel plant in this city to develop basic industry.
He had the necessary technology and human resources.
The biggest problem was the source of fuel for steel production as well as the raw material.
Ordinary steel plants generally use electricity or natural gas to produce steel, but producing steel using electricity is very expensive for a country, especially a small developing country.
Large countries may not need to worry too much about the electricity issue, but countries with scarce energy resources need to take this into consideration.
Yan City's electrical system only supports the city's basic operation, and even if Chen Yang had a lot of money, he would not consider using electricity to produce steel as it would be too extravagant.
For the steel plant, Chen Yang planned to draw inspiration from Japan's steel industry.
Japan is a country with a severe shortage of natural resources, which relies heavily on imported coal and iron ore.
However, despite this, Japan is the third largest steel producer in the world.
For any other country trying to follow the Japanese model, the biggest challenge would not be importing raw materials, but technology!
Japan does not share many of its core technologies with the outside world.
For example, Japan is a world leader in special steel processing technology.
Even if you have a lot of resources, it is useless without proper technological support.
And even if you wave wads of cash around to buy the technology, they won't sell it.
Therefore, for a country trying to build an industrial system, the biggest problem is not resources, but technology.
But Chen Yang had no worries in this area, as what he had most was technology.
As for resources...
Yan Guo may have the necessary resources underground, but Chen Yang did not intend to exploit them.
It would follow the Japanese model, importing most of the raw materials.
In the future, when national power increased, it could exploit resources such as coal and iron ore.
If they existed, great, if not, no problem, after all, these things can be bought with money.
With Japan's experience in mind, Chen Yang only needed to copy, build the structure step by step, increase steel production capacity, boost the national economy, and develop more industries based on the basic industry.
He opened the system, did some calculations, and was secretly shocked.
To build an integrated steel mill the size of Kobe Steel, the total cost would be 4 million points!
And the construction time would be one year!
Most of the cost would be technology!
In comparison, investment in agriculture was much smaller and could basically be covered with cash.
Although the cost was high, once this industrial city was built, the entire country of Yan Guo would undergo a radical change.
Whether exporting steel or developing light or heavy industries based on it, steel would play a fundamental role.
At this time, the national Yan Guo factory could also be expanded and new production lines could be added to produce more light industry products.
And that was just part of the plan.
After saving the document, Chen Yang opened a new one.
The outline of the two new urban centers was basically ready, what was missing was tourism.
In his plan, the two cities would be built with exclusive investment from Yan Guo, without attracting external capital or outsourcing construction.
The main reason was the speed of construction.
But when it came to tourism, he did not intend to maintain complete control.
Sharing some of the profits would be more conducive to harmony.
The tourism industry itself does not require much technology and, as it is an island, there are many places that can be explored for tourism.
He picked up the map again, thought a little, and outlined a few more areas.
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"King size room for 23 dollars per night, that's not a bad price!"
Pang Xu entered a hotel and looking at the accommodation prices on the screen, he thought they were really cheap.
"Please give me a king size room."
Pang Xu took the key card, took the elevator to the third floor and opened the door.
The room was spacious and bright, with all amenities.
Pang Xu commented, "This hotel is equivalent to a three-star hotel in China. Although it is newly renovated, it doesn't have any strange smell."
He placed his backpack on the floor, took his key card and left the room.
"According to my brothers' request, the first stop is the sales office to see how much real estate in Yan City costs!"
Chen Yang never mentioned the price of residential properties in Yan City, but netizens were curious to know how much they cost.
This was also the most frequently asked question on Pang Xu's live broadcast.
Leaving the hotel and walking through the streets of Yan City, although the streets only had taxis and no private cars, the passersby who passed by made him feel as if he was in a big European city.
Half an hour later, he stopped in front of a store on the side of the street.
Looking at the store that wasn't very big, Pang Xu said in surprise, "This is the sales office? It's so small!"
It was different from the spaciousness of sales offices in China, looking more like an ordinary used real estate brokerage.