Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Afterwards, Han Guangrui applied to go down the mountain. He felt that if he didn't go down the mountain, he would die on the mountain. This Xitian Mountain was really not a place for people to stay.

He also asked Fang Ya to organize his medical records and report them quickly.

Even if he didn't say it, Fang Ya would do it.

After that, Han Guangrui hid in the hospital's inpatient department and no longer asked about the construction of the West Tianshan Tunnel.

Although Wu Yongjie was away, the progress of the project did not stop. Lin Jinghui took the lead in project arrangement and management. All tunnel processes were proceeding normally. Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu continued to work in the side pilot tunnel. Ling Fengxi entered the tunnel and saw heavy framework. On the ground, in the air, and even on the dome, there were workers busy like bees.

This tunnel seems like a huge beehive, giving people an inexplicable feeling of abundance and fullness.

Lin Jinghui came over to report, "Secretary Ling, we still have at least a month of construction time before we reach the glacier zone. Currently, we have ample time, even ample room. However, purchasing machinery is actually a very complicated matter. It's not something you can buy just because you have money, nor does it guarantee you'll be able to find the right equipment. Although Captain Wu brought a few technicians with him this time, the news we received last night was that the machinery they liked was too expensive, and the ones they didn't like were not suitable, so we need to look elsewhere for more."

Ling Fengxi asked, "Do you need to go abroad?"

Lin Jinghui nodded, then shook his head. "Some foreign equipment companies have good products. For example, the American company Loray Industries provides a lot of high-precision geophysical survey equipment. They are well-known and widely used in the global market. As for the performance of their products... I can only say that they are just okay..."

Lin Jinghui organized his words. "But our Captain Wu said we don't want foreign products, we want domestic ones. We're currently leaning towards Beijing Aocheng Technology. They've developed deep-well electric spark seismic sources and deep-well high-definition borehole television imagers, all of which can be used for deep-earth surveys. Some of their products can even be used in the Arctic scientific expedition Snow Core project, and they offer a very good price-performance ratio."

"That's good." Ling Fengxi said.

"But we still don't have enough money, so right now we're mainly dealing with the price. This may waste some time and require repeated negotiations."

"How much difference?" Ling Fengxi asked.

"Geophysical surveys require more than just basic equipment. We also need to purchase a lot of equipment for personnel operations, such as geological disaster emergency response equipment, survey and geophysical equipment, geotechnical engineering testing equipment, GNSS testing equipment, and environmental water quality testing equipment. In addition, we may have to purchase hydraulic drilling rigs from Xiongtai Machinery in Shandong. This is also a major part of the project, as it is essential for geophysical surveys, road and construction exploration, and can also be used for drilling and sampling work in tunnel construction."

Ling Fengxi knew it wasn't a simple matter just by hearing him mention these names. He immediately said to Lin Jinghui, "Tell Captain Wu to buy everything he can. I'll continue to think of ways to deal with the money."

Lin Jinghui nodded and took out his card and placed it in Ling Fengxi's hand. "Xiao Cheng and I are also investing in some shares. I think we can make a lot of money from leasing this equipment after it comes in. It's a long-term business that can be operated, maybe even provide for retirement. We also trust Gulinar and Xiaoye."

Ling Fengxi accepted the card and didn't ask how much money was in it at the time. It was only when he arrived at the county to transfer the money that he discovered that there was actually a whopping 1.2 million...

Xiao Lin and Xiao Cheng are actually quite rich...

The money immediately fell into Wu Yongjie's hands. Wu Yongjie felt more confident and spoke more confidently. He gradually took a higher position when negotiating the price.

The atmosphere in the conference room of Beijing Ruike Building was very solemn.

After all, this is not just a matter of money. Facing the leaders of Beijing Ruike and Shandong Xiongtai, Wu Yongjie listed the many benefits of selling the machinery to him, "We are engaged in a very difficult project..." He gave a relatively detailed introduction to the construction project of the West Tianshan super-long tunnel.

"This project is of great significance and is quite difficult. It is also a key national construction project. If it succeeds, China Heavy Industry will be praised internationally. We accomplished this using our machinery, which is a good foundation for your company's long-term development and reputation. On this basis, you should give us a preferential price."

He added, "This project has the potential to hold many firsts in China, and even in the world. It could become the world's first highway tunnel directly under a glacier, the world's deepest, the first to cross the largest single active fault zone in China, and the first Class-A highway tunnel over ten kilometers long to use a side-level pilot tunnel for ventilation. There were indeed many technical challenges during construction, with almost every step presenting a hurdle... But we didn't give up, because the construction of this tunnel will undoubtedly be of special significance to the development and innovation of tunnel construction engineering technology in my country."

"We need support from all sides right now. Please consider it comprehensively and discuss the price of the equipment."

What Wu Yongjie said was very good, but money is money and reason is reason. It is very difficult to lower the price based on patriotism.

So he waited anxiously for the next two days, but did not receive any reply from the other party regarding the price. Wu Yongjie calculated the money he had on hand, but it was still not enough.

He looked in the mirror every day and found that he seemed to have a lot more white hair in a short period of time.

Just at this critical moment, Ling Fengxi actually made some progress.

In fact, the local government of Xinjiang has long been clear about the significance of this tunnel construction and has never decided to abandon the project. It is just worried about money.

Because special funds cannot be used at will, there must be sufficient reasons and names for the use of each sum of money. Geophysical surveys were not included in the previous project planning, and most people who do not understand tunnel construction do not understand whether this survey is necessary.

But no matter what, this money cannot be included in the special funds for tunnel construction. After seeing Ling Fengxi's budget for various surveys, the government departments held a meeting overnight to find a solution, but in the end they might have to abandon the entire project because of the tens of millions of funds.

For a moment, the air pressure was so low that it was frightening.

But afterwards, Han Guangrui reported what he knew to the local county government and municipal government, and everyone also knew that Secretary Ling and Captain Wu of Xitianshan were devoting all their efforts to solving this matter.