Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 540: Environmental Protection Above All
"Wood is used." Schaefer translated the Polish female employee’s words.
"A wooden building four or five stories high?" Chen Yiyang looked at the Beifu factory in front of him and hesitated to go in.
Countries abroad have plenty of wooden houses, but they’re usually two or three-story homes.
Once the area or height is exceeded, wood’s strength won’t keep up, leading to structural collapse.
Not to mention the fact that wooden buildings can’t be fireproof. If a fire breaks out, it’ll burn through a vast portion, even if the fire station is right next to it, they wouldn’t get there in time.
"The wood is mixed with biochar-modified concrete." The Polish employee noticed Chen Yiyang’s fear and continued to explain.
Indeed, environmentalists might be extreme, but construction companies are professional.
They addressed the weaknesses of the wooden structure by using the most advanced eco-friendly materials internationally.
Biochar-modified concrete is an exceptionally eco-friendly material without any drawbacks.
Of course, that’s for the wealthy, because this material is expensive and unless you have money overflowing, typical factories can’t afford it.
After listening to the Polish employee’s introduction, Chen Yiyang suddenly recalled his investment in mycelium packaging.
It seems this eco-friendly money should be earned in Europe.
He thought about discussing with Schaefer to see if he could promote his mycelium packaging materials in Europe—so eco-friendly, it’s beyond imagination!
Then he entered the Beifu Company’s building.
Chen Yiyang noticed solar panels covering the building and factory rooftops.
Upon seeing this sight, Chen Yiyang didn’t bother asking.
An eco-friendly factory would obviously need solar energy, this clean energy.
As for whether the factory’s operations can run on solar energy, Chen Yiyang absolutely didn’t believe it.
The reason is very simple: Schelefteo’s latitude is seven degrees higher than the northernmost part domestically, even colder than Mohe.
This is a city near the Arctic Circle.
How many times a year do they really see the sun, to generate solar energy?
I’m afraid the electricity savings might not even cover the annual maintenance and inspection cost of these solar panels.
After witnessing these wonders, Chen Yiyang finally entered the factory’s office building.
It’s cold outside here, but the office building is quite warm.
Upon asking, he learned there’s no air conditioning installed, but there’s a hundred-meter-deep well dug behind the factory.
The temperature control system, powered electrically, will draw cool air up from the well for cooling in summer, and exhaust warm air into the well in winter.
This is truly eco-friendly; the only problem is the high electricity use.
Chen Yiyang and Schaefer waited a while in a reception room in Beifu’s office building when a lady pushed open the door and entered.
"Hello, President Chen, my surname is Li, you can just call me Ms. Li."
This is a fellow countrywoman employee. After Chen Yiyang and her exchanged courteous greetings, he mentioned his plan to visit Beifu.
"I mainly intend to see the production line and assembly workshop here," Chen Yiyang stated.
"I’m afraid that’s not possible." Ms. Li awkwardly refused Chen Yiyang and then whispered, "I just received a notification from above that although you’re allowed to visit, you’re not allowed inside Beifu’s industrial factory."
"How can we visit if we can’t enter the industrial factory?" Chen Yiyang’s eyes widened.
"I can provide an introduction to Beifu’s various data in the office building and promote our environmental culture, equality culture, and our efforts for equality," she offered.
Chen Yiyang knew that Ms. Li was just an employee and couldn’t decide anything.
So he immediately asked Schaefer to call Peter Carlson for communication and inquire about why they weren’t allowed to tour the workshop despite being in the factory.
But Schaefer made several calls, and they all resulted in automatic replies. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
"These tactics are often used by the upper-class people," Schaefer said. "When they don’t want to communicate with you, they let you mistakenly believe your calls aren’t getting through."
Actually, entering the factory workshop wasn’t a necessity for Chen Yiyang now.
From what he saw during this visit, he had a rough assessment of Beifu.
Firstly, Beifu is truly wealthy and willing to spend money on environmental and human rights.
However, with a team composed of employees from 116 countries, Chen Yiyang wasn’t optimistic about Beifu’s smooth operation.
Beifu might have built a costly façade.
But the question is, can so many elite European conglomerates not see the issues with Beifu?
million US Dollars!
Throwing so much money at a fraud?
Hengda can owe that much money because Hengda established a massive scale and owns many fixed assets.
This colossal size allows it to deceive investors or banks, borrowing money through various channels and eventually overextending itself.
But compared to that, figuring out Beifu’s situation is easy enough.
Not to mention the lending channels to Beifu aren’t many, mainly the European banks and financial groups, which definitely have smooth communication.
In Beifu’s administrative office building, after hearing Ms. Li talk about environmental concepts and diversification theories, Chen Yiyang lost interest.
However, he was more interested in Ms. Li herself.
This Ms. Li attended university in Sweden and stayed in Sweden after graduation.
From the conversation, Chen Yiyang learned she didn’t have much family background, and given the situation, staying in Sweden offered more opportunities than returning to China.
Which is quite normal, the domestic environment is too competitive; having some compatriots go abroad is advantageous. It can build communication bridges between domestic and international.
Ms. Li also learned about Chen Yiyang, knowing he is a famous investor.
Therefore, she subtly hinted at Beifu having issues but couldn’t speak explicitly.
After exchanging contact information, Chen Yiyang left Schelefteo with Schaefer and returned to Stockholm.
As soon as they arrived back in Stockholm, they immediately managed to get in touch with Peter Carlson.
Carlson inquired how Chen Yiyang’s visit went and regarding the issue of not being able to enter the plant, Peter Carlson feigned concern, suggesting it might be a communication issue between the two parties.
After all, with Beifu having employees from over a hundred countries, it’s normal for communication errors to occur.
Nonetheless, Chen Yiyang could only express that he needs time to decide whether to order Beifu’s batteries.
"I’ve contacted an expert." Schaefer helped Chen Yiyang get in touch with a professional consultant from a European conglomerate investing in Beifu, who knew Beifu well.
Chen Yiyang plans to find out the true situation of Beifu.
If Beifu can miraculously produce batteries in such adverse conditions, regardless of whether the batteries are branded or eco-friendly, Chen Yiyang certainly has to order a batch to help Yiyang Automobile enter the European market.
