Zhou Xu had to admit that he didn't know much about volcanoes.
Although he was a modern man, he wasn't a master of online arguments like Wang Pengfei, who would look up anything and everything just to argue with people online.
What normal person would spend their free time researching this?
He basically only knew about things that interested him, and volcanoes clearly weren't among them.
Now that Zhang Xuemei had said this, Zhou Xu's thoughts visibly changed as well.
If the losses a volcanic eruption might bring him were represented by the number fifty, then he only needed to use this land to create a value of one hundred, or even two hundred.
That way, even if the volcano erupted, looking at the value of the benefits he gained, he would have suffered a loss of fifty yet still have fifty, or even one hundred and fifty, in profit. He would still come out ahead, with the benefits outweighing the drawbacks.
Zhou Xu had always been decisive. Even when he hesitated, he never did so for long.
Now that he had heard Zhang Xuemei's words and understood the benefits the volcano could bring him, his thoughts opened up all at once.
Volcanic ash can make the soil fertile, making this land suitable for farming. That's perfect.
This is an island, after all. If we always need to transport food from the mainland, it'll be a hassle even without counting the transportation costs. Building farms and opening up fields directly on the island is undoubtedly the simplest solution, and it'll also benefit the island's future development.
And then there's that geothermal energy. Qin Fen should understand it, right? I'll ask him later.
Just as Zhang Xuemei had said before, a dormant volcano like this might not erupt even once in