Happy Tycoon

When Yang Jing saw Adrian Smith, it was already 2021 AD. Just after New Year's Day, the 77-year-old man traveled far and wide to Tianqu.

Adrian is a typical American white man, tall and strong, and his silver hair makes him look extraordinarily awkward. If you don’t know how old he is, just by looking at his appearance, most people would think that he is probably less than seventy years old, but in fact he is an old man who is nearly eighty years old.

His head bears the name of the designer of the world's tallest building and the world's tallest building under construction in the future, making Adrian the most famous design master of super high-rise buildings on the planet. However, the old man did not become arrogant because of this. On the contrary, the old man was a person who easily made people feel good.

"Hi, Mr. Yang, I'm glad to meet you, I'm Adrian Smith." In a large office on the top floor of a high-rise office building of more than 100 meters in downtown Tianqu, Yang Jing and Adrian met NS.

Because of the upcoming construction of Tianqu, Yang Jing rented the top and sub-top two floors of a high-end office building in the urban area to be used as the office space for the "Tianqu Office". Most of the members of the Tianqu office who had been in the United States have now come to Tianqu, and in the next few years, they will all work here, responsible for coordinating and directing the various projects of the entire Tianqu construction.

"Hey, Mr. Smith, I'm just as happy to meet you. Call me Albert. My friends call me that."

"Ok, Albert, you can also call me Ad, Mr. Smith's name will alienate our relationship."

"Well, Ad, come on, please sit down, would you like some coffee or tea?"

"A cup of coffee, don't add sugar or milk."

Yang Jing pressed a button on the table, and within a short while, Leah Alonso, who loves to travel, pushed the door and walked in. As the face in charge of the eight-person secretary team, Leah became the head of Yang Jing’s office. Big secretary.

After Yang Jing gave a few words, Leah turned and walked out of the office, and soon brought a cup of steaming Blue Mountain coffee and a cup of green tea.

"Ade, have a taste. This is the authentic Pearl Bean Blue Mountain Coffee, which is hard to see outside."

Adrian took a sip from the cup and immediately said, "Yes, this is indeed the top-quality blue mountain coffee with pearl beans, but as far as I know, most of this type of pearl bean coffee is in the hands of Japan."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Unfortunately, the Japanese companies that invested in Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee are now subsidiaries of Pacific Capital, and I am the owner of Pacific Capital."

"Oh Maiga! Pacific Capital? That newly emerging super capital? That turned out to be your company?" As the world's top architectural designer, Adrian naturally knows the most popular topics in the world. Pacific Capital under the control of Harrison Johnson is one of the most popular topics in the world.

Yang Jing smiled and nodded, but did not continue to speak. The main reason for telling Adrian about his identity is to let the designer understand one thing, that is, Yang Jing, I am not short of money, and I am more arrogant than those rich in Arabia, so please feel free to design boldly. !

Sure enough, after Yang Jing made this gesture, Adrian immediately rubbed his hands in excitement, "Albert, I saw the invitation letter you sent me. I want to confirm it now. You are inviting Are all the things in the letter true?"

"Yes. Ade, I can tell you with certainty that the things written in the invitation letter are true. When you get here, you can design a super high-rise building as you want. I, just Responsible for funding! Of course, I have the only requirement, that is, the skyscraper you design must maintain the title of the world's tallest building within ten years of its completion!"

"Aha!" Hearing this, Adrian exclaimed in excitement, not at all as steady as the world's top architect, but like a schoolboy who got his beloved toy.

"Don't worry, Albert, I will design a skyscraper that is difficult for others to surpass! Well, at least no one will surpass her in the next twenty years!"

"Ade, I believe in your abilities. So, do you have any general design concepts for this building now?"

"Yes!" Adrian replied very affirmatively, "In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, I had been designing a super high-rise building that was higher than the Burj Khalifa. Haha, I guess you can also imagine it. People like me really can’t stay idle, and constantly surpassing myself has always been my life principle. For this reason, after I designed the Burj Khalifa, I designed a A taller skyscraper. When the Kingdom Tower was built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I submitted this design plan. At that time, Prince Alwaleed agreed to this plan and was also preparing to allocate funds for the construction of this ultra-high skyscraper. However, the local geological and climatic conditions did not allow the construction of this one-mile-high building. In desperation, the Kingdom Tower could only be cut down to a height of 600 meters. I had to redesign another plan. This is the design scheme of the current Kingdom Tower."

Hearing this, Yang Jing asked curiously: "Then why didn't Saudi Arabia use your original design? Isn't it just the height? Your design should have no effect on the Kingdom Tower?"

"No! I'm not allowed to do this!" Adrian's face became serious. "For our architects, every design plan is our child. I have to make it according to the differences of each child. Everywhere chooses a place for him to grow up. The one-mile-high skyscraper I designed that year can only be built to a height of 1,609 meters. If six hundred meters were artificially cut, it would be equivalent to taking my child from the waist. All the above are cut off, can the child live like that?"

very good! This reason is really very powerful, and Yang Jing couldn't help but give Adrian a thumbs up.

"So, I would rather give up the previous design and re-design a new plan for Prince Alwaleed, and I would never use an abridged design plan."

"Ade, I can understand your feelings. But I really have a question here that I want to ask you. Do you think that with the current construction technology, you can really build the one-mile-high skyscraper you designed. Is it? That's a full height of 1,609 meters."

Adrian nodded affirmatively and said: "With the current construction technology, it is indeed difficult to build a 1,609-meter high-rise building, but it is not impossible. As long as the local geological and climatic conditions Allowed, then coupled with sufficient funds, building a one-mile-high super high-rise building is not an insurmountable problem."

Yang Jing nodded, and then he asked again: "Then Ade, do you think if a building with a height of 1992 meters is built, can it be done with the current construction technology?"

"1992 meters?" Adrian froze for a moment, then shook his head: "I can't guarantee this. According to the current construction technology, this height can be built, but in that case, the area of ​​this building The area will be a terrifying figure. The Burj Khalifa I designed that year covered an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters with just the foundation. And the Kingdom Tower I designed has a foundation area of ​​three. 10,000 square meters, of course, this also has a lot to do with the local geological conditions in Jeddah, but it is undeniable that the greater the height of the building, the larger the construction area of ​​the foundation will be, otherwise the weight of the building will weigh down. The foundation is broken! Albert, the higher this kind of super high-rise building, the higher the requirements for the foundation. When the height of this kind of super high-rise building exceeds a certain limit, the height of the building will increase by one meter every time the foundation is The requirements will be greatly improved."

After a pause, Adrian continued: "Compare the Burj Khalifa with the Kingdom Tower. The Kingdom Tower is only 171 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa, but the foundations of the two are simply not on the same level. The pile tip depth of Burj Khalifa is only 70 meters deep, while the pile tip depth of Kingdom Tower is 110 meters deep~www.readwn.com~ and my one-mile-high super high-rise building requires foundations It’s even higher. Albert, you have sent me documents on local geological conditions in Tianqu and I have read them. The geological conditions in Tianqu are much better than those in Jeddah, but even so, in my In the design plan, if the building is really to be built in Tianqu, the area of ​​the foundation alone will exceed 70,000 square meters, and the area of ​​the entire building will be even larger. As for the one you just asked Question, if you want to build a 1992-meter high-rise building, then I estimate that the foundation alone will cover an area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters, and the floor area must at least be more than 1 square kilometer. You confirm that for the construction of this building Does it consume such a large area?"

"Such a tall building cannot be built without a large enough foundation. Similarly, if the floor area of ​​the foundation is expanded, then the cost of the building will increase exponentially. So, as my own person Generally speaking, it is not recommended that you build such a high building. One mile is enough to ensure that no one can surpass it in the next twenty years."

"Well, I took it for granted." Yang Jing smiled and admitted that his guess about the 1992-meter-high building was a mistake. Isn't it impossible to build such a tall building, but is it necessary to build such a tall building?

In fact, the height of one mile is quite shocking!