As far as Xia Yu knows, the world's tallest building is the Sears Tower in Chicago, USA, built by the American retail giant Sears Group, completed in 1974, surpassing the World Trade Center built in 1972, and reaching the top of the world's tallest building, with a height of less than 450 meters.

If we follow the trajectory of the previous life, before the trend of building high-rise buildings, Sears Tower was able to hold the position of the world's tallest building for more than 20 years, until the emergence of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was replaced.

"Mr. Pei, I am very satisfied with your design, these meanings are good!"

Xia Yu leaned over and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said with a sigh.

Hearing Xia Yu's praise, I.M. Pei, the designer, couldn't help but be very happy, he and the entire design team spent nearly a year of painstaking efforts The results are undoubtedly very precious, in his eyes is his child, and now this 'child' has been recognized by Xia Yu's employer, how can he not be happy?

Xia Yu reluctantly took his eyes off the model, looked at Liu Shihao and Chen Jianping, and asked, "Have you made any plans for the construction of this building?"

Liu Shihao subconsciously looked at Chen Jianping, because the latter was the general manager of Jiuding Infrastructure Co., Ltd.

Chen Jianping immediately replied respectfully to Xia Yu: "Chairman, we have already made a plan, and the entire building is expected to be built in five years, and the estimated cost is 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars." ”

HK$3.5 billion?

Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Are you sure that 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars is enough?"

Chen Jianping immediately said: "Chairman, this number is enough, this is a relatively generous construction cost, if everything goes well, it is very likely that it will not be used so much." ”

Xia Yu suddenly relieved.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What about the construction land?" Are you sure there are no hidden dangers?"

Chen Jianping shook his head decisively and said: "Chairman, please rest assured, this building will be built on Central Financial Street, Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, facing Victoria Harbour. ”

"No problem, just dismantle it as soon as possible and start construction. ”

"Okay!"

Chen Jianping nodded in response.

At this time, I.M. Pei suddenly asked, "Mr. Xia, I don't know what name you plan to take this building?"

After Xia Yu pondered for a while, he said slowly: "Just be simple, it's called Jiuding Building." ”

"By the way, I take another nickname - 520 Building, which means I love you, and it is convenient to spread fame around the world. ”

"Chairman, this nickname is too innovative...... After Xia Yu finished speaking, Liu Shihao immediately touted, looking at his expression, it seemed to come from the heart.

It's just that Xia Yu glanced at him and smiled, and ordered: "Since it has been determined, this construction plan can be announced, and by the way, it will boost the confidence of the people of Xiangjiang in life." ”

"Understood. ”

“......”

After continuing to observe the model of Jiuding Building, Xia Yucai and I.M. Pei and others went to the office to drink tea and chat.

During the chat, Xia Yu learned that the Bank of China was interested in building a building and planned to ask I.M. Pei to design it.

It's just that he has been busy designing the Jiuding Building, so it has been put on hold for the time being, and now that the design of the Jiuding Building has been completed, I.M. Pei also plans to connect with the Bank of China in Xiangjiang, and no longer contribute to the country.

For this matter, Xia Yu did not say anything except congratulations.

At noon, Xia Yu invited I.M. Pei to lunch to show his gratitude.

Two days later, Jiuding Real Estate Group held a grand press conference, announcing that it would invest HK$3.5 billion to build the world's tallest building in Central, Hong Kong Island, as the headquarters of Jiuding Group and the financial center of Hong Kong.

After the news was announced, the whole Xiangjiang was boiling, and the people who ate melons rushed to tell each other, and many citizens had a sense of honor, shocking Jiuding Group's generosity at the same time, but also looking forward to the completion of Jiuding Building.

The originally sluggish stock market suddenly burst into vigorous vitality, and the Hang Seng Index soared by more than 60 points in one day!

And many bigwigs in Xiangjiang have called Xia Yu for confirmation, congratulating and exploring the meaning behind this.

The news that Xiangjiang will build the world's tallest building is naturally not limited to Xiangjiang alone, but is centered on Xiangjiang and rapidly radiates to the surrounding areas, and many media reports on this matter even from Europe and the United States.

In particular, the newspapers in Chicago in the United States have reported this news a lot, and the local public opinion reaction is also the largest.

But for these, Xia Yu didn't bother to pay attention.

Jiuding Building will not be able to be built until 1987, and it will take five years to wait, no matter how lively the media is now, it will be cold in a short time, and it is not yet time for marketing......

As for what to do now?

Of course, I took my lover to the movie first!

After more than a month of all-round public opinion bombardment, Galaxy Pictures and Hollywood giant MGM Pictures jointly invested 50 million US dollars and spent 16 months to produce the annual sci-fi blockbuster "Alien E· T", which will be released simultaneously worldwide on June 11, has already made everyone's ears calloused.

Beautiful posters and excerpts of shocking promotional videos have sown the seeds of curiosity for the film.

Not to mention "Alien E· The creative team of "T" also came to Xiangjiang for a roadshow and was a guest in the live broadcast room of Global Satellite TV, which is even more expected.

Starting at 10 o'clock in the evening on June 11, Hong Kong time, Galaxy Pictures and Universal Cinemas held a grand premiere at the Universal Cinema in Harbour City.

The premiere of the film officially began at 0:00 on June 12.

Xia Yu didn't take Li Qian and He Chaoqiong to stay up all night.

Instead, at half past nine in the morning on June 12, I took Li Qian, He Chaoqiong, parents and others to the nearest Universal Cinema to watch, and the theater directly took out a small hall and opened it to Xia Yu and others.

After watching the movie, everyone was very satisfied, especially Xia Yu's younger brothers and sisters, it was an uplift.

Even from Xia Yu's point of view, he feels that the current "Alien E· T", which is a notch higher than the quality of the one in his previous life, shows that his money is indeed well spent, and Steven Spielberg did not disappoint him.

On this day, the entire Universal Cinema in Xiangjiang was full, and the attendance rate reached 100%, and many of them were adults and children to watch together, which showed the high popularity.

This scene not only happened in Xiangjiang, but also in Southeast Asia, island countries, the United States and other places.

June 12, that is, Saturday, passed quickly.

But on this day, the major entertainment newspapers in Xiangjiang disrupted their schedules and refused to print the next day's newspaper.

Reporters from major newspapers are all squatting outside the headquarters of Universal Cinemas, they are all waiting, waiting for a data, a data destined to become the headline of tomorrow's front page - "Alien E· T's first-day box office in Hong Kong.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Siyuan also knew the publicity role of the box office on the first day, so they both stared at the whole process and urged the staff to count as soon as possible.

At 0:15 a.m. on June 12, a shocking number was finally counted!

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