Chapter 538: The Beautiful Serengeti
When John showed the sketch to Veran Stillman, Veran Stillman finally accepted the fact that there were many talented people, and she reluctantly classified John into this category.
"Since you're so talented in design, why don't you help me design a few?"
"Okay, no problem, what are you going to build?
"Two hotels, six apartments, four department stores, and an art museum!"
"Where are these buildings going to be built?"
"Two department stores, three apartments, a hotel on Hebron Avenue. It's the same on the North Shore, with an extra art gallery. ”
"Okay!"
Most of the land bought by the Stillman family was concentrated on Hebron Avenue and the Upper North Shore.
After the reclamation of the North Shore area, a 26-kilometre long beach will be created, and the esplanade around the beach is the longest road in the whole of Staunton, called Sicilian Boulevard.
The thoroughfare, the longest thoroughfare in Staten and one of the most prosperous, will be filled with hotels, restaurants, department stores, theaters, gymnasiums, mid-to-high-end apartments...... Wait.
"Okay, thanks!"
After hearing John's promise, Willan Stillman smiled slightly, and after handing over the money from the sale of the land to John, he did not stay in the study for long, and went to find Mrs. Morgan.
After Weilan Stillman left, John didn't want to take a nap, and suddenly owed 13 buildings, and the pressure was a bit high, so he had to hurry up and start the construction of these buildings and design these buildings to go back to Los Angeles as soon as possible.
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On the other hand, in the New York City Hall, the mayor held a press conference when he returned to the city hall, officially announcing the establishment of Staten as the New York D.C., and also announcing Staunton's "Gun Ban Act", "Household Registration Act", and "Housing and Construction Act" to the outside world.
"Mayor, will the establishment of Staten as a special district have an impact on Manhattan?"
After the mayor of New York announced the city's decree, he began to take questions from reporters.
"Manhattan is mainly based on finance, supplemented by tourism and industry, and Staunton is mainly based on industry, trade and manufacturing, supplemented by finance and tourism, and its establishment will greatly make up for the shortcomings of New York in industry and manufacturing, drive the rapid development of New York's economy, and drive the industrial upgrading of the entire Bay Area. ”
"Mayor, how much money is needed for the whole development, and what are the specific development tasks of the government?"
"The entire development will require an investment of $150 billion, and the government's main work is to establish a comprehensive transportation network, as well as some public facilities, and develop a plan that is in line with the development of Staten, and make Staten a livable, green and prosperous city. ”
"So how does the government raise the money for this development?"
"It is raised primarily through the sale of land in Staunton, and does not use the money that New Yorkers pay taxes. ”
"And if you can't raise it?"
"Staunton has a bright future, and I'm sure someone with the vision will not turn down the city. ”
The mayor of New York is confident.
Because more than $100 billion has already arrived, and the money of several major families will also arrive one after another, the funding gap he needs to solve is not very large.
After the press conference, the media rushed back to the company, ready to release the big news, the mayor of New York also returned to the development committee to continue to handle official business, Staunton officially developed, and a lot of work was waiting to be handled.
The busiest of the government departments right now is the Development Committee, which is responsible not only for Staunton's future economic planning, but also for the city's transportation and greenery...... and other infrastructure work. The mayor of New York is the head of this development committee.
"The plan for the road and subway has been implemented, right?"
"It has been implemented. ”
"Then let the construction company start!"
"Has the design of the sea-crossing bridge arrived?"
"The designer is still designing. ”
"Okay, when will the call for designs for bus stops and public toilets go out?"
"Tomorrow it will be distributed like all design schools around the world!"
"Good!"
The mayor of New York nodded.
However, he felt a little pain in his heart because John asked him to build more than 1,000 public toilets in downtown Staunton.
Oh, my God!
The New York City government has never built so many public toilets, let alone spent more than $5 million on them.
In order to save money, the New York government generally requires businesses to set up toilets, and they must be provided to passers-by, so the government has rarely spent money on public toilets.
Now John wants the government to build public toilets on a large scale, which is the first time in the world.
Moreover, John's requirements are still very high, public toilets must be set up at least 10 toilets, in addition to men's and women's toilets, each public toilet must also have a special toilet for the disabled, children, as well as a mother and baby room and a sanitation workers' station.
There must be one every 1,000 meters of several main streets, and each public toilet must be cleaned by a special person to ensure that the public toilet is clean and tidy at all times, free of odor and water stains, and each toilet must also be equipped with an ATM, a map of the city, public transport inquiries, and a tourist help center...... and other facilities.
Such toilets cannot be built without $100,000, and more than 1,000 will cost more than $100 million.
So, of course, the mayor of New York will have a pain in the flesh!
But John didn't care if he would be in pain, and since Staunton was going to develop tourism and accept visitors from all over the world, he had to do a good job of public toilets.
The urban form expresses the image of a city, and the details determine the temperament and taste of a city.
A park, a public telephone booth, a sculpture, a street lamp, a public toilet, are all details of a city, only when these details are done well, the image of the city can be fuller, the city's culture can be highlighted, and the public's life can be more convenient.
At the end of the day, the mayor of New York City came home and had a delicious dinner with his wife, and this time of day was the most relaxing time of his day!
At the Morgan Manor, not far from the mayor's house in New York, the old Morgan family also got together for dinner, and although the family was under the same roof, they only had a limited number of times to get together for dinner.
Because everyone is busy and the time of work is different, most of the time everyone eats in the same restaurant, but they rarely come across each other.
"John, you've been using your brain too much these days, eating more fish and walnuts. Mrs. Morgan knew that John had designed a lot of buildings during this time, and she was worried that John was overusing his brain.
"Good mother. John nodded. "Mother, you also have to eat more, don't be too tired, when I'm done with this time, let's go on a trip together!"
"Tourism?"
Travel this kind of activity is a very, very long time for Mrs. Morgan, her last trip was after graduating from college, went to Italy, after returning from travel, she entered the family to do things, and later married the old Morgan, she has been dealing with the Morgan family's affairs, except for a headache and brain fever to rest, almost every day at work.
"That's right, travel! When the time comes, let's all put down our work and go out and relax. Let's go to the Serengeti and you'll love it, it's a wildlife paradise with the largest variety and largest herd of wildlife in the world, with more than a million herbivores migrating every year between May and June, which is spectacular!"
Mrs. Morgan was very fond of animals, so John decided to take Mrs. Morgan to see some of the most spectacular animal migrations in the world.
"What is the Serengeti?" Mrs. Morgan had never heard of the place's name.
"United Republic of Tanzania, in the southern part of the Great Rift Valley. ”
"Oh, that's not going to work, it's too far, and it's crazy to go to Africa!" Although Mrs. Morgan also likes parent-child activities, Africa is too far away, and it takes many days to come and go, and Africa gives her the feeling of poverty, war, AIDS, and riots.
"Mother, there is always a crazy trip in this life! Believe me, you will definitely make the trip! And East Africa is good, but West Africa is chaotic. ”
"It's not worth the trip, flying so far just to see those animals looking for food. Old Morgan interjected sourly, because he couldn't go abroad, so he had nothing to do with this travel plan.
"Father, this is my plan for my mother's outing!" John said very clearly, and he was not going to take you to play, what do you say?
"Yes, this is my trip plan with John, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you!" Mrs. Morgan nodded in agreement.
"Humph!"
Old Morgan snorted, bowed his head and continued to eat, his status in the family had plummeted since John was born.
In the end, Mrs. Morgan finally agreed to John's proposal, but when the time came, it still depends on whether there is a lot of work, if not a lot, they will go to the Serengeti together to watch the great migration of animals, as for old Morgan, he has nothing to do!