Chapter 396: The Empire State Building

While Saionji Gongwang was still doing the work of destroying corpses and destroying evidence, a press conference on the Tokyo tragedy had been held without the knowledge of the Saionji Cabinet.

After learning the content of the press conference, Fang Ze Kenkichi moved very quickly, and rushed to the press conference site directly in a car, ready to refute the so-called "truth" that Gu Weijun wanted to announce—————— as the Japanese ambassador to China, what happened in Tokyo Fang Ze Kenkichi only heard some rumors, as for the truth, he still did not know, and at that time, he was already busy Saionji Gongwang obviously did not have the time to tell these to a diplomat who was not very high in the government...

Of course, this doesn't mean that Fang Ze Qianji doesn't believe that his compatriots will do this, he just doesn't believe that the number will be as much as Gu Weijun said...

And the purpose of Fang Ze Kenji rushing to the press conference venue is to refute this point.

It's a pity that Kenkichi Yoshizawa obviously underestimated the madness of his compatriots.

So when Kenji Fangzawa rushed to the venue and refuted Gu Weijun with the Japanese reporters at the scene, in the face of the various evidence presented by Gu Weijun, Kenji Fangzawa and the Japanese reporters at the venue were all speechless.

Of course, in the face of the photos and other evidence presented by Gu Weijun, Fang Ze Qianji and others can still deny it and call it "forgery".

But when Gu Weijun even took out a few silent videos shot at the scene and played them, Fang Ze Qianji and others had nothing to say, and there was a sound of vomiting on the scene...

After all, although the massacre of colonial people and the like are not uncommon in this era, this thing is like an unspoken rule. In this hypocritical world, although everyone knows it, it has always been an unsightly thing, and now what Gu Weijun has to do is to publicize these unsightly things to the public...

At the same time, it is also used to prove that everything that the embassy guards did was necessary.

After all, if those mobs really poured into the embassy, I am afraid that the hundreds of Chinese in the embassy will all be gone.

If you think this is an exaggeration, then you can go and talk to the fragmented "Smecta" people who have been cut down.

Although the "Smecta" people do not belong to the earth, they are still living creatures, right? It's really a bit unsightly to treat the "Smecta" people from the planet "Smecta" like this.

Of course, there are many guys like the "Holy Mother" who still hold opposing opinions, but at this time, in the face of the evidence presented by Gu Weijun, the supporters of these "Holy Mother" are becoming fewer and fewer...

So soon, in the face of the ironclad evidence presented by Gu Weijun, Kenkichi Yoshizawa and the other Japanese present had to withdraw from the venue under the strange gaze of reporters and diplomats from all over the world...

At the press conference, Gu Weijun continued to release work...

After the press conference, when the news of the press conference reached Japan, in the face of strong pressure, Saionji Konobo had to step down and dissolve the Saionji cabinet, which was affiliated with the "Political Friendship Association".

However, this does not mean that Xiyuan Temple Gongwang has ended his political life.

Although because of "a major incident in the palace", the prestige and influence of Youpeng in Shan County have been greatly reduced, and the loss of control of the army after the earthquake has exacerbated this.

But Todo lived for more than a year, and Aritomo Yamagu, who did not die of depression because of "a major event in the palace" like another time and space, is still the most powerful patriarch in Japan. Therefore, at this time, Yamayama Youpeng still held the right to appoint the prime minister in fact.

At the very beginning, there were friends in Shan County, who already knew that he would not have a few years to live, and he still wanted to continue to support Xiyuan Temple Gongwang after the tragedy—————— anyway, he was almost there, so he didn't have so many worries. …,

However, on the eve of announcing his resignation and dissolving the cabinet, Saionji persuaded Yamaguchi Aritomo and recommended Hara Kei as prime minister. Hara immediately began to approach Aritomo Yamagu, who in fact held the power to appoint the prime minister, to exchange views on the political situation at the time.

Youpeng in Shan County has adopted an attitude of taking matters into account and has adopted a cooperative attitude towards the No. 1 Party and Government Friends Association on many issues.

After constantly exchanging opinions with Yuan Jing, Shan County gradually spoke highly of his character and strength. According to the "Yuan Jing Diary", Shan County once said to Xiyuan Temple: "Yuan Jing and I have no different opinions. It's just that Hara wants to win the approval of the majority of the political party and reform the party, and I oppose his approach. That's all there is to it. Realizing that there were no people in the feudal bureaucracy who could adapt to the times, Yamaguchi finally accepted Saionji's opinion and agreed that Hara Kei should be the prime minister.

At this time, Yamayama County was worried about the rise of popular movements and democratic ideas for universal suffrage in the country. Internationally, faced with the drastic changes in the international situation after the First World War, the beginning of the rise of the United States, the outbreak of the Bolshevik government in Russia, and the rising nationalism in a re-powerful China, the cold Yama County had to realize that the feudal bureaucratic politicians could no longer cope with the heavy responsibilities of the times.

So before Xiyuan Temple stepped down, the next successor had already been confirmed in the mansion of Aritomo in Yama County...

Similarly, Hara's succession also means that although Saionji has stepped down, he has not completely withdrawn from Japanese politics, because the world is well aware of the close relationship between Hara Kei and Saionji Gongwang.

Even, if one day Hara Kei suddenly encounters an accident, the next successor is likely to be the Seionji Gongwang who stepped down because of the Tokyo tragedy, after all, Saionji is also a leader in the Political Friends Association, and its influence is by no means comparable to Hara Kei...

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Although Xiyuan Temple Gongwang stepped down, Yuan Jing's coming to power was also good news for Yan Guang.

Although it is obviously impossible to ease relations with the Japanese government in a short period of time because of the matter at the Tokyo Embassy, this does not mean that Yan Guang hopes that the newly appointed Japanese cabinet will be composed of those "horse manure" of the army—————— although China does not need to worry about the threat from Japan at all, but the less external pressure, the more resources Yan Guang will be able to spare out to do other things.

For example, the Third Five-Year Plan, and the threat from the Soviet Union.

Although after the October Revolution, the Nationalist government cut off a piece of meat from the Russians, especially the loss of such a granary in Central Asia, which was a heavy blow to the Russians. However, after the establishment of the Soviet government, with its vast territory and large population, the Russians still regained some strength.

Although these recoveries are still somewhat insufficient in the face of China now, according to the projections of the Military Intelligence Agency, it is very likely that by 1924 the Russians' steel production will recover to one million tons, and by 30 years ago it may have recovered to the point where it was in front of the station.

For this reason, the Nationalist government had to allocate a considerable part of its military spending to the army to enhance the army's already strong firepower, which was another reason why Yan Guang was willing to sign the Washington Naval Treaty, because as long as the treaty was signed, the Nationalist government would be able to mobilize more resources to deal with the Russians.

But now...

"Now, I'm going to have to do something else first..."

At the time of saying this, Yan Guang had already arrived in Shanghai on a steamer, escorted by several cruisers.

Shanghai, once the financial center of the Far East, finally became the financial center of the whole of Asia after the outbreak of the First World War and with the continuous growth of China's national power. …,

But Yan Guang came to Shanghai today, not for economic reasons...

"Whew, it's finally here..."

When the passenger ship arrived in Shanghai, Yan Guang was completely relieved.

I don't know what the reason is, as long as Yan Guang takes the boat for a long time, he will feel very irritable.

However, in this era, the main means of transportation was ships, and of course there were railways, but the possibility of being bombed by someone was too high. And the boat was bombed, at least there were escort ships around to rescue, and it was for this reason that Yan Guang did not choose to take the train to Shanghai.

As for the plane?

Although in later generations, airplanes are the safest means of transportation in the world, but at this time it is not, so if Yan Guang doesn't want to die, it's better not to take a plane.

Don't you see the future generations, even if it is like Dai Li, there are examples of people dying because of "accidents"?

"Really, just the thought of taking a boat when I go back is very irritating..."

Complaining and saying a few words, in the helpless expressions of the entourage, Yan Guang and the group stepped off the ship.

On the wharf, Shanghai Changgu Yuan and a group of Shanghai officials and gentry had been waiting for a long time. At this time, seeing Yan Guang getting off the boat, he hurriedly brought the people behind him to greet him.

Although it is only a city, everyone in later generations knows that the importance of Shanghai is not inferior to that of a province, and it is also because of this that it is natural that the mayor of Shanghai is a member of the National Socialist Party, and the mayor of Shanghai is one of Yan Guang's henchmen.

It is precisely for this reason that although Yan Guang's face is a little ugly because of the long boat ride, Yan Guang still allows himself to smile as much as possible after seeing Gu Yuan—————— although it may not be much better than crying.

"Xiaogu, it's all arranged, right?"

"Please rest assured that I have everything arranged..."

"That's good." Yan Guang nodded. "Let's go, take me to the place where I live first, this non-stop boat ride is about to kill me..."

"Understood..."

After bidding farewell to the people who greeted him on the dock, Yan Guang followed Tanigaki to the accommodation he had arranged. In fact, there is nothing to arrange, it is just the building of the Shanghai Municipal Government...

In the room, there were no undulating waves, and Yan Guang finally had a good night's sleep.

After night, Yan Guang was called by Secretary No. 5.

"Banquet, banquet..."

Stretching, Yan Guang muttered as he got up.

"It is also a Chinese tradition to wash the dust from the wind, especially in this era when it is more or less part of the old society. Therefore, although Yan Guang was still a little tired, he still attended the reception banquet held by the Shanghai officials and the local gentry..."

Hearing Yan Guang complaining there, Secretary 5 just snickered, and then changed Yan Guang's clothes with secretaries 2, 3, 4, and 6 there.

At the banquet, Yan Guang wasted a whole day, and just like that, until the next day, he had time to do the work of coming to Shanghai...

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"Is this it?"

In a huge clearing, looking at the clearing that had begun to be cleared, Yan Guang asked Gu Yuan beside him.

"This is it...", nodding his head, Tanigaki continued. According to you, President, we have purchased a considerable piece of land here, which is completely sufficient..."

"As long as it's enough..."

Saying that, Yan Guang continued to ask.

"Where's the designer?"

"Right there!"

Tanigaki pointed to a row of bungalows next to a clearing and said to Yan Guang.

"The designer has been waiting there for a long time..."..., "Okay, let's go over then..."

After Yan Guang and his entourage came to the bungalow, at the door of the bungalow, a few designers were standing there.

After seeing the designers, Yan Guang greeted them a little and then walked into the bungalow.

In the bungalow, models of more than a dozen buildings have been placed in front of Yan Guang.

Not?

What is Yan Guang here for?

Naturally, it was to build a building.

There was a famous quote of Hitler that circulated on the Internet in later generations, of course, whether this famous quote was really handed down by Hitler, or whether it was made up by Chinese people does not need to be mentioned, but Yan Guang is still quite impressed by this famous saying.

"Magnificent architecture is a good medicine to eliminate our national inferiority complex, and no one can lead a nation out of inferiority by empty words alone. He had to be able to build something that people would be proud of, and that was something that could be seen and touched. This is not to show off, but to give a country self-confidence, and our enemies and friends must recognize that these buildings have consolidated our regime. ”

To be honest, although Hitler's Nazi regime failed, Yan Guang always felt that some things in Germany at that time were still worth learning—————— of course, regardless of race.

After the First World War, the self-confidence of the people in the country increased due to the expansion of the country's territory.

However, the suffering that China has endured is too great to count, and these sufferings will not be erased in a short period of time. So, as mentioned above, Yan Guang decided to use the magnificent architecture as a medicine...

Of course, part of the reason for this decision was also due to Yan Guang's personal vanity.

In fact, as early as when the Nationalist government was just established, Yan Guang had already planned to build a magnificent building like the Empire State Building in the United States, but unfortunately the situation at that time did not allow it.

First, China's industrial capacity at the time was too weak to provide all the steel needed to build the Empire State Building. And the amount of money that a huge high-rise building costs is unimaginable to ordinary people.

You know, the cost of an Empire State Building is $67 million (yes, it's true?). At that time, the exchange rate between the British pound and the US dollar was 1:4.85, which means that the cost of an Empire State Building was already equivalent to more than 100 million silver dollars.

More than 100 million silver dollars, at the time when the Commune government was first established, this was already equivalent to the military expenditure of the Wehrmacht for a year. In order to satisfy Yan Guang's personal vanity, cough cough, it should be to create a good medicine that can eliminate the inferiority complex of the nation, and use more than a year of military spending to build a building, even if Yan Guang is crazy Xu Shichang, they are not crazy, right?

What's more, there were too many places to use money at that time, and even Yan Guang didn't have much food to spare.

In addition, China's navy was not strong at that time, because the relationship between Shandong and Japan was also quite tense, if such a tall building was built in Shanghai, not to mention anything else, even if the Japanese did not land in Shandong, what if people directly bombarded the building with naval guns?

Such an obvious target, the Japanese do not even need to be specifically positioned ...

It is for these reasons that the construction plan of the building has been put on hold...

But now...

The Wehrmacht Navy already had an overwhelming advantage over Japan (in fact, the same was true for other fleets) with the ocean fleet alone, and with the additional income from the Great Fishing and Middle East oil fields during the First World War, the Nationalist government was still able to operate with a considerable surplus without Yan Guang's funding, not to mention the more than 1,000 tons of gold contributed by Kolchak himself? ..., and because of this, after all the conditions were met, Yan Guang decided to personally fund the construction of a super building similar to the Empire State Building built by the Americans a few years later.

No.

It should be said that it is a much larger building than the Empire State Building.

After all, one or two hundred million silver dollars were spent just to build a building that was likely to be surpassed by the Americans in a few years, even if Yan Guang's personal property has exceeded more than one billion silver dollars now, the money is not such a waste, is it?

And what's the difference between that and self-inflicted humiliation...

So...

"No, none of these designs work..."

After looking at the very detailed building models on the table, Yan Guang shook his head.

After Yan Guang proposed the idea of building a super building in Shanghai, although this was Yan Guang's personal behavior, Gu Yuan and other Shanghai officials did not dare to despise it at all.

Therefore, after getting permission from Yan Guang to "get some designs out first", Gu Yuan summoned all the famous Chinese designers in Shanghai—————— if the building is built, but the designer is a foreigner, then it is better not to build it...

After hearing that the matter about architecture was actually Yan Guang's meaning, these designers, who were already well-known at home and abroad, burst out with twelve points of potential, and came up with designs that were already quite good in this era.

However, after looking at these designs, Yan Guang still shook his head.

"It's too short..."

The designers who were still there excitedly waiting for Yan Guang's comments were like a basin of cold water poured on their heads after hearing Yan Guang's words.

"But President, this is already an eighty-nine-story building..."

After hearing Yan Guang's remarks that he was "too short", a designer in his thirties couldn't care about his reverence for Yan Guang, and hurriedly stood up and argued.

Strictly speaking, what he said cannot be said to be wrong.

In later generations, we all know that the Empire State Building is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

However, in fact, the tallest building before the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, was only started on September 19, 1928, and the height of the Chrysler Building was only 305 meters, and the floor was only 77 stories...

It is for this reason that these designers are so stunned.

After all, the eighty-nine-story building, as long as it can be built, will undoubtedly be the tallest building in the world.

It's a pity...

"It's a pity, even if it is built, it will be surpassed by the Empire State Building in a few years..."

If that's the case, then it's really self-inflicted...

But Yan Guang doesn't blame them, after all, no one knows that in a few years, the Americans will build a 102-story building.

"Eighty-nine floors is really tall, and I appreciate your design, but I would like the new building to have more than a hundred floors..."

"A hundred floors?"

A very young-looking designer said with some surprise.

"That's right, one hundred and ten floors to be exact..."

One hundred and ten layers, that is, 110 layers, this is also the standard in Yan Guang's heart.

That's right, the later Empire State Building is indeed only 102 floors, but if Yan Guang is clever and follows to get a 102 or 103 floor, if the Americans grit their teeth and have to make the world's tallest building, it will be too easy to surpass the new building...

"So let's just get a 110-story building out of it..."

Of course, Yan Guang didn't think about getting a higher one, after all, that would be more or less safe.

But even in later generations, there aren't many buildings with more than 110 floors...

"So 110 floors should be enough, right?"

Just as Yan Guang was thinking this, a designer next to him spoke. ..., "Can be a big president, 110 floors of words..."

"What? Can't you do it? ”

Yan Guang was shocked, if he couldn't do it, wouldn't he have to wait for a few years to build it until the building level was reached?

Fortunately, the designer didn't say that, just thought about it and spoke.

"It's no problem to build it, but if you just build the world's tallest building, isn't it enough to build eighty-nine floors? After all, there are no buildings with more than 80 floors, and it would be a waste to build a 110-story building..."

"Not now, just because there won't be in the future doesn't mean there won't..."

"However, in terms of cost..."

"Don't worry about this, I'll still take out a few hundred million yuan..."

"In this way...", several designers nodded, and they were also very clear about the rumors that Yan Guang was the largest capitalist in the country, so they did not doubt whether Yan Guang's money was corrupt.

And since Yan Guang himself said that he was not bad for money, then what else did they have to say about building buildings.

"In that case, let's ask the president to give the building a name..."

"Name..."

Yan Guang thought carefully and then spoke.

"Let's call it the Empire State Building..."

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Well, in fact, I originally wanted to recreate it in a few years, but since Zuzutori reminded ^0^~——u-c-t-x-t——[UCebook]The text ends [UCeBook]-u-c-t-x-t