When Hu Nianzu, who was nearly 10,000 kilometers away, spent a lot of money there, Chen Moran, who was far away in Shanghai, was extremely uncomfortable, although the plaster on his leg was removed, and Chen was no longer lame, but one of his feet was cut off. This is despite the fact that the leg has been severed for several months.

But in the past few months, at the last "consultation", 36 experts from the United States, Britain, and Germany finally gave him an answer, which is absolutely impossible!

"For the first time!"

Standing in the conference room on the second floor of the Bund Industrial Company Leasing Building, Chen Moran's right hand stretched out a finger.

"I want to flatten this Ministry of Works!"

Staring at as many as ten bridges of different specifications and shapes, Chen Moran's eyes almost erupted in flames, almost suppressing the urge to overthrow these beautiful models to the ground.

Xiao Xinren looked at those beautiful models, and he also felt helpless. If it can't be constructed, the model is still a model!

"Mo Ran, is there really no way to repair this bridge?"

"Repair! How can it not be repaired, if it is not repaired, even if our industrial company does not go bankrupt, it will definitely hurt its vitality! ”

Thinking of the obstacles that the Ministry of Industry and the Bureau would set for himself in the future, Chen Moran only hated it, of course, against those businessmen.

When he was released from prison, Catherine made it very clear that those Jews would ask him to repair the bridge, but they would give him a fatal blow when his bridge was halfway through, and because of this, almost as soon as he got the news, he began to let those who were experts in building bridges, repair the design plan, and the core of the plan was only one, and the height of the bridge deck from the river should not be less than 200 feet.

There was no problem with the elevation of the bridge deck, the only problem was the need for a gentle slope extension, which was no problem in Pudong, where the land belonged to the industrial company, and even the location of the Industrial Bank Building was specially adjusted.

The problem is that in the Bund, according to the plan, the construction of a relatively low-cost, fast-paced horizontal bridge, the level of almost no gentle slope, and the purchase of a large amount of land on the Bund to repair the bridge, itself is unrealistic. Now that it's good, even if Chen Moran spends a lot of money to buy the place where the bridge is repaired, no one will sell it.

"Damn it, those Judas are planning to build a 20-story building across the bridge!"

scolded hatefully, if those Jewish merchants stood in this room now and gave Chen Moran a submachine gun, he would really sweep away that group of people.

"If it doesn't work, I'll build a tunnel and see the ......"

But only half of the words were said, Chen Moran closed his voice, not to mention the time-consuming and costly construction of the tunnel, the most important thing is that those experts have explained that such a long river crossing tunnel itself has technical risks, and Shanghai's geological structure is a mud-based structure, which further increases the risk.

Walking to the window, Chen Moran looked at the vacant land outside the building with an area of 28.6 acres, which was originally the Linjiang warehouse of Qichang Foreign Bank, which cost a full 1.2 million yuan to buy.

In order to save money on the Pudong project as much as possible, he even did not hesitate to use the method of renting land to build houses, sacrificing the company's short-term interests, and those people made him constantly bleed.

"Now what I am most worried about is that once the news spreads, the destruction of the company, the Industrial Bank has bought 2 million yuan of Pudong bonds and 3 million Jianghuai Road mining bonds, and the company has issued tens of millions of Pudong bonds in the past few months, without the bridge and Pudong, our bonds will become waste paper, and then the run outside the bank door and the people who besiege the company to demand the return of the bonds are enough to make the company go bankrupt!"

Xiao Xinren frowned, his face became more and more worried, although the statement to those experts is to "build a high bridge to show the strength of the industrial company", but if the Ministry of Industry Bureau will ensure the smooth passage of the waterway, the news of the upper limit of the Huangpu River is 200 feet high, I am afraid that it will ...... As he spoke, his eyes darkened, and he seemed to see the day when the industrial company was squeezed across.

Chen Moran, who was standing by the window, stared at the bridge with his eyes, but the misalignment of time and space only made his eyes shine, and he turned around and walked to his desk, but casually drew a simple sketch on the map.

Pudong, a few months ago, this was a piece of farmland, but now it is a construction site, but this construction site is not as grand as imagined, just relying on horse-drawn carts to press out a few rammed earth roads more than ten meters wide, on the side of several large roads in Lujiazui, workers dug the foundation and began to build buildings, and a few kilometers away from Lujiazui on the Huangpu River, construction workers began to build factories there.

Through the misty rain curtain, Shen Shipeng could see that the people on the construction site were wearing hats and robes, constantly busy in the cold rain. Although I couldn't see the expressions on their faces clearly, I could feel their hardships at this time from those movements that seemed sluggish.

It's September, although the weather is still a little hot, but walking in this heavy rain, I can still feel the chill of the autumn rain, but these people are in the rainy autumn night, day and night keep rushing to work, looking at those who are still working hard in the rainy night, under the dim light, Shen Shipeng's expression changed slightly.

"Cheng Jie, the company's construction period is short, it seems that the task is heavy and the time is tight, so the control and arrangement of labor are strict. The people who came to the construction site were divided into three shifts, each working for six hours continuously, and then resting for 12 hours, and the four shifts a day were rotated. The company also stipulates that people who come to the construction site are not allowed to ask for leave unless there are special circumstances, and they are not allowed to be absent from work without reason; Proven illness must be certified by the medical office. All in all, everyone can rest well. ”

Sensing the changes on Shen Shipeng's face, Li Zhiyao pointed to the sewer on the side of the road and changed the topic when he said this.

"You see, there are only five large construction sites in Pudong, including the Bank Building, the Huangpu Sports School, the comprehensive factory and the large power plant, and then there are 46 buildings built by others renting land and investing in it."

"Rent land and build a building?"

Shen Shipeng was stunned, how could there be such a thing?

At this point, Li Zhiyao couldn't help but praise the director's meticulous plan.

"You don't believe it, since the construction of the Industrial Bank Building, the 67,356 acres of the Pudong Development Zone, the land price has gone up, on this Pudong Road, the industrial bank over there is the central zone, the land price is so high that it is staggering, some companies want to catch up with the wind in Pudong, one is that they can't buy the land of their own business building, and the other is that the company also sells, and now the land price here is 261 acres, what about ten years later? Therefore, the chairman of the board of directors chose to rent land and build houses very wisely, so that everyone can get their own place. In this way, it not only maintains the benefits of natural appreciation of the land, but also transfers the risk of operating real estate to the tenant of the house, and after a certain period of time, the buildings on the land are also attributed to the landowner. It is agreed that the 30-year lease expires, and the above-ground buildings will be owned by the company, which is cost-effective, and the money to buy land is enough to build a building! ”

"That's right, it's a good deal!"

Shen Shipeng nodded, this renting land to build a house is also a both.

"Anyway, the company will not have enough money to develop Pudong for a while, those people, whether it is his foreign bank or a state-owned businessman, as long as they are willing, they can take the company's drawings and rent land and build houses here, so that the company can use the least amount of silver to do this Pudong, and they build houses and buildings, using construction workers, the company is two-sided to make money, renting land to earn money, building buildings and making money, the company only needs to write the infrastructure."

It's just that when Li Zhiyao was proud, he didn't know that "renting land to build a house" was Chen Moran's helpless move at the beginning, and even when he was forced to do so, he once said, "Let's build roads and build shelves, rent the land to other people to build houses, build houses, and we will collect sewage fees, electricity bills, and his ...... every month In short, as long as it is a fee collected in the concession, we will collect it! ”

"You see, it is by relying on this borrowed chicken to lay eggs, the company has turned this Pudong into a large construction site, some of the warehouses along the river are still warehouses, but they are used to pile up various building materials, and some have become dormitories for construction workers, these nearly 20,000 workers recruited from northern Anhui, Shandong, northern Jiangsu, Henan and other places, in just less than two months, it has prospered this place, the company has built more than 100 small markets here, and can collect more than 5,000 yuan in rent a month."

"Boss Chen is quite good at making the best use of things!"

When Shen Shipeng said this, he seemed to be a little mocking, but Li Zhiyao just laughed, this classmate of his was all right, but his surname was a little weird.

"The chairman of the board of directors usually hates waste the most, let's take the current Pudong as an example, digging the foundation and sewers when the excavation of the topsoil, directly used to pave the roadbed, and the lower layer of clay is sent to the brick factory of Linyangjing River to make bricks, the broken bricks of the building are broken and mixed in the rammed earth roadbed, making the best use of things is fundamental, the outside to spend a hundred taels of silver to do, in the industrial company, only ninety-five taels, and the five taels can be used to do more things, it is this kind of material to make the best use, so that Pudong's bonds in the city rose thirteen points."

Li Zhiyao glanced at his old friend who was staring at the window.

"Cheng Jie, in fact, like you and I do this project, what is needed is exactly like the chairman, ambitious, courageous and very human, let's take the Industrial Bank Building as an example, the 34-storey building, once it is completed, it can be the tallest building in Asia, can be a landmark in Shanghai, can show the world the new style of our country, the chairman of the board of directors is so careful, is not it to use a small amount of money to make a big deal?"

Shen Shipeng's rhetorical question from his friend only silenced him, since he received a master's degree in geoengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States ten years ago, he has returned to China three times, but each time he has returned disappointed, his expertise is not needed in China, and in the United States, although he does his best to catch up with his peers, the discrimination of skin color makes him unable to participate in the geotechnical association.

"Furen, I want to ask you something!"

Shen Shipeng hesitated and looked at Li Zhiyao seriously.

"Is there a problem with that bridge?"

In the large conference room on the third floor of the industrial company, 36 British, American, and German bridge and geotechnical experts hired by the industrial company at a high salary all gathered at the conference table, and there seemed to be a model on the conference table, covered with a white cloth.

A month ago, after receiving an invitation from a friend, Shen Shipeng, who rushed back to Shanghai from the United States, unexpectedly saw several acquaintances among experts from various countries, and when they saw Shen Shipeng enter the meeting, they seemed to have a look of course in surprise, if it weren't for the boss standing there, maybe they would get up and chat with Shen Shipeng.

Chen Moran, who was standing at one end of the conference table, saw that among the experts in the venue, there was one more Chinese, and he was also stunned, whether it was the Industrial Bank Building or the Huangpu River Bridge, and even those construction experts in the design office of the construction company were almost all foreign engineers, and the few domestic projects were only started.

"Shen Shipeng!"

Glancing at the sign in front of the man, Chen Moran remembered the name in his heart, and this was the second "Chinese engineer" he knew who was qualified to attend such a meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you told me that it was impossible to build a bridge with a channel of no less than 200 feet in the quiet space on that piece of land outside the window, did you?"

As Chen Moran spoke, Shen Renpeng looked through the information in his hand again, and in the past week, after he signed a confidentiality contract, he began to study the company's bridge construction site on the Bund, and the 200-foot channel was also entangled with him.

"Mr. Chen, unless you can construct no less than 0.5 miles of land for the approach bridge to the west, it is impossible to achieve this requirement, and I have repeated it many times, the horizontal bridge is conducive to the movement of horse-drawn carriages!"

Holding the frame of his glasses, Fils said politely, because of the signing of the confidentiality contract, he could not ask his domestic counterparts for advice, and the conditions proposed by Chen Moran in front of him violated the basic principles of bridge building.

"As an employee of your company, I am obligated to remind Mr. Chen that the 200-foot bridge does not have any advantages over the two-channel drawbridge."

"Is that your opinion?"

Chen Moran, who had a smile on his face, asked rhetorically, and almost all of these people in the conference room nodded.

"Yes, in your opinion, due to the limitation of geographical space, it is impossible to build the West Bank approach bridge, right?"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Moran had a smug look on his face.

"You think it's impossible, but in my opinion, it's always possible if you are willing to break the rules!"

When they were puzzled, Chen Moran glanced at Zhu Jialiang, who was standing against the wall of the conference room, Zhu Liang hurriedly applied the noose on the wall, and the white cloth was dragged into the air by four ropes and put away, and when people saw the model, their faces were full of surprise.

What attracted them was not the design of the double-tower double-sided cable-stayed bridge, but his reading power of the approach bridge, the east bank is still the traditional high bridge approach bridge design, and the west bank of the approach bridge is made into two complex curve spirals, this strange approach bridge attracts everyone, and in Shen Shipeng's eyes, the shape of this approach bridge is like a coiled dragon.

Fortunately, he had stayed in Shanghai a few years ago, and passed over the Nanpu Bridge many times, so he naturally had some impressions of the complex curve spiral approach bridge, otherwise I am afraid that he would really be forced to death by those Jewish businessmen.

"Tell me, can such a bridge be built?"

Although he was amazed by the ingenious design of the approach bridge, Fils still saw from a professional eye that the design of the bridge was not very reasonable, but its significance was the idea of the approach bridge, and he still put forward his own opinion out of professional commitment.

"Technically, there is no problem at all, but, Mr. Chen, this kind of complex curve spiral approach bridge, due to the slope of the bridge deck, may not be conducive to the passage of horse-drawn carriages!"

"It's the age of the automobile, and horse-drawn carriages will definitely be obsolete by cars! Gentlemen, the bridge we are going to build is a bridge for the twentieth century, not a monument for the nineteenth century! ”

His eyes stared at the approach bridge, but Shen Shipeng combined the area of the bridge in his heart, and after a while, he raised his own questions.

"Chairman Chen, if the complex curve spiral approach bridge is built on land, then the lead will become smaller, and the slope is larger, the number of layers is naturally higher, and it is more unfavorable for vehicles, and the road boundary from the company's bridge construction site to the Bund is only 382 feet......"

When putting forward his own opinions, Shen Shipeng took a pen in his right hand and used a pencil on the back of the data to construct a "designed" complex curve spiral approach bridge, a smaller size, more layers, and the corresponding bridge deck is also half smaller.

"In that case, the bridge deck will be too narrow!"

"Then the only way to do this is to extend the approach bridge to the river!"

After a few simple strokes, an approach bridge half built on land and half on the river appeared on the paper.

His eyes stared at Shen Shipeng, and there was no doubt that he left a deep impression on Chen Moran.

"I'm just offering a suggestion, as for the professional issues, it's up to you to think about it, in short, your responsibility is to design and supervise the construction of this bridge!"

Standing up straight, Chen Moran walked towards the window, looking at the Huangpu River outside the window, at this time, you can see thousands of tons of iron boats on the Huangpu River, and you can also see Chinese and Western-style sailboats.

"Then you come up with a plan, you only need to remember one requirement, I hope to see a bridge across the Huangpu River in the shortest possible time!"

At this time, Chen Moran, who was smoking a cigar cigarette, sneered on his face, this bridge may become a coordinate of Shanghai in the future, a symbol of industrial companies, and it will also remind him that the reason why this bridge with a unique shape is unique is only because the owner of this land cannot control everything here.

"I'll remember you!"

The cigarette of the cigar between his fingers reached his lips, and the sneer grew thicker and thicker.

(To be continued)