Ten years later, the Empire State Building still stands in Shanghai, and for ten years, it remains the most magnificent building in the world...

The past decade has been one of the most frequent periods of skyscraper construction in China, during which even the shortest building is as tall as the Woolworths Building.

Yet in the span of a decade, no building was taller than the Empire State Building.

This is not only because its owner is Yan Guang, but also because the Empire State Building has reached the limits of this world's building technology.

If other buildings want to reach the height of the Empire State Building, in addition to continuing the design of the Empire State Building, the height can only be higher than a few bricks at most...

(In the '30s, the U.S. economy was in the midst of the Great Depression, people were living more difficult, and Wall Street bosses were enthusiastic about the race to build skyscrapers.) To show his wealth, millionaire Rascob is determined to build the world's tallest building. He brought in the famous architect William? Ram, how high can a building be? Ram pondered for a moment and then replied, "1050 feet." Lascob was unhappy with the height, which was only four feet taller than the newly built Chrysler Building in New York at the time. So, the architects managed to add a 200-foot-tall round tower to make the Empire State Building 1,250 feet high―――――― a similar approach used in the book. ）

Under these circumstances, no one wants to spend tens of millions of dollars on such a building.

As for the United States?

Historically, the Empire State Building came from the United States, and it was also out of architectural comparison and competition.

Although the United States was in a period of economic crisis at that time, it was not worth mentioning to the rich.

So a few rich people began to compare, first Trump Tower was built in New York, then the Chrysler Building, then the Empire State Building...

Of course, these guys are also more cunning than the other.

Because the Chrysler Building secretly changed the height of the planned construction after the completion of the Trump Building, a 38-meter (125-foot) high spire would be placed above the Chrysler Building. The dream of the world's tallest building in the city is the Chrysler building. However, the title was short-lived, as the Empire State Building surpassed the Chrysler Building as the tallest building in the world when it was completed the following year in 1931.

However, this is only history after all...

There is no building taller than the Empire State Building in history, so it is natural that these rich people can compete with each other, but in this world, the Empire State Building was completed in Shanghai in 1925...

Americans also have a lot of self-esteem, so they have also considered building a taller building than the Empire State Building―――――― even if it costs a lot of money to do so.

However, after consulting many architects, none of these people can guarantee that they will be able to build a taller building than the Empire State Building, although if they copy the design of the Empire State Building, they can afford to build a building higher than the Empire State Building, although at most it is only a few bricks higher.

Spending tens of millions of dollars to build a building that looks exactly like the Empire State Building just to rise a few bricks? In that case, the day the building is completed, that is, the day the owner is ridiculed, after all, a building that relies on imitation can only bring achievement, but not glory...

In this case, the solution will naturally end without a hitch...

In the end, when the American billionaire Rascob found the famous architect William? Ram, the architect who was the architect of the historic Empire State Building, pondered for a moment before replying. "I can't make it overtake, but I can get it close..."

That's right, close ...

Over the course of the past decade, William? Ram has been thinking about how to build a building that is bigger than the Empire State Building.

These ten years have not been useless, as an already very famous architect, William? Ram really looked for a new idea beyond the design of the Empire State Building.

Although this is only a solution that can be approached, not surpassed, it is already a very impressive achievement. After all, his plan was not like the Empire State Building, which was to add a round tower tens of meters high to the top of the building, so that it reached a height of more than 500 meters...

To William? Lascomb's plan was not very satisfying, because Lascob pursued the height of world No. 1. However, Lascob is also well aware that William? Ram's plan is indeed already one of the best, because in William? The proposals proposed by the architects before Ram could not even be connected.

Spending tens of millions of dollars to build the world's second-tallest building has always made Lascob hesitate.

In the end, it was the competition among the rich that helped Lascob make the decision, because by this time several other wealthy people had begun to build buildings taller than the Chrysler Building.

"If you can't win the world's No. 1 height, let me win the No. 1 height in the United States..."

After learning that Chrysler and several other wealthy people had decided to build a new building, Lascob confronted William? Ram Dao.

As a result, there is no Empire State Building in the United States in this world, and there is only the New York State Building, which is the second largest in the world...

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In the bedroom of the presidential palace, several young girls who are no more than ten years old are wrapping around Yan Guang naked, and Yan Guang, who is also naked, is lying on the bed looking at the back of his hand.

There are already a lot of wrinkles on it...

"Time, years..."

Although the girls around him have always been young, Yan Guang feels that he is getting older and older. Especially the life that is too erosive, it has taken a lot of energy from Yan Guang's body...

"When, when, when..."

Just when Yan Guang was still looking at the back of his hand on the bed, after a few knocks on the door, a mature woman in her 30s walked in.

Swept the girls who were still ** with cold eyes, this mature woman who didn't know how many secretaries she was, spoke.

"The banquet is almost ready..."

"Banquet? Oh! Banquet..."

Yan Guang, who was still lying on the bed, first paused, and then pulled his arm out from under the girl's body.

At this time, the girls seemed to be awakened by Yan Guang's movements, but they didn't say anything, just silently took out their clothes and changed them for Yan Guang.

A few minutes later, a well-dressed Yan Guang walked out of the room.

Although Yan Guang is not a very dignified person, the power over the years and the tall figure still give Yan Guang a sense of oppression.

"Let's go..."

"Yes!"

After a respectful answer, several adult women who had been waiting outside the door for a long time followed behind Yan Guang. Nearly ten minutes later, Yan Guang and his party walked out of the building.

Outside the Presidential Palace, although it has become dark, the surrounding space is still illuminated by the searchlights on Beijing's skyscrapers as if it were day―――――― Shanghai is indeed the largest city in Asia, but as the political center of China and the entire Far East, Beijing's skyscrapers may not be less than Shanghai...

On these skyscrapers, searchlights shine uncontrollably on the ground around Beijing.

If the managers of these skyscrapers dared to do this in the past, I am afraid that they would have been accused of disturbing the people by the residents of the houses, but on such a festive day, not many people are willing to do such a bad thing. …,

In fact, not only Shanghai and Beijing, but also in other large and medium-sized cities, as long as there are high-rise skyscrapers, they will be like these two cities, but it is obviously impossible to make the whole city the same as in the daytime with this building alone...

When the searchlights on these buildings are illuminated, the crowd on the ground cheers because it is a signal that has been set in place before the election.

When the searchlight is turned on, it is also the time when it is determined that Yan Guang is officially elected as the president.

Although there is not much suspense in this matter, it is still exciting for the people to be able to become their leader again.

The first light on the Empire State Building in history was a searchlight, which was installed to let the public 80 kilometers away from the Empire State Building know that Roosevelt had been elected president.

Now these skyscrapers are made like this, in fact, they have more or less the same meaning.

Of course, if this were the case, it would not have been so exaggerated throughout the country. Another reason why skyscrapers across the country have turned on searchlights this time is to celebrate Yan Guang's 50th birthday.

That's right...

50th Birthday...

Since coming to this world in 1908, Yan Guang has spent a full thirty years, and in these thirty years, Yan Guang has also changed from a 20-year-old young man to a 50-year-old old man...

(In ancient China, 50 years old was used as a division for the elderly.) ）

It is precisely because this year happens to be the year of Yan Guang's 50th birthday that the National Assembly agreed to set the election period before Yan Guang's 50th birthday, in order to be able to celebrate Yan Guang's successful election together with his 50th birthday.

Of course, this is also Yan Guang, if it were someone else, it was obviously unlikely...

As for the presidential palace?

During Yan Guang's third term, from 1923 to 1928, the Nationalist government did fund the construction of a very luxurious presidential palace, which was quite large, and the pool in the garden of the presidential palace was large enough to hold two whales, and it was the size of a blue whale.

It's just that, for a variety of reasons, he didn't move out of the presidential palace with his hordes of secretaries in 1928, when Yan Guang's term ended. So his successor, Xu Shichang, finally had to move into the former presidential palace that had been shelved for many years with his luggage―――――― which was originally built by Xu Shichang.

When Xu Shichang's term ended, Song Dinghan, the next successor, also lived here.

In other words, the ultra-luxurious presidential palace built by the government was completely occupied by Yan Guang.

For this situation, Yan Guang also felt guilty once or twice, but this new presidential palace is too luxurious, and Yan Guang doesn't really want to move out, so he comes and goes, cough cough...

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The banquet to celebrate Yan Guang's election as president and his 50th birthday was held in the presidential palace, in the oversized garden of the presidential palace to be exact.

When Yan Guang arrived at the garden, almost all the people in the garden stood up.

"Everyone, sit down..."

After putting on a spiritual posture, Yan Guang smiled at everyone.

Since this time the two celebrations were put together, it was not like a normal celebration. So as soon as Yan Guang arrived, the celebration had already begun.

Yan Guang sat on the throne and accepted the congratulations of the others...

"President, this is Mr. Shochiku, a special envoy sent by the Japanese government..."

Behind Yan Guang, Secretary No. 2, who looked like a mature and beautiful woman, whispered in Yan Guang's ear.

At this time, Shochiku, a special envoy sent by the Japanese government, also walked up to Yan Guang and said respectfully. ..., "Your Excellency, congratulations..."

In front of Yan Guang, Songzhu looked unusually respectful.

Since the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Tokyo Massacre, relations between China and Japan have become extremely tense, even among the people, and the embassy in Tokyo has been frequently attacked, and ordinary Chinese and Chinese citizens in Japan have often been subjected to some injustices.

However, at this time, China was after all a powerful country in the world, and in the eyes of some East Asian countries, China was also the only hope for saving East Asian countries from Western colonizers.

It is also in this context that not long after Yan Guang stepped down from the presidency, relations between China and Japan began to ease, and those pro-Chinese people who saw China as the hope of "East Asian civilization" visited China more frequently...

In addition, China has abundant resources, which are urgently needed by Japan...

Gradually, by the time Song Dinghan was about to step down, the relationship between China and Japan had become quite good. At the same time, there are more and more pro-Chinese people in Japan, like Miyazaki, who see China as the hope of "East Asian civilization"...

Merely...

Japan has never been a peaceful country, everyone knows that...

On February 26, 1936, Japan's most aggressive and adventurous army "horse manure", dissatisfied with the policies of the conservatives in power at the time, attempted to abolish parliamentary politics and establish a military junta, so as to pursue an even more aggressive policy. A rebellion was launched in Tokyo, where they attacked many cabinet ministers, assassinating the Minister of Tibet and the Minister of Education. As a result, the rebellion was suppressed, but from then on, the power of the military in the government was further strengthened, and not only did the army's horse manure become more rampant, but this idea also began to spread to other corners.

This event, known in history as the 226 coup...

After more than ten years of development, although China has also been affected by the economic crisis, in the end, after investing heavily in infrastructure, China's national strength has been greatly developed.

By the time Song Dinghan's term as the third president of the Kuomintang government was coming to an end, China's national strength was not inferior to Britain and France at all, and after the development of the two iron and steel bases of Baiyun Obo and Kazakhstan, the country's annual steel output had reached an astonishing figure of more than 50 million tons, which was not far from the 51.38 million tons of the United States in 1937, and it was also developing in a balanced manner in the aircraft, automobile, shipbuilding, and other industries.

As for the financial problems that caused the national government a headache? After more than ten years of development, the government of the Nationalist Republic of China is very close to Britain and the United States financially.

With a huge population, a vast territory, and a solid industrial base, combined with a wehrmacht of three million that the world will look up to, China is by no means an easy adversary to provoke, whether for Britain, the United States, or the Soviet Union...

This is true of all three of the above, not to mention Japan...

Needless to say, Japan is an aggressive country.

Especially after the 226 coup, the power of the Japanese military has been expanded, although Xiyuan Temple Gongwang has been trying to contain the evil beast of the military department, but Xiyuan Temple is almost 90 years old after all, and in the case of powerlessness, Xiyuan Temple is about to be unable to contain it (historically, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was born in 1849 and died in 1940).

However, even though Saionji Temple is about to lose its directorship, there is still a big problem in front of the Japanese military department. Yes, Japan does need to expand in order to survive, at least that's a truth that the fanatics of the Japanese military have always believed, but in what direction should Japan expand in the best direction?

To China?

Historically, Japan has done this, and there is also a "Tanaka Sotaro" as a professional guide (Tanaka Sotari only appeared in the late twenties in history, so it is not in the book), but that is due to China's own weakness, and if Japan dares to do this today, it is not much different from suicide.

And to Indochina?

If it was before, it would have been forgotten, but although several countries on the Indochina Peninsula have not yet become independent from British and French rule, no one does not know that these countries have become China's sphere of influence.

If it really does something to this region, it will almost be tantamount to provoking Britain, France, and China at the same time.

Challenging all three at the same time? I'm afraid that no country on earth would dare to boast of such a Haikou ...

In the end, the Japanese could only turn their gaze to the South Seas, to a land where China had not penetrated too deeply. It's just that the Netherlands is okay, but Britain and the United States are not easy to deal with...

It was at this time that an invitation suddenly arrived in Japan from Berlin...

The invitation came from a man with a mustache and a self-proclaimed "Führer".