After staying in the City of Angels for a few days, after saying goodbye to Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee's family, Zhang Zhonghua flew to Chicago by plane, because the City of Angels is too far from Chicago so he chose to take a plane, but fortunately, there was a direct flight from the City of Angels to Chicago, which saved Zhang Zhonghua a lot of trouble.

Zhang Zhonghua's biggest impression of the city of Chicago must be the future NBA team of Jordan, the Chicago Bulls, and the city of Chicago is well-known to people all over the world because of the existence of the Bulls.

However, in fact, the city of Chicago is now the third largest city after New York and the City of Angels America, and it is also one of the world's international financial centers.

In the 19th century, Chicago was the world's fastest-growing city, with a population of more than one million, and it was also the most developed city in America.

Built on Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River traffic hub, Chicago bridges shipping between the two waterways and is a major city and agricultural hub for the Midwest of America.

After the construction of the Chicago Railroad, Chicago became an important transportation hub connecting the east and west of America, and the convenient transportation of water and land greatly stimulated the development of industry and commerce, allowing Chicago to greatly influence the entire American economy.

In the 19th century, Chicago was Americana's largest central business district and the largest futures market, and it was full of skyscrapers, and Chicago was also known as the "home of skyscrapers".

However, with the rapid development of America's economy after World War II, New York and the City of Angels became the two largest cities in America, one east and one west, and the cities that everyone is most familiar with are Washington, New York, City of Angels and San Francisco.

And Chicago, once the largest city in America, has a declining presence in America, and in the end, Chicago, the third largest city in America, has become obscure.

However, even if Chicago is surpassed by New York and the City of Angels, it is still the third largest city in America, and the foundation of the first place is not comparable to ordinary cities, especially Chicago is also a major city that wants to beat America in education, and it is also the most developed city in America Education.

The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 by oil magnate John D. Rockefeller and has been ranked among the top 10 universities in the world for many years.

The University of Chicago is known for producing Nobel Prize winners, and has produced a total of 100 Nobel Prize winners, 10 Fields Medal winners, 4 Turing Award winners, and 25 Pulitzer Prize winners.

During World War II, when America began to realize the Manhattan Project, a large number of scientists gathered at the University of Chicago to conduct research, and they built the world's first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago, ushering in the era of human atomic energy.

The University of Chicago also has many well-known Chinese graduates, including Nobel laureates in physics, Yang Zhenning, Lee Tsung-dao, and Cui Qi, who also studied at the University of Chicago and obtained Ph.D. degrees in physics.

Chern Shiingshen, a world-class mathematician and the father of differential geometry;

Ye Qisun, founder of the Chinese Physical Society, one of the four philosophers of Tsinghua University, and one of the founders of modern Chinese physics;

Ye Duzheng, the founder of China's global change research;

Lin Qiaozhi, the founder of Chinese obstetrics and gynecology and the "mother of ten thousand babies";

Wu Youxun, a pioneer of modern Chinese physics;

Zhou Peiyuan, one of the founders of modern Chinese mechanics and theoretical physics;

Lu Yudao, a pioneer of modern neuroanatomy in China;

Ding Guangsheng, the first generation of clinical pharmacologist in China.

These people have all studied at the University of Chicago, which is definitely a place where the stars shine.

In addition to the University of Chicago, Chicago has another world-class university, Northwestern University, which also has 22 Nobel Prize winners, 40 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 1 Fields Medal winner.

Zhang Zhonghua's plane crossed the central area of America, and after a long flight, the group finally saw the face of the city of Chicago.

Chicago is the largest rail transportation hub in America, Union Station is the assembly point of the North Central Railroad line of America, and it is also the departure and arrival station of all trains across the east and west coasts of America, and the annual freight volume of trains is also the largest in the world.

"Boss, the railroad in Chicago is really developed, and the railroad network and waterways are dense, there are too many."

One of the bodyguards exclaimed.

"Boss, look over there, there are too many skyscrapers in Chicago, and Victoria Harbor is almost boring compared to here."

Another bodyguard said.

Zhang Zhonghua was unmoved by the shock of the bodyguards, now Hong Kong Island is not as good as Chicago, that is because Hong Kong Island has not yet burst out of its real potential, once Hong Kong Island really bursts out of its due potential, it will definitely surpass Chicago?

In the future, Hong Kong Island will be the city with the most skyscrapers in the world, the most densely populated area in the world, and the world's highest life expectancy.

Hong Kong Island, together with New York and London, is the third largest financial center in the world, the third largest city in the world, and one of the richest, most economically developed and even the highest living standards in the world.

The night view of Victoria Harbour is truly beautiful, completely killing the night view of all cities in the world, and it can be called the most beautiful place in the world with night view.

However, the Hong Kong government has restricted the construction of high-rise buildings of more than 500 meters in Central, otherwise at least three or four of the world's top ten tallest buildings are on Hong Kong Island.

As for why the Hong Kong government restricts the construction of high-rise buildings above 500 meters, it is to prevent the formation of a screen effect, once the large number of high-rise buildings form a screen effect, the natural wind can not enter and exit the city, which also causes the air in the city to deteriorate, not see the day, and the heat is unstoppable, and residents will also suffer from respiratory tract, nasal congestion, dry throat, rhinitis, headache and other diseases.

The screen effect will also cause the temperature in the city to rise, forming a "heat island effect", "rain island effect" and so on, making people nervous and irritable.

Hong Kong Island has a fast pace of life, high housing prices, poor living environment and high living pressure, but it is a bit puzzling that such a city has the highest life expectancy in the world.

In the future, Hong Kong Island will spend more than 30 years to beat Chicago and more than 40 years to beat New York, and there is no problem!

"Welcome to beautiful Chicago and have a wonderful journey. The fifth annual International Consumer Electronics Show is about to be held in Chicago......"

As the altitude of the plane began to drop, the voice of the flight attendant came from the cabin, and everyone on the plane breathed a long sigh of relief, finally arriving.

The plane quickly landed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, one of America's largest and busiest airports.

"Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is still spacious, and when we have a third of Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island, we won't have to worry so much, and I estimate that there will be a lot more tourists on Hong Kong Island every year."

"A third of O'Hare's age? The Hong Kong government is reluctant to spend so much money on infrastructure construction. ”

Soon the plane landed and everyone walked out of the airport, and Zhang Zhonghua and others went to the Chicago Hilton Hotel under the leadership of the staff of the Asian Associated Press.

At this time, Chicago has gathered countless exhibitors and buyers from all over the world, making the metropolis much more lively.

The 5th International Consumer Electronics Exhibition officially opened three days later, and now the participating companies are still nervously decorating the booths of each company, and Zhang Zhonghua also learned about the general situation from the marketing manager.

Zhang Zhonghua looked out the window at the night scene, the bright lights illuminated the skyscrapers on the shore of Lake Michigan, and the streets were very noisy.

"Boss, that's the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world currently under construction. The total height of the Sears Tower is 442.3 meters, which is 527.3 meters if you include the antenna, with 108 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, for a total of 110 floors. ”

Sears is also an important retail business for America, founded in 1886 by Richard Sears, and is now the world's largest mail-order retailer.

Sears' sales model is similar to that of online shopping, except that the carrier of publicity is a printed catalog, and customers find their products from the catalog and order them by phone, and Sears' chain stores send goods by mail.

Sears' sales model is also the originator of online sales, customers can buy the products they want from brochures without leaving home, from agricultural machinery parts to hats, shoes, socks, pots and pans, and last year's operating income was as high as $3 billion.

Zhang Zhonghua also laughed when he thought of the Sears Building, before the big event, it was said that the Sears Building was listed as the next target after the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, because the Sears Building was a symbol of Americana's economic miracle, so the Sears Building was taken as a target.

"Boss, when will our hotel be built?"

Zhang Long asked curiously.

"It may be the end of the year, and the construction of the fantasy kingdom will not start until the construction is completed, and now the infrastructure personnel are mainly building the fantasy kingdom, the mountain tunnel and the reclamation project, and there are really no extra personnel.

The Jade Emperor Film and Television City base has not yet started construction, and there are many projects to be started in the next few years, I am afraid that the time span will be more than ten years. ”

Zhang Zhonghua said.

"The Recreation Building, which Jardine Matheson is currently building, will reach a height of 178.5 meters after completion, but this is the first high-rise building in Southeast Asia to be replaced in a few years."

Zhang Long said with a smile.

"We can't compare with the Recreation Building, but the Recreation Building is in the prime location of Central, and our hotel is in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, which is not on the same level at all."

Zhang Zhonghua said modestly.

"Jardine is really rich, last year for the 7.4 acres of land in the Recreation Building, but spent more than 2.158 billion Hong Kong dollars, it is said that it seems to break the global land price record."

Several other bodyguards also laughed, in 1966, the boss bought Alexandra Building, also known as the Jade Emperor Building, and it only cost less than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in total, or Jardine Matheson spent 2.1 billion Hong Kong dollars on a piece of land alone, and he was very wealthy.

"With a planned ground height of 388 meters, the hotel will be the third tallest building in the world when completed, and if you count the antenna on top of the hotel, it should be the second tallest building in the world."

Zhang Zhonghua said with a smile, he specially learned about the world's high-rise buildings from Master Pei Luming.

In 1890, the world's first skyscraper was the World Building in New York, with a height of 94.2 meters;

In 1904, the Manhattan Life Insurance Building became the first building in the world to be more than 100 meters tall;

In 1901, the Philadelphia City Hall reached a height of 127 meters;

In 1908, the height of the Singer Building reached 186.6 meters;

In 1909, the MetLife Insurance building reached a height of 213 meters;

In 1913, the Woolworth Building reached a height of 241 meters;

In 1930, the Chase Manhattan Bank Building (later the Trump Building) reached a height of 283 meters;

In 1931, the Chrysler Building reached a height of 318.9 meters;

In 1931, the Empire State Building was built with a height of 381.0 meters;

The Sears Building, which is now under construction, has a building height of 442.1 meters;

And then the World Trade Center.

Before the 21st century, the World Trade Center was the tallest skyscraper in the world, and after the new century, there are countless skyscrapers.

The world's tallest building, Dubai's Yunxi Tower is 1,350 meters high;

The second tallest building in the world, the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia reaches a height of 1,008 meters;

The third tallest building in the world, Dubai's Burj Khalifa stands at 828 meters tall.

Zhang Zhonghua thought of the local tyrants in Dubai, and the idea of copying the Burj Khalifa was gone, and those desert tyrants were poor and only had money left.

However, I heard that those high-rise buildings were defective, and the specific Zhang Zhonghua was not very clear.

The Jade Emperor Group plans to start construction of the Twin Towers in a few years, but it is not known whether it will be able to meet the office needs of the Jade Emperor Group.

It seems that the only place where skyscrapers can be built on Hong Kong Island is Central, with Kowloon in the north and Lion Rock and Tai Mo Shan in the north, Lantau Island in the outlying islands area in the west, and Victoria Shan in the south.

Zhang Zhonghua felt that it was better for his Jade Emperor Group to keep a low profile, there is a way to shoot the first bird, to learn more about some big families, just make a fortune in silence, the deeper the hiding, the safer it is, otherwise it will be stared at by everyone like those chaebols in the future of the South Stick Country.

Zhang Zhonghua suddenly thought that the current Bulls seemed to have been established for a few years, should he buy a stake or simply buy it directly?

After thinking about it, there is no hurry about this matter, let's talk about it in a few years.

Zhang Zhonghua looked at the skyscraper and the Sears Building outside the window again, and then walked towards the hotel's restaurant with his bodyguards.