Hu Lei and his team not only had to measure the locations accurately, but also had to list out the main problems that would be encountered after the building was actually constructed.
For a building that meets normal functional requirements, the most pressing issues are water, electricity, internet access, and accessibility.
The issue of water and electricity supply for buildings constructed in the trees on mountains hundreds of meters high.
Wu You had already considered this.
Creatures created through alchemy are easy to deal with; the problem of transportation can be solved with specialized flying creatures.
But this network is rather complicated.
Nowadays, people can't live without the internet. We can't exactly lay a fiber optic cable up a tree, so we'll have to build something like a 4G wireless base station.
It's just that the speed wouldn't be fast enough.
...
Lu Hanlin held his teacup above his head and looked at the forging mark on the bottom of the cup.
There were four ancient characters, but he could only vaguely recognize two of them: 天 (tian) and 元 (yuan). He didn't know what the other two were.
Wu You also saw his actions, but didn't care.
Even if Lu Hanlin was highly proficient in classical Chinese, the marks used by craftsmen have always been diverse and not necessarily all written characters, and these tea sets were all new.
It's normal for modern people to come up with all sorts of creative ideas.
Li Hongguang and Lu Hanlin chatted with Bai Yanxi, and also chatted with Wu Jianguo and Zhang Guihua, who were busy.
He would only occasionally ask Wu You a question that wouldn't offend anyone.
Li Youbo and Lu Zhiyou, on the other hand, chatted enthusiastically with Wu You, and after they became familiar with each other, they started joking around.
Li Youbo, in particular, is no different from the ordinary people or some funny, goofy young people that Wu You has met.
This gave Wu You a different perspective on "high-level" people, but thinking about it, he felt relieved, after all, everyone has flesh and blood.
Their attitude towards the Li family's visit became more natural.
Li Hongguang did not bring any gifts, but his closeness to Wu You's family and his goodwill towards them were, in a sense, the greatest gift.
For ordinary people, the benefits may not be immediately apparent, but the hidden advantages will become particularly evident later.
Dinner passed in a harmonious, relaxed, and slightly humorous atmosphere, which Wu You found even more pleasant than the so-called family gatherings during the Chinese New Year.
During the conversation, I only asked about the production of the Rejuvenating Ointment in a rather subtle way. After learning that the quantity was "extremely scarce," I did not discuss it further.
There was neither arrogance nor overreaching; it was simply a sincere expression of gratitude.
They arrived in a Passat and left in a Passat and a Maybach.
It wasn't that Wu You was being generous by giving away the car; rather, Li Youbo wanted to test drive it, and Wu You sat in the passenger seat.
Li Youbo drove for a while with the accelerator floored, exclaiming how exhilarating it was.
The family of military generals also received military-style education, but this guy didn't have the rigidity of a real soldier, nor was he pretentious or arrogant. He was the kind of person Wu You considered worthy of befriending.
The Li family spent most of the afternoon at Wu You's house, then had dinner, and finally left without much fanfare after being seen off by Wu You.
...
Some small sun lamps illuminated the already dim mountain trees, and the power lines were connected to a small generator.
New green shoots have grown around the main trunk, reaching just to chest height, soft yet resilient.
It forms a natural railing.
Several thick vines entwined around the mountain trees, winding their way to the crown and other parts of the trees.
Hu Lei put down his drawing tablet and walked to a section of vine.
"Hey buddy, I need to wash my hands."
The vine lifted up and split open a small opening, from which came a stream of clear water with a moderate flow.
Hu Lei washed his hands and then drank a few mouthfuls of sweet, cool water.
Wu You flew up by himself, carrying several KFC family buckets.
"boss."
Hu Lei greeted Wu You upon seeing him.
"Come on, everyone, take a rest and have dinner."
Many spacious green aerial roads are built between those branches.
It was a passageway formed by branches of mountain trees and climbing vines growing together.
Fan Xiaojin, Zhang Long, and Niu Shuizhong came over from the other branches along the smooth, comfortable, and safe green passage.
After arriving at the main trunk where Hu Lei and Wu You were, we washed up and prepared to have dinner.
"So, what do you think of the treetop manor after it's built?"
Wu You casually asked the group of people who were wolfing down their food.
Hu Lei put down the chicken leg he had just taken a couple of bites from and said excitedly, "Its beauty will absolutely exceed our imagination, and with the company's support, it will be a growing estate."
"I'm already envisioning the moment when it grows along with the trees of the mountains into the world tree, and together they become a city in the trees. That will be the pride of my life!"
"We will abandon the traditional concept of decoration and apply eco-friendly decoration as the main approach."
Fan Xiaojin chimed in, "President Wu, this manor is quite large. Will we have the opportunity to stay for a night or two sometime in the future?"
"That depends on how you perform," Wu You replied with a smile.
Seeing that Wu You did not refuse outright, the group was overjoyed.
...
At this moment, Yang Dawei was in a state of utter distress.
Last time, I wanted to ask Wu You for help in resolving a problem he was facing with an investment plan.
However, after a while, he made good progress on his side, so he no longer needed to ask Wu You for a favor.
That should be a good thing.
But as fate would have it, his two large fuel tankers were hijacked by those damned pirates.
They are the infamous Somali pirates.
He went to great lengths to find a partner who could get involved in their fuel business.
The outlook for fuel oil has been good in recent years; if you do it right, you can make a lot of money.
This time, it was also because the business was time-sensitive, and the next mission of the Chinese escort fleet was still a long way off, plus the pirates hadn't been as rampant as before.
That's why Yang Dawei took the risk.
Unexpectedly, the pirates were just waiting to be alone; they thought they could make a living off someone who hadn't made a single sale in three years.
After capturing the two cargo ships, they demanded a ransom of $10 million for the crew and the ships.
This is no small sum of money, and Yang Dawei's cash flow is already stretched thin, but that's not the most critical issue.
He also faces the risk of defaulting on his contract, as the cargo ship has been delayed for some time since it was hijacked, and it will take him some time to raise the money to ransom the ship before the pirates release it.
It will take some time before the vehicle finally enters the country.
In this case, the delivery date has already passed.
Although he and his partner had some acquaintance, the other party also had to bear risks and losses, so it was impossible for him to truly waive the penalty for breach of contract.
Subsequent collaborations are likely to fall through, resulting in significant financial losses.
So what can we do? Besides trying to find a way to get the ransom, we still have to ask for help.
After making countless phone calls to no avail, someone jokingly remarked something.
It's said that the Saudi prince has a stockpile of oil in a neighboring country. If you have connections there, you can just buy it to tide you over.
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