When Yang Jing met Adrian Smith, it was already 2021 AD. Just after New Year's Day, the 77-year-old man came to Tianqu from afar.
Adrian is a typical American white man, tall and strong, with silver hair that makes him look particularly vigorous. If you don't know his age, most people would think he is probably less than 70 years old just by looking at his appearance, but in fact he is an old man in his 80s.
Adrian has become the most famous super high-rise building designer on the planet, as the designer of the world's tallest building now and the world's tallest building under construction in the future. However, this old man did not become arrogant because of this. On the contrary, this old man is a person who is easy to be liked by others.
"Hi, Mr. Yang, nice to meet you, I'm Adrian Smith." Yang Jing and Adrian met in a large office on the top floor of a high-rise office building over 100 meters high in Tianqu City.
Because of the upcoming Tianqu construction, Yang Jing rented the top and second top floors of a high-end office building in the city to be used as the "Tianqu Office". More than half of the Tianqu Office members who had been in the United States have now come to Tianqu, and in the next few years, they will all work here to coordinate and direct the various engineering projects of the entire Tianqu construction.
"Hey, Mr. Smith, I'm glad to meet you, too. Just call me Albert. That's what my friends call me."
"OK, Albert, you can also call me Ade. Calling me Mr. Smith will make the relationship between us more distant."
"Okay, Ade, come on, take a seat, would you like some coffee or tea?"
"A cup of coffee, please, without sugar or milk."
Yang Jing pressed a button on the table, and soon, Leah Alonso, who loved traveling, pushed the door and walked in. As the most beautiful person in the eight-person secretarial team, Leah became the chief secretary in Yang Jing's office.
After Yang Jing gave a few instructions, Leah turned and walked out of the office. After a while, she brought a cup of steaming Blue Mountain coffee and a cup of green tea.
"Ade, try it. This is authentic pearl bean Blue Mountain coffee. It's hard to find outside."
Adrian took a sip from the cup and said, "Yes, this is indeed the top-quality Blue Mountain coffee made from pearl beans. However, as far as I know, this kind of coffee made from pearl beans is mostly in the hands of the Japanese."
Yang Jing smiled and said, "Unfortunately, the Japanese companies that invested in Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee are now subsidiaries of Pacific Capital, and I am the boss of Pacific Capital."
"Oh my god! Pacific Capital? The newly rising super capital? That's actually your company?" As the world's top architectural design master, Adrian naturally knows the most popular topics in the world. And Pacific Capital, which Harrison Johnson is in charge of, is one of the most popular topics in the world.
Yang Jing smiled and nodded, but did not continue to speak. The reason why I told Adrian my identity was mainly to let this design master understand one thing, that is, I, Yang Jing, am not short of money. I am richer than those Arab tycoons, so you can design with confidence!
Sure enough, after Yang Jing made this gesture, Adrian immediately rubbed his hands excitedly, "Albert, I saw the invitation letter you sent me. Now I want to confirm, are the things you said in the invitation letter true?"
"That's right. Ade, I can tell you for sure that everything written on the invitation letter is true. When you get here, you can design a super high-rise building as you like. I will only be responsible for providing the funds! Of course, I have one only requirement, which is that the skyscraper you design must remain the world's tallest building within ten years after its completion!"
"Aha!" Upon hearing this, Adrian screamed in excitement. He did not act like a world-class architect at all. Instead, he was like a primary school student who got his favorite toy.
"Don't worry, Albert. I will definitely design a skyscraper that will be hard for others to surpass! Well, at least no one will surpass it in the next twenty years!"
"Ade, I believe in your ability. So, do you have a general design concept for this building?"
"Yes!" Adrian answered very confidently, "In fact, more than ten years ago, I was already designing a super high-rise building that was taller than the Burj Khalifa. Haha, I guess you can imagine that people like me really can't sit still, and constantly surpassing myself has always been my life principle. It is for this reason that after I designed the Burj Khalifa, I designed a taller skyscraper. When the Kingdom Tower was built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I submitted this design plan. At that time, Prince Alwaleed agreed to this plan and was ready to allocate funds to build this super high skyscraper. However, the local geological and climatic conditions did not allow the construction of this mile-high building. In desperation, the Kingdom Tower had to be cut down by 600 meters. I could only redesign another plan, which is the current design plan for the Kingdom Tower."
Hearing this, Yang Jing asked curiously: "Then why didn't Saudi Arabia use your original design? Isn't it just that the height is insufficient? Your design should have no impact on the Kingdom Tower, right?"
"No! I won't allow you to do that!" Adrian's face turned serious. "For us architects, every design is our child. I must choose a place for each child to grow up based on their differences. The mile-high skyscraper I designed back then can only be built to a height of 1,609 meters. If I artificially cut off 600 meters, it would be like cutting off my child from the waist up. Would the child still be able to survive?"
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