The waters of the Eight Strings and the Nine Fields, the Heavenly Han, all poured into it without any increase or decrease. There were five mountains: the first was Daiyu, the second was Yuanjiao, the third was Fanghu, the fourth was Yingzhou, and the fifth was Penglai. The word "Penglai" was first seen in the "Liezi" and later appeared in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". It also appeared in the "Historical Records" and "Ten Continents in the Sea".
With the idea of promoting traditional Chinese culture, the behemoth floating on the sea was named Penglai by Jiang Chen. As to whether it would be the same name as a city in Hua … it wasn't within the scope of his consideration.
When the advertisement of virtual reality was pushed to the global Phantom helmet system, the mysterious underwater project entered the eyes of the public for the first time.
The main structure of the entire island was a ring with an area of five square kilometers, just like a "lifebuoy." In the middle were intertwined graphene ropes as thick as a forearm, just like the steel frame of a skyscraper. But the middle was not filled with concrete, but with a lighter material, better ductility than graphene, but slightly weaker aluminum foam. With the support of the graphene, even the massive tidal force couldn't tear this fortress apart.
The completed project, from afar, looked like a "top" embedded in the sea.
A tall tower was built above the sea level with the conical structure at the bottom submerged in the sea.
It was also the most expensive place in Penglai. Just like an inverted pyramid, the higher the bottom, the more expensive the land. The top and bottom of the "tower" were not for sale because it was already designated as Jiang Chen's private land.
The island was a three-dimensional structure with an area of five square kilometers that could accommodate a maximum of one million people! The area per population could be described as terrifying.
There were connecting rings around the island, and it could be connected to the main island by graphene pipes through the construction of a secondary island.
Before, the movement made by Future Group at the bottom of the sea had already accumulated enough hype for them. First, Country F hyped up the deployment of a large number of missile silos with the intention of threatening the peace of the world, then the UA's doubts and the interference of the United Nations. When the world's media focused their cameras on the calm sea, Future Group slowly unveiled the long-buried trump card and stood in the center of the storm of public opinion.
"That's impossible. Don't think that those computer-generated CG images can fool us. The Pentagon will pay close attention to the situation in the Western Pacific —" When the UA spokesperson spoke to the media, Jiang Chen sent an invitation to the Capitol and invited Ms. Hill to visit the target area in person.
Hill couldn't make it because her schedule was full, but she sent FBI agents from Los Angeles and experts from the United States to investigate.
And at the same time they brought back first-hand video data, Future Group conducted the first update to the Phantom's system. He added a voice communication function to the built-in chat software, and at the same time, embedded an advertisement under the menu that would not affect the user's mood.
And the first round of advertisements was the conceptual virtual panorama of the city on the sea – Penglai City!
Although the maximum time limit was only half an hour, almost everyone's heart followed the clever mermaid guide and flew to the western Pacific Ocean thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers away. That sci-fi island, that dream-like city on the sea!
Like a clap of thunder, The Wall Street Journal was the first to exclaim!
"Atlantis of the East! Future Group is creating miracles! "
Then it was The Christian Science Monitor.
"An incredible project. If they are not joking, then God is joking with us."
However, in the face of this century project, the voice of doubt still existed. For Future Group that repeatedly created miracles, the ignorant people with jealousy and contempt were still unwilling to accept its amazing technological prowess.
The industry that had always been at odds with Future Group spoke again and highly doubted the authenticity of this underwater city. Future Technology, with the identity of a Han company, defeated a Nippon company in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, which had always been regarded as a great humiliation by the right-wing forces in Nippon. The right-wing forces that controlled the media naturally spared no effort to slander Future Group.
"Underwater city? This is just a gimmick! Nippon material science experts said that this illogical design could not be achieved with the current materials! In the absence of a finished product, it was extremely irresponsible to peddle a high-risk product to investors! The Nippon people will never pay for this stupid thing! "
However, what was embarrassing was that there were still a lot of Nippon people who bought real estate in Penglai.
Most of them were fed up with the congestion in Yoto, the desperate unemployment rate, and the widely criticized "Abenomics" (Abenomics).
Of course, the main source of immigration was still Hua. More than 50% of buyers came from the coastal areas of Hua.
The turbulent Europe had lost the aura of high welfare. North America with high barriers and welfare was too difficult. People with money or technology set their sights on Xin, whose economy was growing at an incredible rate. This small country in the Hua cultural circle was evolving into the second Singapore.
The most important thing was that the houses here were cheap!
Ten thousand US dollars was not a small amount for most people, but if this ten thousand US dollars was equivalent to a house, most people in Hua would open their wallets for it.
Why?
Because many people worked hard for a lifetime and it was difficult to buy a house in the city they were fighting for. Unless they didn't eat or drink, or had a mortgage for most of their life. Ten thousand US dollars was the price of one Xiao Lin. Although many level one apartments were sold for fifty to sixty thousand, it was still far lower than the housing prices in most cities in China.
Due to their trust in Future Group's products, a lot of people still wanted to give it a try and took out their money.
Since Future Group guaranteed that if the residents were not satisfied or Penglai City did not succeed, they were willing to buy back the property in the residents' hands at double the starting price of twenty thousand US dollars. This clause was written in the purchase agreement and was guaranteed by Future Group's assets in each country. It was strictly supervised by the governments of each country.
The export-oriented economy made it so that Xin didn't need to rely on real estate and sacrifice people's welfare to boost domestic demand and the overall economy. The irreplaceable high-tech products made it impossible for Xin's products to be rejected by the international market. The booming tourism industry injected a large amount of fresh blood into the local market. With such a unique advantage, Future Group didn't need to sacrifice its nominal support rate to boost Xin's economy.
Wall Street analysts' valuation of Future Group soared again.
A lot of investors even went to Future Group's UA branch in Los Santos and waved bundles of cash in their hands, hoping to "give money" to Future Group.
Buffett reluctantly stated that if Future Group was willing to go public on Nasdaq, the foundation he managed would consider appropriately increasing its stock. In the face of the media's doubts about his determination to not touch Nasdaq technology stocks, he had to say to the public, "There are always exceptions to everything. We have to try a new life and accept new things, isn't that right? "
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"I heard you need immigrants?"
The Saudi Prince seemed to like Jiang Chen's Asian friend very much as he called from time to time.
"The population problem is indeed a headache." Jiang Chen laughed.
But this problem would soon be solved. The booming housing presale, after the completion of Penglai City, would turn into visible population dividends. As long as Future Group could absorb the labor force in time, they would create ten times the value of Penglai City.
"We have a group of homeless people here, why don't we send them to your place?" Yerif said generously.
"… Are you trying to trick me or help me?" Jiang Chen was speechless.
Infectious diseases, poverty, extreme beliefs, violence … these were common among refugees. Although Xin lacked people, it wasn't to the point where they were desperate.
"Hahaha, my friend, why would I trick you? This is just a joke. "Yerif laughed." I heard you're building a city in the Western Pacific? "
"That's right, are you interested?" Jiang Chen laughed.
"Very interested! We have a plan to build an artificial island in Dubai with a price of more than 20 billion USD. Is Future Group interested? "Yerif asked.
"No need, we don't have any experience with overseas construction. It would be bad if we trick you." Jiang Chen politely rejected his proposal.
Jiang Chen knew Yerif wanted to return the favor by proposing a bid before seeing the finished project, but he didn't plan to use the favor here.
Yerif smiled and didn't mention it again.
"If you open the level 5 units in the ocean city for sale, please let me know. As for the floating … Penglai City. Mhmm, I'm still interested. "Yerif still couldn't pronounce the two Chinese characters clearly.
"Haha, for sure." Jiang Chen laughed.
Currently, only the presale of level 1 to 2 units was open, as well as the presale of some commercial land. The former was targeted at overseas immigrants while the latter was targeted at domestic citizens. Only by giving the "natives" real benefits would they stand on the side of Future Group, protect the building built with cash, and willingly contribute to the building.
As for level 3 and above, it would be gradually opened up. As for the highest level 5 units, they were naturally targeted at Future Group's executives and wealthy people from all over the world.
Jiang Chen obviously wouldn't reject the Saudi customers who were dumb and rich.
This seabed project was very expensive, and it was burning at the rate of 100 million a day. It was estimated that by the end of the year, it would cost a total of 32 billion USD, making it the most expensive artificial floating island in the world …
But at the same time, it would be the most cost-effective and technologically advanced artificial island!
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