The Penglai Central Building, with a height of 432 meters, stood in the center of the island as the tallest building in Penglai, like an obelisk in a steel forest. The surface of the building was covered with graphene material, and the steel skeleton was made of graphene tubes to ensure the strength of the building. At the same time, the opening on the surface of the building rotated from the bottom to the top. This design could effectively reduce the lateral force of the airflow on the building.
After all, the wind on the sea was very strong, and this was carefully considered by the designer.
This building would be a comprehensive super-high-rise building, mainly for municipal offices, while also providing various services such as exhibition, hotel, sightseeing, entertainment, commerce, and catering. The room at the top of the building, as the tallest building on the entire Pacific Ocean, could easily overlook the entire Penglai City.
Of course, as Jiang Chen's private property, this room could not be entered by ordinary people.
With Ayesha, Xia Shiyu, and Natasha, Jiang Chen took the sightseeing elevator directly to the highest floor – Jiang Chen's private room.
Surrounded by transparent graphene floor-to-ceiling windows, from the inside, it was as if the windows did not exist. From the outside, only the ink-colored glass could be seen.
Walking out of the elevator, Xia Shiyu carefully walked to the side, reached out and touched the cold graphene floor-to-ceiling windows, gently knocked on it, and sincerely exclaimed.
"It's really amazing. Although I don't know the criteria for the World Wonders, this city … can definitely be nominated as the ninth wonder of the world."
After hearing Xia Shiyu's words, Jiang Chen laughed and did not speak.
If Penglai City could be called the ninth wonder, then if he built the space elevator – "the first real tower in human history", wouldn't Future Group be in the sky?
"Only miracles that have been settled in history can be nominated. And as far as I know, six of the eight wonders of the world have been destroyed, "Natasha joked.
Ayesha stood next to Jiang Chen and did not speak, but from her blue pupils, Jiang Chen could see the reflection of the entire city, as well as the shocking colors.
After taking a photo, Jiang Chen uploaded the photo to his personal Weibo and Twitter. He took the three women to walk around the Central Building, then left the artificial island by helicopter and returned to Coro Island.
At present, the entire island was still in the cleaning stage, and there were even sea urchins and algae growing on the parts below the sea level. A month later, this bright pearl on the Pacific Ocean would reveal her true appearance to the world.
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Just as Jiang Chen landed on the island, at least five spy satellites around the world aimed their cameras at the island in the Western Pacific Ocean and peeked at the "artificial island" with him.
As early as the first day of the completion of Penglai City, countries around the world turned their attention to this giant city on the sea.
What did it mean to be able to build a city on the ocean?
This meant that the crowded living space on land would be completely released to the sea. Countries with extensive territorial waters but short of land resources would be expected to obtain the opportunity to develop sea survival resources through orders from Future Heavy Industries.
At present, 27 countries have listed the Sea City Plan as a national key scientific research project. 97 of the 150 coastal countries have begun to strengthen diplomacy with Xin and extended an olive branch to Future Group.
Although Future Heavy Industries had not announced plans to sell the sea city, since there was a first, there must be a second. Even if he didn't have such a plan now, it didn't mean that he wouldn't have it in the future. In short, building a good relationship first was definitely the right thing to do!
Affected by the expected warming of the sea city, the stock price of High Tech Freshwater rose again. As a supporting facility for the sea city, the desalination platform played an irreplaceable role. If Penglai City opened the prelude to the development of marine resources, then the desalination market would more than double.
There was no doubt that the sea city built by Future Heavy Industries would naturally be equipped with its own desalination device.
On the other hand, as the photos taken on the top floor of the Central Building were uploaded to Weibo and Twitter, the number of fans following him instantly reached a climax. They crazily reposted his Weibo and Twitter posts and began to spread to other online platforms.
"So cool! I've decided that after Penglai City opens, I must visit this city! I've already bought the tickets! "
"Sh * t! The tickets to Coro Island in March are all sold out! Fortunately, there are still a few tickets … "
"A floating city, it must feel great to live on it! Oh, damn, why didn't I buy a suite on it? It wasn't very expensive at first … "
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While the photos continued to ferment on the Internet, major media outlets also reprinted the photos, with all kinds of eye-catching headlines, and carried out groundless extended reports. Exclusive news, insider information, and all kinds of rumors flowed out.
According to the data of Google Trends, in just 12 hours, the search volume of the word Penglai had exploded to 17.5 times that of the search volume worldwide! It became the top trending topic.
From this point alone, people's enthusiasm for Penglai City could be seen.
From a business point of view, this was undoubtedly a successful marketing campaign. Even people who were not interested in whether the city was on the sea or on land would be happy to buy a ticket to Coro Island just because the city suddenly became the focus of the world …
If there were any tickets left.
Of course, some experts and scholars expressed concerns about the establishment of Penglai City.
"I admit that the establishment of Penglai City has a disruptive impact on a series of fields such as architecture, shipping, and so on, but I also have to point out that the impact on the ecological environment of the Pacific will also be disruptive. As we squeeze the living space of marine life, one day we will force these human friends into a dead end. On behalf of Greenpeace, I question the reasonableness of Future Group's development of marine resources … "
"The completion of Penglai City will undoubtedly intensify maritime territorial disputes, especially in the South China Sea …"
"Tsunamis, typhoons, submarine volcanic eruptions … For a city on the sea, these disasters are absolutely fatal. Before Penglai City proves that it has enough crisis response capabilities, I doubt the safety of living in this city on the sea."
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However, these voices of opposition were eventually drowned in the one-sided public opinion. The data released by the Xin Tourism Bureau and Future Tourism was enough to support this point. Many hotel rooms in Xin were booked until March, and even some relatively simple hostels were in short supply.
To this end, many international hotel groups such as InterContinental, Marriott, and Hilton announced plans to add hotels in Xin next quarter to cope with the shortage of rooms.
How long could this tourism feast last?
At least until Penglai City officially opened in March, the surge in tourists on Pannu Islands would not subside.
However, Jiang Chen was afraid that he would not be able to witness the grand opening on the first day. NAC's expeditionary force in Yizhou encountered a little trouble, and for the upcoming delivery of the space elevator base parts, he had to go in person …
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