Time passed by quickly, the weather was getting warmer.
On this day, under the warm sunshine, Zhang Lisheng was wearing a gray unlined shirt as he stood on the saline-alkali ground that had been compacted and laid with a thick layer of cement. He was standing on both sides of a one-meter square drawing with a big-nosed white architect who was wearing a hard hat. The architect said with his saliva flying all over the place, "Mr. Lisheng, thank you again for giving me this opportunity.
"This slaughterhouse will be the most outstanding work of my life. It'll definitely change the direction of the livestock industry in America when it's completed!
"Just imagine, there'll be an intensive slaughterhouse that overturns the tradition on this barren land. By then, those who look down on industrial architects and think they're better than us …"
"Mr. Welling, let's not think so far into the future. It'll take more than a billion dollars to complete all of your designs. It's something that'll never happen to me.
The reason I'm looking for you today is that I hope you can design a pipeline that connects the factory's ecological waste to the ocean before the first phase of the project is completed. The diameter has to be at least 20 meters. "
"Oh, oh. T-This is a big change, Mr. Lisheng. A big change …" Welling was stunned and said with a complicated expression.
"I know you've misunderstood just by looking at you," Zhang Lisheng said while smiling in understanding, "I'm not building this pipeline to discharge waste to the Atlantic Ocean. I have other purposes.
Think about it, Mr. Welling. A large-scale slaughterhouse that's less than 30 kilometers from New York City near the ocean would be heavily regulated by the EPA.
What's more, blood flowing into the sea can be easily seen with the naked eye. I didn't spend more than 40 million dollars to build the factory just to get a fine of hundreds of millions of dollars and then go to the federal prison for a while. "
"T-Then why are you doing this?"
"I'm sorry, this involves the core secret of the biological research company that I've opened … Okay, you're a trustworthy person.
Okay, you're a trustworthy man, Welling. I'm digging the pipes to filter out some kind of bacteria in the seawater, I can't explain any more than that. Even the reason I told you earlier, you can't reveal it to anyone.
It sounds unbelievable but it'll bring a lot of information to an expert. "
"Don't worry, Mr. Lisheng. Please don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Welling's fat face had a satisfied expression of being trusted. He immediately returned the favor and said, "Although the factory is much higher than the sea level, the deepest part of the underground storage tank is much lower than the sea level.
It's not difficult to design a direct pipeline to the ocean. Let me measure it first. "
As he spoke, he laid on the ground and laid the blueprint flat. He took out a protractor from his pocket and fiddled with it. "The pipeline must be able to be opened and closed, which requires mechanical control. If it's below sea level …" He muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.
Zhang Lisheng looked at the architect who was deep in thought and smiled quietly. He then began to patrol the construction site.
At this time, dozens of interconnected square pits had been dug on the saline-alkali land near the sea. They were forty to fifty meters deep and more than a hundred meters long. Many workers were busy working in the pits. It seemed that they were planning to use cement to fix the pit walls.
A skinny black man who was supervising the construction on the ground shouted impolitely when he saw Zhang Lisheng walking around from far away, "Mr. Zhang Lisheng, I've warned you last time that you must wear a safety helmet when you enter the construction site.
Also, you can't walk around here without my permission. This isn't a playground. I can give you detailed data if you want to know the construction progress. I can bring you along according to the protocol … "
The black man walked to Zhang Lisheng quickly with a safety helmet in his hand. At that moment, a big jeep stopped at the edge of the construction site. Two muscular white men ran out of the jeep and put on safety helmets on their heads. They shouted as they walked, "Hey guys, who's the leader here?"
"I'm the construction manager, what's up?" The skinny black man turned to the two white men and asked.
"Hi sir, we're from the Pickard Construction Company Union. We're here to ask if there's a good restaurant around here."
"I'm looking for the 'union representative' of the restaurant. These rotten maggots …" The black man cursed softly and said while raising his voice, "Oh, so you're from the Pickard Union. There's a good restaurant in Dartler Town five kilometers west from here. Are you guys coming here to work too?"
"Not necessarily, we're still bidding. We're just here to explore. Don't you know that the new New York Harbor is going to be built around here? I heard they're trying to prevent the tragedy of Queens Harbor from happening again, so they're diverting the cargo out of New York City.
Speaking of which, the fella who built this construction site is really lucky. God knows how much the land's value has skyrocketed … "
The black construction manager could not help but shift his gaze to Zhang Lisheng who was not far away.
Zhang Lisheng who had bought the Mutteslow saline-alkali land that was over nine square kilometers lifted his feet and stepped on the gray land under his feet since he had sufficient funds. He said while smiling, "Mr. Pinot, this is the government's public land. It can't be sold within 15 years.
Moreover, I'm investing tens of millions of yuan to do business, so it's impossible for me to sell the land. However, it's true that it'll be more convenient no matter if it's transportation or business since it's close to the harbor. "
Glancing at the young man who was getting smaller and smaller under the construction site's huge crane, one of the Pickard Union's people said in shock, "Oh my god, the owner of such a big construction site is this little fella. These rich kids are really unbelievable … Oh, oh!
Oh, oh, what's that on the sea? What's that? "
"Warship buddy, what's there to stutter about? You're so embarrassing. But it's indeed rare to see so many warships patrolling outside of New York City during the day."
"An aircraft carrier, six cruisers and destroyer escorts, and two comprehensive supply ships." Zhang Lisheng turned his head to look at the fleet that had just appeared on the Atlantic Ocean's calm sea as he followed the gaze of the two Pickard Union's representatives. He mumbled softly to identify them, "They actually sent an entire aircraft carrier group to patrol today. That's really rare …"
The young man watched the fleet disappearing while mumbling to himself. He removed the jelly stone on his wrist by instinct and wrapped it around his finger. He pondered for a moment and took out his phone to dial Maddie's number. "There's a lot of warships patrolling outside of New York today. Search the news online and see what's going on."
"Wouldn't it be faster if you search it yourself? I'm doing my homework right now. It's really urgent …"
"Do what I asked you to do right now then. Then, you'll naturally have time to do your own stuff. I'll wait for your news," Zhang Lisheng hung up the phone as he spoke.
He put his phone into his pocket and walked to Pinot who had just sent the two Pickard Union's representatives away. "Mr. Pinot, I got Mr. Welling to make some minor changes to the design drawing.
Talk to him and build according to the new drawing. "
"What? Are you kidding me, Mr. Zhang? The first phase will be completed in half a month at most …"
"I can pay you more, and it's only a minor change."
"You know that our company won't make any profit from this project of yours … Alright, alright.
Well, since you know our big boss, I can make an exception and agree to your request. But only this once. Let's make a deal, only this once. Don't do it again. "
"Okay, don't do it again." Zhang Lisheng said and brought the black project manager to the architect. He left the both of them to discuss the method of digging the pipeline while he drove to New York City.
Along the way, the young man received a brief message from Maddie. "The warships are not patrolling outside of New York. The navy fleet has suddenly evacuated from New York Harbor."
Zhang Lisheng felt inexplicably relaxed after reading the message twice. He parked his car by the road and searched for keywords such as' New York Navy evacuates' on the Explorer's computer.
Soon, 'New York has returned to peace after 100 days'.
'Never see you again, my dear Kitty Hawk'.
'The military slacks its responsibility for unknown reasons and gives up on the safety of the World Financial Center' and other strange headlines appeared on the screen.
After skimming through a few news articles, he saw that even though each news article had a different idea, there was only one fact that the US military forces had withdrawn from New York.
In other words, there would no longer be regular warships patrolling outside of New York's sea every few days, and there would no longer be professional soldiers armed with live ammunition driving armed armored vehicles on the streets.
"I've dodged it!" Zhang Lisheng breathed a long sigh of relief after reading the news. Smiling, he placed his hand in the air behind the car. "I won't use you guys so recklessly next time …"
As his voice left his mouth, a slender and slender Black-Scaled Monitor Lizard curled up in the back seat of the carriage, its body forming a ring in the air. It instantly flashed under his palm and then disappeared again.
Zhang Lisheng mumbled to himself happily and continued to drive. Over an hour later, he turned to an open-air restaurant on the busiest Fifth Avenue in New York.
He stopped the car and opened the window to look outside. He heard a surprised voice shouting, "Lisheng, we're here!"
Zhang Lisheng made an 'OK' gesture at Tina who was waving at him in the direction where the voice came from. He got off the car and shoved five dollars in cash into the young valet who came to park his car. He then walked to the Fordham Sisters who were sitting under a huge beige parasol.
"Sit down and take a breather, Lisheng. I didn't expect you to come so soon. How's the construction site? Is it going well?"
"It's going well. Hello, Trish, Sheila.
Congratulations, Sheila, you've successfully slimmed down and recovered your charming figure. " Zhang Lisheng sat on the chair next to Tina and waved at a waitress who was wearing a white suit and black pants. "Please give me a glass of Coke, thank you."
"Thank you for the compliment, Lisheng," Sheila said proudly, "How have you been recently? I heard from Tina that you've been having a tough negotiation with those country bumpkins from the small towns near New York City these few days …"
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