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 for thousands of miles.

Adrian is a typical white American, tall and strong, with his silver-white hair making him look particularly vigorous. If he doesn't know his age, just looking at his appearance, most people would think that he might be less than seventy years old, but in fact he is an old man in his 80s.

With the name of the designer of the world's tallest building and the future tallest building under construction on his head, Adrian became the most famous super high-rise building design master on the planet. However, this old man did not become arrogant because of this. On the contrary, this old man is a person who is easy to make people feel good about it.

"Hi, Mr. Yang, I'm very happy 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 more than 100 meters in Tianqu City.

Because of the upcoming construction of Tianqu Grand, Yang Jing rented two floors, the top and second-top floors in a high-end office building in the city, and used them as the "Tianqu Office" office. Most of the members of Tianqu Office who had been in the United States have come to Tianqu, and in the next few years, they will work here to coordinate and direct various engineering projects throughout the Tianqu Grand Grand construction.

"Hey, Mr. Smith, I'm just as happy to know you. Call me Albert, my friends call me that."

"Ok, Albert, you can also call me Ad, Mr. Smith's name will alienate our relationship."

"Okay, Ade, come, please sit down, want some coffee or tea?"

"Come on coffee, don't add sugar and milk."

Yang Jing pressed a button on the table. After a while, Lea Alonso, who loved travel, pushed the door and walked in. As the appearance of the eight-person secretary team, Lea became the chief secretary of Yang Jing's office.

After Yang Jing gave a few instructions, Lea turned around 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 the authentic Pearl Bean Blue Mountain coffee, which is hard to see outside."

Adrian picked up the cup and tasted it, and immediately said, "Yes, this is indeed the top-notch Pearl Bean Blue Mountain Coffee, but as far as I know, most of this Pearl Bean Coffee is in the hands of Japan."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Unfortunately, several Japanese companies that invested in Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee were now subsidiaries of Pacific Capital, and I am the boss of Pacific Capital."

"Oh Maiga! Pacific Capital? That newly rising super capital? That's your company?" As the world's top architectural design master, Adrian naturally knows the most popular topics in the world. And Pacific Capital, under the charge of Harrison Johnson, is one of the most popular topics in the world.

Yang Jing nodded with a smile, but did not continue to speak. The reason why he told Adrian his identity was mainly to let the design master understand one thing, that is, I, Yang Jing, are not short of money, I am even more prosperous than those rich in Arab countries, so you can design with confidence and boldness!

Sure enough, after Yang Jing made this gesture, Adrian immediately rubbed his hands excitedly, "Albert, I saw the invitation letter you sent me. I want to confirm now, are the things you said in the invitation letter true?"

"That's right. Ade, I can tell you with certainty that the things written in the invitation letter are real. When you get here, you can design a super high-rise building you want to design. I am only responsible for providing funds! Of course, I have one only requirement, that is, the skyscraper you designed must maintain the title of the world's tallest building within ten years after it is completed!"

"Ahha!" Hearing this, Adrian screamed in excitement. He was not as steady as a world-class architectural designer. Instead, he was like a primary school student who had obtained his favorite toys.

"Don't worry, Albert, I will definitely design a skyscraper that others cannot surpass! Well, at least no one will surpass her in the next twenty years!"

"Ad, I believe in your ability. So, do you have a general design concept about this building now?"

"Yes!" Adrian replied with great affirmation, "Actually, I was already designing an ultra-high building with a height of more than ten years ago. Haha, I guess you can imagine that people like me are really too idle to stay, and constantly surpassing themselves have always been the life principle I adhered to. It is precisely for this reason that after I designed the Burj Khalifa, I designed a taller skyscraper. When I built the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, I submitted this design plan. At that time, Prince Alvaleid agreed to the plan and was also preparing to allocate funds to build this ultra-high skyscraper. However, the local geological conditions and climatic conditions did not allow the construction of this one-mile-high building. In desperation, the Kingdom Tower could only cut off a height of 600 meters, and I could only redesign another plan, which is the current Kingdom Tower design plan."

Hearing this, Yang Jing asked curiously: "Then why didn't Saudi Arabia use your original design plan? Isn't it just that the height is insufficient? Your design plan should have no impact on the Kingdom Tower, right?"

"No! I don't allow this!" Adrian's face became serious. "For us architectural designers, every design plan is our child. I must choose a place for each child to grow according to the differences between them. The one-mile-high skyscraper I designed back then could only build a height of 1,609 meters. If 600 meters were cut by artificially, it would be equivalent to cutting off all my child from above the waist. Can the child still survive?"

Very good! This reason is really powerful, Yang Jing couldn't help but give Adrian a big thumbs up.

"So, I would rather give up my previous design and design a new plan for Prince Alvaleid, and I would never use a deleted design plan."

"Ad, I can understand your mood. But I really have a question here. Do you think with current construction technology, can you really build the one-mile-high skyscraper you designed? It's a height of 1,609 meters."

Adrian nodded with certainty and said, "In terms of current construction technology, it is indeed difficult to build a 1,609-meter-high building, but it is not impossible to do it. As long as the local geological conditions and climatic conditions allow, and with sufficient funds, building a one-mile-high building is not an unsurpassable problem."

Yang Jing nodded, and then he asked again: "Then Ade, do you think if you build a 1992-meter-high building, can you do it with current construction technology?"

"1992 meters?" Adrian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't guarantee this. According to current construction technology, this height can be built, but in that case, the area of ​​the building will be a terrifying number. The Burj Khalifa I designed that year had a floor area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters. The Kingdom Tower I designed had a foundation area of ​​30,000 square meters. Of course, this has a lot to do with the local geological conditions in Jeddah, but it is undeniable that the larger the height of the building, the larger the construction area of ​​the foundation will be, otherwise the weight of the building will crush the foundation! Albert, the higher the super high-rise building, the higher the requirements for the foundation. When the height of this super high-rise building exceeds a certain limit, the requirements for the foundation will be greatly improved for every meter of the height of the building."

After a pause, Adrian continued: "It's better to compare Burj Khalifa and Kingdom Tower. The Burj Khalifa is only 171 meters taller than Burj Khalifa, but the foundations of the two are simply not on the same level. The pile tip depth of Burj Khalifa is only 70 meters deep, while the pile tip depth of the Kingdom Tower reaches 110 meters deep. My one-mile-high building has higher requirements for the foundation. Albert, I have also read the local geological conditions of Tianqu. The geological conditions of Tianqu are comparable.

Jeddah is much better, but even so, in my design plan, if I really want to build that building in Tianqu, the area of ​​the foundation alone will exceed 70,000 square meters, and the entire building will cover a larger area. As for the question you just asked, if you want to build a 1992-meter tall building, then I estimate that the foundation alone will cover a floor area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters, and the area must be at least 1 square kilometer. Do you know that such a large area is spent on building this building?"

"If such a tall building does not have a large enough foundation, it will not be built at all. Similarly, if the foundation covers an area, the cost of this building will be increased exponentially. Therefore, for me personally, it is not recommended that you build such a tall building. One mile is enough to ensure that no one can surpass it in the next twenty years."

"Okay, I took it for granted." Yang Jing smiled and admitted that it was a mistake to have a guess about the 1992-meter tall building. It is not that it is impossible to build such a tall building, but is it necessary to build such a tall building?
Chapter completed!