Chapter 133 The reason to come out is to talk about credit
After confirming the overall general direction and technical ideas, the planning and design progress of Lanfang Tower finally broke through the bottleneck and entered a fast lane.
After this twists and turns, Gu Kun also deeply realized a problem: it is not enough for Party A to be arrogant. Petronas and the Wanwan people must also be arrogant, but one of the reasons why they fell into the trap is because
Party A lacks basic professional qualities.
Take the fully enclosed load-bearing tube structure as an example. If Party A does not take the initiative to say "I am willing to waste several percent of the construction area of the entire project" and let Party B think of a way, they will never have the guts to propose it.
After spending money on building a building, one-third of the built area may be useless. How can Party B take the initiative and be so whimsical?
Gu Kun is very generous. His gesture fully makes Party B realize the extent and scope of his extravagance and waste: if you do things for him, you will not only waste money, but also waste building area, practical efficiency, time...
Don't limit the area covered by your imagination. For the sake of being number one in the world, everything can be wasted.
He also reimbursed all designers for unlimited round-trip air tickets, hotel accommodation and other food and living expenses in Lanfang in the next two years. Party B's people were asked to conduct on-site surveys whenever they wanted, and all supporting facilities were ensured to be in place.
There are definitely still technical difficulties, but compared to the determination shown by Gu Kun, those can all be solved with money.
For example, at the beginning, another problem that Tongji was most worried about was that the stratum in Lanfang was too loose, and the base was mainly composed of the growth of coral reefs over millions of years and alluvial sediment brought by the Sarawak River.
It is difficult to support a high-rise building in such a place with a shallow foundation. Even if the alluvial sediment is compacted for millions of years, it will at best turn into shale, and shale is a relatively low-hardness rock layer, similar to the granite-basalt matrix.
Totally incomparable.
However, Gu Kun just gave them permission to increase the amount of earthwork excavation and filling and irrigation work with a stroke of his pen. There was no cap on the amount of related work, and all these problems were solved——
Students who are relatively unfamiliar with architecture should never think that these problems cannot be solved with money. In fact, they can all be solved.
Is the geology of the location of the Burj Khalifa very good? It used to be a desert, dotted with a small number of oases. In terms of geological looseness, the Dubai Desert is definitely more loose than the sedimentary islands and reefs of the Orient.
The Hujiang Center Building in China in later generations is located at the end of the alluvial plain of the Hujiang River. In the Ming Dynasty, it was still mud on the bottom of the sea. Even now, it is still a muddy land beside the Huangpu River, and it is not easy to relax.
More than 600 meters high building?
The Hujiang Center Building relies on driving foundation piles to a depth of 80 meters, then digging out all the loose sand and silt, and pouring concrete again. The land in the Ming Dynasty only reached an altitude of minus 10 meters, so it was dug to an altitude of minus 30 meters.
The Song Dynasty strata, minus 50 meters of the Tang Dynasty strata, minus 70 meters of the Han Dynasty, minus 80 meters of the Pre-Qin...
As long as you have money, you can dig out everything above until you reach the part that was already a solid rock layer in ancient times.
The foundation of the Hujiang Center Building alone used 20,000 tons of steel. Gu Kun's scale was much larger. He was mentally prepared to knock out 50,000 tons of steel for the foundation. If it didn't work, 100,000 would be enough.
A ton of floor steel usually costs 2,000 yuan. Of course, important projects must not use crappy goods like floor steel, not even No. 45, but foundation steel for construction does not cost five figures per ton. Gu Kun first dialed 3
RMB 100 million should be considered as a special fund for the pile materials of the foundation.
Concrete filling and filling, including the construction fee and pumping fee, costs several hundred yuan per square. Excavating the original silt and sand will cost dozens of yuan per square. Even if the foundation is poured 100 meters deep and the entire foundation is filled, according to the area occupied by the foundation
, it can’t even use one million square meters, so it’s only a few hundred million yuan.
Gu Kun planned to allocate 1 billion RMB in the first phase and do nothing else but lay the foundation. In the future, if there is not enough, he can add more. Even if it is 200 million yuan, it is not a big deal.
The total cost of building the Burj Khalifa was US$1.5 billion.
In Gu Kun's view, this is not a challenge at all, but an opportunity to show off his wealth. In the future, he can take pictures of all the aggressive momentum during the construction process and then spread it inadvertently to let more than a billion Chinese know that Lanfang is doing
The project is carried out regardless of the cost, and how wealthy the people are.
Let them know that there is only one principle in Lanfang: problems that can be solved with money are not problems.
As for the start time of the project, there is no rush at the moment. It will take more than a year to design, and it will be good to start construction by the end of 1999 or even early 2000.
So the money that needs to be paid now, which is a small design fee, will have no impact on the turnover at all.
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Two weeks later, the preliminary survey of the on-site geological conditions, the estimation of the project volume, and the conceptual overall design of the plan were finally outlined.
Of course, the specific design will be very complicated, and with the tinkering and adjustments, it will take another year to come out. The design fee cannot be paid in one lump sum, but must be paid in stages, and it will be withheld even after the building is completed.
A considerable proportion of quality deposit.
So after calculation, for a design fee of 100 million US dollars, Gu Kun will only pay 20 million in the first phase, 40 million when construction starts, and a total of 70 million after completion acceptance, leaving the last 30 million for warranty.
Jin needs to be observed for several years.
Tongji Construction Institute is not the only design contractor. Many supporting details are outsourced, especially after excavation of coastal strata, filling of negative-elevation foundations, and sea prevention treatment, all have to be handed over to the institute for cooperation.
Lin Lin finally settled down, and Tongji Jianyuan received the first payment of US$10 million.
This day is Monday, November 2nd.
A female designer who was previously responsible for assisting in reporting quietly opened Dean Tong’s office with a happy face:
"Dean, Party A called back today and said that he was satisfied with the draft you last reported last weekend. He is willing to pay the first design fee today. Do you want to pick up the check in person?"
Because it is U.S. dollars and the amount is such a large amount, domestic banks cannot directly transfer the money, and foreign exchange management must also be considered. The only way is to send a check, and then the payee will go through the procedures himself.
"Of course I'll go in person. Well, call Xiao Li, and the three of us will go together." Dean Tong jumped up from his seat, not looking like an old man in his 50s at all.
That’s ten million dollars!
Tongji in 1998 was far less wealthy than later generations, mainly because at the end of the 1990s, domestic real estate had not yet become popular.
Real estate developers are not very rich yet, so how can an architectural design institute become one?
Such a wealthy father from Party A must be taken care of and comfortable.
The young designer was quite modest and declined politely: "Dean... I don't have to go to such an occasion to collect money."
She is quite self-aware and has never felt that there is any need for female designers to show their faces outside of reporting situations.
Girls majoring in architecture are inherently ugly, and this designer has average looks and is in his 30s. If he was working on a construction site to give guidance, there would definitely be a lot of people watching secretly. That’s because there are no women on the construction site, and no matter how ugly he is, there will still be people watching.
But if you go to a well-informed wealthy donor, you won't gain any social points.
Dean Tong waved his hand: "Xiao Qin, just go if you are told, don't think too much. I see that Boss Gu was already a little dissatisfied with our cowardice before. If the foreigner hadn't fooled him too, he wouldn't be distracted.
Maybe a foreign design institute really should have snatched this order.
As for you, you are a bit young and energetic, but your advantage is that you have radical ideas and dare to take risks. I have been engaged in construction for most of my life, and I have a hunch that in the hands of Boss Gu, you may be able to realize your life ideals.
Carry out some fantastic and big projects that will go down in history.
I'm not asking you to seduce him! I just want you to follow him and discover his great achievements. Anyway, I heard that he has a fortune of 10 to 20 billion US dollars just by speculating in finance and picking up oil. Young people will not cherish money when it comes easily.
Rather than being wasted by other luxuries, it is better to leave a few wonders on the earth that can be seen from space, which is more worthy of the money."
Dean Tong had already said what he said, Qin Ya couldn't refuse anymore, and she was a little eager to give it a try.
Not to mention that Party A is overjoyed with success, designers who are a little bit ambitious are equally as overjoyed with success, or even better. It is a fateful opportunity to meet Party A who spends money without blinking an eye.
A group of people went to Gu Kun's house very enthusiastically, including the treasurer whom the dean called Xiao Li.
The shabby Audi drove straight to the river view villa in Lujiazui. Gu Kun hadn't opened an office in Hujiang yet, nor had he set up a branch. If something happened, he could only go directly to his home.
However, upon arrival, Dean Tong and his party were very surprised to find that Gu Kun himself was not there.
Instead, it was another villa next door to Gu Kun. The garden door was open, and a group of people in black suits stood at the door to greet them:
"Director Tong, right? This way, please. Our boss is temporarily busy, so I can't greet him in person. Please introduce yourself. Just call me Long Wu. I'm just a rough guy. Fortunately, I followed Boss Gu early, so it's okay.
Culture, has already infiltrated the person in charge of his project company. In the future, for several projects in Lanfang, contact me for daily needs. Don’t talk to me about technical details. Anyway, it’s easy to talk to me about money, people, and equipment.”
Dean Tong looked up and down, and felt that these black suits looked a bit like club members in Hong Kong movies or Italian movies, and shuddered slightly.
We had a good conversation with Gu Kun, why were we treated by such rough people?
Fortunately, in the next second, Long Wu relieved most of his anxiety:
"Here is a check for 10 million US dollars. Boss Gu has signed it before. Don't worry, we will never miss the mark when it comes to money."
Dean Tong took a deep breath and took the check.
It's easy to talk about it once you get the money.
"This villa... also belongs to Mr. Gu?" After looking through it repeatedly, Dean Tong realized that he was looking at the money so carefully and felt a little embarrassed, so he changed the topic.
"He suggested that I buy one, so I bought it. This place was originally owned by overseas Chinese in Lijiapo, and I bought it at a higher price." Long Wu said expressionlessly, as if the money to buy a villa worth several hundred to ten million yuan was not worth it at all.
Calculate it.
When Gu Kun first paid the down payment to buy the villa here, it was in 1995, so it was still relatively cheap, with the total price being less than five million. The house prices in Shanghai have increased by several percent in three years, plus the strong price increase.
To buy, seven to eight million is a must.
Director Tong felt slightly dizzy, and then felt a little happy, thinking that he might be able to buy one in a few years.
Long Wu saw him in a daze, and took his arm and pulled him into the yard: "How about a drink together? Boss Gu gave me this project, and I will never let anything go wrong. If any technical details are leaked in the future,
Things like this have caused other competitors around the world to overtake me. I will definitely be ashamed to live in this world. But before I die, I will definitely make the leaker’s family suffer a bad death. The reason for being around is to be loyal and trustworthy.