There is no need to elaborate on what Lin Ying discussed with Bruce Chandler, the great designer. After all, it was an exchange between artists. Many terms were obscure and difficult to understand, and there were also various jokes from people in the industry.
and arrogance.
After Lin Ying dealt with it for a few words, seeing that Chandler insisted on communicating with the hotel designer about professional issues, she arranged for a big designer who was also from the Tongji Department to communicate with him one-on-one.
Lin Ying herself had a useless fight with Shi Minglun of the Swire Group for a while.
The rest of the audience observed secretly.
A few minutes later, Chief Ibrahim and Chief Mahathir, who felt that they had learned a lot from their observations, walked aside privately, found a seat by the window, and started discussing secretly.
"Do you think what Lin Ying said is true? Is Qin Ya, the chief designer of the structural part of the Lanfang Burj Al Arab Hotel, really unwell, so she handed over the job in the final stage?" As an investor,
Chief Mahathir, asked this question emphatically.
Mahathir is from Abu Dhabi, while Iprasim is from Diba.
Among the chief tribes, Abu Dhabi is the richest. It never intends to engage in flower work and is too lazy to do so. It is a typical tribal city-state trapped in the "curse of resources". It has no ambitions but has enough money anyway.
In comparison, the people of Diba are actually not as rich as those in later generations, and their oil will be mined out in a few years. The reason why those Internet celebrities who use traffic to make jokes in later generations help to promote Diba is nothing more than
Because Diba's hyped image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is also convenient for Internet celebrities to share in the popularity by riding on a win-win situation, so everyone joins in the firewood and the flames are high. The more people who use it, the more ignorant netizens think Diba is rich.
It is only 2001. Although the Diba people have vaguely deployed the concept of "tycoon city-state" to develop the world's most high-end tourism industry since the late 1990s, they have not yet had time to invest too many resources.
The initial investment has not yet reached the stage of harvesting results and seeing the efficacy, so external follow-up investors are also more cautious.
The people of Diba do not have that much capital to start a tourism industry with the concept of a wealthy city. Fortunately, for the sake of solidarity, the people of Abu Dhabi are willing to pay for these expenses in stages with the oil money spewed out from the underground. Therefore,
Of course, Iprasin must try his best to please investors and prove himself to investors.
Ibrahim sincerely, pretending to be very confidential, analyzed Mahathir in a low voice: "I don't think what Miss Lin said is credible. I have spied on relevant project information before. After all, Qin Ya
, was not only the main structural designer of the Lanfang Burj Al Arab Hotel, she also later designed the structure of the Lanfang Tower.
I came here today just to verify a statement: whether the new central load-bearing structure design concept summarized by the people who built the Tongji Institute when designing the Lanfang Sailing Hotel was actually later developed and used in Lanfang
On the tower. If it is really adopted, Chandler talked to me privately and said that the height limit of Lanfang Tower in the future will never exceed 600 meters."
Iprasim said what he said, he had great respect for Mahathir, and he did not have the arrogance and arrogance of a top-rich man in public. It is obvious that his usual extravagance to the public is disguised, and his motivation is the same as Gu Kun's.
bluff.
There is no way, business is like this, before you can make real achievements, you must be careful with investors.
What investors like most is to add icing on the cake and save trouble in the snow. It is impossible for you to boast that you will spend money to build the world's richest city-state to boost tourism, and investors will be stupid and believe you.
You have to do it step by step, for example, first build a Burj Al Arab hotel, and then make the Burj Al Arab hotel at least financially profitable, or develop a business model and prove to investors that your idea is somewhat reliable. Then you can get more
Invest in building the tallest building in the world.
No matter how successful the world's tallest building is, there will be Palm Jumeirah, and no matter how successful it will be, there will be the World Map Islands. If every step and every link here fails, or even proves that the business model itself is not feasible, there will be no follow-up.
The main reason why Ibrahim came to investigate further today is not the Burj Al Arab Hotel, but the Lanfang Tower, which has the same design unit as the Burj Al Arab Hotel, and even the same main structural designer team.
At present, the Dibba Tower in Dibba has also reached the design sprint stage. It will definitely start construction next year. The money is raised from my friends in Abu Dhabi. To ensure that the one currently under construction will be the "world's tallest building"
Colleagues who have left the target cannot hide their secrets and threaten the future No. 1 ranking in the world built by Diba, which is the top priority.
Now, it is already the eve of a fatal battle between the Diba people and the Lanfang people. They can no longer just cultivate their own fields and avoid the fight.
There is only one No. 1 in the world, and these money, and even the money that may be invested in the future, are not for the material wealth of those physical projects.
But for these material wealth, coupled with the reputation of being the world's number one, let future Internet celebrities around the world show off their wealth to ride on the traffic popularity of the world's number one rich man, and the positive feedback flywheel effect will make everyone add fuel to the fire.
Whoever's flywheel spins first due to positive feedback wins.
The loser, if he spends his own money, then he only has to pay the price of the money. If he spends other people's money, he may also pay the price of his life.
If you don’t come first, you will die! Sinai!
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Chief Mahathir stroked his moustache, thought about what Ibrahim just said, and then asked with common sense: "Then why do you think Qin Ya is continued to be hidden by Gu Kun? Why is the Burj Al Arab Hotel opening like this?
Can't it happen on all kinds of days? I always feel that there is another conspiracy here."
Chief Iprasin shrugged: "Perhaps he just wants to keep some technical secrets of Lanfang Tower secret. The construction site of Lanfang Tower has not allowed any outsiders to approach it at all. There are even treatments on the top, which makes it difficult to see from the satellite.
You can't even see the exposed internal top structure when taking pictures.
Maybe, if the Lanfang people have played a conspiracy and the central load-bearing structure of the Lanfang Tower and the central load-bearing structure of the Burj Al Arab Hotel are not derived from the same technical ideas, then in the future the Lanfang Tower will reach a height limit far exceeding 600 meters.
, it’s not impossible... I think we might as well add another layer of insurance to Diaba Tower’s design. 700 meters may not be enough, and 800 meters may not always be safe...”
As soon as Ibrahim said this, Mahathir glared back at him: "How lavishly do you spend your money, do you think my finances are not audited? Now the budget is more than one billion US dollars, and you still
What do you want?"
Iprasin is not afraid of being thick-skinned and will follow the stick to find Amway: "I think increasing it to US$2 billion is a little safer. If you want to be absolutely foolproof, you may get US$3 billion."
Mahathir glanced at the other party and couldn't help but smile angrily: "I finally understand you - how many times have you reported a small budget in the past few years, and sweet-talked us to invest and get the project running first?
When things turn around, I will cry out about the difficulties and increase the investment amount. Unless there is irrefutable proof, I will not fall into your trap."
Ipraxin's face suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
In recent years, he has indeed spent money lavishly.
The main thing is to pursue the world's richest man. If you don't spend a lot of money, you won't be able to do anything.
What you are doing is unprecedented, and there is no precedent to follow, so you do not have sufficient rhetorical arguments to lower prices with suppliers. Therefore, sometimes hindsight audits will indeed reveal a lot of waste. You cannot say that you are not doing your duty. It may be true.
If the supplier is not as professional in technical design, then he will be cheated.
But after being trapped for a long time, once you get tired and realize that "you can use this excuse to fool a lot of big spenders," you will really spend a lot of money later, and even kick back.
Suppliers have made so much excess profit, so there’s no reason not to let those in charge of procurement get a little share, right?
At this moment, Mahathir brought up the black material of the financial audit, and Iprasin could only shut up temporarily. At this time, it is best not to provoke him and let both parties calm down.
Unfortunately, it was not easy for Mahathir to calm down after his suspicions were aroused. After finishing the buffet lunch, he returned to his guest room and asked a few girls to relieve his fatigue, and he thought of using himself
The intelligence network, or headhunting informants, began to investigate the unusual encounter at today's cocktail party.
As for Iprasin, he has also been separated for the time being. The two of them are doing their own thing, and there is no chance to monitor him and Jin Liyan for the time being.
"Your Highness, what do you want to know?" one of Mahathir's subordinates asked respectfully after being summoned by the leader.
"Send a few more socialites to contact today's other guests, and try to find out as much information as possible about the core roles of the Lanfang Burj Al Arab and Lanfang Tower design teams. I always feel that the Lanfang people have tampered with something. I even feel that Iprasin
That guy thought he could defraud us of more money by exaggerating the difficulty of the project!
Therefore, when you make inquiries, you should look for relevant insiders. It is best if your position is not too high-interest and can be bought with money. Information fees are not a problem. As long as you are willing to speak to us and can provide evidence, try to delay it as long as possible.
Get into the water. Don’t be afraid of spending money, let alone women.” Mahathir said grimly.
"I know what to do." The subordinate followed the order and left.
Then Mahathir took a lunch break.
After the lunch break, the subordinate brought back an informant, a yellow-skinned Han Chinese.
"What's the origin? What does he know?" Mahathir, served by the maid, took a puff of the refreshing mint shisha, and then asked while holding his hand.
The dog-legged assistant reported: "This man is also from a rival family to spy on, to be precise, to verify intelligence. He claims to be a confidant cadre of Wanwan Dingxin Group. However, after all, he is not from the boss's family, so the boss's
After all, the interests are not as good as my own. I followed your instructions and granted him many benefits casually, stuffing more than a dozen boxes of US dollars in cash. He said he had extremely confidential information that he was willing to share with us."
Mahathir's eyes lit up slightly: "Tell me about it, I hope it's worth the money."