After nearly an hour of speeding on a Mercedes-Benz bus worth more than 2 million yuan, Luo Youyi, Han Xiang and other 300 Chinese Internet cafe owners finally arrived at the Sailing Hotel on the northwest side of the main island of Lanfang from the outlying island where the airport is located.
Although the main island of Lanfang is not big, and the two farthest points on the island are only 70 or 80 kilometers away, the airport is not built on the main island after all, but on a small outlying island to the east of the main island. It is still further away from the main island.
Passing a sea-crossing bridge three to four kilometers wide.
The airport was originally chosen to be built on an outlying island to avoid wasting land, because several kilometers around the airport must be cleared for other purposes to prevent interference with aircraft takeoffs and landings. It was built on an outlying island three kilometers away from the main island and the size was just right, so it was just right.
Those three kilometers of sea serve as isolation, which is very trouble-free.
Don't think that you are lucky to have chosen such a location, but because there are several outlying islands within a few kilometers of the main island of Lanfang. After screening various conditions, we found that the distance and area of this outlying island are the most suitable.
For domestic tourists who have never been to Lanfang, speeding on a several-kilometer-long cross-sea bridge is a kind of enjoyment in itself. There were no cross-sea bridges in China in 2001. Who made China not evolve into a complete entity?
What about the infrastructure maniac?
Nowadays, if you want to see such infrastructure that is admired by the industrial sector, you have to go to Japan recently. So for tourists like Luo Youyi, almost all the scenery along the way is worth the price of admission.
"This is the old port area of Lanfang. To the north, this park covering an area of nearly ten hectares is the Zhaoming Palace, which was renovated and opened as a museum. This is a palace built from the end of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the end of the 17th century. Its shape was originally
According to the ceremonial style of the Daming County Prince's Palace, it is slightly lower than the Prince's Palace. Friends who are interested in history can visit more at that time.
Many of the cultural relics on display are from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, you are all from China, which has a history of five thousand years. I believe that the things here are certainly not very old, so the ancient buildings themselves are worthy of your visit.
look."
On the bus, each bus is equipped with a hacker-blue-white girl who speaks fluent Chinese and has a beautiful appearance as a ground tour guide. She enthusiastically introduces every scenic spot the bus passes along the way.
The route of the bus is also carefully selected. It does not pursue the shortest route from the airport to the island through the sea-crossing bridge and then directly to the Burj Al Arab Hotel. Instead, it would rather take a slight detour, first traversing the entire island from east to west, and then
Along the east coast of the main island from south to north, you can browse the best urban seascape in the entire Lanfang.
Leaving the main urban area from the Zhaoming Palace area and continuing north into the new urban area, we drove no more than seven or eight kilometers. After enjoying a period of natural coastal scenery, the convoy re-entered an area that was still a little dirty and messy with construction sites.
The female tour guide continued to explain with a smile: "This place is still under construction. Please forgive me, distinguished guests, but I believe that if you come back in three years at most, you will see that all construction along the way from the main city to the current location has been completed.
The land you are seeing now is where the Yongxi Palace, the new palace of the Lanfang royal family, is under construction. This palace was built by Mr. Gu to honor the Grand Duke and His Royal Highness, in exchange for better protection of the old palace left over from the Ming Dynasty.
Gong Zhaoming Palace.
The new palace covers an area that is more than ten times larger than the old palace. It uses the best designers and construction standards in the world, and the material selection is absolutely world-class. Mr. Gu invested more than 100 yuan in the construction project and gardening construction in the first phase.
1 billion US dollars, vowing to build the world's most luxurious and contemporary palace.
In addition, everyone looks to the left and pay attention to the sea - I believe I don’t need to introduce it. The Burj Al Arab Hotel, which is nearly 200 meters high, can be seen more than ten kilometers away before our car turns to the coastal road. I see
Some of my friends couldn't wait to take photos there before I even introduced them.
This is currently the only seven-star hotel in the world, and its design draws inspiration from shell-shaped sails. Some friends may have heard that the Diba people built similar things, but they were later than us, but the designs of the two are actually completely different.
Different. Although our central main building is not as tall as that of the Diba people, our construction difficulty is much higher than that of the Diba people.
Our Burj Al Arab Hotel draws on the design of a three-masted sail. There are simulated flying girders and cable flying bridges between the three mast-shaped buildings. The No. 3 tail sail building directly uses a through-core steel column load-bearing structure.
, the main body of the building is in the air and does not touch the sea water. Only the load-bearing steel columns are connected to the sea. The residents on the bottom floor actually live at a height equivalent to five stories in the air, which is spectacular.
There is also a fully-accessible viewing platform on the lower floor of the tail sail building with a tempered glass floor. You can take a look at it then. Walking around the corridor floor, you will not only have a 360-degree panoramic view of the sea, but also the sea view under your feet.
They are all blue and green seas. This kind of landscaping is also the first in the world. Of course, friends who are afraid of heights are advised to watch it with an escort.
Okay, our car is almost at the hotel. Before going back to the hotel, let's take another look to the northeast. I believe many of my friends have seen it before. Yes, that building is already 300 meters high.
Doesn’t it look spectacular? But I want to tell you that this building is actually only half of its height. In the future, it can even reach 600 meters, which is twice as high as the current completion volume!
But this is a business secret, Tuan, Mr. Gu’s business partner, we are not allowed to explain this to ordinary tourists."
As the female tour guide introduced, the 300 Internet cafe owners who were the first batch to join Alipay were dazzled and amazed. They also felt full respect in their hearts and shed tears of gratitude.
After a while, the group checked into the Burj Al Arab Hotel. Although most people were still distressed by the price of a room worth 10,000 yuan a night, after they checked in, they found that it was still very decent.
As usual, Luo Youyi was assigned to a room with Han Xiang. After entering, Luo Youyi was surprised by the spaciousness of the standard room.
Although it is only a standard room in name, it is actually equipped with a double bathroom and a dedicated study room. On the side of the bedroom near the door, there is an area separated by a classical Chinese screen with a dining table, which is obviously convenient for dining in the guest room.
By visual inspection, the area of the standard room exceeds 50 square meters. If it is separated from the living room, it would be considered a "suite" in China.
In comparison, Han Xiang has been to more countries than Luo Youyi. He made a judgment at first glance: "This house is spacious. When I traveled to Japan with a group, in Osaka, the suites were not as big as this single room.
Not to mention Tokyo. I was tricked by the tour group at that time. They said I was living in Tokyo, but in fact, I was so crowded that I went to Yokohama. In Motomachi Chinatown, I had to take the JR Keihin Tohoku Line every day when I went to Beijing for free travel.
It takes more than an hour by subway. But in Yokohama, 30 square meters is considered a business suite, and 15 square meters is considered a single room. The urban area of Tokyo will definitely be more crowded, and I dare not even think about it. People from Lanfang are so spacious and conscientious."
However, as he talked, Han Xiang, a Wuyue small businessman with great potential as a profiteer, quickly realized that the Lanfang people spent so much money on their living environment was mainly due to the fact that the land in Lanfang was not substantial.
Value. The so-called value is due to the supply of Gu Kunka, which took back the construction rights of the entire country through demolition compensation and restructuring.
Of course, this Burj Al Arab hotel is indeed worth the price, because the construction itself is very difficult. I heard that the construction cost of the building cost 500 million US dollars - don't underestimate the construction cost of that kind of weird and wonderful building.
Tongzi buildings of the same size are simply many times more expensive.
To give a recent example, when the Australians built the Sydney Opera House in the 1960s, the construction cost was 120 million Australian dollars, which was equivalent to more than 70 million U.S. dollars according to the exchange rate at the time. That was 70 million U.S. dollars in the 1960s.
, calculated according to inflation, it would be several hundred million by the end of the 20th century.
Gu Kun built a Burj Al Arab Hotel, which is still such a difficult structure. The curved shell and load-bearing are much more difficult than the Sydney Opera House, and the scale is also larger. The 500 million yuan in civil construction is very frugal.
As for the interior decoration, it is said that the total cost is as much as 7.8 billion U.S. dollars. Although Han Xiang and others have not seen what the business suite, presidential suite, and royal suite above look like, they know that it is definitely worth the price just by looking at the standard room.
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The level of luxury is almost as good as being armed to the teeth. Although the room is simple, the simplicity reveals countless high technologies. Not a single light can be seen in the whole room. All lighting is without lights or lamps, relying on fiber optic bundles to guide light into the room.
The lighting is similar to the construction technology of the starry sky roof of Maybach luxury cars. You can see the starry sky roof while lying in the room at night. The effect can be adjusted at will, and it will never be dazzling.
If you find a ladder and touch the roof, you will find the real advantage of using fiber optic lighting - any luminous part is completely cold, with no heat radiation at all. In a hot area like Lanfang, it is so cold
The effect, coupled with the surrounding wind and the soft and soft central air conditioning, is simply a magical experience.
In a nutshell, all the electrical appliances in the house have a sense of technology or even science fiction. Any wall decoration is simple and bright. But all the furniture is extremely luxurious and elegant.
Combining nobility and elegance with a cold and abstinent style plus a sense of science fiction, three different levels of elegance are perfectly combined through the three angles of furniture, hard decoration, and electrical appliances without appearing obtrusive or unharmonious.
At 5,000 yuan per person per night, it's worth the price to see a place like this, since I'm not a permanent resident anyway.
After lingering in the room for a while, Han Xiang called out to Luo Youyou: "Let's go and eat first. I heard from the tour guide, Miss Natasha, that at noon we had a buffet in the restaurant downstairs, but the buffet here is all about lobster."
Yes! Not to mention the Lanfang white oysters. I heard the drinks are also pretty good.”
Luo Youyi was a little confused: "I originally said that I would treat you to a drink tonight. How embarrassing."
Han Xiang smiled nonchalantly: "Why do you care about these few dollars? If you want to drink, you have to pay for the wine yourself to feel good about it? Leave the ink behind. If you really feel sorry for me, then I will do whatever you want, even if you feel good about it.