We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

In the late 1970s, there were only two buildings taller than 500 meters on Earth, and both were in the United States.

One was the current world's tallest building, the Sears Tower in Chicago, reaching a height of 527.3 meters with its antenna.

The other was the previous tallest building, the World Trade Center in New York, standing at 526.3 meters. The reason this building is well-known to the world is perhaps because it collapsed in 2001.

The Sears Tower was only one meter taller, and it was clear that its construction was intended to surpass the New York World Trade Center.

The reason for surpassing the New York World Trade Center was entirely due to cheating. If it weren't for the added antenna height, the Sears Tower's height would not have exceeded the New York World Trade Center.

The most complete meaning of a skyscraper lies in its height. A building that doesn't consider height loses its qualification as a skyscraper, and the antenna is also part of the building, so its height is also counted.

The architectural rooftop height of the Sears Tower is 442 meters, but its tip measurement is 527 meters. The antenna height accounts for nearly one-fifth of the building's height, which is a privilege only skyscrapers have.

Su Cheng wanted to build the world's tallest building in Hong Kong. In reality, the height to the top of the building didn't necessarily have to reach more than 500 meters. Even if it only reached more than 400 meters, adding a tall antenna would directly surpass the Sears Tower in Chicago.

However, winning in this way would be dishonorable.

Moreover, he felt it wasn't necessary. It's not like he didn't have the ability!

Inviting Mr. Pei over was actually to have him design a super skyscraper that was both beautiful and affordable.

The famous Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong in later generations started construction in April 1985 and was completed in 1989. The building is 315 meters tall, and 367.4 meters with the two masts.

Given the Bank of China's strength at the time, they couldn't come up with too much funding. When inviting Mr. Pei, they hoped he could design the building for a cost of less than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. In the end, the building was successfully completed for a cost of less than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This shows that Su Cheng's proposed funding of less than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars to build the world's tallest building meant that there was no shortage of funds!

If he designed a high-rise with a top height exceeding 527 meters, and then added an antenna hundreds of meters high, then winning this title would be honorable, and it would not be easy for future generations to surpass this building!

As for the problem Mr. Pei was worried about, whether Hong Kong's geology could support the construction of a high-rise above 500 meters, Su Cheng was not worried about this at all.

In later generations, in the Hong Kong before Su Cheng's transmigration, although there were no buildings exceeding 500 meters, there were still two buildings above 400 meters, and even more than 300 meters. The tallest building, the International Commerce Centre, was as high as 488 meters, and that was without counting the antenna. It was only 12 meters away from 500 meters.

This shows that there is absolutely no problem with building a building over 500 meters in Hong Kong!

Before the design plan came out, Su Cheng couldn't give any opinions, so after handing the information to Mr. Pei, Su Cheng chatted with him about other things.

"Mr. Pei, have you been to Hong Kong before?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.

"Of course, I actually come to Hong Kong often. I've even been here many times in the past ten years. Speaking of which, I have many clients in Hong Kong. Although I haven't lived in Hong Kong for a long time, my father actually lived in Hong Kong. He used to be the branch general manager of a bank here, and I was born in Yangcheng. Yangcheng and Hong Kong have almost the same culture, so I feel very close to Hong Kong," Mr. Pei replied.

Zhang Qi was standing aside, not making a sound, but making tea for Su Cheng and Mr. Pei.

"Mr. Pei, have you ever returned to Yangcheng later?" Su Cheng asked curiously.

"I used to, but not much anymore. Although it's not my ancestral home, it's also where I was born. I spent my childhood there, so I still have a lot of feelings for it. Although I can't find childhood memories when I go back, I still go there occasionally to walk around and take a look," Mr. Pei said with emotion.

Now Mr. Pei is over sixty years old, and of course he has almost no impression of when he was a few years old.

However, after all, that is where he grew up, so he must still have feelings for it.

"Speaking of which, I went to Yangcheng for an inspection in February. The mainland is about to fully reform and open up. I think it's a very promising place for development. In the future, I will invest heavily there. I wonder if Mr. Pei has ever thought about coming to Hong Kong to develop?" Su Cheng said with a chuckle.

"Come to Hong Kong to develop? I really haven't thought about this question. Although I occasionally come to Hong Kong, this city is still relatively unfamiliar to me. I don't have any good friends here, and our company, I.M. Pei \u0026 Partners, doesn't have a branch in Hong Kong." Mr. Pei was surprised to hear Su Cheng's words.

"Mr. Pei, what I mean is, you can come to work for my company. I also have an architectural design department in Hong Kong. Of course, in terms of strength, it can't compare with top architectural design companies like I.M. Pei \u0026 Partners. Moreover, if Mr. Pei comes over, I will separate the architectural design company and let Mr. Pei take full control. In the future, I will definitely need to invest in many high-rise buildings. This one in Central is just the beginning. I actually still hope that my buildings will be designed by my own design company!" Su Cheng's words were very direct. He wanted to poach him.

Su Cheng had thought about this issue when inviting Mr. Pei to Hong Kong.

There will be more and more of these things. If you have a top design team, one is to save costs, and the other is to design more freely, with many benefits.

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"Mr. Su, this is too sudden. I really don't have this psychological preparation, and I have never had the idea of developing in Hong Kong." Mr. Pei was really shocked by Su Cheng's words.

He didn't expect that the world's richest man would actually want to poach him, which made him feel proud.

However, he really didn't want to work in Hong Kong.

Mr. Pei and Zhang Zhongmou had somewhat similar childhoods.

He was born in China when he was young, and went to the United States to study when he was eighteen. At that time, there was war in China, so it was naturally not suitable to return to the country. So, since then, Mr. Pei has stayed in the United States. Many Chinese Americans have the same experience.

So, in fact, he has been living in the United States since he was eighteen years old, and he is already used to the life there. If he were to return to China to live, he might not be able to get used to it.

However, Su Cheng didn't think anything of it. He was able to bring Zhang Zhongmou over, so it wasn't completely impossible to poach a Mr. Pei! (End of this chapter)