Chapter 142 What is supposed to come will always come

The weather in Baidi in October is still hot, and the ultraviolet radiation is very strong. Although it is not yet seven o'clock in the morning, the power of the sun has already begun to show.

The climatic conditions in Baidu belong to a tropical desert climate. The main characteristic of this climatic condition is that the sun shines very long, so the summer in Baidu is very long. There are six months of summer from April to October every year. , and the temperature remains at about 45 degrees Celsius. This temperature is only its average temperature. There are many extreme temperatures that can reach more than 50 degrees Celsius.

And during this period, because Dubai is located in a desert area, it will also be attacked by sandstorms. Whenever a sandstorm comes, the overwhelming sand is like dark clouds, accompanied by lightning and thunder, but there is no trace of it. Rain is just sand. Anyone who has seen it will find it both spectacular and terrifying.

However, with the greening construction in recent years, the frequency of such large-scale sandstorms has become less frequent, which has also given Dubai the title of "Oasis in the Desert". But after all, it is located in a desert area, so the sand and dust are still relatively large. Although the city is very clean, it always has a gray feeling.

Dong Chen, who is going out now, is enjoying all the above, that is, the high temperature and dust. However, the weather forecast said that it will rain today, which is rare in this season, but it is estimated that it will not rain much.

At this time, Dong Chen was wearing smart glasses that had turned into dark colors and disguised as sunglasses. He was walking lightly on the streets of Dubai. Oh, by the way, he was followed by Cui who was wearing a suit, black sunglasses and a stern expression. Ping, with a "I'm a bodyguard, don't mess with me" look.

Dong Chen looked back and looked him up and down, "Cui Ping, aren't you hot? You're dressed so tightly."

"Boss, this is my job requirement. I'm used to it." Cui Ping shook his head and said calmly.

Well, Dong Chen looked at the powerful sun in the early morning, and then looked at his casual summer clothes, and thought that being a soldier is really not easy, especially being a guard.

"Let's go to Baidita. I'll treat you to dinner and then take a look at the tallest building in the world." Dong Chen said to Cui Ping and declined the hotel's suggestion of providing a car. Dong Chen planned to experience this place. taxi.

He just waited on the side of the road for a long time, but did not find the legendary supercar rental or luxury car rental. He had no choice but to hail a taxi and drive away. After getting in the car, he found that the interior of the car was indeed very well equipped, but Not that exaggerated. After telling the driver about his destination in fluent LaArabic, he also asked about the rental situation of luxury cars. The driver told him that such cars are usually booked over the phone. The hat just ran away on the road.

During this process, Cui Ping remained expressionless and did not say a word, playing the role of a bodyguard very well. This made the driver a little puzzled. The identity of this young man must not be simple. He was followed by bodyguards when he traveled and took a taxi. It may be out of curiosity and experience life, which can be felt from Dong Chen's constant asking questions, but what he doesn't know is that this may also be related to Cui Ping's lack of understanding of La'Aber language.

Everyone knows that taxi drivers are talkative in their profession. When the passengers don’t talk to him, he may be a little silent, but when the passengers chat with them, it’s like releasing water from the reservoir, especially when the passengers are talking to them. Dong Chen asked about the tallest building in the world, which is the pride of their place, so the driver kept introducing the situation of Baidita to Dong Chen.

The Baidi Tower is 828 meters high, with a total of 162 floors and a cost of US$1.5 billion. The construction of the building itself costs at least US$1 billion, not including the construction costs of its large shopping malls, lakes and shorter towers. It uses a total of 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 62,000 tons of reinforced steel and 142,000 square meters of glass. In order to build this great building, about 4,000 workers and 100 cranes were used to pump concrete vertically over 606 meters.

After learning that Dong Chen was a guest from China, the driver also said that this record also broke the 492-meter record set during the construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center Building. It seems that the driver has done a lot of homework. Dong Chen praised the driver and said that he was knowledgeable. Many foreigners may not have been to Shanghai, but this guy actually knew about the World Financial Center Building. The driver laughed and told Dong Chen spoke more cheerfully, and also praised Dong Chen for speaking La'Arab very well.

After arriving at the destination happily, Dong Chen happily paid the fare and gave a lot of tips. The driver was also very happy. It was rare to meet an exotic guest who spoke LaArab so fluently and was very generous. He was generous and gave Dong Chen a business card before leaving, telling him to contact him if he needed a car. Although this guest who seemed to have an extraordinary temperament but was extremely kind might not be able to use it, he was still a Mind.

Dong Chen happily took the business card and said he would call him if necessary, and waved goodbye to him. Dong Chen was not fooling him, and he was not an ordinary rich man.

Dong Chen stood still and looked at the giant tower that reached the sky, and couldn't help but feel a little envious. He also wanted to build a building like this, but it couldn't be completed in two days, so he might as well come here to enjoy the experience first. So Dong Chen decided not to eat yet, he wanted to go up to the tower to take a look first.

Many people will think that climbing to the Baidita Tower is just a matter of climbing to the tower to see the scenery. In fact, there are many things to see in the journey from the entrance to the elevator to the tower.

For example, he is taking Cui Ping through a dark corridor. On one side of the corridor is a screen, which has been playing promotional videos about Baidi Tower, Baidi history and La'Aab culture. When you leave, it feels like a movie scroll. As a welcome scene, it really gives people a very majestic feeling from the beginning.

After walking out of the corridor, you passed through a very designed corridor. There were many picture descriptions and text introductions about Baidi Pagoda on the walls around you. These pictures and images will cover the original design, creativity, construction history and other aspects. Interpreting the humanistic spirit and historical significance of Baidita, this kind of foil will make people feel the epic feeling of Baidita as a miracle of human civilization, but Dong Chen feels that this is actually forced propaganda and promotion.

Finally, we walked out of the aisle and came to the sightseeing elevator. At this time, there were already many tourists waiting here. Before entering the elevator, the staff would take a photo for each group of tourists.

After that, it’s time to wait for the fastest elevator in the world.

There are 56 elevators in the Baidi Tower, but there are only two elevators to the sightseeing platform, which can carry up to 42 people at a time. But don’t think that the lack of elevators will strand tourists. This is the shiny elevator of the tallest building in the world, and its top speed can reach 17 meters per second. Although I don’t usually drive that fast, it only takes 1 minute to get from the bottom of the tower to the observation platform on the 124th floor. Yes, that’s 1 minute! You know, how many communities have elevators that take more than one minute to go to the top floor.

So Dong Chen and Cui Ping waited for a while before it was their turn. The interior of the elevator was also dark, with some blue fluorescence flashing. Each tower elevator will be assigned a staff member to serve as a guide. There are two LCD screens on the elevator wall that display the number of floors. The numbers are jumping around, but everything in the elevator is stable. Unknowingly, within one minute, After passing by, they reached the 124th floor. It was so fast that people were overwhelmed. Dong Chen wanted to shout: Your time is very valuable!

The moment you open the elevator door, the bright viewing platform appears in front of you. Compared with the dark interior of the elevator, this visual experience is so shocking, it is like seeing the sun through the clouds. Many people can't help but exclaim. I believe many people People will remember this scene very deeply.

The viewing platform on the 124th floor is actually composed of two parts, a larger indoor viewing area and a smaller open-air viewing platform. There is a gap in the glass of the open-air viewing platform to facilitate tourists to take pictures from a bird's eye view. As the tallest building in the world, the view is naturally very good. You can see large areas of sand, ocean, high-rise buildings, and various unfinished buildings here. It is good to take pictures. If you wait until night, I believe it will be better to take pictures of the entire night view of Dubai. It has a very stunning effect.

But in general, after Dong Chen walked around twice and looked around, he felt that it was just like that. He was just watching the scenery from a very high place. This might be the same as him walking on a flying skateboard or driving a car. Related to flying over airplanes and airships. However, whether it looks good or not varies from person to person, but there are still many people who enjoy watching it.

In the indoor viewing area, there are also some auxiliary telescopes, which cost about 40 yuan to buy a ticket to use. The images are directly delivered to the screen. There is also an area selling souvenirs, and there are many people there. You always want to buy some souvenirs when you go out to play, especially when you come to the tallest building in the world. Dong Chen also discovered a legendary gold vending machine. It is the kind of machine on the Internet that "others vend drinks automatically, and it automatically buys gold directly." It sells gold nuggets engraved with the pattern of Baidita. The cheapest one is also It costs about 1,300 yuan. Dong Chen was quite interested in this place, and he wanted to buy some gifts to take back, otherwise they would have to rebel.

While Dong Chen was wandering around shopping, some people gathered on several high-rise buildings around Baidi Tower. The 828-meter-high tallest building in the world is not only the first choice for the world's richest people and tourists. A good place for sightseeing, it is also a landmark building in the eyes of skyscraper fans and photography enthusiasts, especially today's weather forecast reports rain, and rainy days here often bring thunder and lightning.

You know, the desert area is notoriously empty, and the nearly 1,000-meter-long steel structure of Baidita is simply the Optimus Pillar of this area. Every time it rains, it seems to be saying to the sky, "Hit me!" ! You're going to hit me!" However, in the few years since it was built, it has only been struck by lightning a few times. Therefore, every rainy day, people will come here and wait, hoping to take pictures of the strange man-made objects competing with nature. scene.

If Dong Chen knew that there were so many people outside praying for Baidita to be struck by lightning, he would definitely curse his mother!