Vol 2 Chapter 940: Burj Khalifa

Chapter 940

Burj Khalifa

On the way to London by Lin Feng, Avril Lavigne, Li Rui and others, they are in the Royal Chamber of the Sheikh of West Asia and Dubai.

"Asshole! Who leaked the wind, who?" Dubai Crown Prince Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum yelled at the table.

The many assistants around him were silent, and did not dare to breathe. This is the first time their Crown Prince has been so angry since the Burj Al Arab Hotel opened in 1999. Over the years, although Dubai’s oil is about to dry up, Dubai’s economy has long since transformed, from relying solely on oil to relying on industry and tourism to drive Dubai’s economic development. In recent years, under the gold dollar offensive in Dubai, both the aluminum industry and the shipyard have shown an exponential increase. As for the most important tourism industry, the number of tourists each year has exceeded 6 million.

As the number of tourists is only a little more than that of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, don’t forget that another term for Dubai is “luxury”. Most people who visit Dubai are rich and powerful, and their spending power is not comparable to ordinary tourists. Compared with the parallel, the business opportunities brought by it are naturally even more unparalleled.

Therefore, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been in a good mood for several years. He has never been so angry as he is today. Looking at the heat from his nostrils and the anger on his brows, People are terrified.

Since he heard about Lin Feng and the Maldives’ plan to build the "World Island", his whole person has changed. The original sunny smile suddenly became dark, and the servants around him made a slight mistake, and he was scolded by him, which made the entire royal family. There is no peace, everyone is afraid of doing something wrong to get Crown Prince Mohammed angry. Crown Prince Mohammed had to be angry. The "World Island" was originally his idea. After the construction of the Palm Jumeirah and Alishan Palm Islands, which are under construction, began to build the "World Island". Unexpectedly, Lin Fenghe now The Maldives was the first to mention it. How will Dubai be built in the future?

The same project is undoubtedly more popular in the geographical conditions of the Maldives. In Dubai, only January and February have a pleasant climate. The rest of the time, the weather is relatively hot. The maximum temperature in July can reach 45 degrees. Although all buildings in Dubai have cool air-conditioning, so that tourists will not feel the heat at all, but this kind of weather is a bit uncomfortable when playing. On the other hand, in the Maldives, the hottest time is April, the coldest time is December, and the rest of the time is the tourist season. And every year from December to March is an excellent time to travel to the Maldives. Compared to the peak tourist season, the Maldives is undoubtedly better.

In this comparison, the same stimulus tourism plan can achieve better results in the Maldives than in Dubai. How could Crown Prince Mohammed get angry! Especially now that Dubai is building the Palm Jumeirah, the concept of the "world island" will have to wait several years before it can proceed. In the end, the Maldives took the lead, which left Crown Prince Mohammed all in vain. You know, the most important part of this "artificial island" is the "world island". As a result, now that the "world island" is gone, this "artificial island" is imperfect, and it has shortcomings.

Of course, Dubai can continue to be built, but the problem is that the Maldives has been built first, and then Dubai will be built, so there is no sensation and timeliness. In short, being preempted by the Maldives made Crown Prince Mohammed extremely angry. And even more annoying, he felt that there was a ghost around him. Someone must have leaked this plan, otherwise Lin Feng's "World Island" plan is almost exactly the same as his plan.

But Crown Prince Mohammed checked the people around him, and he didn't find out who had leaked his plan. No one!

How did he know! —— Crown Prince Mohammed looked annoyed at Lin Feng talking about the "World Island" plan in an interview with reporters, his expression was clearly mocking him. Crown Prince Mohammed investigated, although the "artificial island" was proposed by Maldivian President Nasheed, the concept of "world island" was proposed by Lin Feng. Obviously, Lin Feng knew something that only he could know. This naturally angered Crown Prince Mohammed.

Rich people have a common problem, something that belongs to them, and they cannot be tainted by others. What's more, this is especially true for West Asian countries such as Dubai.

No, Dubai must have the best things in the world, no matter what, the best things in the world! —— Crown Prince Mohammed said unwillingly.

This city is a desert city piled up with oil and gold in the emirate of Dubai. If you want to be the focus of the world, you must have the best things in the world. Now that the artificial island is imperfect and has been destroyed by people, it is necessary to build another landmark building, a focal point that can attract all eyes of the world.

That's it! ——The emirate of Dubai called up a copy of the copy from its own computer. This is an early plan in Dubai. It is only due to the construction of the "artificial island" that it takes up a lot of money and manpower in Dubai. There is technology. But now the "World Island" plan has been "plagiarized" by Lin Feng, he must rush to launch a new plan to stimulate the wealthy of the world before Lin Feng's "World Island" is built, in order to fight against Lin Feng and the Maldives. "World Island".

This plan is-the world's largest skyscraper-Burj Khalifa.

When Lin Feng built the "Light of the Century", Crown Prince Mohammed was moved. Lam Fung, a businessman can build the world's first skyscraper, so can Dubai, and it must be far beyond Lam Fung's skyscrapers to become the world's number one skyscraper. Not only must there be no one in the past, but also there will be no future. , For at least a hundred years, no one will come. This plan was planned to start in 20006, but it now appears that it must be advanced.

Subsequently, Crown Prince Mohammed held a press conference and publicly announced that Dubai will start building the world's tallest skyscraper early next year, which will surpass Shanghai's "Light of the Century" and become the world's tallest skyscraper. As for the height, Crown Prince Mohammed did not announce it because he did not want to be known to the outside world, so as not to affect the reputation of the "Burj Khalifa" as the world's first skyscraper.

As for the question to reporters, the "Light of the Century" erected a 108-meter-high statue of the forest wind. Will the statue be erected on the "Burj Khalifa"? If erected, whose statue will be erected?

This reporter's question is undoubtedly very painful to Prince Mohammed. To be honest, after the erection of the statue on Lin Feng's "Light of the Century", the world's rich and powerful are extremely envious and even jealous. People, especially wealthy or powerful people, all hope to be able to go down in history, and they all hope to be able to stay in history. It is undoubtedly a very enviable thing to erect a 108-meter-high statue for himself like Lin Feng. This will remain in history forever, especially on the tallest building in the world in the "Light of the Century". It can be said that Shanghai citizens can see this statue every day. This feeling of admiration is the envy and jealousy of all the rich. of.

But it is not so easy to erect a statue. Many wealthy people do not have the courage of Lin Feng to erect statues for themselves, especially if they do not have the capital, they do not have enough capital. Lin Feng's growth is full of legends, and his influence on the company cannot be banned by others. Such a person is qualified to erect a statue. But others didn't, at least they didn't dare to erect for themselves.

Including Crown Prince Mohammed, Dubai’s current luxury was created by him alone, and Dubai’s current reputation is all thanks to him, and he naturally hopes that he can remain famous. But Dubai believes in Islam, and one of the biggest doctrines of Islam is to prohibit idol worship. If Crown Prince Mohammed erected a statue for himself, he might be immediately abandoned by the entire Muslim country.

Faced with questions from reporters, Crown Prince Mohammed could only helplessly express that the "Burj Khalifa" would not be grandiose and erect a statue for someone. When this sentence was said, Prince Mohammed's heart was bleeding. Thinking of Lin Feng's 108-meter-high statue, his eyes are all green.

When Lin Feng arrived in London, he had just watched Prince Mohammed's press statement on the plane and learned that he was preparing to build the "Burj Khalifa", the world's first skyscraper in the "Light of the Century" beyond the "Second World".

"Lin, this Dubai crown prince is aimed at you!" Avril relied on a woman's intuition and instinctively felt the hostility of this crown prince Mohammed to Lin Feng. In the press conference, Crown Prince Mohammed mentioned Lin Feng several times and mentioned "the light of the century." The woman's sixth sense told Avril that the crown prince was hostile to his sweetheart.

Lin Feng nodded. But I don’t care about it. It’s too early to complete the "Burj Khalifa"! What's more, the title of the so-called world’s number one skyscraper will sooner or later be handed over. After all, science and technology are developing and the times are advancing. The world’s skyscrapers cannot always be 558 meters high, and they will be the number one in the world in the next few years. The title of skyscraper is sufficient. What's more, the "Light of the Century" also has an iconic building that other skyscrapers can't match, that is, the 108-meter-high statue on top of it.

Lin Feng must admit that although this statue can bring a lot of trouble and provoke a lot of criticism from the outside world, it is undeniable that this statue made the "Light of the Century" truly famous all over the world, and it also made Shanghai Become one of the must-see cities in the world. It is worth just going to Shanghai to see the 108-meter statue erected on top of the skyscraper!

Of course, Burj Khalifa..., Lin Feng smiled secretly!

"Well, Avril Lavigne, let's go, let's go to the'William Hill' headquarters and ask them for a bet." Lin Feng said immediately.

Avril Lavigne nodded. She was not the one who was bullied and still kept silent. She was only concerned about the other party's power in the UK, and she reluctantly wanted to give up the right to pursue her. But now with Lin Feng's backing, and thinking about the relationship between Lin Feng and Prince William, Avril was relieved to let Lin Feng help him ask for the 5 billion US dollars in bet. What's more, Lin Feng has the title of "Sir of the Order of the Commander of the British Empire", so no one dares to move Lin Feng easily.

"Friends, and wisdom, you should go to the club with Kenyon first, don't you like Beckham very much? Now they are training, you can visit it." Lin Feng thought for a while and decided not to bring Li Zhiyou and Lin Zhihui went together, lest Wan had a conflict and couldn't take care of them both by himself. After all, this is the other side's territory, no matter how strong he is, he is just a dragon. Everything is better to be careful.

"By the way, Zhiling, you can take a tour with the two of them. You are more familiar here, so I can trouble you to be a tour guide." Lin Feng said again.

"I see, boss!" Lin Chiling smiled and nodded.

Lin Chiling helped Lin Feng deal with the Tottenham Hotspur Club related matters in London. She stayed here for a few months and is very familiar with it. Lin Chiling acts as a tour guide and Lin Feng is also very relieved that Li Zhiyou and Lin Zhihui will not be surprised. .

Later, Lin Feng, Avril Lavigne, and Li Rui went to the London headquarters of William Hill (also known as William Hill Gaming Company) gaming group.

At this time, William Hill Gaming Group headquarters.

"Bill, what should I do? That Lin Feng has called to personally ask for Avril Lavigne's $5 billion bet." William Hill Gaming Company Vice President Shanton said with a headache.

"We have arranged everything for this matter. This matter was signed by the former vice president, and there were provisions that were not in compliance with the procedures in the signing. Therefore, this contract is illegal and we do not need to compensate at all." William Hill President Bill said calmly.

"But Lin Feng personally came to ask for a bet, I don't think he will give up!" Shanton said worriedly.

"Hmph, no matter who he is, we just can't compensate if the procedure is illegal. If he has the ability, he will sue us!" Bill said brutally.

Regarding Lam Fung and Noah’s bet this time, William Hill has conducted a very detailed data analysis. They have also tested the muscle strength and bone strength of Noah and Lam Fung through many high-tech methods such as infrared scanners. After carefully analyzing the physical conditions of the two, it was determined that Lin Feng would undoubtedly lose. So it took Avril Lavigne's amazing $1 billion bet. And everything was proceeding according to their expectations, who would have expected Lin Feng to turn defeat into victory in the end, this was quite unexpected.

This also directly caused William Hill to bear the compensation amount of 5 billion US dollars, and this is only the amount of compensation paid by Avril Lavigne alone, plus some other bets, this time William Hill will pay a full US$6.5 billion. , This has exceeded William Hill’s ability to pay and cannot afford to pay. If you want to compensate, you must go bankrupt. In desperation, when studying the contract, it was accidentally discovered that there was a problem with the timing of the payment when the contract was made before, and this allowed William Hill to find a reason for refusal.

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Although this is a bit fraudulent, Avril Lavigne is just a star, not to mention a Canadian star, and William Hill Bookmaker is the largest bookmaker in the UK, the world's largest telephone betting company, and London’s ground snake. How can I be afraid of Avril Lavigne . Five billion dollars, you know, this is enough to start a small-scale war.

Originally, William Hill Gaming Company thought that Avril Lavigne would send a lawyer to negotiate. In the end, William Hill Gaming Company would symbolically compensate Avril Lavigne with several million dollars in order to settle the matter. Everyone was happy. Unexpectedly, as soon as they went to work today, everyone received a fax from Lin Feng asking for a bet. This made everyone panic.

Everyone knows who Lin Feng is, needless to say. This man who has repeatedly accomplished miracles will certainly not give up now when he comes to collect his debts. Although the William Hill consortium is a local snake in London, they also have sufficient evidence to refuse compensation for this contract, but they are worried and have to worry about what means Lin Feng will use to ask for it.

"Well, directors, there is no need to panic about this matter. No matter how powerful Lin Feng is, he is just a person. Moreover, this is Britain, not China. Even if he has a good relationship with the royal family, it is impossible for the royal family to interfere in this matter. Matter. Besides, 5 billion US dollars, are you really willing to compensate?" William Hill President Bill said.

Many directors look at me, I look at you, nodding. Indeed, it is impossible for the royal family to intervene in this matter, not to mention 5 billion US dollars, which is 5 billion US dollars. Not to mention the royal family, even if their father came to lobby, they would not give up.

Looking at the United Kingdom, killings for hundreds of pounds abound, not to mention 5 billion dollars!

Just after many directors unified their thoughts, Lin Feng joined hands with Avril Lavigne to visit!

Here he comes! ——The hearts of many William Hill directors jumped.

"Invite Mr. Lin and Miss Avril into the VIP room!" Bill ordered calmly.

"Bill, remember, don't irritate him. Although we are not afraid of him, we still try not to offend such people!" An elderly director of William Hill reminded.

Everything is the most important thing, especially for the gaming company, if it is not necessary, it is best not to have disputes with people, especially people like Lin Feng who are not easy to provoke. Think about it, Lin Feng, who dared to beat people in the street in the United States, a place with strict laws, dared to attack the Japanese stock market, dared to be hospitalized by the angry American president, and dared to risk the world’s great evil and erect a statue for himself in the "light of the century", absolutely. Not annoying.

Bill nodded. He naturally understood this. If it is not necessary, he is not willing to offend Lin Feng. He knew this in his mind.

"Mr. Lin, welcome, welcome, it is a sin to trouble Mr. Lin to visit for this matter!" Bill greeted him with a smile on his face.

Lin Feng smiled, stretched out his hand to say hello and sat down.

After waiting for the secretary to deliver the coffee, Lin Feng went to the topic.

"Mr. Bill, I believe you must be very clear about my purpose. I hope your company can give Miss Avril a comment on this matter!" Lin Feng said with a smile on his face.

The so-called not hitting the smiley person with his hand, Lin Feng would naturally not slap him on the table from the beginning, Lin Feng must know what William Hill's attitude is.

Bill secretly said--coming! Immediately, he smiled slightly.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, we have explained this matter very clearly to Miss Avril before, because the date and method of her deposit is a bit inconsistent with the provisions of the British gaming law, so this contract is illegal and invalid. We are also very sorry about this. And our company has already compensated for the loss caused by this incident to Miss Avril. First of all, we have fired the former vice president responsible for this matter, and at the same time we offered to compensate Miss Avril 5 million US dollars as compensation for Miss Avril’s loss in this matter.” Bill explained with a smile.

Lin Feng snorted. 5 million dollars, it looks like a lot, but compared with Avril’s 5 billion dollars in bet, that's a little bit insignificant. That's a thousand times worse! How can there be such a cheap thing in this matter.

Seeing Lin Feng's face unhappy, Bill spoke again.

"But since Mr. Lin personally came to visit today, it's at the expense of Mr. Lin's face. We are willing to provide 10 million US dollars in compensation for Miss Avril's unexpected loss this time." Bill first blocked Lin Feng's words, "Mr. Lin , You have to understand that this contract is illegal. We are already paying compensation at the expense of many shareholders. All this is just to make friends with Mr. Lin! We believe that we still have many opportunities for cooperation in the future. For example, Lin Mr. Tottenham Hotspur, we are very optimistic about their prospects this season!"

There is something in Bill's words. William Hill has always been regarded as the weather vane of the Premier League by the outside world, and most of their odds indicate the direction of the Premier League. But now because of Lam Fung's Tottenham Hotspur, Abramovich's Chelsea, and Suleiman's West Ham United, the world is in chaos in the first round of the Premier League. It stands to reason that the book strength of these three teams is absolutely one of the best, enough to compete with the giants such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and so on. This is indeed the case. However, these three teams can win Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, but they will lose to a junk team like Fulham. It is really incomprehensible and the situation is extremely chaotic after several rounds of the Premier League.

This situation also gives William Hill an extremely headache. The odds they set will also cause errors, causing the company to lose money. You know, the odds specified by William Hill are world-renowned. The reason is that they invited two Nobel Prize winners in mathematics to jointly design a set of odds calculation software. The calculated odds will only benefit the company. But now this set of odds is inaccurate. Therefore, they are eager to get more and more detailed information.

Obviously, Lam Fung's Tottenham Hotspur is a partner. They don't need to play match-fixing, they just need people who can allow them to enter the training ground and get first-hand information. Of course, at some point, the two sides can also have more and deeper exchanges.

In the long run, this is beneficial to both parties. This is also a method consistently used by betting companies in various countries.

As for the gambling with Avril Lavigne, in Bill's opinion, the company is willing to pay 10 million US dollars, which is already very sincere. After all, you can easily earn $10 million. There is no reason to refuse. Although the difference between these tens of millions of US dollars and 5 billion US dollars is huge, but Bill believes that Lin Feng is not the kind of person who really thinks that the bookmaker will lose 5 billion US dollars.

In this world, no bookmaker will lose 5 billion US dollars, no, absolutely not!

But obviously, Bill was wrong, and of course, it can be said that he was right.

Lam Fung does not believe that there will be a betting company that will lose 5 billion US dollars. This is impossible. But unfortunately, the owner of the bet is Avril Lavigne, and since they accepted it, they should compensate. The reason is simple, because Avril Lavigne is from Lin Feng.

Lin Feng believed that he was very short-term, especially for his own women, Lin Feng would never let them be bullied by anyone.

"Bill, William Hill is the largest betting company in the UK and has a good reputation in the world, but I did not expect that William Hill's reputation and brand were only worth 5 billion US dollars!" Lin Feng sneered.

"Mr. Lin, what do you mean by this!" Bill frowned. Listening to Lin Feng's tone, it seems that this bet must be pursued.

"It's very simple. Since Avril Lavigne has been held, your company sent the vice president to be responsible, so you should be responsible for the compensation for this bet." Lin Feng said straightforwardly. Seeing Bill was about to speak, Lin Feng held out a finger to stop it. "Don't talk about the contract violation. The violation is also your problem. In short, if you accept it, you will be responsible for it."

"Mr. Lin, you are a bit unreasonable like this!" Bill's tone gradually became tough. 5 billion U.S. dollars, he really did not expect that Lin Feng would really demand 5 billion U.S. dollars in compensation, isn't this a joke!

"Be reasonable? Then I ask you, you swear to God, if I lose this duel, will you ask Avril Lavigne for the $1 billion!" Lin Feng was angry when he thought of this.

What Lin Feng wanted most was the people who played with contracts and words.

Bill was choked by Lin Feng's words and could not speak for a long time. If Noah really wins, William Hill will naturally demand the $1 billion bet. But how could this be said.

"Mr. Lin, everyone is an adult. I believe you should understand some things. If there are too many, I won’t say anything, I’ll be honest. Our William Hill company is willing to spend US$20 million in compensation for Miss Avril, as a friendship with Mr. Lin This friend, what do you think!" Bill put forward the minimum condition, which is also the highest compensation amount that William Hill can provide. It is the right to make Lin Feng this friend.

Avril Lavigne felt a sorrow when she heard the words. She didn't think that the compensation was less, but she lamented that although she is a popular queen and has fans all over the world, she looks like a lot of glory, but in fact, it is really not worth mentioning in front of the real rich and powerful. For example, when she negotiated with William Hill, William Hill was willing to compensate her at most US$3 to 5 million in compensation, and her tone was extremely tough, as if she had suffered a huge loss.

But now, as soon as Lin Feng came out, without saying anything, William Hill was willing to pay 20 million US dollars, and his attitude was extremely respectful. The gap between the front and the back made Avril Lavigne sad, and had to be sad for them. The star sighed.

"Lin, it's okay!" Thinking of this, Avril had no idea of ​​asking for the 5 billion dollars. After all, she is not a fool, and the other party can't really take out the 5 billion dollars. Now that the other party is willing to compensate 20 million US dollars, it has already given face. She also didn't want Lin Feng to cheer with the other party for an impossible number. What's more, she doesn't value money so much, the wealth now is enough for her to live a very happy life.

She is content! For the rest, she can find happiness in music!

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng didn't follow it. 20 million U.S. dollars is indeed a lot, and sincerity is also sufficient, but unfortunately, this sincerity cannot move Lin Feng. Especially that tone made Lin Feng extremely upset. It's as if I owe them favors, a joke, asking for the money you deserve, do you still need to owe favors to them?