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Chapter 142 What should 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 begun to show.

The climate in Baidi belongs to the tropical desert climate. The main feature of this climate is that the sun shines for a long time, so the summer in Baidi is very long. From April to October every year, there are six months of summer time. , and the temperature is kept at about 45 degrees Celsius, which is just its average temperature. There are many extreme temperatures that can reach more than 50 degrees Celsius.

And during this period of time, because Dubai is located in a desert area, it will be attacked by sandstorms. Whenever a sandstorm comes, the overwhelming sand is like dark clouds, and it is accompanied by lightning and thunder, but there is nothing Rainwater, just sand, will feel both spectacular and terrifying to anyone who has seen it.

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

Dong Chen, who is going out now, is enjoying all of the above, that is, the high temperature and dust, but according to the weather forecast, it is said that there will be 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 whose display screen had become dark and disguised as sunglasses, and walked lightly on the streets of Dubai. Ping, with a look of "I'm a bodyguard, don't mess with me".

Dong Chen looked back and sized him up, "Cui Ping, aren't you hot? Dress so tightly."

"Boss, this is my job requirement, and 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 at his casual summer dress, thinking that it is really not easy to be a soldier, especially a guard.

"Let's go, let's go to Baidi Pagoda, I'll treat you to dinner, and then take a look at the world's tallest building." Dong Chen and Cui Ping said, declined the hotel's suggestion of providing a car, Dong Chen intends to experience here taxi.

He just waited on the side of the road for a long time, but he didn't wait for the legendary supercar rental and luxury car rental, so he had no choice but to stop a taxi and leave. Not that exaggerated.After telling the driver the destination in fluent Arabic, he also asked about the luxury car rental situation. The driver told him that such cars are usually reserved by phone, and there are very few people with a small car like those on the Internet. The hat ran straight down the road.

During this process, Cui Ping remained expressionless and played the role of bodyguard very well, which made the driver a little puzzled. The identity of this young man must not be simple. He was accompanied by bodyguards when traveling, and he took a taxi. It may be for curiosity and to experience life, which can be felt from Dong Chen's constant asking questions, but what he doesn't know is that it may also be related to Cui Ping's inability to understand Arabic.

Everyone knows that the profession of a taxi driver is relatively talkative. When the passengers are not talking to him, he may be a little silent, but when the passengers chat with them, it will be as irresistible as the water in the reservoir, especially What Dong Chen asked was the tallest building in the world, which is their pride here, so the driver gave Dong Chen the situation of Baidi Tower eloquently.

The Baidi Tower is 828 meters high, with a total of 162 floors and a cost of US$15 billion. The building itself costs at least US$10 billion, not including the cost of building large shopping malls, lakes and slightly shorter towers.It used a total of 33 cubic meters of concrete, 6.2 tons of reinforced steel and 14.2 square meters of glass.In order to build this great building, a total of about 4000 workers and 100 cranes were called to pump the concrete vertically over 606 meters.

After knowing that Dong Chen was a guest from Huaguo, the driver also said that this record also broke the record of 492 meters when the Shanghai World Financial Center Building was built.It seems that the driver has done a lot of homework. Dong Chen praised the driver and said that he is knowledgeable. Many foreigners may not go to Shanghai to go to market. This guy even knows about the World Financial Center Building. The driver laughed and told Dong Chen spoke more cheerfully, and also praised Dong Chen for speaking Arabic well.

After arriving at the destination happily all the way, Dong Chen happily paid the fare and gave a lot of tips, and the driver was also very happy. It is rare to meet a foreign guest who can speak Arabic so fluently. Dafang, before leaving, he gave Dong Chen a business card, telling him to find him when he needed a car. Although this seemingly extraordinary but very kind guest may not be useful, he is still a Mind.

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

Dong Chen stood still and stared at the towering sky-reaching giant tower, feeling a little envious. He also wanted to build a building like this, but it couldn't be completed in two days, so let's come here first to enjoy the sight.So Dong Chen decided not to eat, he wanted to go up to the tower to have a look.

Many people think that climbing the Baidi Tower is just to climb the tower to see the scenery. In fact, there are many things to watch during the journey from the entrance to the elevator on the tower.

For example, he is leading Cui Ping through a dark corridor. One side of the corridor is a screen, which keeps playing promotional videos about the al-Baidi Tower, the history of Al-Baidi, and the culture of Ra'ab.When you walk away, it looks like a movie scroll. As a welcome cutscene, it really gives people a very majestic feeling when you open your head.

After walking out of the promenade, I passed through a corridor with a sense of design. There will be many pictures and text introductions about Baidi Tower on the wall around me. These pictures and images will be from the original design, creativity, construction history, etc. Interpreting the humanistic spirit and historical significance of Baidi Tower will make people feel the epic sense of Baidi Tower as a miracle of human civilization, but Dong Chen feels that this is actually a forced publicity and promotion.

Finally, after walking out of the aisle, we came to the sightseeing elevator. At this time, there are already many tourists waiting here. Before entering the elevator, the staff will take a photo for each group of tourists.

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

There are 56 elevators in Baidi Tower, but there are only two elevators on the sightseeing platform, which can carry up to 42 people at a time.But don't think that tourists will be stranded if there are few elevators. This is the shiny elevator of the tallest building in the world, and its top speed can reach 17 meters per second.Although usually not so fast, but from the bottom of the tower to the viewing platform on the 124th floor, it only takes 1 minute, yes, 1 minute!You know, how many neighborhoods have elevators that go up to the top floor for more than 1 minute.

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 fluorescent lights shining.Each elevator going up to the tower will be equipped with a staff member as a guide. There are two LCD screens on the elevator wall showing the number of floors. I saw the numbers jumping slowly, but the elevator was smooth and stable. Unknowingly, within a minute, the After passing by, they reached the 1th floor. It was so fast that people were overwhelmed. Dong Chen really wanted to shout: Your time is very valuable!

The moment the elevator door is opened, a bright viewing platform is presented in front of the eyes. Compared with the dark interior of the elevator, the visual experience is too shocking. People will remember this scene deeply.

The viewing platform on the 124th floor is actually composed of two parts, a relatively large indoor viewing area and a small open-air viewing platform. There is a gap in the glass of the open-air viewing platform, which is convenient for tourists to overlook and take pictures.As the tallest building in the world, the vision is naturally very good. Here you can see large areas of sand, ocean, high-rise buildings, and various unfinished buildings. It is not bad to take pictures. If you wait until night, I believe that shooting the night view of the entire Dubai will be better. There is a very stunning effect.

But in general, after Dong Chen strolled around twice, after looking around, he felt that it was the same thing, but he was looking at the scenery from a very high place. It is related to flying an airplane and flying an airship.But whether it looks good or not varies from person to person, and there are still many people who watch it with gusto.

In the indoor viewing area, there are also some auxiliary telescopes, which require about 40 Chinese yuan to buy a ticket to use, and the images are delivered directly on the screen.There is also an area where souvenirs are sold, and there are a lot of people there. You always have to buy some souvenirs when you come out to play, especially when you come to the tallest building in the world.Dong Chen also discovered a legendary gold vending machine, which is the kind on the Internet where "others sell drinks automatically, and it buys gold directly". It costs about 1300 Chinese yuan.Dong Chen is quite interested in this place, and he still needs to buy some gifts to take back, otherwise they will have to rebel.

When Dong Chen was strolling and shopping inside, some people gathered on several tall buildings around Baidi Tower. The 828-meter-high tallest building in the world is not only the first choice for the world's rich consumers and tourists A great place for sightseeing, and a landmark for skyscraper fans and photographers, especially today's weather forecast reports rain, which is often accompanied by thunder and lightning.

You know, the desert area is notoriously empty, and the steel construction of Baidi Tower, which is close to a kilometer, is simply the pillar of the sky in this area. Every time it rains, it seems to say to the sky, "Cut me!" You beat me!" It's just that in the past few years it was built, it was only struck by lightning a few times, so every rainy day, people will come here to wait, looking forward to photographing the strange scene of 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 scold his mother for selling it!

(End of this chapter)