Supernatural treasure hunter

Chapter 18 The Empire State Building
The fat man frowned and sat in the car, "Li Shang, the air in New York is really bad, it smells so bad!"

Li Shang smiled and said nothing. If Fatty were to go to Yanjing, the weather here would be like heaven.

As the car moved, a pen-shaped tall building towering into the clouds appeared before everyone's eyes.

In the 20s, the American economy was in the period of the Great Depression, and people's lives were more difficult, but the bosses on Wall Street were keen on the race to build skyscrapers.In order to show his wealth, millionaire Raskob decided to build the tallest building in the world.He found the famous architect William Ram and asked how high the building could be built. Ram thought for a moment and replied, "30 feet".

Raskob was dissatisfied with this height, because it was only 4 feet higher than the newly completed Chrysler Building in New York at the time.So the architect managed to add a 200-foot-high round tower, making the Empire State Building 1250 feet tall.The skyscraper was built in only 410 days, which is considered a miracle in the history of architecture.

The Empire State Building was built by the rich man Raskob.The original plan was to build a low and solid 34-story building, which was revised 16 times before finally adopting the "pencil-shaped" plan of the rich man Raskob.It is also said that the final 102-story building plan is a masterpiece of the world's skyline.The final solution adopted resulted in a very solid building.

The name of the building is derived from the nickname of New York State—Empire State, so its English name originally meant the New York State Building or the Empire State Building, but the translation of the Empire State Building has been agreed and used secularly.

Designer William F. Lamb of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Architects was responsible for the main design of the building.Based on the designs of his predecessors, it took him only two weeks to compose the architectural drawings.

帝国大厦原本共381米，20世纪50年代安装的天线使它的高度上升至443.7米。根据估算，建造帝国大厦的材料约有330000吨。大厦总共拥有6500个窗户、73部电梯，从底层步行至顶层须经过1860级台阶，总建筑面积为204385平方米。

This is the origin of the Empire State Building. Li Shang looked at the building in front of him and was shocked. Even the fat man looked at the building in front of him with blank eyes.

The manager sitting in the front seat stretched out his hand and introduced himself to Li Shang, "Sir, I am the Asian Manager of Sotheby's Auction House. My name is Wang Li. I will be in charge of your reception these days."

Li Shang reached out to hold it, and introduced, "I won't introduce myself, this is my best friend, good classmate, Wang Hai"

"Hello there!"

"Hello there!"

The two shook hands and greeted each other.

The fat man watched the car still driving forward, and asked Wang Li in front of him, "Where are we going?"

"Because the auction will start in two days, let's go to the hotel first, and I will pick you up when the auction starts," Wang Li explained to the two.

The fat man asked excitedly, "Where is the auction held?"

Wang Li said proudly, "It was held on the top floor of the Empire State Building, and the auctioneers were all top rich people. After all, this diamond is so attractive!"

Fatty also nodded deeply, agreeing with what Wang Li said.

The fat man lay on top of the window, looking at the Empire State Building not far away, with nostalgia in his eyes.

Wang Li took Li Shang and Fatty to live in the hotel, and he could see that the security guards next to the hotel had increased a lot. After all, the people who lived in this five-star hotel were either rich or expensive, especially those who participated in the auction these days. It is wealth.

On the top floor of the Empire State Building, the security personnel in charge of the diamond were fully focused. After all, if the diamond is lost, these people will not be able to pay for it together.

The person in charge of this auction is arranging and arranging every detail, and even the general manager of the auction has come to this place to check every detail carefully, striving to be meticulous.

The general manager told the person in charge, "This auction must be prepared, this time our auction house will definitely become the most famous auction house in the world with this opportunity!"

He has great ambitions. He has already paid too much for the diamonds to be auctioned at Sotheby's this time. The more diamonds are auctioned this time, the more taxes he will pay. What's more, he also sold the diamonds at the transaction price to Li Shang. What this requires is after-tax, and these taxes are paid out of his own pocket. This time he is ambitious and strives to be perfect.

Checks everywhere, various changes, these are constantly changing under the request of the general manager.

No one can enter this room, and even the security personnel have to check their bodies before they can enter.

Fatty stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looked at the night in London in front of him, and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful!"

Li Shang said with a smile, "Okay, fat man, you are so excited, those who don't know think the diamond is yours!"

The fat man looked at the night without turning his head, and said, "You are hypocritical, if this diamond is mine, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night!"

Li Shang was amused and thought to himself, 'If I didn't get this space and these few diamonds, I'm afraid I'd be like you boy, unable to sleep at night! '.

"Okay, fat man, go back to your room and sleep!" Li Shang hurried to the fat man.

"Got it, got it, let me see it for a while"

When the fat man thought that the diamond would be auctioned in two days, he turned to Li Shang and asked, "Li Shang, what are you doing tomorrow? You can't stay in the hotel for two days!"

Li Shang stretched his waist and said, "We'll talk about the matter tomorrow, now go back to your room and sleep!"

"Okay, okay, I got it," the fat man said reluctantly.

"The auction of the world's largest diamond is about to begin!"

"The luckiest man! The most unearned man!"

"The Empire State Building, the most eye-catching auction in the world!"

"Who will get the biggest diamond in the world?!"

"The brightest diamond, the luckiest Li Shang!"

"The most eye-catching auction in the world!"

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In the far east, newspapers were printed and news broadcasted, making this auction attract worldwide attention.

At Li Shang's house, Li's father and Li's mother suddenly realized when they watched the report on TV, "I said, why did this kid tell me that he would go out for more than a month? It turns out that the diamond is going to be auctioned!"

Father Li snorted and said, "What else does he have to do, it's just luck."

"That's my son too, which means my son has a good eye!" Mama Li immediately retorted.

"Okay, okay, my son has good eyesight!"

"That is!"

Two days passed in a flash, Li Shang and Fatty got into the special car prepared by Wang Li and drove towards the auction.

This day attracted worldwide attention, and all kinds of media who could not enter the venue gathered at the door, wanting to know who exactly participated in the auction.

"Come on, come on, someone is coming"

A stretched Rolls-Royce slowly approached, and the media were ready and waiting.

"It's him, why is it him!"

"My God! Why is this tycoon here!"

When the media saw this one getting out of the car, they all exclaimed, and the spotlights in their hands rattled.

　I am very sorry, because I am a newcomer, every time I want to reply in the book review area, I will be prompted with the message 'the experience value is less than 500, and I cannot reply', so I can only apologize for the questions in the book review area, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)