Hamandan smiled reservedly and said, "Jiang, welcome to Dubai." If you immigrate to Dubai, I will give you one of the islands in the Chinese part of the island of the world. ”

Jiang Feng was stunned again, he didn't expect that Hamandan would come to dig him up.

As for the World Island project mentioned by Hamandan, Jiang Feng naturally knew about it.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Dubai, the second largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, has grown at an impressive pace, transforming from a small fishing village in the 60s to a modern metropolis with a global reputation. Along Dubai's Corniche, every exploding stretch of developable desert is filled with high-rises, modern villas.

Dubai's approach to development is unique in the Gulf region, opening its doors to investors and settlers as it seeks to become the world's financial centre. Luxury resorts and shopping are popping up in Dubai, with picturesque white sand beaches and year-round sunshine being the highlights.

But by the 90s of the 20th century, all the beaches in Dubai were developed. In order to solve the shortage of land, Dubaiites decided to build an artificial palm island in the middle of the sea, and then build a luxury resort and shopping place on the island, attracting investors and wealthy people from all over the world to settle here with picturesque white sand beaches and year-round sunshine.

This plan was supported by Sheikh Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai. Root. Rashid. Al Maktoum agreed, and he put his controlled company Nahle in charge of the plan and personally approved the palm tree design because it would maximize the size of the beach.

The Palm Island Project consists of four island groups: Palm Jumera, Palm Alishan, Palm Deira and World Island. And the World Island is the world's largest artificial island.

The World Island is 4 kilometers away from the coast of Dubai, between the famous Burj Al Arab and Dubai Port Rashid, people can only travel between the mainland and the island by water or air traffic, the designers consider that after the completion of the World Island in the future, there will be nearly 250,000 settlers and tourists every year, in the archipelago with Iceland in the center as the transportation hub, designed and built 5 waterways, 4 transportation centers and more than 2,000 berths, There are 60 large transport ships and 400 taxis that resemble taxis in the city. In the future, visitors can take a boat from here to travel between the islands.

World Island adds 232 kilometres of coastline to Dubai.

The original design of the "World Island" was to build seven continents, but the Dubais found that no one could afford such a large island, so they changed the Seven Continents plan to an artificial archipelago composed of 300 artificial islands in the shape of the world's continents. The entire archipelago is 9 kilometers long and 7 kilometers wide, and the area of each island varies from 23,000 square meters to 83,600 square meters, and there are 50~100 meters of water between the islands. The islands are divided into 4 types: private homes, luxury residences, fantasy parks and public islands, and the 300 islands are protected by an oval breakwater about 2 meters high.

The project will use 30 million tonnes of rock and 300 million cubic metres of sand, without any man-made or chemical materials, with the rock coming from quarries across the UAE and the sand from Dubai.

"World Island" is the most expensive real estate on the planet. The price per island is around $15 million to $50 million.

Among them, there are five islands in China, including "Jingcheng Island", "Pearl Island", "Chuncheng Island", "Hong Kong Island" and "Taiwan Island", with an area of between 30,000 square meters and 50,000 square meters. But even so, the value of each island is not less than 20 million US dollars.

Now, Hamdan says that if Jiang Feng immigrates to Dubai, he will give him an island within a world island. The cost is not small.

However, Jiang Feng is also very aware that the so-called "eighth wonder of the world", which has now been blown into the sky by Dubai, is finally due to the financial crisis. It has become the world's largest "unfinished building".

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Hamandan, I feel your sincerity, but. I don't have any plans to emigrate. ”

Hamdan said with some disappointment: "That's a pity. However, Jiang. You are also very welcome to invest in Dubai. I believe that with your involvement, Dubai will develop even more rapidly. ”

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Hamandan, I know what you think. Your Palm Island project is indeed very thoughtful and fascinating. However, personally, I am not very optimistic about your project. ”

For these paradises on earth, many people will sigh at the power of money. But in reality, behind Dubai's lavish moves lies a danger that oil resources will eventually run out. The discovery of an oil field here in 1966 changed the fortunes of Dubai. Now, Dubai's decision-makers, led by the crown prince, are doing everything possible to find suitable investment targets for the wealth that has been exchanged for oil, so as to prepare for a possible future depletion of oil resources. They have established a development policy to vigorously develop tourism, build Dubai into a free trade center, financial center, business center and technology center between East and West, and attract high-income people from all over the world.

Now, when Hamandan heard Jiang Feng's words, his face changed a little.

This project is the greatest pride of his father's life, and now Jiang Feng actually said that he is not optimistic, isn't this denying his father?

However, from his dealings with Jiang Feng, Hamdan knew the magic of this young man, who had started from scratch in more than two years and created a huge fortune that can now be ranked among the top ten richest people in the world, so although Hamandan was unhappy in his heart, he did not show anything, but asked: "Jiang, why do you say that?" ”

"I don't know if you've heard of it, we Chinese have a very famous saying, called building a house on the beach - not reliable, and now your palm island project is really building a house on the beach, and even, not just building a house, but building islands one by one." I have to say that you Dubai people do have some wild ideas, but you have not taken into account the difficulties that need to be faced in this project. Jiang Feng said.

"Jiang, we know the difficulty of this project, and we are also mentally prepared." Hamdan said.

Jiang Feng waved his hand and said, "No, what you have considered is far from enough. Your Palm Island project was built offshore. However, the address of this lot is very complex, and there are many problems that you can't imagine without going through it. At the simplest point, these artificial islands will face problems that will be difficult to overcome in the future, such as subsidence, sea erosion, and silting up of shipping lanes between the islands. You know, after the completion of these islands, they still need to be redeveloped on them, and the various problems involved in this, before they are perfectly solved, rashly start the construction of this project, it is completely an act of labor and money, and there is no return. ”

Hamandan was silent, although emotionally, it was very difficult for him to admit Jiang Feng's statement, but intellectually, he knew that Jiang Feng's worries were not superfluous.

"Hamandan, I know that your father personally agreed to this project, and you don't have much say in it. However, I still hope that you can remind your father that this project must not be carried out rashly. Various simulations must be carried out to ensure that they are correct before construction can begin. Because, the money required for this project is tens of billions of dollars. Although Dubai is rich, due to special reasons, Dubai's economy is very fragile. In the event of a large-scale economic crisis, Dubai will be difficult to resist. And a setback in such a large-scale project can definitely hurt Dubai's vitality. Jiang Feng said earnestly.

"Jiang, thank you very much for reminding me, I will remind my father at the right time." Hamdan nodded and said, "But, Jiang, you also said that due to some special reasons, Dubai's economy is very fragile. So, do you have any workarounds? ”

Jiang Feng smiled and said: "Hamandan, the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, you are the authorities." Yes, Dubai has limited potential due to geographical limitations. Now your father has set his sights on tourism and real estate, which is a good choice. However, you must note that both tourism and real estate are industries that are very dependent on economic development. I think you should know what happened in Japan more than 10 years ago, and that is a lesson from the past. ”

After a pause, Jiang Feng said again: "As for the solution, it can't be said that there is none. Economic development is nothing more than two paths, open source and reduce expenditure. Throttling is simple, but open source is difficult to grasp. Now, your father's Dubai development strategy is also an open source, but it's only open source with an eye on itself. However, Dubai is too small after all, and while focusing on its own open source, it must also go out. ”

"Going out?" Hamdan asked.

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "Yes, go out." Dubai may be small, but the world is huge. In many places, there is an urgent need for development, such as the African continent. And what you have in Dubai is the capital, and you have a unique advantage in this regard. ”

Hamandan's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Thank you, Jiang, I know what you mean." Don't worry, I'll tell my father about your suggestion, and I think he'll be very pleased. ”

Jiang Feng said with a smile: "Hamandan, in fact, I am still very interested in your Palm Island project, and there are ways to solve the problems encountered in it." ”

"Huh?" Hamdan's eyes widened.

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "You bring my meaning to your father, if he is willing to participate in this project with foreign capital, I will come up with a plan that satisfies him." ”

In the Spirit Rhino Ring, it is not impossible for Jiang Feng to have knowledge beyond the times and solve the problems in the Dubai artificial island project.

As for another problem that people are concerned about, the destruction of the original ecology by artificial islands, there is also a solution to this problem. (To be continued.) )