“I’m the chief designer for this project and I had previously gathered 70% of the top designers from our firm to form a temporary group to brainstorm ideas for this project.
“After doing necessary measurements and calculations, we noticed that it’s best to design it at a height of 666 meters mainly because those of Somer descent see this as their lucky number. Somewhere along the six and eight range.”
At this point, Grant noticed a satisfied smile on Jasper’s face before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
He, a top designer in the world, found his aura completely crushed by Jasper without even realizing it.
“Taking into consideration the aesthetic, beliefs, and what we learned from field surveys regarding those of Somer descent, we think that it is vital that we adapt to local conditions. We’ll integrate the design of skyscrapers that have already been constructed and those that are still under construction around the world.
“Waterhoof City is located at the mouth of the Yahaza River, and the majority of the land belongs to alluvial plain, which means that it has a relatively weak bearing capacity. This makes it unsuitable for traditional-style buildings…
“We have decided to go with a dragon shape to form the aesthetic base, using modern architectural geometric engineering to complete the proofing design.
“The main body of the building will be cylindrical and slanting at a 23-degree arc to reinforce the structure, increase wind resistance, and minimize polar vortex impact. 64 auxiliary lines will coil around the cylindrical main body, moving upward in the shape of a dragon…”
Listening to Grant’s explanation and looking at the computer-generated renderings on the screen, Jasper was pleased.
The building shown in the computer was 666 meters in height, with six floors underground and 122 floors above ground. The building was divided into the main body and auxiliary lines that circled upward. On the highest floor of the main building, there was a hollow-out of 40 meters high and 25 meters wide.
When Grant noticed Jasper’s gaze fixed on the hollow-out portion of the rendering, he took the initiative to explain, “Taking the coast of Somerland, a hurricane-prone area, into consideration, high-rise buildings here must be designed to resist wind, hence the hollow-out forms the essence of the design this time around.
“Based on our calculation, the hollow-out can reduce wind resistance by at least 32%. Coupled with the 64 auxiliary lines, I guarantee that it can withstand at least a category four hurricane.”
Although the hypercane along the coast of Somerland had happened in his past life and did not ruin many high-rise buildings in Waterhoof City, Jasper was still very concerned.
After all, the tallest building in the world would belong to him, hence this should be treated seriously.
“Increase the wind resistance level to withstand at least a category five hurricane,” Jasper said.
Grant froze for a moment and hastened to say, “Mr. Laine, even with just one category apart, there’s a huge difference in wind speed. Category four and five are completely different things. Category five doesn’t often happen, so there’s no need to spend a tremendous amount of money to increase—”
“Do as I say, Grant,” Jasper said.
Grant shrugged and said, “Okay then, you’re the boss. I will improve the corresponding design but it’ll mainly be reflected in the materials because to be honest with you, the exterior design has reached the limit of modern architectural theory.”
“I’m very happy with the design.” Jasper gave Grant the recognition he needed the most at this moment.
“That’s the overall design. You can submit it to the relevant departments in Waterhoof City, and once it has been approved, you can then entrust the design institute to draw up a blueprint. Once that’s done, hand it over to me to carry out the construction,” Jasper said.
Grant responded in excitement.
According to the contract, they would be responsible for drafting the design, and once it was approved and the design institute had come up with a construction blueprint, they would have accomplished their task with 120 million US dollars in their hands.
“Don’t forget what I said about increasing the wind resistance level. If my building, the tallest building in the world, collapses because of a hurricane, I’ll sue your company and make you go bankrupt. When that happens, no one will hire you to design anything anymore,” Jasper reminded him.
Grant laughed. “Mr. Laine, you’re insulting my professionalism as the world’s top designer. I will execute your order without a problem.”
“Good.” Jasper got up and shook hands with Grant, saying with a smile, “Get everything done as soon as you can. I’ll be in Waterhoof City for the next two days, so feel free to discuss with me if anything crops up. I’ll be waiting for your good news.”
After sending Grant away, Jasper called Jack.
“Are you in Waterhoof City, Jack?” Jasper asked.
Things were a tad noisy on Jack’s side, but he quickly responded, “I’m here, Mr. Laine, but we’re facing a bit of a problem.
“I sent out an assistant to pacify the United Legends development team earlier and also relayed the message regarding the requirements you told me about to the team, but they seem quite reluctant to modify the game according to your requirements,” Jack said.
Jasper frowned slightly and said unceremoniously, “Jack, you’re an experienced manager now so you’ll take necessary actions to deal with these nitpickers. Do you really need to ask me about trivial things like that?”
Jack let out a wry smile. “Mr. Laine, I wouldn’t have come to you if this were an ordinary issue. That would only make me seem really useless, wouldn’t it? The main problem here is that the development team has now joined hands, banding together like strands of rope. If anything goes wrong, this team that has just been formed may soon be disbanded, so I can’t take any rash actions.”
Jasper said coldly, “Looks like someone is behind this. Otherwise, why would these Coreanans suddenly adopt a change of attitude after coming to our country?”
“I’m making my way there right now. Are you coming, Mr. Laine?” Jack asked.
“Send me the address. I’ll go and take a look,” Jasper said flatly.
After hanging up the call, Jack sent an address via SMS in no time at all. Seeing that the location was not far from the hotel, he summoned Julian and they went there together by car.
Sena’s development team was receiving pretty good treatment because Jasper took this matter very seriously.
He rented the best office building in Waterhoof City, prepared the best server room, and even the place they stayed in was a four-star hotel.
Later, they would each receive an apartment and live in it for free—provided that they continued working in Sena.
In addition to that, they received salaries that were three times more than what they got in Coreana. Frankly speaking, this was the highest-paid team in the domestic IT industry.
There was not a single decent online game in the country at the moment, not to mention that the online game industry had yet to achieve full maturity.
Though even with the treatment they were getting, someone was still dissatisfied.
They were making attempts to give Jasper trouble.
