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Chapter 124 House of Cards

Update time: 2014-05-0912:00:06124.

With the stability of Luxembourg public opinion, Downing is preparing to secretly visit Luxembourg and conduct a field investigation to determine whether it is going to develop in depth in Luxembourg.

When he and his entourage walked on various streets in the Luxembourg city, this small structure was influenced by the surrounding powers such as Prussia, France and Belgium, which really had the taste of European center. People from all over Europe had it, and their economy was at the moment when they saw the dragon in the field. Open the local newspapers and a large number of recruitment advertisements. Many of them were recruiting Downing's own companies, or related companies were recruiting. Downing had to read the newspaper and smiled knowingly.

"Hi! Are you a grand duke?" The sharp-eyed citizen has recognized the low-key Luxembourg monarch.

Tangning praised the Luxembourg citizen who recognized him: "You have the price of your eyes!"

"Haha!" The citizen asked to take a photo with the grand duke. He actually had Leica, either a rich man or a photographer.

"This is your first time in Luxembourg?" The citizen saw that the grand duke had no airs, so he started talking after taking a photo.

Grand Duke: "It's the first time, but it won't be the last time."

The enthusiastic citizen warmly invited the grand duke to his house for dinner. Out of his love for the common people under his rule, the grand duke actually agreed. Anyway, he went privately and could do whatever he wanted. He might be better than staying in the grand duke's palace for a month, if he wanted to have an in-depth understanding of Luxembourg.

This enthusiastic citizen took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and invited all his good neighbors, "Guess who comes to our house to visit?" This sentence he kept repeating when inviting his neighbors became the title of the newspaper headlines after he was interviewed by a local newspaper.

The Grand Duke is really elusive. He sometimes appears in Stockholm and sometimes appears in Luxembourg. At the home of the enthusiastic citizen, he was asked whether the Grand Duke would focus on Luxembourg in the future so that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's name will be true.

The Grand Duke replied: "Yes! I have planned the future direction for Luxembourg. The European central city has the most convenient transportation, finance and information in Europe. It not only needs to become a wealthy small country, but also the best choice for the headquarters of international organizations, mainly internationally for the purpose of achieving overall human welfare. At present, there are international natural disaster rescue organizations and international ecological protection organizations, and there will be more in the future."

This time, "passing by" Luxembourg inadvertently made all Luxembourg citizens feel confident about the development of their hometown and more and more secure. The process of entering Luxembourg was full of dangers. At that time, the war with Prussia was often talked about by the people of Luxembourg. Our Grand Duke was so fierce that he actually led our small country with only 200,000 people, including the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, to war with the great powers Prussia. Now, the people of Luxembourg feel more at ease, because the international organizations arranged by the Grand Duke were loveless and undisputed, natural disasters, ecological protection, quite peaceful and green.

From this day on, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg was witnessed in all corners of Luxembourg, just like the Virgin Mary in southern France. After half a month, the Grand Duke finally issued an official message, claiming that after more than half a month of investigation of Luxembourg, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg finally decided to build a home in Luxembourg. This home was generally planned by the Grand Duke himself and called it the "House of Cards".

The initial plan for the House of Cards was 14 buildings, the numbers were a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, j, q, k, and clown in the cards.

These buildings are ranked in the order from A to Clown, which is the most important thing to Da Gong in his mind. Building A is a science and technology museum, including a large library, which contains a large collection of natural science books such as science, technology, engineering, etc. There is also a physics laboratory, a chemistry laboratory, a biology laboratory, and an engineering laboratory. It has a rich list of experimental instruments and raw materials for Da Gong and his team to use. The four laboratories are equipped with a small professional conference room, and then a large science and technology conference room for larger science and technology seminars.

Building No. 2 has a shameless name - the European Parliament Hall. Note that it is not a meeting, it is a parliament. The Grand Duke has a good wish that one day all Europeans can elect national parliamentarians with legal effect, sit together to meet, and pass legal effect bills together. This European Parliament Hall will use an advanced mechanical computer voting system to record the motions and bid results of all participants in detail, and the record of each vote is accurate to the voting content of each parliamentarian unless there is a motion for the vote that it should be anonymous.

The name of Building No. 3 is very simple, just these three words: "Office". If you think about it carefully, this may be the center of power in Luxembourg and the location of the Grand Duke's office.

The name of Building No. 4 became more powerful again - the International Court of Justice. Build an international court in your own home. Da Gong, is it artificial in his home? Whether you think he is teasing you or being arrogant, in short, this International Court of Cards is really planning seriously.

Building 5 is an international broadcaster. Except for the London headquarters, all foreign broadcasts will be moved here to summarize, except for programs that need to interact with local people. They need to be produced in local studios, such as the dialogue program made by the Grand Duke with the female anchor Elise and Princess Eugenia when he was in Stockholm. The Telegraph and Reuters also have an office here.

Building No. 6 is the financial center, Bank of Zurich, Temasek Capital, and the Central Bank of India that is under preparation.

Building No. 7 has a simple name: Safety Committee. Use: Unknown.

Building No. 8 is the office building of various companies under Tangning. Whether it is the headquarters depends on the business situation.

Building No. 9 is a corporate office related to Downing's enterprises, and is basically a supplier and partner.

Building 10 is an office building open to the public.

j, q, k are hotels, apartments and private residences. When the Grand Duke of Luxembourg was in Luxembourg, he might have lived in k.

The clown building is an entertainment facility, with a scientific art exhibition hall and a theater.

Are there four colors of cards? All of the initial projects were marked as spades. If a certain type of building is not enough in the future, three colors of red heart, clover and square are added in turn.

The House of Cards Spades project is for tenders to architecture and garden designers around the world, but there are requirements that except for buildings like the Grand Conference Hall, all buildings must be built in the form of prefabricated parts so that the second phase of the project will be quickly constructed with zero pollution and zero noise.

House of Cards also has a major feature, using the internal magnetic levitation transportation system to connect the vast building complex. It is not only fast, saves energy, but also silent, without affecting office and entertainment. The team led by Tyndall, sponsored by the Dagong, has successfully tested the Haierbeck permanent magnet array in the laboratory. This is a very sensational engineering achievement and has established a theoretical and experimental basis for magnetic levitation transportation.

If high-rise buildings appear in the building complex, magnetic levitation technology can be used directly as an elevator. From the floor of a certain building to the floor of another building, it only needs to attract magnetic levitation vehicles as if it were fired. Similarly, it is also direct from the parking lot to a certain floor, which is efficient and difficult. This will be the most technologically intensive project in the history of architecture. Only a super rich man like Da Gong can afford it.

There is a unique thing about gardens in the bidding requirements. Garden plants cannot be pruned frequently in planning. The reason is that "plants will have a stress response to pruning. They think that eating them by insects will release chemicals to warn the same species. Sometimes they will release bad smells to drive away feeding animals, and even have certain toxicity. No matter which type is, it has a bad effect on humans. This is the ability of plants to evolve, and a considerable number of plants will release poisons, so gardeners should keep this in mind and think about natural growth." This clause has also triggered widespread discussion in the garden community.

After steel was widely adopted as building materials, the American architectural community, which likes technological progress, has tried to build skyscrapers in New York and other metropolises. However, their concept of skyscrapers is limited to about 40 meters high. Downing certainly has the ability to lead the era of skyscrapers, but he does not intend to do so. It is because of his evolutionary view that human beings have been falling from trees for millions of years and are no longer as tall as our ancestors. Therefore, most people have a certain degree of acrophobia. Three floors are almost the same, and the fifth floor is the limit that Downing has designated for the House of Cards. (http:///.).

When limiting the highest floor, there must be a high-rise building to park future airships. The research and development of airships hosted by the great engineer Brunel has progressed quite quickly. In addition to the sufficient investment of one million pounds, they also used a means that others could not imagine - a radio-controlled flight test model. The remote controller can complete almost all control instructions, and is also supplemented with complete wind direction and altitude data collection. This test flight mode allows Brunel to test the prototype unscrupulously without worrying about the test pilot breaking. The accident of the test pilot will hit the team's morale seriously, and just falling the aircraft is not a big deal for a well-funded test team.
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