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Chapter 286 The Crown Prince's Request

The modified A320 quickly passed through the airspace of a certain Eastern power at a supersonic cruise at an altitude of more than 2 meters.

Then it crossed the Arabian Sea and the sky over Oman and arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, which is known for its large dog population.

This international airport is located north of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The airport is named after the former King of Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and is about 35 kilometers from the city center.

The airport has five passenger terminals and an additional royal terminal. Normally, the royal terminal is not open to civil airliners.

It is usually used by experts to accommodate guests of the royal family and heads of government.

But this time, it was specially opened to a private jet of a Chinese private enterprise painted with the Rubik's Cube logo, and a very grand Watergate ceremony was held.

The so-called Watergate Ceremony is a high-level etiquette in international civil aviation, symbolizing a welcoming ceremony for guests.

This grand class naturally attracted the attention of many passengers in the airport!

"Is this some big shot coming?"

“What a magnificent private jet!”

“That big Rubik’s Cube logo looks so familiar!”

Passengers waiting for their flights in the terminal were talking about it.

When the A320 docked at the port, several long-prepared extended bulletproof Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicles drove up to the plane in full view of the public.

The Saudi Crown Prince, who came down from the motorcade with a white cloth on his head, said in fluent Chinese: "Welcome! Distinguished guest from the East! I am Abdullah, the cousin of Abdullah's brother. My brother is handling some important meetings, so I need to wait a few hours before I can meet you. I hope Mr. Jue doesn't mind!"

Seeing that the man had changed to a strange bearded man, Chen Jue smiled and said while stepping on the purple suede carpet: "Of course I don't mind. I also want to thank your country for the high-level welcome ceremony."

The two sides exchanged greetings, and then left the King Airport in a convoy surrounded by a group of security personnel in suits.

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When the convoy entered the main road of Riyadh, Chen Jue looked at the interweaving of desert and modern asphalt roads, and thought he had gone to the wrong place and arrived in a northwestern city in China!
Because the roads and building facilities that can be seen everywhere are almost the same as those in China, especially large-scale infrastructure such as airports, railways, and electrical networks, all of which look somewhat ordinary.

Finally, after talking with Abdure, I learned that more than 80% of the infrastructure in Riyadh was contracted by the Chinese construction team.

"The Chinese are hardworking and smart, and are an outstanding nation on earth!"

"Your creativity and unyielding spirit are admired by us in the Arab world!" Abdure praised sincerely.

"The Arabs are also an excellent nation. You can build a civilization and a country in such a harsh environment, which is equally respectable." Chen Jue smiled and started to flatter the other party about business.

It was also the first time for Chen Jue to travel so far to visit such a big Middle Eastern country.

Although I don't have much experience in visiting abroad, it never goes wrong to say more good things in such important business occasions.

Of course, once the convoy bypassed the desertified suburbs and actually drove into the city of Riyadh.

The feeling of being in high spirits became even stronger.

Not to mention the ones far away, just take the Kingdom Center tower that looks like a bottle opener. It looks like they were slightly tweaked from the Shanghai World Financial Center.

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Observing the situation of this dog-rich capital through the car window, modern and local cultural symbols are intertwined.

Western brand logos can be seen everywhere, such as the McDonald's, KFC, and Starbucks logos. The streets are also filled with luxury cars imported from China, including Hongqi, Great Wall, Geely, Chery, BYD, etc.

This also made Chen Jue realize that Saudi Arabia, a wealthy country, has gone to great lengths to maintain the concept of "playing both sides" in the powder keg of the Arabian Peninsula.

After all, the oil buried under their feet has become a resource treasure coveted by Western interest groups such as America. If they don't find a decent big brother to stand in line for themselves, I'm afraid the fate of the dog owners will not be much better than that of Iraq and Afghanistan in the past.

While he was thinking, the convoy slowly drove into a royal residence called AlYamamah Palace in the western suburbs of the city. Here, Chen Jue not only met Abdullah, whom he had not seen for several days.

After the royal family got off work at 3 o'clock, I met the famous Crown Prince Salman in a reception room.

“Welcome friends from afar!”

"The arrival of Magic Cube Group will definitely add a new technological brilliance to the NEOM project!" Salaman said enthusiastically.

The construction progress of the NEOM new city project has troubled Saudi Arabia for a long time.

As one of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, Project A has launched project bidding all over the world.

As a result, this Saudi future new city project, which is expected to cover an area of ​​2.65 square kilometers, has been continuously cut in budget and delayed in construction due to technical bottlenecks and environmental factors.

This situation has dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of Crown Prince Salman, the initiator and creator of the NEOM project.

The reason why we can invite Magic Cube Group from far away China is to use the technical strength mastered by Chen Jue to solve the difficulties of the NEOM new city project.

Faced with such a technologically savvy guest, Salaman naturally showed great enthusiasm.

Moreover, through Abdullah's description of the investigation, Salaman also learned that the Magic Cube Group is a unicorn enterprise that combines military and civilian dual-use technologies.

Compared with the so-called technology giants such as Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia in Western countries, it has more practical application technology foundation.

So after exchanging a few pleasantries with Chen Jue, Crown Prince Salaman took him to a grandly decorated sand table office, pointed at the miniature NEOM city and said, "Boss Jue, if I let your Magic Cube Group build the wall frames on both sides of this new city, how long will it take at the fastest?"

Judging from his tone, he seems to be eager to see the finished product of the new city of NEOM.

Even if we just build a framework first, it will be helpful to deal with the pressure of doubts coming from within Saudi Arabia.

"Your Highness, if there is no upper limit on the budget."

"After introducing our Magic Cube Group's prefabricated construction plan, it will only take about 3 to 6 months to complete the construction of the wall." Chen Jue glanced at the city side length marked with 170 kilometers.

As the world's first linear city, NEOM is only 200 meters wide but 170 kilometers long.

From a bird's-eye view, it looks like an enlarged harmonica placed in the desert.

If we calculate based on the construction progress of Chen Jue’s previous 400-meter-wide super Rubik’s Cube factory, three months would be more than enough to just work on the walls!

"Three to six months?"

"Incredible!"

"This speed is 10 times faster than what those big construction companies in your country reported to me!" Crown Prince Salaman was somewhat tempted.

However, considering the current budget cuts of NEOM, Crown Prince Salaman was a little hesitant: "Mr. Jue, can your company arrange a demonstration of the prefabricated building construction you mentioned?"

"You know, this is a lot of money! I need to come up with a practical plan to convince some of the old stubborn people who are against the NEOM new city project."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jue immediately realized the other party's real purpose of inviting him to be a guest: "No problem, Your Highness the Crown Prince! I will contact the staff to make arrangements immediately!"

Faced with such a huge business that came right to his doorstep, and giving Party A an appropriate chance to flex its muscles, he couldn't think of any reason to refuse.

Isn’t it just a show of skills on the spot?
He has done similar work in many expositions, science and technology exhibitions, and air shows!

(End of this chapter)