Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 411: A Money Pit of a Project

The next day, after getting up, Chen Yiyang invited Manager Xu for breakfast together.

Kasim had given him information about the Saudi Future City the day before, and Chen Yiyang went through it carefully.

This city that Saudi Arabia plans to build is simply too sci-fi.

Even if it’s completed, it feels like the annual maintenance costs would skyrocket.

Chen Yiyang is very skeptical about whether Saudi Arabia, a country that can only maintain a few prosperous streets in its capital, can sustain such a large futuristic city.

Not to mention, it is estimated that it will cost one trillion US Dollars to complete this city.

However, Kasim said that domestic engineering companies had undertaken the construction work of Saudi Future City, so Chen Yiyang hoped to find out from Manager Xu if this Saudi Future City is reliable.

"The Saudi Future City project?" Manager Xu, hearing Chen Yiyang’s words, quickly asked, "You didn’t trade that Blue Diamond for this, did you?"

"No, the Blue Diamond was exchanged for other benefits. This Future City project was something Kasim brought up separately, inviting me to invest in it."

"Then definitely don’t invest in it." Manager Xu said, "This project is a money pit."

"Kasim said that our domestic engineering companies have undertaken this project, so I am a bit skeptical."

"I know which company took over the project. I’ll directly call their manager to explain it to you."

Manager Xu took out a phone and made a video call to a contact.

Soon, the appearance of a middle-aged person who looked about fifty or sixty years old appeared on the phone screen.

"Hello, Uncle." Chen Yiyang greeted politely.

"He’s only in his thirties, not much older than you, just call him brother." Manager Xu chuckled after hearing Chen Yiyang address the person on the screen.

"Ah, we engineering folks just look older, it’s no big deal. My last name is Li, you can call me Brother Li."

Brother Li then started introducing the details of their company’s undertaking of the Saudi Future City project to Chen Yiyang.

"That Saudi Future City project, it’s said they aim to complete the first phase of construction before 2030 to build a model.

But in reality, what we have undertaken is merely the pilot project of this model, which is the construction contract for the transportation tunnels of Future City.

According to the contract, we are supposed to dig two tunnels approximately fifteen kilometers long for Saudi Arabia, and these two tunnels are intended to handle passenger and cargo transportation for Saudi Future City in the future."

"So, does that mean this project, although it looks unreliable, has actually started to make progress?"

"Progress my foot." Brother Li said unceremoniously, "This project is a money pit.

Saudi Arabia says it will cost one trillion US Dollars to build this city.

But based on our construction situation, it would be good if this trillion US Dollars can build a five-kilometer-long city.

The entire 170-kilometer Future City, even if Huaxia does nothing but mobilizes the entire country to produce cement and steel and ships it to Saudi Arabia to build Future City, this project can’t be completed before 2030.

Although the above-ground part of this Future City doesn’t concern us, according to the information we’ve gathered, they have quietly set the goal to build a 2.4-kilometer-long city capable of accommodating 300,000 people before 2030."

"2.4 kilometers long, 150 meters wide, can that even be called a city? It’s at best a microcommunity."

"Who wouldn’t say so?" Brother Li continued, "Did someone from Saudi ask you to invest?"

"Yes." Chen Yiyang nodded.

"Absolutely do not agree, this thing is just a money pit. We took this project just to make money; anyway, cities are hard to build, but tunnels are easy to dig, we’ll dig the tunnels out and get paid, the rest is none of our business.

Saudi Arabia is doing this project to mimic Dubai’s success. Now seeing that a trillion US Dollars can’t materialize, they start seeking investments everywhere. Only a fool would invest in this."

It seems these wealthy individuals can’t achieve everything they attempt.

After confirming that the Saudi Future City project is indeed a money pit, Chen Yiyang planned to politely decline Kasim’s investment invitation later.

Two days later, the time for the banquet hosted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia arrived.

Chen Yiyang arrived at the hotel hosting the banquet about an hour early.

Since the program before the banquet was a performance by Chen Yiyang’s drone team, he had to ensure the show was flawless.

"Don’t worry, all the machines have been tested, there are no issues." The drone team leader assured Chen Yiyang.

"I noticed that previous domestic drone teams faced interference causing forced landings when others disrupted their performances; be careful to avoid this." Chen Yiyang advised.

"Don’t worry, we communicated with the security team here before coming, those guys said that if anyone dares to disrupt, we just point the direction, and they’ll clear the area with AKs."

Chen Yiyang had forgotten, after all, this isn’t back home, who would dare to cause trouble at a banquet of the actual ruler of Saudi Arabia, that would truly be asking for a shorter life.

Ensuring the drone team had no issues, Chen Yiyang quickly headed to the hotel entrance.

The little accountant had already put on makeup and was waiting for him in a gown.

"You look quite handsome in a suit." The little accountant admired Chen Yiyang’s look in a suit.

"These clothes are too troublesome to wear, a T-shirt and sweatpants are more comfortable." Chen Yiyang rarely wore a suit.

"Gotta show off sometimes." The little accountant reached out to help Chen Yiyang adjust the corners of his jacket, then took his arm.

Thus, the two of them walked into the banquet hosted by His Highness the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

This banquet was organized by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to entertain several visiting delegations to Saudi Arabia recently.

Besides the Huaxia delegation, there were delegations from other countries, and Chen Yiyang saw people of various skin colors here.

"Manager Xu, is this woman your companion?" Seeing Manager Xu with a European woman, Chen Yiyang asked. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"This is my friend Ivanjeline, from the United Kingdom." Manager Xu briefly introduced.

"Nice to meet you." Chen Yiyang shook hands with the other person.

Before Chen Yiyang could chat much with Manager Xu, a waiter came over, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia had invited him.

So, Chen Yiyang followed the waiter to the window of the hall.

"Hello, friend who returned the royal treasures to Saudi Arabia."

Although this Crown Prince had a fierce reputation, he seemed quite friendly at the moment.

After greeting Chen Yiyang, he said to him, "I heard your team brought me a special performance."

"Yes, according to the time, the performance is about to start." Chen Yiyang glanced at his watch and replied.