CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 43 LAPUTA CITY CBD!

CBD, initially meant as the "center of commerce," is the main area of a city’s commercial activities.

However, with the development of cities, the content of the CBD has been continuously enriched, and it has become the economic hub of a city’s development, generally located in the city center, concentrating the city’s economy, technology, and culture.

As the core of a city, it indispensably needs to possess multiple functions such as finance, trade, services, exhibitions, and consulting, along with a comprehensive transportation and communication system.

Globally, famous CBDs include New York’s Manhattan, London’s Financial City, Tokyo’s Shinjuku, and Central in Port City, among others.

As Jiang Cheng, who aspires to build a world-class city, he must aim high and benchmark against the aforementioned CBDs. Therefore, Jiang Cheng is very careful in the development of Laputa City.

A city’s CBD can be considered a symbol of the city. Those mentioned above are all examples of success, with much to learn from.

However, simply imitating them would inevitably become clichéd.

Jade Island’s natural scenery is unique and possesses abundant natural resources, so the construction of the CBD must harmonize with the natural environment here.

Building Laputa City’s CBD in this manner will certainly establish Jade Island’s distinctive style, earning it a place among the world’s renowned CBDs.

Additionally, what attracts the most attention on Jade Island is its most pristine natural scenery. Therefore, the city’s construction must integrate with nature and the environment.

After such contemplation, Jiang Cheng has roughly determined the development direction of Laputa, which is, while ensuring the scientific and rational development of the city, it must be green and natural, with all building facilities integrating with nature.

Jiang Cheng knows that the world-famous garden city Singapore is worth commending.

Singapore is comprised of 64 islands, and the entire city is covered in greenery, lush with flowers and plants, clean and beautiful, with tree-shaded roads, and small gardens and lawns everywhere, filled with flower scents and greenery, with fresh air, it is recognized globally as a "Garden City Nation."

In terms of natural landscapes and island scenery, Jade Island is far superior to Singapore, so Jade Island’s positioning must surpass Singapore.

Thinking of this, an idea immediately formed in Jiang Cheng’s mind.

Mere garden cities are evidently insufficient for the more stunning natural scenery of Jade Island. Since he has the system, when he builds, it must be a unique forest city!

At this thought, Jiang Cheng couldn’t contain himself and immediately brought up the Island Tycoon System, combining the system’s planning scheme with Laputa City’s geographical topography, beginning precise and meticulous planning.

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Three days later, in the seaside villa at Baisha Bay, Jiang Cheng let out a shout of satisfaction. After three days of meticulous planning, a decent forest city model was finally born.

In this new city planning diagram, Jiang Cheng incorporated many green elements across various aspects of city construction and selected a batch of representative green buildings to adorn the entire city, making them the future green symbols of Laputa City.

This planning diagram also involves the division of city areas, including the segmentation of business, residential, and tourist areas, as well as the construction of roads, shipping, subway networks, airport, and port, in short, it’s very comprehensive.

Of course, the investment scale in the construction of Laputa City is bound to far exceed that of Dream Paradise Resort, they are even said to be in entirely different leagues.

Firstly, in terms of area, Laputa City is significantly larger than Dream Paradise Resort, almost five times its size. Secondly, Laputa City’s functional positioning is more complete, making it a truly significant city.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng was mentally prepared from the outset of constructing Laputa City, and according to the system’s quotation, this was confirmed.

The initial development of Laputa City requires a total investment of over 5 billion US Dollars!

This amounts to more than half of Jiang Cheng’s current remaining funds!

However, Jiang Cheng does not feel distressed, because according to the agreements reached with over 100 companies, the amounts involved far exceed these billions of dollars.

Moreover, as long as Laputa City is built, follow-up development funds will not be in shortage. Those financial magnates will certainly continue to invest in Jade Island’s future, thus Jiang Cheng does not need to worry about funding issues later.

Because, the first project on Jade Island has been very successfully launched, now is the best time for continued progress and intensive development.

The construction plan for Laputa City is divided into three phases.

The first phase involves the construction of basic infrastructure, mainly including airports, ports, roads, bridges, power facilities, and energy facilities.

The second phase involves the construction of the city’s business district, primarily consisting of buildings such as skyscrapers, commercial buildings, and large shopping centers.

Finally, the plan is to develop comprehensive residential and leisure areas centered around the business district.

It can be said that such a complete planning diagram excellently combines with the natural circumstances of Laputa City. Moreover, Jiang Cheng has fully considered the future expansion possibilities, leaving large tracts of blank land around the city for secondary development needed for future urban expansion.

Having completed these necessary preliminary preparations, Jiang Cheng wasted no time opening the system interface, drawing up the three-dimensional holographic projection of Laputa City.

Laputa City is located on the northeastern coast of Jade Island, adjacent to the northern Volcano Park Resort Special Zone and inland to Gangsa City.

Additionally, it is situated at the estuary of Jade Island’s second largest river, the Yunpan River, leading straight into Blue Moon Bay, with beautiful and splendid scenery.

Jiang Cheng’s focus quickly concentrated on the Yunpan River Estuary.

Here lies an extensive alluvial plain, flat terrain with a broad view, not only offering a glimpse of the entire Blue Moon Bay scenery but also featuring a winding, endless coastline, beautiful to the extreme.

The moment Jiang Cheng saw this place, inspiration struck, and he realized there is likely no better spot on the whole of Jade Island to build a CBD.

In the following moments, Jiang Cheng continuously moved his fingers within the urban area of Laputa City, began planning work, constantly aligning the existing planning map with the local topography and landscape.

Finally, after viewing the entire three-dimensional holographic projection of Laputa City, Jiang Cheng felt entirely confident and could not wait to begin this significant construction plan.