First of all, if you haven’t seen this video you SHOULD watch this. Chinese engineers have done what no one has ever been capable of doing :
First thing that came to mind was my home back home in Brazil….If i recall well, it took approximately 12 months to build and complete the house. I mean, we have a pretty big house at the beach with a pool , two floors high but absolutely nothing compared to what the Chinese have done. In fact if i use the number of floors as a driver i can say that it would take the Chinese 19.2 hours to build my house. This is less than one day! It took Brazilian workers 365 days to build it. No wonder the Chinese are dominating the world and our GPA’s. Anyway, I thought that it was a very interesting video and impressive planning and engineering. Second thing that came to mind was what the name of this company and how can I invest in it. I actually looked all over google to try to find the name of the company but i was not succesful and probably if i did find it, it would most definitely be quoted at a Chinese stock exchange. Third thing that came to mind, “if i were the CEO or VP Marketing I would try to find ways to show the world and bring forward the company’s image. This simple video can cause an enormous effect and can potentially solve many problems in the world. The technology the Chinese engineers are offering the world is something that can be very beneficial if used wisely. I truly believe this company should try to expand its knowledge and develop these kinds of technology in areas where people need it the most… They could become a very important image and company that could do amazing things to the world. Im sure If i were a big investor and had money I would donate it to them and ask them to build one of these buildings in poor african nations which really need housing. I sure do these ideas benefit society and are used wisely toward good ends.
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Hey William! It is actually quite impressive how Chinese have the ability to integrate efficiency into almost everything they do. When I went to China, I learned that the Beijing Subway, which is one of the most complex Subways human kind has ever seen, had been constructed in less than 1.5 years. Can you believe that in our city back home (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) we have been more for more than 11 years constructing our subway and it still hasn`t finished?!
It is also interesting to note that when I went to China I constantly saw constructions plans made with bamboos instead of metal. I asked them why they used bamboos to hold everything, they told me that despite the general western knowledge, bamboos hold more the structure of the building since it is a more flexible material. Furthermore, it also is easier to carry and transport, and it costs less.
Take a look at this video to see how china has been exporting this knowledge for so many years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T0xC03ntQs
It is quite dangerous to create such a positive stereotypical image of a country that still has a large percentage of the population suffering from lack of basic needs, but this video, and my personal experience in China proves my point.
Efficiency, efficiency, efficiency…