Happy Tycoon
Chapter 1004: The most Mars-like place on earth
Lia Alonso is one of the two women in Yang Jing's eight-person secretary team. She was born in Barcelona, Spain and is a beautiful Catalan girl.
After Leah obtained a master's degree in economics and management from the University of Barcelona, she was taken by Joseph Hunt by chance and introduced her to Atlantic Capital. After working for Atlantic Capital for a few years, Leah became one of the candidates for succession by virtue of her outstanding performance.
However, last time the headquarters of the Evil Dragon Fund wanted to equip the new boss Yang Jing with a secretarial team. After consulting Leah’s personal opinion, Joseph recommended her up, and she was lucky to be selected and became the whole evil. One of the eight people closest to the big boss in the Dragon Fund.
Leah’s greatest hobby is traveling, and every year she travels around during her holidays. Just like the ancient city of Petra, she had been there once two years ago, so this time she visited the ancient city of Petra, Leah became a guide.
"Boss, Sofia, this is the ancient city of Petra." Leah stood beside Yang Jing and Grid, pointing to the building remains in the surrounding valley, and said, "As early as the sixth century BC, it has been from Arabia. The nomadic Nabataeans moved north from the Arabian Peninsula and came to this hidden valley, where they established the capital of the Kingdom of Odom. Can you see the valley hidden in the mountains over there? That is the famous The Sikh Gorge, at the end of that gorge, is the famous Khazni Temple."
Because they have been with Morris for so many days, the secretaries who originally called Yang Jing the "BOSS" have now learned from Morris and the others, calling Yang Jing the "boss."
"Let's go, let's take a tour of these ruins outside the Xikeshan Gorge. The best thing is to stay for the last look." Yang Jing said with a smile.
In the periphery, they spent about two hours touring the relics full of historical vicissitudes, and then began to walk towards the Xikshan Gorge.
I didn't think this Sikh Mountain Gorge was so peculiar when I looked from the outside just now, but after I walked in, the group had no choice but to sigh with the extraordinary craftsmanship of nature.
The gorge is extremely narrow, and the widest place is estimated to be less than ten meters wide. The narrowest place allows a carriage to pass, and the cliffs on both sides of the gorge must be at least seventy or eighty meters or even higher by visual observation, and the sun is high. It can't even spill its light into this narrow and secluded canyon. The canyon is winding and winding, and in some places, because there is no sunlight, it even makes people think that it is night. If what is the most appropriate description of this gorge, Yang Jing and Gege feel that "a thin line of sky" is the most appropriate.
"Tou'er, this canyon is about 1.5 kilometers long, the widest place is seven meters wide, the narrowest place is only about two meters, and the average height of the cliffs on both sides is more than ninety meters!" Leah walked, Explain to Yang Jing and Gege.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, the gorge in front of me suddenly became brighter. The gorge expanded from a narrow width of a few meters to a width of more than 20 meters. On the western wall of the gorge, a huge temple appeared in front of everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Temple of Khazni, one of the Seven Wonders of the New World!" Leah said with excitement. What was presented before everyone was a temple built from a mountain wall. It is more than forty meters high, and it is especially tall and majestic against the backdrop of this narrow canyon.
This is a temple with a typical ancient Roman Corinthian style. It is divided into two floors. The beams and door eaves are carved with fine patterns, which is typical of the late ancient Greek architectural style. The bottom layer is supported by six stone pillars with a diameter of about two meters, and the upper layer has six semicircular stone pillars carved out of the mountain wall. In the three stone niches in the middle of the pillars, there are carved stone statues of angels, Virgins, and warriors with wings. The image is extremely lifelike.
"The Khazni Temple is 42 meters high and 27 meters wide. It is the largest building in the entire ancient city of Petra. The treasure house, so it is called the Khazni treasure house. Of course, this temple is also the tomb of the Nabataean king and the temple used by the Nabataeans to worship the goddess of fertility in Egyptian mythology. But there is something about this temple. There is also a fairy tale that has been widely circulated. Do you know what it is?" Leah smiled and asked, "Oh, I can remind you that the fairy tale comes from the Arabian folk tale machine "The Arabian Nights"."
The group thought for a long time and shook their heads.
Leah laughed happily, "You should have heard the story of "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves", right?"
Everyone nodded in unison like the children.
"This temple of Khazni is actually the treasure house in the story of "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves" that can be opened with the password of "Open Sesame"."
"Really?" Grid asked in surprise, and then the girl asked teasingly: "Then if I say "Open Sesame", will this place open?"
Leah's face suddenly became bitter, "Sophia, this is just a legend. But don't you think this temple is familiar?"
When Leah said so, many people nodded, and the bodyguard leader Morris smiled and said, "I seem to have seen it in a movie."
Leah snapped her fingers excitedly and said, "That's right. In fact, "Indiana Jones 3: Jihad" starring Harrison Ford was the scene taken here. Spielberg had a big brain. Yes, it is said that there is a Holy Grail hidden in the Khazni Temple...Oh, yes, Michael Bay’s "Transformers 2" was shot here."
When Leah said so, everyone suddenly realized. Even Yang Jing kept nodding, no wonder he felt familiar when he first saw this temple. It turns out that the two famous movies have been shot here. The impression of "Indiana Jones 3" is a bit unclear, but "Transformers 2" Yang Jing remembers it clearly. The tomb of the ancient leader of the Autobots seems to be in this temple...
But whether it's Spielberg or Michael Bay, this insight is big enough!
The group stayed here for about an hour, and then walked out along the Sikh Gorge. However, after returning to the small city of Wadi Musa, Yang Jing and the others did not return to the Jordanian capital Amman, but went south along the 35th kilometer. Less than 80 kilometers to the south, it is another famous tourist destination in Jordan. Mu Desert, that desert also has a beautiful name called Moon Valley.
Leah is also responsible for going there. In her words, that is to go to that place, you can feel the loneliness and desolation of the moon on the earth, that place is the most like the surface of the moon on the earth.
This reason is very good and powerful. Even Yang Jing is curious how can this place feel the desolation and loneliness of the moon? So the group rushed there directly and settled in Lumu, the largest town in Moon Valley.
Early the next morning, the group drove deeper, and the more they walked in, the smell of desolation and loneliness grew stronger. This is a typical pure sand desert. At first glance, apart from the slightly red desert, it is the weathered mountains.
"There were activities here more than 2,000 years ago." Leah turned her head in the co-pilot position and explained to Yang Jing and Ge Ge, "The Bedouins at that time were active in this area. There are also Bedouins here. The temple built by people, but it’s a bit far away, and it’s not as spectacular as the ancient city of Petra. It was shot here."
After a tour, everyone's interest was a little bit low. To be honest, it is really desolate here, so desolate that even the scenery is really beautiful, but it gives people a very uncomfortable feeling.
Yang Jing asked Leah: "It's really desolate and lonely here, but if you want to say that this place is most like the moon, I don't agree with it."
Leah asked strangely: "Boss, isn't the desolation and loneliness here like the surface of the moon?"
"Hehe, it's really desolate and lonely here, but the color here doesn't want to be the surface of the moon. I watched many movies and on TV and said that the surface of the moon is deadly, and the color is also that deadly blue-gray. But. Look here, where is the blue-gray color? And there are those weathered mountains. I think this place is more like the surface of Mars than the surface of the moon."
Morris on the side laughed, "Haha, what the boss said is very correct. Leah, you said that this is the filming location of the movie "Lawrence of Arabia", but I'm afraid what you don't know is Matt. Damon’s "Martian Rescue~lightnovelpub.net~ movie" where Matt Damon is planting potatoes on Mars is actually in the desert where we stand. So. When the boss said it looks like Mars, I agree with both hands up!"
"Really?" Yang Jing asked in surprise.
"That's right, Boss, this is indeed the main location for Mars Rescue, right under our feet in the Moon Valley!"
It is estimated that Leah really didn't know the news, so she was also said to be confused.
Grid simply took out his mobile phone, intending to check if Morris was right. As a result, there was no signal here, and it turned out to be a lonely batch...
In fact, Yang Jing’s feeling was right, and Morris was right. When the great director Ridley Scott filmed "The Martian", the first choice for the filming location was Australia. As a result, the local government of Australia Disagree, Ridley had no choice but to choose Jordan, the Wadi Rum Desert known as the Rose Desert. As a result, after the film was shot, the effect was amazing.
So, the most similar place in this desert is Mars, not the moon.