The time came in mid-September, and before I knew it, Li Huayong had been in Yangcheng for more than a month.

September is already autumn, but there is no autumn breath in Yangcheng in September, even if it has just rained heavily, the weather is still very hot.

In such a sultry weather, Li Huayong, Zhong Zhiwen, and a middle-aged man in his 40s, tall and thin, wearing glasses, and looking like a polite intellectual, walked on the streets of Liwan.

"When it comes to ancient Chinese dwellings, many people now like to take the "courtyard house" in the north as a typical representative, I think this view is not right, and even from a certain point of view, the unique "stilted building" in the southwest of our country, I think it is more representative than the "courtyard". ”

"Oh, Mr. He, what do you mean by that?"

"Mr. Li, if you think about the word "home" in our Chinese characters, the top of this word is a treasure cover, and the bottom is a "pig", which means that at the very beginning, our ancestors believed that only when there were pigs under the house, then it could be called "home", so from this point of view, should we think that "stilted building" is more representative than "courtyard". ”

"Poof. ”

After hearing the middle-aged man say this, Zhong Zhiwen next to him finally couldn't help laughing.

And although Li Huayong also wanted to laugh, he still forcibly held back, and he even pretended to be respectful and said to the middle-aged man:

"Teacher He has a high opinion. ”

It must be pointed out that Li Huayong's politeness is really not completely hypocritical, as a traverser, he knows that the middle-aged man in front of him is a future industry bull, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a representative of Lingnan architecture.

When it comes to his most well-known design works, well, in the later Shanghai World Expo, the stunning "China Pavilion" full of strong Chinese style was designed by this person.

It's just that at this time, this person is not famous, he doesn't even have any decent design works, he is just an ordinary lecturer at South China University of Technology.

The three of them came to the street where the two factories were going to be demolished, and in front of an old house, the three of them stopped, and Li Huayong said to the middle-aged man:

"Teacher He, is this a "Xiguan House"?"

Yes, yes, the "Xiguan House" in this area of Liwan usually has three characteristics: first, it is a brick and wood structure, and all of them are made of green bricks. Second, the gate adopts a movable "wooden paddle", which is one of the most striking features of Lingnan houses. Thirdly, most of the doors and windows are made of colorful patterns, which is commonly known as "Manchurian windows", you see that this old house has these characteristics and is still so well preserved, which is quite valuable for protection......."

The future "He Da Niu" was happily gushing there, but Li Huayong, who was standing beside him, couldn't help frowning. Li Huayong also studied architecture, and of course he also knows the importance of preserving ancient buildings. It's just that when you encounter this kind of problem in the project you are going to develop, it is really a headache.

That's what the three of them are here for today.

Just a week ago, Li Huayong's preliminary plan and a series of operations behind Lin Yingbiao, Yangcheng finally made a decision: abandon the CBD plan of the second brother of the Hu family, and choose Li Huayong's "hypermarket plan" instead. In other words, Heung Kong Lin Group won the lead of the entire project.

Of course, although the Lin family has won the dominance of the project, this does not mean that the Hu family is out. Anyway, through multi-party negotiations, Lin Yingbiao didn't really want to tear his face with Hu Qiwen. In the end, the project was still nominally jointly developed by Xiangjiang Lin and Hu.

Especially in Hu Qiwen's plan, there are also many highlights in the details, which have been appreciated by many people in Yangcheng and even Guangdong Province. Therefore, the "relevant departments" even divided the cake: the main body of this project --- that is, Li Huayong proposed to build a variety of professional markets, and this part will be done by the Lin family.

Some other ancillary facilities and supporting facilities of this project retain some of the contents of the plan originally submitted by Hu Qiwen, such as according to the requirements of the government, the new plan also includes a business hotel and an office building, which is the Hu family's business.

"In the fastest possible time, get the specific plan of the project out as soon as possible. ”

This was the first and only sentence that Lin Yingbiao said to Li Huayong after learning of the government's decision.

"Okay. ”

Li Huayong didn't talk too much nonsense about this, and at this time, of course, he knew the importance of this issue. It's just that when he really entered the operation stage, Li Huayong was a little difficult.

It is true that he has his own ideas and ideas for this project, but the ideas and specific plans are two different things. In particular, this project is different from the Nanjiang ceramic factory project, which was originally a wilderness, and there are not many external factors that need to be considered for the so-called good painting on a blank piece of paper.

However, this is different, this was originally the old town of Yangcheng, which is one of the earliest and earliest urban areas of Yangcheng, so there are too many factors to consider.

For example, the protection of ancient buildings encountered now is one of the issues that need to be considered when making specific plans.

"Alas, I have a headache...... Li Huayong sighed in his heart.

Although Li Huayong studied architecture, his views on the preservation of ancient buildings are not as extreme as those of some of his peers.

In response to the saying of "doing one line and loving one line", some colleagues attach great importance to the protection of ancient buildings, believing that any ancient building is worthy of protection, and any act of destroying ancient buildings is a crime.

Li Huayong has always believed that in the treatment of ancient buildings, it is best to carry out "selective protection". Those classic buildings left to us by our ancestors, representative buildings, buildings with great research value or rich cultural connotations, are certainly worth protecting. As for some other things that are not very famous, not representative, and the protection is quite large, Li Huayong thinks that it doesn't matter if he stays or not.

Among them, Li Huayong especially has a lot of criticism about some so-called "former residences of celebrities", some of which are not first-class celebrities, or even "celebrities" with a bad reputation, and the building is not a good building, neither characteristic nor representative, and the protection of this kind of building is purely laborious and costly, without any practical significance.

For example, in Li Huayong's hometown of Nanjiang Province, there is a city that is the hometown of Yan Song, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, who once protected Yan Song's hometown with great fanfare. remembers that in his previous life, when Li Huayong saw this news from the media, he complained in his heart.

It's really embarrassing to say in my heart, although there have never been any emperors in this place in Nanjiang, there are really a lot of prime ministers, such as Wen Tianxiang, such as Wang Anshi, you say it's not good to commemorate anyone, you have to commemorate Yan Song, a person with a not very good reputation.

Li Huayong remembered that his thoughts at the time were a little strange, he was not worried about anything else, but worried about the political leaders of the city at that time, and said that this guy was also strange enough, this guy probably shouldn't be able to grow up, with such a "political sensitivity", it is a miracle to be able to sit in this position now.

In fact, Li Huayong was not worried in vain, it seems that in just over a year, Li Huayong, who was in other places, saw another piece of news, and the local leader in charge had been shuanggui.

To tell the truth, Yan Song's example is not too extreme, after all, although Prime Minister Yan's reputation is not very good, but if you study it carefully, you will find that this person has really not done anything bad in history, in other words, he can't find any "real hammer" for him to do bad things, so it is really debatable to characterize him as a "traitor", anyway, it is said in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and for the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by "My Great Qing Dynasty", whoever wants to take it seriously will lose.

What is really more bizarre than this is still a farce such as "Ximen Qing's hometown", and the reason for this kind of farce is that Li Huayong believes that the abuse of the ancient building protection policy should also be inseparable from a certain extent.

Standing in front of the "Xiguan House", Li Huayong watched the future "He Da Niu" look left and right with great interest, and at the same time imagined there.

After a while, he couldn't help it: "Teacher He, do you think this old house has conservation value?"

You should know that Xiguan Mansion is a traditional folk house form of Yangcheng with Lingnan characteristics built by wealthy businessmen in the late Qing Dynasty, and this one you see, from the plane layout of the building, the façade composition, and then look at the section to the detailed decoration, etc., this has strong local characteristics of Yangcheng. In addition, this house is still so well preserved, it is simply worth researching. ”

"Oh. ”

"He Da Niu" said happily there, but Li Huayong listened listlessly. The heart said that out of sight and out of mind, this kind of thing in the future, then simply leave it to Lin Lanhua to deal with, anyway, the protection of ancient buildings is this kind of thing, which is just right for people like her to do. I'm still focusing on the mundane things.

said that mundane things really came mundane things, and just when Li Huayong was about to find an excuse to slip away, a voice came:

"Yo, Brother Li, are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time just now. ”

Li Huayong looked up and saw that it was Zhu Dingyuan, the boss Zhu who he hadn't seen for a few days.

Li Huayong pretended to smile enthusiastically:

"Ah, it turned out to be Mr. Zhu, are you looking for anything with me?"

"Hehe's fine, I just want to talk to my brother, I just don't know if you're free?"

"Oh?"

Li Huayong glanced at Zhu Dingyuan, then at the future "He Da Niu", and then glanced at Zhong Zhiwen, he said to Zhu Dingyuan with a smile on his face:

"It's free, it's free. ”