Chapter 152: The situation is not good
Tong Debo found more than 20 models, wearing cheongsams and standing neatly at the entrance of the exhibition hall in two rows, which was very eye-catching, and specially found an announcer, and every heavyweight guest present would shout out on the radio, making it the same as a meeting in the old society.
He also found a group of reporters through his connections, and set up a shotgun in the corner of the exhibition hall, but there was a little bit of a big scene, but those reporters were yawning and standing there lazily chatting, except for the huge design renderings of the "utopia" project at the beginning and the real-life giant building sand table of the "utopia" project in the hall that attracted their interest, there was no other news that could stimulate their nerves, if it wasn't for the red envelope after the meeting, it is estimated that they would have carried the guy away.
In particular, when they saw that the introduction of the "utopia" project said that the designer was I.M. Pei, they almost burst out laughing, and a tall and thin newspaper reporter laughed and said: "These mainland boys really dare to blow it, I.M. Pei will go to a small county town in the mainland to engage in design, and his head is funny!" Ha ha! ”。
A TV reporter with glasses pouted and said: "Yes, this design is not bad, but a small county town is engaged in such a big project, and the ghost went there to buy a house.......
The tall and thin newspaper reporter shook his head and said, "Isn't it? You see renting such a large exhibition hall, but there are few people, isn't it embarrassing, forget it, it didn't cost us money anyway, as long as we can give us the benefits promised to us later, go back and find a corner on the newspaper page to post a tofu block big news, even if you pay the ......", other reporters nodded with a smile when they heard him say this, and began to discuss the recent lace news of celebrities.
Slowly, some people came, most of them were Xinghua villagers who had settled in Hong Kong, and they were very interested in the "utopia" project, and pulled the docent on the side to ask about buying a house.
A white-haired Xinghua villager trembled and stroked the giant real-life building sand table, excited and tearful, "I have been away from my hometown for forty years, I can't imagine that my hometown has built such a beautiful house, and I will be blind to live in such a beautiful house in my hometown in this life!" ……”。 Some of the other old men also nodded, their eyes moistened.
There are also some business owners called by Tong Debo through the relationship of the Tong family, who have to come because of face, but they frequently raise their hands to look at their watches, looking very impatient, and some are constantly calling their mobile phones, looking like they are in a hurry.
Duan Zetao They went to send the invitation to the president of a well-known Hong Kong enterprise did not come, seeing that the time for the start of the investment promotion was approaching, but there were very few guests present, and the staff present were a little anxious, if there were too few people, it would be too difficult to hang on the face, and some people had a bad idea to pull some passers-by on the street to come over to make up the number, and it was a big deal to send some souvenirs.
Someone next to him immediately objected, "Do you think this is in the mainland, as soon as you hear that there are souvenirs to take, you rush in, the pace of life here is very fast, don't you see that there are few idlers on the street except for tourists?" This is going to bring tourists over and spread it everywhere when they return to the mainland, isn't it even more embarrassing......
Duan Zetao was not in a hurry at all, he looked around calmly, checked if there were any mistakes, touched here and there, and personally adjusted the position of the two potted plants in the corner.
At this time, Liu Chunhua and Zhou Zhiruo came over nervously, and one said: "Zetao, the situation is not good, no one has come at this time, and it will not be good to wait for the cold scene!" ……”。
The other was not polite when he spoke, and said angrily: "I said my big boss, when are you still hanging out here, you have to listen to you when you didn't let you rent such a big venue, and now you see, such a big exhibition hall can run horses!" Your reputation has been ruined by you, no, I'm going to resign! ……”。
Duan Zetao raised his wrist to look at his watch, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, isn't there still ten minutes before the time arrives, by the way, Chunhua, you go and explain to the security guards at the door, no one will be allowed to enter if there is no invitation later, except for reporters!" ”。
Liu Chunhua was sweating, and he was not allowed to enter if he hadn't been invited, and now he invited people to come, but it was not good to argue with Duan Zetao in front of Zhou Zhiruo, shook his head, and went to the door to order the security guards.
Duan Zetao smiled at Zhou Zhiruo again: "Miss Zhou, you go and check again to see if there is anything that is not ready, there will be a press conference later, don't get out of the basket, I'll go to the door to see, if you want to resign, you must at least finish today, this is the minimum ethics of a professional manager, if you still want to resign tomorrow, I promise not to keep you!" ”。
Zhou Zhiruo also has a black line on her face, and there is a press conference, all the reporters who came today are some unpopular tabloids and small TV stations, this press conference is too watery! She also mobilized some of her connections to invite some Hong Kong celebrities to attend the meeting, but as soon as they heard that it was just a county-level city investment promotion, they immediately refused to do anything, and now she really doubts whether it was a mistake for her to apply for this female investment promotion director, but Duan Zetao was also reasonable, so he had to stomp his feet and go to check the arrangements of the press conference.
Just when those reporters were so bored that they were about to fall asleep leaning on their chairs, suddenly a voice trembling with excitement came from the radio, "I.M. Pei, a world-famous architect, is here to congratulate and wish Xinghua Hong Kong Merchants Association a complete success!" I saw a silver-haired and energetic old man walk in at the door of the exhibition hall, which is the world's architectural design master I.M. Pei!
The tall and thin newspaper reporter jerked up from his chair and exclaimed, "It's really I.M. Pei!" I'm not dreaming, Master Pei actually came in person, could it be said that this "utopia" project was really designed by I.M. Pei?! But no one answered him, because the other journalists were already stunned! Hong Kong's landmark "Bank of China Tower" was designed by I.M. Pei, who is a god-level existence in the hearts of Hong Kong people, no wonder these reporters were so shocked!
Duan Zetao greeted I.M. Pei with a smile, "Old Pei, you are here, it is really brilliant, I am still worried that you are too busy with old things and can't come!" ”。
I.M. Pei tapped Duan Zetao with his finger, and said with a smile: "Little slippery head, don't think I don't know what the hell you have to do, but I definitely want to come to see the most perfect work of my life, if the house designed by I.M. Pei can't be sold, wouldn't it smash my own signboard, hehe."
At this time, the reporters had also woken up, and were carrying their own "shotgun cannons" and rushed over to interview I.M. Pei, and were shocked when they heard the conversation between the two, it turned out that this "utopia" project was really designed by I.M. Pei, and I.M. Pei actually joked with this young man, it seems that the relationship between the two is not shallow!
"Master Pei, I am a reporter from Oriental News, you have not personally designed your works for many years, why did you choose to design your own works for a small county in the mainland?" , the tall and thin newspaper reporter reacted the fastest, and was the first to rush to Pei and raise the recorder and asked.
"There is only good and bad architectural design, there is no regional distinction, some people may be willing to live in the bustling city, some people may be willing to live in the beautiful countryside, in Xinghua I found my dream of "paradise on earth", so I regard "utopia" as the most perfect work of my life, where whether you like the bustling city, or the beautiful countryside, you can find what you want, the dream of "utopia"! ......", I.M. Pei spared no effort to recommend his proud work to everyone.
Other reporters still wanted to ask questions, at this time the other guests also woke up from the shock and were surrounding this side, Duan Zetao hurriedly stood up when he saw this, "Bei Lao just got off the plane, it's very hard, now everyone let him go to rest first, we will have a special press conference in a while, then everyone will ask questions as much as you like!" As he spoke, he motioned for a few staff members to come over and take I.M. Pei to the VIP room to rest.
At this time, there was an excited voice on the radio, "Mr. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., is here to congratulate and wish Xinghua Hong Kong Merchants Association a complete success!" I saw Jobs wearing a simple denim casual suit, smiling from the door of the exhibition hall, he was a little fatter than Duan Zetao last saw him, his face was ruddy, and he was obviously in good health.
Duan Zetao greeted him with a laugh, opened his arms, and gave Jobs a warm hug, "Old Joe, you look good, it seems that my advice is very effective!" Jobs also hugged Duan Zetao warmly and said with a smile: "Xiao Duan, you are really amazing!" If it weren't for you, I might be lying in a hospital bed at this time! ”。
The crowd around was completely petrified, what a man Jobs was! "Father of Apple"! He has been named the Person of the Year by Time many times, and if you want to rank the 100 most influential people in the world, Jobs is definitely among them! And Duan Zetao actually called him Lao Qiao! It can be seen how close the relationship between the two is!
At this time, I heard another excited and crazy voice on the radio, "The American Rockefeller family Mike. Mr. Rockefeller, Rothschild, Rothschild, USA. Mr. Rothschild came to congratulate and wished Xinghua Hong Kong Merchants a complete success! ”。