Chapter 149: A Good Start
Simon's biggest expectation was undoubtedly the meeting with Mr. Harry Potter, and what he saw and heard in Songjiang made him realize that it was very important for him to be involved in the design of the Harry Potter Hotel, not to mention the Simon Architects that could save him, and more importantly, he was already keenly aware that China is a very large market.
If the design of the Harry Potter Hotel in Songjiang, it is undoubtedly to open the door to the Chinese market, as an architectural designer, but also a businessman, Simon learned about China through a variety of information before coming, he found that China is an emerging market, the policy of reform and opening up is prompting all parts of the country to engage in urban infrastructure construction, and the speed is extremely fast, from the perspective of professional architectural designers, those so-called construction are simple, low-tech buildings, He realized that except for a few special-purpose projects, there are very few high-quality designs and buildings in civil and commercial infrastructure, and if he can win the design right of this high-quality five-star hotel, he will undoubtedly get a pass in China, and it is a trump card pass.
Simon knew that the most important thing was to get the design rights of the Harry Potter Hotel, Miss Jenny had talked to him before coming, and if she wanted to get the design rights, she had to satisfy her boss, Mr. Harry Potter, and he was looking forward to meeting this Mr. Harry Potter from the moment he got off the plane, he was fully prepared, and he believed that he would be able to impress Mr. Harry Potter with his talent in architectural design!
Simon was very surprised by what he enjoyed when he arrived in Matsue, but he felt a little uneasy about not seeing Mr. Harry Potter, and Helen was called away by her colleague just now, and he realized that it might be their boss who came, and immediately became excited, looking at the design materials he had brought, and looking forward to it even more.
At this time, the doorbell of the room rang, Simon's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stood up to open the door, and there was Miss Jenny standing at the door, and there was a handsome Chinese teenager next to her, which made Simon's heart cool all of a sudden, but he still said very politely: "Hello, Miss Jenny, you have something to do with me?" β
As soon as Jenny saw Simon's expression, she knew that he didn't regard Zuo Jiang as her boss, and said with a smile: "Mr. Simon, it's not that I'm looking for you, it's my old Mr. Harry Potter who is looking for you!" Talk about stretching out his hand to signal Zuo Jiang beside him.
"Ahh Simon was dumbfounded when he heard that the Chinese teenager next to Jenny was her boss, Mr. Harry Potter, I thought about this Harry Potter countless images, but I didn't expect him to be a teenager, but Jenny's group officially introduced him, and he couldn't help but believe it, but he couldn't adapt for a while.
Zuo Jiang smiled and stretched out his hand to Simon and said, "Hello, Mr. Simon, I'm Harry Potter, it's a pleasure to meet such a talented design master as you!" β
Zuo Jiang's praise made Simon immediately feel good about him, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zuo Jiang's hand and said, "Hello, hello, Mr. Harry Potter!" I didn't expect Mr. Harry Potter to be so young, so I suddenly felt a sense of twilight, ashamed, ashamed, what is the saying in China? Yes, yes, yes, it is a hero from ancient times! "It's rare that Simon made up for a few days of Chinese knowledge and remembered this sentence.
Jenny saw the two of them standing at the door and talking, and it was difficult to say anything to Simon, so she had to remind: "Boss, let's go to the house and talk!" β
When Simon heard this, he hurriedly got out of the way and took Zuo Jiang into the room and asked, "Mr. Harry Potter, I'm very sorry, you see that I only care about talking to you, please sit inside." β
The three of them came to the living room and sat down, Jenny first said: "Mr. Simon, I very much hope that our company can cooperate with you and your company, I have communicated with you in advance about the architectural style and layout of the Harry Potter Hotel, I think Mr. Simon has an overall idea in his heart, so Mr. Simon will talk about your idea first, this is the first thing my boss wants to know, and it is also the key to the success of our cooperation!" β
Simon had already been well prepared for this, and he was not polite when he saw Jenny to the point, Americans are not as reserved as the Chinese, they are full of confidence in themselves and like to express themselves. So he took out two color overall architectural renderings from the information, unfolded them and put them on the coffee table in front of Zuo Jiang and Jenny, the two renderings are very similar, but the style is different, one is the architectural renderings of the Lenard Five-Star Hotel in New York, the architectural style is full of Western publicity and romanticism, and the other is the architectural renderings of the Harry Potter Hotel, the architectural style is luxurious and solemn, both modern and Chinese classical elements of color, it can be seen that Simon has put a lot of effort into winning this design contract.
As soon as Simon opened his mouth, he said unabashedly: "Mr. Harry Potter, Miss Jenny, the two architectural renderings you have seen, one is the architectural renderings of the Lenard Five-Star Hotel in New York that I designed for the Woods Hotel Management Group in the United States, and the other is the architectural renderings of the Harry Potter Hotel I designed for your company, because the design of the Lenard Hotel New York is the first five-star hotel designed in my architectural design career, and I poured all my design talents into it. Unfortunately, due to the financial crisis, the project could not be implemented, and I was very surprised when I saw the rendering of the Harry Potter Hotel that Miss Jenny gave me, although it was very rough, it was very similar to the layout of the Lanyard Hotel in New York, which surprised me, I did not expect that there is a person with my heart and soul on the other side of the world! I thought it must have been God who had brought me together with His invisible hand! So I consulted the relevant materials of Chinese classical and modern architecture, and slightly modified the design of the Lannard Hotel, and formed the design concept of the Harry Potter Hotel, since the hand of God is pulling us in the dark, I think our cooperation will be successful! β
Simon's wonderful speech can undoubtedly impress any American, Zuo Jiang admires his undisguised straightforward character, according to the thinking of the Chinese people, they will never tell Zuo Jiang that this design is improved from another design, and will definitely say how to bother to design for him, so as to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiation. At the same time, Zuo Jiang's heart is also very embarrassed, he plagiarized Simon's masterpiece in another time and space, but it made him feel like a heart-to-heart connection, which Zuo Jiang did not expect, when he heard Simon's name, he decided to cooperate with him, Simon's wonderful words seem to be wasted, Zuo Jiang is now in no hurry to tell Simon his decision, boiled ducks can't fly, he wants to know more about Simon's further ideas and ideas in designing the Harry Potter Hotel.
Zuo Jiang smiled and praised: "Mr. Simon, I appreciate the architectural renderings of the Harry Potter Hotel you drew very much, and your words also touched me, but after all, I am only a junior high school student, and I don't know anything about architecture, and the overall renderings for you are just my imagination, and it is not worth mentioning in front of a design expert like you, so I want to hear further thoughts on the architectural design of the Harry Potter Hotel." β
Hearing Zuo Jiang's praise, Simon was even more excited, although Zuo Jiang repeatedly said that he did not understand architecture, but from Zuo Jiang's conversation, he felt that he had a maturity that was extremely inconsistent with his age, and he did not speak in a hurry, as if he was in the hands of a lifetime, which made Simon put away his contempt for Zuo Jiang, and very carefully told Zuo Jiang about his concept and overall planning of designing the Harry Potter Hotel, and from time to time took out the design drawings to explain the ideas and basis of such a design to Zuo Jiang, and explained the functions and layouts of various buildings one by one. It's very detailed.
Zuo Jiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart while listening, listening to Simon's explanation of Zuo Jiang to know how naΓ―ve his ideas were, a master is a master! Simon took into account the functions of all the buildings of the hotel, how to lay out the buildings with what functions, what kind of building materials to use, and even the decoration issues, especially the two-villa-style presidential suite, the presidential suite is just a concept in Zuojiang's brain, and Simon took into account the security affairs of the presidential suite, for example, how thick the reinforced concrete poured on the wall can resist how many kilograms of ** attack, what quality of bulletproof glass is used for glass, At the same time, the basement of the presidential suite was designed for temporary hiding in case of sudden crisis, and the basement was equipped with a safe passage to the outside world, etc.! It's just that the electronic technology is still very backward now, otherwise Simon would consider installing an electronic shield to prevent remote detonation devices!
Seeing that Zuo Jiang was very fascinated by what he heard, Simon couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and then he said: "Mr. Harry Potter, Miss Jenny, I transplanted the design of the Lanyard Hotel to the design of the Harry Potter Hotel, not to save trouble, but I feel that the design of the Lanyard Hotel is very mature, and it is very convenient to use it in the design of the Harry Potter Hotel and save a lot of time. This gives my team time to fine-tune the design in-house, which is a great thing to kill two birds with one stone! β