Chapter 2 Designing a City
The young man looked at Chen Zikun with blazing eyes, as if his heart was full of infinite power, Chen Zikun smiled and muttered to himself in English.
"What did you say?" Ye Kai frowned slightly.
"I said you were too young and too naΓ―ve." Chen Zikun turned around and took a thin booklet from the shelf, his office was strictly laid out and organized, behind the desk was the party flag and the national flag, the portrait of the former prime minister hung on the front, and next to it was a whole wall of bookcases, hiding thousands of books of all kinds.
"This is Chen Wangdao's translation of the "*** Declaration", you take it and take a good look, since you believe in this religion, look at the real doctrine, don't be led by the nose." Chen Zikun handed the booklet over, but Ye Kai hesitated to take it.
"Why, *** members are not afraid of death, but they are also afraid of reading a book?" Chan was still smiling.
I thought that I would be severely tortured, but I didn't know that the provincial chairman was so gentle, Ye Kai's tense nerves gradually relaxed, but he still maintained the demeanor of a revolutionary.
"Okay, I'll take this book first." Ye Kai took it and flipped it over, but took it down.
"The quality of the current party members is worrying." Chen Zikun sighed.
Ye Kai was just a little nervous, although he didn't know much about writing, but he could still distinguish it, so he quickly took it and blushed: "I am a member of the league, and I haven't joined the party organization yet." β
Chen Zikun said: "Okay, I'll find you a place to calm down, read and study, so that you can work better in the future, and I have another word for you." β
Ye Kai said calmly: "Please speak." β
"No matter what kind of party member you are, you are first and foremost a Chinese, and I hope that you will remember and adhere to this sentence in your future life journey."
Ye Kai nodded, obviously didn't go to his heart, turned his head and left.
"Wait, where is your godfather?" Chen Zikun suddenly mentioned Zhao Dahai.
Ye Kai was stunned for a moment, but decided to tell him.
"My dad works in the Soviet district." When he said this, Ye Kai was very proud.
Chen Zikun waved his hand and sent him away, and after a while, Zeng Jiao came in: "Chairman, where the prisoner is kept, please instruct." β
Chen Zikun said: "Find a villa on Fenglin Road for him to live in, milk and bread are supplied every day, let him go if he wants to go, don't stop." β
Zeng Jiao was puzzled: "Isn't this a tiger returning to the mountain?" β
"What kind of tiger is he, at most a tiger cub, by the way, how did you catch him?"
"Hehe, it's a coincidence, this kid infiltrated the provincial locomotive repair factory by recruiting workers to induce workers to rebel, our provincial workers are all organized, first stabilize him, and then report to the police department, let's directly send two policemen to bring people here."
Chen Zikun sneered, his strict defense has finally achieved some results, several large factories in the provincial capital have set up a three-gun association, most of the workers join the three-gun association, usually work, when needed, they can directly enlist in the army, become a technical soldier, and the treatment is good, the organization is tight, if you want to trick them into rebellion, I am afraid it is more difficult than ascending to the sky.
Zeng Jiao took the order, and the adjutant Zhao Yufeng came in with a sly smile on his face: "Handsome, there is a guest visiting." β
Chen Zikun said: "How many times have I said it, don't shout handsome anymore, it's not the Beiyang period anymore." β
Zhao Yufeng hurriedly stood up: "Yes, chairman." β
Chen Zikun didn't ask who was visiting, but instead mentioned another thing: "Where is Yushuai now?" β
Zhao Yufeng said: "Still drifting in Sichuan. β
Chen Zikun sighed and said, "The three thousand oceans every month have been remitted on time, right?" β
"Back to the chairman, I won't pull it in January."
"It's not a matter to live in Sichuan, you send a telegram, in my name, ask Yushuai to live in Jiangdong, if he refuses, he will send it again, Yushuai has a good face, and he is old, we have to do the etiquette, don't let the old man chill."
Zhao Yufeng's eyes were red: "Yes, the humble position must invite Yushuai here." β
Chen Zikun then said: "Where did the guest come, you also came in to report in person." β
Zhao Yufeng smiled mysteriously again: "Chairman, you can go and see for yourself." β
Chen Zikun was quite puzzled, and when he came to the small living room in person, he saw a woman sitting on the sofa, with a slender back, wearing a red tweed coat, and he couldn't recognize who it was.
The woman turned around and smiled, and Chen Zikun said in surprise: "Lin Wenjing, why are you here." β
Lin Wenjing smiled: "Just let you surprise me, can't I surprise you?" β
Zhao Yufeng quietly retreated and gently closed the door of the small living room.
It turned out that Lin Wenjing had graduated from Peking University, sorted out her belongings in Beijing for several months, contacted the study abroad colleges, and went south to visit relatives after the affairs were completed.
"Which university to go to?" Chan asked.
"Cornell University School of Architecture and Design." Lin Wenjing replied shyly.
"Ivy League schools." Chen Zikun exclaimed, making Lin Wenjing even more embarrassed.
"Stay in Jiangdong for a few more days and eat together in the evening, I invite you, by the way, why didn't Wenlong come?" Chan was very excited.
"Wenlong is also here, he is indispensable for worshipping ancestors, and there are two other friends who are climbing the ancient pagoda on the outskirts of the provincial capital, I think you must be very willing to meet them."
"Let me guess, it's Hui Yin and Sicheng, right?"
"You guessed it."
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That night, Chen Zikun held a banquet at the Fenglin Road Mansion to entertain the Lin family and Liang Sicheng and his wife, accompanied by Yao Yilei and Jian Bing.
"The castle with this yellow lawn and red maple trees is like a fairy tale!" Lin Huiyin seemed to be intoxicated.
Liang Sicheng also praised the design of the official residence, he is a top student in the architecture department of the University of Pennsylvania, and his vision is naturally not bad, his praise made Yao Yilei and Jian Bing complacent, but Chen Zikun thought of another thing.
"Huiyin, Sicheng, I have one thing to ask you, I hope to agree."
Liang Sicheng wiped the corners of his mouth with a white napkin, and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" β
Lin Huiyin put his hand on his cheek, his eyes blinked, and he looked at Chen Zikun curiously.
"I'm preparing to build a city, but I don't have a good design policy, and you and Huiyin are both engaged in architecture, so I don't know if you can provide some ideas."
Liang Sicheng became excited: "Oh Zikun, where are you asking us to help, you are clearly helping us, you know, those who study architecture will not easily have the opportunity to apply what they have learned, just like learning to drive a car, but not having the opportunity to touch the car, you give me a blank city to design, which is equivalent to giving us a rich French meal." β
Lin Huiyin also nodded like a chicken: "Designing a city is Sicheng's ultimate dream." β
Chen Zikun said: "That's great, I'll leave you for a few days, draw the blueprint of the city and then leave." β
Liang Sicheng said: "Zikun, you are too careful, architectural design is not painting, it must be designed according to geographical orientation and geological structure, I need detailed maps and geological data, it will take at least a year." β
Chen Zikun said: "Time is not waiting, you can help me come up with a rough planning blueprint, and then I will go to Shanghai to find a professional firm to do the specific design, the key is that the overall design of the city must come from the hands of Chinese." β
Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin glanced at each other, then at Lin Wenjing, who smiled and nodded.
"Okay, let's stay in Jiangdong for a few more days, anyway, there are a lot of ancient temples and ancient pagodas near the provincial capital, and there are a lot of Buddha statues and steles, we will investigate during the day and draw pictures for you at night."
Chen Zikun was overjoyed, slapped his face and called the orderlies in, asked him to inform the staff to bring the military map of Jiangbei, and asked the servant to open a bottle of French red wine.
"Lafite in 1919 tastes good, and we welcome three designers from the city of Beitai." Chan personally poured wine for the guests.
Lin Wenjing said curiously: "Three, do I also have a share?" β
Lin Huiyin said: "Sister, didn't you take a course in garden design at Peking University, just let's do it together." β
Wine glasses collide in the air, and laughter erupts.
That night, the guest stayed in the guest room on the second floor of the official residence, and it happened that Jian Bing should accompany Chen Zikun tonight, seeing his restless appearance, Jian Bing, sitting in front of the dresser, understood.
"The first lover is here, it's strange in my heart, scratching my heart with a hundred claws." Jian Bing whispered.
"Don't guess, there's nothing." Chen Zikun said hardly.
Jian Bing grinned: "Don't deny it, your expression has betrayed you, don't be afraid, Lei Lei and I are not the kind of people who are careful, you are also thirty years old, Miss Lin is also in her twenties, she is not small, seeing that she is about to go abroad, I think you should hurry up and get things done, the idiot men and women in the province are on different sides, you are fine, what should Miss Lin do when she becomes an old girl?" β
"You and Lei Lei really think so?" Chan said.
"Of course it's true." Yao Yilei pushed the door in, and said: "Do you still remember your speech in front of the office after March 18 that year, and asked Liu Ting to read Miss Lin's letter, we are all listening to it in the back, aside from your feelings, you still have no heirs, only one daughter, Jian Bing and I are very guilty, not to mention that you married a Lin Wenjing, that is, Liu Ting, Tang Yan and Tang Yan's sister were also accepted, and we didn't have a second word, right, Jianbing." β
Jian Bing also nodded solemnly: "That's the truth." β
Chen Zikun was frightened in his heart, he had no secrets with himself, and the little he did outside was all in the hands of the two women.
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That being said, Chen Zikun didn't touch Lin Wenjing that night, after all, everyone is a civilized person, and they have been waiting for ten years, so why don't you worry about this night.
The next day, Chen Zikun ordered a special train to be hung at the railway station, took Liang Sicheng and the Lin sisters, and called Xiao Lang to Jiangbei to survey the terrain on the spot.
The special train arrived at Beitai Station, which is a temporary station, only a red brick house, Lin Huiyin immediately said: "The railway station must be rebuilt, the train is a symbol of modernization, the railway station can be used as a landmark in Beitai City, I like the kind of European-style, with a Gothic bell tower building, built with granite, beautiful and durable, can be used for a hundred years." β
Chen Zikun said: "Okay, that's it." β