Building a house in the United States also requires a lot of procedures.

Although the department in charge of approval will not deliberately make things difficult for people who want to build houses with complicated procedures. However, before submitting the approval procedures, there is a lot of meticulous and trivial work, which needs to be done by the builder in advance.

The next morning, Jacques called in a professional to test the soil on the land to be used for the house. The results of this test report should be available in two to four weeks.

Shortly after the staff who tested the soil left, Jacques hired an architect who walked into the campus.

The architect was a middle-aged man in his 50s, not too tall, with a slightly fat body. When he talks to people, he does not smile, his eyes are condensed, and his expression is very stubborn.

Jacques invited the architect into the principal's office and introduced the principal and Xia Xue one by one. Then, the four of them sat on a simple and clean sofa and began to formally discuss the design of the new school building.

After Jacques took his seat, he first took out a document and handed it to the architect. On the document, the local regulations bylaw are printed, which is for the architect's reference.

The architect was reading the materials, and the principal had already brought the freshly ground coffee to the table. The steaming heat and aroma make the previously formal atmosphere instantly relax and relax.

The architect, with a serious look, said thank you, took a sip of his coffee, and smiled approvingly. It was the first time he had ever smiled since he walked into the campus.

Xia Xue pursed her lips at the principal and blinked quietly, meaning "Coffee, thanks to it."

The headmaster understood, smiled triumphantly and nodded, giving a thumbs up imperceptibly.

Jacques glanced up at the principal and Xia Xue, raised the corners of his lips, and didn't say anything, but his eyes showed a doting and helpless look.

The regulations have specific requirements for the area, boundaries and number of floors in which the house should be built, as well as the height, drainage and vegetation. If any of the house design drawings exceed the regulations, then the approval process will never be passed.

After carefully reading the regulations, the architect turned to the principal and asked her to explain her vision and requirements for the new school building.

The principal briefly stated to the architect the size of the house, the appearance requirements, the number and number of floors of the school building, and the location of the stairs. After speaking, he asked Xia Xue and Jacques to make additions.

Jacques listened carefully to the principal's statement, as well as the architect's final suggestions, as well as some of Xia Xue's ideas. After everyone had finished expressing their proposals, Jacques quickly drew a sketch on paper and handed it to the architect.

The architect looked at the simple, clear, and accurate sketch and smiled with satisfaction once again.

Jacques, you're great! It's a shame that you don't come to be an architect! The architect marveled at Jacques' sketches.

Jacques disagreed, smiling. I'm here to make your work easier.

The architect laughed. Only the more specific your vision is, the more I can understand your requirements for building a house, and at the same time, the efficiency of building a house will be greatly improved.

Jacques smiled at the architect. Your efficiency has always been very high, which is beyond the reach of your peers. Others don't understand, don't I know you brother?

The architect listened, laughed, and said. We've been working together for so many years, you should know my professional personality, right? I have a strange problem, but when I finalize the design, I don't like to be overturned and revised repeatedly. So, please let me know all your thoughts beforehand!

After hearing this, Xia Xue was stunned, and sighed secretly, what a cow designer! Presumably, this person is not an ordinary designer, at least a big name in the industry in the United States.

Jacques replied with a smile, OK, OK! Your temper, I know best, we will not repeat, please rest assured!

When can I get the design draft? Jacques smiled and asked the architect.

The architect picked up the coffee cup, took a sip silently, thought for a while, and said. It usually takes two to four weeks to get the design out. Since you are in a hurry to build a new school building, I will try to get the blueprints out in two weeks!

Two weeks later, the architect did not break his promise and came up with the design plan on time. It was one afternoon when Jacques brought the architect into the principal's room, and Xia Xue happened to be there.

The second time we met, we were much more familiar than the first time, and both parties were not a little restrained. The look on the architect's face was much softer than the first time they met, and he occasionally showed a friendly smile.

The architect walked into the principal's room, and after greeting each other, he sat down on the only sofa and carefully reviewed the blueprint.

Jacques picked it up and looked at it several times. After making sure that there were no major problems that needed to be revised, he circulated the blueprints to the principal and Xia Xue.

The headmistress glanced at the design drawings a few times, made a headache, and handed the drawings to Xia Xue. She whispered to Xia Xue, let's take a look, I really don't understand.

Xia Xue smiled, took the drawings, and looked at every detail seriously. Looking at the drawings is not a problem for Xia Xue. When she co-founded an engineering company with Bu Shiren in the past, although she was not particularly proficient in engineering, she couldn't stand it for a long time, and she also learned some skills more or less.

According to the regulations she had seen before, Xia Xue carefully checked the room layout, window brightness, structural strength, foundation design, roof design, and wall thickness. For the uncertain data, I checked with the architect repeatedly, and then I was relieved.

Jacques looked at Xia Xue in surprise, a look of admiration in his eyes. He always thought that Xia Xue was just a soft and weak beautiful woman, but he never expected that she would still understand common sense in engineering.

Jacques picked up the blueprint again and looked at it again. He worked with the architect on the layout of the lighting, the interior and exterior lighting, the design of the air conditioning outlets and return air outlets, and the insulation measures of the house.

Jacques is as careful as a hair, this is Xia Xue's latest discovery about him. He listened intently to the architect's vision, then expressed his understanding and agreed with the designer. Even the functional design of the swimming pool, remote control doors and water system, Jacques did not let go.

The negotiations, meticulous and thorough, took several hours. When all the plans were finally finalized after repeated arguments, it was already twilight when the sun was setting.

The architect got up and took his leave, sorry for the delay for so long.

The principal and Xia Xue thanked the architect and kept him for dinner.

Xia Xue also took matters into her own hands and invited the architect to eat dumplings at home.

The architect originally refused to stay, but when he heard Xia Xue mention the dumplings, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing a strong interest.

But in an instant, he shook his shoulders again and made a gesture of helplessness and regret.

What's wrong? Xia Xue asked suspiciously.

The architect stretched out his finger and pointed at Jacques, and said angrily, "I have to ask Jacques!" I'll go to his base later, and the scale will be expanded、、、、、、

Before the architect's words were finished, Jacques suddenly looked at him with fierce eyes.

The architect then stopped talking and slapped his mouth with his hand a few times, as if to blame himself for saying something he shouldn't have said.

Architect and Jacques, at the same time left school. This time, instead of driving a motorcycle, Jacques drove an off-road vehicle with a body covered in camouflage green patterns.

The school was already out of school, and Xia Xue asked the headmistress to eat dumplings at home. In her spare time on weekends, she likes to wrap some dumplings and freeze them, so that she can cook them whenever she wants.

The headmistress has become completely familiar with Xia Xue, and she no longer has the politeness and freshness she used to have. When she saw Xia Xue's sincere invitation, she readily agreed.

Along the way, Xia Xue was thinking about what the architect said just now. Jacques, near this Grand Canyon, and his own base? What kind of base would that be? It's no wonder that Jacques is usually elusive, and every time he comes back, he is tired.

The headmistress probably knew Jacques's secrets. When the architect said that he was going to visit Jacques's base, her face did not show any surprise or confusion. This shows that she must have known about Jacques.

The headmistress's husband was a comrade-in-arms with Jacques before his death, and fought bloodily in the same trench for many years. Presumably, Jacques knows everything about the headmistress, and that kind of relationship must be as close as family affection, right?

Xia Xue didn't have a hard time, and went to the headmistress to deliberately inquire about Jacques's inside story. However, this Jacques, Xia Xue has long seen that he is not an ordinary person. At least, the feeling he left on Xia Xue at first was that he didn't look like an ordinary teacher.

There is a deadly mystery in Jacques's body. It is hidden deeply, secretive, and seems to be bland, but in fact, the city is not shallow. He is a special forces soldier in the field, will the base he own have anything to do with the operation?

Xia Xue's curiosity about Jacques was aroused at once. If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant now, maybe she would really find a way to track Jacques's whereabouts.

A few days later, the soil test report of the building site came out. Jacques immediately brought in an engineer to give him design approval for the structure and foundation of the house.

Engineers will consider the design of the foundation and structure according to the characteristics of the soil. At the same time, he carefully reviews the architect's design drawings and performs engineering calculations to determine the indicators.

The drawings designed by the architect need to be stamped by the engineer before they can be submitted to the local building management department for approval. This department has strict regulations on the floor of the building, the height of the wall facing the street, the floor area and the water seepage rate, the building boundary, the color of the façade and the additional buildings.

The design drawings stamped by the engineer are reviewed by the local management department before applying for a building permit from the municipal authority.

Every procedure is strict and precise, and everything is done. However, all the administrative departments are impartial, law-abiding and will not make additional demands on applicants. It will not make something out of nothing and deliberately embarrass the applicant.

Early one morning, Jacques held two drawings, application forms, water seepage analysis tables, material specification sheets, energy-saving analysis forms, greening analysis tables and other materials in his hands, and showed them to the female principal and Xia Xue one by one.

Xia Xue asked inexplicably, can you go to the municipal government for approval? Will we be able to start building a new school building soon?

Jacques shook his head and laughed. Now, we can just go to the municipal government for approval. But then, the municipality may propose changes to the drawings, which need to be rectified repeatedly and then reviewed again. Each audit will take about two weeks to four weeks.

How long does it take to apply for a building permit? The headmistress asked impatiently.

Jacques smiled chicly, spread his arms, and said, it will take about 、、、、、、 a month or two!

The headmistress immediately made a gesture of looking up to the sky and sighing, which made everyone laugh.

However, if we architects design, 100% standardized, there is not a single omission. Then our drawings do not need to be modified, of course, it will speed up the approval! Jacques, speaking confidently, tried to comfort the ladies in front of him.