"Jiaxin, what do you think of Lin Yilan's design?" Qiu Xiuzhen picked up the wine glass on the table and kept shaking it in her hand.

Du Jiaxin organized the design drawings and put them back into the document bag.

"Pearl, if you pay close attention to the later construction, the art museum designed for you by Miss Lin will definitely become a hit in Hong Kong City."

"Her design is much better than that of Mr. Liang Juncai from Liang's Office . "Yes."

She put the document bag she had organized on the coffee table, "He is indeed a designer from the mainland. He is really excellent."

"If I didn't have the need to build a building, I would have snatched this design away. Now." She touched the document bag with some reluctance.

Qiu Xiuzhen was happy. She took a sip of the red wine in the glass and put the glass back on the coffee table.

"I didn't expect you, Jiaxin, to like her designs so much. I still remember that you recommended Lin Yilan to me at the beginning. In this way, you are more discerning."

Du Jiaxin picked up the lemonade, pursed her lips and drank it with a smile. A few mouthfuls.

She has been paying attention to Lin Yilan since the Sailor Center in the Danish town of SJT.

Over the past few years, she has gone to see each of the projects that Lin Yilan has worked on. She couldn't believe more in Lin Yilan's level.

But she didn't expect that this time, Lin Yilan would give her a bigger surprise than she imagined.

It was not in vain that she put in all the effort to get her design in front of Qiu Xiuzhen.

"So Jiaxin, are we going to let Xiao Lin be the designer for our future project?" Qiu Xiuzhen tested Du Jiaxin's tone.

Du Jiaxin was silent for a moment and sighed regretfully, "Ms. Lin's ability to design this kind of independent building does not mean that she can complete the design of a residential project. Her experience is still too little."

But Qiu Xiuzhen was unwilling to give up this The situation was favorable to her, so she moved closer to Du Jiaxin, "Jiaxin, why don't I test Xiaolin first and let her talk to us about her thoughts on the commercial residential project?"

Du Jiaxin remained silent for a while, and then shook her head. He shook his head and said, "Pearl, theory is theory and practice is practice. Those architectural firms in Hong Kong City can pick up any designer and they will be able to express their views on commercial residential projects very clearly.

But once they are asked to design, That would just be a mess."

"...What do you mean, Jiaxin?" Qiu Xiuzhen endured her reluctance.

Du Jiaxin did not speak, but whetted Qiu Xiuzhen's appetite. She picked up the lemonade and drank it slowly.

Qiu Xiuzhen, who was sitting aside, clasped her hands on the sofa and finally got this opportunity to make money. She had to be patient.

After waiting for three full minutes, Du Jiaxin put down the water glass and put her hand on the back of Qiu Xiuzhen's hand.

"Pearl, I know you trust Miss Lin very much, and I also like her very much. For your sake, when your art museum project is completed, we will give Miss Lin a chance to try.

Let her provide a simple design Give us the plan. If possible, how about we appoint her as the designer?"

"But, I'm afraid Miss Lin may not be willing to do this, and we are taking advantage of Miss Lin, so she may be a little unhappy. Happy."

Her round eyes stared closely at Qiu Xiuzhen, full of trust and dependence.

Qiu Xiuzhen hesitated for a moment, then held Du Jiaxin's hand with her backhand. "Jiaxin, let's do this. I'm familiar with Xiaolin. If I have a chance, I'll talk to her about this matter and listen to her thoughts first."

Du Jiaxin smiled apologetically at Qiu Xiuzhen, "Pearl, you are still reliable. As expected, Working with you makes me worry less than others."

Qiu Xiuzhen patted the back of Du Jiaxin's hand and said, "Jiaxin, I also want to thank you for helping me make money together."

Looking at Qiu Xiuzhen's complete trust in herself, she said. The smile on Du Jiaxin's face gradually widened, with a trace of imperceptible satisfaction in it.

If Qiu Xiuzhen really asked Lin Yilan as she said, regardless of whether Lin Yilan agreed or not, Qiu Xiuzhen would probably leave a knot in her heart.

In Lin Yilan's heart, Qiu Xiuzhen will no longer be as trustworthy as before.

She didn't want the core employees to have a good relationship with another boss of the company during the company's early days. It was too risky for her to run the company this way.

After all, she paid such a high price for this project.

Du Jiaxin was laughing, and so was Qiu Xiuzhen.

At this time, the two people in the box were holding hands, with happy smiles on their faces, but only they knew that they had their own thoughts behind their smiles.

Qiu Xiuzhen raised her head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the private room, then picked up the document bag brought by Lin Yilan on the coffee table and her bag on the sofa.

"Jiaxin, I still have some things to deal with, so I'll leave first."

She stood up and walked to the door. As if she remembered something again, she stopped and turned back and said, "I booked this box for two whole days. Although I don't have time. I want to accompany you, but I still hope you can enjoy it."

Du Jiaxin stood up and walked to Qiu Xiuzhen with a smile, "Thank you, Pearl."

"Bye~" Qiu Xiuzhen waved and opened the door of the private room. .

After the door closed in front of her, Du Jiaxin's smile immediately disappeared and she returned to the sofa expressionlessly.

On the other side, Qiu Xiuzhen also put away the smile on her face after coming out of the box.

She blew on her newly made manicure and murmured in a low voice: "We are all foxes with thousands of years of history, so we are not playing tricks."

It's really funny that Du Jiaxin, a little girl, is still playing these tricks in front of her. He didn't even look at how she, Qiu Xiuzhen, had gotten through these years.

After saying hello to the attendant on this floor, she pressed the up button of the elevator.

He walked into the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor skillfully.

As soon as the elevator door opened, Qiu Xiuzhen saw a young man.

"Ms. Qiu, the boss is already waiting for you."

Qiu Xiuzhen nodded, "I understand, is he in the office or in the room now."

The young man followed Qiu Xiuzhen, always half a step behind her.

"In the office."

After saying that, he stepped forward and opened the door to Qiu Xiuzhen's office.

After Qiu Xiuzhen entered, he immediately closed the door and stood guard at the door.

"Hey, are you still in the mood to smoke a cigar today? What makes you so happy today?" Qiu Xiuzhen threw her bag on the sofa aside and walked towards the desk.

The man sitting behind the desk took a deep drag on the cigar and then stubbed it out in the ashtray.

"I'll be very happy if you come to me."

"Come on, don't say these words to coax me. I just met Du Jiaxin, and this little girl wants to use me as a raft. She is really good at it."

Qiu Xiuzhen walked to the man's side. , and then sat down on the table at his hand.

The man picked up the yellow-brown document bag on the table and handed it to Qiu Xiuzhen, "I checked the things you asked me to check."

"My people didn't see any problems. As for whether there are any problems, you can see for yourself. "Okay."

Qiu Xiuzhen took the document bag, poured out the photos inside, and looked at them one after another, with a serious expression as if she was doing some research.

If Lin Yilan were present, she would definitely curse.

At the same time, I will also be glad that I went out to meet Wang Ersheng yesterday and took precautions in advance.

The man didn't expect that she had been looking at it for so long. Before she could finish it, he pulled her from the table into his arms.

"Tell me, what are you doing?! You asked me to take action for a girl in her 20s from the mainland. If you really don't believe her, then don't cooperate with her."

Qiu Xiuzhen turned over Rolling her eyes, she had already looked at all the photos one by one.

It's exactly what he said, no problem.

She arranged the photos and put them back in the document bag.

"Please don't stand and talk without hurting your back. The little girl in the photo is related to more than half of my net worth, as well as Du Jiaxin's dowry.

If she cheats us, Du Jiaxin and I will be completely ruined."

Man He put the tip of his nose against her face and rubbed it, "It's okay if this little girl is unreliable. Then you will consider marrying me when you become a pauper."

"STOP!" Qiu Xiuzhen blocked his face with her hands , "I don't want to get married again in this life, thank you."

The man shrugged, with a regretful tone, "It doesn't matter, I don't have much else, I just have a lot of patience." "

But, the designer you know Master, he is indeed a reliable person."

Qiu Xiuzhen immediately turned to look at him warily, "What did you do?"

"I just asked someone to install a monitoring device in her beauty room in advance." He spread his hands and said, "I didn't hear anything. It's really boring."

Qiu Xiuzhen jumped out of him immediately, "Get out!"

During the period when Qiu Xiuzhen was "busy", Lin Yilan was not idle either.

She has no interest in the so-called full body massage and beauty treatment, but she agreed to Party A's request and went even if she didn't want to.

However, as soon as she entered the so-called beauty room, she immediately noticed something was wrong.

The reason why I could find something wrong so quickly was thanks to the fact that this shabby club likes to stay dark even in broad daylight.

Otherwise, it wouldn't happen. After she entered the beauty room, she saw an invisible box under the massage table with a small red light on from time to time.

Lin Yilan would have been frightened to death if she hadn't known that there was no candid camera at this time.

In order to reassure herself, she took advantage of the beautician's turn to reach out and touch the box. After making sure that she didn't touch anything similar to a lens, she was completely relieved.

Damn, she would never come to this club a second time.

Lin Yilan, who couldn't completely relax even while lying on the massage bed, was cursing and swearing in her heart.

"Ms. Lin, is this strength okay?" The beautician slowly pushed the essential oil away from Lin Yilan's back.

Lin Yilan didn't even want to groan, she just raised her hand to sign OK.

After the massage, she didn't even wash off the essential oils on her body, so she ran away with her bag.

"The port city is too dangerous. There really is no safe place."

She looked up at the dizzying sun and felt a touch of warmth.

The city is full of routines, and she wants to return to the countryside.

"Ms. Lin!"

The driver's familiar voice came from a distance.

Lin Yilan looked back at the roadside and saw the familiar car and the familiar driver.

"I'm here, please."

The driver showed his white teeth, "No trouble, Ms. Qiu contacted me and asked me to wait for you here."

"Hahahaha..."

"Really?"

"It seems like your boss is really good at predicting things."

Lin Yilan said dryly.

When the front foot left the club, the back foot driver received the message to pick her up. The owner of this club has nothing to do with Qiu Xiuzhen, and she doesn't believe a word of it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan suddenly realized a situation.

Are all these clubs in Hong Kong City related to the rich people in Hong Kong City?

Then could she think of a way to take the opportunity to find the Liao family?

But, where should she start?

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan suddenly felt that her future was bleak.

She sighed sadly.

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror in the car and said, "Ms. Lin, what happened?"

Lin Yilan immediately smiled, "No, I was just wondering if Ms. Qiu would like my design this time."

When he drove her in the past, this eldest brother would never talk too much.

If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. She can no longer think about the Liao family's affairs. What if something is revealed?

The sunlight from the car window shone in. Lin Yilan turned her head and looked at the blue sky, roaring loudly in her heart.

Oh my God! Didn't she just want to make a project? Why did it suddenly change from a career drama to a suspense drama?

After the initial design sketch was approved by Qiu Xiuzhen, Lin Yilan took Qiu Xiuzhen's assistant Kate to the project site for another measurement.

This time, she was accompanied by a professional organization that Qiu Xiuzhen invited to survey the land conditions.

It was Lin Yilan's request to hire a professional agency.

The hydrogeological conditions were not clear in the previous report provided by Liang's Architects. Lin Yilan's design drawings have very strict design requirements for these aspects of the building's load-bearing structure.

The geological conditions are unclear, and the requirements for future engineers are very high, which will also increase the safety risks of the building. Therefore, it is better to measure all the data that should be measured accurately from the beginning.

Ensuring the safety of the buildings she designs and reducing potential safety hazards are her most stringent requirements since she started working.

During this period, Lin Yilan carefully observed the surrounding environment again and made certain modifications to the design drawings.

The biggest shortcoming of this "Rubik's Cube" design was the relatively low green plant coverage, but she didn't want to directly cover the building's rooftop with vegetation, so she used her brains to modify her design.

After a few modifications, her "Rubik's Cube" design turned into a stepped design.

However, if you look at it from the side, you can probably still see the shadow of those "Rubik's cubes" of the past.

In the second version of the design, she added a high space, so the top rectangle on the far right had to be more than half higher than the two next to it.

The top cuboid on the far left was directly canceled by her and made into a viewing platform.

Considering the safety of visitors, she designed a locked glass sliding door for this observation deck, so that non-staff in the art museum, staff without keys, cannot get out.

Then it is still the same as the first version of the sketch. The small grids of the "Rubik's Cube" have been widened or narrowed. Some of the walls facing the street are made of glass, and there will also be a grid of glass walls. face, protruding outward.

Except for the four glass walls, the rest of the wall along the street is made of fair-faced concrete.

At the entrance, she divided the long handle of the "kitchen knife" into two areas. One area accounts for 1/6 of the total area of ​​the handle, which is used to plant green plants and is placed at the beginning of the building.

In another area, a dimly lit and ever-narrowing passage was made.

This passage creates an oppressive illusion through the influence of light and walls.

She took the revised design and prepared to make an appointment with Qiu Xiuzhen again.

Compared to the first version of the sketch, this version of the design is more detailed, and it can be said that all four directions are given.

Compared with the first time when she had to go to the club to find Qiu Xiuzhen, this time she felt a lot less worried.

After Qiu Xiuzhen and Lin Yilan decided on a time to meet, she said that she would take the initiative to find Lin Yilan this time, and they would discuss it in detail in the study.

Lin Yilan was naturally eager to do so, and she agreed immediately.

After flicking the design drawing in her hand, Lin Yilan put down the phone and stood up, going to the servant in the villa to ask for the newspapers for this period.

While Lin Yilan was busy working on the second edition of the design, she basically didn't read the newspaper.

"Ms. Lin, here are the newspapers from the past few days."

The maid put a stack of thick newspapers in front of Lin Yilan. After she nodded and thanked her, she picked up the newspaper and read it slowly.

After a quick glance, the topics were still the same.

The entertainment section contains gossip about wealthy families, celebrities, and gossip about wealthy families and celebrities.

In the financial sector, most people are talking about Hong Kong City's stocks, and experts have predicted that the stock market will rise sharply in the future. Other than that, it’s about talking about U.S. stocks.

The current affairs section is still the same as before, talking about the mainland government and the British government.

However, she rarely reads the news in the current affairs section. After all, the newspapers in Hong Kong City are quite crooked nowadays. If you watch too much, you will easily become upset.

The only thing she could read carefully was the entertainment section.

Although it is not nutritious, the excitement of the title is still very eye-catching.

Among more than a dozen newspapers, there were only three articles that Lin Yilan found useful.

Liao Baoxi was rejected by the Pei Yan family for the fifth time. She became so angry that she beat her on the street and attached a photo.

The daughter of the Du family is about to get engaged to the fourth son of the Fang family. With this piece of news, the media lamented that flowers were inserted into cow dung.

The last one is that Qiu Xiuzhen and the daughter of the Du family have become very close recently. They often go shopping and attend parties together, and have been photographed many times by reporters.

Lin Yilan finally knew the identity of Miss Du who was in the box that day.

Du Jiaxin, the only daughter of the Du family in Hong Kong City.

After reading the news about the engagement of the daughter of the Du family and the fourth son of the Fang family, Lin Yilan shook her head.

Being a daughter of a rich family is not that easy. Even for a family like the Du family, which belongs to the middle class of the rich in Hong Kong City, the only daughter has to be with a rich man who only knows how to live and drink all day long for the benefit of the family.

After reading all the newspapers, Lin Yilan briefly summarized them and put them on the coffee table.

She should prepare for her report with Qiu Xiuzhen tomorrow.

The next day

, Lin Yilan immediately returned to the room after eating breakfast.

She did not become casual because she was reporting to Qiu Xiuzhen at her home. Instead, she still wore a slightly formal shirt and light makeup as before.

After getting everything ready, I heard a movement from downstairs.

"You're back."

Lin Yilan opened the door and walked to the stairwell. She saw the housekeeper taking the coat from Qiu Xiuzhen's hand with a bang.

Seeing that Qiu Xiuzhen was coming, she also walked down.

"Ms. Qiu, everything is ready."

Qiu Xiuzhen smiled with satisfaction, took off the sunglasses on her head, and handed them to the servant next to her.

"Then take the materials and let's go to the study to talk."

Lin Yilan nodded, "I understand, don't worry."

"Dong dong dong -"

She stood holding the materials she had just brought back from the room. There was a gentle knock on the door of Qiu Xiuzhen's study.

"Come in."

After getting Qiu Xiuzhen's permission, Lin Yilan turned the door handle of the study room.

"Ms. Qiu, I have revised the design drawings again. Do you think there are any problems?"

Qiu Xiuzhen took the document bag and pulled out the design drawings.

"Let me take a look first."

Lin Yilan lowered her head and took a deep breath, puffing out her cheeks.

Qiu Xiuzhen didn't tell her what needed to be modified in the last design drawing. She only said that she was looking forward to her second version.

Sure enough, there are no easy projects and no easy money.

Party A may be happy when signing the contract, but when it comes to revising the draft, they start to find problems.

Qiu Xiuzhen's answer frightened Lin Yilan more than Party A who pointed out a lot of faults.

The last Party A who said this brought her more than a dozen versions of the plan on the computer.

At this time, the study room was so quiet that an ant could be heard crawling by.

Qiu Xiuzhen put down the design drawing in her hand and tapped her fingers on the table.

Her newly made red manicure was extremely obvious against the dark brown tabletop.

The originally slender and white fingers looked a little more flirtatious under the contrast of red nail polish.

"Dong dong dong——"

"Dong dong dong——"

"Dong dong dong——"

Lin Yilan felt that the frequency of her heartbeat seemed to be at the same frequency as Qiu Xiuzhen's tapping on the table.

She swallowed unconsciously.

No matter how much experience she has had, she will always be nervous whenever she appears in front of clients, leaders or peers with a new design waiting for evaluation.

It's just that she changed from anxious and nervous at the beginning to excited and nervous now.

Qiu Xiuzhen looked up and saw her little movements at this time, and couldn't help but smile.

"Why are you nervous? Your design is very good, much better than I imagined. The last time you came to see me, when Jiaxin saw the first version of your design, she kept praising you and me.

" You are better than many young people at the famous architect Liang Lao's office in Hong Kong."

She picked up a candy from the plate on the table and played with it in her hand, "You have never done anything. After fighting among so many people in the mainland, don’t you still have confidence in yourself?”

"If I were you, when I face the customer now, I can confidently put the design drawing in front of the customer." Qiu Xiuzhen looked at the candy in her hand, took another one, and stuffed it into Lin Yilan's hand.

It is understandable that young people are not so confident in their own abilities.

Lin Yilan looked at the candy in her hand and didn't know how to explain it.

Can she say that she doesn't have confidence in herself and is nervous? As long as she sees others commenting on her work, she will get excited.

Regardless of whether their comments were good or bad, she seemed nervous because of her excitement.

For her, having her designs evaluated by others is something worth looking forward to.

As the saying goes, praise means nothing if criticism is not allowed.

To be honest, she actually thinks that she is a arrogant person in her heart. Because she clearly knows her abilities, many voices from the outside world cannot hurt her.

Of course, she only needs to know these thoughts.

Lin Yilan pretended to be shy, lowered her head and smiled, "Thank you, Ms. Qiu."

"So, do you have any opinions on this design?"

Qiu Xiuzhen tore open the candy wrapper and stuffed the candy into her mouth. "I want to know, what is your design concept for this art museum?

Did you forget what you promised me in this study last time?"

"Of course not." Lin Yilan licked the candy in her hand, "Then I will now Can I explain it to you?"

Qiu Xiuzhen pushed the design forward and placed it in Lin Yilan's hand, raising her hand to make a please gesture.

"Say it, I'll listen now."

Lin Yilan picked up the rendering of the entrance and changed its direction so that it was facing Qiu Xiuzhen.

"Then let me first explain to you the external design concept of this art museum."

"Ms. Qiu, according to your idea, this art museum is to 'commemorate' the relationship between you and your late husband, Mr. Liu.

As far as I know, you also told me When Mr. Liu and you first got together, Mr. Liu's family, as well as the media and people in Hong Kong thought that your relationship had no future.

In my opinion, the beginning of this relationship was inappropriate . It is clear and unsupported.

Therefore, this long, narrow and dark entrance to the art museum is the time when you are confused and unable to see the direction."

After saying that, she looked up and looked at Qiu Xiuzhen. expression.

There were no fluctuations or ups and downs on Qiu Xiuzhen's face, but the lines caused by the slightly pursed corners of her mouth betrayed the fluctuations in her heart.

Lin Yilan took a look and sighed silently in her heart.

Then he continued to explain to Qiu Xiuzhen.

In Lin Yilan's view, the set of design concepts she explained to the outside world was just a very clichéd story.

After going through what seems like a long period of darkness, they will find that their relationship finally has light.

"Light" refers to all the light in the art museum after visitors enter the art museum from the entrance.

An art museum similar to a "Rubik's Cube" represents intricate but mutually supportive and intertwined emotions.

As visitors move deeper into the museum, they find themselves getting closer to the natural light coming in from the outside.

At this time, we arrived at the glass walls she designed facing the main road.

The transparent glass symbolizes that they have seen each other's hearts clearly and gained true "light" and love.

As for the exit of the building, Lin Yilan designed it on the far left side of the first floor.

The art museum can set the opening degree of the exit door on that day based on the flow of people in the museum and the theme of the exhibition hall.

The entire exit gate can be widened to a maximum of 5 meters and the narrowest is only 2 meters.

"Ms. Qiu, what do you think of this design concept?" Lin Yilan scanned the design drawings placed on the table in the order of her speech, put her hands on the table and turned to look at Qiu Xiuzhen who was sitting on the chair.

Qiu Xiuzhen's fingers passed over the design drawings on the table one by one, and then stopped on the design drawings for the entrance passage of the art museum.

"I like your idea that if you endure the darkness, you can see the light. Yes, you continue."

The next thing to say is the highlight.

This is also what Lin Yilan really wants to express when designing this art museum.

A young girl is with a man who is as old as her father, or even older than her father. Moreover, this man is very average-looking and has no advantage except money.

One can imagine Qiu Xiuzhen's inner suffering at that time.

Although Qiu Xiuzhen could be accused of doing such things for money, the things this man did later made her conceive and then abort her children.

Finally, the aborted children are made into a formation to protect the prosperity of the family.

After hearing Qiu Xiuzhen's story, Lin Yilan felt that this man was simply crazy.

In order to verify this situation, she also deliberately tried to find out the story of Qiu Xiuzhen and her late husband from the side. It's not as detailed as what Qiu Xiuzhen said, but the general situation is pretty much the same.

However, the reason why Lin Yilan's inspiration continued to burst out for so many days was not because of Qiu Xiuzhen, but because of this abnormal relationship.

In her own way, she tells the world how depressing it is to be in a deformed relationship.

Of course, for the sake of the commercial nature of the building, she only put these repressions in the entrance passage.

In the main part of the building, she cut out many of the techniques she wanted to use.

"The original prototype of the building was a 'Rubik's Cube'. The subsequent design turned the building into a Rubik's Cube that is broken, reorganized, and continuously stretched.

My idea is to use the Rubik's Cube to express your heart. Originally, a Rubik's Cube with distinct colors and complete The Rubik's Cube has become broken and deformed after experiencing this. Even if it is reassembled, the missing part is still missing."

Lin Yilan said this part very cryptically.

There are some things that she doesn't need to say too clearly to avoid being offended.

Qiu Xiuzhen clicked on the sideways view of the design and murmured to herself.

"Things that have been broken, even if they are reassembled, the missing thing will be gone after all."

"Haha~"

She raised her head and let out a long sigh.

Feeling that something was wrong with her mood, Lin Yilan lowered her head silently.

When Party A shows his vulnerable side, the best way for Party B to deal with it is to lower his head and pretend not to see it.

Lin Yilan neither knows how to comfort people, nor does she know how to comfort people.

And for a person like Qiu Xiuzhen, she definitely doesn't like others to see her vulnerable side.

As the two fell silent, the study became quiet again.

Only occasionally there would be a slightly heavy breathing sound.

Ten minutes later, when Lin Yilan was about to see the carpet, Qiu Xiuzhen spoke.

"Xiao Lin, I like your design very much. I have some things to deal with during the next period of time, so I will give you full responsibility for this project, okay?"

Lin Yilan raised her head and looked at Qiu Xiuzhen with her head covered.

--What's the meaning?

"Leave all the power to me, does that mean you also give me the engineering job?" She wrinkled her nose.

Qiu Xiuzhen nodded, "Yes, it doesn't matter where you find the person. As long as there are no problems with the final drawings given to me."

After saying that, she got up and prepared to walk out.

Lin Yilan saw this and stepped forward to stop her, "What about construction? Ms. Qiu, I really don't know anything about construction."

"I have never been responsible for contacting construction companies for projects in the mainland. , let alone Hong Kong City. "

She is determined not to force anything that cannot be done.

Qiu Xiuzhen stopped and turned to stare directly at Lin Yilan, "If you take full responsibility, I am willing to give you double the design fee. How about it?"

She couldn't persuade her with anything except money.

For Qiu Xiuzhen's project this time, she was able to get a design fee of HK$60,000. If it were double, wouldn't it be 120,000 yuan?

Her furniture factory's annual dividend may not be 120,000 yuan.

And it’s still Hong Kong dollars!

Lin Yilan's originally calm heart immediately began to stir.

"Then...can I think about it?" She couldn't control her heart and asked through gritted teeth.

Qiu Xiuzhen nodded, "Of course, it just so happens that I need time to contact the lawyer and draft a contract."

"So Xiaolin, how many days do you need?"

Lin Yilan counted the numbers on her hands, "Three days, okay?"

"Of course ." Qiu Xiuzhen showed a satisfied smile.

Sure enough, it is difficult for ordinary people to resist the temptation of money, even if it is the devil.

Looking at Qiu Xiuzhen's back leaving gracefully, Lin Yilan felt like her soul was about to leave her body.

If she were to be responsible for all the projects, she... would still need help.

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan returned to the guest room where she lived, took out her address book, and quickly ran to the phone in the living room.

"Steward Wang, is this phone connected to the mainland signal?"

She didn't turn her head. The housekeeper in this family was always elusive.

No matter where she spoke, the housekeeper seemed to be able to hear her and solve the problem for her as soon as possible.

Sure enough, the housekeeper walked up to Lin Yilan and took out a piece of paper that he didn't know where to find. "Ms. Qiu has found someone to open the phone in the villa. It gives you the authority to make calls to the mainland. You can use it with confidence.

This is The operations required to make a call to the mainland."

Lin Yilan took the note and followed the steps on the note step by step.

"Hello, this is the Beijing Architectural Design Institute. Who are you looking for?"

"I'm Lin Yilan. I'm looking for Engineer Wang Liming from your engineering department."

"Okay, please wait."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yilan said on the phone I heard a shout from the operator.

"Mr. Wang, Comrade Lin Yilan is calling you in Hong Kong City."

She quickly took the phone away, otherwise her ears would hurt.

After a while, after hearing the squeaking signal, a familiar voice came from the phone.

"Master Lin, is that you?"

Lin Yilan quickly took the open notepad to her hand. "Of course it's me."

"Master Lin, I didn't expect you to go to Hong Kong City to work on a project so soon. Congratulations." Wang Liming said with emotion.

Lin Yilan didn't know the current phone bill in Hong Kong City, so it was difficult to chat with him.

"It's me. I have something to ask you for help. Do the people in our previous team have any projects in hand recently? Are there any business trips?"

When Wang Liming heard this, he knew it meant to live. His voice He unconsciously felt a sense of joy.

"Basically not at all. We just finished a project some time ago, and we are now taking a break. What's wrong? Master Lin, is there anything we can do for you?"

Lin Yilan wrote down their situation in her notebook. , "Yes, but we can't confirm it yet. I'm just confirming the time with you temporarily."

"Okay, then I'll tell the people in the project department later and ask them not to arrange projects for us in the near future." Wang Liming said in this regard It is to cooperate with Lin Yilan as much as possible.

After all, they all know that there is meat to be had by following the boss.

These people who worked on projects with Lin Yilan have now become the group of people with the highest bonuses in the Beijing Municipal Construction Institute.

After hanging up the phone from Wang Liming, Lin Yilan flipped through the book in her hand and turned to look at the housekeeper standing in the living room.

"Steward Wang, I wonder if you can do me a favor and bring me some of the requirements and regulations for the construction of the port city."

The steward thought for a moment, then raised his head and answered her, "Of course, but please give me some time, Ms. Lin. ."

Lin Yilan nodded and made an OK gesture. "Sorry to trouble you."

In the past two days while waiting for news from Butler Wang, Lin Yilan was refining her design.

Based on the second version, all the styles of the lighting skylights in the entrance passage of the art museum were changed.

The originally regular and ordered skylights were replaced with a seemingly irregular design.

The new skylight position layout is based on Lin Yilan's reference to the "zhen" in Qiu Xiuzhen's name and the strokes of "zhen" in the Aizhen Art Museum.

These nine strokes are arranged in various positions of the passage according to the order of writing.

In addition to revising the design, Lin Yilan also learned about the situation of several well-known architectural offices and construction companies in Hong Kong City.

Even if she seeks cooperation with Wang Liming in the future, she must find a reliable architecture firm in Hong Kong City.

After all, Hong Kong cities and the mainland have different requirements for building fire safety.

In order to prevent outsiders from being deceived, Lin Yilan asked Qiu Xiuzhen to lend Kate to help.

Combining Kate's information and the information she collected herself, Lin Yilan selected several architectural firms and construction companies that she planned to visit.

But the development of things was different from what Lin Yilan expected. She chose six companies in total. The first four companies she went to immediately rejected her after understanding the background of the project.

He just refused and refused to tell her the reason. This made Lin Yilan very angry.

She was so angry that she went directly to a candy shop on the roadside, ordered a portion of sago and sat in the shop to eat it.

Sure enough, sweets can make people feel better.

While eating the sugar water, she analyzed the reasons why these people rejected her.

She didn't even introduce other aspects of the project, but simply talked about the background of the project, and these people rejected her.

It's probably the people in Qiu Xiuzhen's late husband's family who are responsible.

After finishing the remaining sago in the bowl in a few seconds, she said hello in Cantonese.

"Boss, pay the bill."

"Come on~"

Taking the change from her boss, Lin Yilan got on the tram and went to the fifth architectural office.

It was also the only firm that she visited for the second time in Hong Kong City.

——Liang Architects.

Liang Chengdong, a famous architect in Hong Kong City, founded it, but the founder is now old and is respectfully called Mr. Liang in Hong Kong City. The work of the architectural office is mainly managed by his children and grandchildren.

The Liang family is considered a famous architectural family in Hong Kong City.

Such people in Hong Kong City are much more powerful than those from families in Beijing.

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan cheered up.

After getting off the tram, she entered the office and explained her purpose to the front desk staff.

"...I wonder if I can make an appointment with your senior engineer?"

At this moment, she used English again.

The staff member smiled and said politely, "Wait a moment."

Then, she picked up the phone next to her and pressed a few buttons.

"...So Zhou Gong, do you have time?"

"Okay, okay."

She put down the phone, walked around from behind the front desk, walked to Lin Yilan, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Ms. Lin, please come with me. Zhou Gong promised to meet you in the reception room."

It was the reception room last time again. Lin Yilan picked up the warm water brought to her by the front desk and took a few sips slowly.

Along with the sound of the door opening, there was also the voice of a man talking.

"Ms. Lin, we finally meet."

Lin Yilan stood up immediately, smiled and stretched out her right hand.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou, this is the first time we meet."

After shaking hands gently, the two sat on both sides of the table.

Zhou Gong looked at Lin Yilan and sighed. He quietly took out a business card from the inner pocket of his suit and stuffed it into Lin Yilan's hand.

"Ms. Lin, your friends from the offices you visited before also told me about your current situation. But let me tell you the truth. Don't waste your time on us engineers from the port city.

Qiu Although the lady has reached an agreement with the Liu family, people under the Liu family have revealed that anyone who dares to cooperate with you will be banned from the industry."

Lin Yilan quietly stuffed the business card handed over by Zhou Gong . Arrived in the bag.