During my stay in Ruishi Country, two unpleasant things happened, both at dinner parties.
Hua Zhenxing is a cooking master and gourmet. His daily hobby is to have a table of wine and food and gather people to eat and drink. What he values is the fun of meeting close friends over wine, and he also likes to talk about things at the wine table.
Some people say that this is an Eastern-style dinner party, and people always like to talk things over the wine table. In fact, it is similar all over the world, and Huazhen Bank has participated in many such "foreign dinner parties".
Through Rozchild, someone invited Feng Zibin to have dinner. This was indeed a rare opportunity, because Feng Zibin was not usually seen at all.
The organizing committee invited fifty professionals and fifty celebrities from all over the world. The person who wanted to treat Huazhenxing to dinner this time was Mr. Bollingen, one of the fifty professional judges.
Mr. Bollingen is 57 years old. He was a professor at the University of Connecticut in the United States. He served as a consultant to government departments during his teaching period. Later, after a certain presidential election, he served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
After the deputy minister resigned, he is now the vice president of the American Institute of Architects. He is also a senior consultant to several large architectural groups and design institutions. He is very influential in academia, politics, and business.
Since Mr. Bollingen took the initiative to send out the invitation and asked Rochild to introduce him, Hua Zhenxing took the time to attend the dinner as Feng Zibin. The dining place was considered to be the most upscale in the country, but the food was actually average.
After the meeting, there were polite greetings first, and Feng Zibin gave the other party the respect he deserved. After all, he was a professional judge invited by the organizing committee. Mr. Bollingen brought an assistant, and Feng Zibin went to the appointment alone.
And Rothchild.
In his words, Bollingen revealed the meaning intentionally or unintentionally that he had done sufficient research and determined that the core person in organizing the Huanxiang Habitat Award Project was not Ketiya, but Feng Zibin.
His conclusion did not accept refutation, and Feng Zibin did not refute it, because it was indeed a fact.
The topic of discussion during the banquet was of course around the Huanxiang Habitat Award. Mr. Bollingen asked Feng Zibin with great interest the reason and purpose of organizing the Huanxiang Habitat Award. His assistant said little but was always observing.
Be at ease with the wind.
Feng Zibin did not talk about the significance of the award, but chose the most practical answer: He wanted to transform the country of Jili and Huanxiangte State and build towns and villages that were more livable and more suitable for development needs.
Therefore, he wants to invite the best team possible, and all excellent design ideas will become references for future actual project construction. From the beginning, there must be as complete and reasonable a plan as possible.
Then he also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Bollingen for his support of the Huanxiang Habitat Award as a judge.
But then Bollingen changed his tune and made a request to Feng Zibin, which was to exclude the design teams of Mauro and Dongguo from the invitation scope of the Huanxiang Habitat Award.
What Bollingen meant was that the team from the Mauro country should never be invited, while the team from the Dongguo country should be tried not to invite them.
It is necessary to introduce the background. The first Huanxiang Habitat Award did not invite the design team from a Mauro university, but the second Huanxiang Habitat Award invited a design team from a Mauro university to join.
The organizing committee invited ten teams from Dongguo and ten outside Dongguo. Among the design units invited for the first Huanxiang Habitat Award, there was only one from the United States.
For the second Huanxiang Habitat Award, since the teams from the University of Brussels, the University of Connaught, and the University of Technology no longer participated, the organizing committee invited three other design agencies, one from Mauro and the other two still from the
America and the East.
Feng Zibin didn't say anything when he heard this, he just looked at Bollingen's face.
They were talking in English just now. Originally, Bollingen's entourage also served as a Dongguo translator, but the translation level was really not very good. Feng Zibin spoke Dongguo at first, but then he couldn't listen anymore and then started talking.
English.
Feng Zibin heard clearly that the English word Bollingen used was not "suggestion" but "request".
Not to mention that Feng Zibin was speechless, even Rozchild looked a little confused. Seeing that Feng Zibin didn't even want to ask the reason, in order to ease the cold atmosphere, Rozchild had to ask Bollingen why.
Bollingen explained that the United States has imposed sanctions on Mauro in various fields many years ago. If the Mauro design team is invited to participate, it will affect the international image of the Habitat Award and is not in line with the requirements of the United States.
As for Dongguo, Bollingen has another theory. In his view, Dongguan is quite backward in terms of professional level in the planning field, and the United States is the most advanced in the world.
Ten teams from Dongguo and ten teams from outside Dongguo are very unreasonable. If Feng Zibin really wants to build the Huanxiang Habitat Award into an internationally authoritative award, he should make changes.
Feng Zibin had enough self-restraint in this kind of situation, and he also had to behave appropriately. He neither hit anyone nor cursed, so he stopped talking and remained strangely silent, as if he didn't understand at all.
The most uncomfortable person here is Dr. Luo Child. In fact, Dr. Luo was only helping to make arrangements for the dinner. He had no idea that Bollingen would say this at the wine table.
Rozchild had no choice but to smooth things over. Instead of mentioning what Bollingen had just said, he asked Feng Zibin why he planned the Huanxiang Habitat Award in this way and what was his purpose?
Feng Zibin gave Luo Childe some face and finally spoke, but he started speaking Dongguo again, and Luo Child took the initiative to translate in both directions.
Rozchild's current level of Dongguan is already very good, at least much higher than that of the follower brought by Bullingen.
Feng Zibin: "Mr. Forgan is also one of the founders of the World Habitat Foundation. Last year, the Forgan Foundation acquired the Yangyuan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group in the Viking Kingdom and owns the large Yangyuan United Farm. The next step is
Plan to build an agricultural and animal husbandry industrial park.
Those two towns are the industrial parks that Yangyuan United Farm will focus on building, and their design and planning plans are also the selection items of the second Huanxiang Habitat Award.
The area where Yangyuan United Farm is located has a very high latitude, right on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Many places in Mauro have similar environments and may have more professional experience, so we invited a new company from Mauro.
Design team.
As for all three projects of the first Huanxiang Habitat Award and the urban projects of the second Huanxiang Habitat Award, they are also the towns that Huanxiang Tebon will build in reality. All design plans and creativity are related
Technical reserves.
As for why there are ten design teams in Dongguo, not to mention that I am a Chinese of Dongguo origin, and almost all the residents of Huanxiang Tebang are Chinese of Dongguo descent, and the local language is Dongguo.
Planning, design and construction are integrated. To carry out such a large-scale infrastructure construction in Huanxiangte State, the country itself does not have this engineering capability. Who in the world today has this kind of infrastructure engineering capability?
When we invited planning and design units, Dongguo only invited half of them. This was to be inclusive and fully absorb various design styles and advanced levels in the world.
All design and planning plans are publicly displayed for guests and professionals from all over the world to judge, and everyone can comment on the results of the award selection. If someone’s plan is of insufficient quality, the whole world can see it.”
These words should have been addressed to Bollingen, but Feng Zibin had been facing Rozchild when he spoke, not looking at Bullingen's face at all.
The character "Feng Zibin" is a genius investor, a philanthropist with a strong spirit of humanistic care, and a romantic playboy who likes adventure and excitement. He embodies the contradictory side of human nature.
People like him may not fall out on the spot out of etiquette considerations, but there is no need to look at Bollingen's face. On the other hand, no matter what kind of persona he is, the person behind this identity is still Hua Zhenxing.
Therefore, what Feng Zibin said was very true and not a lie. Bollingen first came up with a conclusion, but the evidence for him to draw this conclusion does not exist. This year's Huanxiang Habitat Award is the best proof.
This time, the design and planning plans of the twenty participating institutions were publicly displayed in a special branch venue for nearly half a month. They were basically works of the same grade, and there was no obvious gap in level.
The project of the University of Brussels won the first grand prize of the Huanxiang Habitat Award, which was expected. However, the other two consolation awards were won by the projects of FIT University and Kangna University respectively.
The project of Feigong University won the Art Award, which is no problem from the perspective of professionalism. On the contrary, the project of Cornell University won the Creative Award. The main factor is obviously that it is novel or a spoof, and it is in line with traffic thinking.
Facts have proved that Bollingen’s statement, “In terms of professional level in the field of planning, the East is quite backward, and the United States is the most advanced in the world.” This is not true.
So the conclusion Bollingen drew and the request he made must have other reasons. But what does this have to do with Feng Zibin? This is the Huan Xiang Habitat Award, not the Bollingen Habitat Award!
The United States once reached the world's leading level in many fields. Until now, many of these fields still maintain the top international standards. However, in terms of large-scale infrastructure construction, it has lost its competitiveness in recent decades.
One of the simplest and most superficial reasons is the lack of practice. At least in recent decades, other countries in the world combined have not done as many complete new district planning and design projects as Dongguo has done.
As a professional in this field, Bollingen should be well aware of this fact.
Feng Zibin's words were very candid and difficult to refute. Bollingen did not respond directly. He put down the knife and fork in his hand and said in a different tone: "Ten million Luo yuan is not enough to design an entire new city."
Feng Zibin was slightly startled, because this is also a truth, but what kind of brain circuit is it? He could only look at Rozchild and replied: "You can do it to the extent you can, mainly to reflect the overall style and
Ideas.”
When the grand prize organizing committee invited design teams a year ago, each company was given 10 million yuan in advance. This is not a bonus, but a start-up fund. You can't ask people to work in vain, right?
According to Bollingen, spending 10 million Luo yuan to complete the entire design of a city, or even a town, is definitely not enough.
This is true! But the organizing committee did not make such a request. It only required each design unit to make a master plan, and 10 million Romanian dollars is already a lot. Since it needs to be publicly evaluated internationally, so
It is impossible for each design team to be perfunctory.
Most importantly, the Huanxiang Habitat Award has another feature that is unmatched by any other award in this field.
In the past, awards in the field of construction or planning and design were awarded to completed projects that were jointly created by the design team and the engineering team. However, the Huanxiang Habitat Award is a drawing on white paper, and it is only a drawing, without the actual object.
That’s why the organizing committee used another solution, using a holographic sandbox for virtual display. No one can guarantee whether the urban projects designed by each team can actually be seen in reality, so the Cornell University team will
Come up with that kind of creativity.
What the organizing committee wants is the overall planning plan. Under this premise, there is no difference between a town, a city, or even a country. To what extent it can be achieved depends mainly on the overall design ideas and level.
In another situation, no owner unit has ever spent so much money on a project that does not exist. Although Feng Zibin is rich and likes to spend money, Huazhenxing, who has this status, will never waste money.
anything.
If we really want to see such a city appear in reality, the total design cost will definitely exceed 10 million yuan, not to mention the astronomical construction costs.
What Bollingen means is that 10 million funds are not enough. If more funds are given, the design team can provide better and more complete solutions, so some of the teams invited by the organizing committee will be redundant.
There are only three projects, but twenty teams have to be invited. Why not reduce the number, focus on inviting only international elite teams, and give them the money saved?
Bollingen did not say these words explicitly, but Hua Zhenxing understood his subtext. Hua Zhenxing did not explain, and did not want to ask any more questions. He just said that he would do whatever he could to the extent.
Bollingen looked at Feng Zibin and said, "So Lord Feng insists that the current model of the Habitat Award does not require any reforms?"
Feng Zibin: "Of course we will continue to improve based on the actual situation, but we will not follow your requirements."
Bollingen: "Obviously unreasonable things will have unreasonable effects when they appear in the world. Everyone with righteous thoughts has the responsibility to correct such mistakes."
A certain word in this sentence is not very translatable and can only be translated as "with righteous thoughts". In fact, it also means justice, righteous faith, and guarding righteous faith, which represent correct beliefs. Rothchild's translation is already very good.
Feng Zibin finally turned his head and looked into Bollingen's eyes and said, "Then how is Mr. Bollingen going to correct it? If you think you should use knives and forks when eating, don't ask others not to use tachyons."
Bollingen ignored Feng Zibin's metaphor and replied in a solemn tone: "If this is the case, the Habitat Award will be boycotted by the best teams in the world.
The elite design agency team represented by the United States will not accept the invitation of the organizing committee. In the international professional field, the Huanxiang Habitat Award will not be recognized..."
Rozchild's face became very ugly, and he stopped translating. He was observing Feng Zibin's face, maybe because he was a little afraid that Feng Zibin would flip the table.
Feng Zibin didn't change his expression, because he had no expression to begin with, and answered slowly: "Where I grew up, there were thugs and criminals everywhere.
Even if some people have not done anything wrong, they will be threatened and blackmailed and made various demands. For example, you must take out all the money in your pocket and give it to them. For example, you must listen to him and follow his instructions in that neighborhood.
Do what you say.
We don't want to live in that world, so we're building a new one. That's how I grew up, Mr. Bollingen!"