"Mr. Black, how are you preparing now? Do you have any drawings about the hotel decoration design? And the candidate for the chairman you sent..."

"The store you selected has been fully demolished, and the next step is to rebuild it. But we have been waiting for the design drawings for two months. If construction does not start, the wages of the old store employees will be lost.

What a small expense!”

A phone call across the ocean made Carter suddenly realize that two months had passed since he returned from China. For the Chinese who are awakening to the talent of infrastructure madness, two months...

Isn’t it child’s play to demolish a few low-rise gatehouses? It was estimated that the demolition would be completed in mid-September, and then I had to wait for almost a month before I got this urging call...

Manager selection, hotel design drawings...

"Rick, I'm going out tomorrow..."

"Where to go?"

"Washington..."

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Hotel manager, if work experience is not considered, it is not difficult to solve. Carter, who has just recruited an MPPM from the Yale School of Management, has a close relationship with the dean of the school, Professor Thompson, and asks him to introduce him to a suitable one.

Managers are not a big problem at all.

Even if you need to be stationed abroad, it is nothing more than a salary issue. Things that can be solved with money are usually not a big deal. The more troublesome thing is the decoration design...

To be honest, this matter can also be solved with money. But Carter has concerns:

If it is completely designed by Americans, Carter is worried that the decoration style designed will be incompatible with China in the 1980s; but if it is completely designed by Chinese people, Carter is also worried about the concept of the hotel.

It was transformed into a hotel, completely divorced from its own differentiated business ideas.

This concern prevented Carter from properly settling the matter. Later, when he became busy, the matter was overlooked. Also benefiting from this consideration, Carter suddenly thought of someone: Lin Ying!

He has both American knowledge and Chinese identity. He is also a majoring in architecture. This identity and resume seem to be tailor-made for this matter. The fit is not 100%, but also 90%!

After hanging up the phone across the ocean, Carter immediately confirmed his itinerary. And the next day, after completing the leave procedures, he boarded a flight to Washington...

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"Design the decoration of the hotel? I...I'm sorry, I haven't been able to complete this design recently, and it's not my strong point."

Different from the scene in Carter's imagination, when she heard her purpose and needs, the fledgling Lin Ying did not think carefully, nor was she overjoyed. Instead, she shook her head and refused.

"You're not in a good state...Is it because of the monument? Or is that guy whose name is here to harass you again?"

Considering that the need for design drawings was very urgent, Carter did not intend to give up. Instead, he further argued:

"Don't you really want to hear the quotation? Although I know that you are not short of money for the time being, I can't give you the 300,000 US dollars for the first prize of the monument design, but 100,000 US dollars is still okay..."

"No, no, it's not about money! My situation...thank you for your concern, I can solve it myself."

Judging from Lin Ying's behavior, Carter was very sure that the previous person came back after he left. But since Lin Ying never called him once, she obviously didn't want to trouble him. Under this situation, Carter was also eager to speak. , but quietly waiting for the other party's next words...

"I'm serious, I have never done hotel design. If you want me to help design tombstones, I will definitely not refuse you. After all, you are also the person who helped me. I remember...ah, I I'm not cursing you, but...but...really, I think differently from you..."

"Although I am Chinese, I was born in the United States. And until now, I have never been to China. In fact, I have not had a deep understanding of Chinese culture. I don't even speak Chinese. , My parents rarely talk to me about China. So, how can I design a decoration plan that satisfies them when I don’t understand things myself?”

Lin Ying's face was full of helplessness, but the expression on her face didn't seem to be fake. Thinking about the first time he met Lin Ying, he spoke in Chinese, but the other party couldn't understand it at all, Carter was even more puzzled.

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Unlike normal Europeans and Americans who are blind when looking at Asians, Carter is very sure that Maya Lin is a pure Chinese. The kind where both parents are Chinese, and she is definitely not a mixed race.

A child from a normal family, even if they were born in the United States, would not be able to speak Chinese?!

"I remember when I went out when I was young, people often asked me where I was from? I said, I'm from Ohio, and they would shake their heads: 'No, I asked you where on earth you are from'... When I was young, I would still talk to them During the argument, I said, "I'm from Ohio," and then went home and cried to my mother aggrievedly, feeling that I couldn't integrate into this country and was being ostracized. Until then, I didn't know that my mother's ancestral home was Shanghai, China, and that my father was from Shanghai. It comes from China bj..."

As if seeing the doubt on Carter's face, Lin Ying explained with a wry smile. Then she walked slowly to the bed in the apartment and sat down. This was the only seat left for Lin Ying after Carter occupied it. :

"In Athens, Ohio, our family was the only non-white resident in the community. This feeling of exclusion lasted almost throughout my childhood and middle school. My parents were both engaged in art and had relatively strong personalities. It's indifferent and natural. The community doesn't accept our family, so we can live alone and entertain ourselves. It's just... It may be okay for me, but for my parents, the United States has never been their home, Ohio Neither is the house! It can be said to be my home, full of my childhood memories, but it is not for my parents. After all, they grew up in China..."

Shaking her legs, Lin Ying spoke calmly as if telling a story about someone else:

"Maybe girls are generally more precocious and sensitive. I don't want them to be sad because of this, so I have never asked them about China or their past. The first time I learned about their past was when I first came to Washington last year. I think It was only when my dad found out that my design work was selected that he told me those past events. My dad told me that I had an aunt. She was once responsible for the design of a monument in China with my uncle... It seems It’s called the Monument to the People’s Heroes...”

ha?!

Carter was shocked and asked quickly:

"Is your uncle's name Liang Sicheng?!"

"Well...yes..."

"Then he..."

The founder of modern Chinese architecture, such a great figure, if...

"He died of illness in 1972. My aunt died earlier..."

Seeing Carter's expression change from shock to ecstasy, Lin Ying suddenly burst out laughing. Especially when Carter lost control of his expression after learning about Liang Sicheng's death, Lin Ying became even more happy.

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"But why don't you consider hiring their students to complete the design? My uncle and aunt, I heard that my dad majored in architecture at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, and my aunt later studied at Yale. It can be said that they should

This is the kind of person you are looking for, someone who has both trendy American ideas and Eastern architectural design aesthetics!"

"As far as architectural design is concerned, from my personal experience, the influence of mentors on students is great. Even though there are many architectural designers in China like you said, they may have older ideas, but you believe me

, if they are their direct students, then there shouldn’t be any of the problems you mentioned. If that doesn’t work, you can also invite them to come to the United States to see what the current hotels are like and use them as a reference!”
Chapter completed!