World-class infrastructure maniac

Li Feng waited for about three days before receiving the interview notice from the State Council.

The interview time is scheduled to be a week later, and the location is the first meeting room of the bridge branch.

The time that was supposed to be abundant, became tense because of the additional requirements of the notice——

"Please complete the portfolio, provide the content of no less than five participating projects or design works, and prepare a presentation PPT of about one hour."

five...

Li Feng stared at this number and felt a headache.

The standard of the National Institute of Design is higher than that of any architectural firm he knows.

There are only a handful of complete bridge design works in his hands, and he has only participated in one project of crossing the river bridge.

Although he has produced many bridge design drawings, most of them are composite bridges similar to the Qushuiwan Bridge.

Li Feng clicked on the design work file on the computer, and it was filled with various buildings designed by him since his student days.

If you only ask for quantity and don't limit the theme of bridges, he can make exquisite and beautiful portfolios at any time.

It's a pity that those buildings with gentle lines, green and energy-saving are definitely not what the Bridge Branch wants to see.

Instead, I want to see the bridges he designed.

There was a quiet mouse click sound in the room.

Lifeng checked the types of bridges he had studied one by one.

Finally determined the perfect direction of the portfolio.

It can't be perfect, but at least express the bridge world he wants to create.

Bridge Branch, the first meeting room.

Lufeng came to the scene with the portfolio and presentation PPT required for the interview.

The meeting room was quieter than he had imagined. The two doors of the meeting room were tightly closed, and a middle-aged man stood outside the door.

He was wearing a plain jacket, and when he saw Li Feng, he smiled and nodded, "Li Feng, are you here?"

The man called out Lufeng's name in a familiar tone, and then introduced himself: "I'm Feng Hanlin from the design department, go in quickly, I'll be waiting for you."

After finishing speaking, Feng Hanlin pushed open the door behind him, like a professional guide, who didn't need Li Feng's greetings at all.

Li Feng was used to all kinds of polite words in China, but he didn't expect that when he came to the bridge branch, he didn't need the polite greetings he had prepared.

He walked into the conference room with the materials, but found that it was dark and filled with staff.

The noisy voice was accompanied by hundreds of pairs of eyes, and the room instantly became quiet.

Li Feng was rarely stunned.

In the first row of the meeting room sat a middle-aged man who looked like a leader, with heavy printed documents in front of him.

Such a grand posture is definitely not the atmosphere that an interview should have.

He had to emphasize in a low voice to the enthusiastic Feng Hanlin beside him: "Mr. Feng, I'm here to interview for the position of 'Design Assistant'."

Not some other people with the same name and surname who attended the meeting.

Feng Hanlin laughed when he heard it.

"That's right, the one who graduated from the British Independent School of Architecture designed the Rhythm of the Cross-River Bridge."

The corners of his eyes were full of kindness and gentleness, "I didn't go wrong, and I didn't recognize the wrong person. It's the habit of our bridge branch to call so many people for interviews. This is called extensively listening to the opinions of employees and considering the nature of job applicants in all aspects. Don't be nervous, you Just treat it like an ordinary interview, just perform well.”

Ordinary interview?

Lu Feng glanced at the crowded conference site, and followed Feng Hanlin's guidance to the spacious and bright podium.

The huge projection screen was lowered, enough for the employees in the last row of the conference room to see every word clearly on the screen.

He glanced out of the corner of the eye and found a video camera standing in front of the meeting room. The light behind the lens was on, obviously working.

He had only seen such an "ordinary" interview scene in the school's super popular classes and lectures.

State Council interviews...

Is it that strict?

With the help of Feng Hanlin, Lufeng quietly transmits the data.

The room, which had been quiet just now because the door was opened, continued to whisper.

"This is Lifeng?"

"It's really young. I didn't believe Director Feng said he was young before."

"I wouldn't believe it if it were me. The cross-river bridge doesn't use other patents, it's a triangular steel support—"

The words gradually became blurred, and occasionally a few words popped out suddenly, and were quickly covered by noisy voices.

The whole atmosphere was in turmoil, accompanied by the sound of pages flipping.

This unique interview surprised not only Li Feng, but also many designers, engineers, and researchers of the Bridge Branch.

As early as a week ago, the courtyard issued a notice. Today, we will enter the first meeting room in advance to listen to the designer of the Yuejiang Bridge explain the design concept.

As soon as the notice came out, the expatriates, those on business trips, and those on vacation were all shocked, and the chat group in the courtyard exploded with 99+ message reminders in minutes.

The name of Yuejiang Bridge has become a hot topic of discussion in the Bridge Branch.

It successfully adopted the design of Qushuiwan Bridge's patented technology, which shocked the employees.

Even if they read the report over and over again, there are countless questions that need to be answered urgently.

"How did he balance the difference in bridge shape when he corrected the parameters of the triangular steel support?"

"Why is there a drop of 0.86 meters between the peak of the cross-river flood and the height of the channel line?"

All kinds of questions led to a full meeting room today.

Many employees were unable to be present in person, so they circled the friendly and friendly Director Feng in the chat group, calling for "record me a video" and "ask me a question".

As a result, there are people at the meeting and video recordings.

In Feng Hanlin's notebook, he carefully recorded a few questions worth mentioning, and he waited for Lufeng to finish his explanation, and answered them one by one.

"Thank you for coming, and then I will first explain the design concept of the Cross-River Bridge."

The opening of Lifeng is direct and concise.

With his clear voice, the conference room became quiet again.

The content on the PPT has been seen countless times by those present.

However, when Lu Feng talked about the concept of Crossing the River Bridge, they still turned over the paper at hand and followed the designer to review the information about Crossing the River Bridge.

For Lifeng, this is an interview.

For the Bridge Branch, this was a planned and supposed exchange.

The meeting materials in their hands were full of the design principles of the cross-river bridge, the cross-river data, and the report "Feasibility Study on the Triangular Steel Support of the Qushuiwan Bridge for the Cross-River Bridge".

Qushuiwan Bridge is the pride of Bridge Branch.

Behind the design signature "National Design Institute" is the dedication and struggle of more than 100 designers and engineers of their bridge branch, [-] days and nights.

Those who have experienced it can remember this time for a lifetime.

Those who have never experienced it will feel honored when they hear about the past.

At first, they learned that the designers of a small company in a remote place had solved the problem of the universality of the triangular steel support. While they were curious about the cross-river bridge, they were also full of reluctance.

As if the child I raised carefully was taken away by others, I felt resentment in my heart.

But now, when they sat in the meeting room of the bridge branch and saw this young man in person, the last grievances in their hearts disappeared completely.

Damn, Li Feng has come to apply for the job, and we will be a family from now on, no matter how you look at it, how kind!

The friendly staff of the Bridge Institute are very attentive even listening to the PPT.

The sound of Lu Feng echoed in the meeting room, and the slight sound of flipping through the materials and writing down the handwriting under the stage was like a harmonious and beautiful lyric song, accompanied by Lu Feng when he finished talking about the bridge across the river.

Pairs of eyes looked over intently, with the familiar look of Li Feng.

Li Feng feels relaxed and comfortable in such a place.

He doesn't need to adopt any state of combat readiness, let alone beware of being interrupted.

He can freely explain his design of the cross-river bridge in Chinese, and there is no need to switch to English to cater to foreign experts.

This kind of comfortable expression has not been experienced by Lifeng for a long time.

It seems that after returning to China, every time he explained, he had to be prepared for Party A to speak rudely.

Then, get the comments of "bad temper" from the peers.

Li Feng slowly finished talking about the cross-river bridge, and with a single click of the mouse, the part about the cross-river bridge ended.

He said: "The following bridge designs are just my conceptual works, and the introduction will be a little shorter."

At this time, someone raised his hand and asked, "Did your other bridge designs also use triangular steel supports?"

Li Feng replied patiently: "No."

He clicked on the bridge model that took a week to rush to work, and replied earnestly, "These are the design models I made with reference to other bridges."

It's not a triangular steel support, and the people here are obviously a little bit lacking in interest.

Reference to other bridges?

The designed model is probably far less interesting than the explanation of the cross-river bridge.

However, as soon as the PPT screen of Lifeng changed, a brand new bridge model appeared on the screen, which immediately aroused their brand new curiosity.

Suspension bridge, cable-stayed bridge, continuous girder bridge.

The three bridges were covered with curtains, and Li Feng did not choose to waste the audience's time, and directly listed the three concept works together to start explaining.

"These three bridges all adopt the top engineering construction technology in China."

The red light of Rhythm pointed at the bridge, telling their origins one by one.

"The suspension bridge refers to the design of the steel-concrete composite structure deck of the Shengu Bridge."

"The cable-stayed bridge refers to the patented technology of the cable-plane steel truss girder of the Shihangshan Bridge."

"The continuous girder bridge is a model I designed after studying the Yuchuan Super Large Bridge and trying to analyze the technical difficulty of super-high steel cofferdams."

He did not intend to elaborate these concepts in detail, but explained frankly: "They are all concept creations in conception. I haven't selected a suitable place for specific investigation and research. You can take a look at them. If you have a chance, I will continue to refine their detailed parameters."

Li Feng said "just take a look", and the employees of the Bridge Branch have already begun to commotion.

They never thought that the Shengu Bridge, Shixingshan Bridge, and Yuchuan Super Bridge would be juxtaposed in places other than honor rolls and press releases!

Many people here have personally participated in the process of drawing, changing maps, and field surveys, and regard these three bridges as great achievements in their work experience.

However, Lufeng's tone seems to suggest that as long as he is given a certain construction site, he can build three more bridges just like designing the cross-river bridge!

Finally, someone couldn't help but asked: "Lu Feng, how many bridges have you researched?"

After thinking for a moment, Lifeng replied: "I have studied some of the bridges with breakthrough achievements in the world. But for the purpose of localization and adaptability of bridges, I mainly studied the bridges designed by the State Council, a total of 29 bridges. seat."

He asked a casual question and got a serious answer.

29 bridges designed by the State Council? !

It was too late for people in the Bridge Branch to question the authenticity of Lufeng's words.

How many bridges the State Council has participated in building, these employees present may not be able to count clearly.

However, the number of bridge projects they have participated in research and designed may not be as many as 29.

They stared at the bridge model on the screen, and they had no doubt that the so-called "research" of Lifeng was like the study of Qushuiwan Bridge, full of fighting spirit to widely use the unique patent.

"Is it true that the design features of the bridges he has studied can be used on other bridges?"

"If this works, it will save us a lot of effort in changing the design and how much hair we can grow."

"I suddenly wanted to see him design Wuqueshan Bridge and Jinzhiwan Bridge, which we can't solve."

"According to local conditions and building bridges according to materials, maybe he can really design them."

Whispers turned into larger discussions.

Conference rooms get loud and boisterous.

Suddenly, Feng Hanlin turned on the microphone in front of his seat and coughed twice, suppressing all the noise behind him.

"Lifeng, you only listed four bridges, how about one more?"

As soon as Director Feng said this, the eyes of the others lit up, staring at the screen tightly, waiting for the last bridge to appear on the stage.

After all, the emphasis is on cross-river bridges, while suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, and continuous girder bridges are combined.

Then the last work must be very different from the first four bridges.

Lifeng felt the sights gathered from all sides of the conference room and understood their expectations.

Unfortunately, there is no fifth bridge.

He has strict standards for design, whether it is design drawings, creative concepts, 3D renderings, or concept videos, it takes a lot of time and effort.

The things used for interviews are even less likely to be perfunctory.

He said: "I have only participated in the cross-river bridge project, and the other three bridges are only concepts that exist in the conception, so it is meaningless for me to make a conceptual model of another bridge just to make up the number."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Hanlin turned his head to look at him in surprise.

Sure enough, Wu Yingqi, the dean of the Bridge Branch beside him, showed a look of obvious disapproval.

Wu Yingqi asked Lufeng to complete the portfolio, just to see Lufeng's design ability and past achievements.

He was satisfied with the cross-river bridge, and the next three models that refer to the famous bridge design of the National Academy of Sciences have also done well.

Throughout the commentary, Yuan Wu sat quietly and calmly, without raising any questions.

At this time, he finally asked aloud: "So, you didn't complete the portfolio according to my request?"

As soon as he spoke, the audience held their breath.

If Li Feng answered "yes", then all the staff present would have no doubt that the indifferent and ruthless Dean Wu would reject Li Feng because he was such a little maverick.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the National Design Institute has undertaken the national architectural design tasks, large and small.

Obedience to orders is the foundation of everything, and it is what they have learned for many years in the job.

If you have opinions, you can raise them, and if you have temper, you can lose your temper, but the work to be done and the targets to be completed, no matter how unreasonable, must be completed with quality and quantity.

Li Feng felt the sudden solemn atmosphere in the meeting room.

He was also very candid in his answers.

"I did complete the portfolio as required, but due to time constraints, I did not prepare the bridge."

He clicked the mouse casually, and the last building placed on the PPT appeared on the screen.

The spacious and bright building is located in a patch of grass, and the sunlight pours down, illuminating its gentle curves like gentle flowing water.

"This is the fifth work I have prepared, and it is also the most satisfying design of my student days."

Ritsu's tone became extremely gentle when he saw the building again.

He said: "This is a public library. When I designed it, I hope it can bring readers a warm and peaceful spiritual home."

Wu Yingqi stared silently at the library on the curtain, and his ears were filled with the voice of Lufeng introducing the design concept.

Even if the voice line is only slightly different, he can still hear the serene and soft emotion of Lifeng when he introduced this sunlit library.

Sitting in the first row of the conference room, he heard the continuous girder bridge from Yuejiang Bridge, and firmly believed that Lifeng was an excellent bridge designer.

Until this library appeared, another fact was told with soft light and shadow——

Compared with bridges, Rifeng is better at architectural design.

The library's distinctive eaves gently curve along the glazed tiles in light, warm shades.

Like a falling leaf, it gently falls in the grass, covering a small quiet and peaceful world.

Wu Yingqi has a keen professional nerve and can clearly distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of each bridge designed by Lufeng.

However, facing this library, he only felt that his tired spirit had found a place to rest, and his mind was so blank that he only wanted to say "good".

The whispered discussions of the staff behind him clearly reached his ears.

"The design of this library is too good. If there is such a building in front of me, I will definitely go in and have a look."

"I'll go in too. And I think this library is more beautiful than the bridge across the river."

"When we look at the bridge every day, it's just a line, a few bends, and it's monotonous. Of course, the renderings of buildings are richer than bridges."

But Wu Yingqi immediately realized that this was not rich.

This is talent.

Architects make their mark with buildings that are extravagant and unconventional.

Creating architecture is entirely an expression of personal views, and it is more suitable for the personal development of a talented young man like Lufeng.

However, the bridge under the responsibility of the National Design Institute will never belong to the ideological creation of a certain individual, but a task entrusted by the state.

Every bridge bears the expectations of countless people, and its birth may even be the mission of the construction team after years, decades, and centuries.

Wu Yingqi doesn't believe that Lufeng doesn't know his talent.

It is impossible for such an excellent architect to not have an excellent mentor to guide him.

He waited for Lifeng to finish his brief explanation of the library, and asked in confusion but straightforwardly: "Why didn't you continue to develop your expertise in architectural design, but chose bridges instead?"

His question stunned Li Feng.

When preparing for this interview, Li Feng imagined various questions that the interviewers would ask.

Regarding bridges, surveying and mapping, and hardships and hard work, Lu Feng also prepared corresponding answers.

But he never thought that he would face such a problem.

The "why" that had made him struggle for several days and nights helped him determine the direction he really wanted to move forward after being enlightened by his respected teacher.

Maybe a few years ago, faced with such a question, Lifeng couldn't answer it, and still felt confused.

Now, he smiled with relief, and said calmly: "Because before I returned to China, the teacher told me——

"What a single building changes is the appearance of a city and the memory of the people who live in this city to their homeland.

But bridges and roads change the connection between cities and bring more possibilities to people living in different cities and from different classes. "

"I chose not only bridges, but also the 'possibility' of bridges."

Li Feng's future originally had another perfect career plan.

Become a member of a famous architectural firm, build your own works, and enjoy more fame and praise.

However, when he stood on the interview podium of the Bridge Branch, he realized clearly:

He likes to express his thoughts with people with the same black hair and black eyes, likes to discuss design and planning with a group of builders who focus on bridges, and also likes to explore the possibility of bridges with these like-minded designers.

Lufeng said: "I study architectural design, and what I want to see is not a lonely and beautiful building rising from the ground.

Instead, bridges connect roads and connect every isolated island, creating more 'possibility' for this country. "