The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen walked over, Xiao Zhao sat up from the bed, reached out and grabbed Zhang Chen's hand, and pulled him off. The two fell on the bed, hugging and kissing. Xiao Zhao and Zhang Chen said:

"Honey, I've thought about it."

"What have you thought about?"

"I'm going to take care of you tonight."

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Okay, come on, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind. Let's see who of us is afraid of whom."

"Ouch!" Xiao Zhao shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Zhao looked at Zhang Chen with a bitter face and said, "I forgot that I have to work the night shift tonight."

Zhang Chen laughed loudly.

Xiao Zhao punched him and cursed, "You are still laughing and I will ignore you."

After scolding, she got out of bed, walked to the door to the balcony, and shouted: "Hey, dear, come here quickly, you can really see the West Lake from here."

Zhang Chen teased her: "Aren't you ignoring me?"

"Oh, cheapskate, it was just now, now is now, come here quickly."

Zhang Chen stood up and went over. The scenery outside was beyond Zhang Chen's surprise.

He originally thought that the Provincial Political Consultative Conference and the Foreign Languages ​​Bookstore buildings across the road would block the view from here. Even if he could see the West Lake from here, he could only see a corner of it. Only when he got here did he realize that the two buildings only had four floors, and They were living on the sixth floor now, with a panoramic view of the entire West Lake. Zhang Chen felt a little grateful. He felt that Boss Liu had arranged this intentionally.

Although it was very cold outside, the two of them walked to the balcony and stood there hugging each other. Zhang Chen pointed to the Baochu Tower not far on the right and told Xiao Zhao that the project he wanted to design now was there. Inside the Gem Mountain below the tower.

Xiao Zhao nodded and said, "My dear, this Taiwanese boss is so kind to us, so just help him design. I promise to fully support you."

Zhang Chen said yes.

The two returned to the room and cleared out the desk. Zhang Chen immediately started working. Xiao Zhao sat on the sofa, knitting and watching TV. This was probably the first time she watched TV since leaving Haicheng.

There is a 12-inch black and white "West Lake" TV set in the duty room of the Red Flag Hotel. However, the antenna on the roof was broken during the typhoon last summer. No one has ever gone up to the roof to repair it. The knobs of the TV set were making loud noises, and the screen was covered with snowflakes. It was good to be able to see a figure twisted into several segments.

So the TV with a red plastic casing was always turned off, and no one even turned it on.

Xiao Zhao was afraid of disturbing Zhang Chen, so he muted the TV. Zhang Chen found it funny. He said, "What kind of TV can you watch without sound? You are not deaf. It doesn't matter. I am not afraid of noise when I work."

Zhang Chen repeated it several times, and Xiao Zhao picked up the remote control and turned up a little sound. "The Story of the Editorial Department" was playing on the TV. The voices of Li Dongbao, Ge Ling, Yu Deli, and Sister Niu all sounded like mosquitoes. , buzzing, buzzing, but Xiao Zhao was still teased by them and wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of disturbing Zhang Chen, so he held it in as hard as he could and snickered.

Zhang Chen stood up and walked over, picked up the remote control, and adjusted the volume to 32. Xiao Zhao looked at him in surprise. He said to Xiao Zhao:

"What's so funny? When I hear laughter, it relaxes my brain. Also, don't hold back your laughter, which makes me uncomfortable. When I'm in working mode, I'm really not afraid of noise. I'm not afraid of thunder and firecrackers." Don’t worry if you can’t hear me.”

"Okay, okay." Xiao Zhao nodded, her eyes still attracted by the plot, staying on the screen. After a while, she finally giggled.

After a while, Xiao Zhao couldn't help but stand up, come over to help Zhang Chen pour water, or stand behind him, hug his head from behind, kiss the top of his head, and then shout after kissing: "My dear, I'm sorry for disturbing you again."

Zhang Chen grabbed her and pulled her to sit on his lap. The two hugged each other and kissed.

Although Xiao Zhao was around and would distract him from time to time, Zhang Chen felt very relaxed and worked very efficiently. By the time he was about to have dinner in the evening, he had already arranged the rooms one by one, the wine cellar-style K room. The effect picture is done.

Zhang Chen asked Xiao Zhao to come over and take a look, saying that he had finished the painting.

"So fast? My dear, you are so awesome!" Xiao Zhao put the sweater in his hand on the sofa aside, got up and walked over.

"How is it? Does it look good?" Zhang Chen raised the renderings and asked Xiao Zhao behind him.

Xiao Zhao said "hmm", and Zhang Chen could clearly feel that the hmm was a bit reluctant. Zhang Chen looked at her, and Xiao Zhao hesitated and asked, "Are you going to change this?"

"I won't change it anymore." Zhang Chen said, "Do you think there is anything that needs to be changed?"

"I think, I think..."

Xiao Zhao hesitated, looking like he was hesitating to speak. Zhang Chen smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. I won't eat you."

"What about me, what did I say?" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhang Chen with a bit of flinching in his eyes.

"Say it." Zhang Chen encouraged.

"Then I really said, dear, don't be angry." Xiao Zhao said, "I'm wondering, will the Taiwanese boss be angry when he sees this?"

"Why?"

"Is this a KTV room?"

"Yes."

"But why doesn't it look like a KTV room? It's so, so broken, and it looks... so old." Xiao Zhao said, a little anxiously: "This KTV room, dear, why do I feel nothing at all?" Western style?"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "Yes, not foreign at all."

"You're still smiling if you're not being cool."

"But in the eyes of the Taiwanese boss, it is the most foreign-style. You said it doesn't look like a KTV room at all, right?"

Xiao Zhao nodded.

"But this Taiwanese boss just wants a KTV that is different from all other KTVs. Don't worry, he will definitely like it."

Xiao Zhao still shook her head. She didn't believe that someone would really spend so much money to build such a KTV that was not fashionable at all.

Zhang Chen remembered that he took out the renderings of Chicken Feather from his bag and showed it to Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao turned it over in his hand and clicked her tongue. She said, dear, this is good, this is so foreign. Look at this crystal chandelier and the floor in this corridor. Wow, they are all made of glass. There are colorful lights under the glass. My dear, this is so fashionable.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "This is the original design. The Taiwanese boss said that he didn't like anything, so he asked me to redesign it."

"Is it designed like this?" Xiao Zhao asked, pointing to Zhang Chen's renderings, and Zhang Chen nodded.

"Why?" Xiao Zhao shouted, "This Taiwanese boss, he likes such shabby things?"

"Yes."

"Then if that's the case, why bother decorating? Isn't decorating just about making everything look like new?"

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "Renovation is not about making everything look like new. In that case, there would be no need for a designer, just two painters."

Xiao Zhao was really anxious, and she argued: "But if this is the case, why spend money on decoration? If it is going to be dilapidated, then don't decorate it. It is not inherently dilapidated and old."

"You're right. It was originally old and worn out, so it had to be renovated. The old and worn out decoration is not really old and worn out, it's made old and worn out."

"What's the difference?" Xiao Zhao was puzzled.

"There is a big difference. The key to making things old and dilapidated is to do them. To do them is to be selective and purposeful. In the restoration of cultural relics and ancient buildings, the most important thing is to restore them as they were before. That is to say, after repairs, , it is best to keep it exactly the same as before, with no trace of newness visible. The purpose of repair is to protect it, and to keep it old is to maintain the mark of time and the traces of time on it."

Zhang Chen saw the Baochu Pagoda outside the window as he spoke. He said to Xiao Zhao, "Look at that Baochu Pagoda. Is it very old?"

Xiao Zhao nodded.

Zhang Chen said: "Although it has a history of more than a thousand years, in fact, the tower we see now was built in 1933. Why does it look much older? Every time it is built, it is built according to the construction standards." The principle is to keep things old, otherwise there would be no need to build one. Wouldn’t it be stronger to just build one with reinforced concrete?”

"I understand a little bit, my dear, but what does this have to do with you?"

"The same goes for me. If I design it in a very foreign style, like the Taoyuan Hotel or Golden Palm Entertainment City in Haicheng, then it won't be able to meet the requirements that Boss Liu wants, which is different from other KTVs. What do you think? Think about it, if you go to Taoyuan Hotel or Golden Palm, or the dance hall of Wanghai Tower, when you come out, do you feel that there is no difference between these places?"

Xiao Zhao nodded.

"But what about here?"

"It's totally different from them." Xiao Zhao shouted.

"Yes, this is the gimmick and effect that Boss Liu wants, or the selling point." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"But, dear, I still feel that foreign style, what should I do?" Xiao Zhao was anxious again, she pointed at the renderings of Ji Fei and said.

"Then ignore him." Zhang Chen said, "It's not you who pays for it anyway, it's the Taiwanese boss who pays. As long as he likes it, that's fine."

Xiao Zhao was relieved. She felt that what Zhang Chen said made sense.