After dinner, Bai Shuo had to go to the site to investigate the New Times Square project in the afternoon. Someone arranged for Chen Bing to have the best room in the hotel in the Muguang Group building and let her go and rest first. But Chen Bing
Bing refused to say anything and insisted on following Bai Shuo to New Times Square. No matter how Bai Shuo explained that it was just a messy construction site, there was nothing to see. But Chen Bing refused and insisted on going.
With no other choice, Bai Shuo had no choice but to follow Chen Bing and go to the construction site of New Times Square together with Li Fei, Cao An, Ying Long, Zhao Yong and others.
After getting out of the car, accompanied by project staff, everyone came to a boundary.
I saw a large piece of flat ground ahead under two low mountains. Apparently there were some buildings here originally, but now they have been demolished and only a few are left.
seat.
Li Fei introduced: "This is the construction site of the New Times Square, covering an area of about two hundred acres. According to the plan, a modern commercial plaza is planned to be built here, which will incorporate many of the most modern popular elements. Preliminary planning and demolition are currently underway.
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"Yes, but these old buildings are too unsightly and must be demolished. Otherwise, they will be inconsistent with the modern atmosphere and will affect the commercial plaza we have invested heavily in building." The project manager added.
Bai Shuo thought for a while, if an old dilapidated house suddenly appeared next to a highly modern commercial street, it would indeed look extremely incongruous.
"Well, there are indeed some problems." Bai Shuo nodded.
The project manager continued: "But some surrounding residents claim that these buildings are ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Their ancestors have lived here for generations. Although they have been expropriated by us at a high price, they still feel that if they are demolished like this, it will be like
It’s like my roots are gone.”
Chen Bing: "An ancient house from the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Is it valuable?"
Project manager: "What's the value of that? Many of the old houses they live in are dilapidated and no one lived in them before the expropriation."
"What a joke!" Cao An said excitedly: "Since they have been sold to us, we are not allowed to dispose of them. Then they can buy them back at a high price."
At this time, Chen Bing asked: "I think most of them have been demolished. The remaining ones are in such dilapidated condition that they won't last long even if they are not demolished. Why are they still reacting so strongly?"
The staff member said: "Ms. Chen Bing, you don't know, this is all you can see, but after passing this flat land and continuing down, there are many old houses next to the valley. That is the focus of the dispute.
Where.”
"Oh?!" Bai Shuo said immediately: "Then let's go over and take a look."
The crowd walked through the plains and gradually approached the mountains. At this time, they discovered that at the end of the plains was a steep slope that plunged into the valley between the two mountains. On both sides of the valley bottom were old-fashioned houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a street naturally formed in the middle.
It meanders along the valley floor.
Walking down the steep slope, Chen Bing rushed in first and wandered in front of the buildings. When Bai Shuo saw Chen Bing's white clothes flowing among these ancient buildings, he suddenly felt that this was a man who fell into
Mortal spirits.
"I think these buildings are very unique. Although they are not cultural relics that must be protected, don't you think each of them seems to be telling an ancient story?"
Bai Shuo nodded: "I also think these buildings are quite good."
Continuing to walk forward, these buildings seemed to be built along the foot of the mountain from low to high towards the mountainside. At a glance, Bai Shuo saw that the arrangement of these houses slowly went up all the way to a mountain in the distance.
After traveling for more than two hundred meters, as the road slowly turned to the right, Bai Shuo discovered that there was a battlement-like building standing at the end of the road a few hundred meters ahead, but the entire wall was mottled red, and the battlements were
There is also a small building with a wooden structure that exudes ancient majesty, as if it is the king of this ancient building.
"Wow, this is a very typical Ming Dynasty architectural style." Chen Bing only took one look and ran over happily.
When we got there, we discovered that the road did not end, but branched to both sides in front of the building, then bypassed the building and merged into one again at the rear.
Bai Shuo carefully observed the building in front of him. It was about twenty or thirty meters wide, with an overall shape that was wider at the bottom and narrower at the top. The tower was not very high, only about four or five meters. There was a three-story tower standing on top of the tower.
There is a wooden tower. Under the tower, in addition to a gate in the center, there are also narrow steps on both sides of the gate that go straight up the wall to the tower.
Although Bai Shuo didn't know what the purpose of this building was, he found it a bit funny. Since there are steps to go up directly, what is the use of the door below.
Cao An also seemed to have discovered this problem: "I asked, is this a revisionist reaction? It feels like this should be the inside of the city wall."
Chen Bing also shook his head and said: "I think this should have been the place where the leaders of this area lived before, or it might have been a place where some major local events were held. But the specifics are not clear."
Bai Shuo asked the local staff, but they couldn't tell. And even the local residents didn't know much about it. They only knew that this place had been abandoned for a long time. Except that it seemed to have been repaired decades ago, it was no longer there.
No one paid attention.
Only some old people vaguely remember seeing such a grand event when they were children. Strings of lanterns were connected from every house in the alleys to the towering tower. The red lanterns illuminated the night and illuminated the entire city.
The streets were all illuminated red, and even everyone's face was illuminated bright red.
Imagining such a scene, Chen Bing couldn't help but yearn for it. What a beautiful scene it would be if such a scene could be reproduced.
"Should this area be demolished?" Chen Bing suddenly asked.
Project Manager: "Yes, Miss Chen."
Chen Bing: "What about after it's demolished?"
Project manager: "After demolition, this valley will be covered with greenery, and some beautiful and valuable trees will be planted to highlight the beauty of nature."
Chen Bing said disdainfully: "Natural? Can artificially planting some trees be called natural beauty? I think these buildings have long been integrated with the mountains after years of wind and frost. This is called natural beauty."
"Ah? This..." The project manager was asked by Chen Bing and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Haha, what's wrong? You don't want this place to be demolished?" Bai Shuo asked to help.
Chen Bing looked at those houses and nodded.
Bai Shuo: "But they have completed their historical mission, and now it is time for them to change their appearance."
"No!" Chen Bing insisted: "I think they haven't had time to show their unique style to the world. I think they still have many stories to tell..."
"Uh..." Bai Shuo said, "But this place has been planned as a New Times Square, and the existence of these things is really not appropriate..."
"No...just keep them, okay...brother, just promise me..."
Bai Shuo didn't expect that Chen Bing would suddenly act like a child. But Bai Shuo couldn't make an immediate decision on this matter, because although the entire project was led by the Muguang Group, in these large and small projects
There are also many investors and partners in it, and even Bai Shuo can't just change it as he pleases.
"This... I'll think about it again and see if there is any compatible solution."
Facing the ambiguous answer given by Bai Shuo, Chen Bing was also a little disappointed. She knew that after she left, she would be able to care about how the project was built.
All the way back, Chen Bing didn't speak much, just silently watching everything in front of him. Everyone knew that Chen Bing was losing his temper, so they kept silent. The group of people walked very quietly on this unusually quiet road.
The moment he returned from the steep slope to the flat ground, Chen Bing suddenly shouted in surprise. Then, as if he had discovered a new world, he pulled Bai Shuo along excitedly.
"Brother, I thought of it, I thought of it."
Amid everyone's surprise, Chen Bing said: "Not only do these buildings not need to be demolished, on the contrary, we should renovate the entire area and restore its original appearance as much as possible. Of course, we can also do some beautification treatments.
, to create a charming ancient town with natural classical charm, unique style and pleasant scenery."
"only……"
Before Bai Shuo could speak, Chen Bing added: "And this area is still built into a modern commercial plaza, and it will be as modern as possible. Then we can make good use of this long and steep slope..."
"Huh? How to use it?"
Chen Bing: "We can build this place into a wide, enclosed long staircase, and then do some blocking on the top of the long staircase. From the side of the square, you can see very modern outdoor advertising or modern art."
When viewed from the middle of the valley, it is in line with the classical style. This way, the two sides will not interfere with each other, and there will be no stylistic conflict."
Bai Shuo nodded: "It can indeed play a certain role, but after all, the two sides are separated by a slope, so they still cannot be completely separated."
"Why do we have to separate them?"
Chen Bing smiled and said: "I just want them to stay apart."
"Huh? What does this mean?"
Chen Bing: "We can decorate this closed long staircase with a style that combines modernity and classicism. We should make it so that people entering the long staircase from whichever side will not feel out of place. But when people pass through the other end
, but suddenly saw a world completely different from the other side. Think about it, do you feel like you are in another world?"
Bai Shuo's eyes lit up, and he vaguely felt that Chen Bing had proposed a very meaningful plan.
Chen Bing: "I have already thought about it. This long staircase is called the 'Time Elevator', and this project should not be called the New Times Square. You said this name is not local. Since the United States has Times Square
, they are imitating others and building a New Times Square everywhere. Isn’t this just copying others?”
"Um...what's that called?"
Chen Bing smiled proudly and said: "The square of past and present lives."