036 Architectural design institute that folds for five buckets of rice
When the two of them arrived at the gate of the design institute, Cao Zhiqiang got off the train and immediately felt a sigh of relief when he saw the signboard of the Peking Architectural Design Institute.
If his memory is correct and the history here has not changed much, then it should be 1988 when this Architectural Design and Research Institute will get better.
The reason is very simple. At that time, the reform was more in-depth, and with the advent of the era of construction, large-scale construction was carried out everywhere. The design institute took on many large projects and received a large amount of capital injection, and life began to get better.
But the period from 1980 to 1988 was a particularly difficult period for the Peking Design Institute.
In his previous life, he heard that during the difficult period of transformation of the design institute to support itself, many old professors from the design institute actually went to the streets to sell sweet potatoes in order to support their families.
There are also young professors who actually push their bicycles out to paint walls, repair doors, and decorate people just like the decoration workers waiting on the streets in later generations. This is really intoxicating.
Of course, legends are legends after all, and Cao Zhiqiang didn’t know whether the legend he heard at the beginning was true or false.
So he came here this time to verify the legend.
If the legend is false, just come here for free and see what's new.
But if the legend is true, he intends to pick up the slack, not to alleviate poverty, which is wrong, but to win-win cooperation.
Well, in fact, Cao Zhiqiang just wants to ask the people here to come up with a reliable decoration design plan for the courtyard house he just bought along the street in Jinyu Hutong, if the legend is true, and let these people give it to him at the same time.
The house is being renovated.
That's right, the design institutes of this period were not only responsible for design, but also for actual decoration. That was a real one-stop service of design and decoration, which was particularly awesome.
Think about it, your house was designed and decorated by a design institute, and it is a fellow student of the Great Hall of the People, Workers Stadium, International Exhibition Center, National Center for the Performing Arts, Wukesong Cultural and Sports Center and other awesome projects. I will tell you later.
How decent is that?
Hey hey hey...
"What? You want us to help design a small restaurant? Do we have to help you decorate it?"
After hearing Cao Zhiqiang's intention, the middle-aged man in charge of the reception, wearing glasses and a Chinese tunic suit, who looked like a scholar, was very dissatisfied.
After adjusting his glasses, the middle-aged man with glasses wearing a washed-out white tunic suit said, "Do you know where this is?"
"I know." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Beiping Architectural Design Institute."
"That's it." The middle-aged man said coldly, "This is a design research institute. Does the research institute understand? And we are scholars and experts engaged in research and design!
Like the Great Hall of the People, the Museum of History and Revolution, and the Workers' Stadium, they are all our masterpieces!
Therefore, this is not a place for cats and dogs to decorate their shops!
You've come to the wrong place!"
Cao Zhiqiang rolled his eyes and stretched out five fingers: "Five thousand!"
"You..." The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about the design fee." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Five thousand yuan to buy your design. If it's a specific decoration, the cost of materials and labor will be calculated separately."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then continued angrily: "Who do you think we are?"
"Decorator." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.
"you……"
"Xiao Chen!"
Suddenly, an elderly bespectacled man with Mediterranean-style hair ran over and yelled at the middle-aged bespectacled man:
"Xiao Chen, what's the matter with you?
Designing the workers' stadium is to serve the people, but designing shops for the common people is not serving the people?
What are you thinking? Huh?
Do you look down on working people?”
After scolding the middle-aged man with glasses, the old man with glasses immediately smiled apologetically at Cao Zhiqiang:
"Oh, little comrade, calm down, our little Chen, he, he...
Well, something happened to him at home recently. He is in a bad mood and has a bad temper. Don't be surprised if he has such a bad temper."
After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man with glasses said to the somewhat confused middle-aged man with glasses: "Don't you have something else to do? Go ahead and do your business. I'll be here!"
"Director Wang, he..."
"Go, go, go!" Director Wang waved his hand, "What nonsense are you talking about? Go and do your business!"
The middle-aged man with glasses sighed and left angrily.
When he left, you could still see the arrogance and disdain in his expression and eyes.
It was obvious that he disdained the old man with glasses who smelled like copper.
It seemed that his whole body was exuding a thought: I will bow down for five buckets of rice and look down on you! He, tui!
As soon as the middle-aged man with glasses left, the old man with glasses, that is, Director Wang, immediately smiled and poured tea for Cao Zhiqiang, and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "My little comrade, my surname is Wang, is the director here.
,What's your name?"
Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "My surname is Cao, from Cao Cao. You can just call me Xiao Cao."
"Okay, okay." Director Wang smiled, "Xiao Cao, I just heard that you said you wanted to pay five thousand? Is it just the design fee? Materials and labor are not included?"
"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang said.
"How big is the house? What type of apartment is it? What is it used for?" Director Wang asked.
Cao Zhiqiang said: "I bought a new house. It's not very big. The apartment area is only 698 square meters. The yard is about 1,000 square meters. It's a typical three-in-four courtyard."
However, this house is quite old and its appearance is a bit shabby. The side house along the street was privately connected to the yard as soon as you entered it with wooden planks and bricks. As a result, the area upon entering the yard became the kitchen, and the side house along the street became the kitchen.
Facade room.
The front house along the street is a restaurant, with people living behind it. It is no different from the ordinary taverns and restaurants along the street that are used for both commercial and residential purposes in the alleys.
In my opinion, this design is really bad, so I want to redecorate it.
As for me, I want to turn the entire house into a restaurant and convert it all into commercial uses so that no one can live alone.
The requirement is to increase the space of the large dining room and add a few more private rooms without changing the original appearance of the main body. The private rooms must be divided into grades, and the overall style must be low-key, luxurious and upscale.
When people come in, they must immediately know that this place is a high-end place where ordinary people would not dare to come to eat.
In short, this place is not for ordinary people, it is for rich people and leading cadres, do you understand what I mean?"
"That's right." Director Wang nodded, "What kind of cuisine does the restaurant serve? Or which cuisine does it prefer?
Don't mind, I'm mainly thinking about the decoration style.
After all, different cuisines come from different places, and the decoration of the dining environment has different styles."
"Mainly Sichuan cuisine, supplemented by Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine." Cao Zhiqiang said.
"That means there are all four major cuisines. It's a bit of a hodgepodge... Ahem, I understand." Director Wang frowned, "It's best to find time to go and see it in person, and then study it in detail.
."
"No problem." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "So, you will accept my case?"
"Yes, of course." Director Wang said with a smile, "Serving the people is a matter of course.
However, is five thousand yuan really just a design fee?"
"That must be true." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang reached behind him, took out an envelope, and threw it on the table: "There are five thousand yuan in it, please count it.
But at the end of the day, we have to sign a contract. Not only will you be responsible for the design, but you will also be responsible for decorating it later.
Of course, the decoration fee is calculated separately. I will pay for it. The materials, construction, etc. are all yours. Anyway, it is just a contract of work and materials.
I don’t care how you decorate it, just make sure you decorate it well with quality and quantity.”
"No problem! No problem at all!"
Director Wang glanced at the envelope and the banknotes scattered out of the envelope, and said with a smile: "Let's do this. Tell us the address of the house. It's best to set a time. Let's go to the site to have a look and make an assessment.
I'll give you a design plan later.
Once you are satisfied with the plan, we will come up with a renovation plan and calculate the estimated renovation cost.
Once you are completely satisfied, we will start the official construction, what do you think?"
"Very good, that's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Then you come out immediately, I will take you to see the house now."
"Now?" Director Wang was stunned.
"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang said calmly, "Time is money. Once you decide, you have to do it immediately. Who has time to work with you?"
Director Wang blinked and glanced at the envelope on the table again, as well as the banknotes scattered out of the envelope.
Suddenly, Director Wang slapped his face fiercely: "Well said, right! Time is money! New people, new things, new styles! I, I will help you find someone right now, and I will definitely satisfy you!"