"Hey, Dean Tong, your hospital attaches so much importance to it that you came here in person."
"Dean Xu, I heard that today's order is a big one. Gu Kun has always been generous in design fees. Of course we have to listen to Party A's needs in person."
In the evening, at the intersection outside Gu Kun's Oriental Pearl River View Villa, two Audi A4s encountered each other unexpectedly, and the drivers on both sides almost had a minor friction because they were competing for the right of way.
Fortunately, everyone noticed that the other person's car was an Audi A4, and the brand seemed to be from the same system. The drivers who were good at observing words and emotions calmed down.
The people in the car also arrived at the same spot. They were Dean Xu from Jiaotong University and Dean Tong from Tongji University. They were all old acquaintances, and they became harmonious after meeting each other.
They all knew that Gu Kun was going to have a treat tonight to discuss business, and he had invited people from several units. But they didn't expect that the other party would also pay so much attention to it, and the dean would personally lead the team to listen to the needs.
In China in 1998, Daben was still the most popular car for civilian use, and the number was not large, but official cars were generally becoming more respectable.
Especially in Hujiang, a first-tier city, the dean of the design institute of a key university here is more prestigious than an ordinary county-level person. Audi came to China later than Mercedes-Benz/Puervo, but it has clearly identified its new positioning.
The public relations department that specializes in government procurement has successfully positioned itself as a "Chinese official car", which started around 1996.
Dean Xu and Dean Tong looked at each other's appearance and began to think in their minds: I wonder how much design fee they can get from Gu Kun today.
Fortunately, the directions of the Haiyuan Institute and the Construction Institute are different, and the opportunities for cooperation are greater than competition. The children's dean needs to worry more about this. He also has to worry about other local architectural design institutes, and even top foreign architecture institutes, competing for them.
Business.
The two of them walked to the door with their designers and assistants, and there was a very young and beautiful Heiklan waitress who led the way: "Everyone, please come in, Mr. Gu has been waiting for a long time."
It was the first time for Dean Tong to come to Gu Kun's place. He couldn't help but lower his voice and asked Dean Xu: "Is this the assistant Heiklan who Gu Kun has always brought with him?"
Dean Xu had met Gu Kun's earliest Heiklan assistant, Midlova. He took a careful and quick glance and replied in a low voice: "It doesn't look like it, there must be another person, hehehe, young man
Well, the young Mu Ai is full of energy..."
Before they had time to express any emotion, they had already entered the main hall.
After all, the villa is very small, and the garden is only about twenty steps long. Cao Zhi could only write three poems, and a normal person could walk there in just three sentences.
When they saw Gu Kun's image, they were even more surprised and surprised.
"Why is it so vulgar and shiny?" Dean Xu thought to himself.
Gu Kun doesn't care about his own image too much.
There were two stunning beauties with blond hair and blue eyes hugging each other. They were both in their early twenties, and they should not be older than Gu Kun. (Gu Kun will be 22 years old soon)
As for the clothes he wears, they have become a lot more exaggerated, and the grown man even wears jewelry that looks very rich and vulgar - of course, the thing that appears on Gu Kun's body, no matter how vulgar it is, cannot be a big gold chain as thick as a thumb.
Yeah. That thing is too heavy to be considered jewelry, only a torture instrument.
The most vulgar thing Gu Kun can do is wear an 18-carat diamond ring on every finger except his ring finger, which is detachable and does not hinder his work.
There are also various unknown strings on his arms, from top-grade agarwood and rosewood to emerald agate and dzi beads. People like Dean Xu and Dean Tong who don't know the goods can't recognize them all.
"Everyone, sit down, don't be polite, come on, today we will just drink and talk, not the specific design." Gu Kun raised his hand and immediately ordered a few foreign girls to wait for the designers to drink.
"This... this is inappropriate, and it doesn't fit your style." Dean Xu was also the dean of the design school at Gu Kun's alma mater, and he looked a little confused.
"It will be suitable soon. Dean Xu, I still respect you very much, but sometimes, I think this is the best way for everyone to realize the changes in my needs as quickly as possible. We are not public officials, so why should we be restrained?
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After all, the design institute is an enterprise unit that is responsible for its own profits and losses, so it is okay to accept some guests for consumption.
Dean Xu didn't know what to say, but he couldn't help but curiously look at the dazzling bunch of strings on Gu Kun's hand.
See, this is very honest.
Many educated people keep saying they look down on local tyrants, but when they really see a country bumpkin, they have to look at them a few more times to see clearly what their vulgarity is, so that they can be criticized.
And this plays into the trap of internet trafficists.
The traffic dog is not afraid of you scolding him, but he is afraid that you won’t even look at him.
As long as you start to be curious, even if the psychological preparation is to "find the points that the other party can criticize and then criticize", the traffic dog is not afraid.
Gu Kun's intentions are so good. From now on, his flaunting of wealth and sex with women are all for the sake of his family, country and world, and his struggle against human nature.
"Just wear some jade and jade. That string of stones with unknown names is too heavy to wear and is too eye-catching." After Dean Xu saw it clearly, he couldn't help but complain.
Gu Kun subconsciously looked at his arm and was very satisfied. He naturally showed off and said: "Although this is a stone, it can also be regarded as an agate-like mineral. The key is that if someone worships it and has a provenance, then it can be called a 'Dzi Bead'. I believe that in the future
In order to show off their wealth, the Chinese will use clever names to stir up these concepts."
The "Dzi Bead" worn by Gu Kun was definitely not popular in China in the late 1990s because no one was engaging in this cultural toy.
However, after 2010, the speculation became more and more popular, mainly because people who had just become rich wanted to show off their wealth in various ways to find a sense of presence. Other jewelry and jade were so hyped that they didn’t know how to speculate anymore, so they began to speculate on historical accumulation.
Strictly speaking, the material of Dzi beads is not much more valuable than other high-quality agates, but they have been blessed by Tibetan monks or have been worshiped for several generations. They must have historical value to be called Dzi beads. But they are not considered nationally protected cultural relics.
It can be legally traded and worn casually, which gives literary speculators an opportunity to operate.
However, no matter how good the dzi beads are in later generations, they cannot compare with those on Gu Kun's arm, because Gu Kun's is from the Tang Dynasty. He kept it for himself after fishing it out of "Nanyang No. 1", and there are many more.
Because these things are not considered cultural relics under national protection and collection now, when they were handed over to the relevant departments, he kept these things just like the Sogdian gold coins, and no one cared about them at all.
Later, he consulted an expert and found that based on the age of "Nanyang No. 1", it should be from the late Kaiyuan period of Tang Xuanzong to the Tianbao period. Although he was not sure whether it was when Chizu Dezan sent people to pay tribute as recorded in the "Old Book of Tang"
The Tubo Imperial Master came to Chang'an in person to consecrate and enshrine them, but they were definitely not bad either.
The dzi beads played by literary players on earth in later generations are at most like little brothers in comparison.
Gu Kun didn't show off deliberately, he just revealed the origin of the things he had in an understatement.
When Dean Xu and Dean Tong heard that it was from the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, they were immediately stunned and speechless.
"What? Are you two interested? If this cooperation goes well, when my project is completed, I will consider giving it to you two to play with. Of course, it will definitely be a little worse than mine." Gu Kun said lightly.
Dean Xu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked with difficulty: "Please tell me what you think."
Gu Kun lit up a cigar and blew out a puff of mist: "I currently have three projects that I would like you to design. I plan to fill in and repair a coral atoll island I bought to create a palm tree shape.
Floor-to-ceiling ocean view room island.
Secondly, I want to build a glass hotel rising from the seabed out of thin air in the northwest of the main island of Lanfang, where the seawater quality is the best. The shape will be like a sailboat. Dean Xu will be responsible for the construction plan of the seabed foundation.
, Dean Tong, you are responsible for the construction part above the sea.
You don’t need to worry about the interior decoration for the time being, but you must reserve enough space for operation. At that time, I will also ask the Hilton family to work together to provide supplementary solutions. I want to be more luxurious than any hotel in the world. You can analyze the existing hotels.
Classification design standards, see how much more five-stars are than four-stars, and how much more four-stars are more than three-stars - when the time comes, I will exceed the existing five-star standards by at least this much! I
To claim that my Burj Al Arab is the only seven-star hotel in the world.”
Dean Tong's expression revealed a hint of disgust: "Gu Sheng, aren't you afraid that this is too vulgar?"
Gu Kun stood up and patted Dean Tong on the shoulder: "Times have changed, just tell me whether you are willing to do it or not."
Gu Kun clearly remembers that in his previous life, when people in Dubai first started to hype things up, they were looked down upon.
Especially looked down upon by traditional media.
But as a result, the traditional media themselves were swept into the dustbin of history after less than ten years.
Newspapers? Magazines? TV stations? Do you still want to say something sarcastic? Mind yourselves and live on. If you are wiped out by the Internet, you will have no chance to speak out.
The Internet has made human beings generally vulgar. This is an inevitable trend and cannot be resisted.
Dean Tong did not answer immediately. He just asked in a professional manner: "What is your budget for this hotel?"
Design fees are charged based on a certain percentage of the construction cost. As a literati, designers are embarrassed to directly ask themselves how much they will charge, so they ask how much the construction cost is.
"Don't talk to me about the budget. I don't have a budget here. I will spend as much money as I can to undoubtedly be number one in the world. I don't understand these nonsense." Gu Kun refreshed their understanding very rudely.
Know.
Dean Xu was afraid that the atmosphere would worsen, so he quickly changed the topic: "How about we talk about the third demand first? I see you have two sketches here, and there is some explanation - you want to compete for the world's tallest building, right? That's not the case.
It’s not difficult to achieve. It should be imitating Petronas. With Dean Tong’s ability, it would be very easy to give you a building taller than the Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers, since you are willing to spend money.”
Dean Xu said, shaking some copies that Gu Kun had placed on the sofa. Gu Kun originally planned to show them those copies.
Gu Kun smiled slightly: "Of course, but I definitely don't just ask to be taller than the Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers. I want to be much taller. You guys really don't understand my ambition. Even if I dress like this, I can't let people understand my determination.
, I’m very disappointed. You can’t even dream big.”