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During my stay in Ruishi Country, two unpleasant things happened, both at dinner parties.

Hua Zhenxing is a cooking master and gourmet. His daily hobby is to gather people to eat and drink over a table of wine and food. What he values ​​is the fun of meeting close friends over wine, and he also likes to talk about things at the wine table.

Some people say that this is an Eastern-style dinner party, and people always like to talk things over the wine table. In fact, it is similar all over the world, and Huazhenxing participates in many such "foreign dinner parties".

Someone invited Feng Zibin to have dinner through Rozchild. This is indeed a rare opportunity, because Feng Zibin is usually not seen at all.

The organizing committee invited fifty professionals and fifty celebrities from all over the world. The person who wanted to treat Huazhenxing to dinner this time was Mr. Bollingen, one of the fifty professional judges.

Mr. Bollingen, 57 years old, was a professor at the University of Connecticut in the United States. He served as a consultant to the government department during his teaching period. Later, after a certain presidential election, he served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States.

After the deputy minister resigned, he is now the vice president of the American Institute of Architects. He is also a senior consultant to several large architectural groups and design institutions. He is very influential in academia, politics, and business.

Since Mr. Bollingen took the initiative to send out the invitation and asked Rochild to introduce him, Hua Zhenxing took the time to attend the dinner as Feng Zibin. The dining place was considered to be the most upscale in Ruishi Country, but the food was actually average.

After the meeting, there were polite greetings first, and Feng Zibin gave the other party the respect he deserved. After all, he was a professional judge invited by the organizing committee. Mr. Bollingen brought an assistant, while Feng Zibin went to the appointment alone, and Rochild was also present.

During Bollingen's words, he hinted intentionally or unintentionally that he had already done a thorough investigation and determined that the core person in organizing the Huanxiang Habitat Award Project was not Kedia, but Feng Zibin.

His conclusion did not accept refutation, and Feng Zibin did not refute it, because it was indeed a fact.

The topic of conversation during the dinner was of course around the Huanxiang Habitat Award. Mr. Bollingen asked Feng Zibin with great interest the reasons and purpose of organizing the Huanxiang Habitat Award. His assistant spoke very little, but was always observing Feng Zibin.

Feng Zibin did not talk about the significance of the award, but chose the most practical answer: He wanted to transform the country of Jili and Huanxiangte State and build towns and villages that were more livable and more suitable for development needs.

Therefore, he wants to invite the best team as possible. All excellent design ideas will become references for future project construction. From the beginning, there must be as complete and reasonable a plan as possible.

He then expressed his gratitude to Mr. Bollingen for his support of the Habitat Award as a judge.

But then Bollingen changed his tune and made a request to Feng Zibin, which was to exclude the design teams of Mauro and Dongguo from the invitation scope of the Huanxiang Habitat Award.

What Bollingen meant was that the team from Mauro should never be invited, while the team from Dongguo should be tried not to be invited.

It is necessary to introduce the background. The first Huanxiang Habitat Award did not invite the design team from a Mauro university, but the second Huanxiang Habitat Award invited a design team from a Mauro university to join.

The organizing committee invited ten teams from Dongguo and ten outside Dongguo. Among the design units invited for the first Huanxiang Habitat Award, there was only one from the United States.

For the second Huanxiang Habitat Award, since the teams from the University of Brussels, the University of Canton, and the University of Technology no longer participated, the organizing committee invited three other design agencies, one from Mauro and the other two still from the America and the East.

Feng Zibin didn't say anything when he heard this, but just looked at Bollingen's face.

They were talking in English just now. Originally, Bollingen's entourage also served as the Dongguo translator, but the translation skills were really not very good. Feng Zibin spoke Dongguo at first, but then he started to speak Yinyin when he couldn't stand it anymore.

Feng Zibin heard clearly that the English word Bollingen used was not "suggestion", but "request".

Not to mention that Feng Zibin was speechless, even Luochaide's face was a little confused. Jianfeng Zibin didn't even want to ask the reason. In order to ease the cold atmosphere, Rozchild had to ask Bollingen why.

Bollingen explained that the United States has imposed sanctions on Mauro in various fields many years ago. If the Mauro design team is invited to participate, it will affect the international image of the Habitat Award and will not meet the requirements of the United States.

As for Dongguo, Bollingen had another story. In his opinion, when it comes to the professional level in the field of planning, the East is quite backward, while the United States is the most advanced in the world.

There are ten teams from Dongguo and ten teams from outside Dongguo. This approach is very unreasonable. If Feng Zibin really wants to build the Huanxiang Habitat Award into an internationally authoritative award, he should make changes.

Feng Zibin had enough self-restraint in this kind of situation, and he also had to behave appropriately. He neither hit anyone nor cursed, so he stopped talking and remained strangely silent, as if he didn't understand at all.

The most uncomfortable person here is Dr. Luo Child. In fact, Dr. Luo only helped to recommend and save the dinner. He did not know in advance that Bollingen would say this at the wine table.

Rozchild had no choice but to smooth things over. Instead of mentioning what Bollingen had just said, he asked Feng Zibin why he planned the Huanxiang Habitat Award in this way and what was his purpose?

Feng Zibin gave Luo Childe face and finally spoke, but he started speaking Dongguo again, and Luo Childe took the initiative to translate in both directions.

Rozchild's current level of Dongguo is already very good, at least much higher than that of the entourage brought by Bullingen.

Feng Zibin: "Mr. Forgan is also one of the founders of the World Habitat Foundation. Last year, the Forgan Foundation acquired the Yangyuan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group in the Viking Kingdom and owns the large Yangyuan United Farm. The next step is It is planned to build an agricultural and animal husbandry industrial park.

Those two towns are the industrial parks that Yangyuan United Farm will focus on building, and their design and planning plans are also the selection items of the second Huanxiang Habitat Award.

The area where Yangyuan United Farm is located has a very high latitude, right on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Many places in Mauro have similar environments and may have more professional experience, so we invited a new company from Mauro. design team.

As for all the three projects of the first Huanxiang Habitat Award and the urban projects of the second Huanxiang Habitat Award, they are also the towns that Huanxiang Tebon plans to build in reality. All design plans and creativity are related Technical reserves.

As for why there are ten design teams in Dongguo, not to mention that I am a Chinese of Dongguo origin, and almost all the residents of Huanxiang Tebang are Chinese of Dongguo descent, and the local language is Dongguo.

Planning, design and construction are integrated. To carry out such a large-scale infrastructure construction in Huanxiangte State, the country itself does not have this engineering capability. Who in the world today has this kind of infrastructure engineering capability?

When we invited planning and design units, Dongguo only invited half of them. This was to be inclusive and fully absorb various design styles and advanced levels in the world.

All design and planning plans are publicly displayed for the judgment of guests and professionals from all over the world. Everyone can comment on the results of the award selection. If someone's plan is of insufficient quality, the whole world can see it. "

These words should have been addressed to Bollingen, but Feng Zibin had been facing Rozchild when he spoke and did not look at Bullingen's face at all.

The character "Feng Zibin" is a genius investor, a philanthropist with a great spirit of humanistic care, and a romantic playboy who likes adventure and excitement. He embodies the contradictory side of human nature.

A person like him might not fall out on the spot out of etiquette considerations, but there is no need to look at Bollingen's face. On the other hand, no matter what kind of character it is, the person behind this identity is still Hua Zhenxing.

Therefore, what Feng Zibin said was very true and not a lie. Bollingen first came up with a conclusion, but the evidence for him to reach this conclusion does not exist. This year's Huanxiang Habitat Award is the best proof.

This time, the design and planning plans of the twenty participating institutions were publicly displayed in a special branch venue for nearly half a month. They were basically works of the same grade, and there was no obvious gap in level.

It was expected that the University of Brussels project won the first Grand Prize of the Habitat Award. But the other two consolation awards were won by projects from Feiyong University and Kangna University respectively.

Feigong University's project won the Art Award, which is no problem from a professional perspective. On the contrary, Cornell University's plan won the Creativity Award. The main factor was obviously that it was novel or a spoof, and it was in line with traffic thinking.

Facts have proved that Bollingen’s statement, “In terms of professional level in the field of planning, the East is quite backward, and the United States is the most advanced in the world.” This is not true.

Then the conclusions Bollingen drew and the demands he made must have other reasons. But what does this have to do with Feng Zibin? This is the Habitat Award, not the Bollingen Habitat Award!

The United States once reached the world's leading level in many fields. Until now, many of these fields still maintain the top international standards. However, in terms of large-scale infrastructure construction, it has lost its competitiveness in recent decades.

One of the simplest and most superficial reasons is lack of practice. In terms of complete new district planning and design projects, at least in recent decades, other countries in the world combined have not done as many as Dongguo.

As a professional in the field, Bollingen should be well aware of this fact.

Feng Zibin's words were very frank and difficult to refute. Bollingen did not respond directly. He put down the knife and fork in his hand and said in a different tone: "To design an entire new city, 10 million Luo Yuan is far from enough."

Feng Zibin was slightly startled, because this was also a true statement, but what kind of thinking was it? He could only look at Rothchild and reply: "Just do it to the extent you can. It mainly reflects the overall style and ideas."

When the grand prize organizing committee invited the design teams a year ago, each company was given 10 million yuan in advance. This is not a bonus, but a start-up fund. You can't ask people to work in vain, right?

According to Bollingen, spending 10 million Luo yuan to complete the entire design of a city, even a town, is definitely not enough.

This is true! But the organizing committee did not make such a request. It only required each design unit to prepare a master plan, and 10 million Romanian dollars was already quite a lot. Since it needs to be publicly evaluated internationally, it is impossible for each design team to be perfunctory.

Most importantly, the Huanxiang Habitat Award has another feature that is unmatched by any other award in this field.

In the past, awards in the field of construction or planning and design were awarded to completed projects, which were jointly created by the design team and the engineering team. But the Huanxiang Habitat Award is just a drawing on a blank paper, and it is only a drawing, without the actual object.

That’s why the organizing committee used another solution, using a holographic sandbox for virtual display. No one can guarantee whether the urban projects designed by each team will actually be seen in reality, which is why the Cornell University team comes up with such creativity.

What the organizing committee wants is the overall planning plan. Under this premise, there is no difference between a town, a city, or even a country. The main thing to see is the overall design idea and level.

To put it another way, no owner has ever spent so much money on a project that does not exist. Although Feng Zibin is rich and likes to spend money, Hua Zhenxing, who has this status, will never waste anything.

If we really want to see such a city appear in reality, the total design cost will definitely exceed 10 million yuan, not to mention the astronomical construction costs.

What Bollingen means is that 10 million funds are not enough. If more funds are given, the design team can provide better and more complete solutions, so some of the teams invited by the organizing committee will be redundant.

There are only three projects, but twenty teams have to be invited. Why not reduce the number, focus on inviting only international elite teams, and give them the money saved?

Bollingen did not say these words explicitly, but Hua Zhenxing understood his subtext. Hua Zhenxing didn't explain, and didn't want to ask any more questions. He just said that he would do whatever he could.

Bollingen looked at Feng Zibin and said, "So Lord Feng insists that the current model of the Habitat Award does not require any reforms?"

Feng Zibin: "Of course we will continue to improve based on the actual situation, but we will not follow your requirements."

Bollingen: "Obviously unreasonable things will have unreasonable effects when they appear in the world. Everyone with a righteous mind has the responsibility to correct such mistakes."

A certain word in this sentence is not very translatable and can only be translated as "with righteous thoughts". In fact, it also means justice, righteous faith, protecting righteous faith, and representing correct beliefs. Rothchild's translation is already very good.

Feng Zibin finally turned his head and looked into Bollingen's eyes and said, "Then how is Mr. Bollingen going to correct it? If you think you should use a knife and fork when eating, don't ask others not to use chopsticks."

Bollingen ignored Feng Zibin's metaphor and replied in a solemn tone: "If this is the case, the Habitat Award will be boycotted by the best teams in the world.

The elite design agency team represented by the United States will not accept the invitation from the organizing committee. In the international professional field, the Huanxiang Habitat Award will not be recognized..."

Rozchild's face became very ugly, and he stopped translating. He was observing Feng Zibin's face, maybe because he was a little afraid that Feng Zibin would flip the table.

Feng Zibin didn't change his expression, because he had no expression at all, and answered slowly: "Where I grew up, there were thugs and criminals everywhere.

Even if some people have done nothing wrong, they will receive various threats, blackmails, and various demands. For example, take out all the money in your pocket and give it to him. For example, you must listen to him and do what he says in that neighborhood.

We don’t want to live in that world, so we’re building a new one. Mr. Bollingen, this is how I was raised! "