Super Marshal

In the morning, Manchester ushered in a rare bright sunshine.

Gao Han sat under the shade of a tree in the garden, watching little Gao Shen holding on to a bench and walking away unsteadily. Every two or three steps he would turn back and grin at his father, revealing his four front teeth. Small mouth, giggling.

That look is so cute.

Whenever he saw him smiling, Gao Han couldn't help but wave to him, beckoning him to go back to his father for a hug, but the boy turned his head deliberately and continued walking forward until he reached the end of the bench. , he slowly moved, turned to the other side, and then slowly walked back with support.

He is only one year old and is still not very steady when walking. He needs someone to hold him or something to hold him up.

In the words of the old man at home, this is a smart kid who knows how to be afraid of falling.

Gao Han plays games all the time on weekdays, and when he comes home occasionally, he is very busy. It is difficult to find time to spend time with his son. But strangely enough, little Gao Shen is very close to him and likes to play with him the most. .

This kid is not clingy. Gao Han only needs to sit aside with him. He can play for a long time by himself. Occasionally when he encounters interesting things, he will giggle non-stop. Gao Han himself is a little confused, but he feels Cute and fun.

Lin Xia is writing in the living room. She has just established her own company in BJ and developed her own news application on Apple's iOS platform. Now everything is just getting started.

In the past, when Gao Han was busy competing, she had to take care of her children and work at the company, so she was busy at both ends. Now that Gao Han is on vacation, she can devote herself to the company and leave the children to her husband. .

Gao Han is also very supportive of Lin Xia's entrepreneurial plan, and has agreed to become the second in-depth columnist signed by their company, specializing in the field of football, which is also his best field.

"Be careful."

Gao Han saw Xiao Gaoshen walking behind him holding a long wooden chair, and walked back with a giggle, as if he was playing hide-and-seek, which was very interesting, so he quickly called out a warning, fearing that the kid would accidentally run too fast and fall.

However, it is really strange that Xiao Gaoshen cannot walk independently, but as long as he is given a finger or something to hold on to, he can walk quickly and very steadily.

Perhaps, this is the so-called sense of security.

"Hey, kid, come here, let's go." Gao Han shouted to Xiao Gaoshen opposite.

But the boy chuckled and shook his head, wanting to continue playing.

"I'm going out to play with my mother, are you going?" As he said that, Gao Han stood up deliberately.

When Xiao Gaoshen, who was opposite the long wooden chair, heard this, he immediately walked over quickly holding on to the long wooden chair, calling daddy in a cooing voice.

Gao Han bent down, picked up his son who rushed towards him, and kissed his pink little face vigorously.

"Let's go and find mom."

The father and son returned home having fun all the way.

After entering the living room, Gao Han put Xiao Gaoshen on the floor. The boy immediately slipped like a loach, crawled on the ground very fast, and rushed into Lin Xia's arms on the sofa. inside.

"You are really good at counting time. I just finished my work and you put down the burden." Lin Xia rolled her eyes at Gao Han in annoyance.

Gao Han pretended to have a proud expression on his face, as if to say, don't you know that this great immortal can pinch and count?

Lin Xia saw it, puffed out, and immediately burst out laughing.

"By the way, my dad and mom are asking, when will we go back to BJ?" Lin Xia asked while being intimate with her son.

"In a few days, I'm waiting for news from Madrid."

Two days ago, Manchester City had already begun to disband and take a vacation. All the players were either going to participate in national team games to prepare for the World Cup, or they were on vacation. Gao Han himself had also taken two days off.

However, it is really uncomfortable to be used to the intense season life and suddenly have some free time.

But this comfortable life will not last for a few more days.

Over in Madrid, the first version of the planning and design for the new stadium in Chinatown has been released in the past few days. Gao Han will definitely go there and take a look. There are also many things going on over in China, especially the BJ Chinatown Youth Training Center. Gao Han must go back and see for himself, especially the Genius Day selection, which is a top priority and cannot be missed.

This summer, Gao Han even took on an extra job, which was to write a column for The Guardian.

This is not because Gao Han is greedy for the little money, but because Greenwald has facilitated the news cooperation between Lin Xia's company and several authoritative media such as The Guardian and The Times. Gao Han reciprocates and must be more generous in columns. Be positive. After all, this summer is the World Cup, which only happens once every four years.

According to data provided by Greenwald, Gao Han is not only the highest-paid columnist in the UK, but also after regularly writing articles for the Guardian, the Guardian's sales will be a lot higher than usual every time his column appears. This shows Gao Han’s influence and attention in the UK.

In view of this, the Guardian's World Cup feature focuses on Gao Han's column. They are even willing to provide free air tickets, travel expenses and other expenses for Gao Han to go to South Africa to watch the game live.

Originally, Sky TV paid a lot of money to invite Gao Han to be a guest commentator and provide live commentary on the game. However, after careful consideration, Gao Han politely declined. He would rather spend more time traveling with his wife and children.

Neither he nor Lin Xiake have been to Africa yet.

Just as the two were discussing their trip to Africa, the call Gao Han had been waiting for for many days finally came.

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"It's a great pleasure to meet you, Deputy Chief Engineer Li, Mr. Herzog, and Mr. de Meuron."

The next morning, Gao Han received the design team of the new stadium that flew from Switzerland in the high-end conference room of the Chinatown training center in the southern suburbs of Madrid, along with the work they had carefully designed for several months.

"So are we."

Both of them are well-known figures in their respective fields, so they were polite and polite when they first met.

When Gao Han was coaching Bayern Munich, he met Herzog and de Meuron, and the conversation became less unfamiliar. When Gao Han admired the Allianz Arena, these two architects The master's impression of him immediately improved a bit.

"To be honest, it was the pinnacle of our sports architecture, and it has not been surpassed even now." Herzog said sincerely, but soon changed the subject.

"Of course, we hope to make a breakthrough in the new stadium in Chinatown."

Gao Han smiled slightly and nodded. Of course he wouldn't take this statement seriously. After all, they were also businessmen.

In addition to renderings, they also specially prepared a beautiful model and placed it on the conference table.

The entire new stadium has an irregular shape, surrounded by a circle of slender frames, with more than 260 brick pillars, inspired by the combination of Gothic architecture and traditional Chinese brickwork. A very simple, heavy and solid feeling.

Each brick pillar is an independent structural element. It can be raised, lowered, moved closer or further away to adapt to different site constraints and support the main body of the building. Above them, a huge ring is supported. The geometric structure connects each pillar together, forming a star-shaped structure that overlaps the moon.

After the brick pillars pass through the ring steel beams, they extend from top to bottom and from inside to outside in a sunken structure, converging into a rectangle the size of a stadium, hanging directly above the stadium.

Close to the ground, the brick pillars are cut, so that an arched area is cut out between each pillar and the main building, which is used as the entrance and exit hall of the stadium. It is very similar to the arcade pattern in southern China, allowing fans to Visiting the shops on the ground floor regardless of rain or shine.

In addition to the entire stadium, there is also a quaint brick three-story shopping mall with the same style design next to it. There is a covered bridge connecting the stadium. The covered bridge is composed of arches, and the open-air upstairs passage is like The ancient Chinese city wall also has a special beacon tower design, which is very unique. Both upstairs and downstairs can directly enter the stadium stands.

The whole design is very unconstrained, but at the same time it gives people a very classical sense of history and culture.

Gao Han and others' eyes lit up.

"From the meaning of Mr. Gao Han conveyed by Deputy General Manager Li, I fully extracted a concept, which is to create a feeling of home for the fans, making them feel warm and safe."

Gao Han nodded repeatedly. Whether it was the main design of the stadium or the shopping mall, it gave him a very familiar feeling of intimacy. It was a bit like a Western castle, but with strong Chinese elements, especially the covered bridge. It is the finishing touch, which makes people feel like a stone arch bridge and the Great Wall at first glance.

"After listening to Deputy General Manager Li's opinions, we traveled to the home stadiums of major European teams. We worked hard to find a very special feeling. We went to Liverpool's Allianz Stadium, Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu, and Barcelona's Camp Nou, Bayern Munich, Allianz…”

When saying this, Herzog smiled slightly, "I am a die-hard fan, Mr. Gao Han. I play at least one game a week in Switzerland, so I hope to design a building that can bring warmth and bring warmth to the fans." A sense of security while being an iconic building that combines culture, history and sport.”

"I never chase any trend, nor do I follow any architectural style, nor do I deliberately differentiate myself from anyone. I like to be casual and natural, and I believe that every building will bring something different to people. The feeling is that we should not simply cater to the taste of the times, but should strive to grasp the eternity of the moment.”

"This is an era of rapid change, and so is professional football, but each of us should strive to explore some of the deepest emotions and release it, so I hope that this stadium can be used every day. Every fan who walks in here and walks into the stands has a unique mark that belongs here and belongs to Chinatown."

As soon as Herzog finished speaking, Gao Han applauded vigorously.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the entire conference room applauded.

This is indeed an excellent display, especially the design concept expounded by Herzog, which coincides with Gao Han's thoughts, and the building he designed has a strong sense of history and humanity. The exciting new stadium conquered Gao Han and everyone present from the first sight.

It is obvious that Herzog and de Meuron are not just designing a new stadium, but also breaking through themselves.

On the basis of sports buildings such as the Allianz Arena and the Bird's Nest, they hope to go beyond futuristic materials, lines and conceptual settings to further think about the connection between space and human life and emotions.

There is no doubt that this is also a rare breakthrough.

"This is what I want!" Gao Han said firmly holding Herzog's hand.