If participating in the creative design competition was merely to win the reward and then help the junior sister I admired...
Upon seeing the initial model, Hu Lei's passion as a designer was ignited.
People from all walks of life who are passionate about their professional and technical fields share a common trait: they are eager to try new things.
With a truly brilliant idea right in front of him, how could Hu Lei not be excited?
The fatigue from staying up all night was washed away by the excitement in my mind at this moment.
I dashed out of the dormitory like the wind and headed straight for the convenience store, buying a huge pile of energy drinks and coffee powder, followed by various kinds of instant food.
Hu Lei is already planning to continue fighting.
The next step is to refine the model, gradually perfecting the leaf veins, branches, and other details.
Even simple procedures were performed with exceptional care by Hu Lei.
In his eyes, what he is doing now is the creation of works of art at a professional level, rather than simply completing a task.
Moreover, for some reason, I felt a kind of pressure when creating this model.
I don't know if it's the lack of energy from staying up late or if my body is just too weak lately.
...
Today is Saturday, and my roommates were all sleeping in until the sun was high in the sky before they started getting up one by one.
I have to admire that novel addict; he stayed up reading novels until 3 a.m. the night before, and he was still the first one to get up this morning.
I jumped out of bed at 10 o'clock.
"Damn it! Hu Lei, you're still up? Didn't your boss (mentor) give you any work today?"
Hu Lei has already built the model of the mountain tree, but it hasn't been rendered yet.
He is now racking his brains on how to secure the building's foundation.
Hearing his roommate's words, he replied without turning his head, "Yeah..." His voice sounded slightly hoarse.
"What's wrong with you looking like you're about to die..."
Hu Lei stood up from the chair, walked to the sink, turned on the tap, and then scooped up cold water with both hands and vigorously rubbed it on his face.
He returned to his chair, picked up a bottle of mineral water, and gulped down half of it in one go.
"Much better." Her voice had returned to normal.
"It's strange, though. While working all night isn't the norm for architectural designers, it's not unusual either. But last night's session felt like I'd been working all night for three days straight."
His roommate, Fan Xiaojin, looked him up and down with a smile.
"What kind of weird look is that?" Hu Lei shivered.
"I didn't masturbate!"
"Huh? I didn't say you were masturbating, why are you so nervous, hehe," my roommate chuckled mischievously.
Fan Xiaojin only noticed Hu Lei's computer screen after he finished laughing.
"Huh, is this your design? A tree? This tree has a really strong presence."
Hu Lei agreed: "Right, you think so too? This is the foundation for the building we're designing. Look, it's what this bounty post requires."
"Hiss... A two million Zhu coins bounty, can you handle it?" Fan Xiaojin gasped when he saw Wu You's bounty post.
"Do you want us to help you? I'm in structural mechanics, not good at design, but I can help you calculate the forces. We can also call the other two along. If you win the bounty, just give us a few tens of thousands."
Hu Lei slapped his forehead: "Great, this creative design is more difficult than I imagined. You guys help me win this bounty, and we'll all have a blast!"
"Then what are we waiting for!"
Fan Xiaojin pulled a steel basin from under his bed, picked up a shoe brush, and started banging on it wildly.
"Ta-da!" "Get up, get up, we have something important to do!"
"Holy crap..."
"What are you doing, ancestors' planks..."
...
The dormitories were quickly mobilized.
Although only Hu Lei has truly developed comprehensively in design, each of them is a force to be reckoned with. The fact that they were able to pursue graduate studies at Gongji University, the top-ranked architecture school in China, speaks volumes about their individual abilities.
"Jinzi, the locations of the foundation support columns and beams are all out. Quickly calculate them."
"A piece of cake."
"Buffalo, put roofs on every branch, and use high-transparency polycarbonate for the doors and windows."
"Hey, you started working on it before you even gave the order, I knew you didn't know how to use glass."
"Zhang Long, design a cable-stayed passageway connecting the various courtyards, taking wind load into account."
"Received from BOSS!"
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The efficiency of the top students working together was outrageous. Even with just three more people added, Hu Lei felt that the efficiency had increased by more than three times.
Driven by the dual motivations of money and a sense of accomplishment, by 9 p.m., the first unrevised draft of the drawings was already largely completed.
After another two hours of adding details, the team officially completed the first version.
However, this only completed the blueprints; because it was a low-rise, resort-style building, the content was not extensive.
The model, which was mainly in charge of Hu Lei, is still only half-built.
After midnight, they couldn't stay awake any longer, and all four of them went straight to sleep.
On the afternoon of the second day, the blueprints and model of "Tree Manor" were finally completed.
The entire design emphasizes the integration of architecture and nature, because the poster of the bounty post assumed that the branches were strong enough, so the structure of the tree branches was utilized everywhere.
Some buildings even have tree branches running through the walls, which then become the hanging points for chandeliers inside.
The supporting structure of the base and beams is entirely made of steel, and the inner shell of the building's walls is a metal purlin cladding with a wooden curtain wall.
Each branch has a unique courtyard, some spires and some platforms, with metal cables woven into square timber and high-strength nylon ropes connecting each branch.
In several renderings, the overall design blends seamlessly with the shapes of mountains and trees, exuding an artistic metallic and wood aesthetic.
The mesmerizing design gave the four dormitory residents immense confidence, and this is also the pinnacle of Hu Lei's architectural career to date.
...
Hu Lei believes that no one has uploaded their design proposal before them.
Sure enough, when the bounty file was opened, some of the spam posts had been completely deleted by the forum administrators, leaving only some posts asking design questions.
For example, what is the area size, how many floors are required, etc. Other than that, no design plan has been uploaded in a compressed file.
Wu You hasn't even opened the Zhuchongzhijia forum since posting, let alone answered the questions from the other users.
Why doesn't Hu Lei ask these questions?
It's very simple. Since the bounty hunter has provided so many detailed pictures, he must be going to make use of them. So just build on all the provided branches and leave a couple of places as platforms or small squares.
Since it's a creative bounty, as long as it's aesthetically pleasing and reasonable enough, why worry about so much else?
Without browsing the forum extensively, securing first place will definitely earn me extra points.
Hu Lei directly selected to upload attachments and left a message in the bounty post.
"OP, the design proposal 'Metal Wood Style' is complete. Please review and approve it!"
The forum was in an uproar. Unexpectedly, only two days later, someone had already completed the design and uploaded it.
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