"Mr. Zhang, hello, hello! Please have a seat!"
Li Xunjin led Shen Qingqing to sit down on the sofa opposite Engineer Zhang.
Mr. Zhang's real name is Zhang Weian. He owns a renovation studio with fifty employees, specializing in the renovation of fully furnished apartments in residential complexes, and also provides design services.
He was the chief designer.
His studio has been operating for ten years now.
According to Li Xunjin's inquiries, every household that had hired Zhang Weian's studio for renovations was dissatisfied.
However, Li Xunjin had also seen the design drawings handled by Zhang Weian. Unlike Zhang Weian's refined appearance, his design style was very rigid, but also conventional and without mistakes.
However, Li Xunjin also understood his niece; she didn't really have much of a liking for things that were too conventional.
So after finding Zhang Weian, Li Xunjin spent a little more time finding another decoration company.
Zhang Weian sat down with Li Xunjin, and when he saw Shen Qingqing beside Li Xunjin, he smiled gently, then looked at Li Xunjin again: "Mr. Li, what kind of house do you want to design?"
Li Xunjin was prepared. When Shen Qingqing went to sign the papers for the house, he went to the saleswoman and asked for a floor plan.
Now, the floor plan was placed in front of Zhang Weian. "This is the floor plan of the house to be designed. As for the specific design of each area and the style you want, you can discuss it with my little niece."
Zhang Wei'an had been listening attentively and carefully examining the floor plan, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he paused for a moment and subconsciously looked at Shen Qingqing, who had been sitting quietly beside him for a long time.
Shen Qingqing met his gaze and gave her usual smile.
Zhang Wei paused for a moment, thinking that President Li was probably just trying to make the child happy. After adjusting his mindset, he took out a clipboard from his briefcase with a stack of sketch paper on it, and then changed direction to discuss the floor plan with Shen Qingqing, section by section.
Shen Qingqing doesn't understand design, but she has a very clear plan about what kind of room she wants.
Starting with her own room, she discussed the details of what kind of room she wanted with Zhang Weian, bit by bit.
However, he was frequently interrupted by Zhang Weian.
"Little sister, this place isn't well-designed..."
"Little sister, you're a girl. Girls don't need such a large area to put their computers..."
"Little sister, I think you could design this like this; many girls do it this way..."
When Zhang Wei'an spoke, he didn't have that self-righteous tone; rather, he genuinely felt that this was how it should be.
Shen Qingqing could sense it, but that didn't mean she could accept it.
Before she could finish designing her room, Shen Qingqing stopped talking and turned to her uncle: "Uncle, I'm a little tired."
Li Xunjin smiled and calmly took over the conversation, telling Zhang Weian that they could talk another day.
Zhang Wei'an was taken aback. "Isn't President Li involved in the design?"
"Didn't I just say that the design of this house should be decided by my little niece?" Li Xunjin remained as calm and easy-going as ever. "Children don't have much energy and get tired easily."
"How about this, Mr. Zhang, let's find a suitable time next time to have a proper chat."
Zhang Wei'an then realized that he had misunderstood; Li Xunjin was not trying to coax a child.
He glanced somewhat nervously at the sketchbook in his hand; he hadn't even produced a single room design yet…
In the past, many of the clients he took on didn't really know how to design a house, so he would ask them what style they wanted and design it for them directly. They would usually decide to accept it after seeing the design drawings. Occasionally, one or two clients would want to make some changes, but the overall design style would be determined quickly.
He originally thought Li Xunjin's situation was the same, but he didn't expect the progress to be stuck on a little girl.
However, their interior design and renovation costs are calculated based on the area. This apartment is over 200 square meters, which is considered a large order.
He paused for a moment, then stood up as if to agree: "Okay, I didn't expect to be working with this little girl today. I was a bit too presumptuous. Children's ideas are more active. I'll go back and see if I have any designs that are more suitable for children, and try to inspire them."
"Okay, okay, I'll take you!"
After seeing Zhang Weian off, Li Xunjin came upstairs and saw Shen Qingqing lying on the sofa, lost in thought.
Li Xunjin smiled and brewed himself another cup of tea: "You don't like Engineer Zhang's design?"
Shen Qingqing pouted: "This room is mine, it's where I'll be living from now on, and he's always bossing me around."
Li Xunjin had overheard their conversation and understood the issue Shen Qingqing was concerned about. He said, "Then let's wait for the second one to come. If that doesn't work either, let Engineer Zhang come back and try again. He just said that he couldn't keep up with your train of thought."
Shen Qingqing puffed out her cheeks, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.
A little over an hour later, Shen Qingqing saw the second person from the decoration company.
To Shen Qingqing's surprise, it was a girl, and a girl who didn't look very old.
There was a knock on the conference room door, and a young woman walked in confidently and introduced herself: "Hello, Mr. Li, and hello to you, little sister. I am Lin Wenxin from Wenxin Construction Co., Ltd. I'm so sorry, but my dad has run into a problem with a project and has to rush over to deal with it, so he sent me to negotiate this deal."
"I also studied interior design for my undergraduate degree and am currently pursuing a master's degree. I've already worked on three projects with my dad, so you don't need to worry that I don't know anything!"
Li Xunjin repeated what he had said to Zhang Wei'an to Lin Wenxin.
Lin Wenxin nodded, and after looking at the floor plan, she took out a sketchbook just like Zhang Weian's and looked at Shen Qingqing: "Little sister, let's begin!"
But Shen Qingqing couldn't continue after a short while.
Although Lin Wenxin wouldn't refute her like Zhang Weian did, and even followed her train of thought to help her improve the design, her guidance was too strong. As Shen Qingqing talked to her, she was led by Lin Wenxin to the kind of design that Lin Wenxin thought was better.
Lin Wenxin and Zhang Weian both have their own problems.
Shen Qingqing shut her mouth in frustration, looking at the sketchboard Lin Wenxin had placed on the table. The design of her room was already two-thirds complete, but the room that the two-thirds of it presented was not what she had imagined.
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