Chapter 176 Weng Nuan, a new employee...
Chapter 176
Today is the day for the final draft of the design competition of the School of Architecture of National Tsing Hua University.
Lin Mujin and cousin Lin came over early in the morning.
I found Dean Pei and received more than 30 submissions.
This is not all. We will continue to receive manuscripts today until noon.
Lin Mujin asked Dean Pei to find a quiet office for her, and she and her cousin Lin carefully read each copy.
I looked at ten of them in a row and eliminated almost all of them at a glance.
Because it feels uncomfortable and out of place.
Also because these people are off topic.
She clearly emphasized the need for traditional Chinese style, but these designs are neither Chinese nor Western.
Maybe they want a fusion of Chinese and Western styles, but if they don't have the skills, it will look awkward.
Lin Mujin couldn't help but sigh.
Cousin Lin asked with concern, "What happened to my sister?"
Lin Mujin couldn't tell the truth. There were already signs of worshipping foreigners and fawning on them in the country, and it would get worse in a few years. It would take another 30 years for the country to gradually become stronger before the self-confidence of the Chinese people would return.
"Nothing, just a little dissatisfied."
Cousin Lin scratched his head and said, "I think everything is fine."
Lin Mujin hummed, "Let me take a closer look."
He lowered his head and looked carefully again.
No characteristics.
Just so-so.
None of the more than 20 designs caught her eye.
Lin Mujin frowned. This shouldn't be the case!
I want to sigh again.
Later she began to understand that these people were mainly learning how to build houses, not how to decorate them.
There will definitely be some aspects of decoration involved, but it will not be the main subject of study.
I received four more copies afterwards, but the results were still unsatisfactory.
Lin Mujin picked out the tallest one among the short ones.
If there is no better choice later, I will choose this one.
She has given all the bonuses in advance, so just choose one to give it to.
She also plans to meet with the designer to see if she can talk it over and make some changes.
As the father of Party A, it is normal for her to ask Party B to revise the manuscript.
She didn't even ask for the colorful black, which was already very easy to talk to.
"Brother, it's half past eleven, we're ready to leave." Lin Mujin was also a little hungry.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Someone knocks on the door.
Lin Mujin said, "Please come in."
The person who came in was a lady in her twenties who looked very bookish.
"Hello, are you still accepting manuscripts?"
Lin Mujin saw the other party's expectation and nodded, "Receive."
He reached out to take it, looked down, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Finally! She's been waiting for it!
"Who are you?"
The manuscript is not signed.
The woman introduced herself confidently, "My name is Weng Nuan, and I'm a counselor."
Lin Mujin greeted with a smile, "Hello, Teacher Weng. I really like your work. It's getting late now. How about we go have a meal together and chat while we eat?"
Weng Nuan declined politely, "I'll come back this afternoon."
Lin Mujin turned around and said a few words to her cousin Lin, then pulled Weng Nuan aside and said, "Teacher Weng, I have some suggestions for the design draft. Let's talk while we eat."
Weng Nuan couldn't refuse, so she had to follow him.
The three of them took a taxi directly to a nearby Sichuan restaurant.
I asked for a small private room.
We ordered four dishes and one soup: Mapo Tofu, Kung Pao Chicken, Twice-Cooked Pork, Fuqi Feipian and Pig's Trotter Soup.
"Teacher Weng, I like your work very much. I will tell Dean Pei this afternoon that you won first place." Lin Mujin expressed her love again.
Weng Nuan looked conflicted, "This..."
Lin Mujin was puzzled. "Teacher Weng, is there something you're not comfortable talking about?"
Teacher Weng seemed to have made up his mind and let out a long sigh. "I... really need money. My daughter has a cleft lip, and surgery is going to cost a lot of money. Although the school doesn't have a clear policy, they do say that teachers are not recommended to participate, leaving the opportunity to the students."
Lin Mujin lowered her eyes and asked why she hadn't seen the teacher's work.
So that's how it is.
"Teacher Weng, I think you earned this money through your own strength, and you deserve it."
Weng Nuan sighed, "At worst I'll get scolded, but the child is more important."
Lin Mujin smiled and said, "The drawings may need some revisions. Let's discuss it after dinner. Let's eat now."
After dinner, the three of them returned to the office.
"I run a tea restaurant, so I want to give people a comfortable feeling. The seats should be more diverse. For example, this row of seats by the window can be used as booths, separated by ink-and-wash screens, and there can be a long table in the middle..."
Weng Nuan also had an idea, "We can do this by raising the floor in the middle to divide the functional areas, and the ceiling can also be coordinated."
She quickly drew a circle and said, "You can use bamboo frames as frames and bamboo weave bedding."
Lin Mujin clapped her hands excitedly, "Yes! Yes! This is exactly the feeling I want."
Weng Nuan continued, "We can design a row of round tables. Chinese people still like round tables, which symbolize reunion. We can also design double rows of seats with partitions on three sides, which is almost like a private room."
Lin Mujin nodded with satisfaction, "Very good."
Weng Nuan took the blueprint and said, "This is what I drew before. I used a landscape screen and bamboo as a partition, which complements each other very well."
Lin Mujin's mouth corners slowly rose, it was exactly what she had imagined.
"Teacher Weng, which university did you graduate from?"
She just asked out of curiosity.
Weng Nuan was quite frank. "I'm from Suzhou. I went to National Taiwan University (now Tsinghua University) in 1973 and stayed on campus after graduation. Actually, it's quite embarrassing for those of us who were recommended to go to university."
Lin Mujin, however, has a different view. "As long as you have real skills and knowledge, that diploma is just a stepping stone."
Weng Nuan said embarrassedly, "Actually, I do have a bit of a family background. My grandfather once built a garden for a third-rank official, and he was quite famous in our area. He often told me about it when I was little, and I was influenced by him. When I was recommended to go to university, I resolutely chose architectural design as my major."
Lin Mujin praised, "You must have been influenced by it. Your design is a miniature of Suzhou gardens."
She has never been there in this life, but she had been there several times in her previous life. It is really beautiful and has a very poetic atmosphere.
"Teacher Weng, how old is your child? It seems that the sooner the cleft lip surgery is done, the better." Lin Mujin was not very sure.
Weng Nuan's eyes were red. "My child is almost one year old, and my family doesn't agree to the surgery. They persuaded me to have a second child."
Lin Mujin remained silent, and it was hard to say who was right or wrong.
But from the perspective of a mother, it must be difficult to give up her own child in this way.
"In fact, the medical level in Hong Kong is higher."
At least for now.
Moreover, this operation is completely performed using Western medicine, and the physical therapy equipment in Hong Kong is definitely leading.
Weng Nuan was very excited and stood up suddenly, knocking the stool over, which scared Cousin Lin.
Weng Nuan was very embarrassed, her face flushed, "I'm sorry, I was too excited."
Pick up the stool and sit down again.
Seeing her hesitant look, Lin Mujin smiled and said, "Teacher Weng, do you want to change jobs?"
That's right, she was delighted by the sight of prey.
I had been thinking of finding a soup chef in the inland, but unexpectedly I fell in love with a teacher who studied architecture first.
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