The next day, the news of the public bidding for Xu Group's Jingyu Garden project caused a huge sensation.
Boya Design Company successfully obtained the admission ticket.
Without missing a beat, Lu Mingji immediately formed a design team, appointing Xia Xi as team leader and assigning other members to her. Of course, before making this decision, Lu Mingji asked Xia Xi for her opinion.
If she doesn't want to, he will never force her and will respect all her decisions.
Xia Xi had no objection.
For the sake of work, personal emotions can be put aside.
When the other designers in the company heard that Boya had qualified for the competition, they were all eager to get involved. This was a collaboration with the Xu Group, and even if it was just a name on the list, it would be a great honor to publicize it.
Regardless of whether you can ultimately win, if you don't join, there's no hope at all. Therefore, everyone actively sought out Xia Xi to sign up, their self-recommendations reminiscent of a job interview.
Even though Gao Ge was dissatisfied with Lu Mingji's decision to choose Xia Xi as the team leader, he did not dare to express it openly.
Yu Xiaoxiao, her assistant and a member of the same team, spoke out her unspoken inner thoughts: "In terms of seniority, you're much better than Xia Xi. Is President Lu blind or is he blind to choose Xia Xi as team leader? Apart from you, who in the company isn't more suitable than her? I think President Lu is biased, and it's happened more than once."
Gao Ge was already in a bad mood, and when she fanned the flames, all the suppressed anger rushed to the top of his head, making it difficult for him to breathe.
But she hadn't lost her mind yet. This opportunity was too rare, and she was very tempted and didn't want to miss it. She could only choose to bow to reality and said, "Stop talking."
Yu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and didn't continue.
Gao Ge took some time to calm down, then went to find Xia Xi and explained that he wanted to join.
Xia Xi didn't say anything else and just added her name.
After screening, Xia Xi announced the group list, which included eight people including herself. She apologized to her colleagues who were not selected and hoped that everyone could understand.
In the afternoon, Xia Xi called seven other people to a small meeting. The projection screen in front showed the exterior architecture and interior structure of Jingyu Garden. It was surrounded by green trees, with five buildings scattered around. It was said that it was designed by Professor Li Zongyu, a retired professor from the Department of Architecture of Nancheng University.
Xia Xi, sitting at the head of the table, spoke first. "Xu's requirements are simply eight words: unified style, each with its own unique character. As the name suggests, the entire resort park should have a consistent decor, but each hotel should have its own unique character. If you have any good ideas, please share them. We'll pool our wisdom and work together."
Gao Ge folded his arms and said nothing.
She wanted to see if Xia Xi, who was so young, had the ability to lead everyone to come up with a perfect plan. If he could only say nice words on the surface, it would be better for him to step down early and let someone more capable take over.
The office was quiet for a while. Xia Xi held a ballpoint pen in his hand, pressing the end of the pen to the desk. He clicked it, and then his eyes swept around the conference table. "Don't you have any ideas?"
A male designer raised his hand. Everyone looked at him. He felt a little embarrassed and his voice was not confident. "I heard that Xu's is planning to go high-end. Why not go for a high-end style, that kind of luxury style? Xu's got plenty of money anyway."
"People want something unique. Yours is just a luxurious style, which is too monotonous. Where is the uniqueness?"
"Besides, the Xu Group already has luxurious resort hotels, so there's no need for them to copy them."
"Speaking of unique features, I have an idea. Why not design more styles, such as Japanese, Southeast Asian, Mediterranean, and postmodern? When customers come to the resort, they can book a room in the style they like."
Before Xia Xi could express her opinion, the idea was rejected by others: "The characteristics are quite diverse, but I have a question: where is the unity?"
The person who proposed this idea retorted: "Why can't they be unified? These styles can all be designed as high-end lines. High-end is their unifying theme."
Xia Xi held his forehead. In order to stick to the topic, they had almost forgotten the principles of design and started talking nonsense. What kind of theme was high-end?
Seeing Xia Xi having a headache, Gao Ge raised the corner of his lips. Does she think it is so easy to be a team leader?
Once the conversation started, the discussion became increasingly heated, until the topic veered off track. Xia Xi clapped his hands and reminded them, "Everyone, we don't have enough time. Today is the 20th, and the manuscript must be submitted after the New Year's Day holiday. We need at least a week to prepare the drawings. Excluding the three-day holiday, we only have three or four days to finalize the plan. The time is short and the task is heavy. Everyone must pay close attention and don't go off on tangents."
After Xia Xi calculated the time for everyone, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Oh my god, I can't chat any more. I feel like my butt is going to get burned."
"I don't know if it's not, I thought I had plenty of time."
"What should I do? My brain is like a blank slate, nothing in it. This won't do. I need to think hard and come up with a good idea!"
Xia Xi knew that without some pressure, they would feel that the competition was far away from them. That was why a countdown sign was hung in a conspicuous place in the classroom before the college entrance examination.
Gao Ge smiled and said the first thing he said after entering the meeting room: "You're all that's needed. You were the first to know about the public competition, and then Xu's company announced it. You must have gotten some inside information about the design style they're looking for."
She said this to Xia Xi.
Everyone was silent, looking at Gao Ge and then at Xia Xi.
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