Chapter 89 Final
In the golden autumn of October, the camphor trees are swaying.
The small auditorium of Jiangcheng University of Architecture was now full of people, and even the corridor outside was crowded. Those who squeezed to the door and window stretched their heads to look inside, while those who couldn't squeeze in could only stand aside and listen.
In the residential design competition, the first place winner Zhou Ruowei and the second place winner Tao Nanfeng made a bet that the loser would have to bow and apologize in public.
In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, not only were the works submitted under pseudonyms in the preliminary round, but all the judges in the final round no longer gave scores, and instead the vote was conducted by 65 selected students.
The teacher only organizes the competition, and the final champion is decided by the students.
——How exciting it sounds!
The university campus hasn't been so lively for a long time.
"Are they here? Are they here? Have all the contestants entered?"
"Did you see that tall and beautiful girl? That's Professor Tao's daughter, Tao Nanfeng!"
“Although the judges don’t give scores, there are many teachers sitting in the first row of the judges’ seats. Our Department of Architecture takes this competition very seriously.”
Students majoring in architecture expressed their opinions: "If Zhou Ruowei wins, I suggest that he should not force Tao Nanfeng to fulfill his promise. Saying in public that he is a relative of Tao Nanfeng is like a slap in the face of all the teachers present. Is he still going to graduate?"
The college student glared at the person who was speaking: "Tsk! Who said Zhou Ruowei will definitely win? Tao Nanfeng will definitely win!"
For a while, a quarrel broke out outside the corridor.
The deep and majestic voice of the department head Huang Jiafa came from the loudspeaker in the small auditorium.
“…Housing Design Competition Starts Now!”
Everyone shut up and there was total silence.
The extreme noise and bustle suddenly turned into loneliness, and the air in the small auditorium seemed to be suddenly sucked out, entering a vacuum state.
Pressure ensues.
Zhou Ruowei's heart began to beat wildly, especially when he saw Tao Shouxin sitting in the first row of the judges' seats with a solemn face. He became extremely nervous.
Why was I so stupid as to bully Tao Nanfeng in front of the professor's orders and bully his daughter?
In fact, he also vaguely knew the answer - because Tao Nanfeng was too beautiful, he felt jealous because he couldn't get her; and because Feng You talked a lot about Tao Nanfeng's past when comforting him, he became more dissatisfied with Tao Nanfeng.
But Zhou Ruowei was unwilling to admit that he was narrow-minded, and even more unwilling to blame Feng You who had always been by his side giving him strength, so he had to bite the bullet and hold on.
He was the first in the semi-finals and the first to go on stage to perform.
Zhou Ruowei tried hard to calm himself, took a deep breath, and stood on the podium.
With the help of his classmates, he hung his drawings on the blackboard. From the building plan, building elevation to the master plan, the drawings were laid out in a row. The drawings were clean and tidy, and the engineering words were neat and beautiful, which made people's eyes bright.
The professors began to whisper.
Guo Zhiming said to Lu Xiaoming: "These are the graduating students you taught, right? They have been well trained and have very solid basic skills."
Jiangcheng Jianzhu University has always had professional teachers serve as class teachers, which has a good effect on improving students' professional cohesion and professional recognition.
Lu Xiaoming is Zhou Ruowei's class teacher. He nodded and said, "Zhou Ruowei has excellent grades and a great appearance. He is the monitor of our class 7401 and has a good mass base."
Wu Xianling glanced at him and said, "Then the five student representatives from your class 7401 will definitely choose Zhou Ruowei, no matter what his work is like."
Hearing Wu Xianling's intention to squeeze her, Lu Xiaoming quickly said, "So we brought in the junior college class. They also have five representatives and will definitely choose Tao Nanfeng."
Wu Xianling nodded and said, "It's barely fair."
She added, "I hope our students can be honest and not be tainted by the social world. I heard that students in your class even hired someone to canvass for votes? To be honest, I'm quite disappointed with Zhou Ruowei."
Lu Xiaoming felt a little uneasy after hearing what Wu Xianling said.
The smile on his face gradually froze, and he sighed: "I have no control over this matter. I believe that the students in our school are pure and upright and will not be influenced by canvassing for votes."
Wu Xianling said coldly: "I hope so."
Tao Shouxin said nothing. He picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup on the table, lowered his head and took a sip. The hot steam from the tea misted the lenses of the glasses, coating them with a thin layer of fog, and everything in front of me became blurry.
A buzzing sound rang in my ears.
Tao Shouxin raised his head and saw two students carrying an exquisitely made floor plan model of an apartment onto the stage.
This model is definitely made by a professional company. The building space is enclosed by colored plastic panels, and the doors and windows are specially made of dark red plastic panels. They are exquisite and delicate and can be opened and closed freely.
As soon as this scaled-down floor plan model was unveiled, all the audience became excited.
The students in the back row all stood up.
"This model is so beautiful! It is a hundred times more sophisticated than the one the professor showed in class. Where did Zhou Ruowei find such a professional company? It's amazing!"
"Is this the strength of the first place? Let's not talk about the content, the form alone makes it better than the other contestants."
"The blue-gray floor, white walls, dark red doors and windows, and all kinds of beautiful furniture, wow~ it's like a miniature landscape, so beautiful!"
Hearing the surprised exclamations from his classmates, Zhou Ruowei looked up at the audience, feeling very proud. Didn’t Tao Nanfeng say that her father is Tao Shouxin, and that that is one of her confidences? Well, my parents work in the Construction Department, so it would be legitimate for me to borrow their connections and help.
This floor plan model was created by a master model maker my father knew. It took him a week to complete. It is as exquisite as a work of art and can perfectly interpret his design concept.
Seeing that all preparations were ready, the department head signaled Zhou Ruowei to begin his ten-minute presentation.
Zhou Ruowei's eyes met Tao Shouxin's, and Feng You's words suddenly flashed through his mind.
——Professor Tao is a very, very good person. I called him "Dad" for eight years. That was the happiest time of my life. It was a pity that later on, Tao Nanfeng could no longer tolerate herself and hated her for occupying his home. He forced Professor Tao to divorce Feng Chun'e and changed his own surname.
A thrilling feeling of excitement surged up in Zhou Ruowei, and he wanted to perform well in front of Professor Tao Shouxin.
"Good afternoon, teachers and students!"
Zhou Ruowei is a person who likes to show off. After a brief period of nervousness, he regained his composure, picked up a wooden pointer from the podium, and began to present his residential design works.
"This is a residential building designed for a family of four. It has two units, five floors, a brick-concrete structure, and 20 households in one building..."
After introducing the general situation of the building, Zhou Ruowei focused on the highlights and innovations of his apartment design.
"The existing dormitories for employees were built in the early days of the People's Republic of China. At that time, people's housing needs were still at the stage of having a place to live, and they didn't care about privacy or functionality. But with the improvement of living standards, the cadres' buildings built by units have begun to show various problems.
First, in order to improve utilization, previous residential plans mostly adopted a hall-style plan. A living room connects all the rooms, including the bedrooms.
But in this way, the living room faces the bedroom, and the privacy of the bedroom is poor. My design improves this problem, please see——"
Zhou Ruowei pointed at the floor plan model and the living room.
“The living room is connected to the dining room with an aisle in the middle. Bedrooms are distributed on both sides of the aisle, one in the north and one in the south. This is the corridor style in our architectural plan treatment method, which can ensure the privacy and independence of the bedrooms without interfering with each other.”
The professors all nodded secretly.
The floor plan design of the professorial building at Jiangcheng University of Architecture also has such problems. The bedroom opens directly to the living room. If there are guests at home, once the bedroom door is opened, the interior furnishings can be seen at a glance, which is really a headache.
Although the corridor layout reduces the utilization rate of the room, it does increase the privacy of the bedroom.
Standing high and seeing far, Zhou Ruowei saw the affirmation in the professors' eyes, and his heart was settled.
"Secondly, in order to increase the usable area, the previous dormitory design tried hard to compress the area of the two auxiliary rooms, the kitchen and the toilet, so the kitchen and toilet are very small. From what I know, the cadres' dormitories of various units have reported that the kitchen and toilet are not enough and inconvenient to use on a daily basis. Therefore, I have improved this point in this apartment design."
Following Zhou Ruowei’s presentation, everyone saw the innovativeness of this apartment type.
You have to know that in this planned economy era, many people can't even get enough food to eat, and it's good enough to have a house to live in. Who would care whether the size of the kitchen or toilet is appropriate?
When Tao Nanfeng was on the farm, there were eight people in a room with a large bunk bed and a dry toilet that was smelly and dirty. The kitchen was an earthen stove in front of the door, and there wasn't even a roof to keep out the rain.
At a time like this, it was refreshing for everyone to hear such advanced design concepts.
Guo Zhiming smiled and said, "This design can be promoted. When we build a professorial building in our school in the future, we will follow this design. My wife once gave me some advice, saying that the kitchen is too small. After putting down two coal stoves, there is no place for people to stand, let alone place items."
Lu Xianling was a person who loved cleanliness. She nodded and said, "It would be good to build a bigger toilet. At least there will be an extra place to wash."
The restroom in the professor building can only accommodate a squat toilet, and one has to go to the kitchen sink to brush teeth and wash face. It has mixed functions and is indeed too small.
Zhou Ruowei gave the final closing statement.
"Our country is constantly developing, and people's requirements for housing are getting higher and higher. Housing design should be innovative. My housing design this time has targeted improvements in area allocation and floor plan layout. The house is practical and comfortable, suitable for a family of four. I believe that people living in such a dormitory building will be able to live and work in peace and contentment, and contribute their greatest efforts to the realization of communism!"
There was warm applause from the audience.
The students below were clapping and talking at the same time.
"Zhou Ruowei's thinking is so advanced! If we had a toilet at home, we would be so excited. We wouldn't even care about the size of the toilet."
"Yes, we don't even have a kitchen at home. We just put a coal stove at the entrance of the corridor, and a table for cutting vegetables and putting dishes and chopsticks."
"As an architectural designer, he should be innovative and forward-looking. I really admire him!"
The professors asked a few questions, and Zhou Ruowei spoke eloquently, full of confidence.
Next, Tao Nanfeng came on stage.
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