Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 913 Someone Recommends Himself
"Chairman Fang, I went to Xijing some time ago and visited the Tang Paradise. I have a better understanding of the planning and architecture of that area. Xijing wants to create the beauty of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. I think the art museum to be built in the future should also have a Tang style, but it cannot completely copy the Tang Dynasty architectural style. After all, this is a modern art museum."

Fang Minghua nodded. He indeed thought so.

"Well, Chairman Fang, how about you tell me about your ideas and plans for the art museum?" Liu Jiakun asked again.

"I want to exhibit mainly calligraphy and paintings from the Republic of China period, so I think the interior decoration of the exhibition hall should be mainly Chinese elements, of course there should be modern elements inside. I don't want to feel like I'm in the Palace Museum when I enter the exhibition hall, the positioning is completely different. In addition, some modern painting exhibitions such as oil paintings will be held in the future, and it's not good to be too Chinese."

Fang Minghua stated his request.

Liu Jiakun thought for a moment and said, "In this way, the overall decoration of the exhibition hall can use the characteristics of the new national style, retaining the traditional Chinese style, but the decoration is more concise and natural, and the color tone is softer, mostly using black, white and gray, with light colors as the main color."

"The exhibition halls for rent are designed in a modern light luxury style, with the characteristics of simplicity and brightness, and mainly gray and white spaces, so that the tones of the exhibition halls in the entire museum are relatively unified.

Fang Minghua nodded after hearing this.

He then went on to talk about the functions of the art museum, including art derivatives store, art book bar, cafe, artist workshop, multi-functional conference hall, etc.

Liu Jiakun listened very carefully and even took out a notebook to write down all the ideas proposed by Fang Minghua. They talked for more than an hour before ending the topic.

"Chairman Fang, after I go back according to your advice, our team will come up with a preliminary concept, and then immediately go to Xijing for an on-site investigation, and finally come up with a plan. I will have to trouble you again when we get to Xijing." Liu Jiakun said finally.

"It's okay, just contact me when the time comes."

After the two exchanged contact information, Liu Jiakun said goodbye and left.

At this time, Zhai Yongming came over and said, "Jiakun, are you leaving now? Why don't you stay for a while?"

"Go back and get to work. I know Chairman Fang is anxious to see the results." Liu Jiakun said with a smile.

"Okay, you're busy, let's talk another day."

After Liu Jiakun left, Zhai Yongming sat down again and said solemnly, "Minghua, Liu Jiakun contacted you through me and wanted to get this project. He and I are friends and I can't refuse. But whether to adopt it in the future or not, you should seriously consider it yourself. After all, this is a big project."

"I understand. After he finishes it, I will ask an expert to help review it." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Fang Minghua sat in the tavern for a while, then said goodbye and left, saying that he would return to Xijing the next day.

"Why, don't you want to hang out in Chengdu? Visit your friends or something?" Zhai Yongming asked.

"No, Shang Zhongmin and the others are probably busy with business, so I won't disturb them." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

Zhai Yongming smiled and said nothing.

The next afternoon, Fang Minghua flew back to Xijing.

Liu Jiakun also acted quickly. Five days later, he rushed to Xijing with three people, contacted Fang Minghua, went to Qujiang New District for an on-site inspection, and had in-depth exchanges with the leaders of the development company and listened to their opinions. A month later, he came up with a preliminary design drawing.

Plan view, elevation view, section view, plan view, elevation view, section view, renderings and construction drawings, etc.

The museum adopts modern architectural style and integrates elements of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are six floors in the museum, two underground floors and four above ground floors. The first underground floor is a storage area, and the second floor is an underground parking lot. The first floor has an art derivative store, an art book bar, a cafe, an artist workshop, etc.
The second and third floors have ten different exhibition halls of different sizes with different layouts, and the fourth floor is the office area.

"Chairman Fang, I have discussed with the construction company under Qujiang Tourism Corporation and decided to use a light film structure design construction technology in the art museum, which is composed of a metal frame and ETFE film material. The ETFE film is thin and uniform in thickness and has very good light transmittance, so there is no need to turn on the lights during the day and the room can remain bright. In addition, the ETFE film skylight uses ultraviolet filtering technology to prevent ultraviolet rays from damaging the human body."

After listening to Liu Jiakun's talk, Fang Minghua looked at the renderings and felt very satisfied.

Of course, since he was just an outsider, Fang Minghua found relevant experts and professors from Xijing Institute of Architecture through Jia Pingwa to evaluate Liu Jiakun's plan.

Jia Pingwa currently serves as the dean of the School of Literature at Xijing University of Architecture.

After evaluation by experts and professors, it was considered that the design plan of Liu Jiakun's team was relatively scientific and reasonable, and also feasible.

Finally, Qujiang Tourism Construction Company made a budget based on the design drawings, and the cost of the entire art museum was estimated to be around 9000 million yuan.

By the time the design was finalized, it was already mid-January 2005. Construction was scheduled to begin after the Spring Festival, at the end of February. Today was January 15th, a Saturday, and Fang Minghua, who had been busy for several months, finally had some free time.

The weather was nice and the sun was warm, so Fang Minghua was fiddling with her potted plum plant in the yard.

Song Tangtang also made an exception and did not go to the company to work overtime. He brought a rattan chair and sat in the yard with a magazine, reading while basking in the sun.

"Has the specific time for Shengshi Film and Television's listing been decided?" Fang Minghua asked casually while squatting and pruning branches.

"It's settled. On February 2, the day of listing, you have to go to the trading hall to ring the bell," said Song Tangtang.

"Oh, I want to go, but I don't have time." Fang Minghua sighed and said, "It was confirmed yesterday that the opening ceremony of the art museum will also be held on that day. I have to go."

"Minghua, you did this on purpose, didn't you?" Song Tangtang raised her head.

"How could that be? I even asked someone to look at an auspicious day, and they said February 2th is a good day to start construction!" Fang Minghua argued.

Song Tangtang glanced at him and said nothing more.

They have been married for 20 years, how could she not know about her husband's character? She hates to participate in such public events.

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard the doorbell ring.

"I'll go open the door." The little nanny in the living room ran out upon hearing the sound. After opening the gate, she heard a man's voice with a solemn Guanzhong accent.

"Is Minghua home?"

The babysitter didn't answer, but looked at the strange man in front of her and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Xiaohong, let him in, he's an old acquaintance." Fang Minghua said as he stood up.

"Who is it?" Song Tangtang asked in a low voice.

"Haha, you also know him, Wang Xijing, the dean of Xijing Academy of Painting." Fang Minghua replied with a smile.

Sure enough, a fat middle-aged man walked in and greeted the two of them: "Minghua, Mr. Song, are you busy?"

"Haha, I'm not busy with anything. I'm just fiddling with flowers." Fang Minghua clapped his hands and greeted.

Song Tangtang also greeted them with a smile, and asked the nanny to pour tea.

"Go sit in the living room." Fang Minghua said again.

"No need, the sun is shining today, we can just go to the yard." Wang Xijing replied with a smile.

Fang Minghua did not force them and brought a rattan chair from the living room. The three of them sat down and Fang Minghua asked again.

"Dean Wang, you never come to see me for no reason. Do you have something to ask me?"

"Yes, a little bit, Minghua, you are building an art museum in Qujiang, right?" Wang Xijing asked.

This has already been reported in the news, and Fang Minghua has nothing to hide, so he nodded and said, "Dean Wang, we will need your help when the time comes. You are an expert in the preservation of calligraphy and paintings."

"Haha, then I have no choice but to do it." Wang Xijing agreed readily, and then said, "Minghua, after the art museum is built, will you be responsible for the daily affairs?"

"Me? You know I'm a lazy person. I'm just putting my name on the Chinese Literature Competition. As for the art museum, I think the same thing should be done. I'll just put my name on it and then hire someone who knows the business to be responsible for the daily operations." Fang Minghua said.

"Then what do you think of me?"

(End of this chapter)