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Chapter 382 The Highest Award in Architecture! (Seeking monthly votes!!!)

A year has passed, and the airport that the authorities have been urging him to build has finally been completed. This is a big challenge for him, but also a big opportunity, because the airport was completely built in about eight months.

This was undoubtedly a joyous occasion, and it made him somewhat giddy.

He even sent a large red envelope to celebrate, of course, in his graduate student group.

The completion of this airport signifies that he finally has a masterpiece of his own. While his previous works could be considered half masterpieces, they are far inferior to this one.

This airport is very important to him. After all, he has never taken on such a big project before. Even the university he is currently at, Huaguo University of Science and Technology, only cost more than 20 billion yuan to build, and with the mobile facilities basically all in place, this airport is different.

The airport was personally allocated over 50 billion yuan to support its construction, and some of its features were designed with a vision ahead of its time.

There are also some things that didn't exist in this era, but he created them out of thin air, which is a very advanced thing.

The completion of this airport was a good thing for him, and he didn't think about it too much.

But the next day, he was called over and asked to come over and explain the purpose of the equipment to everyone. Some of the equipment was newly built and these people hadn't used it much. Even the toilets were basically newly built.

He himself guided people on how to use some of the equipment and sensors through his own papers.

This made him a leading figure in the field of artificial intelligence, and even in computer science. Within the industry, his papers are widely known. It's hard to imagine that these papers could cause such a stir in this field, but it's actually quite normal.

After all, if he wants to build these things, he needs some basic infrastructure. He can build these basic infrastructures with a forward-thinking approach, and he can even exchange them for anything related to architecture. Whether he has the knowledge or not, this kind of thing is quite simple.

He didn't think much of it and went there the next day. There were many high-ranking officials there, some from Jingzhou City and others from higher levels.

He had never met these high-ranking officials in person, but he saw them on the news every day. So, their inspections were usually followed by many cameras, which captured his thoughts and remarks most of the time. However, it was mostly just dubbing; they were just filming the visuals.

Zhou Yue was very familiar with many things in the airport, and he would come here every now and then. Although he wasn't supervising the construction, he wanted to see how this 50 billion yuan project was built, and how it was completed in such a short time. It must have taken almost all the resources of Jingzhou City.

The shorter the time frame, the more money is spent, and it's normal to spend twice the construction cost and twice the labor. However, this is a project at the top, so the cost shouldn't be too huge. The construction companies that contract these projects are basically project departments that have been extended from various universities.

However, these people also wanted to speed up the construction and complete the airport as soon as possible. Although they didn't have a deep emotional connection to the airport, they still wanted to participate in the project or have their company's name on it. It would be prestigious to have been involved in the construction of the airport, and it would also make it easier to find future projects.

This is normal.

Zhou Yue didn't think much of it. For him, the main focus was on the introduction. He briefly introduced all the workers and some of the construction units involved, and then introduced the main body of the airport. This airport was one of the abstract buildings he designed, but in fact, abstraction is just a surface, and function is just an outer shell. Some of the things inside are practical, otherwise, they wouldn't have caught the eye of these people.

Abstraction, at its deepest level, is no longer abstract at all; it transforms concrete things into something else entirely.

In short, the design should serve the most basic architectural functions, rather than sacrificing or adding unnecessary small upgrades. The airport is designed to be a showcase for the country and one of the most important bridges for welcoming the world, so there is no need to create something particularly abstract or incomprehensible. Of course, the building's exterior does retain some abstract elements.

The next day, Zhou Yue appeared on the news. He's been appearing on camera more and more often lately, but the content is always the same, so he didn't think much of it.

He knew exactly what he had done and what kind of influence he had.

After the airport was completed, it sparked a frenzy across the country. Everyone wanted to see it, to witness how Chinese architects had designed such a top-tier building, independent of foreign ideas and architectural designs. This unique, even independent, completion was something they were very confident about.

National confidence, ethnic confidence, and self-confidence among the people are among the original intentions of all academic concepts. Designers are also very gratified to see these scenarios.

These designs allow more people to learn about domestic architectural design. They let them know that there are excellent designers in China, and that some of their architectural designs are very popular both domestically and internationally. Their architectural style doesn't rely on anyone else; in fact, they've created a new system. Architecture is frozen music, so many people want to come and see it for themselves.

Recently, Zhou Yue has been taking on more and more work. He doesn't know why this is happening. Was it because his skills weren't good enough before? Or was it because his influence wasn't strong enough?

Why were there so many orders before? Now his inbox is overflowing. Some are invitations for him to do design work, and some are sent directly to his company, asking them to invite him to create something. This is all quite normal.

But he really can't design all of these things. As for his graduate and doctoral students, there's no need for him to just dump all these things on them. His graduate students are probably busier than him because they're busy making money.

Zhou Yue basically hands over any projects he has to them. He will explain these projects to them, and even now he still does. Then he lets these students work on the content of these projects on their own, and then he pays them. After he explains it to them, these people can probably create a paper in a month or half a month. The quality of the paper they create is also very high.

He earns several hundred thousand yuan for each paper, and then distributes ten or twenty thousand yuan to his students.

So, if you study for a master's degree under his guidance, you might earn around 40,000 yuan a month?

uncertain.

But if you work hard for a month, you can still earn 20,000 to 30,000.

Therefore, many people are desperate to come to him, after all, graduate school is about making money. Earning hundreds of thousands a year seems easy. Although hundreds of thousands is just one project for Professor Zhou, for them and for some ordinary people, 300,000 is already considered a lot!

That's incredibly high! He's only taken on a few large design projects, some from state-owned enterprises, some from private companies, and some from universities that wanted him to design new campuses.

These are all relatively large projects. He basically doesn't take on small projects anymore. Although he can complete those small projects in a day or two, he doesn't earn much money and they don't offer him much of a boost. Besides, there's no need for many people to hire him for design. Many domestic designers are actually very talented; they just don't have a good platform.

The latest batch of architects in China has been trained, and their designs are actually quite good. If you go to them, they can design very satisfactory works for you.

"Brother Yue, I just got a few phone calls informing you to come and collect your award."

"Go and collect the prize for me."

"Really? That's high-profile! Even the Imperial Academy of Sciences' highest architectural achievement award, Brother Yue, you're not going to accept it yourself?"

"This is a godsend for our construction industry!"

Zhou Yue raised an eyebrow slightly. Indeed, this was the sky of the construction industry.

But it's not his God!
This is the highest award in their industry, but it is only for top designers worldwide in architectural design. Almost all of them have received this award, and now he is also qualified to receive it. However, he feels that his students should receive it instead of him.

He's been quite overwhelmed lately because he has many academic conferences to attend.

"Then I'm off!"

"Strive to make sure that the next award you receive is your own."

"Next time definitely!"

Lin Ning gave him a direct affirmative answer.

Next time is definitely possible, but this time is uncertain. In short, this award is very prestigious. In China, practically no one has ever won this award, because most of the country's top architects have gone abroad. There may be some historical reasons for this, but even among these talents who have gone abroad, very few have won this award. There is only one person, and that person is now living abroad in retirement.

It's actually quite normal. If you go out, you go out. If you miss home, you come back.

I'll go wherever the pay is good, wherever I'm comfortable.

Of course, we still need to consider some sense of national and familial responsibility.

But for him, he felt there was no need to go abroad, because things were already very good in China.

He was given very high treatment and also received in-depth instruction.

This is a position that many people can only dream of. He is already content at this age. As for climbing higher, how high can he climb?

He felt he could still work hard for a few more years. If he could get into some system, that would be pretty good. At that time, he might have to give up some part-time jobs.

No special ideas.

soon.

Lin Ning took the certificate, and Zhou Yue told him to put it on the wall behind him.

Actually, he just casually placed them on the wall behind him. Most of the items were certificates, trophies, or medals. He rarely went to collect them himself, and most of them were handled by Teacher Guo, because Teacher Guo had always been his superior. Even though he has been promoted now, Teacher Guo has been his superior for a long time.

When he was in the School of Architecture, Professor Guo was the dean. When he was at Ningbo University, he became the dean of the School of Architecture and also the university president.

Now that both of them are principals and have received evaluations, Teacher Guo still cares about things he hadn't even thought of, namely, these rewards. Although these rewards aren't particularly useful, having many of them can have a transformative effect.

Professor Guo treated him very well, so he directly transferred Professor Guo over. The amount of material was substantial, and some of it could indeed be included in his resume. However, he felt his resume was already incredibly impressive and didn't need further improvement. Of course, the award he held was still somewhat attractive, being the highest award in architectural design and the highest award China had ever received in the field.

You must always have the mindset of starting from zero and building from one.

Only then can we make more breakthroughs; otherwise, people may be afraid to take that step.

So, we shouldn't be afraid to take this step. Once we take this step, it will leave a lot of room for those behind us to catch up. They will think that this award is not so sacred or difficult, since Teacher Zhou has already won it.

While Professor Zhou's level is undeniable, we're all human. Even if Professor Zhou is exceptionally intelligent, how much can he surpass them? We all have two eyes and one nose; how much worse can anyone be than anyone else?
This is a great benchmark, and it's normal for future generations to be inspired to do more. So, for him, winning this award means he's basically achieved a grand slam in the construction industry. He doesn't need any more awards or anything else to prove himself. Oh, right, there's one more thing.

But there's no rush for that, we can take it slow.

(End of this chapter)