Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 145 Collaborative Renovation (Two-in-One)

Lin Wenxin paused for a moment and added, "Me too."

After saying this, he glanced at Zhang Weian next to him with some dissatisfaction.

But Zhang Weian didn't look at her. Instead, he stared at Shen Qingqing, waiting for her reaction.

Shen Qingqing compared every area of ​​the two drafts. As for the living room, Shen Qingqing didn't say much, only that it should be grand.

Judging from the two design drawings, the styles of the two people are very different. Zhang Wei'an's style is more Chinese, with more white space; while Lin Wenxin's style is more Western and simple.

Then, at first glance, I discovered that the two people's styles were very distinct. In the public areas, one was completely Chinese style, and the other was completely Western style.

Shen Qingqing thought about it and decided to let her parents choose between Chinese and Western styles. She mainly looked at the layout of the room.

She gave her room a sufficient description, even planning out its location precisely.

However, both of them made slight changes based on her description.

But compared to yesterday's "completely unrecognizable" changes, today's changes will be more in line with the overall feel of the public area.

But to be fair, Shen Qingqing would prefer the changes to Lin Wenxin's room.

There is no other reason, Lin Wenxin's changes fit the choice of a lazy young man.

After comparing them, Shen Qingqing showed an awkward expression. "Engineer Zhang, Engineer Lin, do you mind if I take these two drafts back to my family for reference?"

"To be fair, I personally prefer Mr. Lin's design, but I don't live alone, and I need to consider the living environment for my family. So, would you be willing to let me take the design back to my family for reference before making a decision?"

Zhang Wei'an took the lead and said, "Of course, a house should be a place where the whole family can live happily."

When Lin Wenxin heard that Shen Qingqing actually favored her, she became a little anxious and wanted to confirm it, but when she heard what Zhang Weian said, she felt embarrassed to refute it. She gritted her teeth and agreed with Zhang Weian.

"Thank you both for your hard work. We'll contact each other by phone in two days!" Shen Qingqing smiled.

After seeing Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin off, Shen Qingqing copied down their contact information from Li Xunjin's phone and took it home along with two design drafts.

In the evening, when Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou got off work and had dinner, Shen Qingqing took out the two design drawings.

"Mom and Dad, these are the draft drawings from the two designers my uncle found for us. Which one do you think is more to your liking?"

Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli each took one, looked at it for a while, and then exchanged them.

As Shen Qingqing expected, the couple chose Zhang Wei'an's.

The reason given is very direct, Zhang Weian's style looks good.

Shen Yangyang was also sitting next to the dining table and was anxious to speak. Shen Qingqing placed the two design drawings in front of Shen Yangyang and then carefully introduced each area on the design drawings to her.

After listening to this, Shen Yangyang pressed her hand on Lin Wenxin's design draft, "I like this! It's as beautiful as my sister's room!"

Shen Qingqing smiled as expected, put away the two design drafts, and said to her parents and Shen Yangyang, "Okay, I know what to do!"

Because it was agreed that Shen Qingqing would be in full charge of the house matter, after Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli made their own choices, they did not ask Shen Qingqing what to do.

Two days later, Shen Qingqing called Zhang Weian: "Hello? Mr. Zhang, hello, I'm Shen Qingqing."

Zhang Wei'an: "Oh, little sister, it's you. Are you sure we'll take the order?"

Shen Qingqing didn't deny it. "It's like this. The elders in my family prefer your design. They think it's more in line with their aesthetics and the older generation's. So, I hope you can take on the decoration design of the indoor public areas and the master bedroom with a private bathroom."

Zhang Wei'an was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized something was wrong: "Are you saying that I'm only responsible for part of the renovation?"

"Yes, it's mainly because the elders at home prefer the design sense of your place, and I also want to make the elders at home happy." Shen Qingqing said frankly.

Zhang Wei'an fell silent for a moment before he said, "Can't our studio handle all of this?"

Shen Qingqing said bluntly, "I'm sorry, but if you're willing to cooperate with Engineer Lin, then as we agreed, your studio will be responsible for the public areas and one of the master bedrooms. If you're not willing, we'd really appreciate your hard work these past few days."

Zhang Weian was silent for even longer, until someone called out "Engineer Zhang".

Perhaps the person on the other end covered the receiver, so Shen Qingqing couldn't hear clearly what was going on over there. It seemed like someone was looking for Zhang Weian to say something.

Not long after, Zhang Weian agreed to Shen Qingqing's request.

Shen Qingqing said cheerfully, "Okay, then I'll find time to work with you on the further design drawings. See you next time!"

After hanging up the phone with Zhang Weian, Shen Qingqing waited for a while before calling Lin Wenxin.

Compared to Zhang Weian, Lin Wenxin seemed to be more anxious. After the call was made, Shen Qingqing had just said, "I'm looking for Lin Wenxin, Engineer Lin," and before the person who answered the phone responded, she heard Lin Wenxin's voice on the other end, asking if it was her call.

Then Shen Qingqing successfully connected with Lin Wenxin on the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Lin! I'm Shen Qingqing."

"Hello, Miss Shen! Are you sure you want to use my design?" Lin Wenxin's voice was full of anticipation.

Shen Qingqing first affirmed: "Yes, I like your design for the room, and I also like your style."

Then he changed the subject: "But my family seems to like Engineer Zhang's style more. I called Engineer Zhang earlier and have already agreed with him on the progress of the design draft."

When Lin Wenxin heard this, she felt disappointed.

"My hope is that Engineer Lin can collaborate with Engineer Zhang, and you'll be responsible for the overall design of the large balcony and four rooms: three bedrooms and a study. I also want to turn the outer balcony into a small badminton court."

Shen Qingqing paused for a moment before asking, "Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine. If I have another one in the future..."

"No, I do!"

Before Shen Qingqing could finish her words, Lin Wenxin interrupted her. This was her first project she had taken on independently, and even if it was a collaborative project with someone else and she only had half the rights to the interior design, she was willing to do it!

Shen Qingqing blinked. She hadn't expected Lin Wenxin to be so successful. Without saying anything more, she quickly decided, "Okay, I'll call you in a couple of days to further refine the design!"

Lin Wenxin quickly agreed and said, "Little sister, please write down my phone number and call me directly when the time comes!"

After exchanging numbers, Shen Qingqing hung up the phone.

She looked up the calendar from the last time she went to Li's house and Li Yuxing had picked out several suitable times for starting renovations.

The nearest time is next week, but next week, Shen Qingqing cannot guarantee that Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin’s design drawings can be completed before next week.

And they have midterm exams next week.

Although Shen Qingqing didn't think she would fail the midterm exam, she still needed to practice some more questions to consolidate her understanding of the questions.

Then this time next week will be postponed, and the next date will be half a month later.

Shen Qingqing circled the date with a pen and kept it as a backup.

The next date is next month. Shen Qingqing thought about it and circled it for future use.

Shen Qingqing didn't look at the dates after that.

It is already November now, and the latest date for starting construction is next month. The Spring Festival in 2008 is in early February. If we start the renovation in January, we won’t have done much before we have to take a holiday.

If that's the case, it would be better to just wait until after the New Year to take a holiday.

After Shen Qingqing confirmed the two dates, she called Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin on Friday night to make an appointment to meet at the weekend.

The meeting place was still Li Xunjin's company, the same familiar conference room as last time.

As soon as they met, Shen Qingqing got straight to the point and laid out the two renovation schedules in front of Zhang Wei'an and Lin Wenxin: "Engineer Zhang, Engineer Lin, good morning. Take a look at these two times. Which one can you complete the design by? Then we can start construction."

Because we still need to communicate with the other party, for example, how to more perfectly hide the electrical wiring under two different decoration styles, as well as the water pipes and so on.

After all, Zhang Weian is a veteran with rich experience, and he finally decided to choose next month as the time to start construction.

After saying that, he sighed silently. He had originally agreed to come because he wanted to talk to the girl again about whether their studio could independently undertake the project. Unexpectedly, Lin Wenxin was also there. He didn't say it at the beginning, and now that the start time had been confirmed, it was difficult to speak again.

"Little sister, don't rush to perfect the design sketch. We still need to go to the site first and plan the route of the water pipes and electrical wires."

Lin Wenxin nodded in agreement. "Because our design style is different, we hadn't considered the pipeline routing issue at the time. After seeing the situation on site, we had to make minor adjustments based on the actual situation."

Shen Qingqing understood. Just like when her uncle was pulling the wires to the porcelain kiln, he also wanted to take a look at the condition of the kiln first.

Shen Qingqing asked them to wait for a moment, and she ran to the next office to find Li Xunjin to explain the matter.

Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin followed Li Xunjin's car and arrived at Yujing Mansion together.

The last time she came to buy a house, Shen Qingqing noticed that the distance between the gate of the community and their lake-view house was a bit far, and the place leading to the underground garage not far from the entrance of the community gate was also a bit far, so she asked the sales lady if there was a closer entrance to the underground garage.

The sales lady took them to the closer entrance to the underground garage.

Because the parking space of the house bought by Shen Qingqing has not yet been registered to which car will use it, Li Xunjin's car can only be parked outside first. He takes Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin through the underground garage to the lake view house.

As soon as Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin entered the door, they started the field investigation very professionally with the necessary tools.

Although Shen Qingqing didn't understand, it didn't stop her from following them around and asking some small questions from time to time.

After looking at the overall layout and the sources of the electrical wires and water pipes, Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin compared their ideas and decided to first go through the routes in their original ideas according to their respective ideas, mark the conflicts, and then see how to adjust them after they were done.

As expected, Zhang Weian and Lin Wenxin bumped into each other several times.

After walking through the circuits and the water pipes, the two of them stood together again with serious expressions.

In their design drawings, several pipes extending from joints collided.

If they collide, it means there is a problem with the connection.

The two exchanged each other's line sketchpads and looked at them.

The problem was quickly identified.

Zhang Weian's line design is based on safety. In addition, due to his design style, he can use decorative items to assist in covering up the circuit, so it doesn't matter even if the circuit is exposed.

However, for the sake of overall neatness and aesthetics, Lin Wenxin planned to enclose all the routes, so he needed to take a longer detour.

But now there is a conflict in the local settings. Zhang Weian wants to take the initiative in this list and speak first, asking Lin Wenxin to abandon her wiring method and use his instead.

Of course Lin Wenxin refused. She believed that it was the beauty of her design style that Shen Qingqing liked and was willing to let her take over half of the design work, which meant that she wanted to preserve this beauty. If she gave up the beauty and let Zhang Weian's design style invade, wouldn't that be incompatible with the design style that Shen Qingqing wanted?
The two of them argued back and forth, neither of them willing to give in.

Finally, both of them turned their heads with sullen expressions to look at Shen Qingqing who was standing next to them and asked in unison: "Little sister, what do you think?"

"Uh..." Shen Qingqing blinked and smiled awkwardly.

Under their intense gazes, her mind raced. She understood from their argument that each of their design approaches had its own merits, but now they were collaborating, so...

"I think you should redesign the route."

Shen Qingqing said so.

"Since you are going to cooperate in renovating my house, then you must keep the part that we want, and change the rest."

"Otherwise, why would I let you cooperate?"

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