Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 839 Headquarters Activation

This is the biggest business deal Xiaowei and his team have made so far, so it's impossible for them not to be worried at all.

After signing the contract, none of them wanted to stay in Harbin. They packed up and prepared to book plane tickets back to Fengtian. There were too many things to do and too many people and things to prepare.

That's 150 million, which was an unimaginable astronomical figure back in 1992.

That evening, the impatient Dean Cheng arrived with several of his students. For them, this was a golden opportunity, a chance to make a name for themselves. In reality, there's not much difference between organizations and individuals; it's not necessarily a matter of one being inherently better than the other, but rather about opportunity.

Those designers or studios with famous representative works and who are renowned worldwide have only had the opportunity to get projects. It doesn't necessarily mean that what they did was the best or the best; they were just lucky.

The four of them spent more than an hour late at night with Dean Cheng and his group, walking around the church site in all directions. The next morning, after breakfast, they went back and walked around for another two hours. Dean Cheng and his students were constantly taking notes. Xiao Wei couldn't make out what they were writing down; it was all jumbled up. However, he could tell that each person was responsible for something different.

Back at the hotel, Dean Cheng and the students held another small meeting to gather their opinions and make a list of the missing essential materials. They asked Xiao Wei to get them from the government, then packed their things, and the group took the hotel's minibus to the airport to catch their flight back to Fengtian.

The missing information will be sent directly to the design institute by the Harbin government. Urban planning is a major project, and the government has dedicated personnel responsible for such a large area. They will provide whatever is needed without any delays.

In the afternoon, the plane landed in Taoxian. The car that was there to pick everyone up was already waiting. Everyone got in the car, and Xiaowei specially asked Xiaowu to take Dean Cheng and the others back. Dean Cheng smiled and said, "Sure, I won't stand on ceremony. I'm getting old and my body isn't what it used to be. My back aches from taking two flights."

Xiao Wei said, "Grandpa, you should go back and get some rest. Your health is the most important thing. Things can be done slowly."

The main reason is that design institutes at that time did not earn as much money as they do in later years, and the salaries and benefits were not as high. They were more academic research units than practical ones. The main reason was that there was no work. Before the 90s, urban planning and architectural design was basically a blank area in China.

When the family returned to Wanliu Courtyard, they found that there had been many changes. The obstruction of the right annex had been removed, the last bit of the wall had been built, and the courtyard was clean and tidy. Workers were cutting trees and laying turf.

Li Na, Jin Jie, Xie Xiaolong, Mou Lijuan, Li Bing, and Hao Dawei were standing at the gate talking when they turned around and saw the car approaching. Li Na waved to greet them, and Xiaowei asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Na said, "We were just thinking about moving, and now that you're back, when are you moving upstairs?"

Xiao Wei looked up at the upstairs window and asked, "Is everything done?"

Li Na said, "Okay, the office furniture is all set up, and the cleaning lady has gone to work. All that's left is to choose an auspicious day."

Xiao Wei smiled and said, "Then you choose one, see which day is auspicious."

Sister Jin said, "Why don't we move it now? We don't have anything else to do anyway. We can all work together and it'll be done in a few minutes. It would be nice to sit here, have a drink of water, and look at the sky."

Xiao Wei turned to his mother and Aunt Wang and said, "Why don't you go back first? We'll go upstairs and take a look."

Xiao Wei's mother said, "Why can't we go up and take a look? Get out of the car, get out of the car! I've never been up such a tall building before."

Aunt Wang said, "Nobody has ever been up there. Those five or six floors used to feel really high. Let alone going up there, we've never even seen them."

Everyone got out of the car, and the driver pulled up to the corner of the yard. Xiao Wei said, "Let's go up and take a look. Have you divided it up? How did you divide it?"

Li Na said, "You're on the top floor. There are two meeting rooms and an archive room, and a finance department. Xiao Hui and Lao Xia are below you on floor thirty-two. There's a small meeting room, an activity center, a lounge, and so on."

The group's departments are at levels 31 and 30, and below that are the various companies, one level per company. We'll deal with that if we run out of space later.

Xiao Wei said, "That's fine, it'll be enough anyway. The cake shop isn't here, it's on Zhongjie Street. Actually, Xiao Hui, I feel the mall shouldn't put it here either, it's too far. It would be better to put it on Zhongjie Street."

Chen Hui said, "Sure, there's room anyway."

Xia Maosheng said, "Let's put the finance department at No. 31. There's only Xiaowei at the top. Let's also set up a reception area so that there's a place to receive any bosses or leaders who come over."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "You're making quite a scene, but there's nobody here now. Who's going to manage all these company departments? Li Na, have you been hiring lately?"

Li Na said, "We are recruiting some people, but do you expect them to become cadres immediately? Shouldn't they have a trial period?"

Chen Hui said, "Let's all take on these roles for now. There's not much work to do right now. Once we're more familiar with things, whoever is capable can take over. Let's go upstairs, what are we talking about here?"

The first floor is a spacious lobby with an elevator on the left, several small offices at the back, and a shared restroom. The European-style ceiling and marble floor made you feel like your shoes were dirty the moment you stepped inside, like the feeling of being hesitant to step on the carpet in a five-star hotel for the first time. That was the feeling shared by Xiaowei's mom, Aunt Wang, and Aunt Xia.

In fact, even Xiao Hong and Chen Xiao are similar, only Geng Hui used to work in a bank and had been exposed to a similar environment.

Xiao Wei's mother looked around and said, "Mom, what a waste to make such a big living room."

Xiao Wei said, "We'll need to put things down here later—a service desk, a hotel reception area, and a rest area—it'll be packed up quickly." He pressed the elevator button and said, "This is for the elevator. Up means up, down means down. Press it once, the light will turn on, and then wait. It will open the door automatically when it arrives."

With a ding, the elevator doors opened, and everyone went inside. Xiao Wei pressed the number 33 and said to the three old ladies, "Just press the number of the floor you want to go to. Just press it once and the light will turn on. It will open when you get there. Watch this screen; it will count down and announce the arrival time with a sound."

"Elevator going up." An electronic voice reminded them, and the elevator started moving. It was the first time the three elderly ladies had ridden in an elevator, and they were all a little unaccustomed to it. Fortunately, it wasn't a high-speed elevator.

"Elevator arrived, 33rd floor." Ding, the door opened, Xiao Wei helped his mother and Aunt Wang down, Xia Maosheng helped his own mother.

Stepping out of the elevator, you enter a small lobby with sofas and a restroom next to it. Walking straight down the opposite corridor, you reach Xiaowei's office. On either side of the corridor are a large conference room, a small conference room, a small reception room, an assistant's office, and the room that was originally intended to be the finance office.

Everyone went straight into Xiaowei's office. The office was very large, half a floor, with a bathroom, a lounge, and other facilities. There were two sofas in the corner by the window.

The room has a wooden floor. Xiaowei doesn't like carpets because he thinks they're dirty and hard to clean. Actually, carpets are very popular in offices these days. I don't know where they learned that from.

(End of this chapter)