New York, Manhattan, Upper East Side, Sutton Square neighborhood.

A Lincoln sedan that had been discontinued was stopped on the side of the road. Zhang Lin held a wooden box in her hand. After getting off the car, she waved to the driver arranged by the company and walked towards the No. 11 townhouse opposite.

Zhang Lin looked around the houses along the way, with envious glory in her eyes. This Lin Zhuoyun's former roommate was already the marketing director of the North American branch of Xifeng Canned Food Co., Ltd., but she still had no financial resources to buy a house in this neighborhood.

From Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller and other celebrities in the cultural and artistic circles to many senior political officials and business wealthy people in the United States, they all like to buy houses and settle down here.

The former homeowner of the townhouse No. 11 where I.M. Pei lives was the cousin of Roosevelt.

"Dingdong, Dingdong!"

A young blonde maid opened the small window of the door and looked outside. When she saw that the visitor was an Asian woman, she asked, "Hello, is there anything wrong?"

"Hello," Zhang Lin smiled, "I came to visit Mr. Bei on behalf of Mr. Song. I made an appointment on the phone before."

The young maid immediately opened the door and said, "Mr. Bei has not gone out and has been waiting at home for a long time. Please come in!"

Zhang Lin came down to the garden under the maid's leadership. An old lady was carrying a kettle to water the flowers. The maid immediately introduced: "Madam, this is a visitor that Mr. Bei has made an appointment."

Zhang Lin hurriedly greeted: "Hello, Mrs. Bei!"

The old lady's name is Lu Shuhua, and her English name is Erin Lu. Because of the transliteration, she is often written by Chinese media. She is from a prominent family in China and graduated from a prestigious American university. She is almost 90 years old this year. She looks intellectual and kind.

"Hello," Lu Shuhua put down the squirt, shook hands with Zhang Lin, "Is Miss Chinese?"

Zhang Lin immediately replied: "My name is Zhang Lin, I am Chinese. I am currently working in the United States. This time I was entrusted by Mr. Song Weiyang to visit Mr. I.M. Pei."

Lu Shuhua smiled and switched to Chinese mode, saying in Mandarin with a Guangdong accent: "Please please in Miss Zhang."

"Thank you!" Zhang Lin quickly held the wooden box with her left hand and held the old lady in her right hand.

When he arrived at the living room, Lu Shuhua personally made coffee for Zhang Lin and shouted in Cantonese: "Old man, a guest is here at home!"

This townhouse has four floors. Soon, I.M. Pei walked down with the handrail of the stairs. Although the old man was very tough, he was too old after all, so Zhang Lin hurried over to help him.

"Don't help me, I'm not old enough to walk." Pei smiled.

When I.M. Pei finished walking the stairs, Zhang Lin held the wooden box and said, "Mr. Pei, this is a gift Mr. Song asked me to bring to you."

I.M. Pei opened the wooden box on the spot, and a bottle of red wine was placed inside. He pulled out most of the bottle, looked at the signature model of the bottle carefully, and immediately smiled: "In 1986, Mr. Song's gift is expensive."

Zhang Lin said: "Mr. Song knew you like red wine, so he specially asked me to take a photo."

I.M. Pei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "For such a precious gift, Mr. Song must have something to do with me."

In 1982, Lafite was the most famous in China, but the scores given by professional wine appraisal institutions were not the highest. The truly top Lafites were in 1901, 1953, 1959, 1986, and 2000. Even the Lafites in 1996 had higher ratings than in 1982.

I.M. Pei is a senior wine lover. When Lafite winery invited him to drink, he directly chose Lafite for 59 to entertain him.

Zhang Lin said in Mandarin: "The sword is given to the hero."

I.M. Pei can understand Mandarin, but only Cantonese speaks fluently. He put the bottle back and asked in English: "Does Mr. Song want to ask me to build a house?"

"Please design a science and technology building," Zhang Lin said.

I.M. Pei shook his head and said, "It's a coincidence that I'm retired."

Zhang Lin said: "Isn't the new museum of the Soviet Provincial Museum being built designed by Mr. Bei?"

I.M. Pei explained: "That was my work of blocking the mountain."

Zhang Lin said: "I will convey what Mr. Bei means truthfully, but Mr. Song may have to visit him in person."

I.M. Pei smiled and said, "He still depends on me?"

"It's a sincere invitation." Zhang Lin said.

"I have heard of Mr. Song's reputation in Manhattan. He is indeed a master of contemporary China," Pei thought for a while and said, "Since I have retired, I will definitely not be able to take on the job anymore. But I can participate in concept design. The specific design plan is under my son Jianzhong or Lizhong. Please ask Mr. Song if it is feasible."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Bei." Zhang Lin said.

I.M. Pei said: "If it is convenient, you can call now. After the matter is finalized, I will let them go to China."

Although I.M. Pei has retired and closed the mountain, sometimes he still can't hide his face. Take the previous year as an example. He went back to Suzhou Province to design the museum, but Tianjin invited him repeatedly. In desperation, I.M. Pei could only agree to be responsible for the concept design of the Dagu Bridge in Tianjin.

As for I.M. Pei’s three sons, two of them are in architectural design, and one of them is planning to go to Hong Kong City to expand their business. It is just right to take this opportunity to open up the mainland Chinese market, which can be regarded as the old man paving the way for his son.

Song Weiyang naturally would not refuse. The concept design of his father and the specific design of his son can be fully promoted for I.M. Pei and his son to work together to create it.

A few minutes later, Zhang Lin put down his phone and said, "Mr. Bei, Mr. Song is very happy to accept your proposal. He said he would prepare rice wine and braised pork in China and personally treat Mr. Bei and his family."

"Hahahaha," Pei I.M. Pei couldn't help laughing, "You Mr. Song, you really know everything clearly. Not only do you know that I like drinking red wine, but also that I like yellow wine and braised pork. He didn't get a menu that I returned to China last time, right?"

Zhang Lin also laughed: "These are all manifestations of Mr. Song's sincerity."

I.M. Pei said: "Let me do this. I will take my son back to China in a few days and strive to implement the design plan as soon as possible. This will live up to Mr. Song's wishes."

In fact, I.M. Pei was going back to China because of the museum project in Suzhou Province. He went to China almost every 15 months. He has been repeatedly trying several times. Now that the richest man in China asks him to build a house, he can take his family back to China in advance to relax, and work with his son to get out the building design plan. Then he can go to Suzhou Province to attend the museum opening ceremony.

The old man is not the aloof personality who is not in the world. He is very real. All his friends are celebrities in the political, business and literary circles. This time he is just making friends with another richest man in China.

And what about Song Weiyang?

After receiving the exact news that I.M. Pei and his son jointly designed it, they quickly contacted Zhongguancun Software Park and added another plan to build a 38-story commercial building. With I.M. Pei’s daimyo as a signboard, it can be hyped even if it is outside the Fifth Ring Road, and the managers of the software park and real estate companies will help the speculation.

Some of the land around the software park has been bought by developers, but construction has not started for a long time.

Once the Ark Building designed by I.M. Pei is completed and the title of the richest man in China is Song Weiyang, it will inevitably attract many technology companies to move here (Zhongguancun is too crowded and expensive). As long as the software park has enough popularity, residential communities will be formed, and then banks, supermarkets, schools, hospitals and other institutions will settle in, which should be able to develop in five to eight years.

Song Weiyang even called Xiao Ma. Anyway, Tencent is very rich now, so it is just right for it to build Tencent Beijing headquarters building in the Software Park without having to go to Zhongguancun to squeeze in office buildings.
Chapter completed!