The next day, Zhao Yang, Tang Huaqing, Yan Qiwei and others continued to have in-depth contact with Difei Design Company, while Chen Li and Zhou Bin, Chen Tong and Zheng Bingyang continued to experience the historical heritage that has been preserved in London on the banks of the Thames for hundreds of years.

Each city has its own unique process and its architectural styles are very different. Only by truly immersed in it can you truly feel the special urban planning and construction style that has been formed in London over the past few hundred years.

Now that Xinchaorui wants to build a new city in Qingquan Binjiang New District, it must start from every detail to create a classic work.

In the evening, the four of them went to queue up for a trip to the Millennium Wheel. The Millennium Wheel, also known as the London Eye, is a viewing Ferris Wheel built on the banks of the Thames for two thousand years. It is 135 meters high and weighs 1,600 tons, but it is mounted on the floating platform on the surface of the Thames. It can be said to be a miracle in the history of architecture.

The four of them returned to their hotel at night, and Tang Huaqing and Zhao Yang also returned after the day's itinerary.

The feedback Chen Li received was similar to his feelings.

Executives from professional design backgrounds such as Tang Huaqing and Yan Qiwei have a more detailed understanding of the classic cases of Diffie Design Company and are deeply touched. Although Diffie Design Company's senior management is arrogant, they have to admit that their own gap is.

Even if they recognize the gap now, they do not have actual design experience and a perfect team, and it is not possible to make up for this gap in a short period of time.

"It's okay, take it slowly. The development of domestic urban construction is already far behind European and American countries. There is nothing to deny. However, when the domestic economy develops, it has a poor foundation in the past, but we can quickly overtake. Through the construction of Qingquan Xinrui City, we will accumulate enough experience and improve our own level," Chen Li was not in a hurry and asked again, "How do you feel when you contact Song Wenqing?"

"Blake is quite busy. Today, Song Wenqing basically took us around and paid out of his pocket to invite us to Chinatown for a pure Chinese dinner - haha, we came to London and still had Chinese food, which made us feel a little bit of a loss." Tang Huaqing joked, telling Chen Li about some of the situations in Song Wenqing he learned about.

Song Wenqing's grandparents were originally from Dongjiang Province. They immigrated to the UK before liberation. Song Wenqing's parents officially became naturalized when they arrived. Song Wenqing is a second-generation Chinese child. He obtained a master's degree in Cambridge Architecture at the age of 23 and joined Dife Design Company. He just turned 30 at this time. As a woman, he became the main creator of a first-class architectural firm in seven years. In the field of architectural design in London, it can be said to be a small miracle.

"Song Wenqing has just been promoted to the main creator and has not yet been independently hosted. However, as the deputy main creator architect, she has participated in the planning and design of three major projects in the past three years. We have brought back the copy of the information - in terms of professionalism, Xiao Yan and I can't find any problems." Tang Huaqing said.

Chen Li took the information and didn't have time to read it carefully for the time being, and asked: "What is her attitude towards our Xinrui City? Is there any possibility of cooperation?"

"As for whether Diffie Company can finally reach a cooperation intention with us, she can't make the decision. It's mainly based on the opinions of Diffie's senior management," Zhao Yang said. "When we were having a meal, we talked to her a lot of off-topic talks, and it can be seen that she is still optimistic about the development of the country. Of course, she also knows very clearly the reality that most domestic developers pay more attention to cost control when building..."

"You have two days left to go, so continue to communicate with Song Wenqing." Chen Li said.

Zhou Bin interrupted, "We can just pay a high salary and dig her over."

"It's not that easy," Chen Li said, "the key is to see how deep she is to return to China to develop..."

"High salary is not enough, so let Zhao Yang sacrifice his lust and seduce people." Zhou Bin joked.

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In the next two days, Tang Huaqing, Zhao Yang and Yan Qiwei accompanied Song Wenqing to visit several architectural complexes designed by Diffie in London.

Chen Li did not go to see the senior executives of Difei Company again. At this point, he and Tang Huaqing and Zhou Bin had to return to China first. In the subsequent cooperation, Zhao Yang and Yan Qiwei continued to stay in London and negotiated with Difei Company in detail. However, before Chen Li returned to China, Difei Company's intentions were very clear.

Difei Company can cooperate with Xinchaorui to undertake all the design work in Qingquan Xinchaorui City, but after signing the agreement, Xinchaorui will need to pay a prepayment of 10 million pounds. However, Xinchaorui will only agree to assign a team to conduct on-site inspections in Qingquan and plan the draft after signing the agreement and paying the advance payment.

Chen Li did not argue with this, but before returning to China, he invited Song Wenqing alone at the Buckingham Hotel to thank her for her additional translation work in the past few days.

Song Wenqing went to the banquet alone, which was quite reserved and wary.

Chen Li smiled when he saw Song Wenqing's appearance. He probably hadn't been dug up a few times. This kind of private meeting was a taboo in any company. He didn't have much spare time to go around the corner and asked straight to the point: "Song Gong should have some understanding of our new tides these days. I wonder what Song Gong thinks of our new tides?"

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhou, you are so young that everyone envies. Although several projects of Xinchaorui in Central Plains Province are not dazzling, they are already outstanding in China. The most important thing is that Mr. Chen can ignore gains and losses and have the ambition to surpass the domestic architectural development status, which is impressive. I believe that Xinchaorui will have greater room for development in China."

Song Wenqing carefully turned the topic to work and continued,

"However, I also recommend that Mr. Chen not just pursue advanced concept design. The cost of the entire project may be 50% or 60% higher than your budget, or it is possible to double it. Don't let the design plan come out at that time, Mr. Chen will regret it. The design fee that Xinchaorui can currently take out is indeed very attractive, but our company's senior management is still worried that after the real design plan is released, it will not be accepted by Xinchaorui."

"Since we can spend 300 million to buy drawings, we are mentally prepared to bear higher construction costs. We are determined to create classic works this time, and we are very confident in the development of the domestic real estate market in the next ten years." Chen Li said with a smile, knowing where the high cost she mentioned would reflect, but he was still patient and discussed some details with Song Wenqing.

True high-end design, pursuit of a more comfortable living environment, is destined to have more personalized content, as well as the use of a large number of high-end construction materials, and new and even experimental building and residential technology applications will bring about a surge in construction costs. Song Wenqing is very doubtful whether Xinchaorui can accept such high construction costs. After all, real estate companies still use profit as the fundamental goal. Companies are distracted from profits and are themselves hooligans.

"Songgong also has a deep understanding of enterprise operations and management," said Chen Li. "Yes, it is understandable that enterprises pursue profits - high-quality building products greatly increase construction costs, but this does not mean that profits will be compressed. On the contrary, it can even further expand profit margins - Songgong would not think that such a simple truth is, we can't understand it, right? If Songgong has any concerns, I can even tell Songgong the limit that we can accept..."

"Oh?" Song Wenqing leaned forward with interest. This is the most core data of a real estate company. It involves the determination of a series of subsequent operational strategies. Before the formal signing of the agreement, Chen Li could not provide it to Difei Company.

"We calculate the construction and installation cost of new housing construction in Xiushan Xinrui City, which is 1,500 yuan per square meter. This cost is quite cheap in London, but compared with domestic low-rise residential buildings, it is two to three times higher than that in Qingquan Xinrui City, and we can put the construction cost of low-rise residential buildings to 1,800 or even 2,000 yuan per square meter, and medium and high-rise residential buildings to 2,500 yuan per square meter. As for super high-rise buildings, we will invest according to actual needs."

"How is that possible?" Song Wenqing said, "As such a high construction cost, Qingquan Xinrui City will be unprofitable."

Although Song Wenqing strongly questioned Chen Li's statement, Chen Li was able to confirm from her firm tone of questioning that she had conducted in-depth research on the real estate market in the central region of the country in advance. This is far more than a top-notch international architect firm that is superior but does not understand the actual situation in the country, which is more in line with Chen Li's requirements.

"Song Gong has a deep understanding of the current situation of real estate in China, but he has not included the stable and rapid development in the next ten years and the urgent need for domestic people to improve residential terms," ​​Chen Li said. "With such a high construction cost, we can only barely make a flat price in Qingquan City, which is indeed unprofitable, but the construction cycle of Qingquan Xinrui City is ten years. In ten years, the income level of Qingquan City and the recognition of high-quality housing demand, can the probability of doubled increase by 50%?"

Tang Huaqing, Zhao Yang, Zhou Bin and others who accompanied him thought to themselves, "Why do you need to talk so deeply about someone?" Isn't it more straightforward to directly test the other party's conditions?"

"I think it's really not as long as Mr. Chen." Song Wenqing was wearing a dark brown tweed windbreaker. She was not tall, but she looked quite capable.

"I don't know how Song Gong planned Qingquan Xinrui City at this time," Chen Li said with a smile. If I expected it to be good, if Xinchaorui could reach a cooperation with Difei Company this time, Song Gong should officially serve as the chief architect of Qingquan Xinrui City."

"This is all uncertainty." Song Wenqing said implicitly.

Seeing that Song Wenqing was unwilling to reveal too many ideas, Chen Li didn't see him and said with a smile: "I have a general idea about the future planning and construction of Qingquan Xinrui City, and I want to discuss it with Song Gong..."

"Please say it, Mr. Chen."

"I want to move the Thames River to Qingquan!" Chen Li said.

After hearing what Chen Li said, let alone Song Wenqing, Zheng Bingyang, who had been sitting quietly by the side, had his beautiful eyes lit up.

"..." Song Wenqing hesitated for a while and said, "I will do my best to promote cooperation between the company and Xinchaorui."

"No," Chen Li shook his head and said, "I already have some understanding of the attitude of the senior executives of Difei Company. They don't know the situation in China. I said this, I am not trying to poach Ms. Song to Xinchao Rui. After all, a large number of design work requires a complete team to carry out. Ms. Song can designate any architect firm with sufficient qualifications in the UK or China, but currently intends to take action. Xinchao Rui invests in the acquisition, and then Ms. Song is responsible for forming the team. I can give Ms. Song 30% of the equity and independent management rights to the team she is responsible for!"
Chapter completed!