Some memories about me and the construction of Thames Town

The Thames Town you see now, the one circled in red is called Cuijing Restaurant. It is a piling water building, but you may not know that it is not designed by Atkins. The result of Party A’s Xincheng Company revising its plan.

I don’t know if you have seen the movie "Hello, Mr. Tree". It was played by Wang Baoqiang. It tells the story of a mentally disturbed person who became a Feng Shui master in the village.

I actually played the role of Mr. Shu to some extent back then.

Thames Town had been under construction for several years when I came to the company. The project manager at the time took me around the construction site. I felt at the time that the construction was very chaotic, and the construction workers looked like headless flies. fuss. At a meeting, I brought up the idea of ​​being careful about unfinished business.

Later I also mentioned below that I wanted to be a project planner.

Finally one day, the female secretary of the then chairman Yu Ning called me and asked me to go to his office.

He asked me how I felt about working so many hours, and I bluntly said that the architectural design and construction in Thames Town were disharmonious and inconsistent. Of course this is my intuition. Yu Ning didn't say anything at that time and patted me on the shoulder.

Some time later, news came from above that a glass ball restaurant would be built on the east side of the water. This seems to be President Yu’s opinion, needless to say. Only he dares to take this action.

I felt at that time that he was still capable. After a period of time, Thames Town was built, and it looks like this now. It looks stable. In fact, I feel that with the addition of this glass ball, it looks like a tortoise showing its head on the plane.

I think this kind of design is more down-to-earth. Facts have proved that the entire project was completed smoothly, and Mr. Yu was promoted to deputy district chief a few years later because of the success of Thames Town.

But I went crazy in the first year when I was working on my next project, Guangfulin Heritage Park.

In fact, when Mr. Yu was here, he called me to his office for the second time. He showed me the model of the heritage park. The idea of ​​three roofs on the water was his. Of course I am proud of it.

I thought it was very bold, but I didn’t feel anything about the project, so I didn’t mention anything that time. He handed me a cigarette.

After that, just like Mr. Shu, I stopped being favored. Until the opening of Guangfulin Heritage Park this year, I quietly worked on archives and security. Except for writing an article "Guangfulin in Hometown" on the company's website, I have not made any contribution to Guangfulin, but I still insist on my opinion that many developments must be combined with the actual local conditions to be successful.

I have been at Xincheng Company for nearly fourteen years. When I first came here, Mr. Yu and some cadres treated me like a big boss and took me to drink. I felt flattered, but I think I was right. Of them. I don't have any thoughts of my own except taking orders from my superiors like some employees today. Of course, companies also need people like that.

I feel that I am lucky, especially when Mr. Yu is here, we are more courageous to speak.

Looking back on all this, I am always very grateful.