Chapter 30 (1/2)

CHAPTER 30

My eyes were swollen like huge walnuts for an entire week Whether others believed it or not,by a poisonous insect I never went to the dining roo stock If I had to go out, I would put on sunglasses and wrap htly If I had to speak, I would useI just went and had a bowl of fish soup in the restaurant next door Do you want to go together next tio He had to feed hio of the chance to have three free h-end hotel in order to pay for himself at a small time restaurant? No way When I ran into Su Qun in the corridors, I called to hio for a stroll in the shopping mall? Buy some local specialties hoo with you!” He glanced at his oedding band, waved his hands, “Thank you for your concern, I’o”

If I ran into Li Chuan, I would turn around and walk away The less I saw hiry I could live for a fewthis week, CGP employees finally turned in all the documents before the deadline René’s inally, he had still hoped that I would take hiloo it up It was Ji Chuan who took hiht ht, René knocked on lass model I took a look, it was Li Chuan’s “pebble” He ht bulb e it extremely lifelike and extremely beautiful

“Annie, this is for you Do you like it?”

“I quite like it, thank you”

“Annie, listen toto offend you”

…So, it was so that he could seek an audience for Li Chuan

“René, you seeht? Then tell me, why did he offend me?”

“Go ask hi after to He will be staying in Beijing”

René looked atme, “How can that be? The plane ticket has already been purchased”

“If you don’t believe o ask him”

René’s expression suddenly became very solemn, “Did you have hie your decision? Li Chuan must return to Switzerland”

“Why?”

He wanted to say so, but stopped hio back to Switzerland You can go to Switzerland to visit him, I’ll pay for the ticket You can live atyou want”

I tried to read into his words After awhile, I nodded, “Fine, I can persuade Li Chuan to return to Switzerland But, you have to tell me what really happened to hi his head in dis, then you’ll let hio back…That’s all I can say”

“René,” I said, “before you came to Wenzhou, did you already knoho I was?”

“I knew Leo Leo is Alex’s older brother…Yes, I kneho you were I’ve even seen your picture It was large, it hung in Alex’s bedrooirlfriend Before Alex knew you, he was a virgin I made fun of him everyday Annie, I’ll invite you to Zurich, okay? My place is really close to Alex’s You can ski in the winter Have you ever seen Alex ski? With his one leg, he’s even better than those with two”

I can’t do it I was being moved Wahh…

“But, Li Chuan said he didn’t want ain, “I won’t go to Switzerland But, I can help you persuade hi me, causes me heartache”

“No! Don’t be heartbroken! It’s okay, everything will get better Believe in God!” René opened up his ar me

When I raised my head, I saw that Li Chuan had just came out of his room

I pulled my arms out from René’s e at us”

René stuck out his tongue, griet aith this”

I took the h, I heard Li Chuan and René start arguing in the corridor in French So depressing Why didn’t I just suck it up that year and choose French as ain, if I really studied French, then Li Chuan would switch to using Gerue I would still not understand

I withdrew intomaterials After a week of examination by the specialists, there had been a consensus reached on the plan to rebuild C city district The four co for the win, all depended on the ten o’clockconference ton company will have thirty minutes to make their final statement and answer any questions After that, they’ll leave and the specialists group will hold their final discussionto determine the final candidate

The statelish by Li Chuan I then translated it into Chinese I altered so would be read in a more colloquial speech, more poetic and kept more with the esthetic custo on recitations before and had even been an announcer in his school’s radio station He was best at reciting Shakespeare No matter what he held in his hands, whether it was product manuals, news stories or business reports, he could read the others to tear up When we lived together before, he would often entertainJi Du Wan’s (Chinese round All of our coh email It was all discussions on business At the end of Li Chuan’s there would soive it a hunature Things were as it stood, no words were needed

The final presentation finally came

Li Chuan’s statement was the last one Before that,“n and were very ied to sit next to Li Chuan just in case there were questions he didn’t understand when the judging panel questioned him I heard Li Chuan use a cal the lasting preservation of n is faithful to the rational structure and diversity, and combines distinctive local characteristics We do not use decorative parts to show the short lived post- to in, we’ve integrated the Taoist belief of going back to the basics and seeking to reproduce the spirit of Chinese classical poetry of the landscape in theI had written doord for word I’m sure everyone here was moved by his cadence, and voice and expression I sat on the stage, taking note of Xiao Gan’s expression the entire time Even an a’s design He had spend a lot of ti the theater stunning underneath the sunlight However, Li Chuan placed hissince the theater’s activities were at night Li Chuan explained while turning off the indoor lighting René’s hts It was like a fairyland, cohttime effect Li Chuan desired

Afterwards, it was questioning time The first few questions were very simple I practically didn’t have to translated Li Chuan used concise Chinese to explain one by one Right after, a judge asked, “Mr wang, oose egg-shaped shaped building How does it embody Taoist believe and the spirit of the landscape?”

This judge is known as the “killer” in the architectural world He had great prestige in this industry and was known to be harsh and to the point He had just asked a difficult question to the first presenter — that is, Jia Yuan Corporation’s Tian Xiao Gan — silencing him for two minutes Only after two minutes did he reply and the response was not completely up to people’s expectations

I heard Li Chuan say, “Judge, sir, I was inspired to design this goose egg-shape when I was carefully reading the poetry of Xie Ling Yun, the landscape poet of Eastern Jin dynasty”