"It is true that some of my students have achieved great success. They are my pride." When talking about his students, Mr. Bei is full of pride.
Mr. Pei has numerous representative works throughout his life, such as Kips Bay Plaza in New York, Society Hill Tower in Philadelphia, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States, Hancock Building in Boston, and Overseas Chinese in Singapore. The Bank Building, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, etc.
He has received many honorary commendations, such as the Academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American National Honor Award, the Thomas Jefferson Architecture Medal, the American Architectural Association Gold Medal, etc. In addition, he is He holds an honorary doctorate in law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has a close relationship with Hong Kong.
Such a figure naturally has many disciples, and those who can become his disciples are all very talented people in the industry.
"Then I wonder when Mr. Bei will resign successfully?" Su Cheng continued to ask.
"It has been a week since I came to Xiangjiang this time. What I have done here has been completed. I plan to return to the beautiful country tomorrow. After I go back, I will apply to the board of directors to resign. According to my current position position, it should take a month to officially resign from I.M. Pei & Partners. In other words, I will come to Xiangjiang again from Beautiful Country in January 1980 at the earliest, and then I will be able to work here. "Mr. Bei replied after thinking for a while.
A giant in the industry like Mr. Pei is naturally very important to I.M. Pei & Partners. Under normal circumstances, they would definitely find ways to retain Mr. Pei.
However, Mr. Bei has already decided that no matter how they try to retain him, it will not be of any use.
One month to resign is indeed enough.
"Okay, I look forward to Mr. Bei coming to Xiangjiang as soon as possible." Su Cheng said after giving Mr. Bei another glass of drinking water.
"Speaking of which, I have also started my own business, but I found that in the architectural design industry, it is difficult to do better without the support of a consortium." Mr. Bei said with emotion when he thought of the past.
In 1960, Mr. Bay left the Weber Knapp Construction Company where he originally worked and established his own construction company.
But in 1966, he decided to join a company again, which is now I.M. Pei & Partners.
The reason is very simple. Without the support of a powerful financial group, although he is very famous and has received a lot of orders during this period, it is difficult for him to get access to some top-level businesses.
If you start a company by yourself, you will definitely not lose money, and you can even make more. But at his age, he is more interested in reputation.
He relies on a big tree to enjoy the shade. Only with the support of the consortium can he get in touch with more top orders and get more medals of honor.
In the architectural design industry, the most important thing is honor.
Of course, Mr. Bei, who is now in his sixties, has received too many honors, and his ideas are no longer those of the 1960s.
For him, it is time to think about the rest of his life.
So, it is a good idea to come to Xiangjiang.
The most important thing is that you can still rely on the big tree in Sioux City.
This is the richest man in the world, and his financial strength is simply not comparable to that of I.M. Pei & Partners, the company he currently works for.
In other words, when he comes to Xiangjiang, he can still get in touch with many top orders.
Because of this, after several months of thinking and the persuasion of his family, he finally decided to come to Hong Kong for development.
"Mr. Pei, please rest assured that with my support, you will not be worse in Xiangjiang than you are in your current company I.M. Pei & Partners, or even better. In many countries, I have very good connections. Apart from anything else, I also have good cooperation with many business tycoons in the beautiful country, so Mr. Bei doesn’t have to worry about funding," Su Cheng said with a smile.
In fact, not to mention other places, there will be many landmark buildings in Xiangjiang alone in the future.
As long as he wants to win the design rights of these landmark buildings, the other party will usually give him face. Not to mention the position of the chief designer Mr. Bei in the architectural design industry. If he can be invited to design, what else can he do? Rejectable?
Next, Su Cheng and Mr. Bei chatted for a long time in the reception room. The photo wall in the reception room with leaders from all over the world was also noticed by Mr. Bei.
As a benchmark in the construction and design industry, Mr. Bei has naturally been to many countries and knows a thing or two about the leaders of many countries.
Now, on this small photo wall, Mr. Bei saw bigwigs from various countries whom he was not qualified to contact.
From this photo wall, you can see how strong Su Cheng’s personal connections are.
If nothing else, after reading this photo wall, Mr. Bei’s confidence in the future is even stronger.
With a boss with such a powerful background, what do you have to worry about in the future?
Su Cheng and Mr. Bei chatted in the reception room for more than an hour.
"Mr. Bei, since you are flying back tomorrow, I have to do my part as a landlord and have a casual dinner at my house tonight." Su Cheng said to Mr. Bei at the end.
It is much better to be invited to eat at home than to eat out. This is a family banquet. Generally, only people with good relationships will be invited. This can shorten the distance between each other.
"Mr. Su kindly invites you, so Bei will be welcome." Mr. Bei happily accepted the invitation.
So Su Cheng called home.
Gillian answered the phone, and Su Cheng directly asked her to take charge of the kitchen and cook a sumptuous dinner tonight.
After the explanation, Su Cheng and Mr. Bei left the reception room.
However, he did not go back to the Su family villa immediately because it was still early.
The Su Group Building is not far from the Hutchison Whampoa Group Headquarters Building.
The office of Hutchison Architectural Design Company, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Group, is located in the headquarters building of Hutchison Whampoa Group.
Since he is planning to establish a world-class architectural design company based on Hutchison Architectural Design Company, Su Cheng plans to take Mr. Bei there first to learn more about the company that he will lead in the future.
Su Cheng has not told Wei Li about this matter yet.
However, it doesn’t matter. Although Hutchison Architectural Design Co., Ltd. is a profitable enterprise, it does not make much profit every year. For example, last year, the profit of the entire company was only more than one million Hong Kong dollars. This performance is very ordinary among the many subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Group.
Separating such a company with low profitability will have little impact on the entire Hutchison Whampoa Group, and Wei Li definitely has no objections.
Su Cheng planned to mention this matter to Wei Li by the way when he has something to do with Wei Li in a while.
Ten minutes later, Jaguar from Sioux City arrived downstairs at Hutchison Whampoa Group.
Since getting this Jaguar, Sioux City no longer takes a Rolls-Royce when going out, but this Jaguar.
For the time being, he is riding in this limited edition Jaguar.
When Jaguar cars are officially produced in Xiangjiang in the future, he will ask Jaguar to tailor-make a Jaguar car for him with more comfort and more space. (End of this chapter)