While Jiang Yilu was opening the door, Tan Yin also took the opportunity to slip out, and then followed Jiang Yilu into the room. As luck would have it, the thunder stopped shortly after she entered the room.
Jiang Yilu was mentally prepared, but she was still shocked: "Damn it, Tan Yin, you're going to scare me to death! How come you suddenly appear!"
Tan Yin was not going to confess the mistake she made last night, so she had to explain, "I saw that the door was locked, so I had to spend the night on the sofa in the living room of the hostel."
Although they couldn't play on the beach because of the previous rain, the investigation of the high-end hotels and resort buildings on the beach was not affected. Tan Yin and Jiang Yilu changed their clothes and went out.
However, the two of them ran into Chu Hang and Xu Yu again at the door. Jiang Yilu and Xu Yu had just had a quarrel and rolled their eyes at each other as a greeting, while Tan Yin waved to Chu Hang in a servile manner: "Hi, Chu Hang, good morning!"
Chu Hang glanced at Tan Yin coldly, then turned his eyes away slightly unnaturally.
Tan Yin wanted to get closer to Chu Hang. She rubbed her hands and said, "Why are your eyes so dark? Did you not sleep well? Are you worried about something? We are all classmates. You can talk to me about anything." She hinted with a sly intention, "I know that most people are trapped in love at least once in their lives, such as falling in love with someone they shouldn't love. I have a lot of experience in this area. Really, don't think that talking about your emotional problems is taking up my time. If you feel embarrassed, you can return the favor and tutor me."
"I'm not in love with anyone at all!" Chu Hang's voice was full of gnashing teeth. He looked like he was about to explode with anger. He even abandoned his usual noble and cold demeanor. He couldn't help but raise his voice by one decibel. He almost shouted these words, with a kind of rage as if someone had hit the nail on the head.
He glared at Tan Yin and changed the subject: "Don't try to talk nonsense about your experience. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have?"
Tan Yin looked at Chu Hang and blinked, without saying anything. She just raised her hand and made a heart shape with her thumb and index finger towards him.
She asked tentatively, "You?"
"… "
"Hey! Chu Hang, don't leave! I've already told you that I've turned over a new leaf recently and I don't have any improper thoughts about you! Hey! Listen to my explanation! I'm just giving an example! I just want to say that if you have any emotional problems, you can talk to me! I'm a person who is good at giving advice!"
However, all Chu Hang left for Tan Yin was a back view of him walking away quickly. His steps were even a little messy, as if he was trying to avoid her.
*****
Due to the weather, the architecture department went to several five-star resort hotels on the beach for research. Some practiced hand-painting outside the hotel, some used SLR cameras to take photos from multiple angles, and some circled the hotel to observe the facade. Once it comes to design research, everyone has different ideas, so the direction and route of the research may not be the same. For example, Jiang Yilu prefers taking photos, while Tan Yin likes sketching. The two did not stick to going in and out together, and simply separated.
Originally, during such field research, Tan Yin would not do any homework after drawing sketches, but since she made up her mind to learn architecture, she has completely changed her laziness. Tan Yin may not have any outstanding advantages, but her persistence in identifying goals and her courage to move forward are what she is proud of.
She walked into the hotel lobby and began to observe the design of this five-star hotel from the inside. To truly do a good job of design, one must personally experience the environment and atmosphere of the building, and understand the function of the building. Therefore, it is even more necessary to accurately grasp the service lines that the building can provide, so as to have a better grasp of the functional zoning.
For high-end hotels that combine resort functions, guests have requirements for catering, entertainment activities, fitness facilities, outdoor gardens, hotel shopping, etc. in addition to accommodation. How to divide these functions sought by guests into appropriate proportions in hotel design, design scientific flow lines for people, and at the same time meet the needs of the owners so that the hotel management can operate smoothly is a big question.
Tan Yin took notes as she walked, and then she realized that when she had boasted to Chu Hang before, her understanding of architecture was still too superficial. Now that she had truly entered this subject, she found that there were knowledge points everywhere.
Tan Yin visited several high-end restaurants and bars of different styles and tastes in the hotel from the hotel lobby. Coincidentally, almost every time she arrived at a place, she could see Chu Hang not far away. There was no special expression on his face, and he didn't even raise his eyelids. He was just concentrating on writing and drawing in his sketchbook, as if he didn't see her at all.
But when Tan Yin walked to the hotel garden, Chu Hang, who had been walking in front of her coldly and arrogantly, finally turned back as if he could no longer bear it.
He glared at Tan Yin: "Can you please stop following me?"
"I'm not following you. I'm also researching and visiting the hotel's interior design." Tan Yin blinked and spread out her sketchbook, "Look..."
Tan Yin's sketchbook is filled with drawings, and the areas around the drawings are also filled with notes.
"Chu Hang, I've been really obsessed with studying lately and have no intention of falling in love." Tan Yin took the opportunity to clear up Chu Hang's misunderstanding of her. She said righteously, "Since I was possessed by the devil last time, I have been reciting the Diamond Sutra every day, cultivating my character, and have reformed myself. Now even if you beg me to fall in love with you on your knees, I will not agree! Now the only thing that can make me happy is studying! Chu Hang! I'm warning you, don't disturb me while I'm studying!"
"… "
After Tan Yin said this, Chu Hang's expression became even more sullen, and he looked as if he was about to go to heaven with anger. However, Tan Yin's sketchbook had already proved her innocence, so Chu Hang could only glare at Tan Yin fiercely again before turning around and continuing to walk.
Tan Yin didn't care about this episode, and she quickly devoted herself to the analysis and study of the surrounding functional areas. Because it was a beach hotel, in addition to the water garden full of hydrological elements, the entire hotel took advantage of the tropical climate of City C and moved all the surrounding tropical plant elements into the hotel. Wherever Tan Yin passed, there were lush green plants and blooming tropical flowers. At this moment, the hotel garden where she was actually had no obvious boundaries with the other functional areas of the hotel, because the designer moved the entire hotel into a botanical garden, surrounded all the functional areas with plants and flowers, and the coconut trees surrounded the entire hotel in the center, bringing out the characteristics of the tropical beach to the extreme, quiet and natural, full of design and fashion.
Almost every time she arrived at a functional area, Tan Yin immediately took out her sketchbook to draw, and kept thinking about the designer's design points. When she was really immersed in it, she unconsciously forgot about the surrounding environment. Unconsciously, she had been with Chu Hang all the way, but she really didn't spare a minute to look at Chu Hang.
Tan Yin was a little unsatisfied after just seeing everything there was to see in the guest reception area. It would be great if she could investigate the backstage area of the hotel… The hotel’s kitchen operation area, logistics management office, electromechanical equipment room operation area, warehouse, staff dormitory, these are all important factors that designers should take into consideration when designing a hotel, because only a good backstage area design can support the function of the guest reception area. This backstage area, which most people don’t care about, actually accounts for about 20% of the hotel’s total building area.
However, architecture students like Tan Yin had no chance to go deep into the backstage area of the hotel. Tan Yin felt a little regretful about this. She closed her sketchbook and prepared to get up and leave. It was at this time that she finally noticed Chu Hang not far away. He was talking to a middle-aged male staff member in hotel uniform.
"Uncle Lin, my father told you before that I want to investigate the backstage area of the hotel. I'd like to trouble you to take me for a tour."
As Tan Yin passed by Chu Hang, she keenly caught Chu Hang's words. Tan Yin almost immediately stopped and turned around: "Can I go with you?"
Although Tan Yin had prepared a lot of flattering words, she also knew that Chu Hang would most likely refuse. Chu Hang might not be willing to share the visiting opportunity he got with his own connections with others, not to mention that she and he had a very tense relationship...
As expected, Chu Hang glanced at her coldly, ignored her, and walked away.
Tan Yin was about to complain about Chu Hang to vent her anger, but she saw him frowning and turning his head back: "Why are you still standing there?" He urged impatiently, "Why don't you follow me?"
Almost as soon as she reacted, Tan Yin followed him happily. She was so excited that she couldn't help but stretch out her hand again to give Chu Hang a touching heart gesture.
As a result, just as the action was about to be launched, Chu Hang warned coldly: "If you dare to make a heart gesture again, don't come back."
"… "
Tan Yin choked and tried to say something else to liven up the atmosphere: "Chu Hang, you should smile more and be less tense. Look at me, I laugh every day, which naturally makes me feel relaxed. I never suffer from insomnia or sleep poorly. Have you ever heard that girls who love to laugh usually have good luck..."
"Tan Yin."
"kindness?"
"If you don't keep quiet, I'll let you know that girls who love to laugh usually have bad luck."
"… "
"Then Chu Hang, I want to ask you a question..."
"Also, don't ask me questions."
"… "
Tan Yin had no choice but to shut up and tried to reduce her presence, following closely the hotel staff called Uncle Lin and Chu Hang.
Once she started the research, Tan Yin did not speak again. She carefully recorded the flow design of the backstage area, observed the flow lines of employees going to and from get off work, the flow lines of the laundry room and other flow designs. In hotel design, the flow design of the backstage is very important. First of all, the actual use of the hotel operation must be considered, and secondly, it must be organically connected with the functions of the guest area. For a good flow design, the guest flow line and the service flow line should avoid crossing.
Uncle Lin showed the two of them around the administrative office area, the human resources department and staff area, the housekeeping department and laundry room, the engineering department and the mechanical and electrical area of the computer room, and then he began to lead the two back: "Okay, I'll take you out now."
"What about the cargo area and the kitchen operation area?"
"Uncle Lin, can't we see the unloading area, garbage disposal room, warehouse, and kitchen?"
Tan Yin and Chu Hang asked the question almost at the same time.
Uncle Lin smiled and said, "According to the hotel regulations, the cargo area and the kitchen operation area are generally not allowed to be visited."
Although Chu Hang was a little disappointed, he still nodded in understanding: "Okay, thank you Uncle Lin, thank you for bothering you today." After he said that, he followed Uncle Lin to the customer service area.
Tan Yin didn't say anything. She lowered her head, opened her sketchbook, picked up her pen and began to draw quickly.
Just as she was about to walk from the administrative office area to the hotel front desk, Tan Yin finally finished her painting. She raised her head, smiled, and handed a few pages she had just torn from the sketchbook to Uncle Lin: "Uncle, this is for you! I really like drawing comics. Thank you especially for taking us on a tour. These are my thank you gifts to you. It's just a small token of my respect!"
Uncle Lin took the comics, held them in his hands and looked at them, then smiled and put them into his trouser pockets. He squinted at Tan Yin and said, "Thank you, little classmate. Let me show you around the storeroom and kitchen, although we don't allow you to visit them in principle. But since you guys rarely come here, and this is a rare opportunity, I'll take you on a brief tour."
Chu Hang was a little surprised, then he said gratefully: "Thank you Uncle Lin!"
“You’re welcome.” Uncle Lin looked at Tan Yin kindly and smiled, “This little classmate is very thoughtful.”
Just like that, the fat middle-aged man Uncle Lin took Chu Hang and Tan Yin to visit the cargo area and the kitchen area. The opportunity to visit the hotel's backstage area so completely for the first time was indeed precious. Both Tan Yin and Chu Hang felt that they benefited a lot. In the end, they said goodbye to Uncle Lin with reluctance.
Back at the hotel front desk, Tan Yin couldn't help but feel proud: "See, I was the one who finally got Uncle Lin to do it? You can thank me for seeing the warehouse and kitchen area today! You told me not to ask. If I hadn't asked, would you have been able to see it? Would you have been able to get such a good intuitive feeling of the hotel's hardware and software facilities?"
Tan Yin smiled and said, "I have done my homework in advance. The backstage area is actually more important than the guest-facing area. The backstage area can reflect the service standards and concepts of a hotel. Any details, such as bathroom equipment for the disabled and whether the design is child-friendly, play a very important role in the hotel's reputation positioning. The reason why a five-star hotel is a five-star hotel is that in addition to using high-end brands for bathroom products and excellent hardware facilities, their differentiated services bring differences to guests. However, without an excellent backstage area design, these services cannot be achieved."
Chu Hang snorted coldly, "Tan Yin, Uncle Lin was willing to take us on the tour. Do you think it was really because of your comics?" Chu Hang glanced at Tan Yin, "It was mainly because of me. My dad knew Uncle Lin and greeted him in advance, so you were able to follow me to see the backstage area. Do you really think he was so moved by your two comics that he made an exception on the spot? How naive."
"Well, of course he won't change his mind just because of a few comics I have." Tan Yin nodded, and she looked at Chu Hang steadily, "He changed his mind because of the five Mao Zedongs I put in the comics."
Tan Yin ignored Chu Hang's frowning and stunned expression and said expressionlessly: "I told him metaphorically in the comic that I offered five Mao Zedongs in exchange for an exception."
"… "
"So you didn't hear him thank me for my kindness?"
"… "
Tan Yin patted Chu Hang's shoulder with a smile: "So, your father's connections don't seem to be as useful as my five Mao Zedongs?" Tan shook his head, looking distressed, "Young people nowadays are so damn naive!"
"… "
"By the way, speaking of this, idiot, you want cash or bank transfer?"
Chu Hang glared at Tan Yin.
Tan Yin glanced at him and urged, "Hurry up, the ticket fee is 500 yuan, split it, 250 yuan per person, pay it all at once, no installments."
Chu Hang looked unreasonable: "Tan Yin, you... are simply indescribable."
"Successful people are hard to describe." Tan Yin accepted the money and looked very happy. "I'm not saying anything bad about you, Chu Hang. Uncle Lin just said that the cargo area and the kitchen area were not allowed to be seen, and you just gave in. You didn't even fight for it. Does this fit the style of us architecture students? If you become an architectural designer in the future, won't you be tortured to death by the client? If you can't argue with reason, you can only stay up all night to modify the plan. I think your hair will not be saved."
"… "
Chu Hang wanted to refute, but at that moment, he knew that Tan Yin was right. Being an architect requires not only professionalism, the ability to listen to the needs of the client and study the purpose of the building and the target user group, but also an indomitable spirit of resistance. If necessary, one even needs to be as shameless as Tan Yin to find a different way.
Although Chu Hang didn't want to admit it, Tan Yin was indeed not completely useless. She was determined to achieve her goal, and was flexible and adaptable in order to do so. This actually made her look a little better at the moment. Of course, it was only a little bit.
The author has something to say: Comments of more than 20 words in this chapter will receive a red envelope~ (until the next chapter is updated at 8 pm tomorrow night)
And, take note, Chu Hang didn't like Tan Yin because of self-hypnosis! Our invisible hero Tan Yin also has many advantages! For example, once he decides on something, he will do his best to do it, he is a very persistent person in his heart, and he is flexible and adaptable to achieve his goals~
ps: The hotel design part refers to the textbook materials of architecture major
Reader's "Searching" mini-theater
Yinyin: You peeked at my breasts
Chu Hang: You peeked at my back
Yinyin: OK, we're even.
Chu Hang: No, it's unfair.
Yinyin:…
Chu Hang: You touched my chest muscles, abdominal muscles and buttocks, is it my turn next
Reader's small theater "Moon Leaves Wind"
Tan Yin: Anyway, no one can see me, so I can let myself go without limits, yeah~
Chu Hang: Only I can see and hear Tan Yin. It is definitely a hallucination. I can’t touch him. This is a disease. Hold on!
Tan Yin: I opened God's eyes and knew these secrets. Everyone else is drunk but I am the only one awake. I feel so lonely~
Chu Hang: This is a disease, this is a disease, don't pay attention to it, if you look at it for one more second you will lose!