Chapter 271

Xue Guohua saw Xu Hongbo introduce to Zhang Ke their research work on the buildings in Shatin in the late Qing Dynasty for more than half a year. He looked at Zhang Ke in surprise and asked Xu Hongbo: "is this the gold owner who has not shown up?"

"I don't know whether he is the gold owner or not," said Xu Hongbo with a smile. "These census work is really entrusted by him. You have been complaining that I have given you too little funds. You can go to him directly now if you want to add or compensate."

Zhang Ke nodded and smiled at Xue Guohua and said, "it's been a hard time. Xue is old. Some time ago, the company's funds were also very tight, so the funds that can be allocated are limited and will be relaxed in the future."

Complaining about the lack of funds is just a joke with Xu Hongbo. The census of Shatin buildings should have been invested by the government. Xue Guohua has been fighting for funds for years. However, the city is short of money everywhere. At this time, he wants to tear down all Shatin and sell land for money. Where will additional funds be allocated for this matter.

Zhang Ke allocated a total of 300000 funds through Xu Hongbo. Although it is less, it can do the census.

Xue Guohua seriously looked up and down at Zhang Ke: "it's hard to talk about. The ancient construction institute can't always stay idle. The work during this period makes everyone think that the ancient construction institute still has some meaning. It's just that he's always curious. Who will have the mind to do census work at this time?"

There are 1200 or 300 buildings in the east of Shatin, where more than 3000 families live. Many complete houses are occupied by three or four families. These families will separate the whole house with brick walls and open their own exits on the original courtyard walls; In the mid-1990s, the urban housing problem has not been well solved, especially in the generation of Zhang Ke's parents. There are many brothers and sisters. Due to the lack of housing, it is not easy to separate their families. Many families live together for three or four generations. In order to live more people, almost all the pavilions and pavilions in the old style house have been demolished and replaced by simple houses in the yard.

The census mentioned by Xue Guohua is to find out the current situation of these buildings. For buildings with preservation value, it is also necessary to draw structural drawings as detailed as possible. The workload is very large. It is very wonderful to be able to complete one-third of the census in less than a year.

With such a large workload, it is far from enough to rely on the existing four or five people in the Institute for the protection of ancient buildings. Zhang Ke provided a small amount of funds through Xu Hongbo, and Xue Guohua invited teachers and students from the school of architecture of Haizhou university to participate.

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "we are a Hong Kong company. We think that the buildings in Shatin may be preserved as a whole. That's the best thing. We want to find out the buildings before we entrust you to do some census work..."

Xue Guohua listened to Zhang Ke's words, immediately got up from his seat and said to Xu Hongbo, "your drawings are still where they are?" seeing Xu Hongbo nodding, he ran out without saying hello.

Xu Hongbo smiled at Zhang Ke and said: "Mr. Xue has devoted his whole life to the protection of Shatin buildings. At present, Mr. Xue has focused on the protected buildings in Shatin. The ancient buildings are subordinate to the Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Cultural Relics Bureau has also set up demolition companies. There are many controversial buildings in Shatin West. The demolition companies under the cultural relics bureau have no scruples and mercy, For this matter, Mr. Xue pointed to the nose of the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau and scolded. In short, Mr. Xue fell out with the officials of the Cultural Relics Bureau on the issue of whether the Shatin buildings should be demolished or left. It's just that Mr. Xue has great prestige in the industry. The guys of the cultural relics bureau have always wanted to kick him away, but they can't succeed. "

Zhang Ke shook his head reluctantly, smiled and said, "the officials of the Cultural Relics Bureau, if other families want to demolish Shatin, they should try their best to stop it if they want to have a little bit of professional ethics." Zhang Ke knows better than anyone about the demolition company of the Cultural Relics Bureau. It is not only a controversial building, but also the bastard thing that the demolition company openly demolished the municipal cultural relics protection units for the sake of interests. Although it is not clear whether such bastard thing will happen again, it should be prevented, "To preserve the Shatin East film, we must first adjust the officials of the Cultural Relics Bureau. They are the only organization that can give administrative support openly..."

"Have you communicated with Tang Xueqian?" Xu Hongbo asked.

Zhang Ke shook his head and said, "I've been busy with other things. When I heard that someone wanted to move the land in Shatin East, I remembered that I had to do some substantive work here..."

Xu Hongbo is a person who knows everything about the world. He doesn't need to speak about many things. He knows everything from the end of the twig. The funds provided by Zhang Ke were initially remitted from the account of Haizhou Yuexiu company. When Xu Si went to Hong Kong, they were directly remitted by the Hong Kong company.

Xu Hongbo nodded and didn't ask Zhang Ke what else he was busy with. He said, "it's to do some substantive work..."

Chen feirong followed Xue Guohua and helped him bring in a lot of drawings. She was stunned when she saw Zhang Ke and Xu Hongbo sitting in front of the chessboard. She remembered that Zhang Ke hadn't come to play chess with Xu Hongbo for many days.

Xu Hongbo said to Xue Guohua, "it's not necessary to take out all the drawings. How much can you see at once?"

"I only picked some!" Xue Guohua picked them with some gray eyebrows. Regardless of the chess pieces not found in the chess box, he piled the drawings on the chess table, took out one, spread it out to Zhang Ke, and said excitedly: "look, what a beautiful building. It's a pity to dismantle it..."

It is not a formal blueprint, but a large sketch to directly outline the main structure of the building, which is beautiful.

Xu Hongbo said: "these are the original appearance of the restored buildings. It takes a lot of effort to restore the buildings whose structures have been damaged in reality. It takes a lot of effort for each building, not to mention so many?"

Xue Guohua stared at Xu Hongbo and said, "which position are you talking from?"

Xu Hongbo smiled and said, "I'm just talking about seeking truth from facts." the chess tables were full of drawings. Chen feirong didn't know where to put the drawings in her arms. Xu Hongbo called someone to move a chess table together and asked Chen feirong to put down the drawings.

Chen feirong thought Zhang Ke had come to play chess with Xu Hongbo. Unexpectedly, Xue Guohua showed him the drawings. She was very surprised. Zhang Ke nodded and smiled at her. She was surprised and didn't know how to respond, but she looked colder on her face. Zhang Ke thought she still had a consistent misunderstanding about herself, but she didn't care too much. She took the drawing in the hand of old Xue Guohua and looked serious.

Chen feirong put down the drawings and saw that everyone else in the chess yard was far away. She also knew that she shouldn't stand there. She was surprised to see Zhang Ke more. She returned to the side hall to continue to review her lessons. She just didn't understand in her heart: why should she show Zhang Ke the drawings collected by Xu Hongbo?

Zhang Ke looked at some pictures and said to Xu Hongbo, "my father and I are both laymen in this matter. Mr. Xu, can you go with Mr. Xue to see Uncle Tang and report what you have done..."

Xue Guohua didn't know who the "Uncle Tang" in Zhang Ke's mouth was. He asked and glanced at Xu Hongbo.

Xu Hongbo explained: "Tang Xueqian, his father is Zhang Zhixing..." ignoring the shock in Xue Guohua's eyes, he turned to ask Zhang Ke, "it's OK to report our current work to Tang Xueqian, but Tang Xueqian asked us what we're going to do next. How should we answer?"

Zhang Ke smiled and said, "this is the question you asked Uncle Tang. Why should I answer it?"

Xu Hongbo said with a smile, "you take the lead in doing this. At this time, there is no way to play tricks. The city has long had a unified opinion on the demolition of the whole Shatin. If Tang Xueqian wants to turn the tide, we have to find an excuse for him."

Zhang Ke said, "Uncle Tang's mind is also wavering now. Mr. Xu first pulled uncle Tang into our camp and talked about what I can do in the future..." Zhang Ke thought for a while and asked Xue Guohua, "Mr. Xue, is there a building worth repairing and protecting in Danjing lane?"

"Yes, why not? Danjing lane and the whole lane are worth repairing..." Xue Guohua found some from the drawings and handed them to Zhang Ke. "Look at this one. The main building, family building, zigzag corridor and courtyard stage are typical three entry old hall buildings in the middle of the Qing Dynasty... And this one, the earliest chess hall in the late Qing Dynasty, a typical guild hall building..."

Zhang Ke picked up the restoration map of the chess hall building and asked Xue Guohua, "how much money does it cost to restore the courtyard to its original appearance?"

"It must be about 1.78 million..." Xue Guohua said with some uncertainty, not the cost of repair, but the intention of Zhang Ke's question.

The three storey square brick and wood guild building, with a construction area of only 800 square meters, is marked next to the drawing. It probably doesn't take one million to tear down and rebuild a foreign building with similar structure and a considerable area, but it will cost almost two or three times more to repair and restore the original appearance, plus the money to buy the old building. The repair of cultural relics really costs money. Should the city avoid it? Zhang Ke's previous estimation is still small.

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