Chapter 277： New York Bid

Hilton Hotel is world-famous, with 2,700 branches and 470,000 guest rooms. Except for the Antarctic, it is all over the world and can be called a "hotel empire".

The New York Manhattan branch of the Hilton Hotel is located in East Manhattan, next to Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center, just a few blocks from Broadway and adjacent to Fifth Avenue. Surrounded by the Museum of Modern Art, Central Park, Lincoln Center and other famous attractions, it also highlights its central location.

In the banquet hall on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel, which can accommodate thousands of people, the environment is mainly decorated with gold and brown colors. Today, it is decorated with relatively solemn gray and silver colors. There is really no loss. In the banquet hall, the staff are making the final preparations, and the busy figures are orderly without a trace of confusion.

It was a sunny day, and the bustling Fifth Avenue was one by one. The lobby on the first floor of the Hilton Hotel was as always, with people coming and going. In the spacious lobby, tourists of all shapes and sizes walk through, including giant businessmen in suits and pens, and leisure people in huā shirts and beach kù: there are polite Japanese people, and there are rough and bold Russians: yes Languages ​​all over the world are piercing the edges, and there are also body language waving like hand strokes... feet. In this space, there is comfort, relaxation, and busyness. It is just a hotel lobby, but it seems like a small world.

The green potted plants that can be seen everywhere, as well as the bright and colorful bouquets, make the indoor spring atmosphere especially strong: the five-colored red wool carpet and the giant chandelier decorated with crystals on the top of the head make the hall low-key and gorgeous everywhere. It can be seen that the luggage operator pushes the luggage cart with the plated steel frame, and picks up and drops the guests quietly.

Kelly Yi Li, as the front desk consulting service staff in the lobby, is responsible for providing reception consulting services for all guests.

"You can walk along this red carpet and take the elevator to the second floor. When you get out of the elevator, the banquet hall will be on your right." He pointed a finger and pointed the way to the banquet hall for the guests in front of him.

Another guest came to participate in the World Trade Center reconstruction design drawing bidding meeting. Kelly and Li Yinqing moved their ankles a little under the counter. Although it was expected that today would be very busy because of this bidding, there was a lot of people coming and going. There were many, even a lot of guests from Europe and Asia, which still surprised Kelly and Lee.

"Hello, which direction is the banquet hall?" A polite voice sounded in front of him, and Kelly quickly put away his distracted thoughts, and took advantage of the situation to smile, "Are you going to participate in the bidding meeting?"

At this time, Kelly and Li looked up to see the guest in front of him, and the other party nodded to confirm. It's Evan Bell! Kelly-Li was somewhat surprised, "Please walk along this red carpet, and at the end is the elevator. The banquet hall is on the right hand side after exiting the elevator on the second floor." She went on without any hesitation.

Looking carefully at the man in front of me again, this face has been seen countless times in newspapers and magazines recently, except that the hair is casually combed into a relatively formal 37 hairstyle, whether it is deep blue eyes, or angular The distinct facial features are exactly the same as those seen on TV.

Kelly-Lee only had time to take a glance out of the corner of his eyes, a navy blue suit jacket, a black shirt on a white background, and no tie. I heard the man say "thank you" with a smile and then turned and left with another middle-aged uncle.

Seeing these two figures walking along the red carpet until they disappeared at the elevator entrance, Kelly and Lee came back to their senses.

It wasn't because Kelly-Lee liked Evan-Bell: of course, she did have a crush on this talented teenager, and she bought Evan-Bell's "One" album: but that's not the point. What's more, during Kelly-Lee's work at the Hilton Hotel, she had close contact with billionaires, dignitaries, and top stars, so Evan-Bell's artist status is not the point.

The reason why Kelly-Lee would be so surprised is that Evan-Bell appeared on this occasion, at the site of the World Trade Center reconstruction design drawing bidding meeting, which was too unexpected. This is an occasion where architects gather, and top architects from all over the world gather together. Kelly and Lee just saw the famous Chinese-American designer IM Pei. This is a professional occasion. In addition to architects, reporters, New York City government staff, etc. will be present, all of which can be predicted by God. But Evan Bell? A singer, actor, what does he do on the scene! visit?

"Hello. . . . I received another guest coming in front of me. Kai to Li buried the doubts and surprises in the bottom of my heart, and went back to work again. However, the question from the visitor caused Kelly and Li's skilled answer to pause for a while. After a while, because the other party asked, "Is that man Evan Bell? "

Who is this guest in front of you? Kelly raised his eyes up and looked into the eyes of the other party. When he was scanning down just now, he saw the camera equipment on his shoulder, which was probably a reporter. Kelly and Li just paused, and the smile on his face was hung up again for a while, "Sir, is there anything I can do to help you? I can create a **** for all questions about the Hilton Hotel. answer for you."

Gossip about guests, especially celebrity gossip, is forbidden by hotel staff.

Although there are many hotel staff who rely on the news of selling stars to earn extra money, Kelly and Li naturally know that, but that is also under the sī, now she is at work, answering any question about any guest at will, it is all inappropriate.

The guest, who was suspected to be a reporter, just glanced at Kelly Yili, and then his eyes wandered in the direction of the closing elevator. He found that the elevator number was stopped on the second floor, so he turned around and asked, "Is there any activity on the second floor today? ?"

This is the responsibility of Kelly-Lee. She still maintains a professional smile. "Today, the bidding for the design drawings of the reconstruction of the World Trade Center building will be held in the banquet hall on the second floor."

The man in front of him smiled suddenly, but then he was suspicious again, and muttered, "Then what is he doing here?" Then, as if he remembered something, he trotted over excitedly.

Leaving Kelly and Li alone to stick to the job, but in the bottom of my heart, there is still a little curiosity about the reason for Evan-Bell's appearance.

After Sean Hall walked into the elevator, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. Today, I was just a bystander. I came to watch this bidding meeting and see if there are any secrets that can be revealed. However, Sean Hall didn't hold out much hope. After all, this was an open bidding meeting, and all reporters could enter the arena. To dig out the breaking point, he had to rely on his own keen insight.

Now, though, things are a lot more interesting. Evan Bell has been the focus of entertainment news recently. How did he appear here, and why did he appear here? The important thing is that Sean Hall looked around and didn't find the paparazzi, either he was dumped by Evan Bell, or they didn't find Evan Bell's whereabouts at all.

Whatever the reason, and whatever the purpose of Evan Bell's coming to this auction, Sean Hall found it newsworthy right away. Even if there are many media today, most of them are social news reporters. They definitely don’t pay much attention to entertainment news. Whether they can know Evan and Bell is two things. , Sean Hall naturally has a great advantage.

Sean Hall couldn't help humming a little tune, and he found that today's press release had a very bright future.

Walking into the banquet hall, the surging crowd had no effect on Sean Hall. Originally, I just planned to come here to look for opportunities, but now that I have a new goal, Sean Hall's spirit suddenly came, and a pair of old-fashioned eyes began to scan the crowd like a shot.

I heard that today's public bidding is just going through the process, and will not be published in detail. Every designer will come on stage, describe the design concept in two sentences, and show the design drawings, even if it is over~www .novelhall.com~ This is also to be expected. Looking at the scale of more than 600 people at the scene today, there are definitely no less than 400 architectural firms aiming to bid successfully. one day.

In addition, today's design concept can be regarded as a big exhibition, allowing everyone to have a basic understanding of competitors, and it is also the first round of selection to avoid plagiarism.

Since there were quite a lot of people at the scene, Sean-Hall took a lot of effort to find Evan Bell, not because he had sharp eyes, but because he actually saw Evan-Bell go to the stage to register his name. "Is this guy actually going to bid?"

As soon as the idea came out, Sean Hall was startled. This is indeed a crazy idea. But on second thought, it's actually not that strange. After all, there are many all-rounders in this world. Maybe the young man in front of him is one. It's just that it's a bit weird to go from a music actor to an architect, and then to go straight to an architect, it's a bit weird, and now it's a bit shocking to participate in such a grand project as "the reconstruction of the World Trade Center" with confidence. .

Sean Hall recalled it carefully. He remembered that Evan Bell was a top student at Harvard University, but he really couldn't remember what major he was in. He should investigate it when he went back. ! .