two years later
The climate in Zurich at the end of June is warm and pleasant, with a hint of summer.
As soon as Shiyang walked into the office, her friend Susanna handed her the design plan, not forgetting to inform her: "Shiyang, don't forget the school graduation ceremony in two days."
Shiyang paused when he heard this. After thinking about it, he nodded: "Yeah, okay."
He smiled and thanked her again: "Thank you."
Susanna smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "Why are you so polite to me?"
Suzanne and Shi Yang are classmates in the same class. They are natives of Switzerland. They also joined the Shaoyu Architectural Office as an intern with Shi Yang. They are partners in study and work. They are one of the few Shi Yang has in Zurich. One of my friends.
Shiyang joined Shaoyu Architects just over a year ago.
Initially she had no intention of coming in, so Tang Shaoyu and Yan Yao tried to persuade her for a year but she still refused.
But later, because she really could not find a more suitable internship unit, as a student and newcomer, no company except Shaoyu Architects dared to let her directly participate in project design.
Basically, you start as a handyman assistant. The work is tedious and you have limited opportunities to practice. In addition, there are different philosophies caused by different cultures, as well as requirements such as sitting on the clock. After searching around, Shiyang finally chose Shaoyu Architects.
Probably because he really liked her design style, Tang Shaoyu gave Shiyang great freedom and authority at work.
Not only did she become the chief designer as soon as she came in, but she also respected her ideas and inspirations at work. Shiyang was not required to clock in from nine to five every day. She could only attend important meetings such as brainstorming and other creative meetings. Only then will she be asked to attend. At other times, most of the communication is online.
In the first half of the year, Shi Yang was busy with work and study, so he basically didn't work.
In recent months, I have finished my graduation project and have slowly started to work normally from nine to five. However, Tang Shaoyu did not impose any requirements on Shiyang in terms of clocking in and attending work, so most of the time, Shiyang was free.
Suzanne also started to clock in and attend classes every day after her studies became less busy in the past few months. Her starting point was lower than Shiyang's. She was a graduate student with direct undergraduate studies, limited work experience, and no projects that she could produce, so she joined the company temporarily. I started as an assistant.
Although Shiyang has never worked in a company, he benefited from the crisis awareness he gained during his student days.
When Yang first entered college, she knew very well that her family would not be able to provide her with any help in her work in the future. In addition, she had had the desire to study at ETH Zurich since her freshman year, and she also knew very well that her family could not provide her with any help. This support could not be given either financially or psychologically, so Shiyang was mentally prepared for his future at that time.
She started looking at possible ways to make money right from the time she entered college.
She majored in architecture at university, with an emphasis on architectural design. She has good drawing and design skills, so at first she was introduced to some book cover designs and original character creations by friends.
But because of her serious work attitude, the style of her works is also quite likable, and she has a large market audience. Gradually, she has a stable cooperative publishing house. Many people who publish books specially ask her for manuscripts, and appoint her to do character design and cover design. Shiyang's income has also risen with the tide.
During her junior year, the IP craze caught up again. Shiyang took on several IP adaptation projects relying on the contacts she had accumulated from doing original artwork and cover design. The market response was good, and Shiyang also took advantage of this market opportunity to save her life. The first pot of gold.
Although compared with Fu Jingchuan and the people around him, the money may be just what they spent on a vacation, but for Shiyang, she has completed her study abroad and accumulated a small amount of assets before marriage, so she will not have to face the fork in life. The time was too hesitant.
But Shiyang also knew that these were just ways for her to make money and fulfill her dreams.
Her original intention was to become an architectural designer, so during the four years of college, in addition to working part-time to make money, she spent the rest of her time on improving her professional capabilities and practicing, which included actively participating in various domestic and foreign architecture. Design competition.
Shiyang's plan at that time was very clear.
After graduation, she wanted to work in an excellent architectural firm. As a newcomer, she was not competitive with her experienced seniors, so she thought of relying on competitions to brush up her resume, have works, and win awards. To make her graduate work resume look more eye-catching, she also paid special attention when preparing for the competition.
At that time, when everyone was still immersed in the relaxation and freshness brought by passing the college entrance examination, Shiyang's life except for classes only included the library.
She spent almost every free moment in the library reading books, looking for inspiration, drawing sketches, and overturning design plans one after another. In the end, she didn’t know whether it was because Huang Tian paid off or she really had that kind of talent. , Shiyang unexpectedly won the second prize in the architectural design competition in his freshman year.
As a freshman, being able to win an award in such an important large-scale competition was a sensation in the college. As a result, Shiyang attracted the attention of Ling Zhendong, their professional course professor and a well-known domestic architect. Start trying to take her on projects.
Shiyang herself strives for success, learning and exploring at the same time, and works hard without complaining. She is deeply liked by Ling Zhendong, and the projects she is involved in gradually move from team projects without authorship rights to projects with authorship rights.
When Shi Yang was in his senior year, Ling Zhendong was busy with work and couldn't spare time to deal with a small landmark project that he didn't think was very important, so he tried to leave it to Shi Yang to design independently. Unexpectedly, Shi Yang passed the review with the first draft. And after the project was completed, it quickly became a local internet celebrity and everyone praised it.
Although Shiyang later took a turn in her life due to pregnancy and marriage, she did not choose to stay at home just because the man she married was rich and powerful during her two years of marriage to Fu Jingchuan. Washing hands and making soup, she had never been obsessed with wealthy families, it was just that the man she once fell in love with happened to be born into a wealthy family.
Shiyang knew very well at that time that he could not imitate Fang Wanqing's attitude of enjoying the life of a wealthy family.
It's not that she is arrogant, it's just that she is used to being free and loose, and is used to relying on herself for everything. She also has the ability to make money and a financial foundation, and she really can't do those things where she always stoops to please others.
Therefore, although she was not at work, she and Ling Zhendong continued to cooperate, and they also produced some design works intermittently during those two years.
These work experiences and works accumulated from her student days allowed Tang Shaoyu to open a window for her.
Shiyang was very grateful to Tang Shaoyu for giving her this job opportunity, and also grateful to herself for her hard work during the years of college and the two years of marriage.
