As a young architect, and a somewhat famous one at that, Guo Dongyue had seen a lot of things, from small villas of local tycoons to large public buildings of Binhai City. Whether it was as an individual or as a member of a design institute, he had been involved in the design of all of them.
There were a lot of tycoons who had pets. Male tycoons especially liked large pets, such as the Tibetan mastiff, which was very popular a few years ago, and now there were all kinds of cats and dogs. All of them were rare and precious. When designing villas, tycoons often asked him to leave a separate space for pets. For large pets, the size of the reserved space was comparable to the entire house of an ordinary family.
One or two years ago, Guo Dongyue had seen a large parrot in a rich woman's house. It had been a long time, so he couldn't remember the scientific name of the parrot. Now that Zhang Zian mentioned it, he immediately remembered. Yes, it was also an African grey parrot.
At that time, the female tycoon asked him to design a separate greenhouse for the grey parrot. More than 90% of the materials should be tempered glass, and the design should be as transparent as possible, so that the grey parrot would feel like it was in the wild.
Guo Dongyue didn't say anything, but he didn't agree with it. No matter how high-end a greenhouse was, how could it compare to 1% of the wild? But after all, she was a tycoon, and the higher the requirements, the more money he could make, so why not? So he racked his brains and designed a greenhouse that was almost 100% tempered glass. It looked like an observatory, with a cylindrical lower half and a hemispherical dome on the upper half. The female tycoon was very satisfied with the design and couldn't stop praising it.
In the process of designing and supervising the construction, he knew why the female tycoon was so interested in the parrot. Of course, it was because the parrot could speak a lot. He didn't know how many words it could say, but it could at least say a hundred.
After the greenhouse was built, the female tycoon invited her friends to have a party. The purpose was to show off. What was the point of being a tycoon if she didn't show off when she had such a good thing? As a young and talented designer, Guo Dongyue was also invited.
The weather that day was very good. The sun was setting in the evening, and the sunset radiated across the entire blue-black sky like a blooming rose. The glass greenhouse was clean and smooth like a mirror, reflecting the sunset and rosy clouds, flowing with light and vibrant colors, and it was incomparably beautiful.
The female tycoon's girlfriends were shocked when they saw the greenhouse. They screamed and congratulated the female tycoon. Guo Dongyue's face lit up when he heard that. When the female tycoon introduced him as the designer of the greenhouse, her girlfriends surrounded him and asked him all sorts of questions.
After dealing with these women with great difficulty, the female tycoon brought everyone into the greenhouse. An elegant European-style rattan chair had been placed in the center, and a matching rattan table had English black tea cups and teapots on it. The surroundings were filled with flowers, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers. The fiery sunset shone through the glass, but it did not feel dazzling at all. The atmosphere was excellent.
When they stepped into the greenhouse, they suddenly heard a greeting — — "Hello, welcome to my humble home!"
Her girlfriends were confused and asked each other who was talking. Only Guo Dongyue knew that it was probably the parrot that was treasured by the female tycoon. During the design and construction process, he had never seen this parrot with his own eyes. He only reserved a few bars in the greenhouse for it to hold — they were all gilded.
He looked around and soon found the parrot on one of the bars. It looked similar to Zhang Zian's parrot, maybe a little smaller. The biggest difference was its eyes. The eyes of the parrot were normal bird eyes. Although they were also very flexible, they were a bit too flexible, as if they were constantly changing their focus, like a wild animal that was always alert to its surroundings.
On the other hand, Zhang Zian's parrot's eyes were always on Guo Dongyue, as if it was judging him. When he moved one step to the left, Richard's eyes moved to the left; when he moved one step to the right, Richard's eyes moved to the right … It was like a shadow following the body!
Strange! So strange!
Guo Dongyue could only say so.
As for its eyes … Guo Dongyue didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that there was intelligence in its eyes. It was a feeling that could only be sensed, but couldn't be described. When it stared at you, it was as if it was trying to convey something with its eyes, as if it was saying … Are you gay? No, no, this must be an illusion, definitely!
The female tycoon's grey parrot was amazing since they entered the greenhouse. It successfully attracted everyone's attention from the beautiful greenhouse and the tea set, and completely made Guo Dongyue's painstaking work become the background.
"Hey! Your new hairstyle is so beautiful! "
"Beauty! Look here! Look here! "
"It's going to rain tomorrow. Remember to bring an umbrella."
"Even an old driver should be careful when driving."
"Sleep! Sleep! "
All kinds of flattering words came out of its mouth. Sometimes some of them were repeated, but it didn't matter. Later on, people even tried to make it say the same thing over and over again. The female customers gathered around its handle and teased it, admiring the cleverness of the parrot.
Several women ran over and asked the female tycoon where she bought the parrot, and how much it cost, saying that they wanted to buy one too. The female tycoon said that parrots were available for sale, but her parrot was special. Someone picked it for her, and then she hired experts to help her train it. A normal African grey parrot would cost at least tens of thousands, and a parrot that could say more than a hundred sentences would cost at least two or three hundred thousand.
The rich women didn't care about two or three hundred thousand, but obviously, this parrot was hard to come by. It couldn't be bought even with money, because it not only needed money, but also training time and patience.
Guo Dongyue didn't join in the fun. He poured himself a cup of black tea, stood a little further away, and observed the parrot with the unique calmness and insight of a designer. After the initial excitement, he was a little disappointed. The parrot amused the rich women, but in essence, it was just a pet, no different from a cute kitten or puppy.
However, the parrot in Zhang Zian's shop was different.
Guo Dongyue noticed that when Zhang Zian mentioned who he was joking with, he was referring to the parrot at first, but he changed his mind halfway. If Zhang Zian wasn't joking, then this parrot was not simple …
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