Two hundred and forty-six: lucky
"We're here." Bai Yu led the entire team of five people to the hotel.
At midnight, the lawn is filled with decorative lights shining with white light, and the fountain in front is illuminated with neon lights. Behind the lights is the hotel, with its unique atrium-style building like a castle, magnificent.
"Is this a fucking hotel or a villa?" Leather Shoes couldn't help but curse. This hotel is much more elegant than any team hotel designated for official events.
"It's going to be a few thousand dollars a night, right?" Xiao Se couldn't help but feel his heart aching when he looked at it. Although he was worth a lot of money now, he was still relatively frugal at heart.
"Don't worry, the general manager of the Hyatt Hotel is my cousin's friend. She has taken care of everything, and all the expenses were earned from my part-time job. I didn't ask for a penny from my family." Bai Yu said with a smile.
Bai Yu, who has deep pockets, booked a famous five-star hotel in Kiev - Hyatt Regency Saint Sofia for the entire SPS team.
The Hyatt Regency Hotel is located in the commercial center of Kiev and is owned by the Pritzker family. The hotel is only a few steps away from Hagia Sophia, St. Michael's Monastery and the famous Kreshshatic small shopping street. It has the characteristics of Saipan.
The spa and top-level gym are equipped with modern fitness equipment and a 20-meter indoor swimming pool. In addition, the restaurant cuisine here is second to none.
"Stop looking outside and go in." Bai Yu led them towards the door.
There was a lot of people outside the gate, there was a red carpet, and there were many media. The scene was huge.
Of course, Xiao Se didn't think that this scene was prepared for SPS. He didn't think that a leader in the e-sports field could get this kind of attention.
"Is there some award ceremony being held here?"
"Wait a minute, let me ask." Bai Yu randomly selected a passerby.
The two chatted briefly, and then Bai Yu ran over happily.
"The Pritzker Prize award ceremony is being held here." She was very excited.
"What prize is that?" Fy asked.
"It is the highest award in the field of architecture." Bai Yu explained.
The Pritzker Prize, also known as the Pritzker Architecture Prize, is an architectural award established in 1979 initiated by Jay Pritzker (founder of Hyatt Hotels) and his wife Cindy, and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation. It has gradually
Developed into the highest international award in the field of architecture.
"You must not understand such a dry explanation. Do you know, I.M. Pei?" Bai Yu asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Then... do you know the Louvre Glass Pyramid? He designed it."
Everyone shook their heads again.
Bai Yu looked slightly embarrassed.
"Just tell me briefly." Xiao Se stood up to smooth things over.
"Mr. Ieoh Ming Pei is the winner of the fifth Pritzker Prize. He participated in the design of the Suzhou Museum in China, the Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing, and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. It is really amazing. My grandfather's villa was renovated from the prototype he designed.
of."
Everyone: "..." Why does this last sentence sound a bit like Versailles?
"So...how should we get in now?" xNova asked, looking at the blocked intersection.
"We can only wait until the award ceremony is over. Let's go and take a look. The passerby just said that there will be a special lottery design session today. A lucky audience will be drawn immediately and ask today's winner to design a home for him.
House." Bai Yu was so excited that her face turned red.
"Ha, even if I design it, I probably won't be able to build it," Xi Xie said with a smile.
"Are you stupid? If you can't afford it, someone else will. This kind of thing has a price but no market. When the time comes, you can resell it and take off immediately?" Fy "provides advice" for leather shoes.
"That's right! Let's go, let's go, don't fight with me." Shoe Shoe shouted, pushing his companions to the front of the crowd.
"I announce! The winners of the 2017 Pritzker Prize are - Mr. Aranda, Ms. Pigham and Mr. Bilalta from Catalonia!"
As the host announced the winners, the audience burst into applause.
This is the first time in history that three architects have won the award together, but what excites the audience the most is that this will also mean that one lucky person will receive an architectural model jointly designed by three famous architects today. This is a rare honor.
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The winners came to the stage to receive their awards. After the awards were over, the host said with a smile: "The next is the most exciting moment. Which lucky audience will win this award? Everyone, please hold the room numbers in your hands. We will
Let’s start extracting…”
"Oh, I almost forgot the room card." Bai Yu hurriedly took out a stack of room cards from her bag and distributed them to the five people one by one.
Because they were booked together, Bai Yu deliberately selected several rooms with consecutive numbers, namely 45, 46, 47...
“Congratulations to the lucky viewer with room number 48!”
The number "48" flashed on the simple large screen.
Xiao Se looked at the 47 in his hand.
"Damn it, why am I 49!" Leather Shoes shouted in discomfort.
"Ah! 51! Damn!" Fy felt equally uncomfortable.
xNova holds the number 45.
So 48 is...
"Haha -" AME opened his mouth and yawned, "Isn't it over yet? I'm sleepy."
"Are you 48?" Bai Yu asked urgently.
"Me?" AME then took out the room card that was still warm. There was a small mark in the lower corner of this exquisite room card - 48.
"No. 48, please come to the stage for audience number 48. If the house is unoccupied, we will conduct a second draw." The host said on the stage.
"Go quickly, go quickly!"
"No, you go, I can't." AME turned around and started to run away.
"Go ahead!" Leather Shoes and Fy worked together to push him to the edge of the stage. AME had no choice but to take small steps and tremble on the stage, and stood there without daring to move, very reserved.
Host: "Hello." (English)
AME: "..."
Host: "Where are you from?"
AME: "..."
Host: "Can you speak English?"
AME: "..."
The audience was completely silent.
Xiao Se and the others were speechless. Although AME talked a lot in private, if he was placed in a strange environment, he would only be able to say two sentences at most.
"Go and help him." Xiao Se, who couldn't laugh or cry, said to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu then raised his hands to take the stage.
"Sorry, his English is not very good. I am his friend and I will be the translator." Bai Yu said in fluent English.
"Okay, thank God you saved this link. Then, please ask your friend to talk about his dream building."
"Just... I can chat with my friends, eat and play games together, and then... the Internet will not be disconnected. It doesn't have to be too good, I can do it." AME finished stammering.
Bai Yu: "..."
The host eagerly awaited her translation.
"I am a professional e-sports player. My dream building is a training base where our team can live together. It does not need to be luxurious. It is best to have a good network environment and ecological environment, which can facilitate teammates to have dinner, games and
Professional training, this is my biggest wish." Bai Yu felt like she was doing sentence expansion exercises in primary school Chinese.
"Professional e-sports player? Oh, I already heard Ms. Pigham's exclamation behind me. It seems that they are very interested in your friend's proposal." The host said with a smile.
With smiles on their faces, the three award winners began to plan the architectural blueprint on the spot.
Chapter completed!