When she heard this, Elaine could not help but exclaim, "Oh my! The designing fee for one square meter costs at least eight hundred to one thousand dollars?! Wouldn't that be at least fifty to sixty million dollars, then? This is simply too shocking!"
Claire smiled as she said, "What is so shocking about i t? Some internationally renowned designers charge hundreds of millions of dollars purely for the exterior design of a building!"
Elaine touched her chest, and she hurriedly asked her, "My good daughter, are you planning to take on the project, then?"
Claire earnestly replied, "Of course I would love to take on the project. However, my studio is not that big at the moment. If I were to take on such a big project, I a m afraid that I will not be able to compete with my opponents during the bidding and tender.
Furthermore, there is also a lot of preparatory work that has to be done. If I were to tender for the project, I will have to put my heart and soul into it now to prepare for the tender..." 4
As she spoke, Claire could not help but sigh as she said, "Sigh. The scale of the company is actually quite big. I am afraid that I will not be able to take on and
carry out such a large project!" 3
Elaine asked in surprise, "Don't you simply have to move things around on your laptop when you come up with a design? Why wouldn't you be able to carry it out to completion?"
Claire said, "It is not simple as you make it out to be. They have a business area of more than a hundred thousand square meters. We will have to come up with a complete design for more than a dozen different types of rooms. We will also need to design several different dining areas as well as leisure and entertainment areas. Besides, there is also the overall design volume for the administration office, security office, and also the fire protection planning."
"This is similar to creating an animated film. An ordinary person would think that creating an animated film is all about finding a group of people who can draw, right? In truth, a one-second scene would require twenty pictures, and there would be at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pictures in a one hour and thirty
minutes animated film. Several hundreds of people would need to do this over the span of several years.” 4
After that, Claire said, "We do not have many people working in our studio. Even if we can secure this big project, we will not be able to complete it on our own. We will have to subcontract some work to some other design studios so that they can work together with us. We would need more than a dozen designers to work o n it, and it will take us more than half a year to get it
After that, Claire said with some worry, "However, my studio is indeed a little too small. There will be so many different companies bidding for the project this time. So, I really do not have the confidence that I will be able to win this bid."
Charlie smiled as he said, "Wife, you should just go all out to get it done if you are interested to do so. If you can win the bid for the project, it will prove to be an excellent opportunity for you. If you fail to get the bid for the project, you will not incur any actual losses anyway. It will be nothing more than a waste of your time and energy. What do you think about it?"
"Yes...” Claire nodded slightly and said, "I just want to try my best. So, starting from today, I will lead my team to work overtime so that we can come up with the best proposal and prepare the tender and bidding documents in preparation for the upcoming tender!" 2
With that, Claire was a little emotional as she said," However, I heard that many design companies are looking for a connection and relationship to secure this big project. Some people are also trying to offer money and benefits to the senior executives in Emgrand Group. I wonder if Emgrand Group will succumb and accept this kind of bribes and under-the -table transactions in the end?"
Charlie smiled before he said, "Emgrand Group is a large corporation with a market value of more than one hundred billion dollars. So, how could they possibly engage in any under-the-table transactions over a renovation and interior design project that is worth tens of millions of dollars?
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