雄獅守護在美南環球金融中心

重達千斤的兩座大理石雄獅，今晨在巨型吊車的牽引下，緩緩升起，穩穩安裝在美南環球第一銀行金融中心正前方。那一刻，鋼索繃緊如弓，晨光落在獅背的紋理上，彷彿把沉睡的石頭喚醒——牠們不再只是雕像，而是站立的誓言、靜默的守護。

這象徵一座建築的完成，更象徵一段路的抵達：從構想到藍圖，從藍圖到鋼筋水泥，再從鋼筋水泥到今日門前有獅，氣勢落地。雄獅昂首，不為炫耀，而為鎮定；不為威嚇，而為護持。牠們像兩位沉默的門神，把風雨擋在外，把信心留在內，替每一位走進大門的人，守住安全、守住尊嚴，也守住未來的可能。

我站在門前望著牠們，忽然覺得這不只是「放上去」兩座石獅，而是把一種精神安放在此處——勇氣、穩健、承擔、守信。今日的吊車放下了重量，心裡卻升起了更大的重量：對這座中心、對團隊、對社區、對下一代的期待。

願這兩座雄獅，從今天開始，日日守在此地：守住我們的初心，守住我們的信用，守住我們在美南土地上一步一步築起的根基；也守住每一個夢想走進來時，那份不被辜負的希望。

“Stone Lions Standing Guard at the Southern Global Financial Center”

Two marble lions, each weighing well over a thousand pounds, were lifted into place this morning by a massive crane and set at the very front of the Southern Global First Bank Financial Center. In that moment, the steel cables tightened like a drawn bow, and the early light settled into the carved lines of their backs—as if the stone itself were being awakened. They were no longer simply sculptures. They became a visible vow, a silent guardianship.

This marks more than the completion of a building. It marks the arrival of a journey: from vision to blueprint, from blueprint to steel and concrete, and from steel and concrete to this day—when lions now stand at the entrance and the spirit of the place finally takes its seat. The lions lift their heads not to show off, but to steady; not to threaten, but to protect. Like two quiet sentinels, they keep the storm outside and leave confidence within. For everyone who walks through those doors, they stand for safety, dignity, and the promise of what comes next.

I stood before them and realized this was not merely the act of “installing” two stone figures. It was the act of placing a principle here—courage, steadiness, responsibility, and trust. The crane lowered a heavy weight to the ground, but in my heart something heavier rose: expectation—for this center, for the team, for the community, and for the next generation.

May these two lions, from this day forward, stand guard day after day: guarding our original purpose, guarding our credibility, guarding the foundation we have built step by step on this land of the American South—and guarding, for every dream that enters, the hope that it will not be let down.