雄狮守护在美南环球金融中心

重达千斤的两座大理石雄狮，今晨在巨型吊车的牵引下，缓缓升起，稳稳安装在美南环球第一银行金融中心正前方。那一刻，钢索绷紧如弓，晨光落在狮背的纹理上，彷彿把沉睡的石头唤醒——牠们不再只是雕像，而是站立的誓言、静默的守护。

这象徵一座建筑的完成，更象徵一段路的抵达：从构想到蓝图，从蓝图到钢筋水泥，再从钢筋水泥到今日门前有狮，气势落地。雄狮昂首，不為炫耀，而為镇定；不為威吓，而為护持。牠们像两位沉默的门神，把风雨挡在外，把信心留在内，替每一位走进大门的人，守住安全、守住尊严，也守住未来的可能。

我站在门前望着牠们，忽然觉得这不只是「放上去」两座石狮，而是把一种精神安放在此处——勇气、稳健、承担、守信。今日的吊车放下了重量，心裡却升起了更大的重量：对这座中心、对团队、对社区、对下一代的期待。

愿这两座雄狮，从今天开始，日日守在此地：守住我们的初心，守住我们的信用，守住我们在美南土地上一步一步筑起的根基；也守住每一个梦想走进来时，那份不被辜负的希望。

“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.