On February 1, 2018, the 2018 VR Product Exhibition, which attracted global attention and was jointly organized by Walmart and Futureman Technology, officially opened under the great expectations.
For four months, hundreds of thousands of products were displayed on the stage, covering various fields such as small handicrafts to large-scale mechanical and electrical products, as well as clothing, food, housing and transportation. There were more than 76,000 exhibiting companies.
The most eye-catching product among them is undoubtedly the Mercedes-Benz S75oe launched by Dailem Group. It uses a wireless rechargeable solid lithium-air battery designed by Future Heavy Industries, which has both a sense of power and beauty. Although it is not a dedicated car show, this kind of high-end gadgets always make people linger. Many ordinary tourists who cannot afford a car can only enjoy themselves in the virtual world. Therefore, the Mercedes-Benz S75oe of the Dailem Group successfully set a record for the highest number of views.
In addition, the product exhibition with the highest technological content is undoubtedly the products exhibited by Future Heavy Industries. Such as improved home robots, Dragoon x1 computing chip, Deep Blue m1... On the day of the exhibition, Future Heavy Industries won an order worth US$5 billion.
According to data released by Futureman Group afterwards, in the opening month of the Global Commodity Fair, the total transaction volume easily exceeded US$2 billion. If this trend continues, this year's global commodity show will easily break the previous transaction volume record.
After attending the opening ceremony of this grand event, Jiang Chen took off his helmet.
Although he is the "founder" of the virtual reality network, he himself enjoys the feeling of living in reality more. As the chairman of the group, all he needs to do at the opening ceremony is to read the opening speech written by the secretary and shake hands with representatives of major companies.
Under Ayesha's service, Jiang Chen shaved and put on some casual clothes, and then went out.
Today is an important day, not only the opening ceremony of the VR product exhibition, but also the completion ceremony of Penglai City.
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On the sea north of Koro Island, two Guardian-class frigates modified with electromagnetic guns, accompanied by Kilo-class submarines, have begun patrolling the target sea area. A dozen large engineering ships lined up along the edge of the construction sea area, forming a loose circle.
Countless yachts and speedboats of various sizes were lined up nearby. Some of them were wealthy people visiting Coro Island, some were investors or immigrants who had purchased real estate in Penglai City, and some were reporters invited by the Future People Group.
The Black Hawk helicopter belonging to Star Circle Trading was hovering above the sea, carrying workers to conduct final inspections of the construction site. Aurora-2o suddenly broke through the clouds and roared past, attracting cheers and whistles from tourists and reporters.
The weather is sunny today and there is no sign of storm within a hundred miles. It is a good day to hold the completion ceremony.
On a cruise ship, tourists wearing beachwear and bikinis leaned on the railing and looked at the calm sea.
"Shet, that fighter jet is so cool!"
"I heard it's called Aurora-2o, but I don't know which one is better than the F35."
"What I'm more concerned about is where is Penglai City? If I got the date right, it should be today."
"A city on the sea, Atlantis in the East, is so romantic. My dear, can we live there in the future?"
"Okay, honey, you have the final say...if the Future Man Group doesn't delay the ticket."
"Look! The sea is moving!"
With an exclamation, everyone stopped joking and looked intently towards the sea.
Yes, the sea is moving!
Bubbles as big as beans gush out from the bottom of the sea, and the turbid bubbles are rolling on the sea surface for dozens of miles, even covering the rolling waves. After about two minutes, the rolling bubbles stopped. The sea level rose suddenly, and a small hill with a radius of several hundred meters was lifted up.
After that, the seawater spread to all sides, and the ships and yachts surrounding the outer circle were like leaves in the waves, being pushed away by the suddenly rising tide! The ship that was getting closer even tilted at a 45° angle!
"Ship! The ship is going to collapse!" A tourist huddled beside the cabin and screamed.
"What a ghost! There's no water leakage or rollover, what the hell!"
"Look! Over there! Penglai City is coming out!"
"God, what did I see..."
"Holy Mary!"
"Buddha!"
"Hold the grass!"
Like a sharp steel blade, the steep obelisk-like building emerges from the sea like a needle.
Then, a metal building with a radius of several hundred meters lifted upwards along with the water surface, and tall buildings sprouted out of the water surface like bamboo shoots after a spring rain at a speed visible to the naked eye. The lifted seawater falls from the top of the building, forming natural waterfalls, gently covering the face of Penglai City like a veil.
The sea water fell to the surface, and white mist arose all over the place for hundreds of miles.
The wind blew gently, and the white mist waves moved with the wind, dancing gracefully on the sea.
The steel split the waves, and waves surged around.
The waves crashed against the side of the ship, making a dull sound like a heavy hammer hitting steel. Standing on this majestic guardian-class frigate, Jiang Chen squinted his eyes and looked at the rise of the city with his telescope.
"The main building has been raised!"
"Unlock the stability lock and ascend the second ladder!"
"The rise is complete, the graphene pipe is connected!"
"Drainage gate..."
Like a top, the circular main building is stable on the water. Then the ring of the foam aluminum structure rose, and the graphene pipes protruded from the holes, accurately penetrating the sides of the central island, and connected to form this circular artificial giant island!
The seawater pouring into the building surges onto the street, washing the shells, conches, and seaweed all over the street into the sea, forming a waterfall on the edge of the island. After completing the floating operation of the island, the staff immediately opened the pressure valve at the bottom of the island to discharge the seawater filled in the drainage and water supply systems.
"Is this Penglai City? Although it is not as beautiful as in the virtual reality, it still feels much more shocking than what I saw in the virtual reality." Standing next to Jiang Chen, Xia Shiyu sighed.
Aisha didn't speak, but Jiang Chen could still read the shocking feeling from those sapphire eyes.
As for Natasha, as a Russian diplomat, she was lowering her head at the moment and didn't know what she was thinking.
"Don't worry, I bet it will be as beautiful as the one in virtual reality." Jiang Chen said with a smile, looking at the city from a distance.
The most critical and most likely problem was the refloating of the main building, and Jiang Chen's clenched hands finally relaxed. Drainage work took two full days, followed by the filling of other structures between the outer ring and the central island.
These structures are like building blocks that have been built on the seabed and only need to be put together step by step.
This takes about five days.
After all the work is done, all that's left is cleaning. Staff wearing protective clothing will be the first to land on the island, driving garbage trucks from door to door to clean up seaweed, shells, jellyfish, shrimp and other small items.
During the process of resurfacing, Penglai City brought a lot of "local specialties" from the seabed. Now the entire artificial island is filled with a strong smell of sea. If the garbage is not cleaned up, no one will want to live on this island.
This seemingly simple cleaning task is actually the most time-consuming and labor-intensive part of the entire floating work. It is expected that Future People Group will use 1,000 "Xiaolin" units, as well as 2,000 cleaning staff, 6,000 cleaning drones, 5o garbage trucks and water tankers to complete the entire cleaning work.
It is expected to take one month. (.)