It was drizzling in the sky, but the wind on the sea was unusually strong. The rolling waves slammed against the side of the ship, and the water splashed on the bow. The staff in raincoats carried cameras in front, but the reporters stood at the bow with one hand on the railing and the other holding the microphone to bring first-hand news to the audience in front of the TV.
"Now, behind us is the legendary Penglai City. You may not be able to see it, because we are about 15 nautical miles away from the nearest port! Look at the black dot, now we can see the spire of the Penglai Central Building. Celestial Trade's Coast Guard ships temporarily blocked this area, and the blockade will be lifted at noon. Our reporters will bring you further reports … "
Her face was red from the wind, but there was no warmth at all. After she shouted the last word, Lu Xiao wiped the water droplets on her face. Her legs were weak, and with the help of the staff, she walked down from the bow.
Back in the cabin, the old leader of the interview group, Li Hanliang, walked over and handed her a bottle of mineral water.
"Xiaoxiao, thank you for your hard work."
"Not at all!" After she drank half a bottle, Lu Xiao finally recovered some energy, and the vitality returned to her youthful face. "Team Leader Li, did Celestial Trade agree to our application?"
Li Hanliang shook his head, sighed, and sat on the chair next to him.
"This is not easy. They won't agree no matter what I say. But other TV stations are the same. They are not biased in this matter. Even their own Xin TV station is waiting outside the blocked area. "
Lu Xiao's expression was a bit strange.
It was not like an interview, it was more like a race! The boat next to it was BBC reporters, and further away was Columbia TV. To have so many media companies rent a boat to wait for them, Future Group certainly had a lot of face.
Time passed quickly, and it was noon soon. The Coast Guard ship also gave the green light.
After receiving the news that the blockade was lifted, the cruise ships and boats around Penglai began to move forward and sailed to the city known as a miracle.
Standing on the helicopter and looking down, the scene of ships dragging white waves and rushing to Penglai from all directions was like a magnificent painting! According to the statistics of the Tourism Bureau, the number of people who applied for the first landing on the island was as high as 127,000, and the total number of ships in the target sea area was more than 9,000!
On the other side, a luxurious medium-sized cruise ship also slowly moved, carrying tourists to visit Penglai City.
The weather at sea changed rapidly. Two hours ago it had been raining, but now the sun had risen, and the deck was soon scorching hot. Dressed in casual beach wear, Wei Wendong stood on the bow of the cruise ship and looked in the direction of Penglai City. He couldn't help but smile with anticipation.
That was Penglai City, the spectacle that he had seen in the virtual world …
It could be said that he was full of anticipation as to what this city would look like in the modern world.
A few days after the New Year, the A2 season of Godly Land came to an end. The Royal Clan Guild won first place in the individual competition and fifth place in the group competition! The title of champion naturally belonged to him, the Shadow Devil. In order to celebrate his victory, the sponsor directly gave him a 20 million RMB red packet.
Was it a lot? Actually, not a lot.
Not to mention the number of players in Godly Land, due to the popularity of the virtual reality MMORPG and its amazing viewing value, many people who didn't play games put on their helmets and applied for a guest seat to watch this globally broadcasted event.
Based on the official data provided by Future Technology, excluding the viewership of the TV stations, the peak number of viewers of the arena exceeded 290 million!
What did 290 million mean? The number of viewers after the game would at least double!
Think about it, the peak number of viewers per game in the NBA was only 20 million. The winners of the individual competition and the group competition were allowed to affix the logo of the sponsor behind their name. To be able to insert their own logo in such a highly watched event and show their company's face in front of billions of people around the world, the commercial value of this was self-evident.
Wei Wendong didn't know how much money the sponsor gave the guild after the event, he only knew that the number was no less than 500 million RMB.
After the game, the Kings Guild directly booked an entire luxury cruise ship and brought all the core members of the guild to an offline gathering! The destination of this offline gathering was Penglai City.
He clicked on the Future phone on his wrist, and a palm-sized holographic screen suddenly unfolded above his wrist. He took a picture of the distant view of Penglai City, looked at the city on the screen, and let the sea breeze ruffle his hair. Wei Wendong's smile was filled with a sense of pride.
Last year, he bought two properties in Penglai City, a restricted level 2 apartment and an unrestricted level 4 apartment. When he bought these two properties, he was still in pain. The two properties directly consumed half of his savings, but now he only regretted that he didn't spend the other half.
With the completion of Penglai City, the rumor that it was impossible to complete the project went bankrupt. In less than a month, the price of the two houses in his hands had doubled and even doubled again.
Soon, the cruise ship docked at the harbor of Penglai City.
On the four sides of the entire circular artificial island, there were thousands of ports of various sizes, as well as private and public boathouses with free access. Although the scene of more than 9,000 ships approaching was spectacular, it was not crowded when landing on the island.
As advertised, the entire city was filled with the sci-fi feel of the cutting edge of the era. Billboards, shop signs, and large screens on the roofs of shopping malls all used holographic technology produced by Future Group.
He put on the AR glasses he took from customs, and the cute navigation elf Little Rain appeared in his hand. She naughtily flew around him a few times. Little Rain flew in front of him and took him to the property he purchased at his request.
While walking, Little Rain answered his questions and introduced the information of Penglai City to him.
With such realistic augmentation technology, he couldn't even tell if this place was virtual or reality.
On both sides of the street, a variety of shops were open. The staff of shopping malls, restaurants, and service industries, because they obtained early access permits, had already landed on the island as early as yesterday and cleaned up the stores in order to open for business on the first day of the city's opening.
There were few vehicles on the street, and most people walked. However, the transportation planning of Penglai City was very good. The twelve maglev train rail lines buried in the basement could allow tourists to reach any place in the city within ten minutes.
In addition, it was said that the city's roads were embedded with magnetic rails at the beginning of construction. After Future Heavy Industries' magnetic levitation vehicle technology made a breakthrough, the city's traffic would move from a plane to a three-dimensional one …
Wei Wendong couldn't help but feel a little expectant.
Filled with so many cutting-edge technologies, living in such a city, such a life would not be boring …
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