Under the dazzling fireworks.
A family stood at the entrance of the gymnasium. An old man in a gray vest looked around and kept muttering to himself.
"Where is he? Why isn't he here yet? "
When they parted yesterday, he made an appointment with Old Lu, who he met on the high-speed train, to meet at the entrance of the stadium. However, he waited here for a long time and didn't see Lu Zhou …
Or rather, there were people everywhere.
"Old man, it's time to check the tickets!"
Liu Peizhong still didn't want to leave. He glared at the staff member who wanted to help him, then looked at his wife and shouted, "Wait a little longer … My friend is coming soon."
"F * ck you! Why don't you spend it with your brother? "
Finally, his wife was annoyed by her husband. She walked into the gym by herself after saying this.
Standing next to the two old people, the slightly younger man didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He hurriedly asked his wife to take his son to catch up with his mother-in-law so that they wouldn't be separated by the crowd. Meanwhile, he came to his father and tried his best to persuade him.
"Dad, we can't wait any longer. There are so many people. If we don't leave now, we'll be kicked out by the security guards here."
"Yeah, Uncle Liu." Standing on the other side of the old man, a fashionably dressed white-collared woman put down her phone and sighed. "Can't we just watch the celebration? Why do you have to introduce someone to me … Can't we do it tomorrow? "
Even if it's a blind date, there's no need to do it in a place like this, right?
If he encountered someone who didn't recognize faces, he wouldn't even know that the person next to him had changed.
"You don't understand!"
"What do I not understand? Just tell me!"
Liu Peizhong hesitated for a second. He then sighed and spoke.
"The person I'm introducing you to … is a bit unusual."
The white-collared woman rolled her eyes.
"The dumb son of a rich man or the son of a coal boss? This is Beijing, how unusual can he be? "
"The license plate of the car picking up his parents is Beijing A …"
"Brother, I don't think it's good to stand people up, let's wait!"
Looking at his cousin who suddenly turned hostile, the man standing next to her was dumbfounded.
F * ck, this is too realistic, right?
However …
Beijing A …
The man nodded woodenly.
"That, that's fine. Let's … wait together."
Unbeknownst to them, fireworks had already bloomed in the sky.
Although they wanted to wait a little longer, looking at the restless crowd and the stadium staff who came to maintain order, it was obvious that there was no place for them to wait.
The crowd began to move, and Lu Zhou also entered the venue.
At first, Old Lu couldn't forget about his old friend and his niece, but after entering the venue, he threw this matter to the back of his mind.
The reason for that was because everything that had appeared before his eyes was simply too illusory.
The arrowhead floating in front of him was immersed in the smoke as if it was real.
"This … can I touch it?" Old Lu didn't know how to describe the image in front of him. He opened his mouth and didn't know who to ask, so he pointed it out to his son.
Looking at his dumbfounded father, Lu Zhou smiled.
"Don't worry, it's just a hologram, it won't be damaged."
In order to prevent equipment damage caused by people stepping on it, except for a few projection equipment used to complete the image, most of the holographic projection equipment was on the ceiling. It was like a crystal lamp hanging on the ceiling. The holographic image in the entire stadium was constructed from top to bottom.
There was no need to worry about damaging anything valuable.
Under the guidance of the light, the group of people found their seats according to their numbers.
After Lu Bangguo sat down, the staff next to him reminded him to fasten his seat belt.
While the celebration hadn't started yet, he looked around the stadium. He looked at the sea of people and the spectacular stadium itself and spoke emotionally.
"This bird's nest is quite beautiful … It's a pity I didn't come here before."
Fang Mei rolled her eyes and said, "What's a pity, aren't you here now?"
"It's definitely different from the past … Zhou, when will this celebration start?"
Lu Bangguo was about to ask this question. Lu Zhou was about to answer when the lights from the ceiling suddenly dimmed. As the light gradually dimmed, the originally noisy hall of 100,000 people suddenly became a few decibels quiet.
Lu Zhou raised his head and looked at the time on his watch. He had an expectant smile in his eyes.
He looked at his dad and replied.
"It's already started."
…
When the last audience entered the stadium, the sound of music from all corners of the stadium washed away the noise of the audience.
The lights from the sky gradually dimmed, and the stadium gradually blended into the night. Other than a few light sources from mobile phone screens, it was pitch black.
Under the shroud of this quiet atmosphere, the people gradually stopped their loud noises and changed to whispers. There was a hint of excitement and expectation in their voices.
This was the long-awaited celebration they had been waiting for.
It finally started!
An invisible fog rose in the night, like a thick cloud. It quickly filled the entire interior of the stadium. It was like coloring the entire oil painting. It made the darkness even more viscous, making it so dark that one couldn't even see their own fingers.
This time, even the light source from the mobile phone screen was swallowed by the artificially generated fog.
Only a few naive people turned on their flashlights, but the staff quickly followed the light source and confiscated their phones. After registering their identity information, these phones would be sent to the security room and would be returned after the celebration.
The darkness didn't last long.
Just when people were confused about what this celebration was trying to express, starry light sources suddenly appeared around everyone. The faintly red particles of light were like fireflies dancing in a field of flowers, or like sparks of fire in a prairie. They danced in the invisible thick fog, and they drew out tiny trajectories that couldn't be ignored.
There were more and more fireflies flying around, like a galaxy shuttling above their heads.
People's attention was captured by this spectacular and romantic scene. They stopped talking and began to look curiously at everything happening around them.
The child sitting in the arms of the adult reached out his right hand, wanting to hold the non-existent firefly in his hand.
The couple snuggling together excitedly pointed at the light spots shuttling through the sky like meteors, taking the opportunity to make a wish to be together forever …
Everything in front of them was like a mirage in the fog, full of a dreamy, beautiful, and unreal feeling.
At this moment, when no one was prepared, all the dazzling particles of light suddenly flew into the sky, gathering into a ball of fiery red color.
The flame was like a torch, exuding energy like magma bursting out, illuminating the thick fog wall into an oppressive dark red. The rising light was like the boiling flames on the trenches, like the gunfire that pierced through the night sky, pouring down on the silent earth.
Under the shroud of that oppressive atmosphere, the children subconsciously stopped crying, the couples stopped whispering sweet nothings, the adults all held their breaths, and the elderly clenched their fists tightly. The colors reflected in their pupils seemed to be evoking memories of the past …
Suddenly, the fighter jet with the propeller broke through the clouds and swooped down with flames from the muzzle. Screams came one after another in the stadium, making it hard to tell if it was an environmental sound effect or a person's scream.
It was as if they were at the scene of a war movie, in the middle of a fierce firefight. People swayed left and right to dodge. If it weren't for the seat belts, they would have most likely fallen to the ground.
What was frightening was the moment it began, even though the crisis was far from over.
The battlefield turned into tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, followed by tens of thousands of acres of withered land.
In the world of ice and snow, people climbed Mount Everest. In the swamps, on the frozen soil, in the mountains, people carried sickles and hoes forward without hesitation, looking for the lifeline of industry …
In the era of lack of productivity, people were the most worthless machines.
However, it was precisely this kind of worthless machine that forcefully opened up a world on a piece of ruins with its own two hands.
There was no other reason.
They believed that tomorrow would be better, and they were convinced.
This was the only fuel that supported them apart from carbohydrates.
Perhaps they didn't have any concept of automation, and there was no such novel thing as artificial intelligence in that era. But they still firmly believed that there would be a day in the future when everyone would be able to eat their fill and wear warm clothes. They would be able to do decent jobs that were different from them. They would be able to realize the value of life in things that were more worthy of their time, instead of wasting their lives on assembly lines …
It was best if they could be a little pretentious after eating … This was something that most of them had never experienced.
Even though they knew that when this day really came, they most likely wouldn't be able to see it.
But it didn't matter.
They believed that even if they couldn't see it, their children and grandchildren would definitely see it for them, telling them about the future in their dreams, and not letting their sacrifice go to waste.
The reflection of the times was like a horse lantern, flashing in front of people.
When they saw the memories of the past appear in their eyes, many old people's eyes were filled with tears. The children sitting next to the adults, although confused, still couldn't help but clench their fists under the influence of the atmosphere.
Until the appearance of a car.
It was driven from the docked ship.
That loud whistle seemed to have sounded the bugle call to enter the world, and the beautiful era finally opened a corner in front of people's eyes, even if they wanted to refuse. The depressing atmosphere finally faded away in the rhythmic music, followed by tens of thousands of tall buildings rising from the ground.
The Oriental Pearl, the Bird's Nest, the World Expo Pavilion … There was also the Starlight that conquered the Earth-Moon orbit, as well as the Moon Palace floating in the sky.
In the last scene of the celebration, an astronaut carrying a red flag walked down from the gray soil of the Moon. Just like his parents, he inserted the red flag heavily on the Moon with his strong arms.
The scene changed again.
The red flag was gone.
Instead, the gray wasteland under his feet had become a space city that only appeared in science fiction movies. The train that was suspended between the high-rise buildings and the cargo container that was crawling along the mine tunnel was heading to some unknown place …
Lu Zhou noticed that his father, who was sitting next to him, quietly raised his arm and rubbed the corners of his eyes with his cuff.
He didn't say anything. Instead, he silently looked away.
He knew very well that his father was a person who cared about his face. This was exactly the same as him. If his son discovered his weak side, he would probably be so uncomfortable that he wouldn't be able to sleep for the whole night.
"… Feeling."
"Feeling?"
Chen Yushan really couldn't find a word to describe it. She sniffed and spoke in a choked voice.
"It's spectacular."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded gently.
"Yeah, it's spectacular."
Even though he didn't know if this celebration could be regarded as a success, nor did he know if Star Sky Technology's holographic projection system was successful …
However, the most precious meaning of this celebration had undoubtedly been achieved.
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