30: Chapter 30 Night View of Longjing

It was too shocking. Gao Yuan originally thought Qinjing was a city that never sleeps... with its bright lights, wine, and flashing neon. But after seeing Longjing in the Future World, he realized what a true city that never sleeps really looks like...

A huge beam of light shone down from overhead; this was Longjing's 'Twilight Light,' illuminating the path for low-altitude flying cars coming and going in the air...

The skyscrapers reaching into the clouds looked even more like pillars of light...

The shops on both sides had simulated sunlight systems. Walking along the pedestrian street, one couldn't tell the difference between day and night at all.

Meanwhile, the land outside the Space-Time Gate was nearing completion...

Gao Yuan had just come out of the warehouse, and he was amazed by the construction techniques and speed of this world...

Three days, just three days. Not only the main structure, but even the interior decoration, various facilities, and even the ornaments were done with extreme sophistication...

Gao Yuan sighed in his heart; if only the real world had such technology...

In that case, his industrial park could take shape in a week at most! The sooner it's built, the sooner it can go on sale!

Gao Yuan was admiring the night view...

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder. Without needing to look back, Gao Yuan said directly, "Nan Wu, stop crouching. Stand up..."

"Ah? Sir, how did you know it was me?"

Lin Nanwu's voice came from behind...

Gao Yuan looked at the depressed young girl: "Besides you and your mother, everyone else here is a robot. Do you think your mother would pat me? Or would a robot pat me?"

"Maybe someone else came to the construction site?"

Lin Nanwu was unconvinced...

"Who would come?"

"Uh... the relevant departments!"

"How could the relevant departments pat my shoulder?"

Gao Yuan stood up and walked into the newly built club...

Huangfu Shan was busy. Seeing Gao Yuan, she said, "Sir, you're here. Look, these are the design drawings for the ten scenes..."

Gao Yuan looked at the images projected from Huangfu Shan's wristband...

Every image was a 3D projection... the effect was clear at a glance.

However, Gao Yuan frowned...

"Why are there so few plants here? We need to simulate a real tropical rainforest..."

"Sir, this is already a lot. This is what tropical rainforests were like five hundred years ago..."

Gao Yuan was stunned...

"Sir, even so, the consumption cost is extremely high. Adding more plants is simply impossible to achieve..."

Gao Yuan sighed...

It was all about exposure...

People in the Future World simply could not imagine what a real tropical rainforest looks like. Even if they saw pictures from a thousand years ago, they would probably think they were artificial trees...

"Alright, Sister Shan, don't worry about the design drawings. I'll find someone to design them!"

Gao Yuan planned to return to the real world to find a design company, then bring the robots, transport everything over, and let the robots set it up!

"Alright, Sir. By the way, what is our club's name?"

Gao Yuan thought for a moment: "Let's call it 2024!"

"2024 Club?"

Huangfu Shan was a bit puzzled. Why such a strange name?

"Just call it 2024. No words needed, just four numbers. I want people to feel what the world of 2024 was like..."

Huangfu Shan fell silent for a moment, wondering what the boss was thinking. It was currently the year 3024. What was the point of naming it 2024? To commemorate the world from a thousand years ago?

But Gao Yuan was the boss...

Huangfu Shan immediately went to find the design robots to start designing the decorations for the entire club...

Seeing Huangfu Shan busy, Gao Yuan told Lin Nanwu to help out as well, then walked alone onto the streets of Longjing. Public security in the Future World was very good, with violent incidents being extremely rare worldwide... because there was no need!

People at the bottom didn't even need to study; most had no concept of resistance. People like Huangfu Shan and her daughter were extremely rare!

Most people at the bottom lived in their own worlds, either spending their days in a drunken stupor, controlling the world in their dreams, or killing everyone in games...

With no worries about food or clothing, even the dogs outside had more experience than they did...

That's how people are: the less they know, the happier they live...

Although Nutritional Paste tasted terrible, they had never eaten real food and had no comparison, so they thought all food in the world was like that!

Constant Temperature Clothing ensured a comfortable temperature, and the officials arranged all aspects of their lives.

Other than the lack of upward mobility, everything was fine...

Gao Yuan put himself in their shoes and thought that if he were a person at the bottom in the Future World, he probably wouldn't have any other thoughts either...

People at the top enjoyed the few natural resources available...

The most miserable were the middle class. They were one step away from the top, but that step was incredibly difficult. One step back, and they were at the bottom. Yet, the middle class were unwilling to be happy pigs...

Gao Yuan walked the streets of Longjing, looking at the sights of the Future World...

He casually pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it with a lighter!

Just after taking a puff, he noticed everyone around was looking at him. Suddenly, he became the center of attention...

In the Future World, most people at the bottom almost never went out because there was no point.

Those strolling the streets were almost all middle class...

These middle-class people had only heard of cigarettes but had never seen them.

Watching Gao Yuan exhale a puff of smoke, those close to him began to breathe deeply... then looked intoxicated.

"Is this the smell of smoke? So special..."

"It seems... not to smell very good!"

"A person from the top, did you see? It's not Constant Temperature Clothing, not synthetic fiber, it's cotton and linen... This kind of clothing is breathable, you can feel the scent of nature!"

Gao Yuan's action was unintentional, but he didn't expect it to cause such a sensation...

He was a bit between laughter and tears. No need to admire the night view anymore; he'd go back...

It was getting late.

But after a few steps, someone blocked his path. It was a young woman wearing tight Constant Temperature Clothing...

"Is something wrong?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Can you let me take a puff? Or just blow the smoke in my face..."

Gao Yuan didn't expect such a request...

If he did this in the real world, he'd probably be beaten to death. Even smoking on the street would be called uncivilized.

But here, he had actually become an Ambassador of Universal Benefit.

"Here's one for you..." Gao Yuan pulled out a new one and threw it over...

The woman's movements were very agile. Although Gao Yuan's throw was a bit off, she still caught it steadily between her thumb and index finger.

She held the cigarette under her nose and took a deep breath...

"Sss... So fragrant!"

Gao Yuan shook his head. Crazy...

He didn't feel like smoking anymore. The half-smoked cigarette was flicked away by Gao Yuan, tracing an orange curve as it fell toward the ground!

Then, to Gao Yuan's surprise, several people lunged toward the cigarette butt he had thrown.

"It's mine..."

"It's mine, I'm the closest!"

"Bullshit, it belongs to whoever gets it!"

After watching for ten seconds, Gao Yuan shook his head...

"How miserable..."

He didn't expect that these middle-class people, who were worth at least tens of millions, would actually scramble for a cigarette butt...

From this perspective, if he gave these middle-class people a chance to work 996 in the real world, they would probably be moved to tears of gratitude.

Gao Yuan walked toward '2024'...

When he reached the entrance, he suddenly looked back and saw that the woman in the tight Constant Temperature Clothing was still following him.