Rebirth 2002: Nano Life

In January, the biggest task of Xia Meng Electronics is to participate in the ces exhibition.

The Consumer Electronics Show ces is a representative of the expo industry. This large-scale exhibition has a history of nearly half a century. Although with the increase in the speed of consumer electronics upgrading, local big manufacturers such as Apple and Microsoft are more inclined to hold their own special conferences to announce new products, but ces is still hot.

Xiameng Electronics applied for the exhibition as early as November. If companies like Xiameng Electronics can't enter ces, it is estimated that few domestic companies can enter ces. At the beginning of December, Xiameng Electronics He received an invitation letter from the organizer of ces and became one of the more than 100 ces exhibitors in China in 2004.

The early exhibition team of Xia Meng Electronics had flown to the United States as early as the day before New Year's Day under the leadership of Yang Zhihao, and the exhibits consigned by air were also delivered smoothly.

As for the big boss Chen Yizhe, in order to accompany his wife and children on New Year's Day, he delayed his boarding until January 6th, and since the direct flight to Las Vegas could not be booked, this time he flew to the casino. Have to take a detour.

This gave Chen Yizhe the idea of ​​​​buying a plane. Unfortunately, the domestic control over this aspect is too strict.

This time, Chen Yizhe's United flight first passed through Tokyo, and then transferred to Chicago to Las Vegas. This means that after entering the United States, he must first detour to Chicago in the northeast, and then turn back to the southwest. of Las Vegas.

When entering Chicago, basically everyone enjoys the courtesy of taking pictures and pressing fingerprints, and Chen Yizhe is no exception, and the luggage is also checked very strictly.

Since 9/11, the anti-terrorist alert level in the United States has been rising and falling with the changes in the international situation, and this time, the United States has directly put up an "orange warning" on the CES side, which makes it impossible for the United States to stay at the airport or a few days later. At ces, the atmosphere was very tense.

From 9 in the morning on the 6th, after 27 hours of air travel, at 20:00 local time on the 6th, Chen Yizhe finally arrived at the destination of this trip - Las Vegas.

Maybe for others, this kind of flight will be very tiring, but for Chen Yizhe, there is no feeling at all, and it is not affected by the jet lag.

When Chen Yizhe came to the lobby with his luggage, he saw that Yang Zhihao, who had come to pick up the plane, was already waiting. There was a young man in his twenties beside him, but he was not a staff member of the company who came to the exhibition.

"This is the driver and tour guide hired by the company during this period, an international student from Gui Province who has the same last name as you. Xiao Chen, this is the boss of our company." Yang Zhihao gave a brief introduction.

Chen Yizhe nodded with a smile.

The other party smiled shyly, and then took Chen Yizhe's luggage.

"How is it, what does Ocean Horse feel like?" Chen Yizhe joked to Yang Zhihao after getting into the car.

Before flying to Las Vegas, Yang Zhihao kept thinking that he must try the Yanmar this time.

"Oh, don't mention it!" Yang Zhihao sighed, "When I arrived in Las Vegas, I lost two days of jet lag before my body recovered. Then I went to see the casino with great interest in a few nights, and I never won a night. Now he is so poor that he has no money to call a Yanma."

"How much did you lose?" Chen Yizhe asked with a smile. He didn't believe the other party's words. In his opinion, Yang Zhihao's control was still relatively strong.

"I lost 150,000 knives." Yang Zhihao said.

"150,000?" Chen Yizhe looked at Yang Zhihao in surprise. 150,000 is only about a million. Although it is a small part of their net worth, it is indeed a lot for ordinary people.

"I drank a bit of wine the night before to add to the fun. As soon as I got excited, I lost 140,000 yuan." Yang Zhihao said embarrassingly. He always prided himself on being good in control.

"Haha, you will have this day too?" Chen Yizhe smiled, "Don't be sad, I will help you get the money back later."

"Forget it, a small bet is good, a big bet hurts the body." Yang Zhihao said with a smirk.

"Why don't you go to the casino to see it?" Chen Yizhe continued with a smile, "How is the preparatory work for the exhibition?"

"After the organizer read the product information, Mr. Shapiro, one of the organizers of this exhibition, specially met with the staff of our company. That Shapiro heard that he was a technical expert known for his research on hdtv high-definition television, Therefore, he expressed that he was extremely shocked by the technology of our 40-inch electronic paper screen. In order to better show our company's technology and products to the world, Shapiro arranged the company's exhibiting position in the central hall of the exhibition. "Speaking of serious business, Yang Zhihao is not ambiguous.

"Hehe, if the staff of ces doesn't care about our products, then it is estimated that we don't need to participate in this kind of exhibition." Chen Yizhe said confidently.

There are two ways to arrange the location of the exhibition, one is the arrangement of the organizer, and the other is that the exhibitor buys the location with money. The former means that the exhibitor has technological innovation, while the latter can only be said to use money to open the way.

Just like some domestic manufacturers, some of the booths will be quite prominent, and the scale is relatively considerable, but they often display products with relatively mediocre technology.

"And the relevant staff also revealed that this time, our second-generation electronic paper is likely to win the ces innovation award." Yang Zhihao said excitedly.

"This is good news." Chen Yizhe continued, "But it is reported that there will be a lot of flat-panel displays on display this time. If we can really win the grand prize, then e-paper technology will definitely be a hit all over the world. Ring! But it's only possible. With the previous style of Japanese and Korean companies, we will definitely carry out public relations with the judges of the ces award. It is still very difficult for us to win the award."

The two were chatting about the exhibition in the car. The car drove quickly into the casino. At this time, Chen Yizhe saw the style of the world's largest casino through the car window. The performance flashed by...

Yang Zhihao looked at the bustling casino city outside and said, "It's almost nine o'clock in the evening, and at this time Las Vegas is really waking up. After living for so many days, I have already felt a kind of madness in this city. Charm."

"Hehe, people are most afraid of losing control and making people crazy, which also shows the deformed culture of this city!" Chen Yizhe laughed, this kind of society driven by gambling to drive the entire region's economy always gave him an unhealthy feeling.

Human energy should not be so wasted.

Because it is likely to feed and attract a group of people who are not engaged in production. Perhaps these people do drive consumption, but what valuable products are produced in the end?

No.

People's desires may be infinitely magnified as long as they enter this city, and these restless crowds are like a huge heart, sending infinite blood to this carnival city.

The car stopped at the entrance of the hotel. The hotel that Xia Meng Electronics booked for the company's exhibitors this time was the famous hotel in the casino - the Venetian Hotel.

Chen Yizhe can see the hotel building more than 100 meters high from a distance. It reveals elegance and enthusiasm in the night. The plane is Y-shaped. The architectural design shows the Renaissance style of Venice in the 16th century. , round window arches and columns, while the exterior walls are mainly clad with earth-colored bricks and glass curtains.

"Luxurious, right?" Yang Zhihao said to Chen Yizhe after the two got out of the car.

"It's worthy of being named Venetian." Chen Yizhe nodded while looking at the view of the outer courtyard of the hotel building.

The Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark's Square, the Bell Tower, and Gondola, these are the scenery of the water city of Venice.

The hotel is full of Venetian arch bridges, small canals and stone roads, especially the canals on the second floor, the arch bridges full of Venetian atmosphere, the stone roads and the artificial sky that changes every 20 minutes, which really made Chen Yizhe sigh.

Chen Yizhe saw some tourists take the long and narrow boats of the Venetian road on the canal on the second floor, enjoying the scenery along the coast.

Even the famous Piazza San Marco in Venice has been replicated by the hotel, where famous shops and first-class restaurants from all over the world can be seen everywhere.

Yang Zhihao had booked a Michelin restaurant, put the luggage back in the hotel room, and the two went to the Michelin restaurant for dinner.

To be honest, the environment is really good, but the taste is not very to Chen Yizhe's taste.

After the meal, Yang Zhihao took Chen Yizhe to experience the casino in the gambling city. In his words, he felt better if Chen Yizhe also lost some money.

Almost all hotels in Las Vegas have casinos, as does the Venetian Hotel. For hotels in the casino city, the hotel is just a side business, and gambling is the homepage.

Las Vegas casinos, not everyone can enter, there are still age restrictions. Under 21 years old are not allowed to enter the casino alone, but on the one hand, they are led by an adult like Yang Zhihao, and on the other hand, Chen Yizhe seems to be a foreigner. people, so the casino staff didn't say anything.

Walking into the casino at the Venetian Hotel, Chen Yizhe realized that the restaurants, bars, and shopping malls are only serving the ultimate traffic terminal—the casino. There are too many people in the casino, and it is too lively.

Not far from the casino entrance is a row of seemingly harmless slot machines. Basically, there are people sitting in front of every machine in com, and Chen Yizhe can see why the slot machine is placed in this position.

They are easy to play and have low requirements, and a single coin toss can be very small, but because the game is fast and random, you will lose more money unwittingly. Coin machines are more difficult to win than table games, which is a guarantee of casino winnings.

Chen Yizhe asked Yang Zhihao to exchange a thousand dollars for gambling coins, and then began to shuttle between the blackjack, dice gambling, baccarat, and Texas hold 'em tables.

People who gamble here may be local tyrants, or are about to go bankrupt, men, women and children, all of them will order a cup. There are even many scantily clad girls walking among them, cat girls and bunny girls, who are also looking for their prey.

So Chen Yizhe, who kept winning money, was quickly targeted by them.

"Handsome guy, do you want someone to accompany you?" a beautiful blonde suddenly said with her plump **** next to Chen Yizhe's shoulders, who was sitting at the gaming table, with her **** lips close to Chen Yizhe's ears.

It turned out to be silicone, and Chen Yizhe politely refused, "Thank you, I have a female companion!"

After 20 to 30 minutes, Chen Yizhe had turned over the thousand knives almost fifty times. The security guard sitting in front of the casino's CCTV included Chen Yizhe as the object of observation.

"Okay, then you can call me anytime you need!" The girl didn't bother, and after handing a business card to Chen Yizhe, she looked for other prey again.

After another half an hour, the security guards have upgraded Chen Yizhe to be a key observation object. Although he did not see that he has a trick to make a thousand, but in any case, his funds have been turned over several times without knowing it. Ten times, it has almost touched the online casino.