Genius is just the threshold for me!

【Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's Nine Top Stars in the New Century】

[Huang Qingyao]: Aaaaah! A bunch of bastards! @Lin Dong @Xu Qingling @Su Yue @Jiang Caiping

[Su Yue]: We were just shopping.

[Jiang Caiping]: Let's go out for a bit.

8 PM.

As soon as Lin Dong and Xu Qingling left the residential area and got into the car arranged by their uncle, Huang Qingyao started frantically tagging them in the group chat.

"Dongdong..."

Seeing Huang Qingyao's message and Su Yue's reply in the group chat, Xu Qingling tugged at Lin Dong and whispered, "We're all going out like this, isn't it a bit inappropriate to leave Yao Yao behind?"

"It's not good, but don't be fooled by her."

This guy knew tonight would turn out like this; he didn't even come downstairs after dinner. He's just being dramatic now..."

Lin Dong replied with a message, then picked up his phone and sent a message to Huang Qingyao in the group chat.

[Lin Dong]: I sent Wangcai my location, and it's coming over to keep you company now. You two are a perfect match. @Huang Qingyao

[Huang Qingyao]: Are you calling me a single dog? @Lin Dong

[Lin Dong]: Single people should go to bed early.

[Huang Qingyao]: Waaaaah! Qingling, he bullied me! @Xu Qingling

Xu Qingling chuckled softly upon seeing this, picked up her phone, and replied: 【I'll be with you tomorrow.】

[Lin Dong]: Shut up. I'll invite you to take a private jet in half a month.

[Huang Qingyao]: A private jet? Uncle Lin even has one? \\/Panic

[Lin Dong]: Will you sit down or not?

[Huang Qingyao]: Sit down! Why not sit down when there are big spenders to eat? I'm going to eat you bunch of evil capitalists to pieces...

After chatting with Huang Qingyao for a while to satisfy this drama queen's desire to perform, the two looked out the window at the scenery, heading towards the theme pavilion built by Xingdong Company.

Half an hour later, the convoy drove directly into the internal parking space. Lin Dong and his companion got out of the car and went inside under the protection of several security personnel.

"Wow, why are there so many people at night?"

Xu Qingling, holding Lin Dong's hand, had just turned a corner.

The dense lights outside the venue came into view, and the constant flow of people and the bustling noise made Xu Qingling exclaim in surprise.

"Let's watch the drone show."

Lin Dong pointed to a cluster of drone lights in the distance and said with a smile, "There will be a drone light show tonight for New Year's Eve."

"But I noticed that some of them were business people..."

Xu Qingling glanced around, then seemed to notice something, pointing to several fan light boards by the roadside in surprise, "Are there celebrities coming today?"

"A Love Live! esports team."

Lin Dong glanced at it, and when he saw the words on it, he immediately smiled and said, "Hmm... It was done by the son of the former richest man."

Due to its entertainment value and professional nature, coupled with a shift in business focus.

Several years have passed, and although Xingdong Company's drone game is still popular, its commercial popularity and player base can no longer compare with professional e-sports games like Love Live!

After all, even if LL is bad at it, it can still use skills, understand the opponent's health bar, and it generates gold coins every time it kills a minion, which is naturally more stimulating to dopamine.

However, the core swarm commands for drones are truly incomprehensible without specialized training, and the entire operation involves various strategies and tactical calculations, which cannot be reduced by spending money.

So even if military academies make exceptions to admit students, it's destined to become a niche interest. Those with talent and passion won't get in, and those without talent will play around for a while and then give up.

Of course, this applies to stable and developed regions.

In desert regions and relatively poor and chaotic overseas areas such as the Third World, drone games still hold an absolute leading market share...

"The son of the former richest man?"

Xu Qingling paused for a moment, then realized who Lin Dong was referring to, and said speechlessly, "This isn't even an e-sports competition venue, and there are fans here to cheer for us..."

"There might be some kind of event."

Lin Dong shook his head, ignoring the comment, and said with a smile, "Let's go inside. It's been built for so long, but I haven't come to see it yet..."

Because they pursued an industrial route, the real estate route became a backup plan.

Although Wanda Real Estate has been expanding, its market value has stagnated.

He originally hoped to regain the title of the richest person on the list in 2015, but that now seems a long way off.

However, it seems that Wang Jianlin of Wanda Group has recently come to a change of heart, as there are rumors that he has planned to invest heavily in the construction of computing centers.

"I've never been here before either, but Yao Yao and the others have all come..." Xu Qingling said, holding Lin Dong's hand, and happily walked inside.

Because she had made an appointment with Lin Dong a long time ago to come and visit together after the project was completed, she hadn't participated in the several times Su Yue and Huang Qingyao had come. Today was her first time here.

Di-

As soon as the two passed through security and entered the exhibition hall, two adorable cartoon-style service robots in the charging area next to them received the signal, immediately activated, and flew up, hovering and following them to their side and front.

Welcome to Xingdong Technology's themed exhibition hall. Next, Xiao Xing 008/009 will be at your service...

"Wait, why do they have service robots? Didn't they just say all 500 robots were allocated...?"

"Are you crazy? Didn't you see those people next to you are security personnel!"

Not far away, one of the two young people exclaimed and asked a question, but before he could finish speaking, his companion quickly stopped him.

"How many visitors are there in the exhibition hall now, and how are they being managed?"

Xu Qingling ignored the stares from those around her, glanced at the densely packed crowd in the exhibition hall, then looked at the two service robots, and asked a question.

Su Yue and Li Tao came here for the first time, and the videos and descriptions they took showed crowds of people, but today the crowds seem to be less crowded.

The Xingdong Science and Technology Theme Pavilion covers an area of ​​5.6 square meters. After a period of operation, it currently adopts a comfortable flow distribution system, strictly controlling one person per code, and limiting the flow of visitors to 7000 people at a time, with a maximum of 8 square meters per person.

When visitor traffic exceeds 70% of the capacity, the system will initiate a paid ticketing system for the remaining 30% and activate a time-limited procedure to restrict visit time and manage entry and exit.

Purchase a ticket for 128 yuan, which allows unlimited time on the day of your visit, with a maximum of three hours of free admission on the same day.

Because it's New Year's Eve tonight, the theme pavilion has a lot of activities scheduled, and the visitor flow is more than five times that of usual.

Currently, the venue has a peak visitor flow of 5778 people, including 878 paying visitors and 4900 free visitors. Entry and exit are managed on a one-in-one-out basis. There are approximately 9000 to 1 visitors outside, either watching events or waiting to enter…

The robot next to Xu Qingling announced a series of data in a very cute voice.

"Okay, I understand. You don't need to guide us anymore. You can go and serve the other tourists..." Xu Qingling nodded, indicating that the two robots could leave.

She already has a little white robot at home, and these robots that seem very new to others are already ordinary to her.

Moreover, since it's rare for her to go out and have fun, she mainly wants to be with Lin Dong, not with these robots.

【receive】

Upon receiving the clear instructions, the two robots flew through the air in an arc, instantly landing next to the two pairs of tourists.

[Beep—You have 23 minutes left of your free admission time for the day. It's about time to prepare to leave the exhibition hall or buy tickets. Once you buy tickets, we can take you around as long as you like...]

talking.

The screens on both robots' faces displayed a QR code for purchasing tickets.

[Show me your tickets after you buy them, otherwise the security robot won't recognize you and will kick you out.]

"..."

The two pairs of tourists were stunned. They looked at each other and then at the cute robot. They couldn't help but smile wryly and take out their phones to scan the QR code to buy tickets.

"Pfft—"

Xu Qingling couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, turning to Lin Dong with a smile and saying, "This themed pavilion can be used to guide consumption like this?"

"Maybe these robots also have performance requirements for their jobs..." Lin Dong smiled and led Xu Qingling into the exhibition hall.

Although it is Xingdong Company's technology-themed pavilion, responsible for showcasing some smart and future technologies, the pavilion also displays products from other companies in addition to Xingdong Company.

The entire exhibition hall is not only themed around civilian use, but rather 70% civilian use, 20% industrial use, and 10% public use.

The exhibition showcased a variety of pet robots, robotic dogs, drones, large A-scale models, robotic arms, fire-fighting robotic dogs, and new energy products.

In addition, there are human-computer interaction shows, mechanical dogs and robot performances, some futuristic designs, future prospects, and so on.

The biggest highlight of the exhibition hall is that, apart from the performances, everything else is an unmanned process.

Robots provide service guidance, introduce themselves and promote their products, and manage crowd flow.

Although these themes and smart products were no longer particularly novel to Xu Qingling, she still enjoyed watching them with Lin Dong's hand the whole time.

"Dongdong."

The two strolled around, and Xu Qingling focused on watching several robot performances that were mainly quirky but also attracted the largest crowds.

Especially when I saw a humanoid robot with a screen on its head mixed in with a group of Sichuan opera face-changing actors, learning how to change faces, I couldn't help but laugh: "Who came up with the idea of ​​having a robot learn the script of Sichuan face-changing opera?"

"The exhibition hall's operations department, I suppose..."

Lin Dong watched as a group of people changed their faces, one imitating the other by changing their screen, each changing a face and an emoji, creating a scene of constant surprise and amusement. He couldn't help but smile.

"Let's go up to the top floor and watch the New Year's Eve performance outside..." Lin Dong laughed for a while, and after the performance ended, he took Xu Qingling's hand and walked to the other side.

"Principal, those two young men in front of me have quite the entourage; they even brought security guards with them when they came in."

Xiao Wang arrived with his new girlfriend, a group of team members, and the manager. Suddenly, the team manager seemed to see something and gestured for Lin Dong and his companion to look at them.

"Where is this pretentiousness from?"

Xiao Wang turned around, but the next moment, he saw Lin Dong and the other person walking towards the elevator that was temporarily closed today and led to the observation deck on the top floor.

The robot guiding the elevator made no attempt to stop them. Then, glancing at Lin Dong and Xu Qingling's young faces, it seemed to realize something, its heart skipped a beat, and it hissed, "Don't you dare talk nonsense..."

"Let's find a place and see what they're doing..."

After scolding Xiao Wang, he pondered for a moment, then stopped looking at the New Year's Eve activities and quickly walked to a place with a view outside and a viewing platform.

The new girlfriend standing next to him, along with the team manager and others, immediately realized that they had encountered someone even the principal couldn't afford to offend, and quickly shut their mouths, not daring to utter another word.

From the top floor, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire exhibition hall, both inside and out.

Seeing the deserted rooftop observation deck, Xu Qingling seemed to realize something. She turned her head and looked at Lin Dong with bright eyes: "Are you... hiding something from me?"

"It's been years since I've been able to come out with you... Ms. Luo Min, look outside." Lin Dong smiled and didn't deny it, then took Xu Qingling's hand and gestured for her to look outside.

buzzing-

As soon as Lin Dong finished speaking, a dense buzzing sound immediately filled the area around the exhibition hall.

Countless drones took off from all directions, trailing lights like a torrent of sparks, surging against the current around the exhibition hall and into the sky, centered on Lin Dong and his companion. The sheer scale of the attack instantly overshadowed the ongoing drone show...

boom!

Suddenly, several hundred meters away, a 12-inch firework shot into the sky.

Boom—

A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth, and the entire world was instantly illuminated.

A firework with a diameter of 200 meters bloomed in the highest sky, its brilliant light and colors instantly overwhelming all other colors.

Wait until the fireworks fade away.

Suddenly, a heart made of drones appeared in the sky, contracting and pulsating, followed by a line of text made of drones.

—【Happy New Year, Ms. Luo Min!】

"Dongdong..."

Xu Qingling stared at the image formed by the array of drones, her eyes momentarily lost in thought. Then, a stunning smile spread across her face, her eyes shining as if she possessed the whole world: "It's quite beautiful."

"Is it really that good-looking?" Lin Dong retorted.

"It looks good."

Xu Qingling smiled brightly, but as she spoke, she suddenly pulled Lin Dong's hand, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the cheek. Before she could retract her hand, her ears were already bright red...