In the micro-realm, on New Year's Eve, the people of the micro-realm entered on time, and those who entered later entered around noon.
As in previous years, the New Year celebrations in the micro-world have already begun, and the people of the world are actively preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
This year, the camps were separated, but on New Year's Eve, all the slots for traveling to and from the Four Directions Gate were reserved for Chen Yang's family.
As the ruler of the realm, Chen Yang would visit several places and have a drink, which led the people of the realm to jokingly call him a leader going to the countryside for inspection.
The New Year's Eve dinner was actually no different from last year, except that the participants changed because it was held at a separate camp this year, instead of gathering in the town of Xindu.
While Chen Yang was having his New Year's Eve dinner, he went through the Four Directions Gate to visit the other camps, which were also doing quite well. Since resources were shared, everyone's meals were actually similar. It was also the first year of this kind of event, so it hadn't yet developed any local specialties.
The liveliness of the Micro World goes without saying; it's the same every year. Even the top figures from China take time out of their busy schedules to enter the Micro World and participate in its annual celebrations. They can't resist the allure.
These people are truly leaders going to the countryside.
The next day, the residents all set off for HZ. They had already bought their plane or train tickets, and those who had driven there had also left early. Chen Yang reimbursed those from families of modest means, providing them with food and lodging.
The number of people in the area is about to exceed 300, and a total of 261 people came this time, which can be described as very lively.
Chen Yang decorated the exhibition hall to resemble the Great Hall of Hogwarts in Harry Potter, with rows of long tables already set with pastries and drinks. However, the most striking difference was the central kitchen shaped like a square.
As a cover, they put up a large banner at the entrance that read "Micro World Offline Gathering".
The game developed by Hou Yu is a really good cover-up; it doesn't matter if others overhear their conversation.
Passersby saw it and muttered, "When did offline gatherings for a game become so high-end?"
It's one thing to hold the event inside the exhibition hall, but the entrance is lined with luxury cars, row upon row of them.
Chen Yang hired some part-time workers to help with the preparations, setting up tables and chairs, and arranging everything. They also assisted in the kitchen. Once everything was almost done, he paid the workers their wages, and they left happily. This half-day's work was equivalent to more than half a month's income normally.
The visitors arrived one after another. Most of them knew each other. Even if they didn't talk much, they had met before, so there was no need for any warm-up activities. The entire exhibition hall was filled with visitors chatting with smiles.
The central kitchen is already bustling with activity, with a total of twenty residents preparing food.
For convenience, many foods that can be kept fresh have already been prepared, so they can just be heated up and served. Otherwise, the residents who are responsible for cooking won't be able to sit down and enjoy the meal together.
It's worth mentioning that all the pastries are made by Xia Yue's bakery, which now has three branches.
All her shop employees were still working overtime to bake cakes the day before New Year's Eve. Several ovens and her bread oven never stopped working. All the pastries were always baked the day before New Year's Eve. Today, it took two trips in a van to transport them all over.
Many of the ingredients we're using today were brought from the Micro Realm, and the other ingredients were also selected from the best available.
If they didn't hang up banners, the nearby residents would think they were entertaining foreign guests.
They even saw a helicopter parked on top of the exhibition hall.
That was Lu Lin, Ding Qihan, and Ding Aiqi's family. They had rushed back from abroad and knew it would be a bit rushed, so they applied to use a helicopter, which Zhang Guoan agreed to with a smile.
Another wealthy businessman in the micro-world, Yin Weilin, is much more low-key. There's no way around it; his marriage proposal to Mu Xun made him a celebrity. Normally, as someone in the business world, he wouldn't need to be so low-key when going out.
If he gets caught now, he'll definitely be on the news the next day.
In short, the exhibition hall entrance was full of luxury cars, and many people who lived nearby simply drove over. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the roads weren't too congested.
Since it was inconvenient for several prominent figures from China to show up, they sent all members of the Soul of China to represent them. The people of the Soul of China were aware of the existence of the Micro-World, so it was fine.
By 4 p.m., all the residents had gathered, and the exhibition hall was bustling with activity.
After all the residents had arrived, the nearby residents noticed that there were suddenly more security guards around the exhibition hall.
Moreover, these security guards don't look like security guards at all. What kind of security guards stand as straight as telephone poles, with their eyes fixed straight ahead? And why would a game's offline gathering need so many security guards?
Several people who wanted to join in the fun were kicked out. One older woman was still not satisfied and wanted to throw a tantrum, but she saw several security guards immediately put their hands on their waists.
Upon seeing the familiar black metal objects on the waists of the security guards, the woman was so frightened that her legs trembled. She left silently. On her way back, she kept feeling that there were gun barrels pointed at her from the nearby buildings, as if they were snipers, and there was more than one.
In reality, the exhibition hall was completely surrounded by troops. Not to mention people, it would be impossible for even a mosquito to fly in. This is not an exaggeration, because there were indeed no mosquitoes in the dead of winter.
Around the 5,000-square-meter exhibition hall, a 100-person unit disguised as security guards patrolled the area. Inside the surrounding buildings, there were 20 snipers, and another 300 people were scattered in some residential buildings on standby.
Moreover, these soldiers are all elites, recruited from the Southeast Military Region, and are superior to ordinary armed police.
All this is so that the people of the micro-world can enjoy their New Year's Eve dinner in peace, which shows how much importance China attaches to the micro-world.
The residents inside the exhibition hall had no idea they were receiving such protection; otherwise, they would have been even more proud.
The fact that so many people from the realm could gather is a testament to Chen Yang's recognition. He didn't force anything; it was the people's heartfelt desire to come.
Although the scene was lively, it wasn't chaotic, because few of the inhabitants liked to make a lot of noise.
Even if it's not chaotic, having hundreds of people together still feels a bit like being shoulder to shoulder.
This gathering was very simple. There were no year-end summaries, no speeches from leaders, no need for a host, and most importantly, no need for pretense.
Nowadays, a few hundred people are considered a company annual meeting, and the atmosphere on stage is lively and bustling. However, things are quite different off stage. Every year, there are open and covert struggles between different factions over performance, and internal competition even within the same faction. It's very complicated.
This offline gathering of the Micro World was really without any purpose; we just wanted to get together.
Chen Yang didn't want anything from them, and they didn't have anything to gain either, so of course they had no ulterior motives.
For both residents of the New Territories and those of the Old Territories, every Lunar New Year in the Micro Territories is something to look forward to, because it is so different from the past.
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