"So we, just those pawns and vassals, are just eating with the mix," Zheng Zhiyuan said with some amazement after introducing the situation.

Although he is married and has a daughter, his actual age is not very old, and today he met peers with similar temperaments in a strange environment, and they all felt good about each other, and the relationship quickly became acquainted, and he had already begun to shout Brother Zheng Xiaolei.

"Not necessarily," Deng Lei gestured to the other man's notebook, "Maybe you're the next Compaq?"

Because of the first to launch a PC-compatible portable computer, Compaq quickly became popular in the early 80s, and later became a star manufacturer of compatible phones because it was the first to launch the 386PC, and once became the king of PC sales in the world in 95.

As if to understand that there was something inappropriate to use IBM and Compaq to compare the relationship between bees and Ruichang, Deng Lei hurriedly took a sip of the cup printed with "J=01001010" in front of him, but soon his face quickly wrinkled.

Zheng Zhiyuan didn't notice this, and said with some disdain: "So what, Compaq hasn't been eaten by HP yet?"

"That's their own death, the acquisition of DEC caused indigestion, and caught up with the transfer of the industry to Asia and did not follow up in time, so they couldn't get mixed up with the merger by HP. Okay, let's not talk about this," Deng Lei knocked on the cup in front of him: "It's really unlucky today! This cup of J feels like a herb, and those people in the logistics really dare to add anything to it!"

Zheng Zhiyuan looked down at the coffee in his hand, raised the cup printed with "8=00111000" and took a big sip, swallowed it slowly with a proud face, and then said with a smile: "Haha, my cup is okay, it's coffee-flavored mango milk, but it's slightly sweet." ”

"Hehe, don't be complacent for too long, one day you will also encounter bitter coffee that will make you depressed to death, anyway, you have to stay here for a month, and there is time. ”

After taking another sip, the corners of Deng Lei's mouth trembled and said: "The general bitter coffee is just too high in chlorogenic acid and roasted for too long, resulting in too high bitter content, and it is still acceptable if you get used to it." But here, you may come across all kinds of strange flavors, and the recipes of the food center are regularly updated according to the season and the availability of ingredients, and the taste of the same cup often drifts and is planted without paying attention. ”

There are as many as 128 cups here, all named after 8-digit ASCII characters, and the correspondence between cups and specific coffees needs to complete a small game to get clues, many people are like Zheng and Deng, they don't want to do that game, and only the working computer in the store knows what they will drink.

But this is also a special highlight, quite a kind of Forrest Gump's chocolate box feeling, very popular, especially the code farmer program ape is very fond of here, which can be seen from almost everyone has a notebook. As for whether they like to experience fresh (wonderful) tastes, or have a pursuit of exercising reasoning and technique, or come to see the beauty of beautiful women, it is not clear.

After speaking, Deng Lei took another sip with a bitter face, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not hard to drink when you get used to it." ”

"What are you doing with it? If it's not too sweet, just order a cup of No. 8 like me." ”

"No, no, no, this is good and you don't need to change it," Deng Lei hurriedly refused, and then pointed to the wall and explained: "There are rules here, delicious sharing refills are free, and it's a shameful waste to take pictures on the wall, I don't want to be seen there every day." ”

Looking in the direction he pointed, Zheng Zhiyuan found that among the many graffiti woodblock prints, there was indeed an inconspicuous frame, in which there was a photo of a man holding a cup and smiling strangely, which looked very joyful.

"Is there really anyone on the wall?"

"Of course, I'm willing to lose the bet, otherwise I'll be looked down upon by beautiful women!"

"It seems that my luck has been good these days, and I can still eat what I drink," Zheng Zhiyuan responded, and then asked: "By the way, Xiaolei, aren't you all on vacation? Why do you still come to the company? You can't be like me, you don't know where to play to stay here in a daze, right?"

"Everyone has gone on vacation, and the overtime income is also increasing. Of course, I want to take advantage of the fact that I am single now and work more overtime to save dog food for myself. ”

"You still eat dog food, it's because there are too many girls who are too picky, right?" Zheng Zhiyuan joked with a smile, his gaze swept over the young women around him, intentionally or unintentionally.

Although because of the attributes of the industry, Bee Group is still as many men and women as other technology companies, but the quantity is insufficient and the quality is supplemented, with the continuous efforts of HR, the girl's appearance level is quite good, and it is also a beautiful landscape. Although most of them are not so-called programmer encouragers, they have objectively achieved a similar effect and strengthened the recruitment policy of the HR department.

Peeking at the counter, Deng Lei smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

This time, Zheng Zhiyuan succeeded in capturing his expression, turning his head to look not far away, where a long-haired woman was facing away from them, as if she was reading something on the computer. Although the hair blocks the cheeks and can't see the face clearly, but from the back, the figure is quite good, and the combination of clothes, skirts and shoes on the body is also quite exquisite, so I don't think I should be an ugly girl. The more beautiful women are, the more they know the importance of makeup and dressing up, and those with ordinary looks don't care much about these, after all, the input-output ratio is too poor to make it worthwhile.

Seeing this situation, Master Zheng naturally would not let it go, his eyes kept wandering between the two, and the meaning of the ridicule was self-evident.

The latter couldn't stand it at that time, took a sip of the remaining Chinese medicine-flavored coffee, stood up and said, "Brother Zheng, it's not interesting to stay here all the time, or I'll take you around!"

Zheng Zhiyuan naturally knew the truth that he was too late, after all, they had not yet reached the point of talking freely, so they also drank their coffee milk, returned the cup together, and walked out of this "wonderful mushroom coffee house".

followed Xiao Lei into it, and under his guidance, Zheng Zhiyuan found that there were actually many people in the bee garden today, some of them really stayed to work overtime, and some of them ran to play like Deng Lei. This guy said that he was working overtime to earn dog food, but in fact, he came to hook up with his sister, but unfortunately he had a thief's heart but not a thief's guts, which made people anxious for him.

The living and entertainment facilities outside the island are naturally not as rich and complete as on Heron Island, so instead of wasting time on the road and traffic jams, it is better to spend time in the bee garden nearby. Anyway, for most people, having a free iFi is pretty much the same.

Of course, Deng Lei couldn't take people to watch videos all day, so he took Zheng Zhiyuan to the Technology Experience Center.

Getting off the shuttle bus and looking up at the cylindrical building that looked like a rainbow candy bar, Zheng Zhiyuan sighed, "We have been to this place before, but there were too many people queuing outside at that time, and we didn't go in the end, is it fun inside?"

"It's not fun, but it's novel," Deng Lei said as he walked: "This is the testing ground for the UX department, whether it's a web revision or a game update, you have to go through it here." So if you want to see the latest technology and products of bees, you must come here. ”

"Of course, things that you can see and experience casually are basically not far from being officially revealed. ”

The implication is that you can't find anything you can't see, even though it's in this building.

The ten-storey cylindrical building is ordinary, but the exterior is unique and impressive, with white walls and blue glass forming two spirals that spiral upwards and look very much like colored candy sticks.

If you know anything about the history of modern art, you should know that this kind of appearance is very similar to the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and can be classified as a collection of domestic copycat architecture.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a unique spiral structure for the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition hall, where visitors take the elevator to the sixth floor, then stroll down a ramp and walk until they see the various exhibits on display before reaching the exit on the first floor. Once boycotted by artists for its unconventional design, this private museum is now a temple of modern art and a famous landmark in New York.

A similar concept has been adopted by the Japanese, using the Sony Tower in Ginza, Tokyo, where the concept of "spatial continuity" is also applied to the floor design, where each floor is divided into four sub-districts, which are raised by 90 centimeters in turn, and when the consumer has completed the four sub-districts, there are only a few steps left from the upper floor.

Relatively speaking, the bee experience center has increased blatantly, and the original spring shape has been completely copied, but the theme color of bees has been selected in the color of the curtain wall glass. As for changing the direction of travel to a spiral upward, this is all a small section, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Taking Zheng Zhiyuan to stand on the automatic trail, Deng Lei also mentioned the plagiarism of this building, "Our lollipop is not a copycat, because we have a license! Bee has a cooperative relationship with the Guggenheim Foundation, and when preparing to build this experience center, the boss mentioned it casually, and the other party gave the authorization very quickly." ”

Besides, even if you don't give it, it's nothing, the United States didn't enact the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act until '90 and began to protect the copyright of buildings, while the Guggenheim Museum in New York was built in '59 and is not protected by the Act. In fact, why do so many copycat buildings in China like to copy the United States, it also has something to do with this, if you are involved in international lawsuits at every turn, there should not be so many places to copy casually. ”

The body was slowly climbed by the automatic trail, Deng Lei pointed out the functional areas on both sides, "This side near the patio is the rest area, don't go up and walk down the trail to come and rest, the outside side is the various test areas, the closed ones are either conducting confidential tests, or there is no one on vacation." Just look at the ones that are open. ”

Zheng Zhiyuan turned his head and looked left and right, and he could see that there were people surfing the Internet in front of the computer, some sitting on the sofa playing games, and some wearing headsets to "convulse", which was quite a feeling of sweeping the world at a glance.

So he smiled and said, "I suddenly feel that I don't have to go down, I can see a good scenery from here." ”

"It's like going shopping?" Deng Lei smiled, and continued: "A lot of people think the same way as you, there are often invited testers who walk and 'get lost', go all the way to the 10th floor, and then come down screaming. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and reached out to the patio, some transparent round tubes on the edge of his fingers, "This is also a feature of lollipops, the downhill slide, it's very exciting to play." ”

The automatic walkway here only has one counterclockwise upward direction, and the audience must take the ordinary elevator if they want to go downstairs, and the car going upstairs with empty will obviously bring unnecessary waste. In order to alleviate this problem, the bees have built a series of transparent round pipes that spiral downward at the edge of the patio to form a rather complex system of downhill slides, by choosing the right entrance, people can quickly reach any floor below, of course, there are too many floors apart, you need to turn a few more times in the slide.

Ever since Google installed slides in its offices, it has become a favorite among young geeks, and many tech companies and even universities have followed suit, but it's a little late for Bee to do it now. But it also has the added benefit that people don't resist the transparent gadgets hanging from the edge of the patio, although there are still screams coming from inside from time to time.

At the mention of these slides, Deng Lei was excited, because his fear had long been released by shouting again and again. But Zheng Zhiyuan couldn't do it, watching those people screaming and rushing out of the pipes, sliding out on the patio floor, he couldn't help but sweat for others, especially these fully transparent pipes, which exacerbated his worries.

As if seeing his worry and hesitation, Deng Lei hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, the slide network has triple protection, and the seismic level is even higher than that of the building, which is very safe." Look there, they also take on the role of emergency access, and the company will not joke with the last lifeline. ”

"Oh," Zheng Zhiyuan nodded subconsciously, and then he reacted, looked at Deng Lei and said, "Wait, there seems to be something wrong? I'm here to experience a new VR game, what does it have to do with taking the slide?"

"Of course it does," the latter smiled treacherously, "because the game I'm bringing you to experience is called 'Underground Adventure'!"

At this time, Zheng Zhiyuan naturally couldn't shrink his eggs, so he had to follow the other party up to the 10th floor and saw the special equipment of this "falling game", a skateboard with a sci-fi color, and a Dream Walker N3.

The skateboard has sensors and an electric offset device, which can actively create an inclined rotation effect when sliding down the pipe, and with the corresponding image in the headset, it can effectively amplify the falling experience and bring strong sensory stimulation.

At least Zheng Zhiyuan was stimulated, screaming all the way down to the first floor, and as soon as he was untied from the skateboard, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where is the toilet?"