One Hundred and Nine

  With full wine and food, everyone sat on the sofa to rest and digest. Cheng Shigui clapped his hands and said: "Alright, after a few days of crazy play, there must be a lot of accumulated work." He paused for a moment and said: "I'll stay for a few more days, see how things are going, and see if we need to strengthen security."

  "Yes! The boss is too young, it's not good to be targeted by thieves." Yang Fan echoed.

  "You don't have to be so nervous, it's fine." Fang Mo Nan said with a roll of his eyes.

  "This is non-negotiable." Everyone chimed in unison, rejecting her resistance.

  The wine party dispersed and they went their separate ways, Yang Fan returned to Japan; Diao Rong returned to Europe; Pangzi and Han Zhiqian returned home; Ailen, Liang Zi, and Cheng Shigui stayed behind, discussing how to spend the 1 billion.

  After the New Year's Day, Xiao Yi and her family had not returned yet, and Mo Bei was also performing outside. After finishing the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, Fang Mo Nan moved to the study room, where Liang Zi saw the tea set on the table and automatically brewed a pot of Gongfu tea.

  "Boss, what's going on with that money?" Allen asked curiously.

  "Since it's money won from gambling, of course it'll be spent at the casino!" Fang Mo Nan said matter-of-factly, and originally this was what she had planned all along, otherwise why would she have gone crazy winning so much money.

  "Still want to gamble!" Allen let out a long sigh, clearly unwilling to recall the unpleasantness of that night, and for now, didn't want to enter the casino. It seemed the aftereffect of last time was not small.

  Cheng Shigui waved his hand in front of Allen, "What are you daydreaming about! Nannan has decided to build a casino hotel." Without looking at Allen, who had a sparkling look in his eyes and an envious expression, he continued: "Las Vegas, Atlantic City, that place is even better."

  Allen suppressed his excitement and sat up straight. "To be honest, Atlantic City is better."

  "Oh! Why?" Cheng Shigui took over the teacup handed by Liang Zi and raised an eyebrow.

  "Atlantic City is located in New Jersey, USA, about 160 kilometers northeast of New York and 96 kilometers northwest of Philadelphia. Before the casinos opened, it was a small seaside town that wasn't well-known. In the late 1970s, Atlantic City entered a period of rapid development and became a strong competitor to Las Vegas within less than 10 years, with a promising future ahead. Located next to the Atlantic Ocean, it has nice beaches and all the casinos and hotels are concentrated on the beachside avenue. Even if you don't gamble, the scenery is beautiful and charming, making it a great place for tourism and vacation." He sat back down and took a sip of the tea brewed by Liangzi, "Most importantly, I'm in New York, where there are many Chinese communities, and Liangzi and I take good care of each other."

  "Atlantic City?" Fang Mernan narrowed his eyes, lightly tapping the armrest of the sofa, recalling the most famous casino there, "Isn't that where they're building an Indian-style 'Taj Mahal' casino? The largest and most luxurious one."

  "Wow! The boss even knows this." Allen said: "Yes. They are promoting it externally like this."

  "Specifically." Liangzi asked.

  Allen thought for a moment, "Their promotional poster said so. The main building is a combination of Arabic and modern architectural styles, with 51 floors, majestic and magnificent, topped with an Islamic-style spire decorated with sparkling artificial gems. The entire casino has 7,000 slot machines, 250 large roulette tables, and all sorts of other gambling games."

  "What do you think?" Liangzi slightly furrowed his brow and said lightly, "These casinos have different styles, there's Florentine, Baroque, Arabian, Indian, it seems like there isn't a Chinese style yet."

  Fang Mo Nan felt relieved when he heard Liang Zi's words and handed over the money, saying: "The money is yours now, do whatever you want with it."

  "Haha…… Nannan is used to being lazy, and the Chinese style still needs to be asked about you. Not to mention this casino's design drawings also need your help." Liangzi smiled and said: "We can't run around in circles for nothing, you have to put in some effort too."

  "That's right!" said Cheng Shigui. "One person plans for a short time, two people plan for a long time. Specifically, we need to form a one-stop service around the word 'gambling' that includes eating, drinking, and entertainment, with all internal facilities complete." He continued: "Allen will be responsible for handling relations with both black and white societies."

  "This is no problem, it was originally my territory, this is easy to handle." Allen said.

  Liang Zidao: "Matt and I are in charge of preparation, so..."

  "Alright! I'll take care of the design draft, but it's just a rough outline. You'll still need to find an expert for the final version." Fang Mo Nan said.

  "This is no problem, you have to draft, will bring them a lot of inspiration." Cheng Shigui said. "So we decided to build the casino in Atlantic City, which is close to New York, and there are many Chinese people and overseas Chinese in New York, who are the main force of gambling, after the casino is built, don't worry about not having customers."

  "Alright! While waiting for Nannan's drawings, I'll go on site tomorrow to investigate." said Liang Zidao.

  Liang Zihao and Allen went to inspect, while Cheng Shigui was in Philadelphia, observing whether there were any restless rats in the dark. During the day, Cheng Shigui accompanied Fang Mo Nan in the hospital and truly understood what a "divine doctor" was. At night, the two of them discussed in front of the computer and made an effect diagram, which turned out to be a 3D effect diagram and it wasn't bad.

  "Hmm... Nan Nan is not only good at medicine, but also skilled in computer stuff." Cheng Shigui teased: "What can't you do?" He really experienced what it means to be busy and what it's like to be bustling. Sometimes after finishing his work, he still had time to relax, while she almost had no leisure time, and the effect diagram was also squeezed out of her busy schedule. Moreover, she drew a good rough sketch, which he personally operated on the computer to draw out. When seeing the complete effect diagram, Cheng Shigui couldn't help but admire himself, originally mastering software application was so simple. But don't mention his previous flustered and frustrated appearance when making mistakes.

  Liang Zi and his team went for a week, after returning, Cheng Shigui showed them his results on the computer.

  "Wow... Nannan, Matthew, you've moved the Dragon King's underwater dragon palace to land." Liangzi exclaimed in surprise at the renderings.

  "Right next to the Atlantic," Fang Mernan said, "Inspiration from this."

  "How about looking at the fountain in the square, it's like the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac in Yuanmingyuan." Liang Zi said, pointing to the computer screen.

  "Right! I was lazy and directly moved it over, it doesn't exist anymore, let's recreate it." Fang Mo Nan said with a tongue-out expression. "The music fountain is as big as a football field."

  "How beautiful!" Allen exclaimed.

  The entire main building is 45 floors high, taking the meaning of nine and five. The palace-style architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties has a foundation and steps made of Han white jade. The hotel's exterior is designed with light blue glass, shining brightly like silver, reflecting the Atlantic Ocean. In front of the palace gate, there are nine sturdy dragon pillars supporting it, with magnificent dragons flying in the air, as if they want to fly up to the ninth heaven. The huge dragon mouth faces upwards, roaring loudly, exuding a strong and sacred aura that is inviolable and majestic.

  "Ah! Without sufficient cultural accumulation, doing Chinese-style is too difficult. I can only do it to this extent, and the rest is up to you. Go back to China and have an expert modify it." Fang Monan said: "However, I hope that the luxurious villa of the hotel will not have too many modifications."

  Luxurious villa area, using Chinese garden techniques, the interior is not a large-scale Western-style landscape paving method, but emphasizes winding paths and seclusion, emphasizing a poetic atmosphere, with internal mountains, water, forests, bridges, pavilions, platforms, buildings, and scenic walls all having strong Chinese characteristics.

  The villas have a Han and Tang flavor, Ming and Qing style, as well as the architectural styles of other ethnic groups, and even farmhouse music and earth stoves.

  The interior design of hotel rooms also follows the Chinese style, mainly reflected in traditional furniture (mostly Ming and Qing dynasty furniture), decorative items, and black and red as the main decorative colors. The interior layout is mostly symmetrical, elegant, simple and beautiful, with rich and mature colors. Traditional interior decorations include calligraphy and painting, couplets, hanging screens, potted landscapes, ceramics, antiques, fans, and bookshelves, pursuing a life of self-cultivation and elegance. The characteristics of traditional Chinese interior decoration art are overall symmetrical balance, stability, and grandeur, while in decorative details, it advocates for natural charm, with intricate carvings of flowers, birds, fish, and insects, rich in changes, fully embodying the spirit of traditional Chinese aesthetics.

  In terms of space, it emphasizes hierarchy, often using bay windows and screens to separate, making a solid frame with solid wood, fixing the bracket, and carving flowers in the middle to form an ancient and simple pattern.

  Doors and windows are very important for determining Chinese style, as Chinese doors and windows are generally made of wooden grilles or other traditional Chinese patterns, carved into various shapes with smooth polishing, rich in three-dimensional sense.

  The ceiling is made of wooden strips intersecting to form a square grid, covered with wooden boards. It can also be made into a simple ring-shaped lamp pool pendant, with a solid wood frame, clear layers, and painted in the color of rosewood.

  The screen has a blocking screen; solid wood carving flowers; a combination of puzzle flower boards, and also black gold-painted screens, hand-drawn with flowers, grass, people, auspicious patterns, etc. The colors are strong and the matching is clear. The hotel's restaurant partition; living room decoration partition. More rustic scenery quiet, elegant. With the effect map, Fang Mo Nan wrote many suggestions, she patted her own arm, rubbed her neck, "I'm not a professional architect, I'm really tired to death, it's okay like this, don't make it difficult for me again. The interior is fine, but the large building aspect I can't handle."

  "Alright, the overall framework is set, now it's up to you all to fill in the details."

  "Looks good like this, leave the rest to us and we'll find professionals to supplement and modify it."

  According to the requirements of Nanshan, our hotel has all the facilities. The conference facility covers an area of 380,000 square meters, and the garden banquet hall can accommodate 9,500 people. There are also 30 other fully functional meeting rooms that can hold meetings for 28 to 350 people. The hotel also has a multi-purpose theater with 20,000 seats and two theaters. Entertainment facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, fitness club, tennis court, sauna, golf course, and a large amusement park casino. There is also a shopping street and a dining street.

  Cheng Shigui clicked his tongue and said: "Since it's a casino, the casino is as big as seven football fields, with nearly 10,000 slot machines. The hotel has rooms upstairs and a casino downstairs, letting those gamblers who are enchanted by the game gamble day and night, without knowing whether it's dawn or dusk, east or west, north or south.

  Gamblers can enjoy free drinks at the gaming tables, eat delicious and affordable meals in the restaurant, and enjoy various free services in the hotel, including gambling introductory courses, childcare services, check cashing, property pawnbroking, and more.