A city that never sleeps in the desert: a documentary about Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world and a famous casino.

"Las Vegas" comes from Spanish, which means "fertile grassland". In the vast desert, there is only a bay of spring water and an oasis, hence the name. Las Vegas used to be a small village, and it only took ten years to develop into an international metropolis. Las Vegas is one of the four largest gambling cities in the world, with 247 casinos. It is a tourist, shopping and holiday city with gambling as its center. Nine of the top ten resort hotels in the world are here. Some entertainment projects and performances are unique in the world. It is also easy to register for marriage. Same-sex, opposite-sex, married and unmarried people can go through the marriage formalities, and it is no problem to hold an ultra-luxury wedding. Every year, there are 38.9 million tourists from all over the world, most of whom come to shop, entertain and enjoy food, and only a few come to gamble. Las Vegas is a veritable "entertainment capital of the world" and "wedding capital". The whole city is open 24 hours a day, and the streets are always crowded with people. Because Las Vegas is located in the desert and the climate is extremely hot, it is more lively at night than during the day, and it is a real "city that never sleeps". Among the tourists, there are a group of "night owls" who sleep in hotels during the day and come out at night. If you drive to Las Vegas at night, you will find: in the long night, over a hill, through a barren land, suddenly your eyes shine, and the horizon is colorful and brightly lit, just like the Milky Way falling for nine days, that is: Las Vegas-the pearl of the night in the desert.

Coming to Las Vegas has subverted my understanding of hotels. I used to think the hotel was big enough, with hundreds of beds; In addition to accommodation, there are restaurants, saunas, gyms and swimming pools with complete functions. But hotels in Las Vegas generally have thousands of beds, high shelves and luxurious decoration, and all have large casinos, restaurants with thousands of seats, shopping malls selling all kinds of luxury goods, theaters performing all kinds of programs and various entertainment facilities. In a word, hotels in Las Vegas are comprehensive amusement places integrating accommodation, dining, gambling, shopping and entertainment. After staying in the hotel, tourists can meet all your amusement needs without going out for ten and a half months. In China, you can't find such a hotel except Macau.

There is another feature of hotels in Las Vegas: none of them are the same, but they all have different styles. In the Hollywood hotel where we stayed, colorful neon lights flashed at the door and huge photos of stars hung. People who don't know thought it was a cinema! As soon as you enter the door, there are many slot machines, rows of gambling tables, and you can't see your head. A beautiful woman is dealing cards on a table, and gamblers are thinking nervously about how to bet. On the table stood a coquettish three-point dancer dancing in situ, and noisy music resounded through the hall. I think, on the one hand, there are beautiful women dealing cards, on the other hand, there are beautiful women. How to make gamblers not distracted and lose money? Before going to Las Vegas, I heard a sentence: "If you are poor to a few dollars, try your luck in Las Vegas!" ! Maybe you can get rich overnight; If you can't spend all your money, come to Las Vegas! Maybe the next day you will be penniless. "When I arrived at the Las Vegas Casino, I found that, unlike what I expected, not all gamblers had greedy eyes. On the contrary, I saw many educated old men and women sitting in front of slot machines, skillfully pressing buttons of various colors, as if playing video games, as if they didn't care about winning or losing, just killing extra time.

Next to the Hollywood Hotel is the Paris Hotel. Visiting the Paris Hotel is another kind of scenery. The Eiffel Tower stands in front of the Paris Hotel, which has the Arc de Triomphe, French-style streets and bars. There are white clouds in the vast blue sky, which are still fluttering, very realistic and have a strong sense of space.

However, my favorite is the Venice Hotel. This hotel costs/kloc-0.8 billion dollars to recreate the scenery of Venice Water City, where the Sigh Bridge, Bell Tower, Stone Road and St. Kyle Square are presented one by one. Visitors can take a gondola and enjoy the scenery along the coast. It is said that gondola and the boatman are both from Venice. The boatman wearing a wide-brimmed hat sang authentic Italian folk songs, which attracted tourists on the bridge to stop and enjoy it. Bridges, flowing water, gondola, boatmen and reflections in the water constitute a scene of the Venetian Hotel, which is not available in other hotels. In addition, the artificial sky that changes every 20 minutes is like coming to Venice, which is really embarrassing! Who would have thought that this is the view on the second floor of the hotel?

Strolling along the Las Vegas Strip, 24 hours a day is crowded with tourists of different colors, no matter day or night. I didn't know what "the entertainment capital of the world" was until I came here. My impression of Las Vegas can be summed up in eight words: "Eat, drink and be merry". Compared with Los Angeles, Las Vegas has a completely different style and atmosphere: Los Angeles is a city of entrepreneurship and culture, while Las Vegas is a city of consumption and entertainment. Only what you can't think of, nothing you can't do. All the performances are world-class and all the food is world-class. Ordinary performances and restaurants simply can't get along here. People from all over the world come here for only one purpose, that is, to spend a lot of money and enjoy the happiness that they can't enjoy elsewhere.

Phantom Hotel has a volcanic eruption performance every night. At 7 o'clock, the Rocky Mountain in front of the hotel burst open, and then the fire rose into the sky, shaking the earth. The fire, wrapped in smoke, hit the audience and burned the skin. 10- 12 minutes later, the volcano stopped erupting. It happened again half an hour later, until late at night. The sound, light, fire and vibration here are all controlled by computers, and the cost of gasoline consumed every night reaches several thousand yuan. It happens every day all year round, but it's an amazing expense!

Bai Le Palace Hotel has an artificial lake covering an area of 32,000 square meters. There are more than 1000 spouts in the colorful music fountain here, and the height and angle of each spout are different, and the highest can reach140m. Spray every night and every hour. With the music, colorful fountains dance, dancing with the rhythm of music, the scene is extremely spectacular, worthy of being the originator of the world music fountain. Hotel rooms are equipped with luxurious marble bathrooms, and there are five swimming pools of different shapes outside, where you can enjoy massage services. There are also lush botanical gardens and numerous art galleries in the world famous paintings, from which tourists who love nature or art can get their spiritual satisfaction.

At Paramount Palace, we also watched an "O Show". "O" is the French pronunciation of "water", which is a high-level (high-level), large-scale (large-scale) and high-grade performance with water as the theme. The performance theater corresponds to "O" and has a ring structure, costing 75 million US dollars. The theater has 1800 seats, divided into four floors, and more than two floors have half a circle of boxes for the rich to watch. Although the ticket price is high, the venue is full, which is unprecedented. The performance broke through the old stage concept, successfully used 3D technology and flexible stage scheduling, and instantly transformed the stage into a pool, perfectly presenting a three-dimensional performance in the air, on the ground and underwater. Divers jump from a height of 10, and their movements are elegant and capable. It can be seen that the pool water on the stage is deep enough, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the safety of divers. Las Vegas "O Show" is one of the "Three Great Shows in the World", which brings together well-known Olympic divers and water ballet players, as well as world-class trapeze artists, Mongolian cartoonists and gymnasts. , forming an ultra-luxurious performance lineup, integrating various art forms, realizing the perfect combination of beautiful art, exquisite technology and modern technology, which can be described as the top feast of world cultural performances. The "O Show" performance is full of high-spirited, healthy and enterprising positive energy, and there is no pornographic performance or other vulgar taste. One after another, the difficult movements are more wonderful than the other, but none of them miss, which is really commendable. Audiences from all over the world are very enthusiastic. During the whole performance, there was nothing but exclamations and screams. The feeling I recall can only be described in four words: amazing.

In today's world, Michelin is the most famous restaurant, and Gordon Ramsay in Britain is the highest paid chef. He is the most famous chef in Michelin restaurant and the only chef in the world who has won the title of "Three Stars" in Michelin seven times. He produced a catering TV program called "Hell's Kitchen" in the United States, which was popular all over the world and had more than 3 million fans.

Gordon Ramsay's fifth store in Las Vegas is named after the world-famous TV program "Hell's Kitchen". This is also the world's first Hell Kitchen, located at Caesar's Palace Hotel in the middle of Las Vegas Avenue. There are many diners here, and there are people waiting in line to eat in the kitchen of hell. We specially lined up here and enjoyed the taste of "Hell's Kitchen".

Hell Kitchen is designed by Pierce International Design Company, which is very personalized and experiential. The sign of Hell's Kitchen was set at the door: a barbecue fork and a blazing flame, which vividly reflected Gordon's personality. Gordon is very strict about the production of exquisite dishes and has a hot personality. Working in his kitchen is like hell. He once defended his hot temper: if the fire in the kitchen is not strong, how can the chef have enthusiasm?

The dining room is bright, transparent and full of vitality, which can accommodate more than 300 people. As soon as the guests entered the restaurant, they thought they had entered the studio of TV programs. The open kitchen has a panoramic view of the ingredients, kitchen hygiene and operation process, giving customers the feeling of watching the TV program of Hell Kitchen on the spot. The waiter is also good, smiling from beginning to end, familiar with the dishes, always patiently explaining, and being a good customer staff. Of course, the tip is higher than other restaurants, and the waiter's income is also considerable.

Hell's Kitchen lives up to its reputation. Their food is really exquisite, and the taste is obviously better than other restaurants. We tasted steak, foie gras, salmon, lobster coix seed, onion soup and ice cream ... all the dishes were exquisite, but not delicious. The famous Wellington steak, when served, exudes an attractive fragrance and makes people drool. When I cut off a piece and sent it to my mouth, I felt that the seemingly red beef was so tender, smooth and delicious that I didn't feel raw at all. The mushrooms poured on the steak are a perfect match with the seasoning. Mixed with steak, it will produce a special fragrance, which makes people want to stop, and they can't stop after eating. The most popular hamburger is also quite exquisite. Not just a piece of meat and a few dishes. Instead, each ingredient has been carefully produced, and a number of "small essences" have merged into the "big essence" of the whole steak. When I was tasting hamburgers, I couldn't help secretly sighing: writing articles, drawing pictures and even doing things for people are different! Doing every detail well and accumulating small essence into big essence is the way to deal with people, and the secret of Gordon Ramsay's success is probably here!

I tasted all kinds of delicious food, and finally I served ice cream. Eight milky balls are in a circle on the plate, just like white flowers. After the waiter pours the liquid nitrogen, the liquid nitrogen at minus 196 instantly vaporizes. Liquid nitrogen forms a fine layer of ice crystals on the surface of ice cream, which removes the sense of ice residue and makes the ice cream taste better. There is still steaming in my mouth, and there is a feeling of smoking. White smoke haunts the ice cream, just like the snowy mountains and snow lotus, creating an artistic conception of finding a way in the fairy mountains. I seem to forget being in a luxurious downtown and enter another cold and quiet world.