Promotion

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Li Zhou's expression was solemn. He sat up straight and began to speak.

"We need to hurry with the press conference. Also, we should find contract manufacturers, and if we can't find any, we'll have to build our own factories. We can't finish the press conference and still be in the process of mass-producing the product."

When it came to serious matters, Xiong Kexuan also put down her work, her expression earnest.

She could joke with her boss normally, but when it came to work, she had to act professionally.

"The date for the press conference was set yesterday, July 1st. Preparations for the conference have already begun. I just received the promotional image submitted by the planning department. Do you want to see it?"

A promotional image, of course, he had to see it! Li Zhou stood up and walked over to Xiong Kexuan.

Xiong Kexuan moved the computer screen towards her boss.

Looking at the promotional image on the screen, Li Zhou's eyes lit up.

The promotional image depicted a data palm made of zeros and ones, palm facing upwards, with a black chip emitting starlight hovering above it.

The minimalist color scheme made the chip on the palm extremely eye-catching.

Apart from that, there was no text description on the image. With just one picture, it could spark endless imagination.

What was the product that Future Technology was about to release?

At least, Li Zhou could easily think of keywords like artificial intelligence and chips.

A smile spread across Li Zhou's face. "This image is great. We'll go with this one."

Xiong Kexuan smiled slightly. "I think so too. And to enhance the mystery, I've decided that the official Weibo will only post this one image, with no accompanying text. We'll just put the date of the press conference in the title."

"Makes sense. Post it now to start building anticipation," Li Zhou said, scratching the back of his head with one hand and tapping the table with the other. The matter was settled.

Since the matter was decided, Xiong Kexuan directly operated the computer to log into Future Technology's official Weibo account.

After logging in, she selected to post a new update, uploaded the promotional image, added the date July 1st, and after confirming there were no errors, Xiong Kexuan clicked publish.

Xiong Kexuan looked up at her boss, Li Zhou.

"Boss, it's done."

"Regarding the factory, I need to have my subordinates investigate the situation thoroughly before making a decision. I can guarantee that we'll have results before the press conference and achieve mass production by the end of the year."

At the Future Technology headquarters, Li Zhou and Xiong Kexuan were discussing how to solve the mass production of the photonic supercomputer. Meanwhile, on the internet, many netizens who followed Future Technology's official Weibo account received the push notification immediately.

"July 1st"

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Under Future Technology's new Weibo post, netizens left comments after seeing the message.

"??? What does this Future Technology post mean? We don't understand it at all! Are there any great gods who can figure it out?"

"Is Future Technology making new breakthroughs in artificial intelligence? This image looks a lot like AI."

"Newbie here, trembling... Big shots, shouldn't the focus be on the chip held in the robot's hand?"

"??? Chip? You're overthinking it! Future Technology is indeed amazing in the software industry, but we've never heard of them researching hardware. Compared to software, hardware research costs are completely incomparable to software research. Unless Future Technology is out of their minds, they would invest bottomless funds into researching an area they're not good at, like developing hardware.

Especially for the pinnacle of human hardware products – chips.

It's not that I look down on our countrymen, but the most advanced 5nm chips cannot be produced by a single country relying solely on itself. Even the lithography machines, which are indispensable for chip production, are the product of cooperation between various countries."

"The person above typed a lot, but what they said makes sense. Lithography machines are like sci-fi products, the result of cooperation between various countries."

"So, does anyone know what product Future Technology is going to release?"

"Who knows? But the possibility of artificial intelligence is the highest! July 1st is only about a month away, so we'll all know then."

The news that Future Technology might be releasing a new product was quickly reported to the leaders of various companies by their employees.

When the leaders of each company saw this news, for some reason, their hearts skipped a beat.

Future Technology never played by the rules. Every time they made a move, it was a big one, without any preliminary output.

Yu Chengbei looked at the news from Future Technology's official Weibo account and remained silent for a long time.

He didn't know when it started, but every ripple from Future Technology had already impacted the entire tech industry. What was even more critical was that Future Technology only had one voice, and everything was decided by Li Zhou alone.

For a moment, Yu Chengbei looked out the window and thought a lot.

Taking a deep breath, Yu Chengbei forced a smile, adjusted his mood, and returned to his desk. He picked up his phone and dialed Li Zhou's private number.

Ring~ Ring~ Ring~

The call was connected. Yu Chengbei smiled and said, "Hey! Little brother Li Zhou, are you busy lately?"

On the other end, Li Zhou saw Yu Chengbei's call and knew without thinking that he was coming to probe.

Li Zhou and Xiong Kexuan exchanged a smile, and Li Zhou answered Yu Chengbei's call.

As soon as the call was connected, Yu Chengbei's voice came through.

"Hey! Little brother Li Zhou, are you busy lately?"

Li Zhou smiled and replied, "Lately? I just delivered a batch of goods to the military, so I'm very relaxed. I'm currently drinking tea in our CEO's office. I see that President Yu seems very busy lately. Why are you calling me today? Could it be to ask what I'm having for dinner?"

"Haha, look at what you're saying. As long as you come over to my side, brother here will definitely arrange everything perfectly for you."

Li Zhou chuckled and raised an eyebrow… "That would be great. Honestly, I've never experienced five-star treatment before. If I get the chance to visit your place, I'll definitely have to try it."

The two chatted as if nothing had happened for over ten minutes. Finally, Yu Chengbei brought up the new post on Future Technology's official Weibo.

"Brother, can you give me a heads-up, a little secret whisper, about what Future Technology is planning this time? That promotional image has everyone really confused."

Li Zhou's lips curled up unconsciously. Just as he expected, Yu Chengbei was here to probe for information.

"Mr. Yu, this is a business secret. But given our relationship, I can confidently tell you that for your Huawei, this will definitely be more beneficial than detrimental."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Chengbei's forehead creased into a frown.

More beneficial than detrimental! That meant there were both pros and cons!

If it were truly Artificial Intelligence, it would only benefit Huawei, with no downsides. This meant Future Technology's press conference definitely wouldn't be about releasing an AI-related product.

Besides Artificial Intelligence, the most likely thing was the chip shown in the promotional image.

But… was that even possible?

Yu Chengbei shook his head with a self-deprecating laugh. He was overthinking things. How could it possibly be a chip?