The venue for Army Ant's strategic cooperation signing ceremony was packed, with even more reporters drawn by the news.
Every reporter had either cameras and recording equipment or phones and laptops—anything capable of recording was brought into use.
Apple Inc.'s autumn launch event had only just passed, and news of Siri's upgrade was still at its peak. What was Army Ant trying to do by making a move at this time? Many media outlets had already caught the scent of something unusual and rushed over the moment they received the news.
As time ticked by, the reporters whispered among themselves, discussing the purpose of Army Ant Company's ceremony.
Word had already spread that Army Ant Company would be licensing out its Multilingual Intelligent Assistant. However, there was no concrete news on which companies would receive the license. Some said Huawei Micro and Honor, while others said Millet and Oppo.
There were all kinds of rumors, but no unified answer.
Just as everyone was discussing it, the venue suddenly fell quiet, and all eyes turned toward the stage.
Time seemed to freeze. Once they saw who had come out, disbelief slowly spread across their faces. The venue stirred, then erupted into an uproar. Every photographer, as though injected with adrenaline, aimed their cameras at the people onstage.
They were sure it was not an illusion.
Zhao Min, Yu Chengnan, Lei Jun, Chen Mingyong, Fan Wei, and Honor's president, Zhao Changming.
It was the first time the heads of several mobile phone companies had appeared on the same stage.
The reporters who had been discussing the matter suddenly realized that Army Ant was not signing a licensing agreement with just one phone company. It was very likely signing agreements with five phone companies at once.
For a moment, the discussions in the