At Suke Electronics, in an office, Sun Zhongyong slumped in his chair, his phone tossed aside and vibrating nonstop.
"I can't take it anymore. At this rate, I'm done for." Sun Zhongyong waved a hand.
Xu Shuwei, who was busy at the computer nearby, smiled and replied, "You had a lot more energy just now than you do now."
After taking a sip of water, Sun Zhongyong weakly picked up the phone and answered again. "Hello, this is Sun Zhongyong. Yes, yes. We'll be holding a press conference at the Shangri-La Hotel in Su City the day after tomorrow. Sorry for the trouble, please make a reservation on our official website. We'll send out invitations afterward, and entry will require an invitation the day after tomorrow. Thank you for your cooperation. Sorry, another call is coming in, I'll hang up now. See you the day after tomorrow."
After hanging up, Sun Zhongyong ignored the phone still vibrating desperately and looked toward the screen beside him. "Achen, help me check which companies have registered so far."
The screen lit up, and Achen replied, "Two hundred and forty-three companies have registered."
"Which companies?"
"Certainly. There are thirty-one mobile phone companies, including Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple, OPOP, VOVI, Meizu, Sanxing, 3600, and Meitu Company."
"Twelve computer companies, including Lenovo, Dell, Huashuo, HP, Hongji, Microsoft, and Shenzhou."
"There are also one hundred and forty-two home appliance companies, including Gree, Jiuyang, Meidi, Supor, Panasonic, Philips, Ronsard, AUX, Haier, Siemens, Rongsheng, and TCLL."
"There are also forty-six news media outlets and nine official Huaxia institutions. These were compiled after filtering. Each company may send up to three people to our press conference at the same time."
The bottle of mineral water in Sun Zhongyong's hand fell straight to the floor. He stared in disbelief. "Achen, can you say that again?"
"Papa Sun, more than 2,300 registrations have already been filtered out. These are the remaining 243 selected companies. I'll print the list for you now," Achen replied.
Xu Shuwei, beside him, was also dumbfounded and stunned.
It took him quite a while to recover. He picked up his phone and called Chen Mengchuan. "Mengchuan, something big has happened! Brother Sun probably can't keep things under control!"
"Wait for me. Achen, turn on the video." With that, he hung up.
Chen Mengchuan's image appeared on the screen in an instant.
"What is it? Is it about the press conference?" Chen Mengchuan asked as he looked at them.
Xu Shuwei nodded. "The quality and number of companies registering for the press conference invitations have seriously exceeded expectations."
"Achen, let me see the current registration list," Chen Mengchuan said.
Two-thirds of the screen switched to a company list and slowly scrolled downward.
When Chen Mengchuan saw it, he got a bit of a headache too. "These companies are certainly sensitive. Most of the ones who should be here have come..."
After taking a deep breath, Chen Mengchuan sank into thought. He had not expected a mere wireless phone charger to cause such a huge stir. The companies of this era were far hungrier and sharper than those of the future. This was both bad and good. Tianzhi Electronics, constrained by its production capacity, simply could not swallow such an enormous piece of the pie. Yet now, everyone with enough foresight had seen Tianzhi—or rather, Tianzhi's wireless phone charging technology.
Many had even uncovered the wireless power transmission technology Tianzhi possessed! After all, neither Achen nor Dawn 1.0 had been developed in a closed environment. The developers' daily commutes and casual chats during breaks had more or less leaked plenty of information. What Tianzhi would face next would clearly not be spring, but challenges!
Thinking this, Chen Mengchuan said, "Achen, activate the Black Hole defense system. From now on, monitor all access data and any possible incoming cyberattacks around the clock!"
Chen Mengchuan's words left Xu Shuwei and Sun Zhongyong, on the other side of the screen, stunned. But they soon understood why he was doing this.
"Understood, Father. The Black Hole defense system has been activated. Should the Spider Web System be activated as well?" Achen asked.
Chen Mengchuan shook his head. "Don't activate the Spider Web System for now. I'll tell you when it's needed. But Achen, if you discover that it needs to be activated, remind me as well."
"Understood, Father."
"Brother Xu, Brother Sun, sorry I didn't tell you about this. Black Hole and Spider Web are two cybersecurity defense systems that Toni and I developed together with Achen. I'll explain them to you in detail when I have time. I didn't expect we'd need them so soon. The work at the Shangri-La Hotel needs to be rearranged. Have the hotel staff begin setting up immediately. Since Tianzhi has already shown itself, then let Tianzhi become legendary in a single step!" Chen Mengchuan declared boldly.
"Alright, I'll take people to the Shangri-La Hotel right away." Sun Zhongyong rose to his feet.
"Achen, scan all relevant images and data on the Shangri-La Hotel. Analyze them and create a venue layout plan for the press conference. Send it to Brother Sun as soon as it's ready. Notify Wanyu and Xiaoxiao and have them bring people to the Shangri-La Hotel as well. The venue must be set up by tomorrow night," Chen Mengchuan said.
"Understood, Father."
"Connect me to Toni."
The screen quickly switched to show Toni.
"Mengchuan, were you looking for me?" Toni asked, pushing up his glasses.
Chen Mengchuan nodded. "The acquisition of production lines you mentioned yesterday—handle it immediately. Higher terms are fine. Cast every net we can! At the absolute latest, get the contracts signed by tomorrow night. Set high breach-of-contract penalties, and pay immediately once the contracts are signed!"
Toni frowned. Though he did not know why Chen Mengchuan had suddenly become so urgent, he did not ask. Pushing up his glasses, he replied, "I'll secure at least three hundred production lines before the day after tomorrow."
"Three hundred will barely be enough, but the more, the better, Toni." After saying that, Chen Mengchuan sank into thought. Jiangsu and Zhejiang had a huge number of electronics manufacturers, and there were enough production lines suitable for Dawn. If they acquired three hundred lines and spent one or two months integrating them, they could barely raise production capacity to a fairly ideal level. But once they began joining forces with these companies and signing orders, even all three hundred production lines would still be a drop in the bucket.
A ringing phone interrupted Chen Mengchuan's thoughts. It was a call from Zhao Wanyu.
"Wanyu."
"Brother Chuan, the top leader from the Jiangsu Provincial Department will visit Tianzhi tomorrow. Huaxia's official media will be coming along to conduct an interview," Zhao Wanyu said gravely, though there was little joy in her voice.
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