The press conference venue.
Some audience members had already pulled out their phones to check the time. The continued excitement and cheering were physically exhausting, and everyone felt that the night of revelry was probably nearing its end. Perhaps a few small, exquisite products would be unveiled next to bring the event to a satisfying conclusion.
Onstage, Wei Liqun also took a brief rest and drank two glasses of water.
The atmosphere seemed to calm down for the moment, and the number of viewers in the Livestream Room slowly declined.
"Does everyone like popcorn movies?" Wei Liqun suddenly asked.
The audience froze for a moment, then a chorus of overlapping "Yes!" rang out.
"Popcorn movies have one characteristic: the climax is always saved for the end." Wei Liqun said, "Tonight's Press Conference is the same. Whether it was the Chenghuang Generation 1 Artificial Blood just now or the Organ Transplant Blood, although they were both excellent, they can only serve as groundwork before tonight's final major new product!"
"Everyone may still remember that during Chenghuang Company's first New Product Launch Event, I stated the company's ultimate goal: to extend the human lifespan—to two hundred years, three hundred years, or even five hundred years!"
"After that slogan was proposed, there were many voices of doubt and ridicule online. After all, borrowing another two hundred years from Heaven sounds overly science-fictional, three hundred years sounds like fantasy, and five hundred years belongs in a xianxia novel."
"Later, we developed some excellent medical technologies, such as the Stomach Cancer Drug and Artificial Vision. The outside world's doubts and ridicule diminished considerably. Some people began to feel that although living to two hundred was unrealistic, Chenghuang's technology really did have something to it, and we could perhaps be forgiven for exaggerating a little."
"Tonight's