The temporary evaluation team assessing the Source Intelligence project had just reached its conclusions in Zhangjiakou. At around the same time...
At Seek Him Technology headquarters, in the chairman's office.
Li Yan, Seek Him Technology's chairman and CEO, had just gone through the materials for the company's major Special Project Briefing on its AI agent platform once again, from start to finish.
He had skipped all his social engagements that day and chosen to work late at the office instead.
He was taking this briefing very seriously.
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
"Boss Li, we've just been notified that tomorrow's briefing has been canceled too," his assistant said as he walked in.
"What? Why has it been canceled again?"
Li Yan tossed the materials onto his desk, his tone sour.
Promoting Seek Him Technology's agent platform had not been going very smoothly lately.
Several major tech companies had joined the Tangyuan Protocol alliance. As the protocol's ecosystem became increasingly comprehensive, many businesses had little incentive to integrate with Seek Him Technology. Li Yan had no choice but to tell his team to put more work into polishing the Special Project Briefing.
If they could secure some official recognition at the policy level, it could help them promote their ecosystem in turn.
So, for this major Special Project Briefing, his team had spent weeks working overtime on preparations. Li Yan himself had put in a great deal of effort and rehearsed it several times.
It had originally been scheduled for that afternoon, but shortly before noon, they had suddenly been told it was canceled.
Fine. Canceled and rescheduled for tomorrow morning.
Then, that evening, they were told the next morning's session had been canceled too.
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