Haicheng World Expo Exhibition Center, Cloud Developers Conference.
Haicheng was still hot in late September. The sunlight outside the venue was blindingly white, while the air-conditioning hit them full force the moment they entered. Han Luyi narrowed his eyes and took a few seconds to adjust.
The exhibition hall was enormous, with three main halls connected together. There had to be hundreds of booths, and the crowd was as dense as the Line 2 subway. A giant banner overhead read, "AI Redefine Everything," while the lights and sound systems from the booths below competed against one another.
BugKiller's booth was in Zone C, tucked into a corner. It had only a long table, two roll-up banners, four demo laptops, and some promotional giveaways. Compared to the neighboring booths with giant LED screens and baristas making latte art on-site, it looked rather shabby.
"Not bad." Su Niannian looked around and nodded.
Jiang Yixin, on the other hand, was excited. She took several photos of the booth with her phone. Li Ting, the operations hire who had joined the previous week, was already testing the demo laptops.
In the center of Zone A, CodeSafe's booth occupied nearly two hundred square meters. Its massive television screens cycled through technical specifications and a wall of client logos, while more than a dozen suited salespeople were spread throughout the booth.
Han Luyi glanced at it, then looked away.
"I'm going to check out the competition." Han Luyi hung his badge around his neck. "Nian Nian, hold down the fort. Message me if anything comes up."
Su Niannian nodded. "Go ahead."
Han Luyi headed toward Zone B.
Zone B was packed with AI tools.
The first booth that caught Han Luyi's attention had four large words on its main screen: "Everyone Can Build." Beneath them was