Shanghai International Convention and Exhibition Center.
The Phantom Virtual Reality System product launch officially began.
For Elon Musk, this was not his first time here.
Holding his invitation in the lobby, just as he was about to head to the launch venue, he suddenly spotted an acquaintance.
It was none other than Mark Zuckerberg—the CEO of Facebook.
Some time ago, Facebook's decision to split off Oculus and carry out massive layoffs had caused quite a stir online.
Musk was not at all surprised to see him here now.
In fact, if nothing unexpected happened, Zuckerberg would very likely become his competitor in the near future.
"I didn't expect to see you here." A practiced smile appeared on Musk's face as he extended his right hand. "Looks like today is a lucky day."
After shaking Musk's hand, Zuckerberg replied curtly.
"Likewise. I didn't expect it either."
Musk said, "Your expression seems to be telling me that you're not in a very good mood."
Zuckerberg asked in return, "Aren't you the same?"
Protests against the introduction of the Phantom System had already broken out in Los Angeles. Though Zuckerberg desperately wanted to cooperate with Starry Sky Technology, he had no choice but to cautiously put the plan on hold and wait things out.
What he had not expected, however, was that unlike his own caution, Starry Sky Technology seemed not only unconcerned by the uproar online, but had even chosen this very moment to hold a product launch.
That move truly caught him off guard.
Holding a product launch at a time like this undoubtedly meant facing the raging public backlash head-on.
And it was easy to foresee that those reporters would certainly not be throwing them friendly questions.
At least, Western reporters would not.
"Ha, I'm all right." Faced with his