Chapter 56: Ascending to the News

The next day.

The employees of Tianqi Technology started getting busy early in the morning, hanging banners and small colorful flags everywhere, with phrases written on them such as "Welcome leaders to visit and provide guidance."

Today was the day the leaders from Tianjing would come to visit, and there would be media following the entire process for interviews, which had been arranged the day before.

By around ten o'clock in the morning, three elevators opened almost simultaneously, and a group of about a dozen people walked out one after another, with several of them carrying various photography equipment on their backs.

The person in the lead was Sun Chengtian, and beside him were several accompanying subordinates.

Su Xin and Liu Qingli took the initiative to walk up to them, bright smiles on their faces: "Welcome, leaders, for gracing us with your presence. I am Su Xin, the chairman of Tianqi Technology, and this is my company's CEO, Liu Qingli."

"Leader, hello."

Liu Qingli also greeted them politely.

Sun Chengtian smiled and shook hands with the two of them, then walked into the company under Su Xin's guidance, with the other subordinates following closely behind, while the photographers shouldered their equipment, filming as they followed.

The group took a simple tour of the non-confidential areas of the company, with Su Xin introducing things to Sun Chengtian as they walked, taking the opportunity to talk about the company's development history and several important milestones.

Finally, under the lens, Sun Chengtian looked at Su Xin with a face full of smiles and said: "The performance of Tianqi Technology during this period is something the people of the whole country have seen. Since its founding, you have always been at the very forefront of the Artificial Intelligence industry. Your technology is stunning, and your spirit of innovation makes everyone marvel."

"Many people say you are the leaders of the Artificial Intelligence industry and will lead the Long Country's Artificial Intelligence industry to flourish. On this point, I have no doubt, because you have always insisted on innovation, and innovation is the source of power for technological development."

"Our country has long proposed encouraging innovation, especially scientific and technological innovation, which must be vigorously promoted. In this regard, Tianqi Technology has done very well and is a model for all enterprises to learn from. I feel proud that Tianjing City possesses a high-tech enterprise like Tianqi Technology!"

After a round of high praise, the media conducted a separate interview with Su Xin.

By the time all of this was over, it was already noon.

Sun Chengtian smilingly declined Su Xin's invitation to stay for a meal and soon left, surrounded by his subordinates.

Su Xin returned to his office.

Liu Qingli smiled and said: "Boss, how was it? Do you feel tired?"

"It is indeed a bit tiring, but this bit of hard work is still very worth it." Su Xin smiled happily.

He knew how high the leader's status was; the fact that the other party came to visit in person and heaped praise upon them was not only an affirmation of Tianqi Technology but also equivalent to providing shelter for Tianqi Technology.

If it weren't for the Military making connections behind the scenes, given Sun Chengtian's status, it would have been impossible for him to come and visit in person at this stage and confer honorary titles such as Demonstration Enterprise. After all, Tianqi Technology was still just in its starting phase; apart from having relatively high profits, it actually did not have a very high status in the business world, and it had even less practical influence among the public.

Besides this, the media presence this time was also one of the reasons Su Xin attached relatively high importance to it.

Because the footage from this media interview was going to be broadcast on prime-time news.

For Tianqi Technology, this was also a great opportunity to significantly increase its influence.

In ancient times, this kind of thing would be equivalent to wearing a yellow riding jacket, having a protective talisman.

The current Tianqi Technology was like it had been fitted with layers of thick, sturdy protective armor, arming itself to become a major enterprise that no one could ignore, rather than the cash cow that everyone wanted to snatch up before.

All of this was the intangible benefit brought by that initial cooperation with the Military.

That evening at 7:30.

In the evening news, this segment of the interview with Tianqi Technology was indeed broadcast. The footage of Sun Chengtian and Su Xin chatting and laughing spread throughout the entire Long Country through this news program, sparking amazement and envy from countless people.

"666! Boss Su is on the news!"

"We're both eighteen; my kid is still in his room surfing the internet and playing games, while Boss Su is already appearing on the news, chatting and laughing with leaders. It really is infuriating to compare people."

"Stop being angry. You're already over forty, aren't you? And you still can't compare to Boss Su?"

"How could we ordinary people compare to Boss Su? Don't ask for humiliation, okay?"

"You have to admit, Boss Su's demeanor really doesn't look like an eighteen-year-old kid."

The heated discussion among countless netizens pushed Tianqi Technology onto the blog trending list once again.

Old Zhang, who was in his early fifties, was an ordinary employee at a state-owned enterprise. He didn't usually pay much attention to the internet and had never heard of Tianqi Technology or Tiantian Assistant, let alone the name Su Xin.

His daily hobbies were playing chess with neighbors, watching aunties dance in the park, and watching the news punctually every day.

When he saw an eighteen-year-old company boss like Su Xin appear on the news and be highly praised by a leader, he was immediately surprised and said:

"This kid can open such an amazing company at eighteen? Is he the child of some big shot?"

His wife and son were still eating in the dining room nearby. Hearing Old Zhang's words, his son immediately became interested, hurriedly carried his bowl, and ran over to sit on the sofa, saying:

"Let me see, let me see!"

When he saw the television screen, he immediately smiled: "Sure enough, I knew it was Boss Su. Only he could be this amazing. But I didn't expect him to be on prime-time news."

"Do you know this kid? What does he do? At such a young age, shouldn't he still be in school? How can the company he opened be on the news?"

Old Zhang asked curiously from the side.

Hearing the topic about Su Xin, Xiao Zhang immediately became excited. He couldn't even bother to eat and started chattering away.

"Dad, don't think Boss Su has some amazing background. He's just a kid from an ordinary family. It's just that he's very smart; he developed Tiantian Assistant all by himself. With this software, his company earned over a billion in one month."

"Tiantian Assistant? Is that the thing on your phone that talks? Earned over a billion in a month?"

Old Zhang's jaw almost dropped.

"Of course. Otherwise, why do you think Boss Su would be on the news? Dad, don't look down on Tiantian Assistant. Its technology is the most advanced in the world. The results of Boss Su's work alone exceed all the teams in the world. Many people say he is the hope of the Long Country's technology sector."

Xiao Zhang said with a look of pride, as if these achievements and honors belonged to him.

"I don't see that little thing being that amazing? Isn't it just talking and controlling the phone? How can it be as exaggerated as you say?"

Old Zhang still muttered, somewhat incredulous.

"Dad, you haven't used it, so how would you understand? I'll help you download it later and try it out, then you'll know if this little thing is easy to use or not. It just so happens that you aren't very good at using smartphones; with it, whatever you want to operate in the future, just say it out loud."

"Then I'll give it a try?"

Old Zhang hesitantly opened his phone and handed it to his son to download Tiantian Assistant.

After trying it out a few times, he felt it was unexpectedly easy to use, allowing middle-aged and elderly people like him who weren't very good at operating smartphones to easily use all the functions.

Like Old Zhang, many people who never liked to come into contact with new things started to become interested in Tianqi Technology and Su Xin after seeing the interview clip on the news, thereby slowly transforming into members or premium members of Tiantian Assistant.