Chapter 69: The Press Conference of Tianqi Technology

After the short-selling operations in the Sakura Country stock market were completed, Su Xin returned to Tianjing without stopping.

Although he was not as nervous as he had been on his previous flight, he remained awake for the entire duration, keeping an eye on the broadcast content, as if terrified that the flight crew might announce an emergency landing at any moment.

To his relief, the plane still arrived safely at the Tianjing airport this time.

When he was back on solid ground, he couldn't help but let out a quiet sigh of relief.

"From now on, I'm not taking planes anymore."

"Even if I have to, it will have to be one I developed myself, with sufficient safety, or I'll have to wait until I've thought of a suitable way to save my own life."

One hour later.

Su Xin returned to the company and summoned Liu Qingli and Liu Xuewei to the conference room at the same time.

"The layout in the Sakura Country is finished; we are just waiting to hold the press conference."

"Qingli, arrange for the press conference to be held later; the sooner the better. Just say that I am going to release an epoch-making, top-tier technology. Remember to notify all the major media outlets."

Liu Qingli nodded: "I have already sent out notices in advance. I will contact the hotel later to confirm the specific time and venue. We should be able to hold the press conference tomorrow or the day after."

Su Xin looked at Liu Xuewei again:

"How are things with the person I wanted?"

When discussing business, Liu Xuewei was also full of seriousness, nodding as she said: "Of the three targets, only Ding Kuiyong, the former vice president of Hengde Era, accepted our olive branch. However, he is currently still traveling abroad. It is estimated that he will be able to join the company within twenty days at the latest."

"Good, keep following up and try to urge him to join as soon as possible. After the Solid-state Battery Technology press conference, I am going to arrange for the mass acquisition of battery factories. Having a high-end talent in a related industry to assist us will make things much easier."

Liu Xuewei nodded: "Understood!"

"Ding Kuiyong doesn't know about our technological advantage yet, so he might still be indecisive, but as soon as we hold the press conference, he will definitely be eager to rush back and sign the contract."

"Therefore, everything is just waiting for the press conference."

After the short meeting ended, Liu Qingli immediately contacted the hotel she had previously notified. After confirming the time and venue, she had her secretary go to sign the contract, pay the fees, and arrange for the venue setup.

As for the materials needed for the press conference, the finished Solid-state Battery for demonstration, and the videos and PPTs for the presentation, these had all been prepared a week ago.

While Liu Qingli was arranging for people to contact the major media outlets, Su Xin himself posted on his personal blog for the first time in a long while.

"At 2:00 PM on August 18th, Tianqi Technology will hold a grand press conference to announce a new technology that will shock the world. I dare say that this is absolutely an epoch-making, powerful technology that is closely related to everyone's life, and it will cause a major earthquake in a certain industry on a global scale. There will be multiple media outlets providing live online broadcasts at that time, so please look forward to it!"

Su Xin's blog had over thirty million followers. Once these remarks were published, they immediately sparked heated discussions among numerous netizens.

"Boss Su is awesome! He's developed another disruptive technology!"

"If anyone else said this, it would definitely be bragging, but if Boss Su says it, it must be true! Don't ask why, because he is Boss Su!"

"If it's in the software industry and can be called disruptive, I guess it's very likely a domestic operating system."

"I don't think so. The engineering workload for developing an operating system is too huge, much larger than the workload for Tiantian Assistant. Even if Boss Su's technical skills are strong, it's likely impossible for him to develop it alone, and even more impossible to finish it so quickly."

"If Tianqi Technology's development team expanded and possessed a top-tier team, plus being led by Boss Su, it might be possible to develop a brand-new operating system from scratch."

"But as far as I know, the technicians at Boss Su's company only number a dozen or so, and their skills aren't considered top-tier, let alone being a top-tier team. They basically just develop some software auxiliary functions or perform daily maintenance; it's impossible for them to develop an operating system with Boss Su."

"In my opinion, Boss Su must have developed a powerful intelligent search engine."

"In the industry, an intelligent search engine can definitely be called disruptive. It's enough to cause a devastating impact on the existing major search engines, and it also perfectly fits what Boss Su said about being closely related to everyone's life."

"Boss Su's strength lies in Artificial Intelligence, so this theory should be more reliable."

Numerous netizens speculated one after another.

Regarding what Su Xin said, everyone basically didn't doubt its authenticity, and they also believed he truly had such strength.

But everyone's direction of speculation was in the software industry, believing that Su Xin's so-called new technology could only be some kind of technology in the software industry.

Regarding this, Su Xin did not reply.

What he wanted was for everyone to speculate and discuss, to increase the buzz and build momentum for the press conference the day after tomorrow.

Sure enough, his blog post surged into the top five of the trending search list that very day, causing countless heated discussions.

Besides this, Tianqi Technology also began comprehensive promotional efforts, and pinned a message on the main interface of Tiantian Assistant and the homepage of the Tiantian Community forum—Tianqi Technology's mysterious new technology is about to be unveiled, please stay tuned!

Today's Tiantian Assistant has a combined total of 130 million registered users at home and abroad.

This pinned message was equivalent to being pushed to over 100 million users all at once.

At the same time, many well-known domestic and foreign media outlets received invitations from Tianqi Technology. Most of them were in the technology industry, though of course, some media outlets that usually lean more toward livelihood, economy, and finance were also on the invitation list.

Although these media outlets were curious why a software technology company like Tianqi Technology would invite them, given Tianqi Technology's popularity in recent months and Su Xin's powerful ability to generate topics, these media outlets still chose to accept the invitation and arranged specialized interview teams.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

Around 1:40 PM on August 18th.

Inside a five-star hotel in Tianjing, a spacious hall was bustling with people. Dozens of cameras were placed in various directions, and over a hundred people sat in different seats, either fiddling with cameras to adjust to the right angle or chatting with each other, discussing the new technology that Tianqi Technology was about to release.

There were also some well-known self-media figures who had already started live online broadcasts, showing netizens the scene of the Tianqi Technology press conference.

Exactly 2:00 PM.

The lights in the hall suddenly dimmed.

Everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing and turned to look at the podium in front, just in time to see a figure walk onto the podium, holding a microphone and standing in front of a giant screen.

"Hello everyone, I am Su Xin."

"Welcome to the press conference of Tianqi Technology. Thank you to all our media friends and the netizens watching the live stream for your enthusiastic support!"

Scattered applause rang out in the hall.

Su Xin didn't mind, however, and continued: "I'm not good at saying polite pleasantries, so let's get straight to the point. The technology I am releasing today is—Solid-state Battery Technology."