Chapter 199: Casual Influence

April 22, 2015, this day was the official end of the week-long Silicon Valley Technology Exhibition. At 10:30 a.m. on this day, on the main stage of the Silicon Valley Convention Center, the exhibition was conducting its final press Q&A. 

Suddenly, there was a commotion and shouts in the venue. You have to understand that all the people here are representatives of the highest-tech companies in Silicon Valley, so what could possibly make the reporters shout? The answer was Mr. Barber, the chairman of Forte and the overall person in charge of the technology exhibition.

For all the reporters, Barber was the symbol of the Silicon Valley Technology Exhibition and the most influential part of the technology exhibition. Therefore, when he came out, all the reporters immediately raised their cameras and took pictures of him crazily.

As soon as Bob entered the hall and finally sat down on the stage, all the reporters' questions immediately switched from other technology companies to him. However, Bob had been facing reporters and had spent half a lifetime facing reporters, so he knew exactly what to say and what not to say. It wasn't until he heard another question that he suddenly became emotional and began to sigh.

'The world says that the Silicon Valley Technology Exhibition is the bellwether of global technology. Then may I ask Mr. Barber, after organising so many technology exhibitions, how do you maintain the vitality of the technology exhibition and make each one better than the last?'

Facing this question, Barber gave a wry smile and said, 'Better than the previous one? Are you sure you're not just trying to cheer me up?'

Barber's rhetorical question caused an instant uproar. Everyone looked at Barber in surprise, completely unable to understand why Barber had said that.

In response to everyone's expectations, Barber let out a sigh and said, 'Although the times are developing and technology is advancing, there is a traceable path for all technological development. Everyone is also advancing cautiously and advancing on the road of technological innovation. For twenty-five years, no one has had the unparalleled vision and foresight to create a technological future with his boundless imagination.'

Barber said, smiling at everyone, 'You probably can't imagine it, but whether it's the smartphones we use now, the social software we use, the operating systems, even the camera function on mobile phones and the upgrading of computers, function and computer upgrades were all proposed by one person. It can be said that it was from his words that the world has had a 25-year explosion of information technology, and that is how we got to the current technology exhibition.'

'Please don't be in a hurry to be surprised, because you probably can't even imagine that these things were just casually mentioned by that person, just like you would in a normal chat!' Barber added, 'He is truly a genius as great as God!'

With this comment, the scene immediately exploded, and all the reporters asked Barber like crazy who that person was, was there really such a genius? Or was this just a lie Barber had made up himself?

Facing everyone's doubts, Barber firmly said: 'Of course there is such a genius, he is in this world!'

Let time time back to December 22, 1990. The Stanford Conference Center, which was originally imbued with the solemnity of a university, was transformed into a lively sea of a fair. Not only were all kinds of promotional banners were put up, and at the entrance there were many technologically advanced toys, as well as people dressed in various company logos and mascots, handing out flyers and promoting their companies. ()

The entrance It was lively outside, and of course it was no less so inside the convention centre. Not only was there a dance performance on the main stage, but there were also many performances taking place next to the exhibition booths of various technology companies.

In addition in addition to these, each participating technology company also brought out their most cutting-edge high-tech products. These products included the latest video game consoles, computers and mobile phones, as well as the latest operating systems and various operating software, and other technological equipment, etc. These concept products were all directly illuminated by bright light, one after the other, dazzling the eye.

As one of the exhibitors at this technology exhibition, Zhou Ming naturally also came to the exhibition. The only difference between him and the other exhibitors was that his purpose of exhibiting was not to launch the company's technology products. In fact, given the current situation of Jieke, there are no and are unlikely to be any technological products to launch. The most important thing for him here is to wait for the arrival of Liboten, the president of Suffolk.

According to he had received beforehand, President Lieberton would be visiting the technology exhibition today to gain first-hand knowledge of the current technology market and to choose a partner for the software update of his company's information database equipment.

From the news, although the president of Liebherr is not the final decision-maker at Safecor, as the company's president, he still has a lot of say in the company's projects and would like to have a say. It is also for this reason, Zhou Ming, without direct access to Safco's chairman, Hilaire, had to break through from Liebherr, which was also very necessary.

However As he strolled through the convention centre, Zhou Ming looked at the technological products on display at the various booths, but he was not at all excited. Eventually, after declining yet another introduction from an exhibitor, Zhou Ming could not help but complain, 'Ugh! Is this really the most forward-looking technology exhibition in Silicon Valley? It's also uninteresting. What is all this? Any county fair would be much better!'

Zhou Ming was really complaining, but to Cheng Qian, it sounded like the end of the world.

However Cheng Qian had witnessed several of Zhou Ming's miracles before, and he was now very impressed with Zhou Ming. Therefore, even though Zhou Ming was talking nonsense, he did not refute him. However, someone else could not stand it.

'Zhou Mr. Ming, this is the highest-profile technology exhibition in Silicon Valley. Every company will showcase their most cutting-edge concept products at the exhibition. I can guarantee that this is already the world's most cutting-edge technology product in the civilian sector. If you don't know anything, please don't speak out of turn!'

Bob said to Zhou Ming very seriously. As the vice president of Fortel and the on-site director of the technology exhibition, Barber is the overall person in charge of the site. Zhou Ming was admitted to the exhibition by him. He also knows that Zhou Ming was a prodigal son of a god-level, worried about what kind of mess would happen on his side, so he came to find him to see the situation, but just happened to hear his complaint, and he immediately couldn't stand it and scolded.

However Bob was wrong to accuse Zhou Ming. You see, Zhou Ming was a man who had been reborn. After experiencing the information technology explosion of the past thirty years, he had returned to an era without even a smartphone. Naturally, he was a product of the countryside that was incredibly outdated, even though he was indeed the most advanced.

It was just that Barber was unaware of this reason, and as the person in charge of the technology exhibition, Barber naturally would not appear alone. He was accompanied by people from other participating companies, and they had all heard Zhou Ming's seemingly arrogant words.

These people did not know Zhou Ming and thought he was some kind of show-off, so they all started criticising him. One company took out its own product and said to Zhou Ming, 'This is Mr Zhou Ming, right? Look This pager is our company's latest product, using the latest memory chip. It can store a lot of messages and display a lot of bytes per message. It is perfect for people with busy schedules, so they don't have to worry about being unable to store incoming messages due to a lack of memory.'

In response to this pager, Zhou Ming just laughed and said, 'this kind of thing that can only receive messages but not send them is definitely going to be phased out in the future. No matter which company it is, it would be foolish to invest in research and development costs on it.'

After Zhou Ming's rebuke made the man's head drop, because Zhou Ming had indeed hit the nail on the head, leaving him unable to argue back. Others also laughed at him for being foolish.

At this time someone else stepped forward and took out their own product, saying, 'Then, Mr. Zhou Ming, please take a look at this. This is our company's latest mobile communication device, the same as the mobile phone we are using now, but they have the latest integrated technology, shrinking the phone several times, so that anyone can easily hold it in their hand, while the latest lithium battery technology also makes the standby time of the phone longer.'

Zhou Ming looked at the phone and nodded, saying, 'This is quite good. In the future, phones will also be a development trend. After all, everyone wants to be able to contact each other at any time. You're on the right track, but the appearance and the operating system inside still need to be improved.'

'Then Mr Zhou Ming, take a look at this. This is the latest model of our company's newly developed red and white computer. It is more convenient to operate, and we have also developed more and more fun games...'

'Mr Mr. Ming Zhou, look at our computer equipment. We have used the latest chip processor. Our concept machine has already broken through the 64-megabyte memory limit. In the future, this will definitely be the leading computer...

This is our company's latest office software. It has a lot...

Facing Zhou Ming could not stand the managers around him, who kept talking about their company's conceptual products, so he shouted at them to shut up.

' Tell me, what are you proud of? The tiny mobile phone you're holding? Or the latest Famicom game? Or the latest computer accessory? I'll just tell you straight, all of this is shit in my eyes!

Zhou Ming These words caused an immediate uproar. Although they had just realised that Zhou Ming was very arrogant, no one expected it to go this far, so they were all stunned for a moment.

While while everyone was in a daze, Zhou Ming continued, 'Your phones are indeed very compact, but have you ever thought that the call charges are too expensive? Can we combine them with pagers and introduce the function of sending limited-byte text messages between phones?'

'And there are games. Do you think you are targeting the right audience with the Game Boy? Let me tell you, the Game Boy will be obsolete one day because it is too restrictive and not exciting enough. Why don't you make some big games, like a dancing machine with buttons under your feet that dance to the music, a dance machine, a basketball shooting machine, or a large video game console in a public place, the kind where you can drive a car, ride a motorcycle, or shoot guns. Wouldn't that be more shocking and exciting?'

Zhou Ming continued with hands and feet continued, 'And computers. Do you think your software is easy to use? In the future, computers should be personalised. Personal home computers will be the mainstream, so the development trend of various software should be the more user-friendly the better. How about you leave your proprietary software for the professionals to use?'

As Zhou Ming last syllable fell, there was an instant silence. Although the sound system on the main stage was still blasting out loud music, everyone in Ming's group felt an unusual quietness, as if the music was far away. The reason for this reason for this feeling is undoubtedly Zhou Ming's words, which shocked everyone like the morning bell and evening drum.

This eerie silence continued for an extreme length of time, and finally, I don't know who started it, someone subconsciously clapped their hands, and then everyone began to give Zhou Ming the warmest applause.