Chapter 320: I'm just here to beat your face up

At 2:50 p.m., a grand press conference was held at the Stanford Hotel. Countless reporters arrived at the hotel's banquet hall, chatting with each other as they waited for the press conference to begin. 

Another ten minutes passed, and with a burst of cheers, Tang An and Wood entered the ballroom escorted by their bodyguards. They walked all the way to their seats and sat down. Tang An looked at the many reporters at the scene and said happily to the the general manager, 'This press conference was very well organised. It's impressive that you've invited so many media outlets, including such well-known media as the Wall Street Journal and the National Business Daily.

Facing Tang An's praise, the general manager said thank you while wondering where these media came from.

As the general manager of Lombardi, he does have a lot of social connections, but these connections are mostly within the San Francisco area, and still rely on Don the head of the Tong family. It is also for this reason that Lombardy was not a well-known company before Wood's investment, and could only be considered an above-average internet company.

To be honest to be honest, he was actually quite resistant to the idea of holding a press conference in Palo Alto. He didn't know how it would turn out, but it seems his worries were unnecessary.

'This is all thanks to President Tang and Chairman Wood. It is your marketing tactics that have given Lombardi a very high profile, and naturally all these media outlets have come flocking. After all, anything to do with us will get more attention!' The general flatters the general manager.

Tang An is very pleased with this flattery and tells him, 'Very good, keep it up. Now that the company has the investment of Chairman Wood, our Lombardy Company will get better and better! What The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, such as the National Business News, will be lining up to get news from us. So you must also be skilled at dealing with these media, understand?'

The general The general manager nodded excitedly and said, 'I will work hard to hone my skills and see Lombardi become a top company in San Francisco!'

Don An nodded in satisfaction, before turning to the media in front of him and clearing his throat: 'I'd like to welcome you all, the press, to Lombardy's latest project presentation. Next, we will introduce the company's latest research on the web search engine. I firmly believe that this will become a very important growth point for the company in the future. I wonder if you have any questions about this?'

As soon as Tang An had barely finished speaking when someone immediately raised their hand. Tang An reached out to indicate that they should speak, but the person said, 'Hello, President Tang, I'm a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Before I came, I heard that there would be some very exciting news at today's press conference. I wonder what it is. We have prepared a headline for this news.'

Tang An was puzzled by the question: 'I don't think I understand your definition of explosive, because the news I just gave is already very explosive. Search engines are definitely the future of the internet. Any other questions?'

With this remark, another reporter raised his hand and stood up to ask, 'I can believe in the future of search engines, but with all due respect, this will at best attract the interest of some investors, and it is difficult to resonate with ordinary people. Because you said that today's press conference will shock the world! If if it is just a search engine, it is difficult to have such an effect.'

At this point, Tang Anwood and the general manager were completely confused, because they could not understand what these reporters were talking about at all. What news could possibly shock the world? They were just promoting their search engine today, and it sounded like something had gone wrong.

So Wood asked, 'I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by breaking news. What channel did you get it from?'

For the reporters did not need to answer. The door opened and Zhou Ming walked in with Tang Ran and Tang Jingsheng, saying, 'I told them there would be big news here today.'

Zhou Ming This remark was made very lightly, but it stopped in everyone's ears, undoubtedly exploding a heavy bomb, shocking everyone at the time.

The atmosphere froze instantly, because many people did not understand what had happened, and those who understood it began to frantically press the shutter buttons at Zhou Ming and Tang Anwood as they came to their senses. Just for fun . They were enemies, and now they were in the same place, so it was inevitable that they would start fighting. This was explosive news!

Sure enough As expected, with the entrance of Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, Tang An's face fell at that time, looking at Zhou Ming fiercely, as if he wanted to devour him alive . Ever since that day at Tang Bank, when he was humiliated by Zhou Ming and driven out of the meeting, he has hated Zhou Ming to the bone.

'Uncle Tang Aunt Huiyin, Chairman Tang Ran, hello. I'm sorry for not welcoming you, because I don't remember inviting you.' At the end of his sentence, Tang An fixed his gaze on Zhou Ming, 'As for this gentleman, please get out, you are not welcome here.'

Hearing Tang An words, Zhou Ming laughed: 'President Tang is really narrow-minded, but I'm sorry, you don't have the authority to ask me to leave, because I was also part of today's press conference.'

'You were also too? Tang An simply could not understand, 'Are you joking with me? But unfortunately this joke is not funny. Or is your IQ already this low? Behind me, the banner above says Lombardi Company Press Conference. Where is that related to you? Or are you want to join my company? In that case, I wouldn't mind interviewing you here, except that your intelligence is not what the company needs.'

'Mr Tang An, you are a bit too self-satisfied. Don't you feel that you can't invite many of the media here?' Zhou Ming asked in return.

Tang An hated Zhou Ming's investment, but he is not a fool. Hearing Ming's words, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart, because since he first came in, he has been wondering what is going on with the many media here. After all, recently there have been more frequent press conferences, and he has a pretty good idea of which media outlets are invited. Today's situation is indeed a bit unusual. At first, he thought it was the work of the general manager, but now it seems there is another reason.

Tang An subconsciously consciously glanced at the general manager next to him, only to see his face turn a little embarrassed. Tang An became even more suspicious: Could it be that this guy really did it?

Tang An wasn't sure, but now wasn't the time to discuss it. Even if it was really Zhou Ming who had invited him, he had to grit his teeth and persevere! But if it was easy to persevere, what if he caused any more trouble?

As Tang An was was uncertain, Wood suddenly asked, 'What? You're here now to get back the ground you lost? I must say, what you did was really bad.'

Wood finished and then said to everyone, 'I don't think some of the reporters here know this Mr. Zhou Ming, do you? In fact, don't know him either, because when I invested in Lombardi, I did expect it to have an impact on other companies, but I didn't expect it to directly bankrupt some companies. This friend of mine, Zhou Ming, is one of those losers.'

'In fact, have always felt very sorry about it, but there's nothing I can do about it. The market is full of competition, and only the capable survive, while the rubbish is eliminated.'

As Wood Wood finished speaking, and Tang An immediately agreed with him, saying, 'That's great, exactly. This Mr. Zhou Ming is rubbish that has been eliminated! In fact, we have given you many opportunities, but unfortunately, it is your own incompetence, so it is no wonder that we are to blame.'

Facing Tang An and Wood's taunts, Tang Ran could no longer hold back: 'Hey! I don't even understand what you're so happy about singing in unison here. Your self-esteem is a bit too high, isn't it? Even I can't help but feel ashamed for you.'

Zhou Ming then also said, 'Let me be honest with you. I came here today specifically to slap you in the face.'

Not only Zhou Ming Tang Ran, and the two elders, Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin, could no longer bear to watch. They all revealed a caring and intelligent look, feeling sorry for the family for having such a person.

Tang An and Wood, on hearing this, burst out laughing as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world: 'Slap us in the face? I say you're still not awake! The earth is too dangerous, you'd better hurry back to Mars!'

This time, Zhou did not argue with them anymore, but instead invited Jobs out. Jobs came out wearing a very casual shirt and jeans. The reporters all raised their cameras in their hands and started shooting like crazy. their cameras and frantically started shooting. Although they didn't know why Zhou Ming was doing this, their media instincts made them sense something.

Amidst the sound of cameras clicking, Zhou Ming brought Jobs to all the media and said, 'This is Mr. Steve Jobs, the chairman of Apple Inc. We are here today to discuss Lombardi's breach of contract.'

After Zhou Ming's introduction After Zhou Ming's introduction, Steve Jobs said in front of all the reporters: 'Hello everyone, I'm Steve Jobs. I think many of you here must know me, perhaps because of Apple computers or perhaps because of Toy Story but I'm here today to announce something to all of you in the media: there have been numerous breaches of contract by Lombardy in their use of Apple equipment.'

Jobs paused and paused before continuing, 'Therefore, Apple has decided, after careful consideration, to terminate all network services to Lombardy as stipulated in the contract. This includes, but is not not limited to the leased servers and other network equipment, as well as Apple's information services, and will prosecute Lombardy for breach of contract.'

Jobs then then changed tack and said, 'In addition, due to the special nature of the Internet and information services, Apple will archive Lombardy's database until the end of the lawsuit.'