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Nowadays, the comment section of Gao Yuan’s videos has become a gathering place for netizens to make memes.

There are all kinds of jokes. Sometimes when Gao Yuan has nothing to do, he will check the comment section, reply to netizens' comments and like them. When he is not busy, he can spend more than an hour just checking the comment section.

Especially when taking a special plane, Gao Yuan connects to the wireless network, then checks the comment section, watches short videos, and sleeps for a few hours, and he will soon arrive in Australia.

"I sometimes check your comment section, and I see a lot of people expressing their love for you." Li Mengqing said with some jealousy, "There are even people who want to marry you and give you a hundred sons."

"Hahaha, a hundred sons." Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing.

But if he really had so many sons, he could afford to support them.

But when the family property is divided in the future, I am afraid there will be a fight. In ancient times, the emperors only had 10 to 20 children, but they would fight fiercely.

Having too many children is not good either.

I would be satisfied if I could have two or three Gao Yuans.

"Get the lucky draw done as soon as possible, then contact those fans and buy them plane tickets and book hotels," Gao Yuan instructed. "The press conference will begin soon, and there can't be any mistakes at this critical juncture."

This matter was assigned to Li Mengqing, but it was not to let Li Mengqing do it herself. She has many employees under her, and it will definitely be those employees who are responsible. Li Mengqing only needs to supervise the progress.

"Don't worry, the selection process is already underway. At least only your die-hard fans will be drawn," said Li Mengqing.

……

On the other side, Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd.

Lei Jun received an invitation letter from Yuanfang Group, inviting him to attend the launch of Yuanfang mobile phone on May 27th.

The person who sent this email was not Gao Yuan, but Li Mengqing.

Of course Lei Jun knew Li Mengqing's identity. She was one of Gao Yuan's confidantes and was highly trusted by Gao Yuan.

It was not an insult to Lei Jun's status that she sent the email.

"The Yuanfang mobile phone is produced so quickly?" Lei Jun muttered to himself.

Although he knew last year that Gao Yuan was going to make mobile phones, and he also received some technical investment from Gao Yuan.

But what Lei Jun didn't expect was that Gao Yuan actually made the mobile phone in the first half of the year.

"Ding dong!"

The next second, Lei Jun received a message on his mobile phone from Li Mengqing.

"Mr. Lei, on behalf of Yuanfang Group and Mr. Gao Yuan, I sincerely invite you," said Li Mengqing.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Li, I will definitely attend then."

Rebus replied.

Logically speaking, Gao Yuan should be given a gift at the launch of the new mobile phone.

But for a big shot like Gao Yuan, what kind of gift is both noble and collectible? Lei Jun was in a dilemma.

"Buzzing..."

At this time, his cell phone rang again. It was Mr. Xu calling.

Mr. Xu is the rotating chairman of Warwick Group.

Warwick Group is different from other groups. It has three rotating chairmen. Each rotating chairman serves a term of six months and enjoys the highest control over the company during these six months, which is equivalent to being the head of the company.

As for Big Mouth, he is only a director of the company. In terms of actual power, he is not even in the top five. He is only famous because he often appears in front of the media and attends various press conferences.

Mr. Xu is the rotating chairman of Warwick Group at the current stage, and his term of office will last until September this year.

"Mr. Lei, I wonder if you have time today. I'm on a business trip in the capital, and I want to meet you and have a chat." Mr. Xu said on the other end of the phone, "The last time we met was at the Internet Conference, which was last year."

"It's been a long time since we last met. Mr. Lei, your Xiaomi Sizzling series of mobile phones are very popular, and I haven't had the chance to congratulate you yet."

Mr. Xu on the phone was very polite.

In terms of size, Warwick Group is now several times the size of Xiaomi Group.

However, Lei Jun is the president of Xiaomi Group who has the final say, while Mr. Xu's power has been divided into three parts.

In terms of status, there is not much difference.

"No problem, Mr. Xu, let's have a meal together."

Lei Jun readily agreed.

Mr. Xu came to see me at this critical juncture when the Yuanfang mobile phone was about to be released. It was definitely not to reminisce about the past, but to inquire about the news about the Yuanfang mobile phone.

Thinking of this, Lei Jun had an idea and went to a five-star restaurant in the imperial capital.

Soon, President Xu appeared in the private room. The moment he saw Lei Jun, he walked up to Lei Jun in two steps and said, "Mr. Lei, congratulations on the great sales of the Xiaomi Mi 8 series. The current Xiaomi Mi 8 series phones have become the benchmark in the industry."

"After hearing the news, our CEO Ren immediately bought a Xiaomi BB series phone. In terms of user experience, CEO Ren said that the Xiaomi BB series phones are currently the most cost-effective phones in China."

This statement is undoubtedly flattery, and mutual flattery is very common in business.

And it only says the most cost-effective mobile phone, not the best mobile phone.

However, Lei Jun was already very pleased to hear these words from Mr. Ren.

Mr. Ren is a senior. Thirty years ago, the Warwick Company he led had already achieved a revenue of 100 million yuan for the entire company.

You have to know that in that era, although the term "ten thousand yuan household" was no longer a new term, people with a net worth of hundreds of thousands or millions were already considered local tycoons.

The average monthly salary for most people is two to three hundred yuan, and three to four hundred yuan is considered good.

Today, Warwick Enterprises' business covers dozens of fields. It has not only made achievements in the mobile phone field, but also has its own advantages in the communications field, terminals, and cloud computing.

It’s just that Warwick mobile phones are the most profitable business among them.

"Thank you for your recognition, Mr. Ren. We at Xiaomi Group will continue to work hard to create high-performance, low-priced mobile phones for the people and serve the general public," said Lei Jun.

Seeing Mr. Xu being so polite, Lei Jun was actually unsure.

If Mr. Xu wanted to find out about the internal information, actual performance and other key issues of Yuanfang Mobile Phone, Lei Jun would definitely not tell him, but doing so would inevitably offend the Warwick Group.

Xiaomi has only reached a cooperation with Yuanfang Group on mobile phones, but in other areas, it still needs to rely on Warwick, such as cloud computing and big data services.

“This is a gift from our Warwick Company.”

Mr. Xu waved his hand, and the secretary immediately took out a box from the bag.

Then, President Xu handed the box to Lei Jun. "This box contains the first chip developed and produced by our Huawei company." President Xu said slowly.

There is still a long way to go in the research and development of domestic chips.

Warwick has been independently producing and researching chips for more than a decade. This chip is 40 nanometers and was developed sixteen years ago.

In this day and age, 40-nanometer chips can no longer be said to be outdated, but rather completely out of touch with the times and will not be used in most electronic products.

But the most important thing about this chip is its historical value.

This is the first domestically produced chip, worthy of being recorded in history. If a chip museum can be established in a few years, this chip will definitely have a place.

This gift was extremely valuable, and even Lei Jun was somewhat shocked. He did not expect that President Xu would actually give him this thing.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. This gift is so valuable."

Lei Jun took the box from Mr. Xu and put it away carefully.

"Hahaha, it's just a commemorative value. If we really talk about practicality, I heard that by next year, the entire series of Lei Jun's Xiaomi Hot Series may be able to use 1-nanometer chips."

Mr. Xu smiled.

The previous approach was just a drop in the ocean, his real purpose was still on chips and Yuanfang Group.

As an old fox, Lei Jun certainly knew what Xu was thinking, and then said, "The outside world is exaggerating more and more. That is a 1-nanometer chip. If our Xiaomi Hot series mobile phones can use it, it will be a great fortune."

Lei Jun didn't say it too firmly.

Because if Yuanfang Group replaces all its chips with 0.5-nanometer chips next year, it is possible that their Xiaomi Mi 1 series will all be replaced with -nanometer chips.

Gao Yuan has already helped him solve the problem of the mobile phone system. Now if he can solve the problem of the chip, Xiaomi mobile phones will definitely be the overlord of the low-end industry in the future.

I have to admit that Gao Yuan is indeed his benefactor.

"Boss Lei, Yuanfang Group..."

When Mr. Xu was about to ask, he was interrupted by Lei Jun, "If Mr. Xu wants to ask me about the situation of Yuanfang Group, I'm sorry I can't tell you."

This is the bottom line.

Yuanfang Group is currently the largest supplier of Xiaomi Group and also a shareholder of Xiaomi Group.

There is no way that Lei Jun would betray Gao Yuan.

"Hahaha, rest assured, President Lei, I won't ask about the inside story of Yuanfang Group." President Xu said with a smile, "I just want to find out when Yuanfang Group will hold a press conference, and by the way, I want to ask President Lei for an invitation to the press conference."

Warwick Company and Yuanfang Group are competitors, and Mr. Xu and Gao Yuan are not familiar with each other, so it would be inappropriate to go directly to their homes to ask for an invitation letter.

That's why Mr. Xu set his sights on Lei Jun, hoping to use his connections to get an invitation letter.

Of course, the invitation letter that Mr. Xu mentioned was not just any invitation letter, but a formal invitation letter sent by Yuanfang Group to Warwick Company.

It's not the kind of thing where you go to the market and buy an invitation letter at a high price and sneak in.

"Well, I think I can still do it. Mr. Gao is open-minded and generous. He will not refuse this matter." Lei Jun said, "Even if Warwick Company directly contacts Yuanfang Group without going through me, I believe it will also receive an invitation letter. But since Mr. Xu has said so, I will definitely find a way to help you get it done."

"Thank you, Mr. Lei!"

Mr. Xu cupped his hands and expressed his gratitude.

He was indeed very curious about the newly released mobile phone of Yuanfang Group, but Warwick Company also had to save face.

Contacting Yuanfang Group through the company, it seems like they are begging Yuanfang Group, which is not a good thing to say.

Mr. Xu, on the other hand, wanted to attend the press conference in person to experience the Yuanfang mobile phone.

……

After finishing the business, Mr. Xu and Mr. Lei Jun ate and chatted.

The content of the chat is nothing more than the future development of the Internet.

Whether it is Lei Jun or Mr. Xu, they both have their own profound insights into the development of the Internet.

In fact, Mr. Xu has always felt that the current development of the Internet at home and abroad has gone astray. On the one hand, the entertainment of the Internet has been increasing, such as the explosive growth of virtual games and the popularity of the virtual metaverse. These Internet companies always want to pull people into a virtual world.

It looks good, but will the development of the virtual universe affect the real world? Mr. Xu thinks this is very likely.

Maybe in a few years, as technology improves, players can wear helmets and live in the virtual world for a long time, paralyzing themselves all day long.

Technology is the primary productive force. In Mr. Xu's usual impression, technology should drive economic development and benefit real life, rather than creating a virtual world to dampen people's spirits.

On the other hand, the domestic Internet industry rarely has its own core technologies. They often follow the trend of popular foreign projects and invest money to learn foreign models. When foreign countries are developing the metaverse, China will also develop the metaverse on a large scale.

As chat-gpt was being developed abroad, China also started to develop it. Some of them simply changed the shell and were the first to go online.

Why can’t the domestic Internet lead the trend and let the whole world imitate China’s Internet?

This is a very serious issue.

Developing early means enjoying the dividends, while developing late and starting to follow the trend means being ripped off.

Lei Jun did not have a suitable answer to these questions. He could only say that after attending the launch conference of Yuanfang mobile phone, Lei Jun would take Mr. Xu to meet Gao Yuan and listen to Gao Yuan's opinions.

Mr. Xu readily agreed.

After the meal, both Lei Jun and Mr. Xu left.

After returning to his office, Lei Jun called Gao Yuan immediately.

At this time, Gao Yuan was processing documents in the office. The launch of Yuanfang mobile phone has become the most important event for the company at present, and no accidents can occur.

Gao Yuan pays close attention to many small details.

After seeing that it was a call from Lei Jun, Gao Yuan put down his work and answered the call.

"Mr. Gao, Mr. Xu from Huawei Group contacted me today. He is very interested in the launch of Yuanfang Mobile Phone. I think we can send an invitation letter to Huawei Group."

Lei Jun said, "After all, Huawei Group is the top mobile phone company in China and has a very high prestige. Although they are competitors, it does not prevent the heads of the two companies from sitting together and chatting."

"No problem. I was worried that even if I sent the invitation to Warwick Company, they would not attend. But since they are interested, I will ask my secretary to draft an email and send it to them," said Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan has a good impression of Warwick Company and has great respect for Mr. Ren.

Since the other party wants to come, Gao Yuan welcomes him very much.

"In addition, I would like to report to you about the situation of Xiaomi's hot series of mobile phones. Last month, Xiaomi's hot series of mobile phones successfully completed the task and sold 3.76 million units, breaking the domestic mobile phone first-day and first-month sales records..." (End of this chapter)