After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 237 A Sudden Major Event

At this moment, a crowd had begun to gather in the small square outside the exhibition hall of Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Huge, hollowed-out advertising sculptures of the characters "芯" (core) and "智" (intelligence) stand prominently on either side of the entrance to Conference Center No. 18.

Reporters from various media outlets and self-media practitioners are on high alert, including the national television station, which is randomly "catching" passersby for interviews in the small square.

Right under the "chip" sign, a CCTV News reporter was conducting a live broadcast from the scene.

"Dear viewers, I am currently outside the venue of the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. You can tell from the large 'Core' character behind me," an outside reporter pointed to the sign, "that this is the sole theme of today's press conference."

"I believe everyone here, like me, has been eagerly anticipating this moment. According to what we've just learned, this launch event will release more than a dozen chips across five categories: mobile phones, servers, personal computers, gaming graphics cards, and AI computing cards."

"The official theme of the press conference is also 'Chip Feast,' and at this moment, we can already imagine how grand the scene will be. With Baiju Technology joining forces with a group of chip design companies, this will definitely be an unprecedented feast."

"Right now," the host said, then the camera panned to the next scene: "There are still two and a half hours before the press conference officially begins, and a large number of our technology enthusiasts have already gathered here."

Wherever the camera focused, everyone was waving their arms and yelling at the top of their lungs, "To hell with those incomplete, soulless machines! They're gone forever! Awooo... Awooo..."

"I see everyone is very excited," the host said during an on-site interview with the young man who had shouted the loudest, "Could you share your feelings right now?"

"Excited, extremely excited." The young man's voice trembled. "Let me tell you, I haven't slept well for days, and I'm even feeling a bit excited. As soon as I lie down, all I see when I open or close my eyes are the chips."

"Then I would pick up my phone and scroll through the relevant short videos over and over again, and read the comments from netizens one by one, chuckling to myself, and before I knew it, the whole night had passed."

"Hahaha!" Many viewers watching the CCTV live stream laughed, but as they laughed, they realized they were doing the same thing—

I keep searching for the same keywords, watching the same videos, checking for new comments, and even with nothing much to say, I can listen to like-minded tech hosts chatting all night long.

They weren't just idle; rather, the expectation and longing they had always harbored had finally come true, and this extreme inner joy gradually transformed into boundless excitement: This is mine, ours, and no one can take it away from me!

"me too!"

……

Countless "Me too" comments are flooding the screen.

The CCTV host remained silent for a long time before finally summarizing: "At this moment, 'Me too' has become a symbol. Everyone is the same, with the same longing, the same excitement, and the same heart."

The drone overlooked the entire convention center, where a dense crowd looked up at the sky and waved their arms.

They came from all over the country, but the phrase "one heart" became tangible at this moment.

"One heart." In the live broadcast studio of CCTV News Channel, Zhu Guangquan, who is known for his "eloquence" and countless creative classic phrases and jokes, was at a loss for words at this moment.

He didn't want to use too many words to describe today, just one sentence: "The united Chinese people are invincible! Well then, Zhang Yu, we look forward to more exciting content from you on the front lines today. See you in the next segment!"

Having accepted the awkward situation of being able to "jump in at any time" during the last live broadcast, but finding the content too rich to handle, CCTV News Channel is preparing to broadcast the entire press conference this time. At this moment, it is 1:00 PM, two hours before the press conference.

……

"He's in, he's in! The press conference will officially begin in two hours, and then we'll see Mr. Hao in person. Looking forward to it!"

"Little Lulu, don't get all infatuated! Let me tell you, Mr. Hao's daughter is already six years old today. You have no chance!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? If you keep talking nonsense, I'll block you! Do I look like I need a man? You call me a fangirl? I'll be a fangirl to you!"

The streamer with the account nickname @小璐璐 revealed her true colors. Just a moment ago she was acting like a demure young lady, but she instantly transformed into a tyrannical monster. However, at the end, she added in a coquettish voice, "Well, if it's Xiao Sha, I can still consider it!"
"However, it should be able to help me cook, do laundry, write copy, record videos, and do live streams. It should also be able to help me change light bulbs, unclog drains, and pick up packages. If it can also help me make money, that would be even better!"

"Hey, wake up! Stop making wishes! This is a press conference, not the Great Thunder Temple!"

"Haha, don't even mention it, if it were really like that, I'd be tempted too!"

"Hey Lulu, look to your left. Who's that person to your left? Go get their contact information!"

"Wow, Mr. Hao! We actually met the real Mr. Hao!" @Xiaolulu immediately started shouting, "Mr. Hao! Mr. Hao!"

@Xiao Lulu walked in, while Hao Cheng was walking out at the same time, and they bumped into each other.

Hao Cheng smiled as he watched @Xiaolulu livestreaming with a selfie stick, waving and greeting the camera. A large crowd quickly gathered around them.

"Everyone, please find your seats. It's not safe with so many people. How about this, everyone disperse, and after the press conference, I'll set aside some time this week to do a live stream and answer everyone's questions, okay?"

Since he didn't have a microphone, Hao Cheng announced loudly, "I have a surprise for everyone today. I've already saved it, and you'll find out in a bit!"

"Okay!" Everyone shouted in unison, quickly making way for Hao Cheng, who also swiftly left the scene.

@小璐璐 was completely bewildered for a while: "Wait a minute, isn't the press conference about to start? Why did President Hao leave? Shouldn't he be resting in the lounge at this time?"

"You're worrying so much, maybe you've gone to pick someone up?"

"Who could possibly have such a powerful presence?"

"Mr. Hao just said that the surprise has been left behind, which means what? It means he really left! Perhaps he had something urgent to attend to?"

……

People speculated about where Hao Cheng had gone, and they were right. Hao Cheng had indeed left, and it was indeed because of an urgent matter—a very urgent meeting.

Hao Cheng doesn't know the content of the meeting yet, but the meeting's title is "National High-Level Economic Work Conference (Provisional)".

Knowing full well that Hao Cheng was at the Pengcheng meeting, the fact that he was urgently summoned to Beijing at this time meant that something extraordinary must have happened.

Fortunately, the main focus of this press conference was not originally Baiju Technology, and Hao Cheng also had a replacement candidate, who was even more suitable for the project to some extent.

When Hao Cheng goes on stage, he still has to speak, but when it comes on stage, it is the "speech" itself.

"Hurry up, to the airport!" As soon as Hao Cheng stepped out of the convention center, the special driver was already waiting.

"Okay, understood!" With all green lights, they arrived at the airport tarmac in fifteen minutes. An hour and a half later, Hao Cheng was already in Beijing. At this time, the press conference in Shenzhen hadn't even started yet. Hao Cheng, who was experiencing such treatment for the first time, shook his head inwardly.

As someone who absolutely cannot stand tour groups and prefers to travel independently, he dislikes this feeling.

But Hao Cheng also knew that what happened today was very serious.

On the way, he had already received the relevant materials for the meeting.

"Hao Cheng, please share your thoughts first."

Hao Cheng wasn't an economics major and didn't know much about it, but the reason he was called here today, and why they called him here at all costs, was because the biggest variable in this matter came from Baiju Technology.

Baiju Technology is like an anomaly; it breaks all rules and renders all patterns invalid. No economist dares to say that they can still make predictions about the future.

Because you have no idea when Baiju Technology will come up with something groundbreaking that could immediately render all your models and data obsolete.

This is roughly what is meant by "one force can overcome all methods".

So this time, the whole world is in an uproar.

The situation is this: China has always been a major industrial country, and its foreign trade has mostly been in surplus.

It can be said that no country's production capacity can match even half of China's.

In the past few months, thanks to Baiju Technology, various automation processes have accelerated further.

Going further, in China, the cost of industrial products with relatively low technological content can be reduced even further than before.

Moving up the value chain, precision instruments, including the crown jewel of industry, such as lithography machines, are already in mass production.

By this time, China had become almost a completely self-sufficient independent entity. However, this independent entity was still exporting its products.

Just a few hours earlier, Europe and the United States suddenly joined together to announce that they would reject all of Tokyo University's products.

Their logic is simple: if things continue like this, they will all die.

Previously, the European side had been ambiguous, and the issues discussed were only related to Xiao Sha.

However, when they discover that none of their products are competitive in China, while all of China's products pose a fatal threat to them, isolation may become the only option.

As for the question of where they would find alternatives if they did not import goods from China, they had considered it very clearly: they had to make a tough decision and produce the goods themselves in Europe and America.

Otherwise, if high technology belongs to China, industry belongs to China, and everything belongs to China, then how can Europeans obtain the wealth from goods imported from China?
China wouldn't be willing to receive euros if it couldn't obtain equivalent products from Europe!

If you have too much foreign exchange, what's the difference between it and worthless paper if you just leave it there?
The same applies to the US dollar. The premise for everyone to be willing to hold US dollars is that the dollar is a hard currency and can be exchanged for goods all over the world.

"The reason we're in such a hurry is because they have a point. If we take over all the industries, then there's no point in us exporting goods to them; it can't be considered charity, can it?"

This is a very direct statement, but it best illustrates the point.

Trade, in essence, is about "ease," about exchange, about each party getting what they need. As for the method of settlement, those are merely means; the ultimate goal is exchange.

If the other party no longer has anything we need, then the currency we receive in exchange for goods is truly meaningless.

"On the way here, when I first saw it, I was also quite startled. I thought to myself: Has it really come to this?" Hao Cheng said, "But, upon closer inspection, what does it matter?"

"We have absolute control over all of these matters. On two fronts: First, we should cut down on our low-end industries. Employment is a false proposition; when our productivity is advanced enough, the remaining issue is the distribution system."

"In the past, didn't we all envy the so-called leisurely lifestyle of Northern Europe, with its four-day work week and three-day weekend? Why can't we just work two days a week? Why do we have to produce a large number of goods to sell overseas? It's completely meaningless!"

"In this regard, I think the most crucial thing for us is a change in mindset."

"On the other hand, we have more than a billion people, which gives us the conditions for a complete domestic circulation. I have never heard of a country with food, products and technology being the weaker party."

Although Hao Cheng is not an economics expert, and his knowledge of economics is only at the level of a university general education course, simple truths do not require professional knowledge.

To put it simply, people only starve to death, but never die from overeating.

If a country has products, technology, food, and a strong medical system, and yet some people are still struggling, then the problem is not with the economy itself, but with the distribution channels or methods of distribution.

No, it's very difficult to get it out.

For example, in ancient times, if grain production was low, people would starve to death.

But if no human labor is needed, AI and robots can perform large-scale labor. If there's a lot of stuff, will it really overwhelm us?

The most effective way to make adjustments is through the combined action of the visible and invisible hands of the state.

"Therefore, we should focus more on this aspect. For more professional decisions, we need industry insiders. Alternatively, a new fine-tuning model for small sand can also help."

That's all Hao Cheng said.

There are no technical terms or data-driven analyses, but this is truly the most basic truth.

"I don't know if you've played the game 'Earth Online'. If you have, let me explain: the initial economic state in it isn't made up. You can refer to it if needed."

Hao Cheng plays the game "Earth Online" every now and then. Why every now and then? Because as an "ordinary person," he doesn't have any real experience in it.

He can only change everything once the technology in reality breaks through and is synchronized to the game according to the rules.

Of course, this will happen soon. After the release of the converged semiconductor, it will be a very important turning point.

The economic activities that Hao Cheng mentioned brought back memories for everyone.

Highly developed productivity and abundant material resources

Of course, we haven't reached that point yet, but we're on our way, aren't we?
So how do we play this? Do we need to discuss it further?
(End of this chapter)