After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 242 You're only slightly better than a Core i9, how dare you compete with Baiju Technology?
Bang!

Zhang Jian went offline, and Huang Renxun's system crashed.

If it were just Rubik's Cube 005, it would at least be within Huang Renxun's initial expectations. It would simply be more powerful, have stronger computing power, better rendering capabilities for light and physical world motion, and better 3D rendering capabilities, but it would still be essentially a game card.

No matter how powerful it is, it is at least within the realm of comprehension.

But this Rubik's Cube 009...

Huang Renxun's mind is now filled with that door, and what exactly is behind it.

A spatial stereo graphics card doesn't render 3D game graphics on a flat screen; it actually calculates the color and coordinates of a spatial image in real space.

"3D projection?" Huang Renxun scratched his head, somewhat confused.

"Quick! Book me the next available flight, the fastest way possible, to Shenzhen, China!" Huang Renxun stood up abruptly and instructed his assistant, "Let's leave now!"

"The earliest flight to take off is the Korean Air flight at noon, connecting Seoul to Shenzhen. We need to drive to Los Angeles." The assistant checked and said, "It's expected to land in Shenzhen in about 44 hours!"

"Is it possible to get a flight route for a private jet?" 44 hours is too long. It will be even slower with all the transfers. I don't want to miss the deadline or something. By the time I get there, the exhibition will be over.

"It's impossible in such a short time!" The assistant shook his head.

The chartered plane is about to take off. America's situation is relatively straightforward, but getting to China requires considering flight routes at least a week in advance. There's virtually no chance of securing one at the last minute.

Especially now, at this critical juncture, they may not necessarily welcome Nvidia over there.

"What about the port city?" Huang Renxun was still not giving up.

"Same here, you need to apply at least 48 hours in advance." The assistant emphasized, "Now, the fastest way to get to Shenzhen is by connecting flight, which only takes 44 hours. 12 hours later, it takes off from Los Angeles."

"Then let's set off now!"

Good heavens, he stayed up all night watching Baiju Technology's chip launch event, and it's still past 1 a.m. here in California. Huang Renxun doesn't even care about a moment's rest. He grabbed his clothes and left: "I have to see just how far that 3D imaging can go."

They wouldn't be satisfied without seeing it. Everyone feels the same way.

……

Just as Huang Renxun was rushing to Shenzhen, the organizers of the exhibition were also starting to have a headache.

The Greater Bay Area Semiconductor Exhibition is a newly established event this year. Although it was originally quite large, the expected visitor flow was not very large, since it mainly targets suppliers and focuses on B2B procurement.

Consumer Day primarily focuses on popularizing science.

But at this moment, they were completely at their wits' end.

"Our expectations for the audience's enthusiasm were still insufficient." When companies like Baiju Technology contacted the exhibition organizers, they had already raised their expectations for the event.

But today, with this secret room now open, no amount of preparation will make it possible.

According to official and third-party platforms such as 12306, Ctrip, and Qunar, from today until the end of the exhibition, all tickets for transportation to Shenzhen and surrounding major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, including trains, planes, and buses, are sold out.

On major social media platforms, there are a lot of requests for help: some are asking for carpooling, others are asking for solutions.

On one book, someone even suggested that you take a plane directly from your city to go abroad, such as Seoul, Dongseo, or Singapore, and then return to Shenzhen via an international transit.

"Look, there are still tickets available even with this transfer! Only a little over 16,000 yuan!" Good heavens, this is insane!

Based on user ticket information and traffic flow forecasts from Xiaosha, the transportation department immediately issued a traffic warning for the entire Pearl River Delta Greater Bay Area. Those planning to use smart driving services in Shenzhen are advised to plan their time accordingly.

As for hotels in the city, except for a very few extremely high-priced ones, they were all fully booked.

"This is insane!" The organizers of the exhibition had never encountered such a situation before. It was clearly beyond their control, so they immediately reported the situation to the authorities through the emergency plan.

"What should we do?" Pengcheng was also extremely conflicted. Pengcheng had participated in many large-scale events and competitions, but they had never seen a situation where people from all over the country flocked here.

Looking at the national transportation map, there is already a trend of people converging here, starting from a distance.

"No way!" The leaders in Pengcheng made the decision immediately: "Not only us, but the entire Greater Bay Area doesn't have the capacity to receive guests like this. Forcing them to come will definitely cause big problems."

It's just an exhibition, so it's fine. Even if Baiju Technology has new chips, it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, tech enthusiasts are probably more interested in chips; others are just following the crowd.

However, just now, the search index for Shenzhen suddenly surged, and various action information was calculated and evaluated by Xiaosha: the number of people across the country planning to travel to Shenzhen is as high as tens of millions!

Keep in mind that Shenzhen's current permanent population is less than 20 million! This is equivalent to an increase of 50%! There's no way they can accommodate that, unless everyone has to sleep on the streets.

"And this is just the first batch. On the Xiaosha platform, the hashtag #Let'sGoToShenzhen# has been consistently ranked number one on the trending topics list. You know, people have a herd mentality!"

This herd mentality cannot be ignored; a similar incident occurred last year.

It seems that it was a group of students from Zhengdong University Town who, on a Friday night, filled up the entire 100-kilometer stretch of the eight-lane road with a single sentence: "#Night Ride to Bianzhou Taken Down#".

The local authorities had originally planned to host them, but given the scale of the operation, no one could possibly handle it, so the plan was abruptly halted.

This time in Shenzhen, wow, people from all over the country, by plane, train, even transiting through foreign countries, plus those driving from nearby areas—Shenzhen isn't a very big city to begin with. If things go wrong, it could be a huge problem.

"Are we going to pass the problem up the chain of command? We need to make a decision as soon as possible!" Traffic is good, but if we don't handle it well, we're doomed.

"Let's leave it to Baiju Technology." The leader nodded. "They'll definitely have a solution."

The exhibition starts tomorrow. In fact, those who originally planned to come to see the exhibition should already be in Shenzhen by now, and those who decided to come at the last minute should have already booked their tickets or are on their way.

This number, in the millions, is still acceptable for Shenzhen, it's just a matter of adding in some surrounding areas.

For the exhibition, reservations and crowd control are all that's needed.

Hao Cheng also received the news from Pengcheng immediately. In fact, he had already received a warning from Xiao Sha before receiving the news. He muttered to himself, "The suspense that President Zhang is keeping is really tempting."

Even without mentioning others, the economics experts in the conference room were just now so eager to fly to Shenzhen to find out what was going on.

"Is it really that serious?" Some people still didn't believe it: "It can't be that bad, can it?" "It's definitely not now, but, you know, herd mentality is a terrible thing." Hao Cheng's forehead furrowed: "However, people really want to see the effects of the entire spatial stereoscopic graphics card system."

"Xiao Sha, Xiao Sha, how many three-dimensional model rooms have we purchased and assembled so far?"

"Around 500!" Xiao Sha quickly searched and provided the data.

"Please contact Gao Chenyu for me."

Xiao Sha immediately made the call, while everyone stared at Hao Cheng, wondering what he was up to.

"Brother Cheng, I knew you were going to contact me. I'm all ready." Gao Chenyu seemed very excited, clearly already knowing what was going to happen. He said:

"Currently, we have 27 experience stores directly operated by Baiju Technology nationwide, and nearly 200 authorized stores with a rating of Grade A or above."

"Okay, can you complete the setup and configuration of the spatial 3D graphics card experience center in these more than 200 stores within 24 hours?" Hao Cheng asked.

"Okay!" 24 hours is definitely a tight timeframe. Space is secondary, since we already knew about this thing and had reserved space for it. However, the equipment is currently concentrated in factories in Linzhou, Pengcheng, and Shanghai.

It takes time to transport materials to official flagship stores and experience centers across the country. Fortunately, most of the stores are located in the Central Plains and East China regions, which are relatively concentrated.

"Even in remote provinces, we must ensure that there is at least one experience center in each province. This can be delayed up to 48 hours." Hao Cheng added, "I'll give you ten minutes to publish the addresses, transportation information, and other details of all the stores to the public."

……

"Ding-dong, Xiao Sha's urgent reminder: Pengcheng is currently overwhelmed. If you haven't gone there yet, we suggest you change your plans. We have prepared a brand-new map of the spatial 3D immersive display (spatial graphics card) experience center for you. The nearest experience center to you is Xizhou Henglong Plaza."

"Ding-dong, Xiao Sha's urgent reminder..."

……

In a short time, countless people received the relevant news.

"What? It's not just available in Shenzhen anymore? It's available at over 200 Xiaosha flagship stores nationwide? After 24 hours?"

"Yes, yes, I really wanted to go to Shenzhen, but I'd better not go and cause trouble. I heard that it's impossible to book a single hotel there!"

"It's okay if I can't stay put, I can sleep in my car. My car has a double bed mode, hehe!"

"But you might not be able to reserve a spot at the exhibition. What's the point of going to Shenzhen if you can't get into the exhibition hall? You might as well come to Guangzhou. There are several experience centers here. Let me see the list!"

"Damn, I really did miscalculate! I need to get back right now!"

……

At this point in the press conference, several companies took turns going on stage to introduce their products as alternatives to Intel and Qualcomm. The products were undoubtedly excellent, but the buzz they generated naturally dropped by more than an order of magnitude.

"What the hell is this? It's not much better than an Intel Core i9!"

When the specifications of Loongson 3Z-9000 were released, everyone was extremely disappointed. You're only slightly better than Intel, how dare you compete with Baiju Technology?
They completely forgot that just a few years ago, there wasn't even a single domestic chip manufacturer that could match the performance of the Core i3 at the same level!

It's fair to say that these tech enthusiasts have had their appetites spoiled by the recent actions of companies like White Horse Technology and Moore's Threads. They're simply dissatisfied unless something truly groundbreaking is presented as the best technology currently available.

The same message was conveyed by subsequent companies like Hygon and Zhaoxin.

This left the CEOs quite frustrated: "Based on our current parameters, we are already number one in the world. Why are you still not satisfied? What exactly do you want?"
What do you want?
Technology knows no bounds! Companies that stagnate, rely on others for support, or depend entirely on others will never be truly satisfactory.

This is Xiao Sha's answer, and it reflects the sentiments of everyone.

"Did you do this on purpose?" He Qiang asked with a smile.

"If they had even a little bit of sense, they could have done a better job. What can you do if they're not ambitious?"

Hao Cheng nodded; he had indeed done it on purpose.

"What, you think making a chip and surpassing America's companies is enough? It's not that simple! Surpassing others is easy, surpassing yourself is hard. I'll say everything I'm going to do. Those who can keep up will get the meat, while those who only think about getting the meat will be lucky to get the soup."

At this point, everyone still remembers the first picture on Baiju Technology's official website: that mountain of technology.

Being number one is not the end; what truly matters is leading humanity upwards.

If these companies had taken the stage before Moore's Thread, they would have been greeted with cheers, because they had surpassed it. This would have been the first time that many domestically produced chips had surpassed Western companies like Intel and Qualcomm.

But now, all the audience can feel is a lack of interest.

In particular, after Baiju Technology quickly announced more than 200 stores nationwide where they could experience the product, they completely forgot about the rest of the press conference and their minds were filled with that "space gaming graphics card"!

……

"Faster, faster, even faster!" In an equipment factory in the Linzhou Frontier Science and Technology Exploration Experimental Zone, a group of people had already begun their work: "Your route is along the Lianhuo Expressway, with handover at the Bianzhou, Songzhou, and Pengzhou service areas along the way. After Pengzhou, head north, and the rest of Quancheng and Dongshan are your responsibility."

"And over here, heading west..."

Truck drivers have done all sorts of jobs, but they've never seen anything like this before—it's like a secret rendezvous. Moreover, loading and unloading at service areas is theoretically illegal, but for the sake of efficiency, Baiju Technology has communicated with the relevant authorities and received the green light.

"By the way, please be careful, there is precision equipment involved, so be cautious."

……

"I'm completely stunned!" At this moment, Cao Song was in charge of things in Linzhou: "The original plan was to make a brief appearance in Pengcheng, but who knew we'd mess this up like this! This is so nerve-wracking!"

“Yes!” Li Ling chimed in, “We must learn from this experience. Our products must not be showcased in one place alone. They must be prepared nationwide before being unveiled together. Otherwise, something like this will happen again.”

"Yes, we really underestimated our own appeal!"

After confirming that all the materials were ready to be shipped, Cao Song couldn't rest today either. He also had to oversee the equipment debugging. Although Xiao Sha was doing the work, he still had to supervise: "Alright, let's go back to the park. I'll stay in the park tonight!"

(End of this chapter)