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Lei Jun and Huang Renxun met again, but didn't talk much about work; they just had a private get-together for a couple of drinks.

Another day, Huang Renxun will visit Xiaomi Group, and Lei Jun, as the group's chairman, will greet him in front of the media, making the occasion quite grand.

With Nvidia, a company with a market capitalization of $4.58 trillion, and Jensen Huang, whose net worth is over $1600 billion, supporting him and Xiaomi Group is a great honor.

It must be real-time trending news and hot topics online.

With such excellent marketing, how could he, the "King of Marketing" in the eyes of his domestic peers, let it pass by?

It can also enhance one's business standing.

Today, we chose to host an old friend at the Beicheng Hotel Guozijian Branch, so we inevitably talked about Jiang Beicheng. Moreover, Jiang Beicheng's confrontation with Time Magazine has made Huang Renxun, the Person of the Year, a controversial figure on the internet both at home and abroad.

Huang Renxun agrees with Jiang Beicheng's analysis of Time magazine, saying that the current Time magazine does indeed have a strong political flavor, and its authority and value are not as good as before.

However, Huang Renxun felt that Jiang Beicheng's public criticism of Time magazine in front of hundreds of media outlets was inappropriate.

It makes him seem inferior to AI giants like Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman.

Judging from the heated online discussions, this is indeed the case.

The controversy surrounding Time magazine far outweighs the attention given to this year's Person of the Year.

Huang Renxun joked with Lei Jun, "There's a saying that goes something like this: the stronger the reaction, the more you care?"

He spoke to Lei Jun in a questioning tone.

He speaks Chinese, but he's a little awkward at it.

Lei Jun certainly understood Huang Renxun's meaning; in other words, Jiangbei City was saying that the grapes were sour because they couldn't reach them.

In fact, Jiang Beicheng desperately wanted to be named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

Out of a desire to save face, they resorted to this extreme response to divert the attention of the media and the internet.

Lei Jun smiled but didn't reply.

He won't draw that conclusion.

But he had the answer in his heart: Jiang Beicheng might not really care about this kind of "honor".

The conversation then turned to some of Jiangbei City's business dealings in the country.

After listening, Huang Renxun smiled.

After hearing Lei Jun's words, it suddenly seemed reasonable that Jiang Beicheng was "talking nonsense".

You could see a hint of grievance on Lei Jun's face, and he might have felt a bit stifled, but he had no way to release it.

Jiang Beicheng has made jokes about Lei Jun in public on several occasions, and even used the donation to his alma mater's anniversary celebration to embarrass the president of Wuhan University and Lei Jun. Anyone would feel uncomfortable in that situation.

However, Lei Jun's reputation has recently taken a turn for the worse.

He went from being a top-tier entrepreneur to a controversial figure online.

If he dared to stand up and respond to Jiang Beicheng's teasing at this moment, it would be like milking a cow—a self-inflicted humiliation.

The public pressure brought by Jiang Beicheng, a national-level entrepreneur, could overwhelm Lei Jun's personal social media accounts.

Huang Renxun: "President Lei has piqued my interest in meeting President Jiang."

Lei Jun said, "I can organize the meeting."

He was certainly eager to see Huang Renxun and Jiang Beicheng have a showdown.

Huang Renxun: "Let me finish my work first before we discuss this matter."

The two laughed and clinked glasses.

……

The full name of the Southeast University Chain Expo is the Southeast University International Supply Chain Promotion Expo.

Organized by the Southeast University International Trade Promotion Association, it is the world's first comprehensive exhibition focusing on the supply chain, covering all aspects of the upstream, midstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

The aim is to build an international public platform for interconnected and mutually beneficial cooperation among global industrial and supply chains.

This year's Blockchain Expo attracted political figures, entrepreneurs, and scholars from many countries.

As a driver of the global AI technology revolution, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang naturally became the focus of this Blockchain Expo.

Jensen Huang attended the opening ceremony of the conference at the Huang International Exhibition Center and participated in today's Summit Technology Forum. The moderator was a renowned scholar.

As soon as he took the stage, he tried to sow discord between Huang Renxun and others: "Mr. Huang, welcome to Southeast University for the Blockchain Expo. Today's summit forum is missing a guest, you should know him, Mr. Jiang."

Huang Renxun smiled and nodded.

He did hope that Jiang Beicheng could be there today so the two of them could practice their moves.

I just don't know why Jiangbei City was absent.

"Yes, Mr. Jiang's reputation is legendary." Huang Renxun was quite tactful; he knew he had to say what the people of Dongda University wanted to hear.

The host then asked, "Mr. Huang, what is your view on Mr. Jiang's proposal to shift the center of technological focus eastward?"

Huang Renxun immediately sensed that today's forum might be a trap.

They immediately put him and Jiang Beicheng on opposite sides.

His nationality is American, his ancestral home is Tokyo University, and now he's a guest at Tokyo University. This question from a scholar carries a profound meaning.

However, Huang Renxun was quite experienced in handling such situations, and smiled as he replied, "OK, the science and technology development at Tokyo University is very rapid. It has the world's best industrial chain, the most outstanding scientific and technological talents, including the world's most powerful AI talents, and also has great technology companies like Huawei..."

Instead of drawing conclusions or commenting on Jiang Beicheng's views, they directly praised and complimented him.

As for who is stronger and who is weaker, they both know the answer in their hearts.

The scholar's profound realization was that Jiang Beicheng's conclusions were drawn too hastily.

Or rather, Jiangbei City is not yet comparable to these global technology giants on the international stage.

This also confirms the reaction from the United States, where politicians and Silicon Valley tech giants do not acknowledge Jiangbei City's international influence.

However, Huang Renxun behaved very well at the University of Tokyo today, so the host didn't want to make things too difficult for him. He then changed the subject and connected the guests to discuss the development of AI.

Huang Renxun deliberately held back today and did not make any special effort to show off. Even so, his dialogue on stage was no less impressive than that of the other tech professionals from the University of Tokyo.

It received enthusiastic applause from the audience.

After the event, he was surrounded by reporters as he left the venue. Lei Jun's guess came true; these reporters did indeed chase after him and ask him about Jiang Beicheng's criticism of Time magazine.

After all, this topic is currently the most popular, so the media will naturally follow suit to attract attention and traffic.

Jensen Huang simply expressed his views: "Everyone should focus on the theme of Time Magazine's Person of the Year selection: AI Builders."

There is no denying that these individuals on the cover have made significant contributions to the global AI technology revolution.

He's good at confusing concepts, and he also praised himself a little.

"Mr. Huang, it's a pity we couldn't witness your high-level dialogue with President Jiang today. Do you have any plans to meet with President Jiang during your trip to Southeast University?"

A reporter suddenly asked.

Huang Renxun responded with a smile: "If this matter does not conflict with my work, I am of course happy to exchange and learn from Mr. Jiang, this great entrepreneur."

After answering, I got on the bus.

Although each sentence sounds respectable, the underlying meaning reveals his evaluation of Jiangbei City.

Jiangbei City has been overly mythologized.

……

That evening, Huang Renxun caught up with Lei Jun again. "You guessed it," Huang said. "Today, the questions asked by the media reporters at the venue were all very similar, all about Jiangbei City."

"Have you felt President Jiang's influence yet?" Lei Jun joked.

The two had a drink.

Huang Renxun asked, "How's it going? Can we get an appointment with President Jiang?"

Lei Jun shook his head, "I tried to make an appointment, but I couldn't."

Huang Renxun: "You mentioned me?"

"Yes, I did mention it," Lei Jun said. "The reason Mr. Jiang gave was that he wanted to spend time with his family."

Huang Renxun frowned instantly! (End of Chapter)