178: Chapter 178 Press Conference?

Tuesday, December 4th.

7:30 AM, the height of the morning rush hour.

Director Wu Han sat in his office, eating the hearty breakfast his assistant had brought him, while admiring the morning rush hour traffic through the large floor-to-ceiling windows.

It was quite a spectacle.

Setting the steamed cake aside, Director Wu Han took a sip of milk and reached for the phone on his desk.

This half-hour every day was the critical time for him to understand his competitors' movements and industry trends.

The source of information... was the news.

Keenly inferring the facts behind the news, grasping the threads and essence of events—this was Director Wu Han's unique secret to holding his current position.

The analytical process relied heavily on experience and technique.

As usual, Director Wu Han prepared to check the latest trends in the manufacturing industry.

But this time, as soon as the page opened, familiar names occupied his entire field of vision.

"Chen Group announces that it has reached an understanding with Frontier Technology Co., Ltd.! Cooperation between the two sides will continue."

"Chen Group and Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. jointly announce the official release of the 'Mark I System' version 2.0. Stay tuned."

"Chen Group fires senior executive, suspected of being a leaker!"

"'Mark I System' finally showing results? Is it all talk, or is it real? All will be revealed on December 15th!"

"What is this..." Director Wu Han set down his cup and raised an eyebrow slightly. "What is Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. hyping up? December 15th? A press conference?"

He opened his computer, skillfully opened Baidu, and typed in "Frontier Technology Company." Soon, the beautifully revamped official website was displayed before Director Wu Han.

Ignoring the logo that made one feel slightly drawn in, Director Wu Han found what he was looking for at a glance.

"This is it."

Director Wu Han clicked on it.

"December 15th New Product Launch Pre-sale."

After examining it carefully, Director Wu Han frowned.

On the entire promotional cover page, apart from a product name, there was absolutely no information. Even the product image was just a black circular silhouette, with half the outline traced in silver lines, barely allowing one to determine it was a spherical object.

The page was beautifully crafted; it was clear the designer had put in the effort.

But the problem was... where was the information? Where was it?

If you want to pre-sell a product, you at least need to let consumers know what they are buying, right? What does it look like? What is its function? If it's a tech product, what are the specs? What is the performance? What are the use cases? What are the selling points?

And all of this was completely absent from this promotional page.

What was Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. trying to do?

Director Wu Han was a bit confused.

Exhaling softly, Director Wu Han pressed the call button.

"Director Wu."

The assistant poked her head in.

"Xiao Liu, go help me buy two tickets for the press conference on Frontier Technology Company's official website. We've been tired for so long, I'll take you out to relax."

The assistant nodded gently and went out.

Director Wu Han looked at the black promotional cover page, his thoughts deepening.

On the other side.

An office building in the suburbs of Hanzhong City.

young man was slumped over his computer desk, gritting his teeth as he looked at the image displayed on the computer screen.

"Damn it, has this Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. gone crazy for money? A press conference ticket actually costs money! And it's 288 yuan!"

What kind of junk are they launching that could be worth so much money?

"Mark I System"? Or that so-called "zero egg" that they don't even dare to show a shadow of, or even write down what it actually is?

After being cynical for a while, young man still bought two tickets.

Not for anything else, but just to get first-hand information as soon as possible and write an eye-catching article.

Who could blame him when the news about Chen Group had been incredibly hot these past few days?

And it was hot from every conceivable angle.

Whether it was mainstream news media, personal self-media, tabloid media, or alternative media, everyone could find an angle to report on Chen Group.

From Chen Group's technological breakthroughs to gossip about the Chen Group heiress, to the love, hate, and rivalries among Chen Group's top executives—there was nothing these media outlets wouldn't dare to write about, only things you couldn't imagine.

In short, they did whatever it took to attract traffic and grab attention.

As for the consequences?

Heh, does that have anything to do with self-media?

Flies don't bite seamless eggs; you have to be strong yourself to forge iron. If you're so capable, why cause trouble? If you cause trouble, and there's traffic, how can you not expect people to target you?

young man was very envious of this, but he had always struggled to get first-hand information, only able to follow others and eat leftovers.

This had caused him great distress at one point.

That's right, young man was also a proud self-media personality.

Or rather, he used to be a reporter, and now he had become a self-sufficient self-media personality.

But he wasn't the kind of shameless, trashy tabloid self-media, nor was he a trend-chaser; he had his own ideals.

And the "Today's New Finance" he created was the channel for him to realize his dreams.

It's just that this channel hadn't yet fulfilled its intended function...

Now, young man was almost unable to afford a meal.

Two months after resigning, the little savings he had accumulated were being eaten away, and he was gradually spending more than he earned. If he didn't get some traffic soon, he would become the first reporter to starve to death at home.

The ambitious words he had boasted to his leaders when he resigned had all turned into nothing but clouds.

"Spend 288 today, earn back 2888 tomorrow. It's just money. If the old doesn't go, the new won't come."

Comforting himself, young man picked up the phone beside him and called the only partner in his studio.

"Hey, Xie Miao, are you busy?"

The call connected, and a clear voice came through.

"Not really anything," young man said, feeling a bit embarrassed. "I just wanted to ask if you have time on December 15th. I want to invite you to attend a press conference."

"December 15th? A press conference?" The voice sounded clearly puzzled. "Where?"

"Right here in Hanzhong City."

"You're talking about the press conference for Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., right?" The voice raised slightly. "Our dorm was just talking about this. Wait, let me send you something."

The call ended, and immediately a short video was sent to young man's phone.

young man opened it to watch.

This was a video shot from a distance, at least 50 meters away or more.

In the video, a tall girl whose face was unclear was walking on the road. Less than a meter behind her on the ground, a round, white ball the size of a soccer ball was following closely.

When the girl walked, the ball walked; when the girl stopped, the ball stopped and circled around her.

As the girl continued to walk, the perspective gradually came to a flight of stairs, and above the stairs was a playground.

young man watched with a frown. Just when he thought the girl was about to pick up the ball, he saw the girl, seemingly forgetting that she had a tag-along behind her, lift her leg and walk up the stairs.

Just like that, she didn't want it anymore?

young man was filled with great confusion.

But the next moment, his mouth fell open in astonishment.

The thing he thought was a ball opened two wings, took off directly, and quickly chased after the girl.

After catching up to her, it didn't land but hovered at shoulder height beside the girl, neither getting too close nor too far away.

Occasionally, it would fly a circle around the girl. Watching its movements, it seemed to be acting coquettishly?

young man was stunned. What kind of thing was this?

"This was sent by a friend of a friend in our dorm," the voice said. "Her friend is at Fudan University in Donghai City, and this was filmed on her friend's campus."

"According to that girl in the video, this is a new product from Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., and it's also being released on December 15th."

"If the press conference you mentioned is for this, then I'll go."