185: Chapter 184 Attending this press conference was the right decision!

Hanzhong City, Exhibition Center.

young man was sitting bored on a bench outside the exhibition center, fiddling with his camera equipment.

As a self-media creator, his equipment wasn't as good as others, his resources weren't as good, his connections weren't as good—everything was inferior to others.

The only thing he could bring to the table was diligence.

That's why he arrived very early.

Arriving early has its advantages; observing which media outlets arrived helps understand the level of this news and whether it would become explosive.

If only self-media creators came, then sorry, such news would at best be self-entertainment, without a ripple, let alone traffic.

If local official media arrived, the news had caught the attention of a small circle, but whether it would break out of that circle was uncertain; the risk was higher.

If heavyweight official media arrived, the news was bound to be hot; even just tagging along or spouting some silly comments would likely gain followers.

If even media like People's Daily came, then sorry, this was definitely an exclusive; everyone else should just give up. Coming was useless; they could only wait for the official press release and then try to pick up scraps, and whether they could gain followers depended entirely on their ability to pick up those scraps.

Gaining followers is the lifeblood of a self-media creator.

Fortunately, the quality of this big scoop seemed excellent. He had already seen the logos of several well-known national media outlets. These people were very low-key, but they couldn't escape his sharp eyes.

This was probably also because they were attracted by the big scoop suddenly dropped by the Chen Group, right?

After all, it was a large group with a market value of hundreds of billions. Suddenly, news of internal strife among top management broke out; these people couldn't help but be tempted.

According to young man's understanding, this press conference originally shouldn't have attracted these media outlets.

But who could have foreseen that just the day before yesterday, the Chen Group suddenly released a piece of new information, announcing that the second-in-command of the Chen Group had been taken away for investigation by the Hanzhong City police across regional borders, on the grounds of leaking group secrets and damaging group interests, and the evidence was conclusive.

Subsequently, someone posted online, describing in vivid detail the specific circumstances when Chen Yuqiong was taken away, as if this person had seen it with their own eyes.

This instantly ignited the entire stock market. The Chen Group's real estate stocks hit the limit down instantly, and even the tech stocks fell quite a bit.

The market's unfavorable outlook, the massive outflow of capital, the sluggish stock market, and the second-in-command's suspected criminal activities made the Chen Group seem to have fallen into weakness once again.

Under these circumstances, the importance of today's press conference was elevated to a new level. Stock investors who hadn't paid much attention to the Chen Group were now keeping a close eye on the Chen Group. If there was even the slightest possibility of the Chen Group coming back from the dead, that would be a good time to buy the dip.

Not to mention some keen economic self-media creators, and even some official media, all wanted to gain traffic from the Chen Group's big scoop.

An unprecedented grand occasion; this was a small carnival for the media industry.

So, media that wouldn't have come came, and a press conference that only received partial attention instantly became a hot commodity.

young man sighed; there must be a master behind the Chen Group and Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., using one or two pieces of news to make all the major media dance to their tune.

Just as young man was preparing to observe a bit more, he suddenly noticed the crowd outside the exhibition center beginning to surge, gathering in one direction.

He quickly checked the time.

1:30 PM.

And the confirmed time for the press conference was: 2:00 PM sharp.

At this moment... the doors opened.

young man quickly packed up, picked up his beloved equipment, and merged into the flow of people.

The entry process was very smooth.

There were only two staff members at the entrance of the exhibition center, with two code scanners placed on the side.

Scanning the QR code downloaded from the official website allowed for a smooth entry, exceptionally silky.

After entering the hall, what greeted him were two rows of long tables, on which seven or eight square black boxes were placed. The silhouette on the box, consistent with the one on the promotional page, was exceptionally eye-catching.

It looked pretty good.

Was this the new product Frontier Company was releasing today?

Just... what was this circle of partition lines in front of the table for?

young man curled his lip. It was about to be released, yet they were being all mysterious with the experience desk, not even letting people see it. What were they trying to do?

As expected, not the work of a big company; stingy to the core.

Fortunately, this wasn't the object he was focusing on today, otherwise, he would be furious.

This seemed to be the thought of most of the media arriving today, as almost no one lingered in front of the two tables. Occasionally, those who were curious only took a few photos before hurrying inside.

When it came to grabbing front-row seats, everyone was surprisingly consistent.

Continuing inside, he arrived at the main venue of the press conference.

The huge space was exceptionally spacious.

A stage for the press conference had already been set up in the middle of the venue. On the huge background screen, a line of text was written simply in white on a black background.

"Creating technology, changing lives."

young man curled his lip again. What an old-fashioned slogan.

Looking around, this setup was completely for a press conference. There was no signing desk, no rostrum. Apart from the huge stage in front, there were only more than ten rows of seats arranged on the left and right below the stage, which were the seats for the media attending the press conference.

Counting roughly, there had to be at least three hundred seats.

At this moment, many media outlets had already taken their seats in the front rows, and some had even set up their equipment, looking like they wanted to record the whole thing.

As for live streaming?

Heh, what are you thinking? That's not the treatment this kind of press conference should have.

Taking a look, young man fixed his eyes on a seat in the fourth row, right next to the aisle, and quickly went over to sit down.

Beside him was a young man of similar age, who also looked like a self-media creator. At this moment, he was whispering to his female companion, and the voice reached young man's ears; he seemed to be complaining.

"A-Ya, I regret it a bit. If I had known this was just a simple press conference, I wouldn't have come."

"Who told you this was just a simple press conference?"

The female companion's voice was very pleasant.

"But I haven't seen a rostrum yet. Without a rostrum, how will the signing ceremony proceed?"

"You shouldn't be worrying about this right now. You should be praying that this press conference will actually release that thing, otherwise, I will let you know the consequences of lying to me."

...

So fierce. Good thing he didn't have a girlfriend.

Who knew how these girls could say such ruthless words with such a pleasant voice.

young man clicked his tongue, took out his beloved equipment, and began to collect material.

1:55 PM.

young man, who was watching the material, suddenly felt a commotion, followed by the incessant sound of camera flashes. He looked up in confusion, only to find that at some point, a group of people had walked into the venue.

And the camera flashes were aimed at these people.

Even young man beside him could no longer bother talking to his companion, standing up excitedly and aiming his equipment at the people who had just entered, snapping away frantically.

young man swept his gaze slightly, and his pupils constricted.

This is...

Chen Group Chairman Chen Zhongxuan, Huakong Numerical Control's helmsman Zhang Liangchen, Guangkong's Executive President Xie Ming, Shenji's actual controller Fang Changguo...

These were all famous bigwigs in the manufacturing industry; they actually all came in person.

young man was trembling with excitement.

The appearance of these people meant that the news that Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. was about to release the "Mark I System" was true, and it also meant that the advanced nature of this system had not been exaggerated at all and had already been recognized by major manufacturers.

Not only that.

Among the remaining people, he also recognized the President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ding Congsheng, and the famous Chinese expert in the field of mechanical intelligence, Professor Zeng Xuewei. This was a figure who had already been nominated as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences—incredibly awesome.

There were also some people he didn't recognize.

young man let out a long sigh of relief, but his mood became unprecedentedly nervous.

Today's press conference had a big scoop! A scoop big enough to let him take off!

He had come to the right place today!