192: Chapter 192 Are you crazy?! A mobile phone salesman is going to participate in a military parade?!

She picked up her phone and sent Lu Li a message.

"Watched the video."

He replied quickly.

"Hmm."

Still the same style.

It was as if he was always too lazy to type even one extra word.

Su Qingxue looked at the screen and dialed a video call directly.

It rang twice before connecting.

On screen, Lu Li was leaning back on a lounge chair on his balcony, with iced water by his side, looking as lazy as if he had no bones.

Su Qingxue was so amused she laughed.

"You really are just lying there."

Lu Li glanced at her.

"Wasn't it you who approved it?"

Su Qingxue originally wanted to scold him a bit more, but the words died on her lips, and she suddenly paused.

She looked at him, was silent for a few seconds, then asked:

"Did you know from the very beginning that the thing that truly moves people about Mirage is not how flashy the visuals are?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li raised an eyebrow slightly.

He seemed to think this question was a bit redundant.

"What else would it be?"

"If technology can only be used for bragging and marketing—"

He paused, his tone deadly calm.

"That's pretty stupid."

Su Qingxue looked at him on the screen, suddenly wanting to laugh, but also wanting to reach out and pinch him.

This person just had the knack for taking a sentence that should have been very moving and making it completely unromantic.

Yet, ironically, it was this very lack of romance that touched her the most.

She tried to suppress the corners of her lips, but couldn't.

"Can't you say things a little more nicely?"

Lu Li thought for a moment.

"I can."

"But there's no need."

Su Qingxue closed her eyes, decisively giving up on teaching this person how to say sweet nothings.

She leaned back in her chair, looking at him, her voice softening involuntarily.

"When I go back tonight, I want to give you a hug."

Lu Li looked at her, pausing for half a second.

Then, the corners of his mouth lifted very slightly.

"President Su."

"Does this count as harassing a slacker at home?"

"It does." Su Qingxue said, her expression unchanged, "Then you should call the police."

Lu Li chuckled softly.

At this, Su Qingxue laughed along with him.

The slight bitterness in the office brought on by the video was largely washed away by his casual remark.

But just then.

Secretary Wang Qiuge's tablet buzzed again.

She looked down at it, her expression suddenly becoming a bit strange.

"President Su..."

"What is it now?"

"There's... a new piece of news online."

Su Qingxue looked up and took the tablet to glance at it.

It was a piece of breaking news that had just appeared.

The content was simple, yet so outrageous that one would think it was nonsense at first glance.

[According to reliable sources, Lu Li will appear at this year's National Day military parade.]

Su Qingxue's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

On the other side of the video, Lu Li had also clearly seen her expression.

"What's wrong?"

Su Qingxue lifted the tablet and shook it in front of the camera.

"See for yourself."

Lu Li glanced at it, his expression unchanged.

It was as if this was nothing more than an ordinary weather forecast.

Su Qingxue stared at him.

"Aren't you going to explain?"

"Explain what?"

"The internet is already spreading rumors that you're going to the military parade."

Lu Li took a sip of water, leaned back against the chair, and said lazily:

"Let them guess if they want to."

"I'm too lazy to issue an announcement anyway."

Su Qingxue: "..."

Fine.

Still the same style.

Meanwhile, the internet had completely exploded because of this news.

"Lu Li going to the military parade? What is he going there for?"

"Wait, isn't the guy a businessman?"

"Could Mirage be going up?"

"Or does the Robot side have something?"

"Who leaked this news? It's too outrageous, right?"

Of course, there were also haters who smelled blood and came running.

"A businessman, does he really think of himself as the face of the country?"

"Don't let it turn out he just bummed a viewing seat, and the fans are bragging about him being in the center spot."

"Has Guanghui Technology been getting too cocky lately?"

The news spread wider and wider.

Yet, Lu Li did not respond.

Guanghui Technology did not respond either.

This attitude actually caused more and more people to develop an absurd and irrepressible thought—what if this was true?

Originally, everyone thought this was just an outrageous rumor that no one would believe.

But as time inched closer to October, more and more people began to realize—this matter might really not be a joke.

Around September 10th.

The news that "Lu Li will appear at the National Day military parade" not only didn't die down, but it became even more bizarre.

At first, everyone just took it as a joke.

After all, over the past year or so, there had been too many outrageous things surrounding Lu Li.

From a live-in son-in-law and good-for-nothing, to the true mastermind behind Guanghui Technology; from the Virtual Helmet shocking the world, to a single press conference uprooting Google's future narrative.

This person himself was becoming less and less like a normal businessman.

But no matter how unlike a normal businessman he was, he was still a businessman.

What would he do at a military parade?

Go there to sell phones?

Or give a speech about "space itself is a screen"?

Therefore, in the earliest wave of discussions, it was mostly shock, ridicule, and disbelief.

"Is God Lu actually going to join the national team next?"

"It's not impossible, have you forgotten about the Robot side?"

"Neural connection, AI, autonomous control systems... the technology in his hands really isn't limited to consumer electronics."

"The problem is, attending the site and participating in that stuff are two different things!"

On the fans' side, their feelings were much more complex.

They were genuinely excited.

And genuinely confused.

They certainly knew Lu Li was awesome.

But to be this awesome was a bit beyond their original scope of imagination.

Thus, all kinds of speculations flew everywhere.

"Could it be an enterprise representative invited to watch the ceremony?"

"Maybe as a technical consultant?"

"Hasn't the Robot Company always been mysterious? Could they really have a project collaboration with them?"

"Don't forget the Virtual Helmet's neural connection; that thing isn't far from military industry to begin with."

As for the haters, they almost immediately smelled blood and pounced.

"A businessman going to that kind of occasion, doesn't he feel out of place?"

"Even if he does get on camera, he's just latching on for exposure."

"Don't let him end up sitting in the corner, and the fans edit a clip to brag about it to the heavens."

"Guanghui Technology has been too popular lately, they dare to brag about anything."

But hate as they might.

There was one question no one could get around.

If this was pure nonsense, why didn't Guanghui Technology issue a denial?

Why didn't Lu Li post an announcement to casually stomp these people's faces into the dirt?

Given his personality, if it really wasn't true, he might have just lazily tossed out a line:

"If you have time to make this stuff up, you might as well go to work."

But, he didn't say it.

He didn't say anything at all.

Thus, the less he responded, the more true it seemed.

The restless, indescribable energy online was pushed higher and higher along with it.

Some military bloggers dug up Guanghui Technology's public data from the past two years.

Some people started analyzing what directions the neural connection technology could extend into.

Some people compared it with the public patents of the Guanghui Robot Company.

Others discovered that the technology tree of this company, Guanghui, was abnormal to begin with.

From AI to operating systems, from batteries to Robots, from immersive interaction to spatial display, many of its things, when taken individually, looked like civilian black technology.

But once you string them together, it makes one's back feel a chill.

Because that is no longer just "selling consumer electronics."

It is a whole set of underlying capabilities that can grow into higher dimensions.

Soon, someone posted a thread on the forum.