After the video finished playing, all the reporters present were engaged in frantic discussions. Some directly took out their notebooks or laptops, attempting to leave and start writing articles to send to their editorial departments, so they could break this big news as quickly as possible.
"Everyone, let's take a 20-minute break. We'll continue in 20 minutes!" Boss Huang very considerately gave everyone a 20-minute rest. Otherwise, even if Boss Huang continued speaking, it was unlikely anyone would pay attention to the subsequent content.
The news that Leng Zhiwen was actually a woman was truly explosive.
In fact, it wasn't just the media and reporters present; almost everyone watching the live broadcast had the same expression. Among those in the entertainment industry, especially personnel related to Leng Zhiwen's collaborations, they finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this news.
After all, Leng Zhiwen had never hidden her true gender on set. Therefore, anyone who had been on set almost certainly knew that Leng Zhiwen was a woman. However, they were also directly instructed not to answer any questions related to Leng Zhiwen, and so on.
Moreover, this wasn't a request from just anyone, but from Tangren Entertainment. Tangren Film and Television, which consistently occupied about half of the top positions in Chinese television and film rankings, was someone no one in the industry dared to offend.
Not to mention their backing capital, which had the ability to blacklist any celebrity, but Tangren stating that they would no longer receive any invitations for Tangren-related film and television works was a restriction sufficient to ruin the future of countless celebrities.
Therefore, everyone maintained a tacit silence.
The result was that even though people in the industry knew the truth, they still had to obediently keep quiet. Even famous paparazzi reporters did not have the courage to uncover this secret.
There was once a paparazzi named Ah Wei, who was known as the King of Paparazzi for exposing many celebrity scandals. He was quite arrogant and felt he was very powerful, daring to expose any celebrity news.
He learned of Leng Zhiwen's gender through an insider friend and immediately planned to post an article on Facebook to expose it, greatly increasing his own popularity.
Reportedly, less than a minute after his Facebook post went live, the article was deleted. His personal account was also permanently suspended an hour later, citing a violation of community rules regarding free speech.
However, some of his ardent fans had seen the content of the exposé within the first minute it was posted, and some even managed to take screenshots.
So, when these fans, who enjoyed stirring up trouble, prepared to post the screenshots and continue spreading the news, they discovered that any post or message, as soon as it was sent, would be deleted in a short period. It was truly impossible to leak anything.
Ah Wei was soon sued by several celebrities, but not for invading their privacy, but for drug trafficking.
Of course, our Jiangnan Group absolutely did not engage in framing or false accusations. It's just that Ah Wei genuinely had a drug habit, which was not uncommon in the entertainment industry.
In the era before the "Chaoyang Masses" (a term for vigilant citizens), celebrity drug use was quite rampant. They treated drug use almost as a routine matter; half of them had tried it, which was terrifying.
Ah Wei was no exception. However, people in the industry generally only used drugs, never trafficked them, as the charges were different.
Ah Wei was also cautious about this, but he was once again caught when he helped a friend with a purchase, and this time he was identified as a drug trafficker.
It is rumored that his lawyer is currently working hard to argue for life imprisonment, meaning they are striving to change the verdict from the death penalty or suspended death sentence to life imprisonment.
Following this incident, people in the industry became even more tight-lipped. However, holding onto such matters for so long was bound to be uncomfortable.
Therefore, Jiangnan Group's proactive disclosure of this news was a relief for people in the industry, allowing them to live more comfortably. They no longer had to worry about accidentally saying too much one day.
While the news about Leng Zhiwen spread like wildfire in the outside world, the atmosphere inside the press conference gradually calmed down. This was also why Boss Huang had given everyone 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, Boss Huang reappeared at the center of the stage and, under everyone's attention, continued to introduce:
"Alright, I will first introduce the hardware part of the Tianzhou terminal. In terms of positioning, as I said, Tianzhou is the world's first personal terminal. It will be responsible for handling all information-related matters that a person needs to deal with."
"Therefore, the Tianzhou terminal requires an extremely powerful brain, which is a computing chip, to handle the complex computing functions of Tianzhou. So, we have specifically developed its exclusive chip for Tianzhou: the Zixiao 1st Generation Chip!"
The reporters, whose minds were still immersed in the significant news brought by Leng Zhiwen, had just managed to extricate themselves from the previous revelation when they were hit by another major piece of news.
That was that Jiangnan Group had actually developed a computing chip specifically for their own devices.
"Hey, are you sure this chip was really developed by Jiangnan Group?" a reporter immediately expressed doubt, speaking privately to a friend sitting next to him.
"Of course, it's a self-developed chip. Jiangnan Group wouldn't lie about something like this. If they were found out, how embarrassing would that be? They wouldn't fake something like this!" another reporter said with great certainty. "However, I suspect Jiangnan Group simply acquired a chip design company, designed the chip, and then put their own trademark on it, claiming it as their own research and development!"
"Haha, it's good enough if they can buy someone else's design. But what's even more outrageous is directly buying open-source chip designs! Aren't there many open-source things online nowadays? Many companies just take those free open-source things, package them up, and claim they are their own developed products. It's so shameless!"
These reporters grumbled in various ways. Although they didn't say it directly, in their words, Jiangnan Group's chip seemed to have become a product that simply copied open-source code.
"However, aren't you guys overlooking something? If these were open-source or copied chips, wouldn't the capabilities demonstrated by the Zixiao chip be far stronger than all similar chips available now? Is such a high-level chip design really something that can be copied?" Suddenly, a reporter asked a soul-stirring question, leaving many reporters who had been happily mocking speechless.
Yes, looking at the features showcased in the promotional video, this chip was simply too damn amazing. It wasn't something that current human chip designs could achieve.
Was this truly a chip that could be copied?
"That's simple, it's bragging. Who can't brag!" Fortunately, a reporter promptly resolved everyone's doubts. He stated assertively, "Have you all forgotten how aggressively Apple and Google bragged at their press conferences last year? And what did we actually get in our hands?"
"So that's how it is," everyone suddenly realized.
"If Huang He has the ability, he should bring the chip out and use professional equipment to measure various data directly on stage!" the reporter continued, not yet satisfied. "No, the measuring equipment can also be faked. If Huang He has the ability, he should invite internationally renowned experts to conduct data experiments on his chip!"
Good heavens, in this reporter's eyes, Jiangnan Group's chip had become fake, even if it wasn't.
Then everyone heard Boss Huang on stage say, "I know you all think I'm bragging, and it seems like no matter what experimental data I present, you'll all think I'm faking it!"
"But I'm a person who doesn't like to admit defeat, and I specifically want to prove on stage that what I'm saying is the truth. But how can I make you all believe that what I say is the truth?"
"So, I came up with a very interesting idea: to invite our competitors to help us with this chip testing, and the testing equipment will also be brought by our competitors. I think this should prove that I'm not faking it!"
"Of course, if the competitor is an unknown small company, you might think I paid them off. So I have to invite a big company, for example, friends from Motorola in the United States!"
"What??" The reporters in the audience collectively gaped. Well, their mouths probably wouldn't close for the entire day.
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A few minutes later, a group of foreigners in suits pushed various kinds of equipment onto the stage. The person in the lead directly appeared beside Boss Huang, with a blank expression or a stiff, fake smile.
"Wow... isn't that Motorola's CEO, Christopher Galvin?" Everyone looked at the person who appeared at the press conference, collectively widening their mouths in disbelief. How could this person possibly appear at Jiangnan Group's press conference?
After the failure of the Razr phone, the Motorola CEO, who had only been in office for a little over a year, was replaced again. Then, Christopher was invited back by the board of directors to become Motorola's CEO.
Because this person had served as Motorola's CEO for more than ten years in total, more than half of the reporters present recognized him. To think that he would actually represent Motorola and become the representative for testing Jiangnan Group's chip data!
What kind of karmic entanglement could possibly lead to such an interesting but bizarre scene!