The luxurious bus bypassed the ancient town, and two foreigners were chatting at the view outside the window.

One is a reporter from Red Herring magazine. Many friends may not have heard of this magazine, but it was hailed as the "Silicon Valley Bible" at this time and its reports can be used as a weather vane for Internet investment. Many Internet companies in the United States were reported by Red Herring when they were unknown, and then they received crazy investment from Wall Street giants.

There is also a reporter from Forbes, who all came to China specifically and interviewed and reported on the "Digital China Forum" throughout the process.

Well, after the "Digital China Forum" was held in Wanwan and Hong Kong City Tour, its terminal was Silicon Valley, the United States, which shows how big the forum was this year.

"Jason, do you think China will be a breakthrough in the Internet winter?"

"Maybe. The Internet bubble in the United States has burst, but the Internet in China has not yet begun to produce bubbles. Especially at the end of last year, the number of Chinese netizens has soared from more than 8 million to more than 20 million. Your "Red Herring" has been paying attention to the Internet industry for a long time because you know what this means."

"This is a very good opportunity, but also a very dangerous opportunity. As far as I know, only one Chinese Internet company that accepts overseas investment has achieved a break-even so far, and investment institutions are no longer afraid to burn money easily."

"Aren't the same with Internet companies in the United States? Most of them are in losses, but they did not prevent them from obtaining financing at the beginning."

"The overall environment is different. China's Internet has encountered the most embarrassing industry situation in the world at its fastest development period, which may make it difficult for the Internet to develop in China."

"I have a different view from you. I have been to China eight times and interviewed more than 20 Chinese officials and entrepreneurs. You can never guess what the Chinese are thinking of writing, and you can never figure out what the Chinese will do. Western economic theory is not applicable in this country. Chinese people can always refresh your understanding of the world."

"Is that? Then I should take a look. This is my first time in China. I also interviewed several officials and entrepreneurs in Beijing and Shenghai. They were full of confidence when they spoke. But I can tell that the confidence of those officials comes from the fearlessness of the ignorant people, while those entrepreneurs are actually nervous. Their companies are constantly losing money, but they cannot find investments from Western institutions. They themselves don't know when they can last. The guy named Jack Ma outlined a bright future for me, but I heard too much of this argument in Silicon Valley a few years ago, and I no longer believe what they said."

"Haha, Jackma is really like a big liar."

"Then where did we go? The organizer actually set up the venue in the suburbs."

"This is required by local officials. The five-day digital forum Rongcheng Station was set up in the Western Science and Technology Park two days ago and the Chengdu International Convention and Exhibition Center three days later. This is the only high-tech industry science and technology park in the entire western China region. Officials need to show their outstanding political achievements to the outside world."

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The entire forum is roughly divided into three sections, namely: keynote speeches, hot discussions, and special lectures.

The participants were even more diverse. In addition to the Internet, telecommunications practitioners, there were also officials, experts, buyers, bankers, investors, public relations companies, etc., which revolved around the two centers of "Internet" and "e-commerce".

At first, of course, it was the opening ceremony, and an official spoke on behalf of the Ministry of Information and Industry, followed by the provincial and municipal leaders, and finally the local telecommunications department, China Telecom is one of the four major organizers.

Both foreigners led their own interview teams and performed very well in the simultaneous translation on the spot, but the lengthy speech of the leaders still made them drowsy. There was no way, they had already left the forum Jingcheng Station and Shenghai Station. The speeches of these leaders felt that they were almost the same, which really made people unable to attract the interest of listening.

"Next, please invite Mr. Song Weiyang, a famous Chinese entrepreneur and senior investor in the Internet industry, to give you an opening speech!"

Many participants were obviously stunned because whether it was Jingcheng Station or Shenghai Station, the leader took a break after the speech and then went directly to the keynote speech. What the hell is Song Weiyang's opening speech?

"Oh, I know this guy, he is the first investor at Google." A reporter from Red Herring magazine laughed.

"Mr. Song has rejected my invitation to interview several times. I have always wanted to interview him because he is likely to be the real richest man in China. The list of Chinese rich people listed by idiot Hurun is obviously inaccurate."

"Let's hear what he wants to say, maybe I can write a special report."

Nearly 2,000 people attended the opening ceremony. Song Weiyang and Shi Shi walked to the rostrum and opened the ppt with his mouse, while smiling: "Today I am very nervous. I, a layman in the Internet and e-commerce, have to give an opening speech on the Internet and e-commerce in front of more than 1,000 bigwigs from all walks of life. What should I say? Professional content is definitely not good, it is purely a show of my skills and a joke. I have said more than once that my understanding of this industry is limited to typing, sending emails and chatting online. Who else can't do these three things? Please raise your hand!"

"Hahahaha!" The audience burst into laughter.

Song Weiyang nodded and said, "Well, it's very good, no one raises his hand. It seems that everyone is better than me, at least at the same level as me."

"Hahaha."

There was a chuckle again at the scene, and I didn't know what I was laughing at.

Song Weiyang continued: "Why, a guy who doesn't know anything, dares to come on stage to give a speech today? Because I am very good at bragging."

Amid the laughter at the scene, the leaders sitting in the first row of the audience were speechless for a moment, feeling that Song Weiyang was too out of tune.

"Don't laugh," Song Weiyang raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. "Whether it is doing Internet services or e-commerce, being able to brag is a compliment. Only by learning to brag can you attract venture capital and obtain initial development funds. Whoever you can't brag, then learn as soon as possible, otherwise you will quickly withdraw from this industry."

"Hahaha!"

"Well!"

Amid the hilarious sounds of the audience, Ma Xiaoyun actually stood up, bit her fingers and whistled, and then shouted: "Boss Song is awesome!"

Another guy shouted: "Dr. Ma, I know you, I know you are very good at bragging! You also fooled me for 500 yuan!"

An international high-end forum instantly turned into a noisy vegetable market.

"You must brag so that some people believe it, otherwise you will brag yourself as a fool," said Song Weiyang. "I won't talk about anything else today, I will brag about you for a big awesomeness. Do you want to listen?"

"Think!" The atmosphere at the forum was reached.

"This Xiao Song is so... so irritating!" The provincial leader couldn't help but smile bitterly. He attached great importance to the forum, attended the opening ceremony and spoke in person, and asked his secretary to personally invite Song Weiyang to show the style of Xikang Province in the high-tech field. Who knew that Song Weiyang actually had dirty words, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Song Weiyang clicked on the ppt, pointed to the projection screen and said, "Now everyone says digital China, so what is digital China? Today I will look forward to it. Let's turn the calendar to 15 years later, the protagonist is a single mother living in a big city..."

The ppt picture is a comic drawn by Song Weiyang by someone, and it is the simplest stickman comic.

"When she woke up in the morning, the protagonist overslept. She quickly woke her son who was still in elementary school, washed her son and asked her to wear a smart watch. This kind of smart watch can make a phone call, and can set shortcut keys. When a child presses the shortcut key, he can quickly dial the parent's phone number or 110. Moreover, the smart watch has a satellite positioning function. If a child has an accident, parents can use the satellite positioning function to find..."

This form of speech is so novel. It is about telling a science fiction story about the future. The audience calmed down and started listening.

"As time is not enough, the protagonist takes his son out quickly and bought breakfast for his son on the side of the road. She took out her smartphone to pay the bill. This kind of mobile phone can not only make phone calls, but also chat and play games online. Shopping has long been popularized with electronic currency. Not only are there in shopping malls, but even in vegetable markets, you can use electronic payments and take the bus to directly browse your phone. A person only needs to own a mobile phone, so he can survive in China, and his wallet is directly eliminated..."

"After buying breakfast for my son, a taxi drove over and stopped. This is the taxi that the protagonist made on his smartphone before leaving. She used a taxi software, and the system automatically displays the nearby idle taxi and shows the required distance, time and amount. Both parties can also determine the location of each other through satellites..."

"Send her son to school, and the protagonist asks the driver to go to the company. On the way, she turned on her mobile phone to watch the online live broadcast. This kind of live broadcast is similar to video calls, and it is a one-to-many video call. The live broadcast is a farmer, who has millions of subscribers, and he makes money by showing his rural life. The farmers first do farm work in the field, and then go to take care of their own orchards. The audience in the city is very curious about this kind of life..."

"The protagonist suddenly remembered that the fruits at home were almost finished, and the orchard of the farmer looked very good. So he put in the hyperlink of the mobile phone to open the live broadcast interface and quickly entered the farmer's online store. Not only did she buy fruits in the online store, but she also bought some rice and vegetables. The convenient and fast postal system allows her to receive these goods tomorrow..."

"The protagonist paid the fare with his mobile phone and came to the company where he worked. When he entered the company gate, she stood in front of the scanning instrument for a few seconds. She was clocking in at work and judging through the facial recognition system..."

"As soon as lunch breaks, the protagonist takes out his smartphone to order food, and the takeaway deliveryman quickly delivers lunch to the company. At this time, convenient foods such as instant noodles have become obsolete, because online ordering services are popularized throughout the society, and delivery services can solve the employment problems of tens of millions of people..."

"When I got off work in the evening, the department leaders took everyone to a dinner because I would hold a welcome dinner for the new department manager tonight. The protagonist called his parents and asked them to pick up the children at school, and then went to dinner with other colleagues. The department manager drove a driverless luxury car, and the whole car was intelligently automated. As long as the driver sets up his destination, he can automatically drive to the place he wants to go..."

"They gathered in a smart restaurant, and there were no waiters in the store. There were panel computers on each table, which were made of LCD TVs today, but they were only the size of a book. Whatever the guests wanted to eat, they ordered food directly on the computer and were sent by the food delivery robot..."

"The dishes were all served, but no one moved his chopsticks, but took out his smartphone to take a photo. Soon, the photos of their dinner were transmitted to the company's online community and personal online accounts. Colleagues and friends expressed their envy and congratulations..."

"Because everyone has drunk a lot of alcohol, it is illegal to drive while drunk. So the colleagues who drove took out their smartphones and turned on the driver's software. Soon, the driver of the driver came to the restaurant and drove the drunk colleague home..."

"The protagonist returned home and had already saved some money and planned to buy a scooter for herself. So she searched for car information online, including websites selling used cars and websites selling new cars. She quickly selected a affordable car and made an appointment to go to the on-site viewing of the car on the weekend. She also logged in to the website, agreed on the time for the driving license test, and then learned the knowledge of driving test subject one through the Internet..."

"Suddenly, the protagonist received a message, which was sent by the school teacher, and the content was his son's midterm exam paper. The questions his son had done wrong were specially marked, and the teacher asked her to urge her son to learn and improve..."

"When she was about to go to bed, the protagonist remembered that the electricity bill had not been paid this month, so she took out her smartphone and lie in bed to pay the electricity bill..."

"This is a day for an ordinary Chinese white-collar worker in 15 years."

"You guys want to ask me what digital China looks like? This is my answer. I don't understand technology, but I will fantasize, and I hope my dreams can come true. Thank you!"

Amid the applause, the host smiled and went on stage: "Thanks to Mr. Song, for portraying a digital China for us."

Song Weiyang walked slowly to the audience. Looking at everyone's expressions, he knew that none of them took what he said seriously and thought they were listening to science fiction stories.

"Oh oh oh, it's so cool!" The reporter of "Red Herring" magazine exclaimed repeatedly, "I like this Mr. Song. He is very good at telling stories. I want to give him an exclusive interview."

Forbes reporter asked: "Do you think the scene he portrays can be realized?"
Chapter completed!