The guests attending the meeting were of high standard, including the former Prime Minister of Ireland, the former Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea, the Assistant to the President of Russia, the President of ICANN, the Chairman of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, Cisco, IBM, Qualcomm, Intel, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.
They are all Internet, telecommunications, software and hardware giants from various countries, and even important government officials.
Not to mention domestically, 9BAT, 360, Sohu, Sina, NetEase, Yuetuan, Toutiao... almost all the big bosses of any company with a big name will attend in person.
There were 13 meetings in total over three days, with 200 speakers, an average of 15 per meeting. So it is conceivable that the talks at the conference could not reach any specific content and were all just going through the motions.
The guests do not attend every show, each has their own arrangements, and they will visit when they have free time.
After the opening ceremony, the first sub-forum will be held immediately.
Those who do not need to participate will start a tour of Gubei Water Town under the leadership of relevant officials. Yao Yuan is also among them, but he is an accompanying person and is busy saying hello to people.
"boss Zhang!"
"CEO Cao!"
"Old Zhou!"
"Hey, two Mr. Ma!"
Yao Yuan strode forward and shook hands with Lao Ma and Xiao Ma enthusiastically: "Long time no see!"
"Yeah, long time no see!"
"Mr. Yao is still so energetic!"
Erma pinched his nose and shook hands with him, feeling warm and nauseous from the inside out.
Yao Yuan didn't care and didn't spend too much time on Erma. He entertained the guests like a host and led everyone to visit and browse.
To be honest, there's not much to see.
As for temple fairs, with their folk customs, Chinese people watch them every year, but foreign guests are very interested in them and hang out in front of clay figurines, diabolo, calligraphy and paper-cutting from time to time.
"Yao!"
In a calligraphy shop, Facebook's Zuckerberg asked excitedly: "Can I try it?"
"Of course, you can hold the pen like this and dip it in ink..."
Yao Yuan pretended to teach others, and Zuckerberg was also happy to show off, and even deliberately acted clumsily. In the end, he imitated and wrote two words: China!
Although these two words are crooked, at first glance, it seems that they have been practiced at home, and they are definitely not something that a beginner foreigner can write.
"Would you like to take a photo?"
"OK!"
So, Zuckerberg showed his calligraphy with both hands, smiled kindly, and took a photo facing the camera.
Yao Yuan added: "You can upload it to the conference APP, and this work will be retained. If you agree, visitors will be able to see the word "伱" when they come here in the future."
“How do tourists see it?”
"here!"
Yao Yuan pointed to the QR code at the door and said: "Every tourist attraction and shop in the town has such a QR code, which records the stories of previous conferences. Visitors can just scan it with their mobile phones."
“Great idea!”
"If you pass it up now, we might be able to scan it out when we come back."
"Then I must try it!"
In the past two years, Zuckerberg has been trying to get Facebook to enter the mainland, and he has behaved very well and created his own persona of "China's good son-in-law".
Next year he will have a daughter named Chen Mingyu in China.
Under Yao Yuan's encouragement, Zuckerberg uploaded the photo on the spot, while Lao Ma and Xiao Ma secretly rolled their eyes. Damn it, they got angry when they saw the QR code!
QR code payment is still prohibited!
A group of people left the calligraphy shop and continued to wander around. Liu Qiangdong suddenly came over and whispered: "Why has this kid changed?"
"Who? Xiao Zha?"
"Yes, I remember that he used to have quite expressive expressions. Why is he a little stiff now?"
"Oh, it's about immortality." Yao Yuan didn't take it seriously.
"What???"
"What about immortality?" Zhou Hongyi also came over.
"The rich and poor people in the United States only have money left. They think about immortality all day long, invest in various biotechnology, and develop elixirs. Zuckerberg seems to have invested in a company that researches cell maps.
People like Amazon’s Bezos, Microsoft’s Gates, and Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing are all taking the elixir of life. There are still people who have changed their minds!”
"Exchange blood?"
"Just find a young man who meets the requirements and do blood transfusions regularly, and you can even find your own direct descendants to do blood transfusions. It is said that you can maintain your youth..."
Unknowingly, he was surrounded by a circle of Internet tycoons, listening to the gossip in surprise.
Then they all cursed: Americans are so perverted!
Yao Yuan poured cold water on me: "Don't scold others, otherwise you will do this next time."
"How can we?"
"I can't!"
Everyone laughed again.
The pursuit of immortality has been most exposed in the United States, but also in Hong Kong. I don’t know if it exists in the mainland, at least it has not been exposed openly.
As the saying goes: everyone is equal before death.
Not necessarily.
Take gambling king Stanley Ho, for example. He suffered a stroke at the age of 87 and needed brain-boosting injections to survive, costing RMB 860,000 per injection. The Ho family converted a mansion into a six-star private hospital, with a medical team providing 24-hour care.
He spent 1.5 billion in 11 years and died at the age of 98.
Gubei Water Town is not big, and there are not many attractions. We visited it quickly. There was also a light show of the Simatai Great Wall at night. These people were wearing leather shoes and were a little tired from walking.
Yao Yuan dispatched a batch of balancing cars.
There are those who care about image, are shy, and don't want to play, but there are also lively ones who will step on them and take a stroll.
Then he returned to the calligraphy shop. Yao Yuan scanned the QR code with his mobile phone, and sure enough, a photo of Zuckerberg "holding up China" popped up.
"What a nice commemoration. I want to post this photo on Facebook to show everyone that I love China!"
"Yes, it's a nice souvenir. I hope you will still be filled with emotion when you think back to this photo in a few years." Yao Yuan smiled happily.
Had a meal at noon.
After the meal, Yao Yuan clapped his hands: "There is an official dinner tonight, so I won't join in. This is a rare event. Everyone has come from afar. I will be the host tomorrow night, so please enjoy it."
"Mr. Yao invites you, we will definitely go!"
"Easy to say, easy to say, you are too kind!"
"I've wanted to visit you for a long time, but never had the chance!"
A group of people responded in unison, but the two horses snorted coldly, saying they wouldn't go.
Yao Yuan also snorted, I don’t care about you either!
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Yao Yuan is extremely busy. During the day, he has to hold meetings, entertain guests, and plant trees. At night, he has to travel around and meet with representatives from various parties to discuss matters.
As we all know, the general meeting goes through the motions and the small meeting makes the decision.
That's what he is.
At the same time, various promotional materials have been sent out like a flood. Unlike in history, people have little interest in the Internet Conference, but now they are being bombarded.
If you don’t talk about big things, big things will be boring and boring.
Let’s talk about specific people. After all, big bosses such as Yao Yuan, Liu Qiangdong, Robin Li, Erma, Cook, and Zuckerberg are also very well-known, so let’s promote them.
Of course, we haven’t forgotten Meizu’s products either.