At the same time in Suzhou, Li Miaomiao made a similar request to Zheng Li: "You must attend the Internet conference in Wuzhen with me this time."
The World Internet Conference, also known as the Wuzhen Summit, is held annually.
Even during this period, due to special circumstances, the event was not suspended, but was instead held via remote video conference.
Previous Wuzhen Summits were held in November, but since 2020, the date of the Wuzhen Summit has been moved forward every year.
In recent years, the Wuzhen Summit has been held in August.
Zheng Li declined, saying, "It's enough that you represent me."
Li Miaomiao said she hoped Zheng Li would attend the Wuzhen Summit, but in reality she hoped to go out with Zheng Li alone, even if it was under the pretext of attending the conference.
Li Miaomiao took out her phone and started playing an audio message: "Okay, I'll definitely participate next year."
Then he said, "This is from last year's Wuzhen Summit. I asked you to participate, and you said you would definitely participate next year."
Last year's theme was the metaverse, and in fact, we were the main characters in this theme.
A few years ago, when the concept of the metaverse was at its peak, the Internet Conference did not use it as its theme.
It was precisely because our futureverse initially realized people's expectations of the metaverse that we chose the metaverse as the theme last year.
Leaders from Yanjing and Zhejiang Province have invited you to participate countless times, but I turned them down for you.
Last year you told me you would definitely attend this year, and that's what I told the conference organizers.
The meeting is about to start, and the people of Wuzhen have already announced that you will be attending.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft's Bill Gates, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk, who recently became a sorcerer, have all indicated they will attend this year's Wuzhen Summit.
If you don't participate, I won't be able to explain it to you.
Speaking of this, Li Miaomiao felt somewhat desperate. If Zheng Li refused to participate no matter what, she felt she would offend everyone.
Others won't think anything of Zheng Li; they'll just think she fabricated Zheng Li's meaning.
Li Miaomiao didn't expect the organizers of the Wuzhen Summit to release this news.
Last year, Li Miaomiao told Wuzhen that Zheng Li would attend the Wuzhen Summit next year, and this year the response is that it is highly likely.
She didn't rule out any possibility of a definitive answer.
As a result, Wuzhen officials announced that Zheng Lihui would personally attend this year's World Internet Conference.
It's worth noting that Zheng Li has never appeared in public in all these years.
After news of Zheng Li's participation spread, not only did the founders of domestic internet giants express their intention to attend this year's Wuzhen Summit, but the founders of overseas internet giants also indicated that they would participate.
Even Gates, who has been away from front-line management for many years, said he would attend this year's Wuzhen Summit.
Seeing Li Miaomiao's troubled expression, Zheng Li said, "Alright, I'll participate. Just schedule fewer meetings for me."
Li Miaomiao nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, at most three games."
Two exchange events and the opening ceremony. That's all you need to attend.
The earlier news that Zheng Li would attend this year's Wuzhen Summit was just a rumor released by the conference organizers when they went to invite the bigwigs.
After receiving confirmation from Li Miaomiao, the conference organizers released the news through official media channels.
"It is reported that the 2026 World Internet Conference will be held in Wuzhen at the end of August. This World Internet Conference will have the most big names in its history."
The event included leaders from well-known domestic companies such as Kechuang Bio, Tencent, Alibaba, Huawei, and Dami, as well as leaders from international giants like Apple, Tesla, Google, and Meta...
The news caused a stir in the industry.
The participation of so many big names means opportunity. What if your project or company catches the eye of these big names and takes off in one fell swoop?
One should still have dreams.
There's a lot of discussion online; the Wuzhen Summit hasn't been this lively in several years.
About 20 years ago, photos of dinner parties with bigwigs were circulating almost every year.
As for 2020, the 2020 World Internet Conference was hailed as the quietest internet conference in history.
The earliest instance dates back to 2014, when Zhu Yunlai, Li Yanhong, Ding Lei, Zhang Chaoyang and other bigwigs gathered together after the Wuzhen Summit.
A year later, it was still the same group of people, mainly with the addition of Ma Huateng and Lei Jun. After that, photos of these people having dinner together circulated almost every year.
Of course, Zhu Zhi attended two of these gatherings, but stopped attending after 2016 because of his sensitive status.
The most famous Wuzhen dinner party was probably the Dongxing Club in 2017.
The dinner, hosted by JD.com's Dongzi and Meituan's Wang Xing, invited a group of top business leaders, including Ma Huateng, Zhang Yiming, Lei Jun, Shen Nanpeng, and Zhang Lei.
The group photo from the dinner party was even photoshopped by netizens onto the heads of the various leaders, with the university badges of their alma maters superimposed on their heads.
It's worth noting that in addition to Dongxing Club, Ding Lei of NetEase also organized a dinner party in Wuzhen in 2017. Due to the overlap, both Dongxing Club and Wang Xing were able to invite so many big names.
Judging from the group photo of Dongxing Club, Ma Huateng sitting in the main position is also a reflection of his status in the domestic Internet industry.
Because of Zheng Li's participation this year, many founders or leaders of domestic and foreign internet giants have expressed their intention to attend, leading to speculation that photos of the dinner party might be leaked.
In recent years, due to increased regulatory pressure and changes in the public opinion environment, even when bigwigs have dinner parties, photos of these dinners have not been circulated online.
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