Chapter 290 Summit Debut
At the end of March, the sky in Shenzhen was clear and sunny, and the leaders of the most influential electronic information and Internet companies in the country gathered here to attend the 2010 China IT Leaders Summit.
This grand event brings together heroes and talents from all over the world, and carries the attention and expectations of the entire IT industry.
At around eight o'clock in the morning, less than a quarter of an hour before the opening ceremony of the summit, a business car stopped steadily at the entrance of the venue.
Reporters on both sides were already ready, holding cameras, curious about which IT boss was about to get off the car.
The car door slowly opened, and a handsome and elegant man calmly walked down. It was Song Ci, the richest man in mainland China and the helmsman of Tenda Technology Group, China's largest Internet company.
The eyes of all the reporters suddenly lit up and they pressed the shutter buttons frantically.
"Oh, since this guy is here, take some photos. He rarely attends such an event."
"So handsome! When I saw him in person, I realized that this face is truly God's favorite." A female reporter couldn't help but exclaim softly, her eyes full of admiration.
"It's interesting. Almost all the big names in the domestic Internet industry are here today. I look forward to seeing what sparks will be created."
The reporters were whispering and talking to each other, and were very surprised that the usually low-key Song Ci suddenly appeared at the venue.
You should know that Song Ci was absent from the IT Leaders Summit in previous years. The presence of the richest man this time will undoubtedly add a lot of highlights to the summit.
It was the first time that Song Ci attended this kind of forum activity. He did not dress in a way that was unconventional, just an ordinary suit and tie, and on his wrist he wore the ordinary Longines watch that Liu Shishi had given him.
His low-key manner cannot conceal his outstanding temperament. He has a faint smile on his face and nods to the camera from time to time. He is neither rude nor rude, but has a kind of affinity.
As they entered the venue, the staff of the organizer saw Mr. Song from afar and hurriedly walked over to him, guided him with one hand, and said respectfully, "Mr. Song, please come this way."
Then he led the way and took Song Ci to the front row of the inner field.
Song Ci looked around the venue and saw that his seat was in the middle of the first row, which was definitely the C position.
On both sides were government officials and CEOs of state-owned enterprises, which gave him enough face. It seemed that the organizer attached great importance to his arrival.
Just a few minutes after they sat down, the leader entered the meeting room. Song Ci hurriedly stood up and walked forward to shake hands politely.
"Mr. Song, on behalf of the Pengcheng government, I welcome you. I can't wait to listen to Mr. Song's profound opinions."
"You are too polite, sir. I am young and inexperienced. I came to the meeting today with a learning attitude and want to learn more from you and my seniors."
Mr. Liu, Secretary General of the Digital China Federation, one of the organizers, could not help but sigh: "It is said that Mr. Song has always been low-key and has the demeanor of a modest gentleman. Today I see that he is indeed the case."
Song Ci was neither humble nor overbearing, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze: "Secretary-General, thank you for your praise."
The leader laughed, his eyes full of admiration: "The meeting is about to begin, let's sit down and talk."
"Please in, leader! Please in, Secretary General!" Song Ci nodded with a smile, slightly turned sideways, and waited for the leader to sit down first before slowly sitting down.
As soon as the leader sat down, he leaned slightly to the side and looked at Song Ci carefully. The more he looked, the more he admired him. He leaned over and asked, "Mr. Song, how old are you?"
Song Ci was stunned by the sudden question, but he answered truthfully. His age can be found online: "I am 24 this year."
"Young and promising! Young and promising!" The leader kept praising him, then smiled gently and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Song has a girlfriend?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the secretary general on the other side joked, "Leader, you don't know that Mr. Song has already been married. They just got their marriage certificate on New Year's Day this year. At that time, many girls on the Internet were so sad that they cried."
"Hey, I have a niece who is about the same age as Mr. Song. She works at CCTV. She is well-educated, well-mannered, and beautiful, but she has high standards and has never been willing to find a boyfriend. What a pity!"
The leader sighed repeatedly, and it was unclear whether he felt sorry for a young talent like Song Ci getting married too early, or for his niece being alone and self-admiring.
Song Ci was somewhat accustomed to it. It was not the first time he was asked about similar news.
Not only himself, but even his parents were often asked these questions in the past. It was not until he officially announced his marriage certificate this year that such questions became less common.
As time passed, CEOs of various IT companies arrived at the venue one after another.
Song Ci turned around and looked. Hey, what a coincidence, sitting right behind him was Ma Jie, CEO of Alibaba Group.
The two looked at each other. Ma Jieke was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly reacted and nodded to Song Ci and said, "Mr. Song, I haven't seen you for a few months. You are still as charming as ever!"
The two had met at CCTV's Economic Figure of the Year awards ceremony a few months ago. Although they had quarreled with each other online before, Song Ci responded appropriately at this moment, with a normal expression: "Mr. Ma, how are you?"
After greeting Ma Jieke, Song Ci glanced around casually and saw that they were all familiar faces, including Ma Boli from Penguin, Li Yanhong from Baidu, and Zhang Chaoyang from Sohu... They were all well-known figures in the IT industry.
At 9 o'clock, the 2010 China IT Leaders Summit officially opened, with speeches from the leaders, leaders, organizers, and corporate representatives. . .
The boring and tedious process made me feel drowsy while listening to Song Ci. However, since I was sitting in the first row, I was always under the media spotlight, so I had to stay awake and not relax for a moment. I had to pretend to listen carefully.
By the time the series of speeches were over, it was already past 11:30 am and the morning conference ended. The staff then led the guests to the banquet hall for dinner.
Considering that there would be debates and exchanges in the afternoon, and in order to keep their minds clear, the participants basically did not enjoy any drinks. They planned to go to the side hall to rest after lunch and greet the real IT Leadership Summit in the afternoon with full energy.
After dealing with a series of greetings and requests, Song Ci finally found a moment of peace and sat alone in a corner in a low-key manner.
While eating, he took out his mobile phone and chatted with Liu Shishi on WeChat.
Mr. Song’s little wife: Dear husband, what are you doing?
The husband of a top actress who is not in the entertainment circle: I’m eating, how about you?
"Hehe, I'm eating too, but the lunch boxes from Xu Jinglei's crew are really bad."
"Xu Cairen is riding on your popularity and invites you to guest star in a drama. Why doesn't he treat you to a nice meal?"
"Forget it, let's skip the meal. I just want to finish filming my guest role as soon as possible and go back."
"Is things going well on the set?"
"It went quite smoothly. Xu Jinglei is quite strict with herself during filming."
Song Ci didn't really care what Miss Liu meant by "cruel and strict", and just replied: "As long as everything goes well, I will return to Beiping the day after tomorrow."
"I should be able to finish filming my scenes the day after tomorrow, so let's meet at home the day after tomorrow! I miss you, husband."
"Mr. Song!" A steady and heavy voice interrupted Song Ci's conversation.
Song Ci looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man standing beside him with a smile on his face. He was wearing a gray jacket with the zipper casually open, revealing his signature red T-shirt underneath.
The person who came was Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360 Company, also known as the Cardinal.
"We have guests. Let's talk about wives tonight." Song Ci hastily replied to Liu Shishi's WeChat message, then stood up and shook hands with Zhou Hongyi: "Hello, Mr. Zhou!"
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Zhou Hongyi sat down next to Song Ci: "I just saw you sitting here, Mr. Song, so I wanted to come over to say hello. I don't want to disturb your meal. I'm really sorry."
Song Ci waved his hand: "No need to bother, I just finished eating."
"The main reason is that I have always admired an outstanding person like Mr. Song. Now that I have seen him, I can't help but want to come and pay him a visit."
The other party was so humble that Song Ci felt a little embarrassed: "Mr. Zhou is so polite. We are both in Beijing and are both engaged in the Internet industry. We should keep in touch with each other in the future."
"As long as Mr. Song doesn't think I'm troublesome in the future." Zhou Hongyi showed joy. Although he was a few years older than Song Ci, he did not dare to be arrogant.
The business world never judges seniority by age. From the seating arrangement in the conference hall, it can be seen that Song Ci and several other CEOs in the front row are the real big guys.
Being in the same capital city, he deeply understands how powerful this seemingly low-key richest man is. The more he knows about him, the more in awe he feels, which is why he tries to get close to him.
Both of them are leaders in the Internet industry and can talk about their respective professions in just three sentences.
"Mr. Song, to be honest, 360's business development has hit a bottleneck, and we are preparing to try to enter the mobile security field. I wonder if you have any advice for me, Mr. Zhou."
After saying that, Zhou Hongyi looked at Song Ci calmly, wanting to see how he would react.
Because currently in the field of mobile phone security, Tenda's mobile phone security guard is the only one in the market. If 360 enters this field, it will inevitably encroach on Tenda's market share. The interests involved are self-evident.
How could Song Ci not understand the old fox's thoughts? He chuckled and said, "Boss Zhou, the market has always been open. Tenda's mobile security guard is free. If 360 wants to enter this field, it must be prepared to lose money first.
However, I personally think that there is still a lot of room for development in the PC security business. Mr. Zhou should put more effort into it instead of seeking something far away.”
Zhou Hongyi leaned closer and said anxiously, "Please give me some advice, Mr. Song."
Song Ci paused for a moment and sorted out his thoughts: "Mr. Zhou, there is a lot of room for development in the security business. Currently, 360 Antivirus Software only protects computer security, and its business scope is too one-sided.
Please think about it, when users use browsers to open web pages and search for links through search engines, are these links safe?
Since 360 is an Internet security company, it should comprehensively and systematically protect the security of users’ computers and Internet access.”
Zhou Hongyi's eyes lit up, and he felt his thoughts suddenly became clear. He was so excited that even his breathing became faster: "Yes, yes, yes! You are right!
There is a lot of harmful information on the Internet. Who can guarantee that the web pages users click on and the information they search for are safe? We at 360 can develop browsers and search engines that fully guarantee customer safety. "
"Right!" Seeing that Zhou Hongyi understood it immediately, Song Ci nodded with satisfaction: "Not only that, some software installed on the user's computer, those pop-up message boxes and advertisements are safe, right?
Mr. Zhou, we who work in the Internet industry must put ourselves in the shoes of our customers in order to make our products bigger and stronger.”
The cardinal was so excited that his face turned red, and he kept exclaiming: "It's a pity that we met too late! I, Old Zhou, should have visited Mr. Song earlier. After listening to your brilliant ideas today, it's like an epiphany."
"Okay, okay. There is no conflict or competition between Tenda and 360 in terms of business. Let's communicate more in the future. You are welcome to visit me when you are free, Mr. Zhou."
"I will definitely visit Mr. Song in the next few days." Zhou Hongyi was overjoyed by the goodwill shown by Song Ci and agreed without hesitation.
After the two had another in-depth discussion, seeing that it was almost time for the afternoon meeting, Zhou Hongyi asked, "Mr. Song, let's add each other on WeChat so that it will be convenient for us to contact each other in the future."
"Mr. Zhou, do you also use our company WeChat?" Song Ci readily agreed, and at the same time opened the WeChat QR code on his phone, "Mr. Zhou, scan the code and add me."
"WeChat is really convenient." Zhou Hongyi used the newly launched scan function of WeChat to quickly scan the code and add friends.
At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that Tenda is really amazing. Since its launch, WeChat has launched the Moments, the Drift Bottle, and recently launched a new function of adding friends via QR code.
Various new and novel methods have emerged one after another, which have completely overwhelmed Penguin's WeChat chat, and the number of users has opened up a clear gap.
"The husband of a top actress who is not in the entertainment industry!" Zhou Hongyi was a little surprised when he saw Song Ci's WeChat name.
He didn't expect that the richest man who was always calm and composed and able to plan and strategize would have such a nickname that was full of middle school flavor and star-chasing tendencies.
Then he couldn't help but curiously ask: "Mr. Song, which top female star do you like?"
Song Ci clicked the verification button, added a note, and smiled, "It's my wife."
Before Zhou Hongyi could ask more questions, Song Ci patted his arm and said, "I'll introduce you to each other when I have the chance. Now it's time, let's go in together and attend the meeting."
"Mrs. Song? A top female star!" Zhou Hongyi was very surprised. Several faces of big stars flashed through his mind, but it was difficult to connect them with the richest man.
However, seeing that Song Ci had no intention of revealing his wife's identity, he could only bury his doubts and curiosity in his heart.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, after the tedious opening ceremony in the morning, the much-anticipated 2010 IT Leadership Summit finally began.
On the stage of the conference venue, the organizers will bring together the heads of the four major domestic Internet technology giants, namely, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba and Penguin, to start an exciting debate.
Below the stage, thousands of IT industry elites attended the conference, which was a rare grand occasion in the entire IT industry in recent years.
At the same time, Weibo has also made a bold innovative attempt and is launching a simultaneous live broadcast on the official account of the IT Summit.
Within five minutes of the broadcast, more than two million viewers had already flocked in, and countless barrages of comments were scrolling.
On the stage, the host had already made preparations. Among the four people opposite him, Song Ci, Ma Boli and Li Yanhong were in high spirits and all dressed in suits.
Only Majek was a little unique, wearing a yellow sweater over his shirt, which was particularly eye-catching.
"It's exciting! Looking forward to the debate among the big guys." In the official live broadcast room, barrages of comments flashed by quickly.
"Interesting, are the seats arranged according to appearance? Song Ci>Li Yanhong>Ma Boli>Ma Jieke."
"To be honest, Li Yanhong is considered a handsome guy, but compared to Song Ci, he is still far behind."
"The organizers took great pains to bring together the four giants of TBAQ. After all, Song Ci is a homebody and rarely participates in such activities."
"Weibo has come up with something new, but this kind of live debate is really interesting. I guess many programs and activities will be live-streamed in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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