Su Yunbai hadn't figured out how to treat Huo Qinian. Or rather, even if she had figured out how to treat him, when she really faced him, some emotions were simply out of her control.

She had no choice but to put the matter aside and not think about it for the time being.

After Huo Qinian recovered from his illness, Su Yunbai went on a business trip for a week. After returning from the business trip, it was the beginning of April, and R held its biannual career fair, or it could also be called a recruitment seminar.

Each school is famous for different things, and the companies and units that can be attracted to come for recruitment seminars are also different. R University is famous for training engineers, which is similar to the school where Dr. Su Yunbai studied, but also completely different.

That is why, although Su Yunbai had been to job fairs as a student, he was still very interested in the job fairs at R University.

American college students—at least private schools like R University that are not very flashy—most of the time dress very casually. Whether male or female, their clothes are mainly loose and practical, and there are very few who are very formal. There is a sense of freedom and unkemptness everywhere.

But job fairs are different. Every time there is a job fair, the proportion of students on campus who are free and easy and wear T-shirts with big trousers will drop sharply, and there will be many more men and women in suits. Their temperament is between teenagers and young adults. They wear suits and ties, forming a unique landscape on campus.

This is not to say that you must wear a suit to go to a job fair, but when all the students attending the job fair are dressed like this, you will look a little different in casual clothes.

Su Yunbai did not deliberately want to be different. In fact, the reason why she came to this job fair was more to see the excitement, so she did not take it too seriously and naturally did not wear a suit.

She has an Asian face and a personal temperament with a bit of bookishness. At first glance, it is impossible to tell what age she is. In fact, it is not popular to judge age by appearance in American campus culture. So on her way to the job fair, she received many obvious or hidden surprised looks from the staff who distributed flyers - this student seemed a little too comfortable.

Of course, this situation was much better when she entered the job fair. Although most of the recruiters were dressed in suits, there were still a few who were dressed more casually. For example, plaid shirts and sprint jackets, which have almost become the standard for programmers, were not uncommon on the scene.

Su Yunbai walked around the stalls one by one and saw many familiar companies and organizations.

This is indeed a paradise for engineers. Those who work in materials, mechanics, and software... as long as you have strong professional skills, you can almost find your place here.

In addition to a large open space reserved for each unit to set up a stall, the venue also has a large auditorium for presentations by each unit. When Su Yunbai stepped into the auditorium, it was the handover between two presentations. Some people left the auditorium and some walked in.

People were coming and going, and it seemed a bit chaotic. Su Yunbai was not in a hurry to leave, so she found a seat in the last row of the auditorium and sat down, ready to wait for a suitable time to leave.

On the projection screen in the center of the auditorium were the companies that were about to give presentations and the topics of their presentations. Su Yunbai glanced around and saw the title.

"RightBar - defining a new lifestyle." Su Yunbai muttered to herself, "New Era Company?" She

had never heard of it.

She subconsciously raised her head slightly and looked at the scene. Compared to when she just came in, there were obviously fewer students left in the auditorium.

It seemed that this was indeed a less famous company.

Su Yunbai was thinking aimlessly when a man stood up in the front row of the auditorium and walked calmly to the podium.

The man walked while buttoning his suit jacket, with his head held high and his steps revealing a strong confidence.

Su Yunbai took a deep breath.

If she was not mistaken...

the man stood on the podium, facing the audience. The lights on the podium were bright, making the man's facial features look particularly profound - who else could it be but Huo Qinian?

This was too much of a coincidence.

Su Yunbai subconsciously adjusted her sitting posture slightly.

On the podium, Huo Qinian clicked on the microphone, and after the sound of "dong dong dong", the scene became quiet.

He smiled confidently and spoke fluent English with a pure American accent: "Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I am Qinian Huo, CEO of New Era. Here, on behalf of New Era, I would like to welcome everyone." After the

applause, Huo Qinian made a joke to liven up the atmosphere: "In fact, until I came to R University this morning, my partners were trying to stop me from coming here in person.

"He said - 'Killian, you know, it would be a mistake to go to the recruitment fair in person. This is not classy at all. Have you ever seen a CEO who personally goes to a recruitment fair to recruit people? Unless it is a small company like that...'

"Speaking of this, my partner showed some self-doubt, and he asked me: 'Gillian, are we a small company? Tell me, are we?'"

There was laughter at the scene.

Huo Qinian also laughed, but his smile was very subtle, revealing an indescribable elite style.

He said: "I believe this is also a question that many people here have. What is the New Era? What is it? Did it just suddenly appear?

"Okay, then at the very beginning, please allow me to introduce to you - who are we..."

A new page of PPT was projected onto the projection screen. Su Yunbai looked up at the data on it and couldn't help showing a little surprise.

The scale of New Era is larger than she imagined. This is a technology company, but its main business has long been more than just a technology company.

New Era now has more than a hundred employees and is still expanding rapidly.

How long has Huo Qinian been here? Is he too radical?

On the stage, Huo Qinian was talking about the origin of New Era.

This company The founder of the company is Huo Qinian, and it was actually established twelve years ago. In other words, this was actually a product of his time as a student.

He withdrew from the actual management of the company before returning to China. This time, I don’t know what means he used to come back, reorganize the equity structure, and rely on the Wilson family and the Huo family to really make it fly.

Su Yunbai laughed at herself.

He can handle such a large group as the Huo family, so such a small New Era... She was worrying too much.

She really didn’t expect that he was so ambitious when he was in college.

Huo Qinian never hides his ambition.

He has a very special charm when he speaks on the podium, revealing an elegant wolf nature.

Su Yunbai heard low discussions from the front row -

"He looks... to be honest, a little cool."

"I can feel that he is a very strong person. I'm sure this is a carnivore... you know, the kind of person who must win."

"Hey! You know what? I like this kind of boss!"

There was a bit of excitement in the voices of the two boys.

Su Yunbai himself was sitting near the exit, so he was naturally more attentive. From the opening to now, only new audience members have not left early.

There are more and more people in the venue.

Huo Qinian on the stage was talking about his original intention of founding RightBar.

RightBar is the name of the app promoted by New Era, which is a short video software platform. According to the data provided by Huo Qinian, in just two months, this software has swept the young people in the United States and is defining social and popular in a new way.

Huo Qinian's voice spread throughout the audience through the microphone: "We often say that this is our era. We should let the whole world hear our voice.

"This is what RightBar is doing. We will define a new lifestyle and we will change people's lives!

"I believe everyone knows that there was a big news in the central area last month... But what you don't know is that this matter was originally released through RightBar.

"A RightBar user witnessed and took a photo of the entire news scene and posted it to his personal homepage. The head of the local news section of RightBar promoted his account, and overnight, he became a celebrity in the area...

"Imitation shows have suddenly become popular among young people... But what you don't know is that this was an activity promoted by RightBar last month. Through this activity, we have created at least thirteen Internet celebrities...

"The difference from traditional YouTube is that RightBar is more trendy and more convenient. Of course... this means traffic, money, and appeal..."

Su Yunbai couldn't help but think of what Huo Qinian had said to her, that he set up a media company not to make quick money in the entertainment industry, but to do media.

"Let the whole world hear our voice" - what a big ambition. In fact, being able to let your views be heard by the whole world is a terrible power.

To put it more deeply, it is even a somewhat dangerous power.

The media involves propaganda, and there is often a specific purpose behind propaganda. Putting it on the big international stage, behind the true and false news, there are actually some political positions involved.

Even if we put these aside, this itself is a tool that can influence the values ​​of young people.

And what Huo Qinian wants to do is to control such a tool.

Su Yunbai looked at Huo Qinian, who was in high spirits on the stage, and felt a slight dizziness.

At this moment, she almost uncontrollably recalled the past.

It was a similar occasion and a similar seminar. Huo Qinian stood on the stage and told his compatriots that he would devote himself to the technology industry and develop our country's own basic subject tools. Including basic software, basic databases...

Just look at the investment direction of Huo's company in recent years, just look at TargetR, he actually did not break his promise. He has been doing this all the time, and has always regarded the localization of various software as his own responsibility.

This was the original intention why she was attracted to him back then.

She admitted that she had a strong admiration for the strong. In addition to the admiration for the strong, she also had an unforgettable feeling for her country and family. Huo Qinian may not have done it on purpose, but he really was dancing on her vantage point, completely targeting her.

Several years had passed, and Huo Qinian seemed to have changed a lot, but some things about him seemed to have not changed.

There was still a passionate soul living in his heart. Or rather, this passionate soul had not completely disappeared.

Today, Su Yunbai is no longer the same person she was back then. But what she didn't expect was that she would still feel a little aroused for the same reason.

Looking at Huo Qinian again at this moment, Su Yunbai's mood was like a tangled ball of wool. For a moment, she didn't even know where to find the end of this ball of wool to sort it out. Be aware of your own emotions.

Su Yunbai's mood began to get worse.

She shouldn't stay here any longer, it was meaningless.

Su Yunbai took a deep breath, hunched over, and walked out of the auditorium quickly.

She was right at the door, and her movements were very small, but the person standing on the podium and commanding the whole audience actually had a much better vision than everyone in the audience thought.

Especially, among so many people, there were only a few who were not wearing suits.

Huo Qinian almost immediately recognized Su Yunbai's figure.

He couldn't help but exert force on his hand, and the ppt that the laser pen was flipping down jumped pages continuously. Huo Qinian was silent for two seconds on the stage, flipped the ppt back, and continued to speak.

After a presentation, Huo Qinian dealt with the enthusiastic students, handed the place over to his staff, and went straight to Su Yunbai's office.

He actually didn't expect Su Yunbai to come here, and he didn't think about why he was chasing her... But none of this mattered. What mattered was that she was here, and he hadn't seen her for a week.

Huo Qinian took two lunches bought from the student cafeteria of R University and knocked on the door of Su Yunbai's office.

Su Yunbai opened the door and saw him, frowning slightly.

Huo Qinian said before she could speak: "You haven't had lunch yet? Do you want to join us?"

Su Yunbai looked at him quietly.

Huo Qinian still looked calm on the surface, but he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

People walked in the corridor from time to time. Su Yunbai frowned for a moment and opened the door.

Huo Qinian's eyes lit up immediately.

He walked into Su Yunbai's office, and without her greeting, he moved the small table in the office to the small sofa, moved the chairs on one side over, tidied the table, and set up lunch.

Su Yunbai recognized it at once. This was a Mexican-style lunch from Student Restaurant No. 2.

This was also the closest to Chinese food in the entire Restaurant No. 2.

Su Yunbai took the spoon and chopsticks given by Huo Qinian and ate in silence without saying a word.

The more she was so confused, the more uncertain Huo Qinian felt.

He couldn't help but start a conversation: "I'm here at R University today on behalf of the company for a recruitment presentation. I just thought it was about time, so I came to have a meal with you.

" "Your school's software engineering is still very strong. I actually didn't have to come, but you know, my company has just started not long ago, and compared with those old-fashioned units, our reputation is not loud enough, so I have to do more..."

As he spoke, he looked at Su Yunbai.

Su Yunbai still didn't say anything, but seemed a little distracted.

Huo Qinian took two bites of the meal and couldn't help asking: "How was your business trip? Was it going well? I remember you had classes this morning, right?"

Su Yunbai suddenly asked him: "You said before that you wanted to work in the media?"

"Ah, yes! "Huo Qinian's heartbeat skipped a beat.

He didn't know why Su Yunbai suddenly started to care about these things, but he instinctively knew that this might be an opportunity for him.

He said, "I'm now promoting an app called RightBar, which is actually a short video sharing platform..."

As he spoke, he stared at Su Yunbai closely, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally step on her sore spot.

Su Yunbai lowered her eyes and looked at the lunch in her lunch box, listening quietly, still speaking very little.

After Huo Qinian had almost repeated what he had said at the briefing, Su Yunbai continued to ask, "Why do you want to do this? "

Huo Qinian paused and replied subconsciously: "As a businessman, there are not so many reasons, isn't it just to make money?"

Su Yunbai raised his head and glanced at him.

Huo Qinian's face froze and his expression gradually withdrew.

After an unbearable silence, he let out a sigh and said, "I'm sorry, it's not that I'm not honest enough, but... it's just that the whole thing feels a bit... pretentious.

"But I don't want to wear a mask of inconsistency in front of you, so..." He smiled, pondered for a moment, and said, "Actually, when I first set my sights on this industry, my original intention was not that profound."

"I don't know if you've heard of it, but there was a rumor on the Internet before - let's not talk about whether it's true or not - saying that in our country, or not just in our country, but in the entire East Asian cultural circle, the popularity of that kind of 'boy group idol' - or that kind of 'feminine' temperament, is the result of Western spiritual colonization. It is said that generations of media industry's promotion has gradually affected our public aesthetics...

"I believe half of this theory - I believe the half that the media industry can influence people's aesthetics.

"You have studied abroad before, and even now, when you compare domestic and foreign news, you will find that things are actually caught in a vicious circle.

"People in China are advocating freedom of speech every day, as if the air abroad is so fresh... But in fact, when you go abroad, you will find that there is also speech control on foreign social media, but this matter seems to have never been known to people in China.

"When you look at some of our domestic media, you always feel that they might be foreign media... That kind of malice, the kind of malice that treats all the audience as fools, I am quite disgusted by it.

"Sometimes when something happens, either a bunch of people will make conspiracy theories every day, or a bunch of people will start to sing bad news...

"When something happens abroad, domestic media will reprint it. But you will find that the level of reprinting is very low. Sometimes they don't even tell the most basic facts, and are very biased...

"Foreign media are always smearing our image, and we don't even have a powerful official channel to refute it... The official propaganda is too weak now, so weak that I can't bear to watch it...

"In summary, our media industry is submissive to the outside world and strikes hard at home... If you see too much, you may even lose trust in them.

"Of course, it's the same abroad. But we should always compare the good, not the bad, right?

"This is my original intention for wanting to work in the media. Since the official power is still too weak... sometimes it's because of the official, so there are always many concerns.

"I don't have this concern.

"Don't understand it, that's why people demonize it. I just want to provide a platform, a platform that is strong enough to speak out when we need it.

"Of course, if it can shape and influence the aesthetics of some people, so that the younger generation no longer changes color when talking about China, it can also be regarded as indirectly weakening the power of foreign media..."

Huo Qinian met Su Yunbai's serious eyes, and somehow felt a little embarrassed again.

He cleared his throat, "I know that my idea is rather naive, and I take myself too seriously. I don't know my own limitations. But if you don't even have the courage to start, it will be even more impossible to realize it, right?"

Su Yunbai was silent for a while, and asked: "Does Jonathan know?"

Huo Qinian laughed, "Yunbai, no one is a fool. Either you package your ambitions layer by layer, and the packaging is clever enough, and the story is clever enough, or you just never mention these things.

"How do you think you should exert influence? Publicize it everywhere, and everyone can see it at a glance? No, this method is too crude.

"The real method should actually be to moisten things silently. I didn't want to forcibly distort other people's values. This is impossible to do, and it is also a dead end.

"As for Jonathan you mentioned... In Jonathan's view, ours is just a business. He can see the impact of this platform on the younger generation, but he doesn't think it's such a big deal.

"The American media industry is much more powerful and entrenched than ours. And Jonathan doesn't think that my little tricks can have much impact...

" "Typical American arrogance, isn't it?"

"To some extent, he's not wrong. So for a long time, ours was just a business. No matter how much you say, it's just an extra part of the story."

Su Yunbai was really curious, "Why do you... Putting aside this time, let's talk about the previous ones, why are you so obsessed with some domestically produced things? Like TargetR? "

Huo Qinian laughed, "I know what you mean."

To some extent, he is really quite "naive". He always insists on localization and wants our country to make something of its own.

Over the years, his views have been ridiculed. After all, at a time when the concept of the global village and globalization is deeply rooted in people's hearts, his views are really thankless and even suspected of being overly "petty".

But now that the trade war has already begun, when we ourselves are "choked" in some areas, Huo Qinian's claims have become terrifyingly prescient.

Huo Qinian said: "In fact, if you trace history, you will find that many times, introducing foreign things too early is not necessarily a good thing; being strangled by others is not necessarily a bad thing - of course, I mean in the long run. If we only look at the present, the good and the bad are still very clear.

"For example, soybeans. We actually have very high-quality soybean seeds in our country, but because of unfavorable protection, some of our seeds were collected by American companies and used in genetically modified technology, and they also registered global patents for this. Since then, American soybeans, which are of good quality and low price, have become popular.

"We are used to importing such high-quality and low-priced soybeans, and then one day you suddenly find that we can no longer live without other people's products. Because domestically produced soybeans have no advantage compared to other people's products. And because they cannot compete with others, they are even more disadvantaged.

"This has become a shortcoming.

"You will become lame if you are supported for a long time. While imported soybeans are of high quality and low price, the development of our own local seed breeding industry has stagnated... In a market economy, this is a natural thing.

"When everything is going well, there will naturally be no problems. But for a country as big as ours, and with a different camp from others, we will naturally be regarded as an imaginary enemy. How can we really be as good as others?

"No matter how many 'sweet words' you say, I won't believe them anyway. In that case, why not keep a hand before things get bad?"

Su Yunbai lowered his eyes slightly.

It is actually a very simple truth that others have what I have. In fact, this is also the vision of any scientific researcher. Su Yunbai just didn't expect that Huo Qinian, a pure businessman, would have such a strong and overbearing "intellectual property rights" idea.

"As for why you asked me to think so..." Huo Qinian thought for a while and laughed, "I haven't actually thought about this problem, but I think it should be influenced by my aunt and others.

"My maternal grandfather's family are all intellectuals. When I was a child... you know, my biological parents didn't care much about me, so I always went to my maternal grandfather's house. Maybe some things were influenced by them.

"Later, I went abroad after graduating from high school. I was young and frivolous. I just happened to be a person who refused to obey others. I also experienced some cultural differences between the East and the West, and I was even more unwilling to admit defeat...

"After a few interactions, I naturally came up with this idea. I just happened to have some money to support my idea, so why not?"

In fact, it is not difficult to have this idea, but it is difficult to put it into practice.

With the financial resources of the Huo family, it can indeed afford the expenses of such related scientific research. In fact, there are many people in the country who can compare with the Huo family's wealth, but rich people will only try to get richer. This kind of basic scientific research is probably a thankless task for them.

In Su Yunbai's view, making money actually has different levels. At least Huo Qinian's idea suits her temperament.

Maybe Huo Qinian's reputation is so useful in the whole city of A, not just because of his wealth.

Su Yunbai lowered his head, eating while thinking about something aimlessly.

Huo Qinian gradually came back to his senses from the feeling of being "interviewed". Thinking back to everything that happened just now, he only felt his heart pounding faster and faster. .

Of course he is not stupid, he is even frighteningly shrewd.

He vaguely sensed Su Yunbai's emotions just now - at least today, she doesn't find him annoying, right?

She must agree with his ideas.

She is his kindred spirit - in fact, she has always been one, otherwise why would she bother to invest in the research and development of TargetR?

Whenever Huo Qinian thought of this, he felt a great emotion surging in his chest.

He looked at Su Yunbai who was eating with her head down, and he could hardly help but feel hot in his eyes, feeling both happy and regretful.

Huo Qinian calmed down for a long time, and finally found his voice again.

He said, "I don't know if I am a strong-willed person, but power and wealth can corrupt human nature. Yunbai, do you want to... supervise me? "

Su Yunbai came back to his senses and sighed helplessly: "Are you done yet?"

He is really capable of bringing everything up here!