It was not until the next morning that Zhuang Li was sent back to the state-allocated villa by a group of bodyguards.
Coincidentally, Xuan Ming also lives in the same community.
The two of them spent the night fooling around in the hotel, and their relationship must have been known to everyone who should know. However, given Zhuang Li's abilities, no one had a negative opinion of it.
Xuan Ming's car slowly stopped in front of the banker's door.
Zhuang Li stretched out his arms to hug his lover's neck, biting her thin lips and kissing her for a long time before reluctantly saying, "I'm going home first. You can pick me up for work later."
"You can have some sleep before going to work. You worked hard last night." Xuan Ming gently kneaded the little curly-haired boy's earlobe. There was a bright red mark on the back of it that he had sucked out.
"It's not hard, we can continue tonight." Zhuang Li stepped out of the car, waved goodbye and left, his chuckle drifting over with the cool morning breeze.
Xuan Ming stared at the curly-haired boy's back for a long time, his ears ringing with his teasing laughter and whispers. His heart, which had just calmed down, began to beat wildly again.
Can we continue tonight? He silently pondered this sentence, and then he was full of anticipation for the whole day ahead.
When Zhuang Li walked into the house, he saw Zhuang Dahai sitting alone in the restaurant, staring at a table of breakfast.
"Dad, I'm back." Zhuang Li took off his suit jacket, strode over, hugged his old father from behind, greeted him affectionately, and rubbed his round belly.
"Son?" Zhuang Dahai shouted in a daze.
"Oh, Dad." Zhuang Li responded with a smile.
"Son, is this our home?" Zhuang Dahai stretched out his chubby fingers and pointed at the luxurious dining room and living room covering several hundred square meters.
"Yes, this will be our home from now on." I came back again.
Zhuang Li completed the last sentence in his mind, his heart filled with an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
"Has your company been acquired? Have you become the president? Have you paid off all your debts?" Zhuang Dahai asked three questions in a row, with fear hidden in his pupils.
He slept all night in this magnificent house, but he still felt uneasy. When his son didn't come back, he always thought he was dreaming.
"Yes, my company was acquired, I became the president, and all the debts were paid off. From now on, you can just stay home peacefully and enjoy a good life with me. Have breakfast quickly, because I still have to go to work after that." Zhuang Li picked up a meat bun and fed it into his old father's mouth.
Zhuang Dahai quickly bit into the bun, chewing it subconsciously before clapping his hands on the table and laughing heartily. Honestly, the pressure he'd been under lately had been even greater than his son's. He'd originally planned to sacrifice his old age to support his son, but now that his son had matured and grown, he'd finally been able to prop up the broken roof.
"It's great that I, Old Zhuang, can also enjoy a peaceful and happy life with my son. I told you that my son is the most promising, but others didn't believe it..." This was probably something he dared not even think about, so he shed tears as he read it.
Zhuang Li rubbed his old father's head and felt more at ease and peaceful than ever before.
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Tu Si waited all night but received no news that Zhuang Li was arrested by the police. Instead, he learned from the news that Zhuang Li’s mobile phone company had been acquired by Haiming Group and was now officially renamed "Mingli Technology".
The brilliant dreamland that shone with light suddenly collapsed with the appearance of Zhuang Li. That prophetic dream seemed to be invading reality.
Tusi stared at his phone with no expression on his face, but he couldn't suppress the anxiety and panic in his heart at all.
He could only constantly console himself. Even if Zhuang Li and Xuan Ming joined forces, so what? The government was going to hold a 5G investment conference next month. With so little time, they wouldn't have enough time to do anything.
Moreover, after a year of testing, he had determined that Zhuang Li was a fool, nothing like the man in his dream who could decide his fate with just a few words.
Nothing will go wrong, everything will go as I planned. Thinking of this, Tu Si finally calmed down the turmoil in his heart.
Just then, his secretary pushed the door open and said hurriedly, "Mr. Tu, we just received a notice from the government that the 5G investment promotion conference has been postponed!"
"When will it be postponed and what's the reason?" Tu Si's eyes were slightly stern.
"I don't know the reason or the exact date, but it's been postponed anyway." The secretary looked helpless.
"Okay, I got it. You can go out." Tu Si waved his hand calmly, as if he was very calm. After the secretary closed the door and walked away, he slammed his fist on the table.
He had a hunch that the postponement of the investment promotion conference must have something to do with Zhuang Li!
Is Zhuang Li really a loser, as he was able to turn things around overnight?
Tu Si rubbed his brows, unable to suppress his inner anxiety.
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After three months of waiting, the government finally restarted the investment promotion conference.
Tu Si and Zhao Zhensheng sat together, quietly discussing their upcoming speeches. Representatives from the other companies all looked at them with a mixture of fear, admiration, and helplessness in their eyes.
It is obvious that in terms of technology, Future Map is the most advanced and has the most patents. Other companies can only play as runners-up and have little chance of winning the bid.
Amidst the undercurrent, representatives of the Haiming Group filed into the venue. Leading the group was not Xuan Ming, but a young man who had never been seen before. He had a head full of curly hair that was very neatly groomed, and he was wearing a very tight-fitting high-end suit. His slender waist, perky hips, and long legs were all clearly outlined by the thin and shiny fabric.
In addition to his handsome figure, the young man also had a pair of narrow, upturned almond-shaped eyes, and a smile on the corner of his mouth. He walked around while looking around the audience, like a beautiful but dangerous beast.
Xuan Ming quietly followed the young man, occasionally extending his hand to shield him from oncoming strangers, like a bodyguard doing his duty. The group of black-clad bodyguards who followed the two men closely had a look of vigilance written all over their faces.
After this group of people sat down, the discussions in the venue inevitably became louder.
Everyone was curious about the curly-haired young man's identity. What was his reason for being so dominant in front of Xuan Ming?
Tu Si stared straight at the opposite side, and the corners of his mouth, which were originally showing a relaxed smile, were pursed into a straight line, and waves of turmoil were rising in his heart.
No one in the venue knew the curly-haired young man, but he knew that it was not the Zhuang Li from a year ago, but the Zhuang Li in his dream, the man who destroyed all his glory with just a few words!
Tusi looked up and saw the dazzling crystal chandelier; looking forward, he saw a podium covered with a bright red carpet; turning his head and looking around, he saw a crowded hall; just at this moment, government officials walked into the venue one after another and sat on the podium, and the whole hall burst into warm applause.
Up and down, left and right, there were brilliant lights, thunderous applause, and noisy voices. This scene was exactly the same as the nightmare that had troubled Tusi for five whole years!
A violent buzzing sound blocked Tusi's ears, making him unable to hear anything and unable to think. Boundless panic came from the depths of his heart, making his head dizzy and almost fainting.
Zhao Zhensheng helped him up and whispered, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Tu. We will definitely be able to win the government's 5G project in the future."
Tusi rubbed his brows and nodded slowly.
Government officials only made a few brief opening remarks before allowing representatives from various companies to come on stage to explain their 5G construction plans.
Tu Si suppressed Zhao Zhensheng, who was about to make a move, and said in a low voice, "Wait until the representative of Haiming Group has finished explaining. You can go up first. I want to see their background."
"Okay, Mr. Tu, our proposal is suitable as the finale." Zhao Zhensheng said very confidently.
So other companies came on stage one after another to present their ideas, but Haiming and Future Map remained standing.
By the time there were only two companies left, Zhuang Li had no interest in wasting any more time.
He stood up, gently patted his lover's shoulder, then walked calmly to the podium and said with a smile, "Please open the gift boxes placed next to you."
The representatives sitting around the round tables had already noticed the gift boxes tied with ribbons, but they did not dare to open them on the spot for fear of being impolite.
They originally thought it was a souvenir from the government, but now it seems not.
Amidst noisy discussions, the gift box was opened by the company representatives who looked puzzled. Inside was actually a finely crafted mobile phone.
"This is a 5G phone." Zhao Zhensheng laughed sarcastically. "The 5G network hasn't even been built yet, and Haiming Group has already released a 5G phone. Are they trying to collect IQ tax?"
But Tusi couldn't laugh.
He picked up the phone with trembling fingers, opened the settings page, stared at the signal icon, and said in a hoarse voice: "Look carefully, the 5G signal of this phone is full."
"What?" Zhao Zhensheng's sarcastic smile froze on his face.
The representatives who also discovered the full 5G signal were also excited, pointing at their phones and discussing it, with astonished expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
Only Xuan Ming and the government officials sitting on the stage looked calm and indifferent, as if they were already accustomed to such scenes.
"We haven't even started building 5G base stations yet, where does the 5G signal come from?" Zhao Zhensheng stood up and asked loudly.
"There is a 4G base station on the rooftop of this building. Recently, its internal chip has been replaced with a 5G chip independently developed by our Haiming Group, which has achieved compatibility between 4G and 5G networks. In other words, there is no need for large-scale transformation of the original base station. Just replace the chip, and our country's 4G network can be quickly upgraded to a 5G network." Zhuang Li said slowly.
Zhao Zhensheng was stunned.
The crowd sitting in the venue erupted in roars of disbelief.
They had never heard of such technology, that 4G and 5G networks could be compatible simply by replacing chips. Theoretically, this was completely impossible!
"You are cheating! 4G and 5G networks cannot be compatible!" Zhao Zhensheng walked up to the podium while speaking, took out his laptop, connected the data cable, and prepared to give Zhuang Li a basic theoretical lesson.
However, Zhuang Li didn't even glance at him. He looked around at everyone and gave an order: "Please open the network speed test app on your mobile phone and test the speed of the 5G base station developed by our Haiming Group.
"As far as I know, Country H recently tested the speed of their 5G network, and the value was 1Gbps. However, as you all know, this test has no practical significance because it only tested a single mobile phone in an interference-free network environment, which is completely inconsistent with the actual situation.
"The biggest difference between 4G and 5G networks isn't speed, but bandwidth. 4G networks are perfectly adequate for our current needs, but when 10,000 people gather together using their phones, the massive data flow can cause the 4G network to collapse.
"A true 5G network can support such grand occasions. When 10,000 people use 10,000 mobile phones simultaneously, the network speed will not be affected. This is the greatest advantage of 5G networks. Only by building such a network can we welcome the advent of the intelligent era and make driverless cars and robot armies a reality.
"How many tens of thousands of cars are roaming the same block at any given time? And how many robots are fighting on the same battlefield? Without a high-speed, zero-latency network, the future we envision will be a dream.
"I've counted the number of people attending the meeting today, and our Haiming Group has pre-ordered 10,398 5G phones for you. You can experience the 5G speed of our China for yourself.
"There's a movie app on your phone. You can pick any movie and download it. Okay, everyone, please start your wonderful journey."
Zhuang Li nodded and smiled, then stepped aside and gave the podium to Zhao Zhensheng, who had already prepared the slides and projector.
Zhao Zhensheng held the so-called 5G phone in his hand, but he didn't even bother to look at it. He absolutely didn't believe that 4G and 5G networks could be compatible with just a few chips. This was unscientific!
However, when he walked confidently to the center of the podium and adjusted the height of the microphone, there was an uproar of shock from the audience.
Someone blurted out, "A two-hour movie downloaded in just two seconds! This speed is only possible under perfect laboratory control! But there are more than 10,000 of us using our phones at the same time. This speed is impossible! Impossible! Impossible!"
The man shook his head as he opened the downloaded movie, only to find that it could actually be played and was not just a fake directory.
The people sitting around him shouted, "You can see mine too!"
"The speed I just measured is 10.1Gbps. This is an ideal number after eliminating all interference. It shouldn't be possible!"
"But we actually downloaded the movie in two seconds! How do you explain that?"
"Everyone's using their phones, right? No one's holding them still, right?"
"I'm using them all! I'm also using them! I downloaded three movies, and they're all finished now, so I can watch them all!"
Everyone spent several minutes confirming that the representatives sitting around them were also using their phones, and then they had to come to an incredible conclusion - Haiming Group's 5G network was real! And the network speed reached a perfect value that was only possible in theory!
Tu Si, who downloaded five movies in a row with his mobile phone, opened and watched each of them, and scrolled the progress bar to the end, was now pale and sweating profusely.
He looked at Zhao Zhensheng, who was standing on the stage at a loss, and then at Zhuang Li, who was standing beside him with a calm smile, and finally realized that the nightmare had become a reality.
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