Chen Xu's destination this time is Boston, a city in the eastern part of the country.

In May, Boston is similar to China, with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees or more at the turn of spring and summer.

Due to the time difference, it was 1 p.m. local time in Boston when I got off the plane.

Because Professor Liu Chenglin often comes here to participate in academic exchanges, he took everyone to the Hines Conference Center next to Boston University after getting off the plane.

The hotel where they stayed was right next to the Hines Convention Center.

After dropping off their luggage at the hotel, they went to the convention center to sign in.

The full name of the academic conference they participated in this time is "Architectural Support for Natural Language and Operating System".

This is one of the top A+ class conferences in international computing.

The ranking of academic conferences in the field of computer science is divided into five grades: A+, A, B, C, and L.

Among them, A+ belongs to the top conference, which is basically the conference with the most participation and attention from the world's biggest experts in this field.

It is a proud achievement for domestic researchers to be able to present papers at conferences. Of course, most of them are attendees.

After signing in, Professor Liu Chenglin went to find an old friend to catch up.

As for Chen Xu and his party, they all know English anyway, and they don't worry about them getting lost.

The professors went to play on their own, and Chen Xu followed a doctoral student named Shen Yongchang to go shopping near the conference center.

Shen Yongchang is in his 30s this year, more than 1.8 meters tall, tall and thin, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, very white skin, and vigorous body hair.

On the way, his eyes kept lingering on the breasts and buttocks of those coolly dressed American girls.

Then he said to Chen Xu in a loud voice: "Look at the figure of the women here in the country, and then compare the women in China, it is like a washboard." ”

Looking at the curvaceous busts and hips on the road, Chen Xu smashed his mouth and said, "It's not good if it's too big." ”

Shen Yongchang glanced at him, "First boy, right?"

Chen Xu: "........."

Shen Yongchang's eyes widened, and he stopped and asked, "Wouldn't it?"

Chen Xu touched his nose and said with a dry smile: "Not exactly." ”

"Five girls don't count. Shen Yongchang said a word, and then said strangely: "You haven't talked about a girlfriend?"

Chen Xu: "Uh... Strictly speaking, no. ”

Shen Yongchang laughed and said, "What about not being strict?"

Chen Xu: "I have had a few crushes. ”

Shen Yongchang immediately laughed when he heard this, "No wonder so many teachers say that you are a computer genius, and even speak with such humor." ”

Chen Xu smiled and didn't say anything.

Shen Yongchang beckoned to a taxi, "Let's go, I'll take you around." This is my third time in Boston, and there are so many things to do in the city......"

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On the morning of Wednesday, May 22, Kyoto time, Sword and Shield Technology Co., Ltd. launched a new product called "Facial liquefaction repair".

This is a paid product, first of all, you must be a registered user of Sword and Shield, and then you can use this product as long as you recharge the membership fee of 88 yuan.

As Meng Xianghe expected, as soon as the "anti-PS technology" was launched, it immediately caused a sensation on the whole network.

Within 24 hours, it logged on to the hot search list of Xinlang, Whoosh Fox, Peng Pai, Toutiao, Tengxun, Baidu, Wangyi and other websites.

But this news is absolutely a catastrophic thing for domestic Internet companies.

Or to put it more seriously, the sword and shield are smashing everyone's jobs.

Among the domestic Internet companies, one is counted as one, and which one does not have a live broadcast platform or equity participation?

Especially the handwriting beating and Tengxun, these two companies are the most seriously involved in live broadcasting.

Needless to say, Tengxun is the largest shareholder of Wormfish, holding more than 40% of the shares, and also holds 31.5% of the shares of Bluff Live through Linen Investment Limited, with 39.4% of the voting rights.

The company to which the website belongs quickly reacted and immediately activated the emergency mechanism to remove the relevant hot searches.

But it was too late.

Anti-PS technology is still like a spark, and it has become the hottest topic in domestic website forums and chat groups.

At the same time, the number of recharge members in the background of Sword and Shield has also soared wildly with the popularity of the topic.

As of 10 a.m. on the 23rd, the number of members exceeded 100,000, and the total sales were close to 9 million yuan.

Of course, this amount of money is nothing compared to the losses of those live broadcast platforms.

On the day the product was announced, a large number of live overturned video recordings began to appear on the Internet, and those so-called Internet celebrities who are usually charming after their beauty are simply miserable after fading their halo.

Spit and curse everywhere.

Even the dog who was scolded with the live broadcast platform was bloody.

Affected by this, the stock prices of several leading live broadcast platforms listed on the NASDAQ also fell, falling more than 10% within 24 hours, of which bluffing fell by 17%, the parent company Huanju Times (YY) fell by 13%, and Wormfish fell by 11%.

The financial world is one of the most sensitive people, who noticed this unusual event almost immediately, and then sold off Adobe stock almost unanimously.

Adobe's stock price fell more than 5 percent on the day, wiping $6.5 billion off its market value in one day.

The reason why the decline is faster than the one in March is because it was a panic sell-off by retail investors, but the investment institutions clearly know that Adobe is just testing the market's reaction, and whether it will apply business practices depends entirely on them, so the investment institutions still have confidence in them.

But this time is different, the technology is in the hands of others, and it has been used commercially, and if you want others to give up, Adobe needs to pay a high price, and these investment institutions are not optimistic about Adobe's stock price trend in the future for a period of time.

Just when the live broadcast platform and the anchor were wailing, Meng Xianghe and Chen Xu also received calls from all parties.

Two of the major Internet companies made takeover bids to Sword and Shield.

After being rejected, he hoped that the sword and shield could hide the technology, and was willing to give a high loss fee, 300 million, 500 million and the sword and shield at will.

In addition, Chen Xu also received a call from Lei Jun.

Lei Jun used to be the largest shareholder of YY, holding 23.8% of the shares, but later reduced his holdings one after another, and also mortgaged out a part, in fact, only about 3% of the shares remained, and even the voting rights were all entrusted to the founder Li Xuelin.

Lei Jun called him with what he intended, but he was just asked by a friend to pass on a message.

Lei Jun quoted a high technology buyout fee for his friend, and the price was calculated in 100 million US dollars.

Even Chen Xu, who thought that he already had a strong resistance to money, couldn't help but gasp.

As long as he nods, the hefty technology buyout fee will be credited to his personal account within three days.

Chen Xu hesitated and struggled for a long time.

In the end, he refused.

He likes money, but he prefers that technology can bring some beautiful changes to the world.

What's more, the majority of domestic netizens have called this technology "the greatest technology in 2019", and he can't let them down for money.

Just when the topic of anti-PS technology was still hot in China, Chen Xu, who had just come to attend the conference, was also invited to the stage of the Hines Conference Center and delivered a speech on CX language.

Unlike the meeting in Kyoto, Chen Xu's speech once again caused a huge sensation.

The audience applauded.

Chen Xu bowed three times before finally leaving.

After the meeting, he was surrounded by numerous experts and professors who asked questions about the CX language.

At half past 8 p.m. local time on the 24th, Chen Xu, who was in his hotel room, received a call from Adobe and offered to buy facial liquefaction repair technology.

Naturally, there is no need to ask.

The next morning, Chen Xu was still sleeping, and the bedside phone rang again.

After picking it up, I learned that it was the director of Adobe's marketing operations department in the Asia-Pacific region, and he came to interview him on purpose, and he was in the hotel lobby.

There was no way, Chen Xu had to wash up and go downstairs.

In the hotel's restaurant, Chen Xu once again clearly rejected the other party.

Sitting across from Chen Xu, Adobe's Asia Pacific director was a forty-year-old Korean woman named Kim Chaeyoung, who was probably annoyed by Chen Xu's stern refusal, and said, "Mr. Chen, please think about it again." There is an old Chinese saying that harmony makes money, and if you insist on doing so, you will be responsible for all the consequences. ”

Chen Xu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Kim Chaeyoung held her head high and said, "It's not interesting." I just want to remind Mr. Chen that Adobe is a billion-dollar company, and if you insist on going your own way, then something bad is likely to happen. ”

Chen Xu suddenly changed color when he heard this, stood up suddenly, grabbed the porcelain cup on the table and slammed it on the ground, making a loud "bang" sound, "You think I'm scared? ”

The people in the restaurant looked over one after another.

Jin Caiying's face was also very ugly, and she stood up and said, "That's all I say." As for Mr. Chen's choice, that's your own business. Farewell!"

"I'll tell you right now, Facial liquefaction repair will never be sold!"

Soon, Professor Liu Chenglin rushed to hear the words.

After knowing the whole story, Liu Chenglin pondered for a while and said: "This should be just her personal words, and it does not represent Adobe's meaning." But just in case, it's better to leave the country as soon as possible......"

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