As a senior patent attorney at Anova, 34-year-old Alan Davis has always been proud of himself. In the past ten years, he has acted as an agent for patent applications for countless world-famous technology semiconductor companies, and many classics have been born under his hands.

So when he received a call from an old friend and needed to help apply for a mobile phone patent for a Huaguo company that he had never heard of, he didn't have much willingness at all.

If I hadn't stopped by and had a job in Las Vegas, I wouldn't have taken this errand.

Even so, after he arrived here in the afternoon, he still found a good friend for a drink as soon as possible, and called Xia Yu at five o'clock in the afternoon, saying that the flight was delayed and he would go to him tomorrow.

It's only a few o'clock, a hell of a delay!

Xia Yu didn't expect this to be the case, it is said that they, the elites in the American workplace, are very attentive to their commitments at work, and they discriminate against Huaguo companies?

It's possible.

Even ten years later, small Chinese companies still don't have much standing in the international market, and it costs twice as much money to do the same thing.

Forget it, let's meet and talk about it, I really can't do it, I'd rather find another one than be angry.

Xia Yu immediately called Xiao Wenjing, and just had time to listen to Bill Gates's speech!

Yes, Gates, who is still leading Microsoft's reign at this time and has been the world's richest man for ten consecutive years, speaks at CES every year, this time on the first night of the show.

However, Xia Yu knows that in 2005, Gates will continue to win this title, his personal wealth will also move towards the $50 billion mark, and he will become the cover of Time magazine for the third time at the end of the year.

The lecture will be held at the Hilton Hotel not far away, starting at 7 o'clock, but admission is mandatory before 6 o'clock.

It's also because as an exhibitor is eligible to get tickets, otherwise it's really difficult.

Las Vegas is located on the edge of the Nevada desert, and the climate has four distinct seasons, and the temperature at this time is about the same as Yangcheng, not very cold. Xiao Wenjing changed into a bright red windbreaker. Her hair was coiled up, and she wore big sunglasses, looking like a female star.

"Beauty, where are you going to be so beautiful?"

"I'm bored, just hang out. ”

"Is it an honor to accompany you here?"

Xia Yu bent down and stretched out his hand, pretending to be a gentleman to help her, but was slapped away by a palm: "Go back and change into formal clothes!"

"Ah, no, it's too late. ”

"Then go yourself, this girl will find a place to play. There are a lot of bars here......"

"I'll go, you wait!"

ran back to the room with a cigarette, changed into a black casual suit, and even put on a tie in the elevator, and Xia Yu appeared in front of her again. Xiao Wenjing snorted, grabbed his hand and got into the car.

"Please, isn't it just a lecture, why are you wearing such formal makeup?"

"You have to take care of it!"

Even if the rebirth experience is counted, Xia Yu still doesn't understand for a girl from a family like Xiao Wenjing. Appearances on any formal occasion must not be casual. , not to mention with lovers.

However, when it came to Hilton, the two still didn't dare to show that they were too close.

CES, or Gates is here. There are also a lot of industry media in Huaguo, Xia Yu is more or less a little celebrity in the electronic circle, and it is not good to be photographed.

Sure enough, it was a garbage seat, which counted the lowest in the 3,000-person venue. Even under the light, you can't see the faces of the people on stage. But looking at the scene of hundreds of people blocking the door and many people standing in the aisle in the venue, it's not bad.

Gates showed up at 6:50.

He appeared in the front row of the VIP room, and as soon as he entered, he instantly caused a sensation.

No way. Before Steve Jobs returned to Apple for the third time and showed off the iPhone, Gates was still the number one idol in the American and even global business circles, and his popularity even overshadowed the legendary Warren Buffett.

In fact, the position of CEO of Microsoft was ceded by him to his old partner Ballmer as early as 2000, and his title at this time was Microsoft's "chief software designer", but everyone knew that as long as he returned one day, Microsoft was his.

The topic of Gates' speech this time is "The Concept of the Future Intelligent Home Media Center", which is still a hot topic ten years later because it has never really been realized.

Of course, Gates is also mentioning this now in line with Microsoft's "Venus Project" launched last year, which is similar to the idea of using smart set-top boxes as control centers to dominate all home appliances and digital devices in the future.

With his speech, the picture and control effect were displayed on the big screen, and Xiao Wenjing's eyes lit up next to him.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Perfact! I heard that Gates's home was intelligent ten years ago, and I will definitely install this system when I buy a house in the future." ”

is different from the warm home that ordinary girls can expect, Xiao Wenjing, a school bully, of course, yearns for a cooler feeling.

Xia Yu shook his head: "That may have to wait a few more years." Gates, of course, your 10 million-dollar mansion is nothing, and other people's network optical fibers and so on are all built by themselves. It is difficult for ordinary villas to do this, and they cannot keep up with the ordinary network environment and hardware product configuration and functions. ”

In fact, it is for these reasons that this seemingly good plan ultimately failed."

Two years later, Huaguo's flourishing Shanda Network Group also tried to promote a similar genius program, but it was also unsuccessful.

The idea of genius is also limited by the environment and the timing if it wants to be realized.

"Well, that's just a little wait. Xiao Wenjing said with a look of disappointment on her face.

Xia Yu was on the move.

Actually, it would probably cost a few million dollars to renovate a house like that, right?

Later, he visited a villa in San Francisco Bay, the founding partner of KPCB and former president of Sun, a venture capital boss, and basically achieved excellent intelligent control, and it was voice control, but there were also immature places, and he didn't ask the price.

I'll surprise you later!

He silently remembered it in his heart.

……

In the middle of Gates' speech, there was a small problem, and the computer of the live demonstration suddenly went blue, and an engineer panicked to adjust it, but it took two minutes to get it right.

There was a bit of commotion in the audience, which bit damped the user's passion for pursuing a digital life.

However, Gates shrugged his shoulders very calmly, put there with a sentence of "always stumbling on the road to the good end", and then took a sip of mineral water and waited for the engineer to adjust it.

But it's past the time when you need to say funny things to keep the scene going. Not necessarily.

In addition to the fact that the position is really stable, there is also too much money.

In fact, after officially "retiring" in 2008 and donating tens of billions of dollars in assets to major foundations around the world, Gates's wealth has been increasing!

This is because, in addition to the rise of about 5% of Microsoft stock, he also holds shares of Coca-Cola, General Electric, Canadian National Railway, and even Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by Warren Buffett, and the proportion is not low.

So in 2014, before Xia Yu's rebirth, his wealth reached an astonishing $74 billion, regaining his position as the richest man in the world that year.

After the equipment was repaired, Gates continued his speech calmly. The tone was flat and confident, unaffected, and of course received a full round of applause in the end.

Some entrepreneurs and leaders in related fields feel inspired.

This speech also touched Xia Yu.

In fact, he really got in touch with the IT and Internet industries in 2008, and even began to invest in 2010 before conducting in-depth research. He can remember many things, but it is still difficult to grasp the specific situation at that time and what the practitioners thought.

The speeches of Gates and others represent the most cutting-edge thinking at this time.

Tomorrow there will be Intel's Craig Barrett, Motorola's Sandell, and the day after tomorrow, Hewlett-Packard's famous female chairman Carly Fiorina, who is ready to listen to them when he has time.

That's what I'm thinking. Suddenly, a middle-aged man from Huaguo walked up to Xia Yu, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it Mr. Xia Yu from Polestar Electronics?"

Xia Yu felt that this person was a little familiar, nodded and said, "I'm Xia Yu, may I ask who you are?"

"My name is Fang Zhanping. The president of Huaqi Digital", Fang Zhanping shook hands with Xia Yu, who got up, and said: "It's better to see than to hear, Mr. Xia is really a hero and a young man!"

It turned out to be the boss of the patriots, Feng Jun's number one cadre! Of course, he had seen it

Xia Yu also said: "I have admired Mr. Fang's name for a long time!"

Fang Zhanping smiled and asked, "I don't know if Mr. Xia is free tonight?" At half past eight in the Venice Hall next door. There was a cold dinner party, which was organized by Yang Yuanqing Yang of Lenovo Company, and privately invited many excellent companies from Huaguo to participate in this CES. Would you like to join in the fun?"

"Okay! I'll take care of a little thing, I'll be there later!"

It makes sense to participate in this kind of event.

Don't look at the bayonets of these companies competing in the market, but there are occasions when they must be dealt with. No one knows if they will cooperate one day, these are the accumulation of resources and status.

Not to mention that some companies are professional managers, and there are many ways in the future.

Here Xiao Wenjing planned to go back to rest first, Xia Yu sent her into the room, rubbed her face and kissed goodbye, and then happily returned to Hilton all the way.

"It's so annoying, for the same 100,000 US dollars, my company's exhibition hall is only six square meters! The one in Korea who makes the keyboard is eight square meters, and the location is still in the middle of the peripheral hall!"

"Our company spent 200,000 US dollars to get the D-grade, but the place is a little bigger, eight square meters! You can put an extra chair! But in such a shabby place, who will look at it?"

"Forget it, what year is that not the case? unless you have the strength of Lenovo. ”

As soon as he approached the hall, Xia Yu heard several people around the door complaining with wine glasses.

Yes, the principle of discrimination at CES is here!

Don't think that such an influential show can really be fair, in fact, the discrimination at CES has always been obvious. Not to mention the bias towards large companies, even the geography is clearly delineated. Companies in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea must have preferential treatment under the same conditions!

This did not change until a decade later, but it has not disappeared completely. To put it bluntly, the national strength is not strong enough, and the strength in this area is not strong enough!

Without saying much, he walked straight to the place where the MP3 circle gathered. (To be continued......)

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