201: Red Star X, which made the news

"Uncle Li, is there a need to be so secretive?"

"We aren't dealing in contraband. Even if President Chen finds out, so what?"

"Exactly, exactly."

Several people chimed in, a bit dissatisfied with Li Lei's arrangements.

Why was doing this job like being a thief?

"My brothers..."

"No, my big brothers, you don't know my pain." After saying that, he told the young men about how he had been "robbed" by Chen Chen earlier. "President Chen is just committing highway robbery, you know? He transfers people away just like that."

These words left the young men looking at each other in bewilderment. Was playing with computer vision a crime now?

If President Chen found out, they'd be transferred to headquarters?

"Then, Uncle Shitou, regarding the salary..." one young man looked at Li Lei with mischievous intent.

"The salary is no problem!"

"Besides the normal pay, everyone gets a certain subsidy. You're all professionals in this field; you can absolutely rest easy about the compensation."

"You guys are all Little Shitou's classmates and teammates, so don't worry."

Li Lei immediately stated with righteous conviction that they didn't need to worry about the pay. This new team had been brought in by his nephew, Li Shi. They had achieved a brilliant third-place finish in the National Robotics Competition in the first half of the year. Upon graduation, Li Lei had recruited his nephew along with his entire team of classmates.

"Alright then, Uncle Shitou. Where is your prototype? Let us get an idea of the current progress first," Li Shi said to Li Lei.

Li Lei picked up a Robot Vacuum from a nearby shelf. "This is my prototype. Currently, I've replaced the original distributed sensors with Lidar and infrared."

"The main problem we're facing right now is that scene object recognition isn't up to par. It can't effectively distinguish between trash and other items."

"As for the mechanical arm, one issue is a lack of flexibility and a high failure rate. The second is the intelligent algorithm—it can't effectively coordinate the arm's movements."

"It's still quite a long way from being practical."

After Li Lei finished speaking, the young men nodded. It was indeed quite difficult.

However, the more challenging it was, the more excited they became.

"Alright, Uncle, leave it to us." With that, several of them got to work immediately, preparing to take it apart first.

Seeing these young men get into the zone so quickly, Li Lei felt relieved.

As he was about to leave, he turned back and said to them, "Remember what I just said: enter the village quietly, don't fire any shots."

*Ring ring ring ring!*

Just as he closed the door for them, Li Lei's phone rang.

"A call from President Chen?"

"He couldn't have found out right after I finished hiring them, could he?!"

He nervously swiped to answer, but as he listened to the voice on the other end, his eyes grew brighter and brighter. "No problem, no problem! I'll take the next flight to headquarters immediately."

Hanging up the phone, Li Lei pumped his fist excitedly. He never expected—truly never expected—that there would be a day when President Chen would actually send things to him... "Beijing is playing a leading role in scientific and technological innovation, vigorously developing new quality productive forces, and actively promoting major technological breakthroughs and applications to inject strong momentum into high-quality development."

"In Beijing, there is such an enterprise that, guided by technological innovation, incubates and nurtures high-tech industries to lay out future industries and accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces."

"From cutting-edge technologies in the laboratory to unique, world-leading products, it requires the accumulation of long-term research and development..."

"Red Star X, the world's first original Full-Screen Display concept phone, is leading the new trend in mobile phone development."

"Red Star is accelerating its layout in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Currently, China's first AI voice assistant has been launched on Red Star Mobile Phones."

"I am currently at the mobile phone development lab in the Hongxing Science and Technology Park in the Haidian District of Beijing, where the first Red Star X Full-Screen Display concept phone was born..."

"Chen Chen of Red Star Group stated that Red Star insists on technological innovation as its core to build a high-quality technology R&D platform..."

"Our country has reached a package agreement with King Abdullah regarding oil import trade."

Out of the total 30-minute broadcast of Xinwen Lianbo, the report on Red Star lasted for a full two and a half minutes. It was an incredible amount of exposure.

The news not only featured the Red Star X Full-Screen Display phone but also included interview clips of Lu Weiqi, Chen Chen, and Cheng Wenfei. Chen Chen had originally thought this CCTV interview would just be a few dozen seconds on the evening news.

He never expected it to go directly onto the 7 PM Xinwen Lianbo.

And it lasted for two and a half minutes!

Why wake up late: "Holy cow, Red Star has really made it big, actually getting on Xinwen Lianbo."

Eternal Void Primordial Dao Lord: "Awesome! Let's see who dares to call Red Star a knock-off manufacturer now!"

Will autumn flowers bloom: "Red Star X actually made it onto Xinwen Lianbo? Can someone tell me if this is real or fake? Is it really that impressive?"

Mao Diao Temple: "@Chen Chen, President Chen, you've even been on Xinwen Lianbo, can you release more stock? It's way too hard to try and grab a Red Star X."

Yu: "Who is that Professor Cheng? How come I've never heard of such a person at Red Star? Was he also responsible for the development of Red Star X?"

Alian who loves cold-dressed willow buds: "You don't know Professor Cheng Wenfei? He's a world-renowned expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His paper on the 'Distributed Dendritic Neural Network Engine' is very famous. I didn't expect Professor Cheng to be working at Red Star now. I bet Red Star's classmate xiao xing was spearheaded by Professor Cheng."

Only because of the dance of the universe: "No wonder Red Star's classmate xiao xing has been out for so long and not a single domestic manufacturer can keep up. It turns out Red Star has a heavyweight expert backing them."

Leisurely Fantasy: "Look at the picture! Look what I found! Doesn't the phone in this dog tycoon Little Prince's hand look familiar?" Attached picture: A shot from Xinwen Lianbo showing Abdullah holding a Red Star X while waving as he boarded his plane.

President Xingchan: "Crap crap crap! Isn't that a Red Star X in the Little Prince's hand?"

Seven Sharks: "Even the dog tycoons are using it, and I still haven't..."

Waiting for the wind but it won't come: "Can you compare yourself to a dog tycoon? That dog tycoon directly donated 5 million us dollars to the Red Star Beijing Xing Family flagship store! That's how he got to use it. How about you donate something to Red Star too, person upstairs? Forget 5 million us dollars, 5 million RMB will do."

Miracle Cube: "If I had 5 million us dollars, I'd definitely donate. But if you're talking about donating 5 million RMB, I can't do that—because I actually have that much."

Yu Chengbei looked sourly at the reports about Red Star and the various comments from netizens. Because it was a report from official media, the entire comment section was filled with a positive atmosphere. In such a situation, who would dare say a single negative word?

"Sigh!"

Yu Chengbei let out a long sigh. The Mate 7 was about to be released, and he hadn't expected CCTV to give such a massive assist. A phone that even a Middle Eastern Little Prince liked—those domestic 'entrepreneurs' would surely buy them all up, wouldn't they?

With CCTV personally mentioning them and the dog tycoon Little Prince personally 'endorsing' them, Red Star had really stolen the spotlight this time.

"Old Yu, why are you sighing? It's not like our Huawei hasn't been on Xinwen Lianbo before. Red Star just got on once, that's all." Zhao Ming said, stepping forward as he saw Yu Chengbei's poor complexion.

"You don't understand."

"For this Mate 7, I was planning to focus on the domestic market. With things like this, I'm worried about the market..."

Unlike the p series which was launched in Paris, France, Yu Chengbei had meticulously crafted the Mate 7 for domestic business people. Large screen, large battery, fingerprint recognition module—it had everything.

Plus, it was powered by Huawei's latest flagship processor, the Kirin 925.

Now, Yu Chengbei was even starting to consider changing the date of the launch event.