Chapter 703: Chapter 667: Unexpected News_2
Whenever there was news about Lincoln, he would always rush to the scene as soon as possible.
Last time, in order to capture Lincoln’s floating airship flying over Xiajing City, he braved the cold on the rooftop of the tallest building in Xiajing during winter, without any complaints from start to finish.
Afterwards, he enthusiastically wrote an article, praising it as a “previously unseen bold innovation, not only has it achieved excellent publicity for Cloud Dream’s new game, but the flight itself has become a unique sight, adding a touch of brightness to Xiajing’s cold winter.”
The chief editor wondered if these words could be considered rainbow farts, and whether they were too subjective.
But in the end, even though there were suspicions, the facts could not be denied, so the article was published.
This time Jim volunteered enthusiastically, the chief editor agreed, but was prepared to accept another “rainbow fart” article.
But anyway, it was the gaming industry, and Lincoln’s reputation had always been good, so the editor accepted the rainbow farts psychologically.
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When Jim arrived at the press conference, it was just 7 o’clock, and it was still very early before the start of the 9 o’clock conference.
But as expected, the colleagues had almost filled the conference room.
Everyone clearly had high expectations for Cloud Dream’s invitation and the upcoming big news.
Some people even thought about taking a walk inside Cloud Dream and snapping some photos before the press conference began, and ideally interviewing some employees as well.
After all, such opportunities were rare; usually, they couldn’t get in.
But they quickly discovered that they had thought too much, as the entire Cloud Dream building was empty and there was nobody to be seen.
— Cloud Dream’s check-in time for work is 9 o’clock in the morning, and no employee would come to the company before 8 o’clock, let alone now when it was only 7 o’clock.
Only Quentina, Cloud Dream’s housekeeper, who had come early, led the administrative team to organize the press conference.
So, everyone in the room sat there, chatting casually while waiting for the press conference to start.
At 8:10, Cheryl, along with the “New Media Group,” came rushing in, excitedly setting up live streaming equipment, ready to take advantage of this hot topic.
She wore a neat hoodie, with a kitten nestled in her hood, five cats, and a dog running after her, attracting everyone’s attention in the conference hall.
—These cats and dogs were basically brought by the employees of the “Chang’an” development team.
These people were now all fired up and ready to work hard, coming to the company one after another before 8 o’clock to start working.
At 8:30, Lincoln arrived at the company.
However, he didn’t start the press conference early but went to the “Chang’an” project team office first to have breakfast with the employees who hadn’t eaten, and then talked about Chang’an’s development plan.
At 8:55, Lincoln arrived at the press conference just in time.
As the start time approached, the reporters in the audience gradually stopped chatting and the venue slowly became quiet.
In the silence, Lincoln walked slowly onto the stage with a microphone, facing the full house of reporters.
“There has always been a major shortcoming in the [Journey Plan].”
Without any opening remarks, Lincoln began the press conference directly.
And his opening sentence surprised many reporters.
Everyone’s expectation in their hearts was a big piece of news about the game; moreover, the choice of the press conference site at Cloud Dream’s headquarters provided strong support for this speculation.
But now, wasn’t it?
[Journey Plan]?
Many people had to think for a moment to remember the plan: since the launch of the [Eight Sides] series of audiovisual headbands, the Journey Prosthetics Company had sponsored a special education school every week and called this initiative—[Journey Plan].
But there was no need for Jim, who was disabled, to think at all!
Moreover, just by hearing Lincoln’s first sentence, he immediately guessed the theme of this press conference—
“Could it be that people with language barriers can speak now?”
“What?” A colleague sitting next to him turned his head in confusion.
However, Jim didn’t need to explain anymore.
Because Lincoln’s next words confirmed his guess:
“That is, we have only been able to help students with visual and auditory impairments, and for children with language impairments, we have been powerless due to technical difficulties.”
“It’s cruel for these children to watch their blind classmates regain their sight, their deaf classmates regain their hearing, while they themselves remain unchanged.”
“Fortunately, this regret will come to an end today!”
“Due to the limited time, everyone can only watch the live video for the following content, please forgive us.”
Although Lincoln was apologizing with his words, his expression and tone were full of pride.
Everyone followed his gaze, looking at the suddenly illuminated giant screen—
What appeared in the lens first was a school that many people still remembered:
Gan Province Shanggui Special Education School for the Blind, Deaf, and Mute
That was the first school that appeared at Journey Prosthetics Company’s press conference, and also the first stop of the [Journey Plan].
The familiar box truck, the Sacred Mountain Logo on it, everything seemed like a repeat of yesterday.
The western part of the country during winter appeared much colder than the east, and the school seemed somewhat cold.
Add to that the fact that many students with visual and auditory impairments had already transferred to other schools, and even the parents of the students who were still there were considering transferring their children away next semester—if they had a choice, who would want their child to attend a “special” education school?