Han Wenbo pushed open the conference room door, and Feng Jun followed him inside.
The previously buzzing conference room immediately fell silent, and Fang Ziqing, sitting in the front row, widened her eyes when she saw Feng Jun, inadvertently muttering, "It's him?"
"Everyone, please quiet down. Today, it is my great honor to introduce to you the CEO of our Sun and Moon Technology Company, Mr. Feng Jun."
Han Wenbo led Feng Jun to the podium in the middle of the conference room and then began to speak.
Feng Jun stood at the podium, looking at the group of young men and women below.
These people were clearly recent university graduates, mostly in their early twenties, with almost no one older than Feng Jun.
"Small potatoes," Feng Jun thought to himself, "compared to the pre-battle speeches in Doomsday, this is far inferior."
"Fellow employees, today is my first time meeting all of you.
I am very happy because all of you sitting before me will become some of the wealthiest people in the country in the future; China's Silicon Valley is in your hands."
Feng Jun said after a moment of thought.
As soon as his words fell, a chorus of sighs rose from below.
Feng Jun merely smiled when he heard them.
Contemporary university students, indeed, showing no respect for me, their boss.
If it were Feng Jun, he would also think the boss on stage was bragging, after all, this is the 'bragging' style characteristic of Chinese bosses.
Ignoring the boos from below, Feng Jun continued, "Sun and Moon Technology Company, this is the name Han Wenbo and I decided on when we started our venture together.
Sun and Moon combined form the character 'Ming' (bright), meaning 'bright' or 'tomorrow.' Our company holds humanity's tomorrow."
"Hiss~"
"Oh my~"
As soon as he finished this sentence, the boos from below grew even louder.
If before it was just a few people whispering, now it was a chorus of jeers.
Feng Jun merely smiled and said nothing more, simply watching the audience quietly until the boos stopped before continuing.
"I know it's hard to convince you with just my words, so I've brought the R&D department's latest work."
"Come in," Feng Jun said towards the door.
The conference room door was pushed open once more, and the group of young men and women sitting in their seats immediately looked nervously at the entrance of the conference room, some already imagining a robot walking in.
However, only a tabby cat and a small wolfdog walked in, and the conference room immediately fell silent.
Some people even thought, "This boss must be crazy."
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, just pay me."
"I've truly lived long enough to see this.
What is this boss trying to do?"
Everyone's minds began to wander, and some had even started planning where to jump ship tomorrow.
Feng Jun offered no explanation.
At his signal, the cat and dog jumped onto the podium in front of him.
Following the method Yan Xin had taught him, Feng Jun found a button on the cat's left ear and pressed it.
The mechanical cat immediately stiffened in place, then emitted a click, a sound of mechanical unlocking.
A seam slowly appeared on the cat's neck, revealing the internal mechanical structure and wiring.
The initially dismissive crowd immediately widened their eyes, staring intently at Feng Jun's operation.
Feng Jun then removed the cat's head from its body and held it up to display it around, then reattached the head.
He then repeated the same actions on the mechanical dog beside it.
After demonstrating for a while, Feng Jun restored the mechanical cat and dog to their original appearance.
At this point, the group of employees below were too astonished to speak.
After reassembling them, Feng Jun restarted them, and the mechanical cat and dog began to move like ordinary kittens and puppies again.
All of this had left the many employees below speechless with surprise for a long time.
"These two kittens and puppies are actually made of machinery."
Fang Ziqing finally recovered her senses, staring blankly at Feng Jun on the stage.
Feng Jun said, "I won't display the internal structure of the prototypes to everyone anymore.
The rest will require you to personally experience the product details.
Afterward, Han Wenbo will explain the various functions and design concepts of the product in detail.
However, I believe that after seeing these two prototypes, you will be more convinced by what I have said.
I believe that both the company and everyone present will have a better tomorrow."
After saying a few simple words, Feng Jun left the conference room, leaving the rest to Han Wenbo.
As for him, he had more important things to do.
Han Wenbo was better at handling such matters than Feng Jun.
He stepped onto the stage, opened his laptop, and connected it to the projector.
He then began to rapidly present the PPT that Feng Jun had given him, while the cat and dog below weaved through the crowd, every employee unable to resist reaching out to pet them.
After a two-hour presentation, Han Wenbo hastily concluded his speech.
If he were to explain page by page, he probably wouldn't finish even by tomorrow.
"The two prototypes are kept at the company headquarters, and you are welcome to study them freely.
Additionally, the officially released product has not yet been named, and we are currently soliciting names internally.
If you have a good name, you can tell me."
After the meeting ended, it was already time to get off work.
Normally, this group of recent university graduates would rush to punch out and leave.
But today, not a single one of them headed for the exit; instead, they all gathered around, curiously examining the cat and dog.
"It's so amazing, it's just like the kitten I have."
"This little dog is truly lifelike; it even knows how to tilt its head to look at me, so cute!"
"Little dog, can you do a handstand?"
Someone suddenly asked the mechanical dog.
Feng Jun had given instructions before leaving that they would try their best to fulfill some 'normal' requests.
Upon hearing someone mention a handstand, the mechanical dog first made a confused expression, then hopped twice in place, and then steadily raised its hind legs, walking around the table on its two front paws.
The surrounding crowd became even more excited, all starting to make requests.
"Little cat, do a somersault."
"Little dog, perform a standing long jump."
"What's a standing long jump, do a pole vault!"
Feng Jun had already returned to his CEO's office, boredly playing on his phone.
Han Wenbo pushed open the door and walked in, looking extremely excited.
He seemed as if he had just fought a battle; after taking off his suit jacket, his shirt underneath was soaked with sweat.
"How was it? What do the employees think of the product?"
Feng Jun asked.
"I didn't ask them that," Han Wenbo said, "but of course, they were extremely shocked.
Several young men from the publicity department have already said they won't be going home for the New Year; they want to stay at the company and finish the marketing plan early.
And a few cat and dog lovers have already started hugging the cat and dog and 'huffing' them."
"That's good, I feel quite confident leaving the company to you," Feng Jun said.
"There's something I need to remind you about."
Han Wenbo seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Although I haven't been involved in program research and compilation for several years, I still know how complex it is to design AI to be so lifelike and how much R&D cost it requires, not including the design costs.
Once the product is launched, it will definitely attract attention from all sides.
As long as someone pays a little attention, they will discover the technological content contained within.
At that time, I'm afraid you won't just have industry competitors, but also government departments looking for you."
"Oh, that, I've already thought about it.
You can just focus on running the company," Feng Jun said.
Feng Jun had already considered what Han Wenbo said.
Competitors, they don't exist in this world; even America cannot produce technological products that can contend with Doomsday.
As for the government, he just needed to cooperate well, after all, he only wanted to be a rich man.
Seeing Feng Jun's confident demeanor, Han Wenbo said nothing more; after all, the company belonged to Feng Jun, and he only needed to manage the results.
For the rest of the time, the two began to chat casually, as they would soon prepare to go home for the New Year.
He left the server in his CEO's office.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the product to be mass-produced before release.
However, no matter how well he was doing, there was one thing that gave Feng Jun a persistent headache: being pressured to get married.
Before leaving, Feng Jun first made a call home.
From the sound of his parents on the phone, they had already arranged five or six blind dates for him.
When Han Wenbo learned about this, he suddenly said, "Why don't you just bring a secretary home for the New Year?"
"A secretary? Where would I get a secretary?"
Feng Jun said.
"Fang Ziqing, secretly, she's from the same hometown as us.
You can just take her home for the New Year, you'll even save on train tickets, and it'll be very impressive, plus it'll save you from the trouble of blind dates," Han Wenbo said.
Feng Jun quickly refused, "Forget it, just let her work well for you here.
I don't have time to come to the company much in a year, so I don't need a secretary.
Besides, I actually already have a girlfriend, it's just not convenient to bring her back for the New Year."
In fact, Feng Jun also wanted to bring Li Lu back from Doomsday to give her a stable living environment and keep her away from the threats of Doomsday.
However, even after two upgrades and expansions, the storage space still could not carry any living creatures.
Feng Jun even tried with zombies, but after crossing over, even the dead zombies stopped all activity, and even the piye bacteria inside them lost their activity.
However, this also relieved Feng Jun a lot; at least he didn't have to worry that his crossing would bring the viruses from Doomsday to his world.
Perhaps he would find another way in the future, but for now, Li Lu would just have to bear with it for a while.
The task of collecting gene seeds had always weighed on Feng Jun's mind.
What exactly was the storage space?
Where did it come from?
What was the purpose of the gene seed?