Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

Time flies, and it is October again, the annual National Day holiday is here as scheduled.

On this day of national celebration, Future Technology Group's first global technology exhibition grandly opened at the Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center.

The exhibition attracted the attention of the global technology community and became one of the most anticipated technology events of the year.

In the previous life, the site of Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center was originally located in the industrial park of Future Technology Group.

However, in this life, Hao Qiang had already acquired this land as the location of the global headquarters of Future Technology Group.

Faced with this change, the Pengcheng Municipal Government had to re-plan and eventually invested heavily to build a brand new Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center only two or three kilometers away from the Future Technology Group.

This world-class convention and exhibition center has a total construction area of ​​approximately 160 million square meters and an indoor exhibition area of ​​50 square meters. It is one of the largest convention and exhibition complexes in the world.

Its magnificent architectural design, advanced intelligent facilities, and efficient transportation facilities make it the preferred venue for top international exhibitions.

共有19个展厅，包括16个2万平方米的标准展厅、2个超大展厅（分别4万平方米）和1个5万平方米的多功能展厅。

As early as July this year, Future Technology Group had already locked in two super-large exhibition halls of the Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center, totaling 80,000 square meters, to host the group's first global technology exhibition.

This move caused quite a stir in the industry, because such a large-scale exhibition hall rental is extremely rare both at home and abroad.

After all, the rental fee of Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center is not low. The daily rental fee of a single super-large exhibition hall is as high as hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Of course, the cost of building such an exhibition hall is two to three hundred million yuan.

According to industry practice, it takes at least five years for a convention and exhibition center to recoup its investment costs. After all, the exhibition halls are not rented out every day and are idle most of the time.

This time, Future Technology Group rented the venue for three weeks, two of which were used for booth construction and commissioning, and the exhibition lasted seven days.

The total cost reached 20 to 30 million yuan, and almost no domestic company would spend such a huge amount of money.

At this exhibition, Future Technology Group will exhibit hundreds of cutting-edge technology products covering artificial intelligence, future cars, cutting-edge chips, new energy and other fields.

However, the most eye-catching thing are the several disruptive technologies that the group had previously deliberately kept mysterious in its publicity.

Officials only revealed that these technologies will redefine human life in the next decade, but the specific details remain strictly confidential, whetting the appetite of technology enthusiasts around the world.

As early as a month ago, Future Technology Group announced the news of this technology exhibition through major media around the world.

For a time, the scientific and technological community, investment institutions, academic experts, and even representatives from various governments all turned their attention to Shenzhen, hoping to witness the next technological revolution that would change the world at this event.

After all, this is the first time that Future Technology Group has announced its cutting-edge products to the world.

Moreover, Future Technology Group does have this capability.

Students can visit the exhibition for free starting from the fourth day with their student ID.

For overseas visitors, it costs 500 yuan to enter.

Others need to spend 50 yuan to purchase real-name tickets with their ID cards.

If it were open to the public for free, it would probably be packed with people when flying cars and some cutting-edge technology products were on display.

In this case, Hao Qiang still plans to charge for the exhibition so as to recover the exhibition expenses.

Even if there is a charge, it can still attract countless people.

Well, especially my peers.

In general technical exhibitions, colleagues in the same field account for a very large proportion of the exhibitors.

Therefore, Shenzhen during the National Day is even more lively because of this grand event organized by Future Technology Group.

There are also many overseas people who come to Huaguo specifically.

ASML's Chief Technology Officer Martin led a delegation of 15 top engineers and senior executives and flew from Eindhoven, the Netherlands to China.

Although he did not expect to see the legendary Future Technology Group's lithography machine at this exhibition, if he could get a glimpse of the Future Technology Group's latest breakthroughs in chips or other cutting-edge fields that have not yet been made public, this 8,000-kilometer journey would be worth it.

On the morning of September 30,

The Gulfstream G650 private jet carrying Martin's team landed at Pengcheng International Airport.

After checking into the hotel, they went to Future Technology Group.

Of course, it was just a tour of the periphery.

ASML is in competition with Future Technology Group and there are conflicts between them, so it is impossible for Martin to visit Hao Qiang.

I guess no one will meet him.

"This is the Future Technology Group. It's really big!"

Martin sat in the car, took a look, sighed slightly, walked around, and then left.

ASML has been in the lithography machine industry for many years, but was pushed off the altar by Future Technology Group in recent years.

Of course, ASML is doing well today, after all, Future Technology Group does not sell lithography machines.

However, ASML's profits are much lower and its stock price is not as good as in previous years.

When Future Technology Group announced that it could develop cutting-edge chips, ASML's stock price fell immediately.

The next day,

At 9:30 in the morning, Martin and his team left the hotel and arrived at the Pengcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center.

When entering the venue, I was a little surprised to learn that each overseas person needed to pay a ticket fee of 500 yuan, while Chinese people only needed to pay 50 yuan.

"This, Future Technology Group treats us differently!"

Martin grunted.

"The Hua people are really disgusting!" An executive accompanying the team couldn't help but curse.

Martin smiled bitterly: "What else can we do? Future Technology Group has no intention of inviting us.

Moreover, the overseas visitors are all colleagues in the same field, so they will try to cheat as much as possible.”

"Yes, now that we are here, it would be a shame not to go in!

But the ticket price is really not cheap for ordinary people."

Having said that, everyone still bought their tickets honestly.

The ticket is only valid for that day and will be confiscated after entering the security check channel.

At the entrance of the exhibition, there is a map of the exhibition project distribution area and introductions in Chinese and English.

As Martin's vision gradually focused, his pupils dilated slightly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face:

"Flying car? Future Technology Group has actually turned this concept into reality?"

"Lithium metal battery? Isn't this technology still in the conceptual stage?"

"Intelligent robot dog? They've even developed that?"

......

The cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements displayed in the regional map were dazzling, and the surrounding visitors were already excited, with exclamations echoing in the exhibition hall:

"Oh my God! Is this really a flying car that can be mass-produced?"

"The flying car is in Hall 2, Section B, Location 2. Go check it out."

"Oh my god, Brother Qiang is so awesome! He even made an intelligent robot?"

"Intelligent Driving L3 Exhibition Area?"

Although Martin could not understand the Chinese language being spoken around him, he could fully feel the shock brought by these scientific and technological achievements from the exaggerated expressions and excited body language of the Huaguo audience.

He noticed that many Western visitors, like him, had expressions of surprise and doubt on their faces.

"It seems that we have seriously underestimated the research and development capabilities of Future Technology Group." Martin said to the accompanying team in a low voice.

A blond executive on the team snorted, his tone clearly bitter: "It's too much of a coincidence to release so many breakthrough technologies at once.

Maybe it's just some carefully packaged concept model."

But despite the doubts, everyone couldn't help but quicken their pace.

Once you arrive at the exhibition area, you can tell the real from the fake with just one look.

If it's true, well...

Crossing the exhibition project distribution area map, following the crowd, they just walked into Exhibition Hall No. 1 and were attracted by the simulated robot at the door.

They followed the surging crowd into Exhibition Hall No. 1.

As soon as he stepped into the exhibition hall, Martin's steps stopped involuntarily.

On the circular booth at the entrance, three simulated robots are performing interactive demonstrations.

Martin's attention was first attracted by the oriental female robot on the left booth.

She was wearing an indigo silk cheongsam, and the delicate buttons on the stand-up collar swayed slightly with her elegant body language.

When a European visitor asked in English whether the flying car was real, the corners of her lips curled up naturally, and a perfect smile appeared at the corners of her eyes: "Of course, we at Future Technology Group don't like false propaganda..."

There was a warm quality to her voice, and she tilted her head slightly as she answered.

Most amazingly, she manages to smile a sly, dimpled smile when asked humorous questions.

When asked about technical principles, her answers are not only logically rigorous, but also automatically adjust the density of terms according to the questioner's expertise;

When faced with tricky questions, she would purse her lips, a characteristic gesture when thinking, and control the interval between answers to about 1.2 seconds - perfectly simulating the response rhythm of human technical experts.

These details sent shivers down Martin's spine.

Such natural and smooth interaction means that Future Technology Group's breakthroughs in natural language processing, computer vision, and motion control may have been at least five years ahead of the industry.

Damn Hao Qiang, he’s really good at research and development!

In the middle is a young male robot wearing a casual suit with the Future Technology Group logo. His appearance is based on Hao Qiang, and he answers visitors' questions in the same way.

When multiple people asked questions, he was able to answer them without interruption.

But what really made the whole audience hold their breath was the silver-haired old man on the right who was demonstrating Tai Chi.

Although his facial expressions were still somewhat mechanical, his every move was smooth and flowing.

The sound of cloth shoes rubbing against the floor when starting the posture, the sound of wind raised by sleeves when doing the cloud hand, and even the slight adjustment of breathing when ending the posture, all perfectly reproduce the aura of the Tai Chi master.

If you notice, these sounds are simulated through voice control.

When the white crane spread its wings, the visitors applauded spontaneously.

Martin and his team looked at this booth for nearly ten minutes before moving to other booths.

When Martin and his companions followed the constant exclamations and arrived at the central exhibition area, the scene before them made them stop in their tracks.

On a simulated battlefield covering nearly 1,000 square meters, more than a dozen wheeled robot dogs are performing a jaw-dropping demonstration.

These matte black quadruped robots are walking on the two-meter-high bionic rock wall as if it were flat ground, and they are walking very fast.

They perform various difficult movements with amazing coordination: climbing steadily on a 45-degree inclined slippery rock surface, jumping accurately from a two-meter-high cliff to the other side, and even adjusting their posture in mid-air to complete a 180-degree turn.

The "sizzling" sound of the metal joints in operation and the dull thud of impact when landing intertwined, forming a strange mechanical rhythm.

These mechanical creatures can also perform tactical evasive maneuvers—rolling, sudden stops, and zigzag runs—with the entire set of movements flowing smoothly.

Stability, ridiculously strong!