Chapter 21 Rumors and Interviews

the next day.

Early in the morning, a lot of little news suddenly appeared on the Internet.

The general content is: According to an anonymous source, this year's top scorer in science has rejected invitations from major prestigious universities and threatened to give up going to university because the universities are incapable of teaching him.

There are also rumors that this top scorer in science is the developer of Tai Chi voice assistant.

This suddenly aroused the public indignation of many netizens, and one wave after another started. Since yesterday evening, there was a wave of discussion caused by the announcement of Universe Technology.

Just today, official websites, forums, post bars, etc. related to Universe Technology were once again angered by a large group of netizens.

Although the college entrance examination scores have not been officially announced, Liu Haoyu's name has finally been revealed this time.

What is unusual is that this time it seems that the direction of the trend is not quite right. It seems that there is an extra group of trolls, most of which are insulting Liu Haoyu and his company Universe Technology.

What's so shameless, what's arrogant about being favored, what's so great about having perfect scores, what a shame, etc.

Only a small group of people support Liu Haoyu.

In the morning, as soon as Liu Haoyu got up, Xiaobai informed him of the news.

After Xiaobai's search and investigation, the information on the Internet was released by the admissions teacher of Kyoto University, including Liu Haoyu's name.

And those abusive trolls are also related to that admissions teacher.

"Is it him? What a fool! I don't know what he was thinking." Liu Haoyu shook his head, feeling speechless about this.

He didn't care at all. This would instead build momentum for his company. It happened that the company was about to hold a press conference, and he wasn't afraid that no reporters would come.

After coming to the company, some employees looked at him differently, full of admiration and admiration.

My boss is actually a science champion! Although there are still rumors on the Internet, the name is mentioned and they believe it.

Liu Haoyu walked into his office.

The first thing was to ask Xiaobai to send the contents of the confidentiality agreement to the legal department and Zhang Lei.

There was a message at the back: Print it out immediately, sign it to everyone immediately, and Mr. Zhang will supervise the implementation.

As soon as the email was sent, Zhang Lei came to his office and talked about the morning news.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Lei also said that he really wanted to thank the person who caused the trouble behind the scenes and helped the company promote it for free.

Then they talked about some company matters, and Zhang Lei left to focus on the matters at hand.

Jingle Bell!

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the landline phone rang.

After glancing at the screen display, Liu Haoyu reached out and pressed the hands-free button.

She was the first to ask: "Hey, Xu Li, how are you signing the company's confidentiality agreement?"

"Director Liu, regarding the confidentiality agreement, everyone in the company has signed it!" Xu Li was stunned for a moment, then replied.

I was going to say something else, but I was interrupted...

"Okay, are you calling to say that Hu Gang has arrived?" Nodding, Liu Haoyu asked confidently.

In fact, just before Xu Li called, Xiaobai had already told him that Hu Gang was downstairs in the company.

"Yes, reporter Hu Gang just called. He is already downstairs of the company and was blocked by security guards." Xu Li's voice came from the phone.

"Well, you go down and bring him up now. Take him directly to my office!" Liu Haoyu said calmly.

"Okay, Director Liu!"

A few minutes later, Xu Li took Hu Gang to the door of Liu Haoyu's office.

"This is our Director Liu's office. Director Liu is already waiting for you inside."

Saying that, Xu Li reached out and knocked on the office door.

"Please come in!"

When Liu Haoyu's voice came, Xu Li signaled to Hu Gang that he could go in, then leaned forward with a professional smile, turned around and left.

Hu Gang responded with a nod and a smile, then opened the door and walked in.

"Hello, Director Liu!"

"Reporter Hu, hello!"

When they met for the first time, the two greeted each other politely and shook hands.

"Reporter Hu, please sit down!" Liu Haoyu gestured toward the seat in front of his desk.

"Okay, Director Liu, I can finally see you in person. Director Liu is really young!" After sitting down, Hu Gang said with a smile.

"Reporter Hu is so polite!"

Liu Haoyu personally walked to the water dispenser, made a cup of tea, and placed it in front of Hu Gang, "Please drink tea!"

"Thank you, Director Liu!"

Returning to his seat, Liu Haoyu cleared his throat and said, "Well, let's get to the point now! But let's make it clear first that I will not accept video interviews."

Hu Gang suddenly smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "I knew you would say that, so I only brought a recorder."

In fact, after Zhang Lei handed Hu Gang to Xu Li to be in charge of contact, Hu Gang had inquired about Liu Haoyu's information from Xu Li just before coming.

Although Xu Li didn't know Liu Haoyu very well, she also knew that Liu Haoyu didn't like to appear in public, so Hu Gang was very self-aware and didn't bring any camera equipment.

"Oh, it seems that reporter Hu knows me!" Hu Gang's words made Liu Haoyu slightly stunned, and then he joked with a smile.

"Dr. Liu is joking." Hu Gang said with a smile.

Then, he took out a voice recorder from his backpack, opened it and placed it on his desk.

"Let's get started! Director Liu, first of all, I would like to ask whether the news that appeared on the Internet this morning is true? In addition, what does Director Liu think of this?" Once he entered work, Hu Gang immediately looked serious and asked the first question meticulously.

"Well, I have taken a look at the news on the Internet this morning, and it is basically true. As for my opinion, I am grateful to the person who spread the rumors behind the scenes for worrying about the reputation of our company." Liu Haoyu smiled. He smiled and expressed his opinion with a serious look on his face.

Hu Gang's expression was stunned for a while, and he was a little surprised by Liu Haoyu's answer. He didn't expect it to be so direct.

"Since Director Liu is so smart and talented, he easily got full marks in the exam, and he also developed an excellent software like Tai Chi Voice Assistant. Then, Director Liu gave up going to college because he really felt that there was nothing that the university could teach him. Are you? Or do you want to focus on running the company? Or are you busy developing a better voice assistant?" This time, Hu Gang asked three questions in a row without hesitation.

"As for your first question, I want to refuse to answer... But after all, it is a hot topic on the Internet this morning, so I will say it." When it came to refusing, Liu Haoyu paused for a moment, and then he was willing to say it again. .

Hu Gang was stunned for a moment. In fact, if Liu Haoyu really refused, Hu Gang would not be surprised at all. He was just asking casually.

Looking at Liu Haoyu, Hu Gang put on an expression that he was willing to hear the details.

"Regarding this question, my answer is: Yes, it is also realistic. Just yesterday afternoon, I rejected invitations from all universities. The reason for rejection was this. There is nothing to hide. Maybe some people will say that I I'm bragging and talking big words. But it really doesn't matter. I don't care what the outside world thinks, and I don't need to prove or explain to you."

"As for the company, I have hired a professional manager, Mr. Zhang, the CEO of our company, so I will not take care of the company myself."

"As for a better voice assistant, I think the current Tai Chi voice assistant is good enough and is at least five years ahead of other voice assistants on the market. Of course, our company will not give up continuing to develop it. In addition, this week, At the press conference on May 5, we will bring you a new version of Tai Chi voice assistant."

After answering three questions in one breath, Liu Haoyu looked at Hu Gang again, waiting for his next questions.

Hu Gang also asked a timely question: "Since Director Liu mentioned the new version, I would like to ask for the majority of netizens, is this new version the announcement released by Universe Technology Company? Is it the surprise mentioned at the end?"

After asking this question, Hu Gang's expression also showed some anticipation. Many netizens were concerned about this issue, and it was also the reason that prompted him to come to the interview in advance, just to see if he could get some information in advance.

However, Hu Gang actually had a clear understanding in his heart that the new version would definitely not be a so-called surprise, otherwise Director Liu would not say it so easily.

Sure enough, Liu Haoyu shook his head and replied: "No, the new version is just a normal update, not a surprise."

"Then can you tell me in advance what the so-called surprise is?" Hu Gang flashed a cunning look, immediately hit the snake and followed the stick, and then asked.