Du Qiu walked into the conference room and found that the conference tables that were disassembled during the algorithm seminar had been re-stitched. They were wide and long in the middle of the room, with high-back chairs on both sides. Although only 20 people sat, they gave people a sense of attention and grandeur, which made him inexplicably think of the scene of Chiang Kai-shek holding a military mobilization meeting in the movie "The Great Battle".

Jennifer held the notepad and pencil and sat on the wall behind the chair with Beth, looking very low-key. Unfortunately, the Chanel skirt and Hermes bag around him were too eye-catching, otherwise he would be a bit like a stenographer.

Yang Fan, who was sitting in the first position on the right hand of the chairman, saw Du Qiu coming in, got up and knocked on the table, and said, "Mr. Du is here. In order to save time, everyone will sit down and prepare to start."

After everyone had sat down, Liu Yunlai raised his hand and chose a middle-aged reporter and said, "Old Feng, please ask first."

Reporter Feng is a Xinhua News Agency reporter and a friend of Liu Yunlai. Both the unit and identity are important, so Du Qiu agreed to ask him the first question during the dinner last night. He took the initiative and immediately turned on the recorder and asked: "Mr. Du, why did you choose to publish company products in free and open source form?"

"I have always believed that knowledge is priceless, regardless of nationality, class, or race, and is the wealth of everyone in the world, not a tool for personal money."

Du Qiu concentrated domestic, American and Japanese reporters in the conference room and could hear each reporter's Q&A, so everyone could hear it, so he spoke very slowly. After he finished speaking, he deliberately paused for a few seconds, giving Zhou Yuan and Aiko Komatsu time to translate.

This sentence is very consistent with the Western political correct values. After hearing this, those American journalists showed admiration, while the Japanese journalists did not respond and disagreed with this. Although domestic journalists did not know what Du Qiu would say next, they told Liu Yunlai all the questions in advance and knew that he would definitely not fool such fake slogans, so they seemed very calm.

"Snapdragon is a commercial company. The natural responsibility of a commercial company is to make money. Don't these two concepts conflict with each other?"

"I don't deny that Snapdragon wants to make money." Du Qiu glanced at the American journalists, and then said: "With the issue of knowledge and making money, I want to use two great figures that everyone is familiar with as examples to illustrate in detail that these two great men are Mother Teresa and Mao Zedong."

"I believe everyone knows the deeds of Mother Teresa better than me, so I won't give many examples. What I want to say is that Mother Teresa has been doing charity in India in 1950, serving the poor, patients and orphans in India in a way that was practical. At that time, the average life expectancy in India was about 38 years old, and now it is close to 60 years old."

Several Western journalists were gloomy when they heard this, and the reporter of the Asian version of the New York Times deliberately said, "She is great" in a seemingly slight voice that everyone could hear.

"Mao Zedong has many deeds, and I will only mention one here, that is, the barefoot doctor system he established. Barefoot doctors is a medical system founded by China in the 1960s. It popularizes health knowledge in rural areas in poverty and remote areas and provides basic medical services..." Du Qiu briefly introduced the barefoot doctor system, and then concluded: "In 1950, the average life expectancy of China was only 35 years old, about 3 years lower than India. Now, the average life expectancy of China is close to 70 years old, and 10 years higher than India."

The face was slapped a little quickly. The Western reporters looked at each other and seemed a little unacceptable. They whispered to each other. Domestic reporters looked gloomy and proud. Jennifer asked Bei Xue softly behind Du Qiu, "Is this doctor system real?"

"It's true."

"Everyone, I give these two great men the examples, not to evaluate their right or wrong, but to illustrate a fact, that is, the difference between service and knowledge. Service can improve the quality of life of a small group, and knowledge can improve the quality of life of a nation, a country, and even the entire human race." Du Qiu took a pampered hand and interrupted the endless discussions of several foreigners, saying: "The Internet is now like China and India in 1950. It lacks knowledge and lacks medical treatment and medicine. Snapdragon releases products in free and open source. It is to allow everyone in the world to browse the Internet safely, conveniently and comfortably, thereby improving the network environment and improving the quality of use. When everyone meets the basic needs, we will provide customized services to some users with higher needs and make money by relying on services."

At this time, an American journalist felt that he had found the point of attack and said provocatively with obvious superiority: "The House of Love founded by Mother Teresa never charges for serving the poor."

"When Mother Teresa was sick, should she stay at the House of Love for free treatment, or go to a top hospital for special treatment?"

The reporter was speechless and speechless because Mother Teresa was 85 years old in 1995, in her twilight years, plagued by illness, and received a lot of news about treatment, and she was in hospitals in developed countries in Europe and the United States.

Jennifer coughed lightly from behind and asked Bei Xue to get up and hand Du Qiu a note. Seeing that it said "Don't argue" on it, Du Qiu smiled slightly, ignored the foreigner, and asked sideways: "Reporter Feng, is my answer OK?"

His answer just now and his performance of urging foreigners is very in line with the taste of domestic official media. Reporter Feng nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's very appropriate and wonderful. All my questions are there, thank you Mr. Du."

Liu Yunlai, sitting on Du Qiu's left hand, acted as the host and announced: "Then the next time Mr. Yang will accept the interview. Shaojie, please ask questions."

This press conference can be said to be a hodgepodge, very strange. Not only are the reporters from three different countries and use three different languages, but there are even two interviewees, one is Du Qiu and the other is Yang Fan, who are interlaced in the form of relays.

This was deliberately arranged by Du Qiu. First, he made a statement to the inside, strengthened Yang Fan's position as the second-in-commander in the company, and prepared for the implementation of the performance appraisal system next month. Second, he made a statement to the outside world, creating an image of his clear division of labor and uninterrupted cooperation with Yang Fan, so as not to see the tragedy of Chen Dayou being ignored when he came back to preside over the work after he went to the United States at the end of June.

This arrangement was originally very unreasonable, inefficient and chaotic, but Liu Yunlai finally agreed to the plan because Yang Fan, who is very valuable, gave up his high salary and American nationality, and switched from a well-known multinational group in a first-tier city to a private company that was established in a small third-tier city for less than half a year. Just like a royal princess marrying a rural guy, it is full of controversy and gimmicks, and the news value is not inferior to Du Qiu at all. The reporter is very interested in him.

The first person to ask Yang Fan was also a related household, Sun Shaojie, who came on behalf of the Science and Technology Daily, went straight to the point and asked: "Mr. Yang, why did you change jobs to Snapdragon?"

"There are three reasons why I changed jobs to Snapdragon. First, I am optimistic about the development prospects of the Internet. Second, I recognize Snapdragon's R&D strength. Third, Mr. Du gave me a high salary that I could not refuse."

"Can you talk about it in detail?"

"You can understand the development prospects of the Internet and the R&D strength of Snapdragon from Mr. Du's speech and code. I won't go into details." Yang Fan focused on the theme of the millionaire in the sun and revealed his value: "In addition to providing a basic annual salary of 200,000 yuan, Mr. Du also promised me that after working for two years, he could get an equity incentive of 50,000 shares. In addition, he also had the priority option to purchase 100,000 shares at a price of 2 US dollars per share. Based on the valuation at the time, the total value was about 315,000 US dollars, so it was difficult for me to refuse."

The annual salary of 200,000 is converted into a monthly salary of 16,700, which is already shocking enough in other companies, but the rumors that Snapdragon executives' monthly salary of over 10,000 have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts and are not considered big news.

Option incentives had not been realized in China before 1995. The reporters had no clear concept of this. They thought it was normal to recruit elite talents like Yang Fan and give some company stocks. And of the 315,000 US dollars, he had to pay 200,000 US dollars out of his own pocket, so he didn't react after listening.

Sun Shaojie is an insider and knows the theme of this press conference better than others. Seeing this, she increases her firepower and asks: "What is the valuation of Snapdragon at that time?"

"When I signed the contract, Snapdragon's valuation was about 30 million US dollars. Two days after I signed the contract, Snapdragon's valuation rose 10 times." Yang Fan looked around the audience with a deep look, and then used more popular words and phrases: "So I believe that in two years, when my work contract with Snapdragon expires, the value of the stocks I get will be far more than 3.15 million US dollars."

Only two years of working and only spending $200,000 can you get at least $3.15 million worth of stocks?!

The reporters finally reacted and were stunned by the shock. Even those American journalists were no exception. Because of such high salary returns, it was very rare in Silicon Valley. Even Jennifer showed a surprised expression and looked at Du Qiu's back thoughtfully.

The questions from the top two related households laid the tone of the entire press conference. Next, under the auspices of Liu Yunlai, Du Qiu made an effort to create the image of a "knowledge hero", talked about various technical details and the concept of knowledge changing destiny, Yang Fan was pragmatic, creating the image of "millionaire in the sun", explaining Snapdragon's talent training system and equity incentive plan. The two cooperated tacitly and took turns to fight. An hour passed without realizing it. The time for domestic reporters to ask questions was over, and it was the turn of foreign reporters to take action.

American journalists were led by Jennifer who suddenly appeared and gave up the idea of ​​exploring Du Qiu's past, focusing on financial issues such as Snapdragon's current financing choices and whether to go public in the future. These two points were exactly what Du Qiu wanted them to ask, and they had already made sufficient preparations. The answers were very skillful and ambiguous. They did not disclose the company's secrets, but also gave enough room for imagination.

Two Japanese reporters from the Nikkei Shimbun remained silent and asked two questions until the last moment. These two questions were very sharp and were related to Du Qiu's "past events".

"Duzanne, where did you get your computer knowledge?"

"Du San, according to our country's laws, you can obtain Japanese nationality through normal channels, return to China to visit relatives in a legal capacity and start a business in Japan. Why do you have to take unknown risks and return to China to develop in an illegal manner?"
Chapter completed!