Tech Hammer

"Mark, do you see anything special?"

Pat Gelsinger easily took advantage of the gap after receiving the award, clapped his hands, took off his simultaneous translation headphones, and asked Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, next to him.

"No." Mark Zuckerberg shook his head and took off his headphones. When enjoying music, there is no need to bring this kind of simultaneous interpretation equipment. Although this kind of headset is very advanced and does not need to be inserted into the ear, but vibrates against the skin next to the ear to transmit information, it is still not comfortable to wear for a long time.

"So, what exactly is the Easter egg that Ning is talking about?" Pat Gelsinger continued to ask.

Mark Zuckerberg raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already half past nine in the evening. Two hours had passed since the award ceremony. Normally, it would end after the last award was awarded. He smiled. He smiled and said, "The answer to the mystery should be revealed soon. Let's just stay calm."

…

Although the orchestra has started playing again on the stage, in an auditorium that can accommodate more than 2,000 people, taking advantage of this gap to whisper is not a big deal and will not affect anything.

It's just that there was no cameraman on the stage. The camera kept scanning the faces of the important people in the audience, and soon captured the scene of the two people having a relaxed conversation.

After all, it is quite interesting to watch the CEO of a super technology company that dominates the world-class semiconductor field go from being serious to gradually becoming more relaxed. To a certain extent, it can be said that Pat Gelsinger's performance represents the transformation process of the vast majority of the more than 2,000 viewers at the scene at this time, and the total number of over 200 million viewers watching the live broadcast on all platforms.

It's just that for the vast majority of ordinary viewers, the performance is somewhat opposite.

In fact, there is one thing to say. If Ning Wei had not created too much anticipation for everyone during the previous promotion process, tonight would be a really good award ceremony. . The stage was beautifully decorated, celebrities and bigwigs gathered together, the award-giving guests were humorous and witty, and the winners' acceptance speeches were either thought-provoking or hilarious. It was obvious that everyone had been carefully prepared and no one was perfunctory. .

Just the importance these world-class scientists show to the March Intelligence Award is actually enough to make the audience feel satisfied. But with my expectations aroused, I was still somewhat dissatisfied.

You can’t say that if the band plays more songs and invites more big guys, it means it is more innovative, right?

Especially if the attentive audience notices the changes in the expressions of these big guys from beginning to end, they will still feel very uncomfortable.

…

Finally, the song ends.

When the curtain closed and opened again, the host Ning Wei, who had disappeared for two hours, appeared on the stage again.

Just like when he first appeared, the lights on the stage had been completely dimmed, and there was only one beam of light shining on him.

"Hello everyone, we meet again!"

As soon as he came on stage, Ning Wei smiled and said hello to everyone.

There was no enthusiastic response, but this was probably what Ning Wei expected. His appearance was probably expected by all the audience. After all, it was Zhang Dingxi's turn to go on stage to receive the award. As Zhang Dingxi's mentor and the host of the award ceremony, even if he was not the award guest, he came out to meet him. It's the right thing to do to support your students.

"As everyone knows, this award ceremony is coming to an end. I can feel everyone's disappointment. Really, because I was backstage just now. In fact, I have been watching the live broadcast of today's award ceremony on the Internet. I would also I have to say, this awards ceremony is really ordinary. Is that it? Even the Nobel dinner is more exciting than this!"

This sentence brought a burst of laughter from the audience.

This probably shows that this self-deprecating sentence is very accurate and indeed expresses the aspirations of many viewers.

After all, in the previous publicity, Ning Weiguo said on Weibo that this might be the greatest technology award ceremony in recent years, and he also invited many big names to support it. It is really disappointing that it was held like this.

"but……"

Ning Wei raised his voice and started to change his voice, and the audience also became quiet.

"What makes me feel particularly regretful is that Mingming said at the beginning that this press conference actually has Easter eggs, and they are throughout the entire press conference, but there are no Easter eggs in the entire platform until I came on stage. Among the 38,758 barrages, I found one barrage and found the easter egg of today's award ceremony. There were only 19 weakly related jokes and speculations. Originally, the organizing committee prepared red envelopes , to surprise the viewers who found the easter eggs, but now it seems that the red envelopes cannot be distributed."

"Shh..."

There was a burst of boos from the audience. After all, there was a red envelope that was not mentioned in advance. This was very insincere...

"Haha, don't worry, everyone. Although I didn't say it before, I really prepared a red envelope. The red envelope is not much, only 10 million. Although we haven't been able to send it out, it doesn't matter. We are still prepared to give out the 10 million. We will use it in the future Feed back to consumers in the form of cash. After Ningxin is launched, the 10 million will be divided into 10,000 pieces and randomly assigned to Ningxin's number. Users who purchased Ningxin only need to scan the QR code on the packaging box. If If you are lucky enough to buy the winning chip, you will immediately receive the thousand yuan red envelope."

These words reflected the sincerity of the organizing committee and also made the audience highly focused, especially the big guys from technology companies in the front row.

The highlight that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived. Ning Xin's true face will finally be revealed at this moment. Countless people have been waiting for this moment for two hours. A thousand yuan red envelope doesn't matter, and no one even cares about what the easter egg is. Ningxin's various performance parameters are the most important.

However……

"Speaking of Ning Xin... Haha, when I was watching the live broadcast just now, I found that many netizens on the barrage were concerned. Thank you again for your attention to this Chinese domestic chip. But, actually, I feel that standing on the stage On the other hand, it is pointless to recite Ning Xin’s parameters according to the script. Once the specific parameters are announced, no one can remember them, and the specific advantages and disadvantages cannot be compared on the spot.”

"And today is the March Awards Ceremony. We can't do it like a product launch. After all, the Technology Spring Festival Gala is something that big technology companies like Apple, Intel, IBM, Huawei, Rice, etc. need to worry about; we have to do a good job We cannot compete with them for business at the awards ceremony, so I won’t say much about Ning Xin. We will publish the specific parameters of the chip directly on the official website of the March Artificial Intelligence Journal..."

This sentence definitely stirred up a hornet's nest. The audience booed and the barrages went crazy.

Countless people can persist until now just to see Ning Xin!

The first chip with almost complete independent property rights in China!

It turned out that it was announced but not announced yet?

At this time, noise became the main theme of the ceremony.

At this time, the bright red barrages probably best express the mood of countless netizens at this time.

"Damn it, I know why there were so many security personnel near the rostrum of today's award ceremony. Without these security guards, I'm afraid Academician Ning would have been beaten to death with a brick by the audience!"

"Isn't it? It's an irresponsible guess. Is it because Ning Xin's performance is actually not very strong, so Ning Wei is too embarrassed to announce it on such an occasion?"

"Fuck, Academician Ning, I've already taken off half of my pants, and you're just telling me this? Can you still have some face?"

However, Academician Ning on the stage began to take another turn...

"But...but...but..."

Three consecutive increasingly louder sounds finally made the noisy scene gradually subside. Is this coming again?

"But I didn't say that I won't show you Ning Xin's performance, right? In fact, as I just said, the easter egg that I reminded you before is actually related to our Ning Xin and this year's Computer Award winner, and it is also mine. The achievements of student Zhang Dingxi are closely related. We spent a whole awards ceremony to show this to everyone, do you really not notice anything?"

This rhetorical question made everyone stunned.

The scene began to enter a stage of silence...

Countless people looked at each other...

The entire awards ceremony was used to showcase Ning Xin's performance and Zhang Dingxi's achievements?

Can anyone tell them what exactly they missed?

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On the Internet, there was also a temporary silence...

People need time to think and consider the differences between this ceremony and the past. Some people have even begun to search for videos of the last March Awards Ceremony on the Internet and compare them with today's videos to try to find differences.

Okay, could it be that the band came out earlier? What does this have to do with Ningxin’s performance?

Of course, more people had already given up struggling and began to wait quietly for Ning Wei to reveal the answer to the mystery.

At this time, Ning thought that if it happened again, he would be really in danger...

…

"Well, you didn't notice it, so before letting Zhang Dingxi come to the stage to accept the award, I will reveal this little easter egg for everyone."

After saying that, Ning Wei paused, turned sideways, pointed at the stage, and then said calmly: "God said, let there be light!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the gorgeous stage lights turned on, revealing the Pearl Symphony Orchestra that had just finished playing.

Everyone looked at the orchestra on the stage, not knowing why, but soon someone discovered something different, because the whole orchestra was very strange. Everyone was motionless, not a single sound was made, not even a single movement, and even the conductor turned his back to the audience. There was no tremor in the raised hand, as if time on the stage had completely stopped.

Countless people began to look at each other...

What's the meaning?

Is the band on stage fake?

However, not giving everyone much time to react, Ning Wei continued to say calmly: "God said that music has the power to soothe people's hearts."

The next moment, the melodious sound of the violin sounded at the scene. On the stage, the first violinist in the first row suddenly stood up and began to play the piano synchronously. The others still maintained their previous motionless posture.

After the prelude was completed, the violinists in the first row stood up and joined in the performance.

People who are familiar with classical music can immediately recognize that this is the beginning of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. If you are more careful, you can also hear that the violinist's rhythm and technique are at the same time when he first starts playing. Something went wrong.

Obviously, for the first violinist of the orchestra, this kind of mistake is unforgivable during a formal performance, but fortunately, the strange situation at the scene made people have no time to pay attention to these details.

At the same time, exclamations sounded from the left and right sides of the auditorium at the same time...

Countless people fled, and the lights in the auditorium were turned on simultaneously. Only then did everyone see that the little violinists on both sides who were supposed to be playing on the stage were already playing their violins at the side door that had opened at some point. Walk into the hall...

Obviously, many musicians are in a state of confusion at this time, because they can already see their avatars on the bright stage...

The scene was stunned...

But those who are really shocked should be the viewers watching the live broadcast on the Internet, because they have a better perspective and lens. At this time, all live broadcast platforms almost chose split screen at the same time. The above lens is of the orchestra playing on the stage. The following is a very close-up shot that passes over the faces of each violinist, perfectly showing the faces of these violinists and their expressions at this time...

I can’t say that it’s absolutely clear, but I can tell that these are the same group of people, with exactly the same appearance...

…

"God said that the piano is the king of Western musical instruments! The percussion group is the most impassioned."

Stuck in the rhythm, Ning Wei pointed at the location of the piano and percussion group on the stage.

In an instant, the original piano, the pianist sitting in front of the piano, and the entire percussion group were shattered into countless light spots, slowly floating up. Then the stage elevator started, and the melodious piano sound came. The real piano, pianist, and The musicians and instruments from the percussion group slowly appeared on the stage following the 70-square-meter elevator.

At this time, the violinists and other musicians had already walked from the audience to the stage under the guidance of special staff...

Although the music never stopped from beginning to end, there were really too many mistakes, but no one really cared about these at this time. Everyone looked at this scene in shock until they watched these musicians find their own Position, contact with the previous self, and then the orchestra on the stage turned into light points and gathered at the top of the stage, looming...

Until the last conductor of the orchestra came on stage, Lu Yi stood in front of himself on the stage in shock. He looked at himself up and down on the stage, then tentatively stretched out his hand to touch himself on the stage, and then looked confused. Watching myself slowly break into pieces of light...

The lens that had been prepared long ago captured the entire process in detail...

This also included the expression on Commander Lu Yi’s face that was so shocked that he couldn’t help himself...

If I have to prove something, it is probably that the conductor of the symphony orchestra is indeed the soul of the entire orchestra, because this piece of music, without the intervention of the conductor, was really performed horribly...

Fortunately, at this time, no one took it seriously.

After all, musicians can still rely on their own subconscious, and complete playing can already show that their basic skills are extremely solid.

…

In the audience, countless big shots were already dumbfounded.

After all, they were sitting closest to the scene and had the best viewing angle, but no one really felt that the performance presented in front of them for several hours was fake. Everything was so real, so real that it made people feel Impeccable. This also directly gave soul to Ning Wei's few "divine words"...

A grand illusion was staged in front of them, but no one noticed it.

The camera has already passed over the faces of these big guys.

Really, at this moment, there is not enough time to allocate.

The people in charge of the live broadcast wanted to show too many shots, including wide-angle and close-up shots. Almost every frame had something to watch, so it became a difficult problem to choose.

Of course, everyone has not forgotten Academician Ning who was still scolding Fang Qiu on the stage.

There is no doubt that as the person behind the entire award ceremony, Ning Wei received much attention at this time.

It just so happened that Ning Wei was the least interesting at this time.

When he showed all this to the world, he still acted calmly and calmly. At least there was not much fluctuation in his expression. He was calm and calm, as if he was really showing off an insignificant Easter egg...

Finally, the dreamlike song ended...

The band on the stage stopped playing, but at this time, everyone seemed to have forgotten the curtain call. Many people subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the light spots floating above, like twinkling stars, until the lights on the stage dimmed again. Everything disappeared, as if nothing had happened.

Ning Wei, who had been standing in front of the stage, once again began to speak under the illumination of the beam of light.

"Thank you, thank you to the China Pearl Symphony Orchestra for your cooperation and wonderful performance. Okay, now let's get back to the topic, back to today's theme, the March Award Ceremony. I'm sorry, I seem to be a bit overshadowed. After all, I am not winning an award. By."

Ning Wei held the microphone and said with a smile.

It's just that no one questions anything at this time...

Countless people looked at this academic leader with shock...

What did he just say?

All of this happened with the cooperation of Ning Xin and Zhang Dingxi?

So virtual reality technology can now reach this level?

"Well, everyone must want to ask at this time, am I real? Haha, of course it is real! How could I be fake? I have been chatting with you here for so long, haven't I? You must have a lot of questions now The question is, how do we do all this? This will bring out today’s last March Award winner, the 2027-2028 March Computer Award winner Zhang Dingxi, to explain all this to you. Zhang Dingxi, you are here ?"

"I'm coming!" With a response from the center of the stage, the lights turned on again. Zhang Dingxi, the winner of the March Award, appeared on the huge stage with the elevator. The band just left had already left. Everything was just a dream...

"Ding Xi, the next step is up to you."

"Thank you, Director Ning."

After a simple conversation, Zhang Dingxi walked towards Ning Wei, stretched out his hand, and pretended to take the microphone from Ning Wei's hand. However, the moment the two hands met, Ning Wei's image suddenly shattered again, turning into light spots, and began to gradually drift away. …

Countless people were stunned at this moment...

so……

in the end……

What is true? !