The people around were cheering, celebrating America's great victory.
Soon, everyone's emotions became fervent. Many of them were constantly banging on the car windows nearby, or hitting the car bodies, or using small knives to carve beautiful lines on the car. At this moment, someone near Ruth's car made a gesture that was hard to understand towards the people inside. Then everyone saw this person climb directly onto their car hood and start dancing wildly on the hood, celebrating their great victory.
"My hood is going to be deformed from all the jumping!" Ruth's face showed a look of terror.
"Miss Ruth, shall we go down and stop him!" Leng Zhiruo quickly said.
"No, don't. It's too dangerous to go down now. See how bulging his waist is? There must be something there. Also, did you see his earlobes are red and his pupils are rolling upwards? That's the state of having smoked marijuana. This is an addict. Who knows what he might do. It's too dangerous to go down!" Ruth quickly stopped Leng Zhiruo.
As a result, this guy called his friends, and eventually, four or five people were jumping on Ruth's car. The entire front of the car had already caved in, as if it had turned into a smiling face.
However, Ruth's situation was considered good, because soon they heard the loud sound of breaking glass. Looking towards the sound, they saw the glass of a department store being smashed, and then a group of people rushed in. In a short while, they came out laughing wildly, carrying many things.
"What are they doing?" Leng Zhiruo asked in shock.
"They are engaging in zero-dollar shopping!" Huang He explained.
However, as misfortune often brings fortune, although this department store was smashed, it also successfully attracted the police. These people celebrating America's great victory quickly dispersed, and the road was reopened. However, the smiling face of Ruth's car could never close.
"My car, I still have a year's worth of loan payments left on it!" Looking at her car, Ruth started to cry.
However, Ruth still had professional integrity. Even though the car was already beyond recognition, she insisted on driving everyone to the entrance of Blackwater Company.
Seeing such a car stop, several security guards at the entrance of Blackwater Company immediately drew their guns, thinking that some dangerous elements had arrived. Startled, Ruth raised her hands again.
Fortunately, Leng Zhiruo loudly stated in English that they were looking for bodyguards. These security guards immediately put away their guns and welcomed them into the company with smiling faces.
There was nothing noteworthy about the subsequent process, especially when Huang He chose the most expensive $10,000 package, which meant hiring 12 bodyguards and three armored vehicles at a price of $10,000 per day to comprehensively protect his safety in the United States. Everyone at Blackwater Company showed Huang He extremely brilliant smiles.
In America, the customer is God. This saying is indeed very accurate.
Thus, the group who had originally arrived in Ruth's car, returned in Blackwater Company's armored vehicles. They were all modified Cadillacs. According to the security guards in the car, it was impossible for ordinary bullets to shatter the glass of these cars, ensuring absolute safety.
In front of and behind this vehicle were escort and tail vehicles. Each vehicle carried four heavily armed bodyguards, all equipped with M4 assault rifles, which are the main combat equipment of the US military.
Some people might be surprised. Can America carry such powerful weapons in the streets?
Generally, ordinary people cannot, but bodyguards are an exception. These bodyguards are strictly trained and possess legal firearm licenses. The professional ethics of these bodyguards also dictate that they will not point their guns at civilians who pose no safety threat.
In fact, there have been virtually no cases of professional bodyguards injuring people in America. Instead, those carrying handguns are a greater threat. We should trust the quality of American bodyguards.
Soon, these bodyguards demonstrated their value. When the convoy passed a street, there were people celebrating nearby, and someone even wanted to jump onto Huang He's car hood.
Then, two fully equipped bodyguards with M4s rolled down their windows and aimed their guns at the guy. He obediently raised his hands and quickly scurried away. Everyone around gave the convoy a wide berth.
Indeed, the money was well spent!
The convoy traveled for about an hour, finally arriving at Huang He's first destination, Silicon Valley, California.
At this time, Silicon Valley in California was at its peak of prosperity, housing numerous technology companies such as Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Yahoo.
However, these companies were not Huang He's target. Although Google had only been established for three years, even now, Huang He could not afford Google. Its valuation had already exceeded $2 billion, and Huang He's $1 billion was insufficient to buy Google.
Huang He's true target was a guy named Andy Rubin.
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"In the future, mobile phones will continue to evolve, becoming miniature portable computers capable of processing various work documents and messages with ease!" Andy Rubin was giving a speech in an open lecture hall.
He was the head of a Silicon Valley company called "Danger," a very small startup technology company. Logically, the owner of such a company would not have the qualification to lecture at the prestigious Stanford University.
However, Andy Rubin himself was somewhat famous. He had worked at Carl Zeiss, Apple, and Microsoft, and had incubated a project worth over a hundred million dollars, which was the world's first internet TV smart television, capable of on-demand TV programs via the internet. This had made Andy Rubin famous in the industry.
Later, Andy Rubin participated in a robotics project, creating a robot that could move freely and was equipped with a camera and microphone. This robot operated freely within Microsoft's premises but was discovered by the security department. The robot was hacked, and it was possible that the hacker could steal Microsoft's secrets through the robot's camera. Consequently, the robot was sidelined.
Andy Rubin was greatly dissatisfied with Microsoft due to this incident. He resigned and established his company, Danger.
"Mr. Andy, we already have very powerful computers. If we need mobile office work, we also have laptops. I don't think there's a need to turn a mobile phone into a miniature computer!" A student stood up from the audience and asked.
"Why do you think so?" Andy Rubin retorted.
"Because mobile phones are too small, they cannot integrate too many devices!" the young man replied. "First of all, the mobile phone's communication baseband itself will occupy a large amount of space. If you add a computer chip to form a miniature computer, the size of the mobile phone might return to the era of analog phones from 20 years ago. You would need a dedicated secretary to help you hold the phone."
"It's also a matter of the mobile phone screen. The current screen clarity of mobile phones is far from sufficient, let alone being very small and unable to display too much information. I cannot imagine the scene of doing Word processing on such a screen that is only slightly larger than a fingernail."
"In addition to this, you probably also need to consider the mobile phone's battery life and heat issues. To support the operation of a miniature computer, the mobile phone battery will likely need to be at least 5000 mAh or more, equivalent to a laptop battery. A battery of this size might be several times larger than the phone itself."
"Then there's the issue of mobile phone heat. If you hold a miniature computer in your hand, within a minute, your palm will probably turn into braised chicken feet, a delicacy in China."
"Hahaha!" The audience burst into laughter. Andy Rubin's expression was a bit awkward, but he said without hesitation, "The problems you mentioned indeed exist, but I believe they can all be solved with technological advancements."
"As for the application scenarios of mobile phones, it is certainly not to compete with laptop computers in terms of complete functionality, but rather to focus on leveraging the mobile phone's ability to connect to the internet anytime!"
"This is the biggest advantage of a mobile phone. Because when you are out, not to mention that laptop computers are very bulky and cumbersome to use, the most important thing is that laptop computers cannot connect to the internet anytime, anywhere."
"But mobile phones are different. As long as there is a 2G network, the mobile phone can connect to the internet. Moreover, mobile phones can be kept in pockets and used anytime, anywhere."
"Therefore, in my imagination, the application scenarios for the future mobile phone industry should be when you are outdoors, for example, on a bus or car, you can take out your mobile phone, connect to the network, browse your work information, or the latest news, or read the latest e-books published online, making use of these fragmented wasted times," Andy Rubin said.
"Clap clap clap clap!" Warm applause erupted from the audience. Many students were fascinated by the future scenario described by Andy Rubin, but many others were not convinced.
For instance, a thin young man with white hair stood up and asked, "Mr. Andy, how long do you think it will take to manufacture such a mobile phone?"
"I think the time depends on the progress of chip technology!" Andy Rubin said. "For such a network phone to have practical value, we must wait for a chip that is smaller in size and consumes less power. Such a chip can only be manufactured by a lithography machine with a process of 50nm or less!"
"Therefore, when lithography machines and chip production technology make significant progress and can break through 50nm, it will not be too far from the birth of a qualified network phone!" Andy Rubin stated decisively.
[As usual, rest days on Saturdays and Sundays. Two chapters of basic updates will be maintained.]