Chapter 46

No one was more excited than the locals because this was a high-tech product created by a Chinese company—a revolutionary product that could change the world, which would make millions of people proud and applaud!

Now, Chinese netizens dared to bluntly say that Chinese technology companies were leading the world, ahead of Europe and the U.S!

Likewise, people all over the world were amazed when they saw this product. Could something like this really exist in this world?

“Thank you for the applause!” Ren Hong finally shifted his stiff body, which was like a wooden carving. When he spoke again, the warm applause gradually softened with almost everyone eagerly looking at the young and handsome man on stage.

“S-1 has a high-quality operating environment. It can be used normally between a maximum of 176 degrees Fahrenheit (80 degrees Celsius) and a minimum -32.8 degrees Fahrenheit (-36 degrees Celsius). Likewise, S-1 can also be used normally underwater.” Once again, Ren Hong revealed a tantalizing piece of news.

The configuration of S-1 was simply unparalleled at the moment. Every viewer who watched the livestream or was on the scene couldn’t wait to have their own S-1 right away. It was too perfect and impeccable.

However, everyone agreed that the price of this product wouldn’t be cheap at all. For the audience, the thing they wanted to know most was the price of this product. It was as if Ren Hong didn’t want to announce it.

“Even though it’s already so perfect, I still think that S-1 is still a half-finished product!” Ren Hong wouldn’t stop until he entirely stunned the crowd.

His words startled the audience, leaving them looking at him dumbfounded. But in an instant, they returned to their senses and grew excited.

“God! This is just a half-finished product? What will the final product look like?” A female European reporter asked in dismay.

On stage, Ren Hong took off the wrist device and skillfully opened the HD interface in the hollow display. Everyone was unable to look away from him. Anticipation, excitement, apprehension, and other emotions filled the hearts of every audience member.

Ren Hong smiled and said to the audience, “I think hand-control is still too tedious. I’m too lazy to do it, so how about voice control instead?”

Voice control?

Some of the audience with active minds quickly recalled a keyword that he mentioned earlier—Little You, the voice assistant.

Wasn’t it an artificial-intelligence assistant like Microsoft’s Cortana or Apple’s Siri? Many were a little disappointed. They thought Ren Hong would be announcing some new black technology. However, they were still pleased with the perfection of this product. They only hoped that the voice assistant, Little You, wouldn’t be too stupid.

But soon, they learned that they were very wrong.

Ren Hong faced the audience with aimless eyes, saying: “Little You!”

“Hi! I’m here, do you need help?”

“I want to take pictures; help me turn on my camera!”

“I turned it on. Take your selfie, narcissist!”

“Adjust it to 6x zoom.”

“Done!”

“Well, I don’t want to take pictures anymore; I want to watch a video!”

“What do you want to watch? YouTube?”

“Sure, I want to watch Iron Man 4!”

“Okay! Playing Iron Man 4 now. Do you want to skip the opening?”

“Yes, and the volume is too low.”

“Opening skipped and volume turned up to 30%. Do you need to turn it up some more?”

“Nah, it’s fine!”

“Forget it, I don’t want to watch the video anymore. I want to listen to a song; turn the video off.”

“Okay, it’s off. What song do you want to listen to?”

“Let’s have a country song! Euro-American style!”

“Okay, now playing Taylor Swift’s latest song.”

“Next song!”

“And the next one!”

“Little You, I want to shop online; open Amazon for me! Well… I’d like to buy a copy of the novel, Frank’s Journey in StarCraft.”

“Sorry, Sir. Little You doesn’t have access to your account. You have to authorize Little You to help you complete your payment!”

“Okay, Little You, I’m authorizing you to use my account for payment just this once!

“Payment access acquired once; do you confirm to pay and complete the transaction?”

“Confirm!”

“The order is completed!”

“Little You, clean up the cache, optimize the device, and also check for viruses.”

“Processing in progress, please wait… Processing complete: 872MB of cache released, system optimization complete. Device is virus-free and in tip-top condition.”

“Help me open Wikipedia and search for XlouS.”

“Wikipedia is now open. Do you need Little You to read the content?”

“It’s fine, Little You, thanks. I’ll read it myself. Next page! Next page!”

“Okay, Little You. Thank you, I’m very pleased with your service.”

“It’s my duty, please call my name if you need me. Little You is available on call. Goodbye!”

At the end of the three-minute interaction between Ren Hong and Little You, the former returned S-1 into a straight strip and tapped it on the palm of his hand, facing the audience, “If you are a lazy person, get Little You and tell her what you want; she can help you out perfectly. Once you’re done, just tell her “I’m very pleased with your service” and she will leave.”

The audience clamored with thunderous applause again.

One reporter said incredulously, “I can’t believe that Little You’s intelligence is so amazing. She understands any of his language expressions almost perfectly. She… God, I don’t know how to describe her or S-1. Little You’s presence seems to have injected this lifeless machine with a soul. My God! It’s a gift from God!”

However, the applause completely drowned out her words.

Some people were excited, but others were ashen-faced. At that moment, Cook in Apple’s headquarters and the other CEOs of mobile phone manufacturers watching the livestream felt their legs and face twitching.

“There shouldn’t be something so perfect in this world—shouldn’t!” Cook mused.

“I believe that Little You’s existence has breathed life into the device. It is no longer a cold, lifeless machine,” Ren Hong said calmly, “Similarly, I guarantee that S-1 is the best in the field of user privacy and security protection, which is what users are most concerned about. This statement will still be valid in the next five to 10 years.”

Under the astonishment of the audience, Ren Hong introduced: “S-1’s password lock has been replaced with a voice-activated lock, which means that when you turn on S-1, once you activate the option, only your voice can unlock it. Although you can also set a password lock, I highly recommend using the former. You can ask her to set certain information or applications so that only you can access them, again without any complicated operations on your part. All you need to do is to tell Little You your thoughts. The laser-hedge imaging technology also has a powerful and efficient fingerprint scanner that will recognize your fingerprint as soon as your hand comes into contact with the interface. When you tap on a certain application with a privacy protection set, only your fingerprint can open it. It is likewise with voice control. In short, you only need to convey your commands to Little You, including authorization for various privacy and security features.

“But before you can do all of the above, you need to activate Little You for the first time, which we commonly refer to as the ‘acknowledge master feature’. To activate Little You, you will first need to register a XlouS ID, and it is important to emphasize here that XlouS ID can only have one registration per user identity. Log in with the XlouS ID you’ve created. After you’ve logged in, you can give your voice assistant a name that you like. At the start, Little You will request you to say 5 different sentences for voice recognition and fingerprint archiving. Next, you’ll activate her, and she’ll have absolute control over the device as a butler or assistant. Little You will only be responsible toward you! And follow only your orders! Even our company would need at least a year to crack your authority. You can grant a number of permissions to Little You as the master, such as the payment authorization I just showed you. As I said before, let me emphasize that the above actions only require you to talk! Say it! Tell Little You!

“One may ask, what if someone gets the user’s fingerprint and unlocks the device? Heh heh, let alone the difficulty of obtaining fingerprints, the thief will first have to get past the voice control safety pin. Some may ask, what if one’s voice changes in case of a cold? At that point, you should have also authorized Little You a face dynamic recognition unlocking privilege. As long as you position your face in front of the front camera for about 5 seconds, you can unlock your device. Oh, it won’t work with your face on a video; only a living face.”

At the press conference, Ren Hong announced to everyone: “The voice assistant, Little You, makes electronic devices officially move from the era of hand control to the era of voice control!”

No one knew how many times the applause sounded. The audience could no longer extend their compliments for this device because they had used up all the adjectives they knew and expressed every emotion they were capable of.

Now, everyone could only think of one thing: what is the official price of S-1?