The height of summer in Yanjing was like an overturned furnace, immersing the entire city in a sweltering heatwave.
The International Conference Center had its air conditioning blasting, so there was no need to worry about the scorching heat. But there were so many attendees that the Wi-Fi had completely crashed.
The organizers, looking grim, hurriedly called over the IT staff to get the network back up as quickly as possible.
Handsome Dong was absent from this year's Hua Country Internet Conference.
The speaker on stage at the moment was Ding Lei. He first announced the good news that NetEase Youdao Dictionary's user base had surpassed 300 million, then went on to talk at length about his experiences raising pigs.
How bizarre!
Many of the entrepreneurs in the audience silently scoffed.
During the afternoon breakout session, Lei Yijun took the stage to share Xiaomi's founding story.
