Chapter 432
The person Celeste and Matthias were having dinner with was Maxwell Joreau , the head of the tech company Velotra .
YodaVision had just signed a partnership agreement with Velotra that morning .
After the meal , Celeste and Matthias visited Velotra together .
That day , they spent hours talking with Velotra’s engineers and didn’t go home until nearly midnight .
Over the next two days , Celeste frequently went to Velotra as well . She and the engineers there were practically working overtime together every night . 1
Friday marked the product launch that Velotra had scheduled over a month in advance .
The reason for their hard work wasn’t anything else – it was purely in hopes of refining and partially implementing their collaborative concept before the launch .
Once this concept was fully realized , it would significantly shift the focus of Velotra’s upcoming launch event .
In the early hours of Friday morning , after Celeste and Matthias returned home to rest , both of them headed to Velotra’s launch event later that morning .
Velotra had invited many media representatives and industry peers to the event . As fellow players in the same field , Trevor and Wynn were naturally among the invitees .
Celeste and Matthias , having been busy these past few days , arrived relatively late . As soon as they entered the venue , Trevor and Wynn noticed them .
Upon seeing Celeste and Matthias , Wynn paused briefly .
It was expected that Velotra would invite industry peers – not just to showcase their technology , but also in hopes of potential collaborations .
YodaVision held a major advantage in language systems .
Although they had ended their partnership with InnovaTech and begun cooperating with the Fleming Group , the nature of the cooperation with the Fleming Group was different from the one they’d had with InnovaTech .
In other words , YodaVision was still free to partner with other autonomous vehicle companies , specifically in the area of language systems . So , it was quite possible that Velotra had invited Matthias for exactly that reason . 3
Though Velotra was one of the newer tech companies , it had seen impressive growth over the past few years . Their autonomous vehicles consistently ranked among the top in the country .
If they now managed to secure a collaboration with YodaVision , given YodaVision’s strong public recognition and technological prowess , it would undoubtedly enhance Velotra’s external competitiveness in autonomous vehicles .
That said , Wynn wasn’t worried . 6
InnovaTech’s core strength in autonomous vehicles didn’t lie in language systems . Her company had its own unique advantages
now .
With that thought , Wynn calmly looked away .
As soon as Celeste and Matthias arrived , Maxwell came forward with a smile to greet them .
Seeing how much importance Maxwell placed on Matthias only further convinced Wynn that Velotra interfded to work with YodaVision .
After greeting Celeste and Matthias , the launch event officially began .
Given Fleming Group’s leading position in the tech world , Trevor was naturally seated in the front row as an honored guest .
Possibly thanks to her association with Trevor , Wynn was also seated in the front row , right next to him .
Over the past few days , Maxwell had come to realize that Celeste was actually the key technical contributor in their collaboration .
So , her seat was even more centrally positioned than Matthias ‘ .
Seeing that her seat was next to Trevor’s didn’t surprise Matthias ,
So , he directly took Celeste’s assigned seat . Celeste simply smiled and sat down in the seat next to him .
Wynn didn’t expect Celeste’s seat to be right beside Trevor .
But she didn’t dwell on it – assuming the staff thought Celeste and Matthias were a couple and wouldn’t mind the arrangement .
When Trevor saw Matthias take Celeste’s seat , he said nothing , but politely greeted him, “ Mr. Yoder . ”
Matthias responded with a cold nod .
At that moment , the product launch officially began . Everything proceeded in an orderly manner .
The first half of the presentation followed Velotra’s original agenda . It wasn’t until the midway point that Maxwell took the stage to speak .
He said , “ This project of ours has fully realized intelligent automation – not just in the autonomous driving system , but also in the engine . Velotra has always been at the forefront of the industry , and this has earned us recognition from many peers .
“ Recently , we’ve reached a long – term partnership with YodaVision and achieved significant breakthroughs in various areas .
“ Now , I would like to invite Ms. Celeste Rodriguez , a distinguished engineer from YodaVision , to come on stage and share the recent progress we’ve made in this project . Let’s welcome Ms. Rodriguez ! ”
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