Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 858

Over at the launch event, Emma Ruiz seamlessly concluded the product introductions and smoothly pivoted to their key partner, Litech NaLabs, inviting Nathan Cole onto the stage.

At this point, the livestream was still a ghost town. A few random users occasionally popped in, got bored, and clicked away within seconds.

In the physical venue, the crowd remained painfully sparse—just Lillian's employees, Nathan's captive executives, and a handful of tech scouts sent by Leonard to analyze the presentation.

In a massive rented auditorium, less than a fifth of the seats were filled.

It was awkwardly quiet.

Lillian sat in the front row, watching Nathan take the stage with a calm, amused smile. Whenever the camera panned to her, the sheer force of her stunning visuals kept the few wandering viewers glued to the screen, eagerly hoping the shot would cut back to her. It wasn't every day you saw someone that breathtaking on a random tech stream.

Nathan grabbed the microphone, flashed a charming smile, and started his speech, slowly building up to the core message.

"Looking back, it feels surreal. Years ago, I was just another guy in a plaid shirt, staring at a screen, mindlessly crunching code day in and day out.

"I didn't have a dime to my name, but I was as happy and free as a stray dog.

"If it weren't for Litech NaLabs, and if it weren't for the legendary developer the industry calls 'Li', I'd probably still be chained to a desk, typing away into obscurity.

"But compared to the mythic Li, my skills were a joke.

"Back then, our core team was just two people. Me, and Li.

"When we founded Litech NaLabs, we brought in an investor, but they only provided the capital and stayed out of the operations. That meant one of us had to step up and run the business side of things.

"Unfortunately for me, compared to Li, I lacked both the raw talent and the vision. And it's not just me—to this day, the Li Algorithm remains an undisputed, unshakable titan in the tech world. Anyone in this industry knows that comparing yourself to Li is a fool's errand.

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