Recently, Xiaomi Group Chairman and CEO Lei Jun participated in a cross-border dialogue titled "Literature and Ingenuity" and had a conversation with host Zhang Lei and writer Liu Zhenyun. During the conversation, Zhang Lei mentioned: "Mr. Lei is also deeply involved in the absurd episodes of life. Everyone should know that eating breakfast is our normal physiological need."
She also said: "But just for breakfast, a sentence from someone you never thought you would meet in your life was included in the video and interpreted from different angles by all the media, (producing) some interpretations that were not particularly friendly. Did Mr. Lei also feel a sense of grievance, innocence and resentment?"
Regarding this situation, Lei Jun said in the program: "I went back to participate in the World Youth Development Forum, so I thought about taking my colleagues to have breakfast in the morning. Hubei has a very rich breakfast. They asked if they should record it and help promote their hometown. Later, they found the most famous (store) in a famous local alley, and we squatted on the roadside to have breakfast. Many people came and watched."
Lei Jun responded: "Such a simple thing has been on the hot search for several days. I am also surprised."
He further said: "In today's traffic era, you may praise you for your traffic, scold you for your traffic, or ridicule you for your traffic. This may be the price we all have to bear in this era. People who attack me may have no position and are just for traffic, and there are even troll companies that want to make money from traffic. So when you see these reports, just smile."
According to previous reports, Lei Jun appeared on Zaojie Street, Dacheng Road, Wuhan, eating breakfast in front of a breakfast shop. On that day, Lei Jun was squatting on the street eating hot dry noodles. There were a large number of onlookers, and professional photography equipment was used to shoot from multiple cameras. When a little girl passed by, he said, "There are so many people taking pictures while eating breakfast."
