Qiao Yu, of course, also saw this news. He even knew about it earlier than those professors. After all, any information that might relate to him would be communicated to him.
There was no need for him to make a deliberate effort to follow up.
Qiao Yu happened to research the timing of Microsoft's announcement. It was exactly twenty minutes after he had spoken with the Microsoft representative.
The person responsible for negotiating with Qiao Yu from Microsoft was Lan Wei'er, the director of industry research at the Microsoft Research Institute.
Just by the name, you would know he was an Indian Microsoft executive.
Qiao Yu carefully recalled the negotiation process with Lan Wei'er at the time.
This Indian executive objected to some of the conditions he proposed. Subsequently, he strongly ended the conversation by mentioning how Google, the leading company in quantum supercomputing, had agreed to his terms, so why was there so much fuss with little old Microsoft?
