Post 5. HIJACK THE BACKSTAGE

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No way! The slides aren't even showing right. The formatting is all over the place. I rush back to the technicians. 6 computers, 10 support staff, and nobody can set up the screen share right? With 10 minutes to go, we need to think fast.

Apparently this things happen even to the otherwise well organized Japanese, and despite the fact that the organizers of the Block Co+ Asia, conference, saved no expense, organizing the event at the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba.

Block Co+ Asia conference, at the Hilton Hotel.

I have sent for Marc and turned to David. “We an have Marc set up the rig here and follow the presentation in real time, showing the prototype in the background” I said. “Yes, that could work”, said David, not loosing his cool.

We tried to explain our plan to the tech-crew in the backstage, but the language barrier was too big to overcome. The always friendly and polite Japanese hosts did all they could to help us, but the situation required a different breed of problem solving. We needed to go the “startup” way. Mobile hotspot, bunch of cables, and some ingenuity — the duct tape and hammer of the 21st century.

5 minutes to go. David quickly explained the plan to Marc. Not expecting that we might need one, we didn’t even bring our computers. Luckily, Jack from Switcheo had one on him and was kind enough to lend it to us. He was in a similar position and we had to join forces. We asked the tech-crew to move, and set up our own rig, effectively hijacking the show. We had to.

Time is up. We have to get on stage. Inhale — exhale… Ok, go!

Speaking at Block Co+ Asia

We did it. As David stepped on stage, Marc has launched our prototype in the background, following David’s words and moves, presented on the big screen in the backstage. It worked like magic.

Marco Aniballi (”Marc”), relaxing after helping “save the day”.

“The smart contracts running in the background, take care of the distribution seamlessly” said David, as I descended to the backstage. Seeing Marc, playing the man behind the curtain, at the very moment of hearing David say this words, made me laugh. We did good, but the presentation was only the beginning...

…TO BE CONTINUED…