不久以前，我寫文章中預(yù)測過，無論科技圈以外的世界發(fā)生什么，硅谷都將仍然占據(jù)全行業(yè)的主導(dǎo)地位，即使過程令人不快。

現(xiàn)在我仍然這樣認(rèn)為。稱霸業(yè)內(nèi)不代表其他地方不會出現(xiàn)巨大的成功。看看美國北卡羅來納州的視頻游戲公司Epic Games，他們推出了爆款游戲堡壘之夜，其實該公司大熱以前已耕耘多年。上周Epic Games披露，獲得了KKR、Kleiner Perkins、Lightspeed Partners等投資人的12.5億美元投資。各家投資方都希望利用堡壘之夜的超高人氣，對他們而言，如果這款游戲不是曇花一現(xiàn)就更好。

堡壘之夜實在太成功，僅憑這一款就提升了微軟公司整個游戲業(yè)務(wù)。這也是一個硅谷以外的成功案例。這款游戲也稱了中國游戲業(yè)巨頭騰訊的“輝煌業(yè)績”，多年前騰訊收購了Epic Games 40%的股權(quán)。騰訊一直想把“大逃殺”類游戲引進中國。

談到中國，不妨看看《財富》編輯埃蒙·巴瑞特一篇很有趣的報道，介紹了人工智能強化的面部識別技術(shù)在中國應(yīng)用于監(jiān)控方面。他寫道，對研發(fā)面部識別應(yīng)用的公司來說，“中國政府既是恩人也是受益者。”跟西方截然不同。

事實上，《財富》重返中國舉行的《財富》全球科技論壇也將與以往論壇截然不同。該論壇于11月29日到30日在廣州珠江三角洲舉行。兩天期間筆者和同事們將負責(zé)主持。論壇主要討論人工智能和其他科技主題，也包括中美貿(mào)易關(guān)系緊張造成的影響。部分出席嘉賓有：紅杉資本全球執(zhí)行合伙人、紅杉中國創(chuàng)始合伙人沈南鵬、高瓴資本創(chuàng)始人張磊、華為首席戰(zhàn)略架構(gòu)師黨文栓、專注中國市場研究的零售業(yè)分析師韋葆蘭、豐田中國區(qū)董事長小林一弘、教育界初創(chuàng)公司VIPKid在線少兒英語的首席執(zhí)行官米雯娟、攜程旅行網(wǎng)首席執(zhí)行官孫潔、Salesforce首席科學(xué)家、AI專家理查德·索切、高盛全球互聯(lián)網(wǎng)投資銀行部主管Kim-Thu Posnett、中國保險業(yè)巨頭平安集團的首席運營官兼首席信息官陳心穎等。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Pessy

審校：夏林

I wrote a while ago that no matter what happens elsewhere in the tech world, Silicon Valley will remain dominant—if persistently obnoxious in the process.

I still believe that. Still, dominant doesn’t mean massive successes can’t happen elsewhere. Just look at the North Carolina videogame company Epic Games, maker of super hit Fortnite and also a successful plodder for years before becoming a red-hot sensation. The company revealed last week it has raised $1.25 billion from investors KKR, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Partners and others. They’re all eager to take advantage of the popularity of the addictive Fortnite, which for their sake better not turn out to be a fad.

Fortnite is so successful it singlehandedly is lifting the games business of Microsoft, another non-Silicon Valley success story. The game is also a feather in the cap of Chinese gaming goliath Tencent, which bought a 40% stake in Epic several years ago. Tencent has been hoping to bring the “battle royale” game to China.

Speaking of China, check out Eamon Barrett’s interesting piece about how facial recognition technology, enhanced by artificial intelligence, is being applied for surveillance purposes there. He writes that “the government is both benefactor to and beneficiary of” the companies pursuing facial-recognition applications. It’s a different world.

It’s so different, in fact, that Fortune returns to China next month for the Fortune Global Tech Forum, to be held in the Pearl River Delta megacity of Guangzhou, November 29-30. My colleagues and I will host the two-day event that will focus on A.I. and other tech topics, including the ramifications of trade tensions between China and the U.S. Some of the participants will include Sequoia Capital’s Neil Shen; Hillhouse Capital head Zhang Lei, Dang Wenshuan, the chief technology officer of Huawei; China-focused retail analyst Deborah Weinswig; the chairman of Toyota Motor’s business in China, Kazuhiro Kobayashi; Cindy Mi, CEO of education upstart VIPKid; travel site Ctrip CEO Jane Sun; A.I. expert Richard Socher, chief scientist of Salesforce; Kim-Thu Posnett, global head of Internet investment banking for Goldman Sachs; and insurance giant Ping An’s chief technology officer, Jessica Tan.