70: Chapter 70 Chu Ge Becomes an Internet Sensation

Although he had been looked down upon by System Big Brother yesterday, Chu Ge felt that the Electromagnetic Kinetic Sniper Rifle was still excellent.

His motto was: Since it's a good thing, it shouldn't just stop with him; it must be thrown to Li Gang.

After a morning of fierce battle, Chu Ge punctually handed the blueprint plan to Li Gang in the afternoon.

"B-but, Academician Chu, my Laser Grenade team was just established! You can't just keep shearing the same sheep over and over, right?"

Li Gang felt a bit listless; although he was excited whenever he saw a new project, he couldn't handle such a relentless bombardment from Chu Ge.

"That's not my concern. Delegate the team's other projects further, you figure it out. It's not the first time. If it doesn't work, just ask Academician Chen for more people. Anyway, when the time comes, I'll come to you for the finished product."

Chu Ge began to act like a hands-off manager.

"Fine, Academician Chu, who made you the boss?"

"Hahaha."

The people in the surrounding groups saw Li Gang's deflated look and burst into laughter. In the group, Li Gang was the boss, and they only ever got scolded.

Today, they finally managed to "take revenge" through Chu Ge's hands.

"What the hell are you laughing at? Wang Lei, Zhang Yuanqing, you two are laughing the loudest, huh? Fine, let's go, come with me to pick some people..."

"Hey, Group Leader Li..."

...

Chu Ge had already walked away. Listening to Li Gang and the others bickering behind him, his mouth stretched all the way to the back of his head.

"This guy Li Gang has infinite potential."

This was true. Even with such high-intensity R&D plans from Chu Ge, he always managed to finish on time without making any mistakes.

Chu Ge was very satisfied with this; the soldiers he chose were quite capable.

Chu Ge was tormenting Li Gang at this moment, but even he didn't expect that soon, he himself would become the object of torment, and it would come with a vengeance.

It all started on the internet:

"@Wei: 'Famous film and singing star Dilireba Nazha appears at the Shanghai Music Festival, mysterious boyfriend cheers on-site, the two walk the red carpet hand in hand.'"

Chu Ge almost lost his composure when he saw this marathon-length headline. As expected of clickbait artists, their technique was top-notch.

Below the headline, all the details of him and Nazha at the music festival, from getting out of the car to secretly leaving, were introduced in detail, accompanied by very clear pictures.

Especially Chu Ge; the shots taken from various angles even surpassed Dilireba Nazha in terms of detail and quantity in many photos.

"This is clearly the work of professional paparazzi."

Chu Ge muttered to himself, suddenly feeling that something was slightly off.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves; that afternoon, this sensationalist clickbait report went viral across the entire internet.

"I was at the scene, I can prove this report has absolutely no exaggeration!"

"Wow, envious of the person above. Speaking of which, compared to Dilireba Nazha, the identity of her mysterious boyfriend is a mystery."

"The person above hit the nail on the head. When it was exposed a while ago, people had already tried to doxx this handsome guy, but the results just fizzled out."

"There wasn't even a clear photo before. This time, we finally caught him. First, let me pay tribute to the photographer!"

"+1"

"I don't know about mysterious, I just know I'm quite obsessed with this handsome young man."

"I suggest the person above go look in a mirror immediately and ask the person inside: compared to Dilireba Nazha, do you have any confidence?"

"Hahaha... that was ruthless!"

"You guys seem to have gone off-topic. We were talking about the identity of this mysterious boyfriend..."

...

If it were just this, Chu Ge wouldn't take it to heart at all. The internet, after all, has a three-minute attention span. It's not like he hasn't been on the trending list before; he was still just Chu Ge, and he hadn't inflated into 'Brother Chu'.

However, the next flashy move by the Ordnance Research Institute left Chu Ge a bit dumbfounded.

"Damn, the fire started in my own backyard."

Chu Ge stamped his feet while watching.

"@Wei: 'The youngest Academician of the Research Institute, Chu Ge!' Our protagonists seem to be the same person??!!!"

Then, unlike the paparazzi photos, the Research Institute's photos were basically all work photos of Chu Ge while on the job. The similarity was that they were also taken openly from various angles, and in terms of detail and quantity, they were only more numerous than those exposed online.

"What the hell, what is this? Are they afraid the netizens won't realize it's the same person? And they correspond so neatly, are they writing couplets?"

Unable to care about that much, Chu Ge bolted straight for Academician Chen's office.

"Chen, Elder Chen, Elder Chen, it's bad, it's bad! Let me tell you, our Research Institute has developed paparazzi. They've sold me out completely, my photos are flying all over the internet..."

There was a colleague next to Academician Chen. The two were looking at a computer while talking. Seeing Chu Ge rushing in in a panic, they didn't pay any attention and continued discussing:

"Hmm, Little Jiang, the photos your publicity department took are very professional. I don't think they are any worse than those professional photographers from photo studios!"

"Hahaha, Elder Chen is joking with us again. The photographers in our institute are all amateurs, but they're passable."

"It's mainly because Academician Chu is handsome, so the results are good, right? Elder Chen?"

"Hmm, it's alright, not too ugly!"

Academician Chen replied reluctantly.

"Huh???"

Chu Ge panted for a long time, then listened to the two inside talking for a while, and finally figured out the gist of it: the people who sold him out were these two.

Catching the thieves on the spot, Chu Ge was just about to shout for the security department outside the door, but seeing the door plate, he remembered that this was Academician Chen's office.

Who was Academician Chen? He was highly respected, the veteran among veterans, the leader of the entire Research Institute.

Moreover, Elder Chen viewed Chu Ge as his own child; why would he expose him for no reason?

Chu Ge calmed down.

"Alright, Little Jiang, that's it for today. You guys go back and pay attention to controlling the direction. If there's anything else, call me."

"Yes! Elder Chen."

The "accomplice" surnamed Jiang smiled and nodded at Chu Ge, then pushed the door open and left, specifically closing the door behind him before leaving.

"Little Chu, want an apple? There are some on the table."

Chu Ge originally wanted to say no, but looking up and seeing Elder Chen's kind and amiable gaze, he obediently picked up an apple and started eating it.

"I knew you would come. Look, I've prepared a whole plate of apples for you."

"Elder Chen, that..."

Academician Chen waved his hand.

"This was a plan decided long ago. In the past, the country would cover up and hide certain talents, sometimes even keeping them in total obscurity for decades."

"Now, the times are different, the concepts have changed, communication methods have changed, and the way everyone interacts has changed. Therefore, after comprehensive consideration by the country, the way we treat talent should also change!"

"Think about it, it's fine for our own children we've raised, but if foreign talent wants to contribute to Huaxia and provide technology, what then? Are you going to ask them to abandon their wives and families too?"

"Refuse them? Then our path would become narrow. Product sharing, logistics sharing, technology sharing; talent is no longer the private property of any single country!"

"Understand?"

Elder Chen said a lot in one breath. Looking at Chu Ge, who was bowing his head in thought, he stopped, took a sip of tea, and asked.