Chapter 3: Explosive Growth Upon Launch

In the studio.

Facing the camera, Jiang Zhe began to speak in a slow, steady manner.

"The Grandfather Paradox is a cliché to everyone; it belongs to the category of temporal paradoxes."

"In fact, there is a similar temporal paradox called the 'Bootstrap Paradox.'"

"Let's assume: on October 12, 2024, everyone in front of the screen obtained the ability to travel through time."

"Then, in the dark, a goal guides you to go back to the last century to kill your own grandfather."

"Using your ability, you travel back to the past and successfully find your grandfather's location."

"Finally, you are straightforward and cold-blooded, and despite your grandmother's pleas, you raise your knife and kill your grandfather directly."

"If your grandfather is dead, then your father doesn't exist; without your father, you don't exist; without you, there is no 'you' who obtained the time-travel ability on October 12, 2024; without the 'you' who can travel through time, you cannot return to the past, and without returning to the past, you cannot kill your grandfather."

"Okay, here comes the point of contradiction."

"1: Did the grandfather die? If he died, where did you come from?"

"2: Did the grandfather die? He is alive. If he is alive, did you travel back to the past to kill nothing?"

"3: You clearly traveled through time to the past and killed your grandfather, so who killed him? Was it you? No, that's not right, because if your grandfather is already dead, then you don't exist!"

"4: Without you, you cannot return to the past; once you cannot return to the past, theoretically, the grandfather is alive; why then did you happen to disappear?"

"Now, both the grandfather and you will face multiple unsolvable possibilities."

Jiang Zhe's speech was like flowing water.

He threw out all the questions that many netizens were interested in without leaving any suspense!

He paused for a moment to give everyone time to react.

The Grandfather Paradox could be explained by parallel worlds, but parallel worlds were not accepted by most people in his previous life either.

Since he wanted to boost ratings and fame, he naturally had to reject the answer of this world: parallel worlds.

Hearing this.

The interviewees frowned and looked at each other.

Previously, they thought Jiang Zhe was just acting tough and didn't have the ability to give an extemporaneous speech.

Now it seemed that for Jiang Zhe, talking about these things was as simple as eating or drinking!

The key was that he could actually subdivide the 'Grandfather Paradox' to such an extent at once, which directly showed that Jiang Zhe already had many insights into it.

"This guy's tone is quite confident. I don't know what's supporting his backbone!"

"What exactly is that 'Bootstrap Paradox'?"

"He proposed it himself; there is no 'Bootstrap Paradox' on the internet."

"This?"

At this moment, the leaders in the meeting room were all smiles.

This popular science explanation of the Grandfather Paradox was simple and clear.

He laid out all the paradox points right at the start.

Previously, when they saw Jiang Zhe's mysterious title, they wanted to cut off his live broadcast.

Who would have thought that Jiang Zhe's level wasn't as weak as it looked!

Old Zhao praised him with appreciation: "With this level, you can't tell he's a newcomer!"

Wang Guosheng bragged: "Of course, how could someone I picked be weak?"

"So, you feel like you're capable again?"

"Station Manager, no, no, no."

Just then.

His phone suddenly rang.

Old Zhao picked up the phone and connected, "Old Wang, what is it?"

"Good news, it's all good news!"

The caller was Old Wang, who was in charge of ratings, and his tone was full of excitement.

"Within five minutes of the broadcast, the number of people watching the Su City local Television Station reached a staggering 50,000!"

"You know, the total number of people offline and online for our local station used to be no more than 20,000."

"These five minutes directly increased the number of people by 2.5 times!"

Hearing this, Old Zhao couldn't help but widen his eyes, his breathing quickening.

Old Wang was not young and was a veteran of the station; he couldn't possibly lie about the number of viewers!

You should know that the peak number of people when he previously hired professors from Kyoto to give lectures was only 21,000.

Who would have thought that five minutes into Jiang Zhe's broadcast, he would directly refresh the record of those freeloading professors by 2.5 times!

Since Old Zhao had the speakerphone on, the call was naturally heard by all the hosts and leaders present.

Entertainment host Xiao Shiyi and sci-fi radio host Wang Lin looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

"Holy crap, Jiang Zhe's traffic is directly comparable to my prime-time evening entertainment show!"

"This also directly surpasses the number of listeners when I read sci-fi web novels at night; this Jiang Zhe really has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to gimmicks!"

The other leaders discussed it in disbelief, and finally, their eyes focused on the head of the broadcasting department, Wang Guosheng.

Wang Guosheng was secretly relieved; as long as Jiang Zhe played it steady from now on and maintained the traffic, it would be fine.

"How about it?" He looked at Old Zhao with a feigned provocative look, as if saying: See, the person I chose, even if chosen at random, is stronger than the previous hosts and professors!

Old Zhao said seriously: "The early stage is all through gimmicks; it only proves that Jiang Zhe knows how to use gimmicks. As for whether he can keep the traffic, it depends on Jiang Zhe's own ability."

Wang Guosheng smiled slightly, "I choose to believe he can keep it."

...

At this time, in Su City.

Ten o'clock in the evening is not that late.

Many night owls were just starting their nightlife.

Few people watch TV, and even fewer watch local stations!

Most of the traffic Jiang Zhe pulled into Suzhou TV Station was from viewers who clicked in through the synchronized online live broadcast.

Later, most people found that watching these on their phones didn't seem satisfying enough, so they immediately turned on the TV to watch, using their phones to send bullet comments.

"This host is awesome, revealing live that you don't have a grandfather."

"Pfft, upstairs, don't tease me; he's decrypting the 'Grandfather Paradox'."

"The host seems to have changed; he's much handsomer than that sissy host yesterday."

"Let's hope he's not like those freeloading professors from before; I hope he can give me something fresh."

"By the way, this guy is directly giving all kinds of difficult problems of the 'Grandfather Paradox'. Borrowing the traffic of that best-selling foreign author, he probably won't be able to hold onto the traffic!"

"If he can't explain it clearly, I will definitely complain that the official TV station is also starting to play with gimmicks and get him fired."

"..."

The public is used to popular science about paradoxes, including some conspiracy theories.

But seeing a one-man show on popular science about paradoxes and decrypting paradoxes for the first time, this was the only one.

Most people stayed with the mentality of watching a joke.

As long as Jiang Zhe made a mistake in his explanation, they would immediately seize the loophole and post it on Weibo for more people to criticize.

At this time, on the screen.

Jiang Zhe raised an eyebrow.

Shock points from the public kept coming into his ears.

Most of them were increasing by 1 point at a time, and the speed was slow.

"Since everyone already knows the Grandfather Paradox, and I have also raised relevant questions to be solved."

"Next, I will demonstrate for everyone one by one to solve these difficult problems."

"When all the difficult problems are conquered, the Grandfather Paradox will naturally be broken!"