223: Chapter 223 The server has arrived!

"There isn't much that needs to be responded to."

Zhao Yang looked into the camera, his gaze exceptionally profound.

"Their invitation is due to their interest in the underlying computational architecture presented in my NIPS paper. If I go to MIT, the core patents I produce there would be labeled with MIT's name. This offers no particular benefit to me."

"As for the academic environment..."

Zhao Yang paused, his tone brimming with confidence.

"Hardware is merely an aid. As long as my brain is still functioning, wherever I am is the center of research. Valuable research will naturally manifest its own worth. I don't need a foreign title to prove the value of my work."

These words spread across the country instantly via the live broadcast signal.

An enormous number of people were following this live stream online; the number of concurrent viewers on major video sites soared continuously, and the heat of online discussion hit the ceiling.

As the interview progressed, netizens engaged in extremely heated discussions in the bullet comments and forums based on Zhao Yang's answers and the Host's questions.

"Holy crap! That's so arrogant! 'Wherever I am is the center of research!' Hearing this from a freshman is simply electrifying!"

"It seems God Zhao said something similar before... that 'I am the absolute authority in the field of Twin Primes.' It's really similar to this sentence!"

"This is the true mindset of a big shot! They only care about the truth! They don't care about all that messy stuff at all!!"

"'Running is a physical process'... I'm speechless. I pant like a dog after running eight hundred meters. Is this how big shots do sports? He actually specifically calculates the state of the human body and formulates training tasks based on his own condition. I bow down to the big shot; no wonder I can't run far!"

Of course, the internet is never short of nitpickers. Some of Zhao Yang's haters jumped out again, making a big deal out of his previous lack of humility at the press conference.

"Arrogant and conceited! He doesn't have a shred of the Chinese virtue of humility. Does he really think he's invincible just because he published a few papers? Science has no borders; his kind of narrow-minded nationalism and working behind closed doors will lead to him being isolated in the international academic circle sooner or later!"

As soon as this bullet comment floated by, it was immediately blasted back by a dense barrage of comments from other netizens.

"Science has no borders, but scientists have nationalities! God Zhao kept the patents for the core architecture in our country. What does a spineless person like you, who has been kneeling for so long you can't stand up, know?"

"Humility is face-saving for mediocre people. He solved a world-class conjecture in mathematics, was warmly invited by MIT as a visiting scholar in computer science, and is the top in the country in the marathon. How do you want him to be humble? Would you be happy if he said 'I'm actually trash'? Haters, get lost!"

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No matter how turbulent the online public opinion was, the CCTV live interview continued.

The Host asked Zhao Yang questions, and with the back-and-forth, time passed quickly.

As the live broadcast neared its end, only three minutes remained.

The Host looked at the script in her hand, leaned forward slightly, and said to Zhao Yang, "Zhao Yang, as the most representative phenomenal figure among the current young generation in China, at the end of the program, could you face our camera and say a few words to the young people across the country who are currently studying or have just entered society?"

Zhao Yang sat on the sofa and thought for a moment.

The Speech Mastery skill was automatically triggered, and thoughts began to flow like a spring!

He looked directly into the live camera. Adjusting his breathing frequency, Zhao Yang's voice came through the microphone, steady and powerful, with a strong, soul-piercing persuasiveness.

"This world is constructed of objective physical laws and cold mathematical formulas. It never favors any individual's emotions; it only respects absolute strength and knowledge."

Zhao Yang's opening was very direct, but the sense of power in his tone made everyone watching the broadcast fall silent.

"Do not waste your energy on meaningless entertainment, blind trend-following, and online wars of words. Those things cannot elevate your cognition, nor do they help you truly understand the reality of this world."

"Go and learn. Go and tackle those obscure and difficult professional books, go to the laboratory to conduct thousands of trials and errors, go and master a skill, hone it, and hone yourselves. Go to the fields, go to the factories, go and practice, and use your own footsteps to measure the world steadily."

Zhao Yang's voice gradually rose, and his tone became more serious.

"The rapid development of the Dragon Kingdom over the past decades did not rely on empty talk, but on the industrial foundation built by countless researchers in workshops and oil wells. Future international competition requires more people who do practical work steadily. We need more clear-headed minds to break through those technical barriers monopolized by the West."

Finally, Zhao Yang paused for a second.

"A hundred years ago, a predecessor once said: 'Study for the rise of China.' Today, I hope all of you can think for the sake of exploring the limits of truth, and climb for the sake of forging the vital equipment of a powerful nation."

"I hope to encourage one another. Thank you, everyone!"

The studio was silent for a full three seconds, and soon, thunderous applause erupted throughout the entire room.

This speech was incredibly powerful. There were no empty platitudes; every sentence was upright and struck directly at the heart.

After the live broadcast ended, the program's producer enthusiastically invited Zhao Yang to have dinner at the CCTV internal cafeteria.

After dinner, CCTV sent that Buick business van to take Zhao Yang back to Beijing Forestry University.

In the following days, as the CCTV interview aired, Zhao Yang's fame broke out of his circle, sparking discussion among countless people.

But Zhao Yang still ignored the overwhelming carnival of online public opinion.

His daily routine remained very regular. Every day, he still went to Professor Professor Gu Ming's laboratory at the School of Life Sciences to grind Biology experience.

He read books in the afternoon, and in the morning and evening, he would exercise without fail, practicing Eight Extremes Fist and Five Animal Frolics, and occasionally going to the playground for a ten-kilometer relaxation run.

During the self-fitness tests in this period, Zhao Yang discovered a highly valuable phenomenon.

His current physique was as high as 26 points; ordinary weight training and running indeed could no longer cause any tearing damage or enhancement effects to his muscles. Even the fierce and domineering Eight Extremes Fist felt somewhat light when he performed it, as if there were no resistance.

However, the Five Animal Frolics was different.

This ancient Daoyin technique passed down from Hua Tuo did not have its core power-generating point in the contraction of external muscles, but in the surging of internal organs, the stretching of fascia, and extremely deep and long internal breath regulation.

When he forcibly performed the Tiger Pounce and Bear Sway movements of the Five Animal Frolics with his 26-point physique, those movements involving subtle internal organ tugging and deep meridian stretching could still make his body feel a slight soreness and swelling.

Five Animal Frolics still had a certain microscopic stimulation and flexibility optimization effect on his internal organs, which currently surpassed human limits.

Therefore, he remained extremely self-disciplined and insisted on practicing Five Animal Frolics every day.

Time passed quickly.

At the end of the month.

Zhao Yang received a phone call from Gu Jinghuan.

"Zhao Yang, the server you asked me to buy finished customs clearance last night. Currently, the equipment is sitting in our bonded warehouse in Tianjin."

"The entire set of equipment includes two standard 42U cabinets, a cooling array, and a UPS uninterruptible power supply. The volume and weight are quite large. It can be transported to Yanjing in about three days. You need to prepare a place to put it in advance; the electrical load of an ordinary student dormitory or teacher's apartment definitely won't be able to handle it."