Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 462 Walking Faster and Faster

Not only Klotkovic but also Yu Keyu couldn't wait for Li Yan.

When Yu Keyu learned that Li Yan was participating in the competition, he was actually under a lot of pressure.

This flat-headed boy who started wearing glasses at a very early age is actually very different from what the outside world imagines.

He was actually also terrified by all the resources he had.

Although there are always rumors about how arrogant Yu Keyu is, in fact he is just a loner.

He never denied the halos surrounding him, but that was only because he didn't want to face it.

The one who thinks he is most unworthy of his position is himself.

But he is not an unlearned person. He is very outstanding, an outstanding person who is stuck in an awkward position.

If he were a little more mediocre, he could choose to follow his heart and deny those halos, or enjoy the various conveniences brought by his family knowing that he was guilty.

If he was a little more powerful, he could truly become the "arrogant Mr. Yu", or...

Really treat Li Yan as an opponent.

Unlike his father who was afraid to face the reality, Yu Keyu, who was also studying in the Youth Excellence Class of Hua University, had been hearing about Li Yan's miracle.

He once had the same idea as Yu Tian. What resources and qualifications did Yu Ke have? He was still in Beijing. He had the right time, right place, and right people. But he ended up being second?

It’s okay to say that there are hidden talents in high school and college, but what can junior high school show?
I heard that Qingxin's Olympic Award was won by Linjiang's various extraordinary operations. I guess it's just that the resources Linjiang invested in Li Yan were more outrageous than those of his Yu family.

But the biggest difference between him and Yu Tian is that he can personally feel the attitude of Huada teachers.

Those highly respected professors, even those who stayed in Beijing to teach, and even those who knew Yu Tian, ​​could not hide their admiration for Li Yan at all during their conversations.

It's just like when you get 90 points on the exam, your parents and relatives will praise you for being a good student when you go home, but when you drink tea, you can't help but sigh about other people's children who always get full marks.

Your parents and relatives may not know where the gap lies, but you know it very well.

There is no way that Li Yan is the same kind of person as Yu Keyu.

What Yu Keyu feared the most was what those middle school classmates said: "Kings do not meet kings."

It is used to make fun of the saying that Li Yan is in Linjiang and Yu Keyu is in Shangjing.

Every time I listen to him, I feel so overwhelmed that I can only choose to escape.

The king does not see the king because a fake king does not dare to see the real king.

So Yu Keyu was actually relieved that Li Yan became the No. 1 student.

Just be well on your own. You create your miracle and I walk mine.

Later, Li Yan even developed future technology and became a billionaire, which seemed to have nothing to do with being a student.

Yu Keyu thought it was a good idea. People of extraordinary ability should follow an extraordinary path.

As a result, Li Yan suddenly decided to participate in the competition, which scared him.

I prepared a bionic robotic arm to break the defense, but it was no match for Li Yan's anti-aircraft gun that was like shooting a mosquito. This is called a dimensionality reduction attack.

Yu Keyu didn't sleep well a few days before the competition.

It's already summer vacation, but he doesn't even want to go out. He stays in his home laboratory every day, thinking about how to optimize the robotic arm so that he won't lose so badly.

The night before the competition report, Yu Keyou suffered from insomnia and tossed and turned in bed. The moment he closed his eyes, he heard Li Yan speaking on the podium, something that only the judges could understand.

No, even the judges may not understand.

The whole audience was amazed by Li Yan's achievements, and Yu Keyu was showing a robotic arm that was obviously not made by himself.

Even one of the judges is the person who provided the production conditions...

It’s suffocating to think about it.

It was simply a public execution.

Unexpectedly, after being nervous all night, Yu Keyu didn't see Li Yan at all at the main venue of the competition the next day.

Even Chen Fan was not seen.

The legendary autonomous driving path selection algorithm that was said to directly find the optimal solution to the wall-chasing game did not appear.

There is no trace of Li Yan in the official list of contestants.

The South China Branch of the Huada Junior Excellence Class (New Taipei First High School) did not have a list of participants at all.

What's going on? Yu Keyu was stunned and looked at his father who was cheering him on.

Could it be that all this was a dream? No way. Yu Tian still remembered how crazy he was at home. The entire scientific research community in Shangjing was talking about Li Yan's miraculous proof. Even his nominal supervisor took advantage of the break to talk about it with other teachers.

How come it's like nothing happened now?
Yu Keyu felt his glasses fogged up for unknown reasons and couldn't tell whether he was dreaming or not.

He finished introducing his bionic robotic arm in a daze, and looking at the affirmative eyes of the judges below the stage, confidence seemed to gradually return to his heart.

Although he knew that the judges' fluency was definitely the result of good rehearsal, no matter what, judging from the results, he deserved to win the gold medal.

Yu Keyu was accepting everyone's praise backstage. His mentality was gradually getting better. Once the pressure was off, he felt relaxed all over and wanted to go to the toilet.

Two middle-aged men smoking outside the toilet were chatting:
"Master Shi is here? So powerful?"

"Yeah, they all went to study at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. It would be embarrassing for them to participate in this competition."

"He doesn't want to compete?"

"I don't think Li Yan would think so. He wanted to participate in the beginning. There is a saying that Mr. Shi himself felt that Li Yan did not know the value of his achievements and was educating him."

"That's Lao Shi's style. He really takes care of the young people he respects."

"The young man that he has taken a fancy to must be remarkable enough in himself."

"Did Lao Shi get promoted recently?"

"Yes, he is now the vice president and concurrently the president of the Linjiang branch."

"Li Yan has a bright future."

"Come on, do people need to look into the future?"

"The future will be even scarier, won't it? If I had ..."

"What are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense after finishing your cigarette. Let's go, let's go..."

"Hey, did Lao Yu do something? If Li Yan withdraws from the competition, wouldn't Ke You be the biggest beneficiary?"

Yu Keyu, who was in the bathroom, felt his heart tighten after hearing this.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, this award is meaningless to Li Yan, so just give it to her."

After they left, Yu Keyu walked out of the bathroom with a pale face.

It’s an emotion that’s hard to describe.

I want to suffer, and I should suffer, but I can’t.

After returning home, Yu Tian did not hold a celebration party. You know, his son is the one who likes to show off any award he wins.

The father and son maintain a subtle tacit understanding.

When Yu Tian saw that Yu Keyu was trying so hard to get excited, he knew most of what was going on.

During the meal, Yu Keyu asked a sudden question:

"Dad, the current vice president of Huake Academy and the president of Linjiang Branch is Academician Shi Lei, right?"

"Correct."

Yu Tian didn't ask his son why he asked this question.

It's another subtle tacit understanding.

"Academician Shi Lei, what are you researching?"

"Applied physics, optoelectronics, materials."

"Is it great?"

"After returning from studying abroad, I have several projects that are strongly supported by the country."

"For example?"

"Lithography."

“This is…” Yu Ke swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

Yu Tian actually understood the second half of his sentence.

"Is this the reason why Academician Shi personally received Li Yan?"

Yu Tian was not surprised that his son knew about this. After all, it was big news that a big shot like Shi Lei was waiting for Li Yan at the gate of the Linjiang branch of the Huake Institute. Yu Keyu did not ask any more questions, and Yu Tian did not say anything more.

The father and son ate their meal quietly.

When the meal was almost over, Yu Tian finally said, "Son, it's great to win an award today."

Yu Keyu nodded, "Yeah, I know, I'm great."

Some things are bitter to recall, so it’s better to pretend they never existed.

Maybe I can live a better life.

But Yu Tian will always remember the phone call he made with Li Yan for the rest of his life—he got the number from Zhou Jingmin.

He mustered up his courage, and after struggling for a long time, he finally told Li Yan that he hoped to withdraw from the competition.

He even said, "This award means nothing to you, but it is very important to my son."

Before he could finish his words, Li Yan's refreshing voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Okay, it just so happens that Shiyuan doesn't want me to participate in the competition, so I'll help them both. That's good."

After Yu Tian hung up the phone, he felt lost the whole night.

On the night when Yu Keyu couldn't sleep, he didn't sleep either.

In fact, Li Yan was also confused by Shi Lei's invitation.

After he met the visitor from HUST, he asked Wang Zi and Zhou Jingmin to coordinate travel plans - he still had to act like a proper boss, and Li Yan didn't think that the invitation from HUST was a favor from the bottom of his heart.

Talent is the first resource. For talents like him, there is only the platform and he can achieve mutual success, and there is no such thing as one doing favors to the other.

Li Yan was not planning to leave for Mashan either. He needed some time to figure out what "learning speed" was, so that he would have the confidence to show off at Huazhong University of Science and Technology... no, only then could he maximize his learning efficiency at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

On the one hand, he needs to take a break and adjust to his identity as a billionaire; on the other hand, he needs time to sort out the company's affairs - no matter how smooth the situation is and how well under control it is, he cannot "lose focus" in such a rapidly changing situation.

With such a large company, even if Li Yan is really a god, there will still be undercurrents.

Human hearts are the most uncontrollable. If you don't keep an eye on them, it will be very troublesome once chaos becomes a trend.

Look at Sun Miao. He will be well behaved for a while after being shocked, but after a while he feels that he is capable again.

It’s not a bad thing, but it’s very easy to lose your position.

Plus, Li Yan wanted to rest for a while.

He needs some sense of reality brought by achievement, spending money, and realizing some vulgar desires, so that he can feel that his efforts can indeed be exchanged for simple happiness.

You don't have to spend your whole life struggling in pursuit of overly high ideals.

I've experienced the pain of being mentally exhausted before, and it's not always possible to pull myself back by breaking through my mental state.

Besides, the heartstrings are something that can easily cause problems if they are pulled repeatedly, so learning to take breaks actively can be considered a proof of mental improvement.

It is always difficult for people to reconcile with themselves.

But Li Yan thought a lot and couldn't resist the fact that the other side suddenly played the big boss card.

The invitation from Shi Lei, who had just been promoted to vice president of HUST and president of Linjiang branch, made Li Yan feel a little excited.

After all, academicians are divided into different levels. He is a top figure in the optoelectronics field and has also made great achievements in the field of materials, especially semiconductors. He is now one of the leading figures in the country's chip manufacturing.

Li Yan thought that he would have to go through a lot of trouble to reach this level.

For example, if you study at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, you will gradually get to know a group of bigwigs, and then use your genius (system) to show your extraordinary abilities, gradually attracting the attention of the bigwigs, and finally shine at some exchange conference or discussion meeting on a certain project...

As a result, Shi Lei showed up before anyone even arrived?

And it was a very formal and open invitation.

An invitation letter was sent in the name of "Linjiang Branch of Huazhong University of Science and Technology".

It is full of sincerity and provides sufficient material for major media.

There was no reason for Li Yan not to go.

He pondered for a long time what Shi Lei meant by this invitation.

It is not difficult to understand. One of Shi Lei’s major tasks is to develop domestic lithography machines. The difficulty of this project lies not only in the technical level, but also in the financial level.

It’s not that the country has no money, but when considering this matter from the perspective of the entire country, it is not something that must be done.

It’s better to leave it to the market for now.

Even if you really make up your mind to spend money, there are too many loopholes to exploit. This thing is not something that can be obtained just by spending money. If it becomes a bottomless pit, the bad impact will be too great.

But if we leave it to the market, people will feel that it is even more unnecessary.

Who has nothing better to do than invest in this? It is too early to worry about "foreign sanctions" now.

Aren’t these things made abroad for the purpose of making money? Preparing for a rainy day is never something private companies should consider.

Idealism is not what the market needs either.

To put it bluntly, Shi Lei lacks money to carry out the task of developing lithography machines.

Li Yan is simply an extremely ideal candidate for collaboration.

Industry related, have ideals, and are damn rich.

Li Yan has the motivation and ability to do this, the key is whether he is interested.

"The rules governing the world, after all, are still about interests..."

Thinking so, Li Yan took a car to the Linjiang Branch of HUST.

I was surprised to see Shi Lei, wearing black square-framed glasses, standing at the door to greet me.

Sir, please don't treat me as a rich man...

As soon as Li Yan got out of the car, she hurried forward and held Shi Lei's strong hands with distinct joints.

"Mr. Shi, why did you come to greet me in person?"

“It’s worth it, it’s worth it.”

Li Yan glanced at Zhou Jingmin who was standing behind Mr. Shi. Seeing his shocked expression, even they probably didn't expect that Li Yan would be so valued.

What's even more outrageous is that just after Li Yan followed him to visit the major research laboratories of the Linjiang Branch, Mr. Shi suddenly waved his hand impatiently and persuaded the media who had been following him and taking pictures to leave.

Some reporters were anxious. The task came at the last minute and they had prepared the interview script all night long, but they were asked to quit before they had even said a word.

"Jingmin, please block it."

"Which conference room are you going to? I'll be there in a moment."

"Just block it."

what?
Li Yan was also stunned. No, could the optimal solution to a wall-chasing game be so awesome?

Or is it that Mr. Shi’s task pressure is too heavy?

The two of them entered a very small reception room one after the other. Mr. Shi made tea himself. Li Yan was about to make tea, but was stopped by him.

"You are a guest. I don't treat you as a junior, and you don't treat me as an old man."

"...Since you say so, I'll relax."

"Relax, we can talk about something."

"You are honest, and so am I."

Shi Lei's face was full of deep wrinkles, and when he smiled, they were all full of ravines. "Li Yan, that old guy Wang Dingyuan always thinks that he went to see you specially because he attaches great importance to you. I think in the end he is just too arrogant."

Li Yan didn't understand what Shi Lei meant by this, she just drank her tea and pretended not to react.

"The older we are, the more we understand the meaning of genius. Some of us spend our entire lives studying something, and we become famous and renowned. But in the end, our value may just be to save a genius an afternoon."

Li Yan narrowed her eyes.

"Li Yan, I can tell you my attitude."

Li Yan put down the teacup.

"Nowadays, many people are still unwilling to face you and are still arrogant. They don't see your value clearly. Many of us have research results, and perhaps in the end, they will just pave the way for people like you."

"Mr. Shi, you are too serious."

"No, not at all." Shi Lei suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Li Yan, his eyes full of sharpness, "You are not normal."

These words made Li Yan's heart beat faster.

Damn, this is impossible, right? There is no way anyone can see his secret!

"The word 'genius' has been overused. I think there have been very few geniuses with the word 'genius' in their name since ancient times. I am not one of them, old man, but you are one."

(End of this chapter)