Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 295: Using his girlfriend's connections to broadcast on the news?

Zhai Da, who originally planned to return home that night, stayed an extra night for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, a Yueda Catering employee from Harbin arrived at Lianyungang Airport by plane that same evening.

The next morning, at the entrance of a logistics company in Dongyang, Zhai Da was carrying a birdcage with a huge crow inside.

It is 50 centimeters long and reaches a person's knees when standing. There was no suitable birdcage available, so Zhai Da made it overnight in Xu Xuejun's abandoned workshop.

Peng Hao waited quietly to the side, while Zhai Da placed the large birdcage on the ground, squatted down, and stared into the scarlet little eyes.

In fact, based on mere intuition, it's hard to believe that the owner of these eyes possesses any intelligence.

But in terms of behavior, he is indeed an outlier.

Regardless of whether the crows inside could understand, Zhai Da calmly said, "You can still choose to fly away now. If you get on the vehicle, it will be a journey of two or three days, taking you thousands of miles away."

"Of course there are advantages too. You can see familiar old elm trees there, and you will no longer have the pressure to survive. You will have a permanent position and can work with me."

Crow: "Caw!"

Zhai Da paused for a moment, then opened the birdcage completely. The sun was shining brightly today, and the blue sky and clear clouds outside should be very tempting to birds.

Then wait for the crow to make its choice.

The crow chose to vote with its feet.

Extending a claw, it squeaked the birdcage door shut again, its nimble toes even locking the latch.

"Gah~!"

Yes, I really want to improve.

Starting yesterday afternoon, this crow kept circling around Sanmao Residential Area, appearing from various windows from time to time, sometimes carrying fruit, sometimes flowers, with a very ingratiating look.

Especially since the person followed Zhai Da on his way to the airport, this behavior touched Zhai Da, who changed his flight, stayed another night, and even made a cage overnight.

Of course, it's not that the bird is stupid; it did show resistance. It was very agitated when getting vaccinated and having its blood drawn this morning. Maybe it closed the door earlier as a form of protest.

In short, it seems I'm going to have another special pet.

What magician can resist an obedient bird?
Zhai Da stood up and called over Peng Hao, who was chatting with the driver.

"Brother Da".

Peng Hao was very excited to be summoned to Da Ge's hometown and given an important task. He felt that this was a sign that Da Ge recognized his abilities.

He needed to take the birdcage with him and care for it all the way back to Harbin in the small truck.

It's difficult for this crow to travel by plane, and I've heard that the mortality rate for pets on air is very high. Zhai Da didn't want to miss class or experience Wu Yue's "boil treatment package," so he resorted to this method.

Having someone in the company makes many things convenient.

Zhai Da patted Peng Hao on the shoulder: "You'll have to work hard. Take a week of paid leave when you get back."

Peng Hao quickly replied, "No need, Brother Da, I want to go to work."

"What?"

"So many new people have arrived. I feel anxious during my vacation."

Yes, she's someone who really wants to improve.

"Then three days it will be, no less than that. And this is for you."

Zhai Da tossed a heavy backpack to Peng Hao. Peng Hao asked in confusion, "Brother Da, what's this?"

Everything the bird needs has been loaded onto the truck, including peanuts, bird food, pet pee pads, and drinking water.

A small truck carried only this much stuff, and the birdcage was placed in the cab, leaving the back almost empty.

"My backpack is naturally filled with books. One of them is about bird husbandry, which I might need on the road. The others are study materials for the 'Safety Production Certificate' exam. I'll study them carefully; they'll help me pass the time and I'll also learn something."

Peng Hao immediately felt an itch on his scalp.
"Brother Da."

Zhai Da waved his hand dismissively: "I haven't forgotten our agreement about taking the certification exam in the second half of the year. I told you, you're only nineteen, you can't be a manual laborer for the rest of your life. Let's go, I'm going to the airport too."

Watching the truck drive away into the distance, Zhai Da turned and left.

He also had 2000 yuan in cash in his schoolbag, fearing that Peng Hao would be stingy on the way, so he forced himself to endure the hardship.

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Later than expected, Zhai Da still returned to the Harbin Institute of Technology campus in the afternoon.

I made the round trip in a day and a half, saw my mom, took away [the executed Old Elm], and also got a pet.
It's incredibly efficient.

When Zhai Da hunched over and slipped into the classroom during the first long class of the afternoon, sitting down next to Lu Wei, it meant that this short journey had come to a complete end.

Lu Wei smirked and gave a cute, handwritten smile: "You're back? Are you tired?"

"fine."

"How are Teacher Yu and Xiao Kui?" "They're doing well. Mom's been exercising more and she's lost a little weight."

On the podium, the young teacher saw Zhai Da being late and whispering to each other, and decided to put up with it for now.

At least Zhai Da came, which shows that they respect him.
Zhai Da didn't bring any books, so he shared one with Xiao Mutou: "Is there anything I need to know?"

Lu Wei thought for a moment and said softly, "Yesterday, a professor in the department said that they plan to hold a small academic conference next month and invite some mathematicians from other universities."

"Listen to you?"

Lu Wei shook her head: "It's not entirely about me, it also includes the academic progress of other professors and scholars from other universities."

I understand. They've set up a whole scheme specifically for Lu Wei, and Xiao Mutou is undoubtedly the main character.

The event took place in the school's main auditorium and was open to all students; I imagine even those who weren't math majors would go to join in the fun.

Little Wood wouldn't be afraid. She's made of wood, not socially anxious, so at least she should be able to finish speaking without any expression.

After all, she didn't care about other people's reactions.

"By the way, has there been any response from the international edition of the *Acta Mathematica Sinica*, where I submitted my English paper?"

Lu Wei shook her head: "The professor said it's too early for that."

The international edition of the Acta Mathematica Sinica and the domestic edition are not subordinate to each other. It is one of the four top mathematics journals, equivalent to Science and Nature in other disciplines. It allows multiple submissions of the same manuscript, but the review process is extremely long.

Rumor has it that some authors' work takes more than a year to revise before it can be published.

While the domestic version can rely on personal connections to expedite the review process, the international version simply requires waiting.

Zhai Da recalled that initially, people in the mathematics department said that Lu Wei's achievements at her age, especially her "six-page" paper, were extremely romantic and would be broadcast on the news for three minutes.

However, although the names "Harbin Institute of Technology math prodigy girl" and "twin beauties" have been circulating online for some time, they have not yet received an interview invitation from "Yang City". Zhai Da suspects that they are still waiting for feedback from the international academic community.

After all, these days, the academic community still looks to Western evaluations; what our own people say is good doesn't count, only what the West says is truly good.

Yes, the entertainment industry, the technology industry, the literary industry, and the industrial industry are all the same.

Perhaps in the eyes of "Yangshi", this is the halfway point, and it's not time to rush into opening the champagne?

After that, Zhai Da and Lu Wei persevered and finished their classes by "collapsing their books together" until school ended in the evening, when they walked out together.

According to the original plan, Zhai Da intended to visit a craft brewery.

But when he arrived at the school gate, he received a call from his "personal counselor" Jiang Xiaobai.

The voice on the other end was barely contained with excitement: "Student Zhai, the teacher from the school's publicity department just informed us that we've received an interview invitation from Yang City. The interview will take place this Saturday, and it's highly likely to be on the evening news!"

Zhai Da was taken aback and decided to retract his statement. He had underestimated "Yang City" before and hadn't waited for feedback from the international academic community.

It's just that it's inefficient.

The school certainly attaches great importance to this. While becoming famous in the public eye is not a "reflection" of teaching achievements, it is certainly a "publicity" of those achievements.

The biggest propaganda tool in China is undoubtedly "Xinwen Lianbo" (the nightly news program). Even though it is a program that is broadcast every day, getting even 30 seconds of content on it is of great value.

Of course, this is on the premise that the 30 seconds are about good things. If something bad happens and it's included in the 30 seconds, then it's a different story altogether.

Zhai Da smiled and said, "That's great. Is there anything we need to prepare?"

Jiang Xiaobai's voice trembled slightly. He never expected that being a "personal tutor" would be such an eye-opener, especially since it was the evening news!
"I haven't received any instructions on what to prepare yet, but they want to interview two people at a time."

Zhai Da was taken aback, thinking to himself, "Two people? Is Lu Siwen involved too?"

To be honest, Lu Siwen is far from qualified. Even without the halo of being the "Goddess of Peking University," she is just a new writer who has just begun to show her talent.

In contrast, Lu Wei's proof of the mathematical conjecture is something that deserves to be highlighted by the authorities in this special era, and it contributes to rebuilding national confidence.

For example, even after Han Han became famous for so many years, and even for more than a decade afterward, he never had the same level of prestige as the CCTV program. The program was still very serious; they might report on which village had a good harvest or which border post was working hard, giving a long segment to the old farmers or young soldiers, but not to the so-called "celebrities."
It's harder than climbing to heaven, unless you evade taxes.

Then Jiang Xiaobai said, "You and Lu should both be prepared not to make any plans for the weekend."

Zhai Da was taken aback: "Is there something else I need to do?"

"Yes, they explicitly said they wanted to interview both of you, though it's possible it won't be on the same show."

Yes, Mayor Yang knows how to conduct interviews.

Even if it's not the evening news, it's still a good thing.

Jiang Xiaobai finally caught his breath and said with a smile, "And this time, the guest is a famous talk show host, Chai Jing!"

Zhai Da:
Seemingly feeling that good news kept coming one after another, Jiang Xiaobai even acted cute:

"Were you surprised? Were you taken aback?"

(End of this chapter)