A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 256 I just can't figure it out.
Of course, amidst this nationwide celebration, there were also some inappropriate remarks. For example, the New York Times dedicated a column to this topic: "Genius Geopolitics: Why China's Scientific Rise Began with Chen."

However, Western netizens were equally scathing, even the New York Times didn't hold back, and they all lashed out in the comments section.

Stop politicizing science! His work in mathematical physics belongs to all of humanity.

One rebuttal, in particular, garnered widespread approval from scientists, forcing The New York Times to take the column offline just half an hour after it went live.

The situation domestically is also far from peaceful.
What's the use of mathematics? Can it be used to make chips?

Such anti-intellectual remarks actually garnered several hundred likes.

When Yang Chi saw this comment, he really wanted to tell these people in the comments section that because of Chen Hui's discovery of gallium oxide, ASML had to exchange technology with China, and this had an irreplaceable impact on the advancement of China's chip technology.

Furthermore, chip manufacturing itself involves a great deal of mathematical knowledge.

Unfortunately, he had signed a confidentiality agreement, so he couldn't reply to the comment. He also retained his rationality; he didn't want to expose Chen Hui's information because of such a fool.

Your phone's GPS algorithm is a variant of the Navier-Stokes equations!

In 1948, Shannon invented digital circuits using Boolean algebra, directly creating the foundation of the chip. Now, Chen Hui's research in topology is giving rise to topological quantum computers—the ancestors and future of the chip in your hand are all mathematicians!

[In the patent portfolios of the world's three giants in chip design software (EDA)—Cadence, Synopsys, and Mentor—60% of the core algorithms come from pure mathematical papers. Is mathematics useless? Intel should burn these worthless papers before mass-producing CPUs.]

[The person who said this probably can't even read a chip manual—the Verilog language used for chip design is essentially discrete mathematics, transistor placement uses graph theory, signal processing uses Fourier transforms... I suggest uninstalling all the apps on your phone before talking about how useless mathematics is.]

Lin Hao, from the School of Chemistry at Jiangcheng University, wasn't going to tolerate these guys. He turned into a keyboard warrior and launched a barrage of attacks under this comment. He had been doing experiments with Chen Hui for several months, and Chen Hui's knowledge and attitude towards research filled him with admiration. He couldn't tolerate these people's slander against Chen Hui.

Putting aside the respect for Chen Hui, he himself is the biggest beneficiary. Just a year ago, he was still struggling with how to graduate, and even felt desperate and prepared to give up. Who knew that he would turn around and become an outstanding graduate?

All of this is thanks to Chen Hui.

After hiding the webpage, Lin Hao got up and prepared to go to the cafeteria for a meal.

He has been back at school for some time now. In the past few months, he has finished writing his graduation thesis and, a few days ago, completed his graduation defense and received the honor of outstanding graduate. Now he just needs to wait for the school to issue his degree certificate before he goes to Baosteel to report for duty. He is definitely a winner in life.

"Senior Brother Lin, there's a really delicious barbecue place outside the school, let's go eat there together."

Just as he stood up, a blonde, blue-eyed junior sister came to Lin Hao's side and extended an invitation with a smile.

"No need, I have something to do later, I'll just grab something to eat in the cafeteria."

Lin Hao resolutely refused. This junior sister was Maria, an international student his teacher had taken in two years ago. He had also mentored her for a period of time and was quite familiar with her. A few months ago, when his Dao heart shattered, it was this junior sister who reminded him to rest.

But Lin Hao is already preparing for his job at Baosteel and is currently reading papers related to electric arc furnaces, so he doesn't have time to go out for a good meal.

He knew that the reason Baosteel offered him such good terms was largely because of Chen Hui. If he didn't improve himself, he would be kicked out by Baosteel sooner or later, and he didn't want to regret it when that day came.

He was well aware that the process of clean steel had been optimized by Chen Hui, making it extremely difficult to make further progress mathematically. He did not believe that he could do better than Chen Hui, so he planned to apply Chen Hui's methods for solving the clean steel process to the improvement of the electric arc furnace.

He already has some ideas and is waiting to go to Baosteel to combine the experimental data to make the next step of the plan.

He is now full of fighting spirit and only wants to read the paper.

Since most of his junior classmates were in the lab, he said, "Once I get my degree, I'll treat everyone to a nice meal at Xiaoyuzhuang."

"Senior Brother Lin is so magnanimous!"

"mighty!"

Congratulations, Senior Brother Lin!

The junior students responded happily. They all knew that their senior brother Lin had received an offer from Baosteel. Although Lin Hao did not disclose the specific salary, these days, being able to find a job after graduation is already a great joy.

Moreover, Lin Hao also received the Outstanding Graduate award, which was certainly something to celebrate. Taking advantage of Lin Hao's speech about treating everyone to a meal, the laboratory erupted in cheers, and everyone happily cheered.

Lin Hao greeted his fellow students with a smile and walked towards the cafeteria.

On the way, I saw someone proposing at the entrance of the cafeteria, surrounded by a large crowd, creating a lively atmosphere.

Lin Hao wasn't interested in any of this and continued walking towards the cafeteria, only glancing at it briefly before entering.

In the middle of the crowd was a large heart made of candles, with 999 roses placed in the center. At this moment, the confession seemed to have reached a crucial stage, and the male and female protagonists stood in the center of the heart, embracing and kissing.

"..."

Lin Hao only glanced at it before looking away; it was simply too much to bear.

It's not that the kissing itself is so offensive, it's just that the male protagonist is a pure Black man, and just now the girl was confessing her feelings to this Black man.

Lin Hao admitted that he did have prejudices against some people and that he did have some discrimination against them.

"Aren't you ashamed?"

"What's so good about this black thing? It stinks. My dog ​​smells better than it. I don't know what it's all about."

Many onlookers, like Lin Hao, found it offensive and dared to speak up and criticize him on the spot.

"Your manners are really terrible!"

This person was immediately rebuked by some righteous people, who said, "They are in love, what business is it of yours?"

"What business is it of yours if I swear? Go ahead and look again!"

"Hey, why are you?"

The atmosphere at the scene became tense. The male and female protagonists who were being mocked didn't react much, but the two boys watching looked like they were about to fight.

"What's all the noise about?"

"Don't let foreigners laugh at us."

Many people began to criticize the two students who were arguing.

However, upon hearing this, the student who had initially mocked them walked straight to the couple in the heart-shaped box, knelt down with a thud, and even began kowtowing. The black man, holding his girlfriend, stared blankly at this scene, completely bewildered.

The crowd was already in an uproar, cursing the kneeling student for being shameless and even wanting to rush up and beat him, believing that he had disgraced the country.

Lin Hao, whose stomach was growling, had only been standing at the door for a few dozen seconds when he unexpectedly witnessed such a good show. He secretly cheered for the student who knelt down.

Some people may appear to be kneeling, but they stand tall and upright; others may appear to be standing, but they are kneeling completely.

What business is it of foreigners if our own people are arguing on our own soil?

Why can't we let foreigners laugh at us?
What, do we need foreigners' permission to even argue?
You don't value foreigners that much and don't want to lose face in front of them? Then let's make you lose face big time and make everyone lose face. The essence is to disgust and satirize some Chinese people who get weak in the knees when they see foreigners.

This person is not insecure at heart; he just thinks that sheep people are nothing special. On the contrary, he has a deep-seated belief that sheep people are superior and that his shameful deeds should not be shown to them.

This student has truly stood up in his heart. The one who said not to let the sheep people laugh at him is actually insecure and lacks self-confidence; that's why he's kneeling!
Lin Hao didn't continue reading. These trivial matters were not as important as eating. After eating, he still needed to continue researching the electric arc furnace.

Given the speed of China's rise, it won't be long before he can use an electric arc furnace to cut off the "braids" in the hearts of some people. If some people still kneel down when his country's technology and culture are far ahead, then there's nothing he can do.

After finishing his meal, Lin Hao exited through the same door he had come from, the one closest to the teaching and research office.

The heart and roses at the entrance were still there, but the scene was a mess. There were still quite a few students watching, and even more were gathering. No one knew what had happened in the middle of it, but the two students who had been arguing were no longer there.

To Lin Hao's surprise, not far away, a heart shape was also made with candles and a bouquet of 999 roses.

Wow, there are so many people confessing their feelings these days.

Lin Hao muttered to himself, then walked straight toward the laboratory without looking to the side.

"Senior Brother Lin, I like you. Will you be my boyfriend?"

A voice suddenly rang out, and the previously noisy scene immediately fell silent.

Lin Hao then noticed that the person standing in the center of the candle heart was actually his junior sister, Maria.

Maria knew that Lin Hao was about to graduate, and if she didn't seize the opportunity now, she would never have the chance to see him again. Just now, she followed Lin Hao to the cafeteria and saw the confession and the girl winning her lover's heart. She was immediately inspired to do the same and took action right away.

Lin Hao paused, not expecting Maria to confess her feelings to him in public. He had always thought that their relationship was purely platonic, like that of fellow disciples.

"I'm sorry, I just want to focus on my studies right now and I don't have any plans to find a girlfriend at the moment."

But after a moment's thought, Lin Hao decisively refused and quickly left the scene.

Maria's bright eyes dimmed considerably; she didn't understand why she had failed.

She stood there lost in thought for a long time before finally picking up her decorations, including the bouquet of roses, and throwing them into the trash can with a dejected expression.

The scene remained quiet for a while, with the students staring blankly at the blonde, blue-eyed girl who left in a daze, somewhat bewildered.

"Wait, buddy, has the version been updated?"

Some students looked left and right in confusion.

In front of the cafeteria, two candles are arranged to form a heart shape, one on the left and one on the right, but they represent versions that are 100,000 years apart.

"I'm just as good-looking as that guy, so why don't any girls confess to me? I don't understand."

"Don't overthink it, buddy. I know that senior. He's an outstanding PhD graduate from the Chemistry Department. I heard he's already been headhunted by Baosteel. He's a genius in steel research."

"Got it, the one who forges the iron is strong himself!"

“But look over here, I know that black guy too. He’s from a rural area in Nigeria. His grades weren’t great to begin with. He got in a few years ago when things were going well, but he’s still at the bottom of the class. He’s failed more than a dozen subjects and it looks like he won’t graduate. I just don’t understand what’s so great about him.”

"What's so hard to understand? With such a large population, how can our country not have a few idiots?"

"It's okay to have a few idiots, but there are quite a few idiots like this."

Perhaps it was the stark contrast between the two events that caused the students watching to spontaneously engage in a heated discussion.

One student shook his head and said, "I often see similar cross-cultural marriage content creators on the internet. After watching for so long, I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon."

If the content creator is a Chinese guy who married a foreign woman, then the content of the account will be relatively richer—mainly food, drink, fun, travel, or interesting things in life, etc.

One of the content creators I often watch, Baikal Anan, allows us to get to know his Russian relatives through his videos and see a lot of interesting content, such as the entire process of building a new house in the Russian countryside, or what a Russian school graduation ceremony is like...

"But if the content creator is a Chinese girl who married a foreign husband, the content of many accounts becomes more limited. They are basically daily vlogs, portraying themselves as someone who focuses on taking care of their family and cooking. For example, another content creator I follow, Yuqi, is in Finland."

"When our Finnish relatives come to China, everyone eats Chinese food. The Chinese are busy, while the foreigners sit and watch. When our Chinese relatives go to Finland, everyone still eats Chinese food. The Chinese are busy, while the foreigners sit and watch. It's hard to find any other content on this account besides serving foreigners diligently."

“What you said really resonates with me. I studied in Germany before. I don’t know much about life in Finland, but I do know a lot about Germany and I follow some similar German content creators.”

Another classmate nodded vigorously, "I can summarize the themes of their daily videos. It starts with them being busy in the kitchen making breakfast, with their child sitting in a high chair babbling, and their husbands coming into the kitchen sleepily, giving their wives a kiss on the cheek as a greeting."

After dinner, my husband drove to work, and I took the kids to kindergarten. Then I started bragging, "Look at German kindergartens, they're so humane!"

After dropping the kids off, I took the bus to the supermarket and continued bragging, "Look how useful the monthly bus pass is in Germany! How convenient the transportation is in Germany!"

At the supermarket, I mainly filmed meat, eggs, and dairy products, and took videos of their prices. After shopping, I went home to cook, do housework, and then boasted, "Wow, look how convenient these German XX home appliances are! Look how high quality these Zwilling knives are!"

Occasionally going out to chat with neighbors, bringing them food, and taking photos of foreigners' smiling faces and compliments are all routine practices.

After finishing all this, it's time to pick up the kids. And let me brag a bit more: they have real quality education here, the kids don't have homework every day. Ah, I came to Germany specifically for my kids, unlike back home where it's so stressful.

Sometimes, the content creators will film their daily lives receiving benefits, saying things like, "Oh, the German government is giving us money again! This month we got XX euros, which is equivalent to XXX Chinese yuan. Look how good their benefits are!"

Upon hearing this, a classmate next to him couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"When I was studying in Germany, I only heard about Germany's high taxes, and I rarely heard anyone talk about welfare. Doesn't her boasting about it just prove that her husband is a loser?"

(End of this chapter)