"So this ti, we have collected 72 fields, totaling over 1000 topic projects; I believe this will definitely be a very aningful conference!" the host made a final summary.
"Wait a minute!"
Just at that mont, an elderly man with sowhat graying hair stood up.
"Who is he?" Zhang nglong asked.
"The chairman of the Global Scientific Research Exchange Forum, Siens," Academician Wang said, "He and Academician Qian Miao have overlapped in many research areas; the two are old rivals. However, this person harbors strong animosity towards Huaxia. With what you just did, he might make so moves."
"Oh?" Zhang nglong took another look at Siens, who was also staring back with a very peculiar look.
"Professor Siens, do you have sothing to say?"
"I have a bold suggestion regarding the process of this year's conference. Of course, everyone is welco to express opposing views."
"Professor Siens, as an authority in the academic world, please feel free to speak your mind!"
"Yes, Professor."
Siens' influence was indeed significant, and many in the audience were cheering him on.
"In that case, I'll speak frankly," Siens said, "As everyone can see, we have too many projects this year. If we spread them out and display them all, it would actually be a huge waste of resources. Many projects have conflicting tis, and sotis we can only choose between two options."
"Absolutely!" The crowd nodded in agreent because there were indeed too many projects, often causing popular topics to conflict with one another in scheduling, leading many to miss the sessions they wanted to attend.
"Moreover, as you all know, every year there are so academic reports of very poor quality, so I think it is necessary for us to screen all the topics beforehand. This way, we can prioritarily arrange those nascent academic resources for sharing."
When talking about the poor quality, Siens glanced aningfully towards the area where Zhang nglong and others were seated.
"Makes sense!"
"Exactly, every year so people co to 'share' for the sake of fa, and after listening, we find that not only does their research not help us, but it's also full of flaws."
"But how do we screen them? There are over 1000 papers!"
"Exactly, we don't have enough ti to screen all of them."
"Don't worry, I have a thod," Siens said, "Our Global Scientific Research Exchange Forum already has over 800,000 scholars from around the world. We can send these papers to them for evaluation, conducting an anonymous vote with the titles removed!"
"That's a great idea!"
"Right! If we don't know who provided the paper, then the evaluation will be very fair. Everyone can vote based on the content of the papers. The ones that rank the highest will be the most valuable."
"I agree!"
"I also agree!"
"nglong, they are targeting us!" Academician Wang and others imdiately recognized Siens' intention.
Under normal circumstances, representatives from invited countries would have the opportunity to present their research projects and thereby increase their influence.
However, once these research achievents are ranked, the top-rated reports will draw huge crowds, while those behind would likely find themselves nearly empty.
This ti, the scholars specifically chose topics that the Huaxia academic community is not good at; in other words, they were confident that Zhang nglong and his team wouldn't be able to produce high-quality academic results.
During the anonymous voting, it wouldn't matter which country you represented—if your paper was poor, it would be eliminated. Those representatives who owed Zhang nglong a debt wouldn't need to worry about offending him again by giving him falsely high votes.
This could very possibly result in all their topics being ranked towards the bottom—indeed, a very embarrassing situation!
"This old geezer, he's quite cunning!"
"And he even wants to conduct the evaluation tonight and announce the results tomorrow, giving us no ti to prepare."
"nglong, are you confident about those subjects?"
"I've casually researched them a bit in my spare ti."
"A bit?"
"Are you still so confident if it was just 'a bit'?"
"Fell right into the trap!"
The academics imdiately beca worried. Research can take years or even decades; how much could be achieved by just casually studying 'a bit'? Even Zhang nglong wouldn't be able to cope!
"You don't need to worry. Trust . Tomorrow, just act the part!"
Siens continued on stage, "So please send your projects to our official email without your nas or titles before 6 PM tonight. We have set up twelve major categories, including physics, chemistry, dicine, vitality, environnt, etc. Tomorrow, we will announce the top five projects in each domain. Please look forward to it!"
"Professor, may I ask a question?" Zhang nglong stood up.
"Mr. Zhang, please speak."
"Does this voting system really have credibility? What if soone tampers with the data? The results might be quite fishy."
"That's an excellent question," as if anticipating such skepticism, "This system will be monitored by the authoritative departnts of the United Nations, and during this period, we will not release any data nor allow anyone to access the data!"
"In other words, before the results are announced tomorrow, no one will know what the outcos are, so the issue you're worried about doesn't exist."
"Thank you for your answer, Professor Siens. I have no further questions."
...
"nglong, what should we do?" On the way back to the villa, the expressions on the academics' faces were grim.
"nglong, you've been too hasty this ti. Although our research is not as advanced as yours, we could still hold our ground on this global stage. Why did you let them choose the subjects for us? Isn't that increasing our difficulty?"
"Yes, especially with the research on mRNA, our country can't even find an academician-level expert to carry this out. Where are you going to get the data?"
"If we don't make the list in any of these twelve categories tomorrow, we're going to be the laughingstock."
"Why do you all have so little faith in ?" Zhang nglong said reassuringly, "Actually, I'm all prepared."
Zhang nglong pulled out a laptop from behind him, discreetly unplugging the USB drive, "The files are all here."
"You... when did you prepare this?"
"Just now," Zhang nglong responded, "I've been working on an Artificial Intelligence recently. It exceeds all current supercomputers in computing power and also has the capability to self-develop. Just now, it spent 20 minutes and has already advanced our projects by a whole era based on the current human progress."
"You... you're joking, right?" The academics looked at Zhang nglong as if he were a monster. An Artificial Intelligence conducting research in 20 minutes? How incredible must this AI be? And how incredible must the person who created this AI be?
This is unscientific!
"Co on," Zhang nglong then pulled out a few boxes from the car and handed them to them.
"Sunglasses?"
"Everyone, this ti we didn't co here to make reports, nor to listen to others share outdated stuff," Zhang nglong said, "We need to be clear about our purpose, be confident; we're here to impress!"
"Tomorrow, as soon as they start announcing the rankings, just put on your sunglasses. All we have to do is collect the awards!"
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