Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 354 - 238: The Haters’ World Collapses! (Bonus - )
When Zhao Ruihai and Shen Qiushan arrived at the meeting room.
Zhu Qidong was cheerfully chatting with two elderly men, who were dressed and presented in completely different ways.
One had messy gray hair, while the other had a neatly shaved head, wearing a well-tailored dark gray suit.
"Old Zhao, Xiaoshen, come on, have a seat!"
Seeing Zhao Ruihai and Shen Qiushan walk into the meeting room, Zhu Qidong enthusiastically waved them over, even changing his form of address to show extra warmth.
"Director Fang, Official Qian, these are the leaders and main figures of the award-winning project this time."
"Zhao Ruihai, a senior professor at our school, an expert in electronic information."
"You all know Shen Qiushan, he’s also a famous writer!"
Zhu Qidong briefly introduced Zhao Ruihai and Shen Qiushan.
From his attitude towards "Director Fang" and "Official Qian," it was clear that they were influential figures with significant power.
Otherwise, as the president of a Ministry of Education-affiliated university, Zhu Qidong wouldn’t be this courteous, even somewhat servile.
After understanding the situation, Shen Qiushan figured out their identities. Director Fang was the head of an important department at the Huake Institute, while Official Qian was a high-ranking military officer.
After some pleasantries, Zhu Qidong wisely exited the meeting room.
Because the content of the upcoming discussion was confidential, even he, as the president, didn’t have the right to know.
After more than two hours of closed-door discussions.
Zhao Ruihai and Shen Qiushan both became people of the Huake Institute, but they didn’t need to work in Beijing for the time being and could continue with their project. All subsequent investments would be funded by the Huake Institute.
Official Qian invited them to join the "Golden Dome Plan" and signed a "procurement agreement" with Shen Qiushan. They agreed to purchase the laser weapons, currently only on powerpoint, after their production.
Thus, Shen Qiushan gained another identity.
But this identity had to remain confidential and could not be disclosed publicly.
"Director Fang, I don’t know if you’ve seen the news online, but now quite a few people are attacking Xiaoshen."
After discussing the formal matters, Zhao Ruihai began to stand up for Shen Qiushan.
"Dare someone attack Xiaoshen?"
"I’ll handle it!"
Before Director Fang could respond, Official Qian said with a stern face.
"Those people are just envious, and of course, there could also be individuals with ulterior motives or forces deliberately slandering him."
Zhao Ruihai added.
"Regardless of their purpose, attacking Xiaoshen is just being hostile toward us."
Official Qian snorted coldly, expressing his stance.
Meanwhile.
After Shen Qiushan received the award, the comment sections of Yang Xijin, Ding Dasheng, and others’ Weibo got flooded.
"Who said Old Shen was not doing proper work?"
"The Old Shen you claim is not doing proper work just won an award, and it’s a special award. Isn’t that annoying to you?"
"Old Yang, Old Yang, why did you have to provoke Shen Qiushan? Did you forget the embarrassment from last time?"
"Seeing the comment section full of insults to you guys is such a relief!"
"It’s a new era, and your thinking is still so outdated. Who says writers can’t sing? If you can do it, then step up!"
"I see blatant jealousy on your faces, just jealous of how outstanding Shen the teacher is!"
"Old Yang, why aren’t you laughing? Were you born without a love for laughter?"
"..."
Yang Xijin saw the news of Shen Qiushan winning the award while waiting in the VIP lounge at the airport. As a senior journalist and political commentator, he certainly knew the significance of a "Special Award" at the National College Student Electronic Technology Competition.
If it was just a first prize, there wouldn’t be much fuss about it, but winning the special award certainly means something.
However, as a senior wordsmith, if Yang Xijin wanted to critique someone, he had his ways.
For instance, about Shen Qiushan winning the award, after thoroughly going through the news, he found a "loophole." The award wasn’t actually for Shen Qiushan alone, but for the Sanjiang University Electronic Technology Competition Team.
Shen Qiushan was merely a member of the team.
Moreover, the team leader was a senior professor named Zhao Ruihai, and Shen Qiushan was just riding on the team’s coattails.
With a slight set of thoughts, Yang Xijin moved to a relatively quiet corner and began recording a video.
"Upon the reminder of online friends, I saw the news that the Sanjiang University Electronic Technology Competition Team won a special award at the National College Student Electronic Technology Competition. Here, Old Yang congratulates the award-winning team from Sanjiang University!"
"Winning the special award is indeed a great achievement, very impressive, and Old Yang admires it very much. But some individual netizens are confused and give all the credit to one person, is this not unfair to others?"
"Moreover, the leader of this award-winning team is Professor Zhao Ruihai. I’m not acquainted with Professor Zhao, but I specially checked his profile. He’s an expert in the field of electronic information, teaching for more than thirty years. I believe this team from Sanjiang University could win an award, and it certainly couldn’t have been achieved without Professor Zhao’s hard work. If you insist on giving all the credit to a writer who loves to sing, that is your right, and Old Yang has nothing to say..."
Yang Xijin continued to perform his skill of innuendo, recording repetitively for almost an hour until his throat was dry, and only then did he stop.
He then uploaded the edited satisfactory version to Weibo.
As he waited for the video to upload, he leisurely drank coffee, full of disdain in his heart: a bunch of nobodies, knowing nothing!
Beep!
Video upload failed.
Suddenly, a prompt popped up on the phone screen.
Is the network in the VIP lounge this bad?
Yang Xijin frowned, clicked on re-upload, and after waiting for a moment, the result was still the same.
"Miss, is the network in the lounge broken?"
Yang Xijin waved at one of the service staff in the lounge.
"Sir, our network is fine,"
The service staff checked her phone and replied.
"No problem?"
"Then why can’t I upload a video?"
Yang Xijin furrowed his brows tightly and clicked to upload the video again. This time a prompt directly popped up: Due to a violation of speech, your account has been suspended!
What?
Account suspension??
Yang Xijin, who was just a bit puzzled moments ago, was suddenly shocked. He jumped up from his seat, startling the service staff opposite him: "Sir, do you need any help?"
Yang Xijin waved off the female service staff with a stern face, indicating he didn’t need anything.
After she left, he immediately dialed the platform’s customer service to inquire why his account was suspended, receiving only a "violation of speech" response.
"I am Yang Xijin, with over one hundred and eighty thousand followers, you can find out what I do online. I want your supervisors to respond by the end of today!"
"Otherwise, I’ll lodge a complaint against you on other platforms!"
Having not received a satisfactory response, Yang Xijin directly threatened the customer service before angrily hanging up the phone.
