Huayu 2021: Isn’t he in the technology field?

Chapter 134 Zhou Ye, caught red-handed, is both amused and exasperated.

In the following days, Jiang Qing immersed herself in filming.

The "beginning" segment was already quite short, and it's estimated that the final edited episodes will not exceed 16. The originally planned two-month filming period was greatly shortened due to the crew's extremely high efficiency, and it now looks like filming can be completed half a month ahead of schedule.

Everything is proceeding smoothly. Jiang Qing also wants to take this time to eliminate the impact of the Baidu AI Conference. Because of that speech, the crew has been getting interviewed by the media almost every day, which is extremely annoying.

Fortunately, things have finally calmed down in the last two days, and there has been much less discussion about him online. He no longer has to be trending on social media every day.

He didn't care at first, but lately he's been getting recognized when he goes out without a mask, which is really inconvenient.

But sometimes, reality doesn't go as planned.

On July 19th, Jiang Qing once again topped the trending searches, but this time the reason left him somewhat dumbfounded.

Here's what happened.

Starting from the morning of the 17th, news related to artist Wu Yifan dominated major news platforms.

Public opinion was instantly ignited, and the Wu Yifan incident dominated social media feeds.

After a night of silence, Wu Yifan and his studio issued their first strong response.

They claimed it was all a rumor, using extremely strong language.

However, netizens were not convinced, mainly because there was too much solid evidence.

Starting from the 18th, brands that endorsed Wu Yifan successively announced the termination of their contracts with him, and the Actors Association also issued a statement implying that artists should pay attention to their moral character first.

By this point, the incident had been largely settled. However, unexpectedly, many of Wu Yifan's fans, dissatisfied with their idol being attacked, went on a rampage and began to expose various scandals about other artists. True and false news flew everywhere, and it seemed that every artist was not clean.

Amidst the chaos, Jiang Qing was also inexplicably caught in the crossfire, and the reason he was attacked was that he had been involved in scandals with multiple female celebrities, deliberately trying to gain attention and increase his influence?

This has offended Jiang Qing's fans.

We listen to our idols and say we should be rational when following them, do you really think we're easy to bully?
If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you think I'm a sick cat?

Did you know that our Jiang Shen now has 13 million followers on Weibo, and most of them are active fans?
As a result, the rational fans abandoned their rationality and immediately switched to battle mode.

It's time to show these lowly intellectuals how cultured people fight back, and open their eyes!
At 9:13 a.m., less than ten minutes after malicious hashtags from Wu Yifan's fans started appearing on Weibo, a pinned announcement suddenly appeared in Jiang Qing's super topic.

[Attention all staff, within 30 minutes, compile all of Jiang Shen's patent certificates, paper catalog, and awards and achievements, highlighting the timeline.]

This call to action, issued by a fan verified as a "graduate student in the Computer Science Department of the University of Science and Technology of China," instantly garnered tens of thousands of responses.

Jiang Qing's entire super topic was like a finely operating computer, systematically allocating tasks.

"I'm going to go and check out the USTC website!"

"Here's a screenshot of Huawei's official Weibo post from 2017 thanking people for the Ascend chip!"

"Sisters, look at this! You can find 237 patents under Jiang Shen's name on the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office!"

……

Twenty minutes later, Jiang Qing's biggest fan, using the ID "Quantum Fluctuation Speed ​​Reading bot," posted a nine-grid long image.

The first photo is of Jiang Qing receiving his gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics when he was 18 years old, and the last photo is a candid shot of him giving a speech at the Baidu AI Conference.

"Fans of certain legal figures, please take a closer look. This is Jiang Shen's timeline: he entered a top cognitive intelligence lab at 18... and earned two doctoral degrees at 24. In which timeline did he need to ride the coattails of a trending topic?"

Lei Jun retweeted this Weibo post the moment it was published.

"I'll also try to ride on President Jiang's coattails."

Lei Jun's comments were liked and shared by many big names in the tech industry, and Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu was asked for his opinion on the matter in an interview, and he spoke out directly and boldly.

"Are kids these days so obsessed with celebrities that they've gone mad? They dare to mess with top AI talent like Jiang Qing?"

When the video was posted online, many netizens exclaimed that it was so Zhang Chaoyang!

Meanwhile, screenshots of internal documents from multiple universities began circulating wildly on Weibo.

The course syllabus for "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" lists "Introduction to Neural Symbolic Systems," written by Jiang Qing when he was 21 years old, as a reference book.

These screenshots were also pinned to the top of Jiang Qing's super topic, without any text, but full of sarcasm.

Open your eyes wide and look, can you understand it?

On Zhihu's trending question, "How terrifying are Jiang Qing's scientific research achievements?", an MIT PhD student, @SiliconValleyCoder, posted a comparison image: "His NSF fusion framework paper, published in his junior year, was used by our professor as a doctoral qualification exam question, and to this day, no one in the entire school has gotten a perfect score."

The accompanying image is a Chinese manuscript projected onto a MIT classroom screen, with a formula annotation circled in red.

On Zhihu's trending question, "How to evaluate Jiang Qing's influence on contemporary youth?", a verified teacher from the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China posted a screenshot of their essay.

One student wrote in an essay titled "My Idol": "When idolizing celebrities, one should idolize someone like Dr. Jiang, who is like a Beidou satellite, navigating one's life 24/7, without needing to participate in any rankings."

This reply received over a thousand likes in ten minutes.

The official Weibo account of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) did not make any strong or vehement statements in support, but simply commented on Jiang Qing's post: "Dr. Jiang, you already owe me three public lectures (wink)."

Although nothing was said, it was as if everything had been said.

Many male celebrities' fans couldn't help but gloat at this situation. It's one thing for you guys to be arrogant and domineering, but now you dare to provoke someone like Jiang Qing. Do you want your idols to be ruined even faster?
You have to understand how many popular male celebrities Wu Yifan has blocked the way for. Now that he's in trouble and his fans are acting like this, fans from all sides are overjoyed!
As a result, many fans from other groups also joined the camp to support Jiang Qing, and Wu Yifan and his fans who didn't distinguish right from wrong instantly became the target of universal condemnation across the internet.

It has to be said that having such fans is a blessing for him.

At 11:00 a.m., in the crew's rest shed for the "Beginning" film, Xiao Zhang, the production assistant, was holding his phone and stamping his feet.

"Teacher Jiang, look at the trending topics! Those brainless fans are comparing you to Wu Yifan!"

Jiang Qing, who was adding chili sauce to her jianbing guozi, didn't even look up.

"What are we competing on? Who can eat lunch at Chaoyang Prison first?"

A chorus of coughs immediately filled the air.

Zhao Jinmai, who had just finished filming, smiled and came over, her phone screen still showing the Wu Yifan super topic page.

"They said you went on variety shows to create on-screen couples and made movies to gain popularity, and now..."

She couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh so hard she bent over.

"Still, still an old cow eating young grass... Ha, sorry!"

"Isn't that true?"

Jiang Qing glanced at the girl who kept laughing, stuffed the last bite of pancake into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, and spoke indistinctly.

“I am indeed much older than you, MaiMai.”

He suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, can I have an extra chicken leg tomorrow?"

He turned and looked around at the people around him, then asked the question seriously.

The tense atmosphere on set suddenly burst open.

Lighting technician Lao Li held up a reflector and started commotion.

"Teacher Jiang, that pancake you had was brought to you by Teacher Zhao Jinmai's assistant. If you want chicken legs, you'll have to ask the production manager!"

"We've filmed so efficiently, we should have saved a lot of money, right? Is Director Sun really that stingy?"

Jiang Qing couldn't help but complain.

"Easy to say!"

Sun Molong suddenly appeared out of nowhere, a malicious smile on his face.

"but……"

He deliberately dragged out the last syllable, making his laughter sound increasingly strange.

"I need to film your kissing scene with eight cameras this afternoon!"

Jiang Qing's eyebrows twitched, and Zhao Jinmai's face turned bright red!

That's right, they were going to film the only kissing scene in the script that afternoon.

The key point is that this was their first on-screen kiss.

"Director Sun, so you were waiting for me here, huh?"

Jiang Qing put one hand on her hip and looked at Sun Molong who walked closer with an annoyance.

"Oh, Mr. Jiang, what are you saying? It's all for the sake of art!"

Sun Molong winked at him discreetly.

That old man is so lewd!

Jiang Qing glanced at the girl beside him whose eyes were wandering, and his gaze unconsciously lingered on her lips.

It looks...delicious.

At this moment, Zhao Jinmai seemed to sense something and looked up.

When she met Jiang Qing's gaze, the blush on her face deepened even more!
He seems... really looking forward to it?

She swallowed, suddenly feeling a bit thirsty. But she also felt a sense of anticipation.

-

Meanwhile, at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport.

Zhou Ye was dragging a white suitcase with one hand and holding his phone with the other, battling online trolls using a secondary account.

what the hell!

How dare they slander my Dr. Jiang!

Her eyes above the mask were slightly narrowed.

However, the thought of seeing Jiang Qing soon made the cold light in her eyes disappear instantly, and her eyes curved into two small crescent moons.

Jiang Qing!
I'm here! O(∩_∩)O
As soon as the filming of the Chinese restaurant ended, she rushed over without telling Jiang Qing in advance, wanting to give him a surprise.

But before that, she needs to go to the hotel to freshen up and properly impress her Dr. Jiang, hehe...

Thinking of this, she quickened her pace considerably.

At 1:23 PM, "the film crew begins."

The smell of disinfectant lingered in the air conditioning. As Zhou Ye followed the stagehand through the hospital corridor, he happened to run into two staff members holding reflectors.

The blue and white striped hospital gown flashed before her eyes, but Jiang Qing's appearance with black-rimmed glasses caught her eye. She had never seen him wear glasses before, and he looked even more refined.

"Teacher Jiang's performance here is the highlight."

The stagehand thought that Zhou Ye's arrival was quite timely, but before he could finish speaking, Zhou Ye had already seen the scene on the monitor, and the smile in the corner of his eye suddenly disappeared.

Zhao Jinmai, wearing a blue shirt, appeared in front of Jiang Qing from behind, her high ponytail swaying gently behind her head.

This is……

Are they going to film a kissing scene?

After seeing what the two were doing, Zhou Ye immediately realized what they were going to film.

Jiang Qing's first on-screen kiss?!
No, Zhao Jinmai seems to be one too!

"Teacher Zhou……"

"I'll just stand aside and observe for a while. Thank you for bringing me in."

Zhou Ye smiled and quietly thanked the stagehand.

"It's alright, it's alright. You can keep an eye on it. I'll go get back to work."

The stagehand waved his hand repeatedly, then turned and walked away.

The smile on the girl's face vanished instantly.

Seeing that many people were focused on Jiang Qing and the other person, she quietly moved to the window and positioned herself between the two people in front of her.

From this angle, Zhou Ye could barely see Jiang Qing and Zhao Jinmai's movements. After seeing the situation, Zhou Ye's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

The monitor was replaying the scene from earlier: Jiang Qing's glasses slipped off his nose as he looked down, and Zhao Jinmai's eyelashes brushed against his cheek as she looked up; the scene looked youthful yet beautiful.

"That look isn't good enough, let's do it again."

Sun Molong held up the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"President Jiang, try to be more natural when you're supporting Mai Mai's head. Don't be nervous! Didn't we always get the other scenes right in one take?"

"Row."

Jiang Qing responded to him irritably.

He suspected that Sun Molong did it on purpose, but he had no evidence.

They've kissed seven times already!
My mouth is numb!

As the stagehand touched up Zhao Jinmai's makeup with a powder puff, Jiang Qing suddenly turned to look out the window.

Zhou Ye subconsciously shrank back, but then saw that he only raised his hand to adjust his glasses before relaxing.

"preparation……"

When filming resumed, Zhou Ye suddenly bit his lower lip.

Just as Jiang Qing's fingers touched the stray hairs behind Zhao Jinmai's ear, the girl suddenly sneezed.

"what……"

There was a two-second silence in the room. Someone burst out laughing first, and Jiang Qing casually pulled a tissue from her pocket and handed it over, her movements very practiced.

Why do you always carry tissues with you?

Zhao Jinmai was clutching a corner of a tissue, her nose still red.

She was so embarrassed.

Aside from the tingling sensation from the first touch of my lips, now all that's left is numbness.

"The time a kid wiped his snot on my sleeve while filming a crying scene."

Before Jiang Qing could finish speaking, Zhao Jinmai pounced on him and covered his mouth, causing a burst of laughter from the audience.

Zhou Ye turned and walked away, his canvas shoes making a clattering sound on the tiles.

As I passed a fire hydrant, I caught a glimpse of my wrinkled T-shirt in the mirror and suddenly remembered the new floral dress I had bought in my suitcase.

Upon noticing the sign for the dressing room, she walked over.

The dressing room door slammed against the wall with a bang, startling the female stylist who was tidying up her things so much that she dropped her comb.

"Professor Zhou Ye? What brings you here?"

"Oh, sister, I'll wait for Jiang Qing to finish her scene."

Zhou Ye gave him a sweet smile and casually explained.

She grabbed the bottled water on the table and gulped down two mouthfuls, the plastic bottle cracking as she squeezed it.

"This awful weather is so hot it's making me anxious."

"Um...yes, yes."

The female stylist stammered in response. For some reason, she felt something was off. Although the other person was smiling sweetly, she felt a chill in the air.

About ten minutes later, when the sound of hurried footsteps came from the corridor, Zhou Ye was touching up his lipstick in front of the mirror.

Jiang Qing's hurried figure was reflected in the mirror, her hospital gown collar not even buttoned up properly.

She pursed her lips, and the strawberry-flavored lipstick suddenly felt cloyingly sweet.

"When did you arrive?"

Jiang Qing leaned against the door frame, catching her breath, and looked at the girl she hadn't seen in a long time with eyes full of surprise.

But what a coincidence that it's today?
"When Dr. Jiang was teaching the actresses how to wipe their noses."

Zhou Ye sneered as he screwed on the lipstick cap, the metallic clanging sound unusually crisp.

"Has Dr. Jiang become addicted to teaching? Do the students at the University of Science and Technology of China know how tirelessly you teach?"

Jiang Qing's face twitched, and he walked up to her with a concerned tone.

"Have you had lunch yet?"

"Ate."

"Mango smoothie?"

"toothache."

"That"

He took two steps forward and looked down at the sulking girl in front of him.

"Would you like me to borrow the hotel kitchen to cook you something nice later?"

Zhou Ye's hand holding the powder compact trembled, and the powder puff fell onto his collarbone in a flurry.

She looked up at him, a hint of resentment and grievance flashing in her eyes.

"you……"

"Teacher Jiang! Director Sun says we need to do another close-up!"

The stagehand's shout came from the end of the corridor, interrupting the unfinished conversation.

Jiang Qing's eyes twitched as he looked at the girl's suddenly changed expression, a bitter feeling rising in his mouth.

Today has been truly a day of bad luck!
(End of this chapter)