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Chapter 350, Section 0337: [Old Yu's Online Class]

Professor Yu's online lectures are actually a bit troublesome to implement.

Although his identity was declassified in 1999, media reports were very brief. It wasn't until 2014, when he received the highest science and technology award, that the media began to report on him extensively and in-depth, and various stories about him were unearthed by reporters.

It's 2008 now, and there are many things I'm unsure about.

In addition, Professor Yu is advanced in age and has just undergone surgery, so his body may not be able to withstand a lecture.

A compromise was eventually reached: Professor Yu would dictate the lecture content in advance, transcribe it into text, submit it to the relevant departments for review, and only after confirming that there was no sensitive information would it be posted online for live text and image broadcast.

Furthermore, the relevant departments have compiled a list of keywords. When netizens ask questions, they do not answer any questions that involve these keywords.

On the day of the online lecture, Chen Guiliang personally led his staff to his home.

There are security guards in the residential area!
Do not take photos or videos before entering the house, so as not to reveal your address information.

Once inside the house, do not film any shots with windows.

Upon arriving at Professor Yu's home, the livestream crew and cameraman were shocked. The furnishings inside were incredibly sparse; the esteemed academician was even sleeping in a metal-framed bed.

Mr. Yu's family warmly welcomed him, and the old man was in good spirits, sitting in his wheelchair and inviting everyone to sit down and have some fruit.

It was clear that Mr. Yu was very happy.

The photographer set up various equipment, and the two live streamers also turned on their computers and connected to the wireless network.

"Mr. Yu, your accommodations are too simple," Chen Guiliang said.

Professor Yu smiled and said, "I've lived in this old apartment building at my workplace for many years, and I'm very satisfied with it. The government also said they would move me to a new apartment, but I'm worried I won't be able to adapt to the new environment. This place is great."

One of the live streamers typed rapidly, recording the conversation between Chen Guiliang and Professor Yu.

Chen Guiliang asked, "What are your hobbies?"

Professor Yu pointed to the bookshelf and radio and said, “When I’m in a good mood, I read those classic works. When I’m not in a good mood, I close my eyes and listen to Peking Opera. I loved reading classics when I was young, but I didn’t have the time or energy. Now I’ve caught up on all the classics, fulfilling a wish I had when I was young. I’m very happy.”

Chen Guiliang said, "Could you recommend some classic works to our online readers?"

Professor Yu said, "I like 'Dream of the Red Chamber' and I am a fan of Redology. I often watch the CCTV version of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. It is very well adapted and is very much in line with Cao Xueqin's original ideas."

Chen Guiliang smiled and said, "I happen to know Ms. Chen Xiaoxu, the actress who played Lin Daiyu. How about I bring her to visit you another day?"

"That's great, I was just worried about troubling you young people." Professor Yu was even happier.

Chen Guiliang then asked, "What Peking Opera pieces do you like?"

Professor Yu said, "I like all the Cheng School operas. When I was working, I would listen to Peking Opera to relax whenever I had a little free time."

Chen Guiliang had an idea: next time, he would invite Chen Xiaoxu to visit together and give Mr. Yu a rare collection of Peking Opera cassette tapes.

Live text and image updates have begun.

The photographer took a few pictures of the interior furnishings, which were then posted on the school's online community by the live streamer, instantly generating a flood of comments.

"Is this the home of an academician?"

"Holy crap, this is outrageous! Is this fair to Academician Yu for all his sacrifices? He should be given a luxury mansion!"

"This iron-framed bed has probably been used for decades; the paint is already peeling off."

"The text message has been released. Mr. Yu himself did not want to move, so please don't make baseless accusations."

"Professor Yu, you are my idol. I am a sophomore in college, majoring in physics."

"..."

A live streamer, holding a laptop, showed Professor Yu the comments from netizens.

Individual dissidents who made comments were immediately banned for 30 days.

Damn it, there are even traitors on Renren's live stream, and these are all real-name student accounts!

Professor Yu's smile widened as he looked at the cleaned-up comment section, and he even personally scrolled down the comments. He then had the photographer take a picture of him waving, as if to greet his student netizens.

The livestream host explained the reason and then played the approved lecture content segment by segment—today's online class officially began.

Fearing that Professor Yu might get tired, Chen Guiliang had the livestreamers continue broadcasting the text-based lessons, while he accompanied Professor Yu as he closed his eyes to rest and listened to Peking Opera.

Professor Yu listened to "The Story of the Jade Bracelet" with great interest, even tapping the armrest of his wheelchair with his fingers and singing along with the tape.

After listening to a segment, Professor Yu said, "You young people don't like listening to traditional opera anymore, do you?"

Chen Guiliang said, "My girlfriend studied Sichuan Opera when she was young, and I often listened to her sing."

Professor Yu became interested: "I've never heard of Sichuan Opera before. I'll find some time to appreciate it another day."

"I'll bring you a few cassette tapes next time," Chen Guiliang said.

Professor Yu initiated the conversation: "I heard from them that you've built a very large company, and that you even went public in the US last year?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Yes, it was launched on November 2nd last year." Professor Yu said, "That's very rare. Building our country depends on you young people. Computers and the Internet are very important. You must study and develop your own technologies well."

Chen Guiliang said, "I started a new company this year called HarmonyOS Technology. Foreigners have made smartphones, and I want to make smartphones for Chinese people. There are still some patents that we can't circumvent, and we'll be held hostage by foreigners. Even if we're not held hostage, we still have to pay patent fees to foreigners. I plan to wait until the company is profitable, and then develop the technology while making money."

“That’s a good idea,” Professor Yu asked. “What’s the difference between a smartphone and the phones we use now?”

Chen Guiliang said, "Smartphones are still in the early stages of development. But their future development direction is similar to that of a personal computer that can be held in your hand."

Professor Yu exclaimed in surprise, "So advanced? It seems I'm out of touch; I've never even heard of a smartphone."

Chen Guiliang said, "New technologies are developing very quickly, and we can only catch up with the United States now."

"As long as you put your heart into it, you will definitely catch up," Professor Yu encouraged.

Chen Guiliang, worried that he might get tired, said, "Let's listen to Peking Opera for a while longer."

Professor Yu laughed and said, "I'm not that fragile."

As Chen Guiliang spoke, he pressed the play button on the tape recorder, and Professor Yu smiled, closed his eyes, and leaned back in his wheelchair to listen to the opera.

The livestreamers are still slowly releasing text-based courses.

The photographer would occasionally take a picture of Mr. Yu, then remove the data card and hand it to the live streamer to send the image out.

The number of viewers in the "live stream" is not small, but it's not insignificant either, having increased to 12.

During the Q&A session, the number of viewers finally exceeded 15.

The livestream host chose a question: "Mr. Yu, a student from Jincheng College asked, did you use abacuses to calculate data entirely back then?"

Professor Yu smiled and said, "We use an abacus. But we also have a computer, which is used by many organizations. Our organization can use that computer for 5% of the time."

The live streamer typed rapidly to reply to netizens, then added, "A student from Zhejiang University asked, 'Your research field at the time didn't seem to be this. What were your thoughts when you received the assignment?'"

Professor Yu said, "None of us are researching this. But the US is bullying us, sending warships into our coastal waters. How can we tolerate this? All the knowledge we learned before has to be put aside for now, and we are determined to develop this."

After replying to netizens, the live streamer added, "A student from Xi'an Jiaotong University asked, 'What difficulties did you encounter back then?'"

Professor Yu said, "It was full of difficulties. When we first joined the group, we didn't even know what elements to use for the reaction, so we could only cite publicly published papers from the United States. The data in the American papers was wrong, which caused us to take a detour. Looking back, the Americans may have deliberately published wrong data."

During lectures and Q&A sessions, only very vague expressions can be used; specific sensitive words cannot be mentioned.

Even the configuration used to name the professor cannot be mentioned—in fact, it could be mentioned, but the relevant departments are being cautious and not allowing it to be discussed.

The live streamer suddenly chuckled, "Mr. Yu, someone here says he was one of your students back then and is now a researcher at an institution. He's using one of his doctoral students' accounts to send you greetings. We haven't seen each other for many years, and he doesn't have your contact information, only a general idea of ​​where you live now. He also asked if it would be convenient for him to come and wish you a Happy New Year during the 2009 Spring Festival."

Professor Yu was overjoyed: "You can come anytime you have time, it doesn't matter if it's the New Year or not. I'm usually at home. If I happen to be away, I'll have him contact the security guard."

After answering some more questions, this online lecture officially came to an end.

Chen Guiliang asked the live streamer, "How many students are listening to the lecture?"

The live streamer refreshed the page: "Nearly 18. There's a delay in the network refresh, so it should have exceeded 18 already."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "Master Yu, you have gained another 18 personal disciples today."

"Haha," Professor Yu laughed heartily, pulling out a bankbook and saying, "This is a great idea of ​​yours. You can come to see me again in the future. By the way, you said you wanted to donate my lecture fees to Project Hope. Please donate the money in this bankbook as well, and help me donate it to the people in the disaster area."

Chen Guiliang accepted the bankbook with both hands: "Next time I come, I will bring you the donation receipt."

Professor Yu said, "I believe you."

When Chen Guiliang was about to leave, Yu Lao's family invited them to stay for dinner and thanked them repeatedly before they finally departed.

Chen Guiliang also brought a gift this time, saying it was a book he had written.

Professor Yu didn't know what kind of book it was either. Only after they left did he unwrap the packaging and check. It turned out to be the first five volumes of "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty".

Professor Yu opened it and read it with great interest; this thing was easy to read without straining his brain.

Chen Guiliang, along with the photographer and livestreamer, found a restaurant nearby for lunch. When the topic of Professor Yu's living conditions came up, everyone sighed with regret.

This live text and image broadcast was a great success; a peak of 18 concurrent viewers is truly impressive.

The live stream content is there, and even more students will come to view it.

Chen Guiliang called Bian Guanyue and Chen Xiaoxu again to arrange a time to visit Professor Yu together next time.

Bian Guanyue sang Sichuan opera for Professor Yu, to see if the old man, who loved Peking opera, would like it.

Chen Xiaoxu planned to sing "Wang Ningmei" and then chat with Professor Yu about interesting stories from the "Dream of the Red Chamber" TV series. She especially wanted to hear about the interesting stories of scholars of "Dream of the Red Chamber," which the elderly professor would likely find very interesting, given that Professor Yu is a enthusiast of the subject.

Chen Guiliang suddenly remembered that his great-grandmother had passed away this winter.

He plans to take advantage of his trip back to his hometown to be a torchbearer, spend a few more days at his great-grandmother's house, and buy a wheelchair to push the elderly woman around.

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(I recommend a rebirth novel: "Starting from 2008," about a programmer who is reborn.)
(End of this chapter)