Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1151: Chapter 564 It’s Normal to Have a Hundred Billion Dollar R&D Expense!_1

"I mustn’t show any weakness!"

"This is a live broadcast watched by hundreds of millions, and the audience is full of top experts in mathematics and physics, all very famous internationally."

"So many Fields Medal and Nobel laureates in the front rows, too many to count."

"No, that’s not right!"

Ruan Wenye realized something was amiss as he thought and reminded himself, "They’re nothing special, what Nobel, what Fields Medal, it’s all meaningless. I have been involved in anti-gravity research..."

"Although..."

"No, I did participate in the research and made significant contributions; my name is on the published papers!"

"So, that’s right, all these researches are related to me, and perhaps in the future, I could also win the Nobel..."

During Ruan Wenye’s presentation, he continuously bolstered himself, and the effect was quite evident; the more he spoke, the steadier he became, later entirely concealing any sign of nervousness.

Since he was discussing foundational theories and basic derivations, the material wasn’t too challenging, and the audience could easily understand it, even knowing most of it beforehand; the presentation went smoothly.

Quickly.

The one-hour and forty-minute presentation came to an end.

Ruan Wenye put down his pen, faced the audience directly, and revealed a confident smile.

Applause erupted from below immediately.

Actually, most of the applause was merely formal, a polite response to the completion of the presentation on stage, but receiving applause from such a gathering of top mathematicians and physicists could be interpreted as ’receiving the world’s affirmation’.

That’s how Ruan Wenye saw it; he walked down with a confident smile and then realized that no one had any questions, so he simply went back.

"What’s going on?"

"I did pretty well, didn’t I? It seems like it had a good effect!"

"Seeing the reaction from the audience, I must have performed very well. Zhao Yi, I think you’ll have a tough act to follow this afternoon. Just look at how I did it; I must say I am quite outstanding in teaching..."

Ruan Wenye went on and on, continuously boasting about himself, also venting the nervousness he felt earlier.

Zhao Yi gave a thumbs up, "Impressive, much better than I expected!"

"No weakness shown!"

Ruan Wenye immediately took offense, "What do you mean by that? Show weakness? Me? Impossible! No matter how many spectators there are, I wouldn’t show any!"

"Blah blah blah..."

He continued on at length.

Others around found it somewhat amusing. They could tell that Ruan Wenye had been very nervous when he first went on stage, but he had done well in his presentation, and knowing that they might not have done any better, they gave him encouraging smiles.

...

There were no questions following the morning presentations, since no one stood up to ask any.

This reflected the level of the audience.

Ruan Wenye had only discussed some basics and derivations, such as using the math of superconducting antigravity chosen by an ionic lattice, linking the particles of Boundary Theory and the content of Quantum Physics to deduce the similarities between particle spin and ionic lattice spin.

The afternoon session was Zhao Yi’s turn.

Ruan Wenye indeed brimmed with newfound confidence; he even worried about Zhao Yi’s progress, proactively leading Zhao Yi to the stage, and was the first to stand before the audience with a confident smile.

Then Zhao Yi walked in, as if he was a bit ’shy,’ and Ruan Wenye boldly guided him to make his entrance.

In reality, Zhao Yi wasn’t the least bit nervous; he simply watched Ruan Wenye’s performance.

Zhao Yi took the stage.

Ruan Wenye then stepped down and once again smiled at the audience.

As Zhao Yi formally stood before everyone, the hall filled with enthusiastic applause, mingling with some teasing comments, "I was startled by that guy making an entrance earlier; I thought it was still him!"

"Finally, it’s Zhao Yi’s turn!"

"I don’t know what that guy was doing; it was clearly Zhao Yi’s talk, but he went up first!"

"Finally, it’s not him anymore!"

"Zhao Yi, you’re finally here. That guy earlier, what was he even talking about! I almost fell asleep during the morning session!"

Zhao Yi almost burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Ruan Wenye had just gotten to the back and heard everything distinctly, his face turning embarrassingly red; he looked around as though seeking a crack to crawl into and muttered through clenched teeth, "What is with these people... don’t they have any sense of decorum?"

Of course, there was no decorum.

Academics aren’t concerned with such things; they speak their minds directly, as it’s quite common for people to be interrupted during presentations at academic conferences. ƒrēewebnovel.com

And that was already a good scenario.

At international mathematics conferences, if the audience isn’t interested in a presentation, they might do their own thing, engage in side conversations about other matters, and to reduce their voices would already be considered courteous.

In fact, the dissatisfaction from the attendees with Ruan Wenye’s presentation was also related to his notoriety; he was indeed a top quantum physics expert domestically, but internationally, he was merely ’somewhat famous’ or ’somewhat recognized’.

That was all.

The audience comprised the most elite international mathematicians and physicists, who came to learn about the Photon Anti-gravity Theory, not to question it but to hope that by listening to the presentation, they could more quickly comprehend it.

It was all part of a learning process.

Everyone cares about their image, especially top mathematicians and physicists, who certainly care about preserving their dignity. Having Ruan Wenye, someone of little renown, present to them was slightly embarrassing; naturally, the teacher should be more knowledgeable and more famous than the student.