Free Web NovelChapter 526: Chapter 312: This is so infuriating!
"The center shot should have a handsome smile!"
"Give it a 9.9 out of 10!"
Zhao Yi tried his best to show a natural smile and gave himself a high score, but the photo session lasted a bit too long. His facial expression remained stiff, making it somewhat awkward, but fortunately, it was over soon.
Everyone relaxed.
The leader stood up, turned around, and patted Zhao Yi’s shoulder, saying with some emotion, "Professor Zhao, your research is excellent!"
"Which one?" Zhao Yi asked subconsciously, then realized it was not a good question to ask.
The leader laughed and said, "All of them." He continued, "I have been paying attention to your Digital Compression Technology theory. The participants say it’s amazing and can greatly enhance the performance of satellites."
"These basic, underlying theories are what our country lacks the most."
"In the future, we also need to develop these theories. With the support of scientific theory, our technology can be more advanced and catch up with international standards."
Zhao Yi listened carefully.
Although the leader’s words were simple and straightforward, it was clear that he had done some research.
Leaders’ concerns were obviously different from those in the academic circle.
In the academic circle, Zhao Yi’s most significant achievement are considered to be proving the Goldbach Conjecture, followed by the three-dimensional tremor waveform. Few people know about the Digital Compression Technology theory, and most of those who do don’t care about it.
However, both the proof of the Goldbach Conjecture and the three-dimensional tremor waveforms are pure number theory problems, which cannot bring direct benefits to current technology development.
Digital Compression Technology theory is different.
This revised theory can greatly enhance the performance of satellites once implemented.
If applied to ordinary computers, it would be like a low-level operating system theory, allowing the design of an entire computer architecture according to the theory, resulting in a system that supports hardware and makes computers run smoother. Its value is ’invaluable’.
After chatting with Zhao Yi, the leader went smilingly to the stage. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
Next was the award ceremony.
The award ceremony went from big awards to small ones. The leaders personally presented the big awards, while some small awards were not presented on-site.
The first ones to be on stage were the two winners of the Highest Science and Technology Award. They received the highest honors, accepting their certificates from the party and government leaders and taking group photos together.
Then it was Zhao Yi’s turn.
Zhao Yi’s honor was greater than that of the Highest Science and Technology Award winners because there were two of them and they went on stage together while Zhao Yi alone was the winner of the First-class Award of Natural Science.
Under the gaze of everyone in the audience and the camera lens, Zhao Yi walked onto the stage with his head held high, accepted the medal and certificate from the party and government leaders, and shook hands and took photos with them.
Before this moment, Zhao Yi could only see such scenes on the news. He never thought he would one day be able to stand on such a stage. Once on the stage, he suddenly felt a little nervous and excited. His calves were trembling, but he kept reminding himself to stay calm and maintained his smile, successfully completing the award presentation process.
Upon returning to his seat after leaving the stage, Zhao Yi felt his back soaked with sweat.
Ai Lixin’s voice came from behind, admiring, "Zhao Yi, you’re awesome. So calm, I can’t imagine if it were me..."
"No need to be nervous, you have no hope of this for the rest of your life." Yan Xuelin, sitting next to Zhao Yi, sarcastically said.
Ai Lixin nodded in frustration.
The others around them laughed, but they all gave thumbs-up for Zhao Yi’s performance.
Honestly...
The stage was too big for them. It would be acceptable if several of them went up together, but going up alone would indeed carry a lot of pressure.
Zhao Yi felt much relieved.
Not only was his facial expression praised by familiar people, the majority of the people in the hall and on-site reporters also admired his appearance.
One reason was his composure without any mistakes throughout the event.
The other reason was his youth.
It was rare to see leaders standing together with such a young person. Zhao Yi’s academic achievements allowed him to stand on this stage and receive the award. It truly was remarkable.
Many old academicians couldn’t help but sigh, "Now it’s the world of young people!"
"Old, old!"
However, most of them were still ’old’. In academic circles, those under forty are considered young. Among the more than a thousand people in the venue, only a handful were under forty.
As a result, the Yanhua University team received special attention from the camera.
One was Zhao Yi.
And the other was Zhang Wei.
In this conference room, it was not easy to have a beautiful female scholar. No matter where they went, beautiful women would always be cared for by the camera lens.
Even ordinary-looking audiences would occasionally be captured by the camera, let alone Zhang Wei, who was not just an ordinary spectator, but a genuine award-winning project representative.
When the Science and Technology Progress Awards were presented, Zhang Wei represented the ’Rheumatoid Arthritis Project’ and went on stage to receive the award.
At first, it was decided that Ai Lixin would receive the award, but he later thought that there wasn’t much meaning in him receiving it. He had already applied for a promotion in his title and was just waiting for approval to officially become a researcher.
Zhang Wei’s qualifications were much less significant. Going on stage to represent the laboratory for an award, showing her face under the camera lens might be helpful for her in the future.
