Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 585: Chapter 340: It Will Be Awkward For The People Of Country D (Alliance Leader, Wastrel, Criminal)

Capital TV Station’s education channel was broadcasting the entire lecture live.

Compared to attention-grabbing news and current affairs broadcasts, an academic lecture was relatively uninteresting. Most viewers, initially curious, soon discovered after a few minutes of watching that they completely couldn’t understand it.

What would it feel like to watch an incomprehensible mathematics lecture on TV?

Online reactions were already coming in. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

The Xinglang Website had set up a special live chat room to rebroadcast the educational channel’s coverage and even invited former "Brain Power Burst" guest, the famous turtle scholar Li Lin, to provide commentary, helping netizens track Zhao Yi’s presentation on Fermat’s Last Theorem.

Li Lin and Zhao Yi had an interesting history. Back when Zhao Yi was still in high school, whether it was solving the Rubik’s Cube or proving the Collatz Conjecture, Li Lin made unfavorable comments, leading the internet to dub him ’Not-a-Genius Dr. Li’.

As Zhao Yi’s achievements and fame grew, the nickname ’Not-a-Genius Dr. Li’ also became more prominent. Li Lin decided to exit the "Brain Power Burst" show after being heavily criticized. His fame did not decrease but increased instead, especially after his quote,"Zhao Yi is a computer genius, but not necessarily a mathematics genius", was turned into various memes.

Public opinion can be fascinatingly fickle. At first, Li Lin was criticized for not believing in Zhao Yi’s abilities, even receiving a notable negative nickname, but gradually opinions shifted - many netizens began to find Li Lin ’adorable’ for making a statement they deemed completely wrong.

Li Lin later apologized to Zhao Yi in an interview and joked about his own lack of vision. The incident was soon forgotten, but the nickname ’Not-a-Genius Dr. Li’ had evolved into an affectionate moniker used by his internet fans.

While Li Lin isn’t exactly famous nowadays, he is still frequently invited to participate in programs dealing with academics and intellectual abilities.

Xinglang specifically set up the live chatroom and invited Li Lin to provide ’live commentary’ for the netizens.

Obviously,

Li Lin was in over his head.

After initially trying to follow Zhao Yi’s train of thought and explaining a few points, Li Lin quickly found himself at the same level as the netizens in the chat room. All he could do was blurt out something every now and again, eventually admitting that he ’couldn’t understand part of it’.

The users in the chatroom were quite affirmative in their comments, "Genius Li can’t keep up anymore."

"He no longer understands!"

"He’s just spouting nonsense now. I just want to ask: Genius Li, are you feeling embarrassed?"

"..."

Li Lin was indeed feeling awkward.

The camera mostly focused on the stage, but due to the deep academic content of the lecture, an overwhelming majority of the audience couldn’t understand it, so occasionally, the camera would focus on other areas.

The audience was always attention-grabbing.

The ’temporary reviewers’ in the first row definitely made appearances. The TV program didn’t introduce them, so Li Lin finally had a chance to contribute,"This man on the screen now is named Brent. He is a mathematician from Y Country, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of the Newton Institute. He specializes in research involving cohomology on algebraic varieties."

"Look at his movements, his confident expression, I guess he fully understands."

"Impressive!"

Next--

"The man on Brent’s left is Edward Witten. I suppose all those who follow the mathematics circle know him. He’s a Fields medalist from Princeton." As the camera focused more on Edward Witten, perhaps due to his friendly relations. He has a research project in collaboration with Zhao Yi and this was his third visit to China."

Next one--

"And next is Professor Qiu Chengwen, a name familiar to everyone, a Chinese winner of the Fields Medal, currently leading the newly established Mathematics Science Center at Shuimu University."

The one next to him--

"And next to him is Academician Zhu Zhiwang from the National Academy of Sciences, it’s not easy to become an academician in mathematics in our country..."

Netizens in the chatroom, following Li Lin’s introductions, couldn’t help but marvel at the top-tier caliber of the attendees. Just picking someone from the front row would yield an academician, and randomly selecting just anyone might yield a Fields Medalist.

But then, their interest was lost.

Television broadcasts tend to focus on attractive women. Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin, sitting in the third row, were like beacons in the dark. The moment the camera panned over, they became the center of attention.

The live broadcast kept focusing on them. Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin weren’t mentioned on TV, but Li Lin introduced them on his own, "The girl with the long braid is Zhao Yi’s girlfriend, Lin Xiaoqing. She’s the martial arts girl whose video went viral online recently. She came to support Zhao Yi."

"The other one must be a classmate, I guess?"

In the midst of his continuous commentary, Li Lin quickly noticed the camera frequently focusing on Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin. He couldn’t help but give a wry smile,"The camera seems to be focusing on them a lot. The director sure favors them!"

After finishing his sentence, he added sarcastically, "Are they planning to recruit Zhao Yi’s girlfriend as a star?"

The truth was,

It was just too boring.

What could be entertaining about such a professional academic lecture? The onsite reporters found it torturous. Some of them resorted to observing the attendees’ behavior, trying to estimate who might be able to understand.

The mathematical elites in the first row were all seriously listening, with Brent being the most relaxed. The expressions of the rest were stern and serious.

Starting from the second row, there were only a few who were paying attention. Some were whispering to each other, clearly lacking focus.

"From the second row onwards, I guess very few can understand."