After the banquet ended, Chen Mo's speech at the Nobel banquet spread across the globe through various news outlets, sparking heated discussion among netizens worldwide.
When Chen Mo had first published his paper on the feasibility of Earthquake Early Warning, many experts at home and abroad had mocked him. Today, videos of those experts ridiculing Chen Mo were dug up again and appeared on forums everywhere.
For a time, countless people began arguing.
Many people knew that Chen Mo's paper on the theory of earthquake predictability had been his first paper published publicly, as well as his only one. It had also been the paper mocked most viciously.
Only after the seismometer came out did the ridicule stop.
And now, that theory, once mocked by countless people, had brought Chen Mo onto the Nobel stage. It had to be said that the turn of events was both dramatic and deeply ironic.
Everyone who had mocked Chen Mo back then had been thoroughly slapped in the face.
Those experts who had once appeared in videos to mock Chen Mo, whether domestic or foreign, had now collectively fallen silent, not daring to make another statement. The trolls hiding in dark corners would conveniently forget what they had once done and remain silent as well.
Those who had supported Chen Mo all along were celebrating. Now was the time to hold their heads high. The moment Chen Mo stepped onto the award stage belonged to Huaxia's glory.
Quite a few researchers felt regretful. Since that paper, Chen Mo had produced many research results, yet he had never publicly published another academic paper. People could not help suspecting that this was due to the impact of the ridicule incident.
For researchers, being unable to read Chen Mo's research papers again was a regret.