Livestream Begins, Large Numbers of Uninformed Masses Flood In!

Dr. Xu Qingzhou returned from sunny Sanya.

This R&D department trip had cost quite a bit, after all, winter is peak season in Hainan, with no discounts on hotels or flights.

However, Gao Yuan didn't mind these expenses. Firstly, the company was doing well; for every ton of X Fiber sold, there was a net profit of nearly twenty thousand yuan. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was making a fortune daily.

Secondly, Gao Yuan understood the value of talent.

Why did so many R&D talents flock to Europe and America? Wasn't it because the benefits were better, the workload less demanding, there weren't so many amateurs leading experts, and research funding was easier to approve?

Some bosses only knew how to paint a rosy picture for their employees, brainwash them with motivational speeches, but become hesitant when it came to actual money.

Bosses like that, apart from their empty talk, were utterly useless. They might fool one or two young, inexperienced employees, but truly intelligent and logical elites would never stay with a company run by a compulsive liar.

When Xu Qingzhou returned, he was noticeably tanned, but in good spirits. His satisfaction with Gao Yuan as a boss reached an all-time high.

However, the good times didn't last long. They soon felt immense pressure. Gao Yuan pushed them to write papers every day. Anyone who failed to submit on time or whose paper quality didn't meet standards would forget about their Lunar New Year bonuses and benefits.

Thus, Xu Qingzhou and the others had no choice but to curse the evils of capitalism while rushing their drafts overnight.

Fortunately, creating an academic website for materials science in Chinese was something everyone welcomed. Despite the complaints, they held many hopes for the future.

On the other hand, Gao Yuan also used online media to promote his website, spreading the news of the upcoming paper publication.

"Waited too long! I'll definitely read Mr. Gao Yuan's great work once Kunlun Asking the Way is online!"

"Support! X Fiber is the pride of Huaxia, a super black technology! It deserves a Nobel Prize!"

"Kunlun Asking the Way? That's a nice name for a website, very evocative."

Suddenly, the circle exploded with excitement. Everyone posted, expressing their anticipation and support.

"Speaking of which, why publish such an important paper on Boss Gao's own website instead of on Science?"

"Could it be that Science rejected it?"

"Don't be ridiculous. Would Science dare reject Boss Gao's paper? Unless they're crazy. So many academic journals worldwide are begging Boss Gao to publish with them."

"Anyway, I just feel something's fishy. Otherwise, Boss Gao wouldn't choose to publish on his own website instead of numerous authoritative journals."

"You guys don't know anything. Boss Gao is a businessman, and Kunlun Asking the Way is his business. As long as he draws traffic, the money will pour in. He can still publish in top journals later."

"Are you thinking too lowly of Boss Gao? He doesn't seem like someone who's only after profit."

Many people were confused, unable to understand why Gao Yuan insisted on publishing the paper on his own website, leading to some ill-intentioned speculation.

Gao Yuan was speechless. He complained to Xu Qingzhou, "The West not only brainwashes the general public but is also deeply afflicted with brainwashing the academic community. Nowadays, our scholars and top students consider publishing in Western journals as a matter of course. Anyone who occasionally breaks the rules is suspected of having ulterior motives."

Xu Qingzhou comforted Gao Yuan, "Ignore them. Some people are just like that; full of their own depravity, they always assume others are the same."

"In my opinion, it's precisely at times like these that we need figures like you to stand up and rally the troops. Not everyone needs to understand your views; as long as a portion of people can accept them, it's already a great success!"

Indeed, a friend who shares my values, Gao Yuan nodded slightly, but at the same time, he found Xu Qingzhou's wording a bit amusing.

"What do you mean, figures like me rally the troops? I'm not some important person."

Xu Qingzhou looked at him seriously and said firmly, "In terms of technological innovation, the X series fiber is a generation's black technology, the most powerful invention in materials chemistry in decades, destined to be recorded in history forever!"

"In business, you established the strategic partner system, firmly binding capable major enterprises to your chariot. Not only have you avoided being controlled by capital, but you've also had countless capitalists conquer territories for you!"

"In terms of character, the X2 thermal fiber saves soldiers on the snowy plateaus from the harsh cold, and the Silver Frost bulletproof fiber protects the lives of countless soldiers!"

"Academically, you refuse all temptations, even willing to forgo the glory of a Nobel Prize to fully promote the localization of academic papers and the autonomy of scientific research!"

"Someone like you, if not qualified to rally the troops, then I don't think anyone in this world is."

Xu Qingzhou's words made Gao Yuan blush. Deep down, he was just an ordinary person from humble beginnings. Because his parents lived in different parts of the country, his favorite foods were dumplings and sweet soy-pudding, a very... mixed taste.

Regardless, Gao Yuan was thrust into the spotlight.

When it was ten o'clock in the morning on February 5th, the live broadcast channel opened first, while the official launch time for the Kunlun Asking the Way website was exactly twelve noon.

Gao Yuan's idea was simple: use the time before the website launch to share some heartfelt words, give a simple speech, explain why he insisted on localizing papers, and incidentally, build hype for the Kunlun Asking the Way website.

The live broadcast took place in Gao Yuan's office and could be watched on major video platforms like Bilibili, Douyin, and iQiyi.

"Gao Yuan, come out quickly!"

"Let us see if you are really young and handsome!"

"Who is richer, Gao Yuan or Principal Wang?"

"Invented X Fiber at just twenty-one and became a major supplier for the PLA. Boss Gao is Huaxia's youngest super-rich tycoon. Whoever marries him will be blessed!"

If one looked closely at the bullet comments, it was not hard to notice that this live broadcast had gone far beyond its intended audience. Not only professionals in materials chemistry were watching, but also many students on winter break and curious onlookers from other industries were tuning in with a sense of novelty.

The main reason for this phenomenon was Gao Yuan's personal wealth.

Around the New Year, some busybody had posted that given Kunlun Company's current standing and the patent value of X Fiber, Gao Yuan was already one of Huaxia's wealthiest tycoons, not much different from Daddy Ma.

Keep in mind that Gao Yuan was only twenty-one years old. His rise was as rapid as a rocket breaking through the sky, leaving the major rich lists too slow to include him before he had already achieved fame and fortune.

This post went viral and was heavily promoted by various media outlets.

If it were someone else, they might have seized the opportunity for self-promotion and used the hype to rise.

However, Gao Yuan had no such awareness. Moreover, in this era, news travels fast and fades even faster. Within a few days, everyone forgot about this youngest super-rich tycoon of Huaxia.

Now it was February, and with the paper to be published and the Kunlun Asking the Way website launching, Gao Yuan was also about to conduct his first online live broadcast.

These messages poured in, and various self-media outlets seized the opportunity, hyping them up ferociously.

As a result, Gao Yuan once again became the focus, with countless people tuning into his livestream, eager to see Huaxia's youngest billionaire.

As for what X series fiber was, or what a super honeycomb structure was, the onlookers had no clue and didn't care at all.

Uh...

Why are there so many people...

At this moment, Gao Yuan looked at the rapidly increasing number of viewers in the livestream room and the frantically refreshing bullet comments, his expression a bit bewildered.

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