No one had expected Gao Yuan's speech to be so profound, directly targeting the heart of the issue.
Although its content was somewhat pessimistic and lacked Boss Ma's impassioned flair that stirred endless fantasies, that was precisely Gao Yuan's style—cruel, yet real.
"That was so well said! How could we ever surpass them if we blindly followed the enemy's rhythm?"
"It's time to establish China's own academic confidence! That must be why Kunlun Asking the Way exists!"
Gao Yuan watched the scrolling comments. The right to set the rules of the game could not be won overnight; it required a long period of accumulation. As long as everyone understood the meaning of what he had said today, his purpose had been achieved.
Facing hundreds of thousands of livestream viewers, Gao Yuan said with a smile, "The significance of Kunlun Asking the Way lies in pursuing academic independence, in establishing our own system outside Western academic authority, rather than going farther and farther down the path others have laid out for us."
"Very soon, the all-Chinese academic website Kunlun Asking the Way will officially launch."
"When the time comes, you'll see research papers on X Fiber. Your corrections and suggestions are welcome, and submissions are even more welcome. Please refer to the relevant pages for submission and review rules."
"This livestream ends here. Thank you all for participating. If you have any questions, please leave a message on Kunlun Asking the Way."
"Goodbye."
As soon as Gao Yuan said the word goodbye, Dr. Xu Qingzhou and Zhou Helin cut off the livestream signal as well. Zhou Helin brought Gao Yuan a can of cola and repeatedly told him that he had worked hard.
"How did the livestream go? Did many people watch it?" Gao Yuan asked Dr. Xu Qingzhou.
Dr. Xu Qingzhou shrugged. "Not bad. The topic was a little heavy, though. Peak viewership reached nine hundred thousand. Look at Li Jiaqi, Viya, Lao Luo—don't their livestreams always draw tens of millions of viewers? Their sales can easily hit hundreds of millions. You're nowhere near their level. You'd be too embarrassed to even greet them in person."
Gao Yuan felt frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.
That was the reality today. Scientific research had declined. Professor Yuan Lanfeng, who had done science popularization for many years, was already considered a celebrity in scientific circles. But if he livestreamed, could he even draw five thousand viewers?
This was Gao Yuan's first livestream, and peak viewership had already reached nine hundred thousand. That was a pretty good result, wasn't it?
"Teacher Gao, the time's up. Kunlun Asking the Way is officially online!" Just after noon, Zhou Helin sat before the computer and shouted excitedly.
Gao Yuan and Dr. Xu Qingzhou were both startled and hurried over to watch.
"It moved! The visitor count moved!"
"There are ten visitors now!"
"One hundred visitors!"
"It's over five hundred!"
"Teacher Gao, they're downloading your paper!"
As Gao Yuan's fiercely loyal assistant, Zhou Helin was thrilled. His eyes remained fixed on the backend as he reported the latest developments to Gao Yuan and Dr. Xu Qingzhou.
Would Kunlun Asking the Way suddenly go viral and instantly rack up over a hundred million clicks?
Of course not. This was a purely academic website, and at present it only covered the field of materials chemistry. If even an academic website could get over a hundred million clicks, the world would surely have gone mad.
When the clock struck 12:10, the Kunlun Asking the Way backend showed that fifty thousand visitors were currently online at the same time.
"That's amazing! Fifty thousand people—fifty thousand actually logged in right away!"
"Mm, it's much better than I expected. I figured that getting two hundred thousand visitors on the first day would count as a success. I never expected fifty thousand in just ten minutes. Reaching two hundred thousand for the day shouldn't be a problem."
"It would be great if everyone who watched the livestream came to Kunlun Asking the Way."
"Don't think too much. Those people were only there for the excitement. The vast majority didn't come for the papers."
Gao Yuan and Dr. Xu Qingzhou discussed it and felt the website was a success, but the two were soon mercilessly mocked by Cao Feiyu.
"Do you two really need to keep staring at the backend?" Cao Feiyu looked at his two good friends, shook his head, and said, "With this little traffic, I even specifically rented several enterprise-grade servers from Alibaba, along with dual gigabit bandwidth."
"It's completely unnecessary. I'll return the servers later and recover some of the financial losses."
Gao Yuan's face reddened slightly as he tried to argue, "There are quite a lot of people. It's not that bleak, is it?"
Dr. Xu Qingzhou came to Gao Yuan's rescue. "You can't judge things only by appearances. Look at how rapidly the paper downloads are climbing. I can't guarantee what the general public will think, but within professional materials chemistry circles, this will definitely cause a huge sensation. The unique super honeycomb structure of X Fiber will surely occupy the forefront of industry research for years to come and become the talk of researchers around the world!"
Cao Feiyu sat down on the sofa and said with a smile, "Don't get worked up. I was only joking. Academic circles are small to begin with, and this is only materials chemistry. There were never going to be that many people paying attention. I know all that."
"I rented the large servers just to be safe, in case something unexpected happened. Too bad that unexpected thing never happened. Science is probably just this plain and uneventful."
Gao Yuan glanced outside. "It's the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the coldest season of the year. Perfect weather for lamb hotpot. Let's go have hotpot and celebrate the successful launch of Kunlun Asking the Way."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Just as they were discussing which hotpot restaurant to visit, Zhou Helin suddenly let out a scream and pointed at the screen, as though something utterly unbelievable had happened.
"What's going on?"
Dr. Xu Qingzhou frowned and walked over. The moment he focused on the screen, he froze as well.
There, on the Kunlun Asking the Way message board, was a striking line of text.
Institute 52 under the Ordnance Administration, Inner Mongolia Institute of Metallic Materials, all researchers congratulate Kunlun Asking the Way!
The military...
A congratulatory message from a military research institute!?
Institute 53, Shandong Institute of Nonmetallic Materials, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Changchun Institute of Equipment and Technology 55 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Southwest Institute of Automation 58 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Southwest Institute of Technical Engineering 59 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 70, Shanxi Institute of Vehicle Engines, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 201, China North Vehicle Research Institute, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 202, Northwest Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 203, Xi'an Institute of Modern Control Technology, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 204, Xi'an Institute of Modern Chemistry, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 205, Xi'an Institute of Applied Optics, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 206, Xi'an Institute of Electronic Engineering, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 207, North Institute of Automatic Control Technology, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Ordnance Equipment Research Institute 208 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 209, Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 210, North Institute of Science and Technology Information, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Kunming Institute of Physics 211 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 212, Xi'an Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Information, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 213, Shaanxi Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Institute 214, East China Institute of Optoelectronic Integrated Devices, congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
Shanghai Electrical Control Research Institute 218 congratulates Kunlun Asking the Way!
It was hard to imagine that all twenty-one research institutes under the Ordnance Administration had actually shown up!?
And next came the Aviation Administration and its thirty-six subordinate research institutes.
The Ship Administration and its thirty-two subordinate research institutes.
The Aerospace Administration and all of its subordinate research institutes...
At that moment, Gao Yuan had completely lost the ability to speak. He stared at the continuously refreshing congratulatory messages, mouth agape in shock beyond words.
Though they were merely simple congratulatory messages, no one could ignore the power behind them or the deeper meaning they contained.
The military's scientific research forces had all come out in force. What an enormous show of support that was!
And with the military's sudden appearance, Kunlun Asking the Way drew the attention of all China. The website's backend statistics began skyrocketing, tracing an incredibly steep curve!
The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Beginning of Spring.
As if it had all been planned long ago, every research institute under the military gathered at Kunlun Asking the Way!
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