Recaps

Wu Chen’s colleagues laughed when he claimed to have published three first-author papers in top journals, but Huang Ruijie discovered the papers online and exposed the truth. Wang Hongfa confirmed the publications, collapsed in shock, and Wu Chen calmly reminded him that he had already said so.

• Wu Chen named three journals where he said he had recently published first-author papers, and Wang Hongfa and the other teachers laughed at him.
• Wang Hongfa turned the meeting into a long account of his own career while Huang Ruijie checked the Chinese Journal of Computers website.
• Huang Ruijie found Wu Chen’s newly published paper and showed it to Yin Hao, who accidentally knocked over a cup while reacting.
• Yin Hao told Wang Hongfa about Wu Chen’s paper, and Wang Hongfa checked the journal listings and confirmed all three publications.
• Wang Hongfa collapsed in shock, then steadied himself and stared at Wu Chen, who replied, “Nuo.”

Wu Chen and Jiang Nan took over a bankrupt camera factory to begin manufacturing the Little Jiang No. 2 industrial inspection camera. When Wu Chen proposed a production-line modification, technical supervisor Zhao Hengrui dismissed his idea, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Wang Hongfa fainted after Wu Chen addressed him at the previous day's meeting, and Wu Chen was relieved that he survived.
• Jiang Nan drove Wu Chen to the newly acquired Hazelnut Technology factory and explained that its existing camera production lines could be adapted.
• Wu Chen told Jiang Nan he wanted to keep manufacturing in-house because he expected foreign pressure once his business grew.
• Jiang Nan introduced Wu Chen to technical supervisor Zhao Hengrui and the other factory staff.
• Workshop manager Chen Yongkang listed problems with the existing equipment, and Wu Chen proposed adding a positioning fixture to improve placement accuracy.
• Zhao Hengrui sneered at Wu Chen's proposal and claimed the fixture could not meet the requirements.

Wu Chen gathered the factory workers’ concerns about starting production and promised to find affordable solutions by Wednesday, while Jiang Nan learned he planned to dismiss Zhao Hengrui after the immediate crisis. Their drive home ended with Jiang Nan asking whether Wu Chen had made a girl cry in the cafeteria.

• Zhao Hengrui challenged Wu Chen’s proposed fix for the pick-and-place machine’s positioning errors, and Wu Chen suggested using industrial cameras and image analysis instead.
• Wu Chen invited the workers to raise their concerns and told them they could leave if they lacked confidence in him; Chen Yongkang applauded and continued listing production problems.
• Wu Chen listened as the workers identified practical difficulties, then concluded that he would solve them before Wednesday while Jiang Nan prepared materials for production.
• Jiang Nan asked Wu Chen why he intended to dismiss Zhao Hengrui, and Wu Chen explained that he would tolerate the veteran technicians until the factory overcame its immediate difficulties.
• On the drive home, Jiang Nan asked Wu Chen whether he had made a girl cry in the cafeteria.

Wu Chen and Jiang Nan planned to trap Wang Hongfa into investing in a failed research project, while Wu Chen focused on fixing the production line. After redeeming the required samples, Wu Chen raised his engineering skill to level 1 and earned a random draw opportunity.

• Wu Chen told Jiang Nan about Wang Hongfa’s affair with Min Xinrou and proposed luring him into a costly partnership that would leave him desperate enough to embezzle funds.
• Jiang Nan agreed to help and devised a plan to make Wang Hongfa more confident in SNN by pretending to approach Wu Chen first.
• Wu Chen paused his work on speech emotion synthesis and researched production-line fixes, raising his engineering progress from 22% to 52% and unlocking two samples.
• After a long day of classes, Wu Chen completed his research, unlocked and redeemed the samples needed for the production line, and raised his engineering skill to level 1.
• The system awarded Wu Chen one random draw opportunity for increasing his engineering level.

Wu Chen gained practical engineering skills and drew a Complete Pharmaceutical Database, which led him to choose semaglutide research as his next goal. The next afternoon, someone interrupted his AI class, and Wu Chen found Teacher Jiang waiting at the door.

• Wu Chen reached engineering level 1 and gained practical skills that helped him understand the Little Jiang No. 2 production documents.
• Wu Chen used his final random draw and received a Complete Pharmaceutical Database, stored in his mind and on a secure USB drive.
• Wu Chen considered several drug research directions but decided to focus on developing semaglutide.
• Wu Chen taught an artificial intelligence class, and Min Xinrou arrived just before it began.
• Min Xinrou told Wu Chen that someone was looking for him, and Wu Chen found Teacher Jiang outside the classroom.

Wu Chen helped a student after class while Jiang Nan waited for him, leaving Min Xinrou unable to ask him about her research or invite him to dinner. At the cafeteria, Min Xinrou encountered Yang Yuanjing, who loudly spread a rumor that she was involved with a male teacher and had been confronted by his girlfriend.

• Jiang Nan came to meet Wu Chen after his class, prompting students to tease him about their relationship.
• Wu Chen helped a student fix an algorithm error, then offered Min Xinrou encouragement before leaving with Jiang Nan.
• Min Xinrou regretted not asking Wu Chen about the voice emotion model or inviting him to dinner, then headed to Yangxian Mansion.
• Yang Yuanjing saw Min Xinrou at the cafeteria and told her roommates that Min Xinrou was having a secret relationship with a male teacher.

Yang Yuanjing and her roommates publicly spread rumors about Min Xinrou and Wu Chen, pushing Min Xinrou to confront them. The confrontation turned violent until Wu Chen intervened, and he ended by asking Min Xinrou why she had not dodged.

• Yang Yuanjing and her roommates mocked Min Xinrou and spread rumors about her and Teacher Wu in front of a crowd.
• Min Xinrou confronted them, but Yang Yuanjing taunted her and accused her of secretly looking at Wu Chen’s photo.
• Min Xinrou shoved Yang Yuanjing, who fell into a trash can and was covered in leftover food.
• Enraged, Yang Yuanjing grabbed a steel chopstick and lunged at Min Xinrou’s neck.
• Wu Chen caught Yang Yuanjing’s wrist, stopped her, and threw the chopstick away before asking Min Xinrou why she had not dodged.

After Yang Yuanjing spread rumors that Wu Chen was dating Min Xinrou, Wu Chen and Jiang Nan calmed the cafeteria crowd and denied the allegations. The group went to the academic affairs office, where Dean Wang Hongfa unexpectedly arrived as the school handled the incident.

• Jiang Nan comforted Min Xinrou while Wu Chen and Jiang Nan learned that Yang Yuanjing had been spreading rumors about Wu Chen and Min Xinrou.
• Zhou Fan and the security staff arrived, but a disguised voice reignited the crowd by accusing the school of covering up a teacher-student relationship.
• Wu Chen told the crowd he was pursuing Jiang Nan, and Jiang Nan confirmed that Wu Chen had no improper relationship with another student.
• Wu Chen and Jiang Nan agreed to hold those responsible for the rumors accountable, then headed with Min Xinrou and the others to the academic affairs office.
• Dean Wang Hongfa and several school officials arrived at the academic affairs office, surprising Wu Chen and Jiang Nan because the incident only required a level III response.

At a university disciplinary meeting, Wu Chen refused to let Yang Yuanjing’s attack on Min Xinrou be dismissed as a minor dispute, despite Wang Hongfa’s efforts to control the proceedings. Yang Yuanjing then accused Wu Chen of repeatedly sexually harassing her, leaving the meeting facing a far more serious allegation.

• Wang Hongfa warned Li Lan that the incident threatened Xiaoheshan University of Technology’s bid to join the 2011 Project.
• Zhao Lei reported the cafeteria incident and presented the chopsticks Yang Yuanjing had tried to use against Min Xinrou, while Wang Hongfa insisted they not be called a weapon.
• Wang Hongfa demanded that Wu Chen explain what happened, and Wu Chen recommended that Yang Yuanjing receive probation and publicly apologize.
• Wang Hongfa accused Wu Chen of violating professional ethics, but Wu Chen challenged him to name the violation.
• Yang Yuanjing apologized to the leaders and Min Xinrou, then accused Wu Chen of sexually harassing her multiple times.

Wu Chen faced a university inquiry after Yang Yuanjing accused him of sexual harassment and coercing her into sex, while Wang Hongfa urged her on. Knowing that denials would not be enough, Wu Chen told Jiang Nan to retrieve equipment he had prepared as evidence.

• Wu Chen challenged Yang Yuanjing to explain how he had harassed her, and Wang Hongfa pressured her to speak.
• Yang Yuanjing accused Wu Chen of staring at female students and keeping girls after class, while Li Lan questioned whether her claims were true.
• Yang Yuanjing claimed Wu Chen had threatened to fail her unless she slept with him, and Wu Chen denied it.
• Jiang Nan and Min Xinrou tried to defend Wu Chen, but he stopped them and asked Jiang Nan to bring equipment from his car.

Wu Chen used a long camera recording and Jiang Nan’s QQ chat history to disprove Yang Yuanjing’s accusation, but Wang Hongfa tried to dismiss the evidence and protect her. Wu Chen then revealed that he had overheard Wang Hongfa discussing a graduate-school guarantee, leaving both Wang and Yang shaken.

• Jiang Nan brought Wu Chen his backpack, and he connected its camera to a computer to show footage from the weekend.
• Wu Chen challenged Yang Yuanjing to identify when he had allegedly forced her, and she gave conflicting answers about the time.
• Wu Chen showed footage that contradicted Yang’s account, but Wang Hongfa claimed the recording and chat could have been faked.
• Jiang Nan showed her QQ chat history with Wu Chen and confirmed that she had sent the message seen in the footage.
• Yang called the video spliced, and Wang backed her up, but Wu Chen quoted Wang’s private words about guaranteeing Yang a place in graduate school.

Wu Chen rejected Wang Hongfa’s proposed punishment for Yang Yuanjing and demanded expulsion, an apology, and compensation for Min Xinrou’s computer. After securing an apology and a promise of compensation, he left with Jiang Nan and Min Xinrou, then headed to meet President Xu, leaving Min Xinrou wondering whether he was going because of her.

• Wang Hongfa backed down and proposed a demerit, disciplinary probation, and a public apology for Yang Yuanjing.
• Wu Chen demanded Yang Yuanjing’s expulsion and compensation for Min Xinrou’s computer, and insisted counselor Zhang Wei apologize for his failures.
• Yang Yuanjing apologized to Wu Chen and Min Xinrou, who accepted but demanded payment for her computer.
• Wang Hongfa agreed that Yang Yuanjing would compensate Min Xinrou within three days and said the expulsion request had to go to the university.
• Wu Chen left the office with Jiang Nan and Min Xinrou, then called President Xu and headed to the administration building.
• Min Xinrou hurried after Wu Chen and asked whether he was meeting the president because of the trouble she had caused him.

Wu Chen went to meet President Xu Jianping about his research papers while avoiding unsupported accusations against Wang Hongfa and Yang Yuanjing. Xu Jianping heard Wang Hongfa’s account, slowed Wu Chen’s promotion to lecturer, and redirected resources toward three AI PhDs, unaware of what Wu Chen might achieve next.

• Wu Chen reassured Min Xinrou that his meeting with the president had nothing to do with her, then told Jiang Nan he would avoid making unproven accusations against Wang Hongfa and Yang Yuanjing.
• Xu Jianping considered fast-tracking Wu Chen’s promotion to associate professor because of his three top-journal papers and the university’s need for computer science talent.
• Wang Hongfa told Xu Jianping about Yang Yuanjing’s planned expulsion while omitting key details, and Xu Jianping agreed to promote Wu Chen only to lecturer because of the scandal risk.
• Xu Jianping recruited three AI PhDs from an old friend and cut planned funding for Wu Chen and other young lecturers to cover their costs.
• Wu Chen arrived at Xu Jianping’s office.

Wu Chen discussed his research and promotion with Xu Jianping, then explained his conflict with Wang Hongfa. The meeting ended with Chen Beitao telling Wu Chen that Peking University wanted to hire him as an associate professor.

• Wu Chen explained his three papers to Xu Jianping, who praised his research and discussed potential academic connections.
• Xu Jianping offered to promote Wu Chen from a level-13 teaching assistant to a level-8 lecturer and promised to help with research funding.
• Wu Chen reported Wang Hongfa's improper relationship with Liu Ping and the false accusation arranged through Yang Yuanjing, and Xu Jianping said he would handle it.
• Chen Beitao called Wu Chen and announced that Peking University wanted to hire him as an associate professor.

Wu Chen turned down the chance to go to Peking University and accepted Xu Jianping’s generous offer to stay at Xiaoheshan University of Technology. After two other university presidents tried to recruit him, Xu Jianping claimed Wu Chen was dating Jiang Nan to stop them from poaching him.

• Chen Beitao called Wu Chen about doing research together, and Wu Chen ended the call by pretending he was busy.
• Xu Jianping offered Wu Chen increased funding, a lab, an apartment, and a path to tenure; Wu Chen chose to stay at Xiaoheshan University of Technology.
• Xu Jianping moved 150,000 yuan from Wang Hongfa’s discretionary project funds to Wu Chen’s allocation.
• Tang Guoming asked to borrow Wu Chen for Hangzhou Dianzi University, but Xu Jianping refused and said Wu Chen had turned down Peking University.
• Luo Wenbin also asked to bring Wu Chen to Gongshang University for a temporary exchange, and Xu Jianping claimed Wu Chen was dating Jiang Nan to deter him.
• Luo Wenbin exclaimed, “What! Lend you both of them?”

Wu Chen’s research success began drawing public and academic attention as he prepared to help Jiang Nan’s pharmaceutical factory. He and Jiang Nan took the frightened Min Xinrou out for dinner, where Wu Chen’s intimidating presence discouraged other men and the women asked him to call Wang Hongfa.

• Xu Jianping saw news that Wu Chen had published seven papers in top journals in a month, while Chen Beitao told Wu Chen that his other five papers had also been published and invited him to lecture.
• Wu Chen told Jiang Nan he would be busy with academic work, and she asked him to handle the factory that day so her family’s production line could use his pill inspection system.
• Wu Chen and Jiang Nan found Min Xinrou waiting outside because she was afraid to return to the dormitory after Yang Yuanjing’s threatening look, so Jiang Nan took her to dinner.
• Jiang Nan directed Wu Chen to drive them to a Chaoshan beef hot pot restaurant in Pingfeng, where she and Min Xinrou began to relax over food.
• Wu Chen’s sharp glance deterred a group of young men from approaching Jiang Nan and Min Xinrou, and the two women noticed his unexpectedly intimidating side.
• After Wu Chen finished replying to messages about his papers, Jiang Nan asked him to call Wang Hongfa.

Wu Chen helped Min Xinrou move out of her hostile dormitory and settle into a rented room, then worked through the night with the Hazelnut Technology staff to modify the factory production line. The line was ready for a trial run, and Jiang Nan's parents arrived at the factory as Wu Chen tried to clarify his relationship with her.

• Wu Chen called Wang Hongfa and arranged for Min Xinrou to withdraw from the dormitory, while Wang Hongfa tried to make peace with him.
• Jiang Nan found Min Xinrou a cheap room, and she and Wu Chen helped her move in and settle there.
• Wu Chen arrived at Hazelnut Technology's factory and showed Chen Yongkang, Li Bin, and Zhao Hengrui the equipment he had brought to modify the production line.
• Wu Chen led the overnight production-line modifications, impressing Zhao Hengrui with his technical skill and explaining how to install the calibration board.
• After the work was completed, Wu Chen instructed Chen Yongkang to begin trial production and prioritize Jiangdong Pharmaceutical Factory's order.
• Jiang Nan called her parents over while Wu Chen was about to tell Chen Yongkang that he and Jiang Nan were only business partners.

Wu Chen met Jiang Hongyue and Lai Shuxian at the factory, where the family brought gifts for the workers as the factory prepared to resume production. He explained why he chose manufacturing and discussed the production line with Lai Shuxian, who wondered how he would get home so late.

• Jiang Hongyue and Lai Shuxian arrived with gifts for the factory workers, and Wu Chen and the others unloaded them into the warehouse.
• After the workers left, Jiang Hongyue worried about the difficulties facing manufacturing and asked why Wu Chen had chosen industry over the internet business.
• Wu Chen said manufacturing was the foundation of the economy and described his ambitions to make graphics cards and build a computing center.
• Jiang Hongyue offered to help Wu Chen find buyers, noting that Jiang Nan owned a share of his earnings.
• Lai Shuxian asked Wu Chen about his production-line modifications, listened to his detailed explanation, and then asked how he planned to get home.

Wu Chen borrowed Jiang Hongyue’s car and discovered that publishing his papers had earned him extra system draws. One draw upgraded his stamina, while another awarded the hidden skill Deep Reading, leaving him with a powerful new way to absorb and remember information.

• Lai Shuxian persuaded Wu Chen to borrow Jiang Hongyue’s car and invited him to dinner on Saturday, hoping to assess him as a potential partner for Jiang Nan.
• Jiang Nan told her parents she did not want to date, and Jiang Hongyue asked Lai Shuxian not to pressure her.
• Wu Chen checked his system and found that his engineering experience had increased and his eight published papers had earned him 80 Skill Points and three extra draws.
• Wu Chen’s first draw awarded a Stamina Potion, raising his stamina to Level 2 and restoring his energy while improving his physique.
• Wu Chen’s second draw landed on “Thank you for playing,” but the system revealed that he had won the hidden skill Deep Reading, which increased his reading speed, information capture, and memory a hundredfold for one hour each day.

Wu Chen obtained Small Modular Molten Salt Reactor Theory and decided he needed to rise in standing to promote fourth-generation nuclear power. At the university, Wang Hongfa saw an online smear campaign against Wu Chen backed by the Science and Public Policy Institute, which accused him of fabricating and plagiarizing his papers.

• Wu Chen drew Small Modular Molten Salt Reactor Theory and resolved to master it so he could push China toward thorium-fueled fourth-generation nuclear power.
• Wu Chen ran, saw his stamina progress rise from 7% to 7.5%, then drove to the university.
• Wu Chen asked Wang Hongfa whether Yang Yuanjing had been expelled, and Wang said he would raise it at a university meeting.
• Wang Hongfa emailed Lavrov about testing equipment, then Liu Ping showed him a viral Weibo post accusing Wu Chen of bullying Yang Yuanjing.
• Wang Hongfa found supportive comments from foreign organizations, including the Science and Public Policy Institute, which alleged Wu Chen's papers were fabricated and plagiarized.

Wang Hongfa welcomed an overseas NGO’s inquiry into the allegations against Wu Chen, while Wu Chen taught class and then worked on developing Spring Boot. After Jiang Nan arrived, Wu Chen prepared her to bait Wang Hongfa into investing more money in the SNN deal and covering his misused funds.

• Liu Ping told Wang Hongfa that the Science and Public Policy Institute wanted to speak with a school leader, and Wang agreed to discuss Wu Chen with its staff member.
• Wu Chen taught a Java EE practical class, dismissed students’ questions about Yang Yuanjing’s accusations, and decided to build Spring Boot to advance his engineering progress.
• Jiang Nan met Wu Chen at the School of Computer Science, gave him yogurt, and heard his instructions for persuading Wang Hongfa to raise his investment in the SNN deal.
• Wu Chen returned to coding Spring Boot and told Jiang Nan he was doing something that would truly change the industry.

Jiang Nan met with Wang Hongfa to discuss a pill-recognition project, but rejected his proposal that she help fund it because the expensive technology relied on questionable human intervention. Wang Hongfa tried to justify the cost with a story, while Jiang Nan remained unconvinced.

• Jiang Nan watched Wu Chen in his office and noticed how energetic he seemed after a late night and a morning of teaching.
• Jiang Nan visited Wang Hongfa, who probed her about whether she was dating Wu Chen and mentioned his unsuccessful effort to promote him.
• Wang Hongfa showed Jiang Nan Lavrov’s report that the recognition system had reached ninety-percent accuracy, but its implementation would cost 800,000 dollars.
• Wang Hongfa proposed forming a joint research team, with him investing a million and Jiang Nan covering the rest, but Jiang Nan refused to invest upfront.
• Jiang Nan questioned the technology’s reliability and the cost of human labor, while Wang Hongfa defended the project by recounting a story about workers laying roads by hand.

Jiang Nan and Wang Hongfa finalized a research collaboration between Jiangdong Pharmaceutical Factory and Xiaoheshan University of Technology, then she learned about the accusations against Wu Chen and found him after class. Wu Chen said he would call the police and confront the matter with President Xu, leaving Jiang Nan surprised by his apparent experience.

• Jiang Nan and Wang Hongfa agreed that Jiang Nan would contribute 500,000 yuan and Wang Hongfa’s school would provide four million yuan and a research team to develop and test a product, with Jiangdong Pharmaceutical Factory guaranteeing 30 million yuan in sales over three years.
• Wang Hongfa showed Jiang Nan trending searches about Wu Chen and warned her to be wary of him, but Jiang Nan defended Wu Chen’s published research before leaving.
• Wang Hongfa called Yang Yuanjing to tell her not to say too much, then prepared to inform President Xu Jianping about the collaboration and distance the university from her.
• Jiang Nan waited outside Wu Chen’s classroom and told him about the trending searches after class ended.
• Wu Chen said he would call the police and go to President Xu, and Jiang Nan wondered whether Wu Chen had dealt with situations like this before.

Wu Chen reassured Jiang Nan about the online controversy, and she warned him before leaving to handle factory work. At Xu Jianping’s office, he met reporter Shen Jia, who said she wanted to interview him about Yang Yuanjing and the authenticity of his seven top-journal papers.

• Jiang Nan told Wu Chen that she had negotiated with Wang Hongfa and trusted Chen Beitao’s judgment, despite Wu Chen’s doubts about the SNN-based vision project.
• Jiang Nan warned Wu Chen about the trending topic, and Wu Chen said he could handle it; before she left, he gave her a Starbucks Frappuccino and thanked her for helping at the factory.
• Wu Chen went to Xu Jianping’s office, where police officers were reprimanding a tearful Yang Yuanjing and Wang Hongfa was waiting with reporter Shen Jia.
• Xu Jianping introduced Shen Jia, a University of Technology alumna working for 1818 Golden Eye, and she explained that she wanted to interview Wu Chen about Yang Yuanjing and whether his seven top-journal papers were genuine.
• Wu Chen said he had a question.

Wu Chen corrected Shen Jia about his eight papers and faced questions about the student controversy and foreign research claims. Xu Jianping announced that Wu Chen had been appointed a full professor, then invited him to explain his research on camera.

• Wu Chen told Shen Jia that he had published eight papers and explained why his FCS paper would become a top journal next year.
• Shen Jia questioned Wu Chen about the female student controversy, and he redirected the question toward Wang Hongfa.
• Shen Jia asked whether Wu Chen could have independently produced research results that foreign experts had not yet published.
• Wang Hongfa began to describe Wu Chen as a lecturer under consideration for associate professor, but Xu Jianping interrupted and announced Wu Chen’s appointment as a full professor.
• Yang Yuanjing asked Xu Jianping for another chance, but he refused, and she fled the office as the police officers followed her.
• Xu Jianping invited Professor Wu to explain his research on camera.