Chapter 133 Interview (Part 1)
"Finally found it?"
Nearly a year had passed, and Rong Yuan had almost forgotten the backup plan he left on the moon. When he suddenly heard Wandou talking about the process of being discovered, he recalled it.
When he left, he used his optical computer to hack into the Yuexin City's outbound reconnaissance robot and modified it to a certain extent. In addition to returning to Yuexin to recharge regularly, the robot has been waiting at the entrance and exit, waiting for someone to come to it and open the passage. Rong Yuan then let it go. After all, although exploring the universe is his interest, he no longer cares about the slow technological progress on Earth . As long as he has enough merit, he can reach any corner of the universe.
So for Rong Yuan, paying attention to this is a bit like putting the cart before the horse. What he cares about most is the merit value. As Skynet's search area becomes larger and larger, its influence becomes wider and wider. Now his daily merit income is stable at more than 100,000. Although there are some exchange expenses during this period, the accumulated merit now only needs 120,000 to reach 75 million.
He later made some adjustments to the exchange of various basic body values. Now his physique has reached 100, his agility has reached 50, his strength is 150, and his intelligence is 9.9 . After reaching these values, he will no longer continue to exchange them.
He already felt that too much strength and too fast speed would cause some inconvenience in life. If he failed to react in time to an unexpected situation, he might be exposed. And even though he only exchanged a little value each time to give himself some time to adapt, he could sometimes feel that he was not able to do it, and his body's reaction could not keep up with the speed of his mind.
According to Wandou, his current physical fitness, bone density, and muscle fiber toughness have all reached the peak of carbon-based life forms. This is a limitation on humans caused by innate conditions. Continuing to exchange is forcibly increasing the burden on the body, which is harmful and has no benefits. If you want to continue to improve your own strength, there are two ways, one is to change genes, and the other is to practice from the outside in.
Rong Yuan cannot meet either of the two conditions before all the negative merits are offset.
However, he was not in a hurry. Firstly, he was not facing any imminent threat. Since he gave up the identity of Crow, his need for personal force had been greatly reduced. Only after seeing the aliens did he regain a sense of urgency. Secondly, the Marshmallow series was about to be released, and Rong Yuan had great confidence in it.
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Wang Haojun adjusted his collar awkwardly, coughed dryly, and as if afraid of scaring someone, he quickly covered his mouth, pushed up his black-framed glasses, and moved his butt that had been sitting for a long time.
Jiang Zi, who was sitting opposite him, noticed his nervousness and a smile flashed in her eyes. However, as a famous talk show host of the TV station in City B of Sugar Country, her expression was still perfect and impeccable. Even if she didn't smile on purpose, the corners of her beautiful face were slightly upturned, making people feel very friendly.
The cameraman carrying a black camera pointed the lens at Wang Haojun. The poor man sitting behind the desk didn't even know where to put his hands, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
Jiang Zi said, "Teacher Wang, this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination, Rong Yuan, is a student in your class. I would like to know about this outstanding student's academic performance. Can you please tell me about it? In your opinion, how does this child usually perform? What do you think of him?"
Although he had already answered several questions, Wang Haojun, who had never faced an interview of this level, was still extremely nervous. He did not look as relaxed as he did in class. His facial muscles twitched involuntarily and he said, " Well... he is very smart, very knowledgeable, has a good memory, is calm and rational, unlike other children who are impulsive... well, very rational."
Jiang Zi waited for a while, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she asked again: "Then what do you think made him achieve what he has today? Do you have any educational experience you can share with us?"
"Educational experience?"
Wang Haojun repeated it unconsciously, and then couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He knew what the correct answer was. He had read some interview transcripts of well-known teachers before, and the school leader was standing at the door of the office. Although there was still some distance from him, he could still feel the leader's burning gaze on him.
"That's it... Our school's educational philosophy is to focus on the development of students. We should not only improve students' knowledge structure, but also improve their comprehensive quality, and pay attention to the moral cultivation and goal cultivation of students..."
——God knows what Rongyuan’s current performance has to do with their educational philosophy that has never been truly put into practice!
Jiang Zi kept smiling as she heard his series of words that he spoke without any hesitation, it was normal to hear such words in an interview, or rather, it would be abnormal if there was no such official language.
Unexpectedly, Wang Haojun suddenly changed the subject and said, "But... I think Rongyuan's current achievements are mainly due to his own efforts. In fact, in his last year of high school, he almost never came to school to attend classes."
As soon as he said this, Wang Haojun seemed to relax all over. The awkward feeling he had suddenly disappeared, his expression became much calmer, and there was even a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Oh?" Hearing the unexpected content, Jiang Zi perked up, leaned forward, and made an expression as if she was listening attentively.
"That child... I think he is a miracle that cannot be replicated... He has a lot of ideas, knows exactly what he wants and what he should do, and has planned his goals. He can accomplish them 100% without anyone's supervision. For him, traditional classes are even a constraint..."
Regardless of the school leaders' almost cramped eyes, Wang Haojun did not keep bringing up the topic in a grand manner as planned, nor did he praise Rong Yuan to perfection. Perhaps it was because Rong Yuan brought him the most glorious and honorable achievement in his teaching career, or perhaps it was the various negative and positive news about Rong Yuan from last year to now and people's speculations and suspicions about his life experience that made him angry and powerless all the time, or perhaps it was because the child often made him feel sad, lonely and indifferent during the three years of getting along, and he did not want to follow the routine now, he did not want to create a "high score template" anymore, he wanted people to know the true side of his students.
He talked about Rong Yuan's loneliness, saying that he was not a typical excellent student who united with his classmates and loved the collective. In fact, Rong Yuan was not active in participating in various class activities. Although he had good physical fitness, he was rarely seen in sports games. He was not active, immersed in knowledge and not sensitive to the outside world. Of course, in Wang Haojun's eyes, his students were not indifferent, but quiet and shy, not fond of fighting, and not good at speaking. He talked about many small details in Rong Yuan's daily life, such as respect for elders, support for the weak, and helping others silently, and never publicizing his good deeds. In fact, when someone insisted on expressing gratitude to him, he sometimes seemed unhappy because of being disturbed, but in Wang Haojun's eyes, this was kindness and simplicity that he didn't know how to respond and was slightly troubled.
He talked about Rongyuan's family, saying that although he lost his support at a young age, he did not grow up narrow-minded, extreme and jealous. He did not hate or yearn for his parents and family, and was a good child with a broad mind. He was very independent and could arrange his life in an orderly manner. Even if he did not have any relatives to care for him, he did not give up on himself and could love himself well.
As he was talking, Wang Haojun couldn't help but get a little excited. When he saw the other teachers behind Jiang Zi making gestures to him, he suddenly realized what was happening. He wiped his wet eyes to cover up, and after calming down, he said, "Sorry, I'm a little excited."
Jiang Zi said softly, "It's okay. I understand Teacher Wang's love for students."
——In fact, in Wang Haojun’s somewhat messy description, she felt as if she had also seen the boy who was always alone, excellent and lonely, kind-hearted and tolerant, and her heart was moved to produce many feelings.
Wang Haojun smiled and changed the subject, "During the senior year, other kids were working hard for their grades, but Rong Yuan was not in school most of the time. Guess what he was doing?"
——During the time when Rong Yuan disappeared from the public eye, as the class teacher, Wang Haojun naturally couldn't be unaware of his whereabouts. He even took time to "visit" Rong Yuan's home. Although Rong Yuan had not made any achievements at that time, the fact that he wanted to do such a thing was enough to shock people.
"You should study hard, right?" Jiang Zi asked, although she knew that Wang Haojun's question meant that the answer must be unusual.
“Haha.” Wang Haojun smiled with a hint of mystery, and said, “Let me keep you in suspense. When you meet him, you’ll know the answer.”
Such suspense in the show is more eye-catching. Jiang Zi smiled faintly and stopped asking questions, but she was indeed a little curious in her heart.
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In order to prepare for the interview, Zhou Yuan moved from the laboratory to Jin Yang's home for a few days, and restored the bedroom to its previous state, so as to avoid unnecessary topics and bring trouble to both of them. However, Rong Yuan required them to be present on the day of the interview, which was also to build a reputation for their future company.
"Why did you accept the interview this time? I thought you would refuse like before!" Jin Yang asked with a smile.
Rong Yuan said, "This is a good opportunity to advertise the marshmallow series, isn't it?"
Jin Yang looked at him with his mouth open, shook his head and said, "I surrender to you!"
——It is estimated that few people would regard the program interview of City B TV as their own advertising platform, but Jin Yang had to admit that this propaganda method was excellent and more effective than hiring a hundred celebrities to bombard the TV. It can be imagined that the TV, news media, magazines, and online media must be full of the bundled propaganda of the college entrance examination champion and the invention of cotton candy.
It is not uncommon to see top scorers in the college entrance examination. China produces dozens of them every year. If we take counties and cities into account, there are hundreds of them. What is rare is that this top scorer has won two gold medals in international competitions before, and his score is a perfect score that breaks the historical record. Such an achievement, I don’t know if there will be another one in the future, but at least there has been no one before.
Another reason that Rong Yuan did not mention was that he needed "fame".
Fame is something illusory, but it is very important when you want to accomplish something. For example, if an ordinary high school student claimed to be the inventor of cotton candy, would most people believe it? Even if it was true, there would definitely be very few people who would accept it without any doubt. Most people would naturally have doubts, just like you and I were the same person yesterday, so if I couldn't do it myself, you shouldn't be able to do it either.
But Rong Yuan is now surrounded by many halos, and since he invented something like this, ordinary people are more likely to accept this result. Taking advantage of the popularity of the "top scorer in the college entrance examination", the cotton candy was exposed, and people will naturally think that "geniuses can do anything", because they have seen that the two sides are not on the same level of IQ. If he can invent cotton candy, then he can naturally invent other things in the future, and more "inventions" in the future will not arouse suspicion.
He knew that his goal was too high for most people, and it would seem absurd even if he spoke it out loud. Only by laying a solid foundation step by step could he one day stand on the podium and reach for the stars.
