Chapter 14: The Tool Man Who Helped a Lot
“So I have always said that amateur scientists are not worthy of being on the stage. I have always been determined to popularize some knowledge for everyone and expose those pseudo-sciences and fake academics to the public. As a result, this time I was directly embarrassed abroad.
"I went to a certain website to take a look and found that it had been forwarded thousands of times and had tens of thousands of comments. This is definitely a very bad influence.
"Next, I will give you a brief introduction to the journal Science..."
Fang Chuan wrote a long article with both pictures and texts, constantly writing out his own insights. Between the lines, he showed that he was well-educated abroad, that this was his specialty, and that he was very familiar with this area.
Most of the article is about showing off one's own knowledge, and is full of flattery and praise for Science. How awesome this journal is, far superior to those in China, and how awesome the China Association for the Advancement of Science is, the world's top international scientific and technological organization.
“…I believe that friends who know me well know that I questioned Zhu Han’s SCI paper ten years ago, and was even retaliated by Xiao Zhuan after I questioned him. But at least they have something, and they really published papers. But now this academic fraud is a pure clown who is sensationalizing and destroying our image.
"I saw the original post on a certain website. He used the name of racial discrimination, which led to a large number of foreign netizens who did not know the truth to support him. Once they discovered the truth, the extreme contrast would immediately greatly reduce their impression of us."
Fang Chuan used his best one-sided view, but in fact he didn't even read Wang Yi's tweet.
During this period in this parallel universe, although Fang Chuan's various double standards and bad deeds had gradually been exposed, he was lenient to himself and strict with others.
But his personality has not completely collapsed, and his influence is still quite high.
Wang Yi also directly selected this tool person and immediately tagged him on Weibo
"I am the party involved. Mr. Fang Chuan, have you read my full text? Can you understand my proof process? If you don't understand, please ask someone who does."
In fact, Fang Chuan himself is indeed a top student. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Michigan State University, which is roughly equivalent to a 985 university in China.
He has lived in California since 2002 and has an income as a "consulting expert". He also let it slip that he receives funding from foreign funds.
Fang Chuan has always been extremely proud of his academic qualifications, which is why he has been able to stand firm in his anti-counterfeiting efforts.
Even if he doesn't study the major and direction he chose, he might become outdated if he doesn't study for three days. Now he is busy making money and is almost losing his professional knowledge.
But questioning his "inability to understand" is definitely stepping on his sore toes and touching his reverse scale.
At the moment, I didn't care whether this person was the real person or not, I just grabbed the keyboard and started typing.
After finishing the job, I went to a certain website to take a closer look and try to quickly find a few places to slap him in the face.
But when he saw the contents of the papers that Wang Yi continued to post, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Although I have almost lost all my professional knowledge, my English level and familiarity with paper formats are still there.
At least after a rough scan, he didn't find any problems that could easily be criticized.
As a professional nitpicker, he saw the loophole in the work address, but he also knew that it was of no use.
Because he really couldn't understand the derivation.
Different fields have different worlds. Now he can't even read a cutting-edge paper in his own field, let alone the proof of a mathematical conjecture.
However, after being specifically ridiculed by Wang Yi, it was impossible to make him admit that he didn't understand it.
Apart from other things, when it comes to being tough in words, Fang Chuan is definitely one of the best. Even if his whole body is cremated, his mouth would still be left.
In fact, everyone has their own strengths and different knowledge reserves, but Fang Chuan is different. He will not admit his shortcomings.
Even though mathematics will not lie and he just can't understand it, he will still force himself to persevere.
After searching for some knowledge related to the Goldbach conjecture and consulting a few friends, he immediately started to respond to Wang Yi.
"Haha, of course I don't understand your derivation, because this is all a set of theories you made up. You must first understand the meaning of the Goldbach conjecture! Once you really solve it, your name will definitely be on the list of Fields Medals next year?"
After finishing writing, he also wrote a note to help everyone understand the science
"The Fields Medal is the Nobel Prize in mathematics. A maximum of four people will be selected in four years. The next award ceremony will be held next year. Let us congratulate Master Yi in advance."
Originally, there was nothing special about a post from an unknown account like Wang Yi, but after Fang Chuan responded, it instantly attracted a lot of attention.
As a result, many people flocked to Wang Yi’s Weibo.
"In person?"
"real or fake."
"Delete the post immediately! Stop smearing us!"
"It brought shame to the whole country."
"No way, you actually dare to respond."
“The label even says freelance musician and scientific researcher?”
“This is too unprofessional.”
"Go back and write your song."
There is also a message from a user who also has the freelance musician tag
“Please delete the label of freelance musician.”
Many other musicians responded to this message and expressed their support.
In addition, there are a large number of remarks that will be blocked as soon as they are typed out.
Overall, criticism is definitely the mainstream.
But Wang Yi didn't care. He circled Fang Chuan again, left a message saying "Borrow your good wishes." and then turned off his phone.
Since we have arrived at the market, I need to prepare the beef bones myself...
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However, the controversy on the Internet will not stop because of Wang Yi's withdrawal.
Compared to the slowly heating up situation on the part of a certain person, the situation in China was ignited extremely quickly because Fang Chuan, a person who is full of topics and contradictions, personally stepped in.
The blogger who first posted the article 'Studying in the United States' undoubtedly stood firmly on Fang Chuan's side.
They constantly forwarded Fang Chuan's questions and commented on Fang Chuan in their forwardings, educating others about his identity as a counterfeit fighter and his own academic qualifications.
There seems to be a sense in it that this is the authority, and that this can be the final word.
But at the same time, because of Fang Chuan's end, many netizens who had become disgusted with him because of the character problems that Fang Chuan began to reveal also began to speak up for Wang Yi.
"I also checked his posts. What's wrong with what he said? Isn't it discrimination to reject someone immediately? Even if it's really bad, it shouldn't be like this. He didn't even look at it. It's so disrespectful."
"The guy upstairs, are you a friendly force? Which side are you on?"
"I also read it. The blogger who reposted the article brought his subjective emotions and deliberately distorted his words. His behavior was not good."
"You know what, the format of the paper is quite decent."
"Can you understand what's upstairs? I translated it and saw that there are only some English pictures and formulas. I'm so confused."
"Don't embarrass me, this is a math paper."
"Unrequited love is fruitless. For example, I love math."
"I'll send it to my tutor. I hope he doesn't mind..."
From then on, things gradually came to Wang Yi's turn...
