The day before the academic debate, research scholars who had received invitation letters arrived in the imperial capital one after another.
For this reason, the higher authorities even specially dispatched elite forces to guard the airport and high-speed rail stations.
It wasn’t that the authorities were being overly cautious, rather, the people arriving this time were all academic bigshots from the medical field of various countries.
It could be said without exaggeration that what gathered in the imperial capital that day were not groups of old men and old women, uncles and aunties, but half the sky of the global medical community!
Even a small bump or scrape, and the sky might collapse at a corner.
Students from Ming University, under the coordination and arrangement of Li Chen, Liang Jingzhou, Gu Huaiyu, and Cheng Lian, formed fifteen volunteer teams responsible for reception and accommodation arrangements.
Before this, all of them had undergone strict screening and training.
At first, the official Ming University account didn’t make any statement, so everyone didn’t know about the academic debate. It only said that signing up for volunteer service teams could earn academic credits.
Goodness, volunteering and service teams, to put it bluntly, weren’t they just jobs serving people? Which of these young masters and young ladies at Ming University wasn’t the treasured darling of their family, people who never touched housework?
So at the beginning, no one signed up at all.
But later, the matter made it onto trending searches, and the official Ming University account released a statement. Only then did everyone realize that Sister Yue had a big move coming, and Li Chen personally confirmed that this volunteer recruitment was to serve the invited guests attending the academic debate.
In other words, they were helping Sister Yue, running errands and assisting her!
So what were they waiting for?
That very night, the registration mini-program was overwhelmed, and students kept pouring in endlessly.
In the end, the number far exceeded the limit, registrations were much higher than the required number, and the key point was that no one was willing to withdraw voluntarily.
With no other choice, the supervisory committee led by Li Chen began layer-by-layer screening.
First requirement: good spoken English.
Second: good appearance had an advantage.
Finally: priority admission for freshmen.
Cheng Lian said, “Everyone should give more opportunities to newcomers, that’s the responsibility senior students should have.”
This time, no one had objections.
…
At the reception site, volunteers with outstanding appearance and temperament maintained smiles throughout and provided attentive service.
Chairman Li Chen said: Be sure to make the foreign, ahem!, professors feel at home!
For this purpose, the school even booked an InterContinental hotel nearby for the invited guests, arranged five-star dining standards, plus free services such as massage, bodywork, and essential-oil SPA.
That was truly lavish.
The invited guests were also stunned by this rich and extravagant operation,
“Are universities in China all this wealthy?”
“Oh! God! Even an academic discussion receives such high-standard hospitality. I’m curious what China’s highest-level reception looks like.”
“I think this academic trip to China will definitely be very pleasant!”
“China has been a land of etiquette since ancient times. They are always warm toward foreign friends, no need to be surprised.”
Yet the person who said that, upon learning that Ming University had also arranged a fully covered three-day imperial capital tour after the debate, exclaimed on the spot and nearly lost composure.
“…” Wasn’t it said there was no need to be surprised?
Thanks to the high-quality reception services and top-tier accommodations, the next day the experts and professors were all energetic as volunteers led them toward the venue.
“Oh! Which university is this? It’s so beautiful!”
Yes, after staying one night, they still didn’t know which university had hosted them.
“A perfect combination of European and Chinese styles, both beautiful and practical. I think the person who designed and built this university must be a master!”
“So, is this Q University? Or B University?”
“I’ve heard these are the two best universities in China!”
The volunteers maintained their smiles and loudly told them in fluent English,
“No! This is Qiming University, abbreviated as Ming University!”
“Oh! Ming University, right?”
“Yes!” Not Q University, not B University, it was Ming University!
He believed that in the near future, Ming University would also become the first university foreigners think of when China is mentioned!
…
After entering the campus, these people boarded minibuses at designated locations under volunteer guidance. More than twenty vehicles lined up and drove toward the area behind the teaching buildings.
“Oh, friend, where are we going?”
“Shouldn’t we be heading to the venue?”
Volunteer: “This is the road to the venue.”
“But according to the schedule, the venue should be inside the school?”
Volunteer nodded: “It is inside the school.”
Everyone was confused.
Weren’t they about to leave the campus?
But five minutes later, when the buses passed through a stretch of landscaped woods, the view suddenly opened up, green lawns spread out, vast and open, and one’s mood seemed to broaden along with it.
Tall French plane trees on both sides elegantly expressed charm and romance.
As the vehicles moved forward, exclamations from the foreigners rose one after another.
They saw fountain pools, tennis courts, cafés, gyms, a space pavilion, and even a golf course stretching beyond sight!
And that wasn’t all…
At the end of the lawn, a tall building rose from the ground. Its overall shape was trapezoidal, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The exterior façade used the world’s latest hidden solar panel installation technology, full of technological atmosphere while also embodying environmental concepts.
On the rooftop, three large LED-lit characters, Wujin Building!
Yes, the interdisciplinary laboratory building that had already been completed back in March, after waiting for more than half a year, appeared in this way to announce its official use, making a grand debut before the world’s top scientists and scholars with an elegant and upright posture!
The structure stood grand and solemn, its towering presence astonishing everyone.
In front of the building was a huge artificial lake, with two fountain pools distributed left and right. Further back was a surface parking lot with clean, neat markings, surrounded entirely by lawns.
“Oh! I thought the buildings earlier were already beautiful, but I didn’t expect this one to be even more amazing.”
“I saw solar power equipment, so the façade is covered with solar panels? But why does it look similar to an ordinary exterior wall? How is that done?”
“This seems like new technology in the field of materials physics.”
“China truly is a great country, and the Chinese people are people of wisdom!”
“How do you read those three Chinese characters? Can you teach me?”
“Can you introduce this building to us? What is it used for? It looks newly built.”
The volunteers were prepared: “This building is called Wujin Building, also called X Building, symbolizing boundless science and endless exploration… total height: 22 floors…”
At this moment, Little Six, the chief engineer, was standing under a plane tree with his construction manager and technicians, all dressed in suits and leather shoes, taking in the lively scene ahead.
Although he couldn’t understand what the foreigners were saying, from their expressions and gestures he could guess it was praise and amazement!
“Brother Six, this building we constructed is really impressive, look at those foreign guys, each one so excited!”
“Even though we’ve seen this building thousands of times during construction, it still shocks us when we look again. Why is that?”
Little Six raised his hand to adjust his bow tie. The movement was a bit awkward, compared to suits, he preferred wearing his blue construction uniform and safety helmet, walking back and forth across the site.
He lightly coughed: “Sister Yue said this is called academic atmosphere. The charm of science gives architecture its soul. Just wait, countless research achievements will be born in this building in the future, influencing the whole world.”
“Wow, then since we built this building, does that indirectly mean we can also influence the whole world?”
“Hiss, you put it that way, it actually makes sense. Kid, your reaction is quick!”
Another man who looked more honest was a bit stunned: “Eh? Me, a bricklayer, one day influencing the whole world? Th-this…” Why does it feel unreliable?
“What’s wrong with being a bricklayer?” Little Six snorted lightly, though a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes. “Back then, I was just a little hooligan!”
If he could build such a solemn and majestic building, what in this world would be impossible?
Jiang Fuyue’s figure suddenly flashed across his mind.
That’s right, she was the one who bestowed endless possibilities upon everyone, the one who gave everything its magnificent waves!
…
The venue was set on the first floor of Wujin Building, the “base of the trapezoid.”
Because it was large enough.
The hall could accommodate tens of thousands. At this moment, journalists and media had already taken their seats and were adjusting live broadcast equipment.
The ten selected netizen representatives had also arrived early, holding up their phones and filming everywhere, finding everything novel.
“My god! It’s so beautiful inside!”
“This year I’m definitely applying to Ming University for my college entrance choices, then I’ll be schoolmates with Sister Yue!”
“So excited! Before, I could only see Sister Yue’s spirited appearance in videos. Today I’ll finally see the real person!”
“Now that you mention it, I wasn’t nervous before, but now I’m starting to get nervous too. So annoying!”
“A living Sister Yue, this is a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moment!”
“Um… do you all want to take a photo together later?”
“Yes! I dream about it! But would it be inappropriate?”
At 9:30 a.m., under volunteer guidance, the experts and professors took their seats according to their nameplates.
At 10:00, Jiang Fuyue and Tosaki Kawashima appeared on stage. Two podiums, two microphones, and behind each of them a 4D display wall.
At this point, the debate officially began.
Tosaki Kawashima first restated the viewpoint from his paper “Research on the Harmfulness of Schankwo Special Drug to Pregnant Women and Fetuses During Clinical Trials.”
Then he displayed related experimental data on the screen and finally reached the conclusion,
“The SAP and GEP hormone components in the Schankwo special drug cause serious harm to pregnant women and fetuses. Therefore, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should classify this special drug as Class X and restrict export and clinical use!”
Once the conclusion came out, his ambition was fully exposed.
First, he proposed having the FDA classify the drug as Class X. This would severely obstruct its use; further speaking, it would mean watching those patients in F Continent already infected with the virus having medicine they cannot use, how is that different from directly going to die?
Next, he proposed restricting exports.
Now the whole world knows that the patent for the special drug belongs to China, and only China can export this drug. Once restricted, it would be a disguised weakening of China’s international influence.
Finally, once all of this is achieved, Jiang Fuyue would also be forever nailed to the pillar of shame!
What a vicious scheme!
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