I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 719 - 717: Put on Sunglasses

"So this time, we have collected 72 fields, totaling over 1000 topic projects; I believe this will definitely be a very meaningful conference!" the host made a final summary.

"Wait a minute!"

Just at that moment, an elderly man with somewhat graying hair stood up.

"Who is he?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"The chairman of the Global Scientific Research Exchange Forum, Siens," Academician Wang said, "He and Academician Qian Miao have overlapped in many research areas; the two are old rivals. However, this person harbors strong animosity towards Huaxia. With what you just did, he might make some moves."

"Oh?" Zhang Menglong took another look at Siens, who was also staring back with a very peculiar look.

"Professor Siens, do you have something to say?"

"I have a bold suggestion regarding the process of this year's conference. Of course, everyone is welcome to express opposing views."

"Professor Siens, as an authority in the academic world, please feel free to speak your mind!"

"Yes, Professor."

Siens' influence was indeed significant, and many in the audience were cheering him on.

"In that case, I'll speak frankly," Siens said, "As everyone can see, we have too many projects this year. If we spread them out and display them all, it would actually be a huge waste of resources. Many projects have conflicting times, and sometimes we can only choose between two options."

"Absolutely!" The crowd nodded in agreement because there were indeed too many projects, often causing popular topics to conflict with one another in scheduling, leading many to miss the sessions they wanted to attend.

"Moreover, as you all know, every year there are some academic reports of very poor quality, so I think it is necessary for us to screen all the topics beforehand. This way, we can prioritarily arrange those nascent academic resources for sharing."

When talking about the poor quality, Siens glanced meaningfully towards the area where Zhang Menglong and others were seated.

"Makes sense!"

"Exactly, every year some people come to 'share' for the sake of fame, and after listening, we find that not only does their research not help us, but it's also full of flaws."

"But how do we screen them? There are over 1000 papers!"

"Exactly, we don't have enough time to screen all of them."

"Don't worry, I have a method," Siens said, "Our Global Scientific Research Exchange Forum already has over 800,000 scholars from around the world. We can send these papers to them for evaluation, conducting an anonymous vote with the titles removed!"

"That's a great idea!"

"Right! If we don't know who provided the paper, then the evaluation will be very fair. Everyone can vote based on the content of the papers. The ones that rank the highest will be the most valuable."

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"I also agree!"

"Menglong, they are targeting us!" Academician Wang and others immediately recognized Siens' intention.

Under normal circumstances, representatives from invited countries would have the opportunity to present their research projects and thereby increase their influence.

However, once these research achievements are ranked, the top-rated reports will draw huge crowds, while those behind would likely find themselves nearly empty.

This time, the scholars specifically chose topics that the Huaxia academic community is not good at; in other words, they were confident that Zhang Menglong and his team wouldn't be able to produce high-quality academic results.

During the anonymous voting, it wouldn't matter which country you represented—if your paper was poor, it would be eliminated. Those representatives who owed Zhang Menglong a debt wouldn't need to worry about offending him again by giving him falsely high votes.

This could very possibly result in all their topics being ranked towards the bottom—indeed, a very embarrassing situation!

"This old geezer, he's quite cunning!"

"And he even wants to conduct the evaluation tonight and announce the results tomorrow, giving us no time to prepare."

"Menglong, are you confident about those subjects?"

"I've casually researched them a bit in my spare time."

"A bit?"

"Are you still so confident if it was just 'a bit'?"

"Fell right into the trap!"

The academics immediately became worried. Research can take years or even decades; how much could be achieved by just casually studying 'a bit'? Even Zhang Menglong wouldn't be able to cope!

"You don't need to worry. Trust me. Tomorrow, just act the part!"

Siens continued on stage, "So please send your projects to our official email without your names or titles before 6 PM tonight. We have set up twelve major categories, including physics, chemistry, medicine, vitality, environment, etc. Tomorrow, we will announce the top five projects in each domain. Please look forward to it!"

"Professor, may I ask a question?" Zhang Menglong stood up.

"Mr. Zhang, please speak."

"Does this voting system really have credibility? What if someone tampers with the data? The results might be quite fishy."

"That's an excellent question," as if anticipating such skepticism, "This system will be monitored by the authoritative departments of the United Nations, and during this period, we will not release any data nor allow anyone to access the data!"

"In other words, before the results are announced tomorrow, no one will know what the outcomes are, so the issue you're worried about doesn't exist."

"Thank you for your answer, Professor Siens. I have no further questions."

...

"Menglong, what should we do?" On the way back to the villa, the expressions on the academics' faces were grim.

"Menglong, you've been too hasty this time. Although our research is not as advanced as yours, we could still hold our ground on this global stage. Why did you let them choose the subjects for us? Isn't that increasing our difficulty?"

"Yes, especially with the research on mRNA, our country can't even find an academician-level expert to carry this out. Where are you going to get the data?"

"If we don't make the list in any of these twelve categories tomorrow, we're going to be the laughingstock."

"Why do you all have so little faith in me?" Zhang Menglong said reassuringly, "Actually, I'm all prepared."

Zhang Menglong pulled out a laptop from behind him, discreetly unplugging the USB drive, "The files are all here."

"You... when did you prepare this?"

"Just now," Zhang Menglong responded, "I've been working on an Artificial Intelligence recently. It exceeds all current supercomputers in computing power and also has the capability to self-develop. Just now, it spent 20 minutes and has already advanced our projects by a whole era based on the current human progress."

"You... you're joking, right?" The academics looked at Zhang Menglong as if he were a monster. An Artificial Intelligence conducting research in 20 minutes? How incredible must this AI be? And how incredible must the person who created this AI be?

This is unscientific!

"Come on," Zhang Menglong then pulled out a few boxes from the car and handed them to them.

"Sunglasses?"

"Everyone, this time we didn't come here to make reports, nor to listen to others share outdated stuff," Zhang Menglong said, "We need to be clear about our purpose, be confident; we're here to impress!"

"Tomorrow, as soon as they start announcing the rankings, just put on your sunglasses. All we have to do is collect the awards!"