The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 274 Black and red are also red! [Request full order]

Just when Catherine was deeply reflecting on herself, Wang Haoran arrived at the press conference hall surrounded by a large crowd.

Naturally, all the journalists who entered the hall had undergone security checks.

However, just in case, the security measures around Wang Haoran are still very strict.

As soon as Wang Haoran came in, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

"Wow!"

The applause was warm and long.

It was not only the reporters from Longguo who applauded. Many foreign reporters, especially those from third world countries, also applauded to welcome Wang Haoran's arrival.

Catherine looked at Horn, the Times reporter, and other Lizard reporters beside her and found that they were also applauding symbolically.

She shook her head slightly and began to pretend to applaud.

Wang Haoran strode onto the stage.

He stood behind the press conference desk and glanced at the reporters in the audience.

There are really a lot of reporters here today.

There must be more than a thousand people, right?
It is estimated that major media outlets from all over the world have sent people to attend the press conference.

Even reporters from some very poor and turbulent African countries came.

Wang Haoran has also read the smearing reports on the Pangu Award by major media outlets in the Lizard Party.

Those articles were quite long and were published in quite good places.

The angle of the article's smear campaign is also very precise.

However, after watching it, he just wanted to laugh.

Because, for the Lizards who put personal interests above all else, money is the most important thing.

The Pangu Prize with a single prize of $100 million is bound to attract the hearts of most of the scientific and cultural elites in the lizard world.

Moreover, with the development of Longguo's economy, Longguo's scientific research conditions and the treatment of scientists are all rising.

Many Western scientists who cannot get good scientific research opportunities in their own country have begun to look east.

The same is true in culture and art.

As Longguo's economy developed, the market for culture and art also expanded rapidly.

Almost all industries such as book publishing, movie releases, song album distribution, etc. are booming.

Quite a number of elites on the Lizard side saw this.

The Long Kingdom welcomes scientific research talents with open arms.

However, when it comes to culture and art, the Dragon Kingdom is quite opposed to all kinds of cultural products that incite obscenity and plagiarism from the Lizard Kingdom.

If the cultural elites of the Lizard side want to enter this market, they must follow the rules of the Dragon.

As I said, for those who are only interested in profit, moral integrity is not worth a penny.

For the huge bonus and the vast Dragon Country cultural market, the elites of the Lizard Party will definitely become very flexible.

The Lizard media, under the control of the chaebol families, continues to smear and attack Long and distort the Pangu Awards, which is destined to fail to play its due role.

The more you promote it on a larger scale, the more the Pangu Award will become popular among the people.

Therefore, smearing and such is actually a disguised publicity for the Pangu Award.

Wang Haoran actually wanted to win over reporters from the Xifa media.

However, he also understood that these reporters were actually workers.

Their reports are all written according to a standard set by the owners of each media outlet.

They know exactly what can be written and what cannot be written.

The lizard media is also divided into camps.

When they report to the outside world, although their goals tend to be consistent, they will also fight with each other.

Winning over journalists won't have much effect.

They all write according to the standards set by their bosses.

However, as long as the reporters' articles have a little rhythm and a little bit of positive content, they will often have a better effect.

This is also well known.

Take the promotion of the Pangu Award for example.

The local media tried their best to smear the award, but objectively it helped to expand the publicity of the Pangu Award.

This is a case of doing good with bad intentions!
Wang Haoran cleared his throat and began to introduce the Pangu Award.

When he was speaking, the scene was quite quiet. There were more than a thousand reporters, and almost no one spoke. There was only the slight sound of camera shutters flashing.

Wang Haoran mainly introduced the differences between the Pangu Prize and the Nobel Prize.

Unlike the Nobel Prize, which only focuses on research breakthroughs in basic science, the Pangu Prize focuses on rewarding breakthrough theories and inclusive scientific application research.

In other words, research in applied science in various basic science fields has been given the same importance as basic scientific research.

For example: If you invent an important product that is important to people all over the world, then you can win the relevant Pangu Award.

Some people may say that the birth of an invention is mostly the product of interdisciplinary studies and is not exclusive to a certain discipline.

Take chips as an example. The production of chips involves physics, chemistry, materials science, etc. If you reward the inventor of integrated circuits, should you give the prize according to the physics prize or the chemistry prize?
Wang Haoran’s explanation is: the awards will be given according to the subject that occupies a dominant position.

The important invention of the chip is based on physics, so it belongs to the physics award.

Wang Haoran's words caused a slight commotion in the press conference hall.

After all, this is tantamount to going against the Nobel Prize.

The Nobel Prize has always looked down upon inventions in the field of scientific and technological applications.

Edison made many important inventions in his life, but he never won a Nobel Prize!

This seems a little unbelievable to many people.

The Pangu Award is equivalent to expanding the scope of the award.

Moreover, scientists involved in scientific and technological inventions will benefit greatly.

Wang Haoran then introduced the Pangu Literature Award, which rewards those great and talented writers who are just. The so-called justice means standing from the perspective of the interests of all mankind, rather than promoting some dark, despicable and shameless ideas.

Just literature must be progressive, open and aboveboard, and stand on the side of the nation rather than on the side of a few plutocrats or elites.

On this point, Wang Haoran also told a case.

This case is about Mark Twain.

Wang Haoran believes that Mark Twain can be said to be a very great and excellent writer. He used his sharp writing to depict the reality of the North American continent from the 19th to the 20th century. Moreover, he always wrote from the perspective of the vast majority of people. However, he ultimately failed to win the Nobel Prize. This is a great irony for the Nobel Prize.

Wang Haoran cited the example of Mark Twain, which was actually hinting at the award criteria of the Pangu Literature Award.

After Wang Haoran introduced the relevant award criteria of the Pangu Prize, he smiled and said: "Dear journalist friends, in fact, I always think that literature is a very broad field."

“Poetry, novels, and news report scripts are actually all literature.”

“If the books written by journalist friends can have great influence and social significance, then you can actually win the Pangu Literature Award.”

“I also sincerely hope that my journalist friends can write great realistic news investigations.”

Wang Haoran specifically mentioned this because he actually wanted to influence the reporters on the scene.

Journalists are actually writers too.

However, generally no one would regard them as writers.

None of them has ever won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Wang Haoran's words made many reporters at the scene feel excited.

Many reporters began to discuss in low voices.

"Finally, someone has classified journalists as writers."

"Personally, I feel that the Pangu Prize is much more dynamic than the Nobel Prize."

"That's great. Hopefully we'll see the first journalist win the Nobel Prize soon."

"Hey! I don't mean to say that many times, the Nobel Prize for Literature is given to people who are not very good. I don't know what they wrote, but they still won the prize."

"That's right. Even fairy tale writers can win the Nobel Prize, but journalists' realistic investigative works are excluded from the award candidates." Selma Lagerlöf's "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This novel is actually a fairy tale.

But the female writer won the Nobel Prize in 1909.

In addition, there are lyricists in the entertainment industry who have won the Nobel Prize.

These are all very mysterious things.

Wang Haoran saw that he had aroused the interest of these reporters, and he thought to himself, in the future I will use actual awards to influence the trends of your writing!

See how you perform when driven by awards and money.

After Wang Haoran finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

He smiled and clapped with everyone.

When the applause died down, Wang Haoran said, "Dear journalists, you may now ask questions."

"I will answer any questions you may have."

As soon as he finished speaking, many people raised their hands.

Wang Haoran took a quick glance and his eyes fell on Catherine, a reporter from the New York Times.

"The first opportunity to ask questions will be given to this female reporter from the New York Times."

"I see that you seem to have written a news article expressing your dissatisfaction with our award. Now I will give you a chance to express your point of view."

Catherine stood up and a staff member immediately handed her the microphone.

Holding the microphone, Catherine asked, "Wang, I want to know, what is the purpose of establishing this award? Is it to compete with the Nobel Prize?"

Wang Haoran smiled faintly and said, "That's right! We are going to compete with the Nobel Prize!"

"We hope to surpass the Nobel Prize and become the world's number one award."

"I know this is not going to be easy."

“But we will keep trying.”

Catherine said: "However, many people believe that the Nobel Prize is universal and is truly an award based on the interests of all mankind."

"It has a high reputation all over the world and is highly recognized. Why do you think you can definitely defeat it?"

Wang Haoran said: "The Nobel Prize is not fair. It reflects the selfishness of the judges. It does not discover truly great inventions and creations, as well as literary and artistic works, and guide the correct direction of scientific research and creation."

“It’s actually looking at the world through tinted glasses.”

"So, I don't think it's universal, nor do I think it's in the interests of all mankind."

“It has a lot of prestige because it started very early and it had a head start.”

"We will challenge it with fairer judging criteria and higher prize money."

"I firmly believe that we will be highly recognized and acknowledged by the world's scientific research and cultural elites."

“I think that after 10 years of giving out this award, our influence will surpass that of the Nobel Prize, or even overwhelm it.”

"By then, the world will become more fair and reasonable."

Catherine smacked her lips and said, "But you are also destroying the existing order."

“This behavior is generally despicable!”

"I think you can't break the existing rules, you set up your own awards, that's tearing the whole world apart."

Wow, this is such a harsh accusation.

Although Catherine had already reflected on her previous actions.

However, deep down in her heart, she still had a little bit of white arrogance.

She still hopes to maintain the existing order.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Order is meant to be broken."

“The world is actually constantly changing.”

“There has never been any unchanging order.”

“In addition, I believe that only competition can make the world a better place and enable scientists and artists to gain more benefits.”

"Ma'am, you are being a bit alarmist."

Catherine shrugged and said, "If scientists and cultural elites around the world are against your award, will you give up your idea?"

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "I didn't see the situation you mentioned."

“In fact, all the scientists I met were supportive!”

"Besides, the people present here must support us. If you don't believe it, let everyone raise their hands and make a choice!"

As Wang Haoran spoke, he scanned the audience and asked loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you support us in establishing the Pangu Literature Award? If you do, please raise your hands and let me see!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the vast majority of people in the audience raised their hands.

Even most of the reporters from the Lizard media raised their hands.

Catherine turned her head and looked. Her heart sank: What the hell! No way, there are only a few people who didn't raise their hands?

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Did you see that? Almost everyone supports us!"

"Because we are the fairest!"

"Ma'am, you can continue to write articles that discredit us according to your ideas, and you can continue to hold your prejudices. But I don't think you can gain more benefits by doing so."

"We Long people have a good old saying: Be kind to others and be kind to yourself. Be kind to others and be kind to yourself. Do you know what this saying means?"

Catherine shook her head.

Wang Haoran explained it to her: "What this sentence means is that caring about others requires consideration for others. By treating others well, you can win the respect and friendship of others, thereby creating more opportunities and possibilities for yourself."

"So, smart people won't stick to one path until the end!"

"Only those foolish people always dream of using evil to torture others so that they can benefit themselves."

"This narrow-minded thinking is bound to backfire on itself."

"I share these words with you!"

Catherine's Chinese is quite good.

After Wang Haoran explained it this way, she actually understood.

She thought, isn't this the same as what Horn said?

However, she has actually undergone a great change in her heart now.

However, she certainly couldn't express her kindness on her face.

Because, if that happened, the editor-in-chief would probably become suspicious of her.

"I reserve my own opinion. However, I still wish you all the best. I hope you can really continue to hold this award. I also hope that our journalistic colleagues will really have the opportunity to win this award."

Catherine said this.

Wang Haoran smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your kindness! Let's wait and see, maybe you will be among those who get the Pangu Literary Scholar!"

Next, several reporters asked questions.

Wang Haoran patiently answered each question one by one.

The press conference ended successfully.

News about the Pangu Literature Prize also spread quickly around the world.

After Catherine left the press conference, she especially got together with Collinsman, Horn and others.

"Mr. Collinsman, how are you going to write today's news?"

Collinsman shrugged and said, "What else can I write? I can only continue to criticize it."

"If you don't smear, and you want to write a positive report, I don't think you will be able to publish it."

Catherine shook her head and said, "I thought you would change your mind."

"If you write like this, you will definitely offend Pangu Technology, right?"

Collinsman smiled and said: "They will understand. After all, they know that black and red are sometimes also a kind of red. We are still helping them promote it!"

(End of this chapter)