return to bolang life

Chapter 185
Tuesday the 26th.

Mr. Sun may not have slept well last night, and the light emitted was not very bright.

In the early morning, the square in front of the Liwu Science and Technology Building on the north side of the North East Lake of Huagong Wushan Campus is already quite busy.

There are teachers and students shuttle back and forth to set up the scene, where the 2012 Huagong graduation ceremony will be held.

Although a large number of non-graduates at the undergraduate level left the school after the exams ended last week, there is no difference on campus compared with usual days.

Young men and women in twos and threes walked on the road, chatting with each other.

"Today, there are a lot of seniors attending the graduation ceremony. In previous years, there were only three thousand. I heard that there will be five or six thousand in total this year."

"It's okay. There is a lot of open space next to the square in front of Liwu Building. Up to 3000 people can stand there."

"Then you may not have heard enough. There are more than 9000 seniors graduating this year, and many of them have come. Including those of us who join in the fun, there are tens of thousands of people."

"I don't know how many people went for gentleness."

"I think it's about 90%. After all, except for the seniors who graduated from the campus to participate in the system work, the final point of most of the work is to find a way to be the boss, and Wen Liang is already a successful boss."

"Ha, it makes sense to say that. Except for system work, other jobs are for making a living. If you want to make money, you have to be a boss or participate in starting a business."

"..."

"The battle between small and micro was over last week. At that time, it was said that Bolang would usher in a very complicated game. However, there is no news now. Xiaochengshu has been advancing all the way, and the appeal for the healthy development of the industry has not stopped. Unfortunately... Wen Liang will definitely not talk about these things today."

"I heard from a senior who went to Bolang for an internship that Wen Liang hasn't been to the company since last Monday. I don't know if he is dealing with those things."

"Probably not, I ran into Wen Liang in a shopping mall by chance two days ago, and he was still shopping there."

"So far, netizens feel that Bo Lang is facing a big problem. Is he shopping?"

"This is the gap. To put Wen Liang in a business environment, you have to face up to his business identity. With Bolang's current scale, Wen Liang is already an upstart Internet giant."

"..."

"It's true that there are quite a lot of people. Hurry up and take two steps to occupy a better place to watch."

"Walking around, I don't know where Wen Liang is now."

"..."

Su Jian glanced sideways at Wen Liang, and then looked at the men and women who had quickened their pace in front of him: "Why didn't they think to look back?"

Then he added: "I thought you would be surrounded by alumni as soon as you entered the school."

It looks a bit pity.

Wen Liang smiled when he heard it: "The semester is over now, otherwise the alumni here at Wushan would see me three or four days a week, who would spend so much energy paying attention to the passers-by around them."

Su Jian nodded suddenly: "It turns out that you seem to be high-key, but you are actually low-key."

"It's not as complicated as you think, everyone is an ordinary person." Wen Liang explained, "Even if a popular star comes to the school, if you don't do the operation in advance, you won't pay much attention."

Although Su Jian didn't understand the effect of public opinion very well, she was very clear about the essence of the phenomenon behind it, and she understood it as soon as she thought about it.

The essence of the world is interest.

The reason why those popular stars appear to be so sensational everywhere is the result of multiple appeals.

And Wen Liang has created the largest comprehensive Chinese social platform single-handedly, so he can only see the essence of this aspect more clearly.

While thinking about it, Su Jian said regretfully: "Unfortunately, it would be interesting if there were a few people who came to ask for autographs."

…………

In front of Liwu, Wen Liang and Su Jian separated and went to report.

Exchanged a few words of greeting with Peng Xinyi who specially greeted him two steps.

They greeted the school leaders one by one.

Deputy Secretary Zhang Zhengang, who was in charge of presiding over the ceremony, checked the procedure with Wen Liang.

Wen Liang didn't have any comments, saying that he followed the procedure completely, and he would go up to speak whenever he was asked to speak, and he would only speak for a few minutes if the speaking time required a few minutes.

The school didn't worry that Wen Liang couldn't handle it.

Not to mention Wen Liang's achievements outside the school, just the speech Wen Liang made in the school gymnasium two months ago is enough to show that Wen Liang has the quality and confidence to handle big scenes.

So, after a simple process, Peng Xinyi mentioned the topic of the speech: "Student Wen Liang, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people will visit the ceremony this time. Do you have any ideas about the general direction of the speech?"

"I would also like to ask Principal Peng to give me a direction." Wen Liang said quickly.

The graduation ceremony held once a year will be recorded on video, and this time the number of people is beyond imagination. Of course, Wen Liang is obediently obeying the school's arrangements.

He doesn't need to show his personality at this time.

Peng Xinyi exchanged glances with several school leaders next to him, and said kindly, "What we mean is that there is no limit. After all, today is the graduation ceremony."

Hearing this sentence, Wen Liang frowned instantly, and he couldn't help but look at Peng Xinyi: "If that's the case, I have some superficial thoughts, and I would like to ask Principal Peng to correct me."

Peng Xinyi, who was obviously waiting for Wen Liang to bring up the issue, quickly gestured: "Please speak."

Seeing this, Wen Liang's thoughts turned around, and he said after deliberation: "I wonder if I can talk a little bit about the direction of study and research."

"Very good!" Peng Xinyi expressed his great approval.

So Wen Liang added another sentence: "Originally I prepared a draft speech, so it was just improvisation, and it might be a little bit sharp."

Peng Xin smiled and waved his hands: "We invite you to speak on stage because we hope you can bring something different to everyone. You can rest assured about this!"

Hearing this, Wen Liang showed a dazed look and said, "So that's the case. Fortunately, I didn't let down the good intentions of the leaders."

Peng Xinyi: "..."

'Do I believe this or not? '

Later, Peng Xinyi briefly exchanged a few words with Wen Liang.

The meaning of school is clear.

Two months ago, the process was specially changed to invite Wen Liang to speak on stage as an undergraduate representative. What the school wanted was not a cookie-cutter speech template.

The school hopes that Wen Liang can use his knowledge to talk about something different.

This is even one of the reasons why Sun Baoyin declined to be the representative of undergraduate graduates.

Because whether it is an established speaker representative of undergraduate graduates or a speaker representative of doctoral graduates, the perception of many things is not as good as that of Wen Liang from the public point of view.

It's not that they are far worse than Wen Liang.

It's that they don't gain wider acceptance.

Wen Liang is different. Wen Liang's commercial achievements have corresponding standards in the social system and are widely accepted.

To put it simply, farts smell good even if they are successful.

No way, as long as people are alive, they cannot avoid secular concepts.

To put it more simply: You don't know the specific taste of a popsicle until you eat it.

It is undeniable that the school trusts and expects Wen Liang because Wen Liang has shown his unique ability through the establishment of Bolang and the development of Bolang.

In contrast, in his previous life, Wen Liang's business broke up. Even though Wen Liang had received a lot of awards during his school days, and his studies were good, he couldn't even get a representative for undergraduates, let alone a representative for undergraduates.

In a word, the school wanted to 'use' Wen Liang's status to throw something out.

Wen Liang felt this keenly. Considering that South China University of Technology is a key university, he proposed to talk about the direction of study and research.

Judging from Peng Xinyi's attitude, it was obvious that they hit it off.

……

At ten o'clock, the graduation ceremony officially began.

Wen Liang found Su Jian in the crowd and watched the ceremony with her.

Everything is going according to the process.

In the presiding ceremony of the presiding ceremony, Wang Yingjun made a speech and a message, and then the graduation representative of the undergraduates gave a speech.

Is an outstanding graduate from the law school in intellectual property.

Zhang Zhengang, who presided over the ceremony, introduced his achievements. He was indeed very good and won this and that award.

The speaking process is basically templated.

The so-called templating means that there are more stereotypes and clearer slogans.

Blossoms.

Then the doctoral graduate representatives spoke.

Looking at the doctoral senior, Wen Liang couldn't help sighing in his heart: "He is so strong, he has become bald." '

Then the teacher representatives spoke.

After the end of this round of speech process, it was Wen Liang who spoke as the finale representative.

Zhang Zhengang, who presided over the ceremony, prepared a set of speeches: "Now, the representative of undergraduates, Wen Liang, an undergraduate student from the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, will give a speech."

The custom is to pause, and there was warm applause from the audience.

On the stage, Zhang Zhengang continued to introduce: "Student Wen Liang performed well during his school days and was self-reliant. He led many students in our school to start their own businesses while studying. The Bolang company he founded has become a new face of the Internet."

"Everyone welcomes Wen Liang."

Wen Liang: "..."

Amidst the applause, he suddenly felt a little bit pained.

The main introductions of the previous student representatives and teacher representatives were all related to academic achievements, but to him it was all about commercial achievements.

'After proposing the topic of the speech, it is time to check the script with the school. On the way to the stage, Wen Liang murmured in his heart: "But this is what the school wants to see." '

After standing on the podium, Wen Liang looked at the audience with empty eyes: "Students, seniors, and teachers, good morning everyone."

Without a pause, Wen Liang spoke directly without a script: "Standing on this podium, I suddenly feel deeply uneasy, because I don't have any achievements that can bring glory to my school."

"Hua Gong is an institution with a long history. Every brilliance of it comes from the continuous exploration of natural science by every Hua Gong. It is definitely not something that is not worth mentioning in business."

In the first sentence, Wen Liang deliberately put aside his business achievements.

The meaning he wants to express is also very clear. In a key university with a long history and a halo, the Huagong campus should not have too strong commercial elements.

It should not be proud of it.

As far as Wen Liang is concerned, he has some viewpoints from later generations.

For example, some interpretations and opinions after the release of the second round of domestic double-first-class discipline evaluation in 2022.

The main purpose of key universities or higher education should not be employment rate, employment salary, and business achievements, even if the general public cares about these immediate benefits.

As a key university built by the country investing massive resources every year, it should pay attention to the combination of production, education and research, scientific research results and scientific research status!

And those interests that are concerned by the general public and everyone should be placed in the second place, and should even be placed on the top of vocational undergraduate universities that have been mentioned many times in that era.

In short, Wen Liang launched this speech in a way that met his own wishes and the expectations of the school.

He kept looking at the vast number of alumni in the audience, with a calm face, and said in a gentle tone: "I study mathematics, and as I study more and more, I think mathematics is not science."

"Because mathematics cannot be falsified, what is right is right, it is a collection of axioms, and it is pure logic."

"This once made me have a myth."

"Here, I have a more dimensional view of the science I imagined. I don't think that we should simply believe in the current science, so I hope to innovate through continuous efforts."

"..."

"During the two years of studying in Huagong University, I have not yet found the most suitable direction of exploration for me."

"But I always firmly believe that the exploration of natural science must be the only choice to illuminate the way forward for all mankind."

"..."

"I sincerely hope that everyone can find their favorite direction, and in different roles, empower every bit of human progress."

"The future is uncertain, and every day is worth looking forward to."

"Thank you everyone, I am Wen Liang."

The speech was brief.

There are not too many thoughts thrown out.

The applause was warmer than before, probably... because of the respect for 'money'.

At this time, many people in the audience were already whispering.

There are fresh graduates who have already graduated, and there are also alumni who came here specially to watch.

Of course they understood the point of Wen Liang's speech.

So someone asked: "Is Wen Liang pretending to be a calf?"

"No, his current status doesn't need to be like this. Last time in the gymnasium, he broke down and talked about his business experience."

"The school's intentional arrangement may be to use gentle mouth to tell us that those who are receiving higher education have other more important possibilities besides pursuing money."

"And Wen Liang just happened to have very dazzling business achievements. It may be more in line with the school's wishes for him to say these things. After all, he is against himself."

"I heard that the two laboratories that Bolang cooperates with the school are very focused on basic research, and I am a little bit inclined that Wen Liang and the school hit it off."

"Have you ever thought that the point is not what Wen Liang says, but what we think, at most we should pay attention to what Wen Liang does."
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(End of this chapter)