Chapter 736: A Battle of Wits (Two chapters combined)

After spending a month in Dabai Mountain, Gu Yin took her laboratory team to Switzerland. This time, Zhou Wansheng and his wife, along with the entire Gu family, also went with them!

The Chu family won't be coming this time. The country needs Chu Yan to stay and oversee things, and the Chu couple are busy in other countries. The two elders are too old to come out anymore.

Zhang Dong was also invited, along with official journalists and colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This time, there were a lot of people going, and the group was quite large. Zhou Wansheng applied for a flight route from Switzerland, and they flew there directly by private plane.

After arriving in Switzerland, everyone rested for one night.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Gu Yin looked at everyone and said, "The ceremony won't start for another week. According to the rules, I have to give speeches and lectures at various colleges. You can explore the area on your own these next few days; the scenery here is quite beautiful."

Wang Yanzhi smiled and said, "Just do your own thing and don't worry about us. Your grandfather and I have been to Ruiguo many times and we know it very well. We also have a house in the resort area. If it weren't for the fact that it's a bit far from the ceremony venue and inconvenient, we could stay there. When we were young, we would come here for vacation from time to time. We know where to go! Don't worry!"

Gu Yin nodded: "With you and Grandpa here, I'm not worried. But this place isn't China after all, so we still need to bring bodyguards when we go out. My main concern is that my identity might cause you trouble."

She didn't trust those people from abroad at all!

Seeing this, a colleague from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Zhou. We contacted the embassy before we came. We will arrange for people to protect your family's safety. You just need to focus on your own business!"

Gu Yin felt relieved when she heard him say that.

After breakfast, the people arranged by the Swiss were already waiting in a car at the hotel entrance. Gu Yin took her laptop, along with her bodyguards and colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and headed to the university that had been arranged by the Swiss side.

Although it was called a lecture, it was really just a presentation. She mainly talked about her experimental research and then answered questions from the students. This was not difficult for Gu Yin.

Originally, the Swiss side had arranged for Gu Yin to give two speeches a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, until the day before the ceremony. However, Gu Yin did not accept this. She directly made her own request: she would only give two speeches at most, but the school could arrange things for the Swiss side. The Swiss side compromised upon seeing this.

The school was chosen by the Swiss side; it wasn't a top-ranked school. Actually, based on Gu Yin's experimental results, she could have chosen her own school. In the past, scientists all chose top universities. Besides the fact that students at top universities are more outstanding, it also symbolizes the status of scientists. Gu Yin didn't care about that; ability was everything.

Sure enough, Gu Yin followed the staff into the school and into the auditorium, where she saw that the hall was already packed with people! Reporters from various countries were also standing all around! It was incredibly lively! The atmosphere was quite lively.

Gu Yin smiled and waved to the crowd below, walked to the podium, turned on her computer, tested the microphone, and then began to introduce herself.

"Good morning, everyone. I am Zhou Guyin from China. I'm sure you all already know who I am by the time you get here. I won't waste any more time on small talk. Time is precious, so let's get straight to the point. Do you agree?"

"Agreed!" the students below answered loudly.

Gu Yin smiled and nodded, then began to give a presentation on her experiment. She mainly talked about the purpose of the experiment, the preparations and efforts she made for it, the problems encountered during the experiment, and finally, the effects of the experiment on humanity.

Throughout the event, people kept raising their hands to ask questions, and Gu Yin was not intimidated and answered all of them.

The presentation was supposed to last an hour, but after Gu Yin finished explaining the experiment, there were still ten minutes left.

Gu Yin looked down and smiled, "Alright, this lecture is basically over. There's still a ten-minute Q&A session. Anyone who has a question can raise their hand."

Everyone below was eager to try, and Gu Yin randomly picked someone, a male classmate.

The other person stood up, took the microphone, and laughed, "In my impression, scientists are all elderly scholars with serious faces, like parents. They always say 'no, no, no!' 'It can't be done! It has to be this way! You have to listen to me! You're not allowed to say that,' etc., which negate us! Such scientists make me feel very distant! Even if there are problems, I don't dare to ask. If I were their student, I would most likely keep the problems to myself and try to solve them myself! I think that would be terrible. Professor Zhou looks about our age, yet she has achieved so much at such a young age! She's amazing! Ahem! Actually, I just wanted to ask, does such an outstanding Professor Zhou have a boyfriend?"

The crowd below burst into laughter.

Gu Yin wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, she smiled and nodded generously: "I have a boyfriend. He's very outstanding. He's also a leader in his field. We share the same values ​​and have a deep connection. I like him a lot, and of course, he loves me too."

The male student shook his head and sighed, "I thought I'd have a chance, but it turns out that such an amazing Professor Zhou already has a girlfriend! I'm so heartbroken! Fine, considering how outstanding she is, I won't compete with her! But I still have to appeal to you young geniuses! Where are you?! Have you seen Professor Zhou? So young, so beautiful, and so accomplished! Aren't you envious?! Stop hiding your talents. Hurry up and conduct experiments! Otherwise, by the time you become famous, you'll be wrinkled, gray-haired, and unsteady on your feet! The contrast is too stark! My future girlfriend is among you! Please, work harder! I don't want to be old and gray before I find a girlfriend!"

The people below laughed again in goodwill.

After the boys sat down, Gu Yin called on a few more students. Most of their questions were related to China. Gu Yin earnestly recommended China to them and welcomed them to visit China.

With only two minutes left and no one asking questions, Gu Yin packed up her laptop and prepared to leave.

"Ms. Zhou, I've heard that many studies have recently emerged in China, mostly on beauty and health. I've also heard that these studies are all your work. I'd like to ask on behalf of everyone: with your high talent, isn't it too cheap for you to do those things? Isn't it a waste of time to do such unrelated things? Isn't it too unprofessional? Or is your ability just so-so? There's an idiom in your country, 'Jiang Lang Cai Jin' (江郎才尽), does that mean you've run out of talent?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yin looked up and saw a male reporter speaking. Seeing the familiar logo on the microphone, Gu Yin rolled her eyes inwardly, but maintained a smile on her face.

"This journalist friend from the United States has a good command of Chinese, and even knows about 'running out of ideas.' I'm quite pleased; it shows how popular our country's written culture is in various countries! As for your question, I find it a bit laughable. Putting aside whether I've run out of ideas or not, the fact that you stood up and asked a question without my asking or calling on you made me feel that you were very impolite. I don't know if this is your habit or your country's custom. My speaking time is up now, and I could have chosen not to answer your question. But since you were impolite, I couldn't be impolite myself. After all, our country is a land of etiquette, and we are taught from a young age that we should raise our hands to ask questions and only speak when called upon. Your behavior surprised me quite a bit."

The male reporter's smiling face turned serious, and his eyes flashed with anger, but he knew the occasion was inappropriate. He suppressed his anger.

Those below also sensed the provocation in his words and fell silent. The onlookers all turned to Gu Yin, wanting to know how the little girl would respond.

His colleague at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs frowned; he knew those scoundrels were up to no good! So he went to find the person in charge, intending to let Gu Yin go first while he answered the questions later.

"What just happened in our country, and you received the news abroad. Thank you for your country's constant attention to our nation! Those things were just things I made casually in my spare time. For me, they didn't waste much of my time. Whitening, anti-wrinkle, scar removal, weight loss, hair loss prevention, and sleep improvement are all problems that everyone has. How can you consider them beneath you? My research can not only change various problems for our people, but also increase our country's fiscal revenue. It's a win-win situation, and it only took me a day or two. Why wouldn't I do it? Moreover, as far as I know, before I came here, people from your country had already contacted my country, intending to introduce those experimental results to your country. Originally, our country was going to consider it, but now, after listening to you, I think you don't need it anymore. I will have someone contact the country when I get back to inform them of this news."

The male reporter's face darkened, but he didn't give up. He continued, "Ms. Zhou, don't you think your country is too domineering? Using the banner of democracy to appropriate scientists' research results! Like those results you produced this time, I heard you didn't keep a single one; they were all taken away, and you didn't receive any money or power. Aren't you angry? In our country, the state doesn't forcibly take away scientists' work against their will. Even if they want it, they'll buy it! That's true democracy! I feel sorry for your country's scientists! Compared to this, I can't help but suspect that your country's technological backwardness is due to this! Regarding this phenomenon, I want to know what you, Ms. Zhou, think, and what you, this generation of young people, think?"