A few hours later.
A post titled "The Great Xia National Research Institute has made a great leap forward in exoskeleton robot technology after receiving armor and blueprints donated free of charge by Mr. Xu Lu..."
It suddenly became a trending topic.
The post began with several high-resolution photos of the Mark I armor, followed by an official announcement from the Great Xia Research Institute.
The announcement essentially stated that Director Xu Lu had already transferred the exoskeleton armor and its blueprints to the Great Xia Research Institute free of charge, and that no one else should covet it.
Of course, Xu Lu's selfless dedication was also highly praised.
At the very end of the post, the author specifically tagged the post that went viral yesterday, the one with the title "Suspected behind-the-scenes footage from the Iron Man movie has been leaked..."
After seeing the video yesterday, everyone was very curious about that big thing.
Unexpectedly, in just one day, that suit of armor was collected by the Great Xia Research Institute.
This completely caused an uproar among netizens:
"My goodness, that's the Great Xia National Research Institute, the top research institution in the country."
It's incredible that a prop from the Iron Man movie was acquired by such a top-tier organization!
“I said yesterday that this set of armor is very high-end, and sure enough, the Great Xia Research Institute has taken a liking to it.”
"Director Xu is truly amazing, being specifically praised by such top-level research..."
"I have to say, the Iron Man movie crew definitely made real hard science fiction. The technology is top-notch!"
"Holy crap, I thought that video was special effects when I watched it yesterday, but now it seems it was actually real."
...
"I really want a set of the Iron Man armor from the video. It looks so cool, and you can actually wear it."
"Hey, did you guys notice something? The announcement says that the armor was made by Director Xu."
“That’s right! I noticed that too. The blueprints and technology for that suit of armor came from Director Xu Lu.”
In other words, he designed this thing?
That's truly impressive; even the experts at the Great Xia Research Institute said it's amazing.
"Now I'm really curious about the 'Iron Man' movie. I wonder when it will be released. I'm looking forward to it."
...
"What? They've already been taken away by the Great Xia Research Institute? Where did you get this news? When did this happen?"
Professor Li, who had just started to build up his network of connections, saw Xiao Ce, a graduate student, rushing in.
When he heard the news from Xiao Ce, Professor Li was stunned and murmured a question.
Xiao Ce didn't dare to delay, immediately took out his phone, opened the trending topic, and said:
"Teacher, look, it's the trending news that just came out, and it also includes an announcement from the Daxia Research Institute."
"this……"
Professor Li quickly read through the news.
Then he plopped down in a chair and sighed:
"Sigh, how come they've even got their eyes on the Great Xia Research Institute? They're moving way too fast!"
"Teacher, what should we do now?"
Xiao Ce asked with some concern.
Unexpectedly, his question relieved Professor Li, who replied somewhat helplessly:
"What else can we do? The Great Xia Research Institute has already issued a notice, which means that if you want the technology, you should go to them."
Forget it, I'll try to pull some strings and see if I can get a few small projects from the research institute.
After all, there are too many things to study within a complete exoskeleton suit; they couldn't possibly study it all.
Hearing this, Xiao Ce immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he knew that his mentor still wielded considerable influence.
And as long as his supervisor gets the project, he, as a graduate student, can also benefit from it.
Who knows, after publishing a few articles, his net worth and academic standing might suddenly rise.
The pinnacle of life, the pinnacle of life!
Thinking of this, Xiao Ce was already lost in a beautiful fantasy.
...
In fact, Professor Li and his colleagues were not the only ones who paid attention to this news.
When the video came out yesterday, many research institutions in China and other countries took notice of that mecha.
Leaving aside domestic research institutions, after seeing the announcement from the DaXia Research Institute today, their thoughts are similar to Professor Li's.
But research institutions in other countries, upon seeing the announcement, immediately began to curse:
"Fuck! The National Research Institute of Great Xia reacted way too fast! Our people had just set off with money and women, and they've already taken away the technology?"
"Damon! This Chinese guy is too stupid. He actually gave away a high-end technology worth billions to the country for free? It's ridiculous..."
"Shit! We've been stuck on this technical hurdle for so long, and Great Xia has just turned the page?"
Damn it, why isn't this kind of scientific genius from our Gallic Empire? It's infuriating!
"Baka! It's really bad that we couldn't get our hands on this powerful technology."
"Now, the exoskeleton armor technology of my Sakura Kingdom is about to be surpassed by the Great Xia people."
...
It's clearly not just these foreign research institutions that are having a bad time.
In fact, our great director Zhao Fan is also in a very bad mood at this moment.
He wasn't in a good mood yesterday after seeing the video of the Iron Man movie crew online.
Unexpectedly, when he browsed the trending topics today, he came across something that made him even more upset.
"Hard science fiction? What the hell is that? Where did Xu Lu get this thing from? How did the Great Xia Research Institute take a liking to it? This is too much of a coincidence!"
Zhao Fan cursed under his breath, but soon realized something was amiss. He thought to himself,
"No, I felt something was off about that video yesterday."
Now, combined with today's announcement, I understand why this happened...
Xu Lu is really going all out to promote the movie he's currently making.
They've really gone to any lengths, it's outrageous!
The thought that these two trending topics would draw more attention to the other party's movie made Zhao Fan feel very frustrated.
He had learned a long time ago that the guy surnamed Xu was very good at publicity.
But at that time, the other party was just using songs and such to create hype.
This time it's even more outrageous. The other party actually created a prop armor and directly linked it to the Great Xia Research Institute.
Fortunately, after a moment of frustration, Zhao Fan regained his composure:
"But you seem to have forgotten that what matters most in a movie is its quality; all these fancy tricks are pretty useless."
Choosing to make a science fiction film was the most reckless thing you could do, and now trying to turn things around is harder than climbing to heaven.
Back then, Wu Leilei's sci-fi film "Shanghai Fortress" was also trying to boost its box office by relying on the popularity of young male stars.
But in the end, it still flopped. Your news about the Great Xia Research Institute isn't necessarily better than that of a young heartthrob!
In fact, Zhao Fan wasn't the only one who thought of this at that moment.
The director Wu Leilei, whom he was just talking about, was also lamenting how he was tricked by a young idol!
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