Chapter 219: Getting to know the senior, the press conference begins
Zhang Wanwan smiled at him politely and said, "My name is Zhang Wanwan, and I'm a sophomore at the College of Agriculture."
"Wow, so young!" Jian Rongkun exclaimed, still looking cynical.
As the press conference was imminent, they didn’t chat much and just added each other on QQ and left.
When Zhang Wanwan entered the venue, she found that it was already packed with people. The press conference was hosted by Mr. Shi, who went up to the podium under the escort of security guards. Zhang Wanwan and others also sat in the audience.
Because she was sitting next to the middle aisle in the third row, she could just see the foreign scientific research teams from her angle.
Their eyes changed when Mr. Shi came on stage, and they whispered to each other as if they were discussing something. Unfortunately, Zhang Wanwan knew no foreign languages other than English, so she couldn't understand anything. She felt annoyed and quickly focused her attention on the podium.
Mr. Shi smiled at everyone and said, "Welcome all the guests who have come from afar. The theme of our press conference today is ancient fruit. I believe everyone has heard about it before. The discovery of ancient fruit this time will be a qualitative leap in botanical research. We can have a deeper understanding of the development process of ancient organisms and provide a strong basis for the history of plant evolution."
"Excuse me, Academician Shi, you have said a lot. We all understand the research value of ancient fruit, but we have not seen the true appearance of ancient fruit so far. How can you be so sure that the plants you discovered are ancient fruits?" said a R countryman in poor Chinese.
A middle-aged woman not far behind immediately agreed, "Yes, Academician Shi, if you say it is an ancient fruit, then it must be an ancient fruit. We have never seen it before! Why don't you take it out and let everyone see it?"
Zhang Wanwan turned her head and looked.
Jian Rongkun whispered beside her: "That's a H country girl named Jin Zhihe, also a botanist. However, this woman became famous in the botanical world not because of her ability, but because..."
"Because what?" Zhang Wanwan turned her head subconsciously, but saw Jian Rongkun's face full of disdain, and she immediately understood.
Mr. Shi always smiled calmly. Even though those people were aggressive, he never got angry. Instead, he said, "Everyone, please be patient. I will show you the video right now. As for the real thing, I'm sorry, today is a press conference, so we don't plan to display the ancient fruit."
"What does this mean? Ancient fruits belong to the whole world. Do you want to keep them all to yourself?" Another R countryman stood up and shouted excitedly.
Mr. Meng hit back bluntly: "Didn't you question the authenticity of the ancient fruit before? Now you say it belongs to the whole world! Then can I also say that R country's heavy industry technology is also the world's, and should be shared by everyone?"
"Hiss!" As soon as these words were spoken, gasps were heard all around.
The clamoring man from Country R was waiting for Mr. Meng angrily, but he did not dare to continue shouting.
This made Zhang Wanwan change her opinion of Mr. Meng.
Jian Rongkun smiled beside her and said, "Do you think Mr. Meng is not as bad as you imagined?"
Zhang Wanwan nodded with a red face. She had always thought that Mr. Meng was the kind of petty-minded, self-righteous person who couldn't stand others doing well.
Jian Rongkun's smile got even bigger. He covered his mouth and chuckled for a while before saying, "Actually, Old Man Meng is not bad. He is a straightforward old man. He questioned you like that because you are so irritating."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Wanwan's face was full of question marks.
Jian Rongkun said with a smile: "You probably don't know how much Mr. Meng has devoted to the study of ancient fruits. In the past ten years, he has either been conducting field research or staying in the laboratory. It can be said that he has almost forgotten to eat and sleep. As long as there is a little discovery, he will be very excited. Everyone says he is crazy. In addition, he has always believed that he will be able to understand ancient fruits thoroughly in his lifetime.
I didn't expect you to grow an ancient fruit first. With this ancient fruit, his efforts over the past ten years seemed to be in vain. What do you think he would think?"
Zhang Wanwan suddenly realized that this was understandable. If she were in his shoes, she would also feel aggrieved.
"But Mr. Meng is not targeting you. He just can't accept this fact. After all, he has tried for more than ten years and couldn't find any trace of ancient fruit. Yet, it grew in your hands, and it's a cute little girl. The gap is too big. You must work hard in the future and show them your strength that you are not just lucky!" Jian Rongkun made a cheering gesture to encourage Zhang Wanwan.
Zhang Wanwan was inexplicably moved and thanked him sincerely.
Just then, Mr. Shi on the stage began to explain the ancient fruit on the projection. Zhang Wanwan quickly took out her notebook to take notes. Just as she was listening with great interest, the foreigners began to ask some tricky questions. Fortunately, Mr. Shi and his colleagues responded appropriately and they all got through it safely.
At the end, Zhang Wanwan, as the breeder of ancient fruit, went on stage to give a speech. She had just stepped onto the podium.
The troublemaker R country man began to question again, "How can a fair and tender little girl cultivate ancient fruit? I think you are just deceiving us! We strongly demand to see the real plant!"
"Yes, I strongly request it!"
Those people started to make a commotion, and there were more and more of them, and the noise was getting louder and louder. Jin Zhihe was watching all this with a smile on her face, sitting there calmly. Zhang Wanwan did not forget that she had been restless from the beginning, and had been whispering with the people around her. How could she be so quiet now?
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Mr. Shi frowned and was about to speak, but Zhang Wanwan was furious and said loudly with the microphone, "Why should we show it to you just because you want to? I cultivated it, so I'm the first to object! Besides, what if you question it? What's true is true, and it will never be false! I've said what I think, thank you!"
Zhang Wanwan turned around and handed the microphone to Mr. Shi. Mr. Shi, who was stunned, finally came to his senses, mechanically took the microphone, and watched Zhang Wanwan confidently leave the stage.
Those foreigners who were making a fuss suddenly fell silent, staring at Zhang Wanwan with red faces. According to their expectations, things should not have developed like this.
Jin Zhihe, who was sitting in the crowd, finally stopped laughing. She looked at Mr. Shi coldly and asked, "Academician Shi, is this your attitude?"
Mr. Shi laughed and said, "Professor Jin, your attitude just now was problematic!"
Seeing Jin Zhihe was about to speak again, Mr. Shi immediately said, "Zhang Wanwan is right. The things were indeed cultivated by her. She hasn't said she wants to hand them over to the government. She just asked us to help with the research. If she doesn't want to show it to you, we can't act on our own, right?"
Jin Zhihe was left speechless by Shi Laosi's powerful words, and was filled with anger and resentment.
(End of this chapter)
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