Tan Qingchuan finally got in touch with Cheng Ran. It turned out that he found the phone number of a student from that year, Song Shiqiu. Because Cheng Ran had transferred away, this top student in the grade at No. 1 Middle School was often taken care of by Tan Qingchuan. Tan Qingchuan had the home phone number, so he called Song Shiqiu. Song Shiqiu was surprised and quickly contacted his classmates. What followed was a relay contact operation involving classmates, friends and the old class teacher.
Until finally, Cheng Ran got the message from several old classmates: "Your old class teacher Tan Qingchuan from No. 1 Middle School wants to see you. His phone number is 1XXXXXX. He wants you to give him a call. He must be here for your Guoxin matter at USTC!"
As Cheng Ran's contact information was exposed during this process, he received many greetings and concerns from his old classmates, which made Cheng Ran feel warm and burdened.
When Cheng Ran called Tan Qingchuan, the old head teacher answered with a bit of a joke, "Why, you haven't called since then, so I have to mobilize a lot of people to find you. It's a big fuss, and I have mobilized all your former classmates who I haven't seen for a long time. No matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't hold it back now... Actually, I don't think they are just after my face. Most people just want to know about you and your situation."
Cheng Ran just apologized to Old Tan. It was true that after he went to USTC, his family moved and changed their phone number, so he never called his former teachers again.
Tan Qingchuan was still a little touched when chatting with Cheng Ran, "This time, through looking for you, I got in touch with many people who graduated in 2000. Some of them called me and told me about the past and everyone's recent situation. I didn't expect that Yu Xiao from our class played games so well that he went abroad to win a championship. At the beginning, I said, Yu Xiao, you like playing games so much, can playing games make a living? As a result, the facts told me... it really can!"
"Hey, it seems that I am also outdated as a teacher, so the future belongs to you young people. Speaking of which, our class is not ordinary. We are all talented. Li Deli has also gone abroad to study in the United States, Columbia University, and Song Shiqiu is in Tsinghua University. I can only contact him by phone. What's more, he asked many people about you, and later asked Yu Xiao, who is close to you, and then he got your contact information. Each of you is amazing... By the way, where is that girl Jiang Hongshao?"
Cheng Ran said, "She is studying in the UK now, at University College London. I have visited her several times."
Old Tan felt a sense of melancholy on the other end of the phone. The boys and girls who used to run past the light in front of his office now seemed to have their own merits.
Then he said with genuine relief, "Is that so... That's good, that's great... You two... In the future, if there comes a day like that, don't forget to come back and tell your teacher Tan... Haha..."
After a soothing laugh, Tan Qingchuan said, "Then... what's going on at HKUST? How did Chen Yue, who is so famous, steal your things?" It was precisely because Cheng Ran was his former student that Tan Qingchuan knew him well, so he believed without hesitation that this kind of thing would never be like what some outside voices said, that Cheng Ran was being used by others to gain fame.
"He was probably forced to do this. He underestimated the difficulty of independent research and development. The previous path was not feasible, and he urgently needed results to attract political attention and investment from all parties. So he wanted to take our path. He was pushed and took risks. To a certain extent, he really wanted to make achievements and contributions. But this is the way the world is. Maybe at the beginning, it was just a small gap that was opened, thinking that it was just a trivial flaw. It is better to choose to bear it than to face the pressure directly. The corruption caused by the small loophole may be more serious. The big issues may be clear, but the small ones are tolerated like an hourglass, and they are the least guarded. Some things will eventually be lost.
It is under investigation now and the truth will come out.”
Tan Qingchuan sighed, "No matter what, you must protect yourself. I feel a little relieved after contacting you. It should be like this. What's fake won't be real, and what's real won't be fake. We should break this bad habit in the academic world! We are all your backers. Don't worry. People who know you know what kind of kid you are. We believe in you. As for some online comments, I think most people still support you. There are only a few people who have dark thoughts. Don't worry about them. I let my son go online and curse at them. I'll give him some advice. You don't know that when you were studying, Old Tan was very good at posting big-character posters..."
Cheng Ran: “…”
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There was Tan Qingchuan, who was like-minded with his father, and Song Shiqiu, his former rival, who was running around to find him. There were also friends from all walks of life who called. When Liu Ying called, she said, "Someone said they left you a message on QQ. A few days ago, my classmates in Chengdu had a party and asked Yu Xiao about it. He said that you were waiting for an investigation and asked everyone to rest assured. Even if someone has your phone number, it's hard to call you."
That's right. Cheng Ran received fewer calls, but he still received text messages and messages from his former classmates, who he had only spoken to a few times before.
Yu Xiao said, "I asked everyone in our team to forward Guoxin's post, and everyone was very helpful!"
Yu Xiao has formed a team in Chengdu. Because of his fame as China's first StarCraft champion, many people have come to join him. Yu Xiao is now considered a big name. In May, he travels back and forth between Beijing and Chengdu twice a month to record e-sports programs for TV stations. He is very popular.
Yang Xia was more concerned about the professional aspects and how Cheng Ran dealt with the theft. There were many professional areas that she needed Cheng Ran to explain to her one by one during the phone call, and Cheng Ran never tired of trying to make her understand.
There was a moment of silence on Yang Xia's side, and after a moment he said, "Cheng Ran, I am still very willful."
"Um?"
"Just like you are now, telling me all this, no matter how boring and trivial it is, you are trying your best to explain it to me, an outsider... You have always tolerated my many willful behaviors. In the past... I must have been a very troublesome and hard-working person sometimes..."
Why would you suddenly say that
Cheng Ran smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it..."
There was a laugh on the other end of the phone. "Really? It's rare for me to criticize myself, but you're really rude. Do you want to die..."
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"My dad said that you came to the Nanzhou meeting before and talked to my mom alone... That's why my mom avoided coming to this matter..." From the phone call from Jiang Hongshao, it seems that Li Jingping had told her about this situation.
Based on some conversations between her aunt, Li Jingping and Jiang Yueqin, Jiang Hongshao also roughly understood the various effects caused by this incident. First of all, there were disagreements among the big families. Some believed that Jiang Yueqin should not give up the results in this matter. In addition, there were many strange things in the attacking posts exposed on Guoxin.com. It is not ruled out that there may be a behind-the-scenes force attacking Guoxin maliciously. Cheng Ran and his laboratory were just a gun used by one party. According to the current interest binding between some people in the Jiang family and the Lu family of Guoxin, Cheng Ran's team has naturally become a stumbling block, so they have a strong resentment towards Cheng Ran.
The storms within the Jiang family and the external waves were all connected together. Coupled with the fact that Li Yun's company, which represented the business power behind the Li family, had recently shelved the equity swap agreement, a rift was looming in the once ideological alliance.
Jiang Hongshao said, "My mother's side was not worth it for you to do this... So, it's because of me?"
His mother caused the US withdrawal from Fulong, and there was actually a huge gap between the two sides. But in the matter of Guoxin's shady dealings, Cheng Ran actually warned his mother in advance. He could have let his mother walk into this shady dealings and completely extinguished her career. But at the most critical moment, he took the initiative to avoid collision.
So it goes without saying why.
Jiang Hongshao suddenly felt an unknown emotion in her chest. In this night sky, between the stars, and the distance between London and Nanzhou, she whispered, "Cheng Ran, thank you."
That was the woman's voice that could melt one's heart.
Perhaps this was another emotionally moving word after all the sweet words Cheng Ran had said to her since he had known her.
Because she knows that even if they have a close relationship, you should not take anything the other person does for you for granted.
The strength of love is to consider and accommodate each other, and at the same time, the other party understands. Understand that your tolerance, compromise, concession and dedication are all summed up in one sentence: thank you.
Hearing the woman's gentle voice on the phone, Cheng Ran's heart wrinkled like ripples, and said, "Ah, you can't just say it... How do I thank you?"
"Would you like to have hotpot?" the woman's laughter came.
"You're so far away, it's too insincere. Why don't we just pay it back next time we meet? It's okay to pay it back with your body."
"Cheng Ran..." Jiang Hongshao's tone was low and gentle, awkward, stagnant, and somewhat indescribably provocative, "You have learned bad things."
Just this sound makes me feel anxious and anxious!
"Then I will teach you how to be villains together. The Condor Heroes can also become the Black Wind Twins, bullying men and women and running rampant across the world."
“No… For the good of the world, I won’t see you.” Lao Jiang must be laughing.
"Hmm?" Cheng Ran raised an eyebrow, "Really not going to see you?"
The tone is depressed.
Jiang Hongshao said softly, "Without seeing you... I can wander in the endless wilderness for tens of millions of years without missing the human world."