Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 884 - 489: Has the Paid Article Set the Tone? (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 884: Chapter 489: Has the Paid Article Set the Tone? (Please Subscribe)_2

Very soon.

Ding Yue arrived at the conference room with Xu Bin and Huang Youjie.

Inside the conference room, there were quite a few people.

There was CEO An Yujia from Feiyue Group.

Also included were Director Chen Ping from the School of Architecture, Liu Chuanjie, Cui Hai, Zhao Chi, and others.

As well as Tong Yihang, Liu Tiefei, Yang Jie from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a group of mechanical engineering teachers such as Luo Peng and Su Beilin.

There was also Director Qian from Mist City Arts and Science University’s finance department.

This Director Qian’s real name was Qian Duoduo, which couldn’t be more auspicious, and Ding Yue liked it very much.

"Xiao Wen, this meeting might take a while, and I don’t want any distractions. If it’s mealtime, remember to order food for everyone."

The meeting that Ding Yue was preparing for was likely to take a bit longer.

"Understood, Principal Ding."

Upon hearing this, Wen Ruohan left the conference room.

Then stood outside the conference room, making sure not to let anyone disturb Principal Ding’s meeting.

For Ding Yue, at this stage, there really was nothing more important than today’s meeting.

At today’s meeting,

Ding Yue was planning to detail the strategic expansion of the graphene industry and ensure each phase was perfectly planned.

With the plan in place, and after recently negotiating business with large companies such as Huawei Technology Group, Dami Technology Group, and Penguin New Energy Vehicles,

once these were taken care of, the Mist City Government building would hold a city government conference to implement Feiyue Group’s major project.

"Ladies and gentlemen, despite your busy schedules, I have called you here for today’s meeting because there is a significant matter at hand."

Ding Yue began to outline the purpose of today’s meeting to the group: "The content of our meeting today is related to the future development of Mist City Arts and Science University over the next few years and primarily involves the application of our research achievements in graphene..."

Ding Yue started by discussing the meeting’s theme with everyone.

After hearing this, most people understood what was happening.

Ding Yue also reiterated the importance of scaling up the graphene industry, and everyone understood even better that, as Principal Ding said, it was indeed very important.

It could even be considered a key point in the long-term strategic development of Mist City Arts and Science University and more significant than this year’s recruitment.

Consequently, Xu Bin and Huang Youjie understood why Yue had called them away from their busy schedules to attend this meeting.

...

Outside the conference room.

Wen Ruohan sat to one side, on standby for any instructions from Principal Ding.

Moreover, Wen Ruohan had set an alarm, so if Principal Ding and his team were still in a meeting when it was time, Wen Ruohan would go to the second canteen to bring lunch for everyone.

These were all duties of Wen Ruohan as secretary.

However.

As time gradually passed.

The meeting continued.

Outside, Wen Ruohan was getting bored waiting.

So Wen Ruohan stood up, went to the Principal’s office, and called Big White over.

"Big White."

"I am here."

Big White was idling in the Principal’s office, as it would enter sleep mode without any instructions.

In sleep mode, Big White would awake if someone called its name.

Especially since Wen Ruohan’s voice was Big White’s secondary voice command.

Wen Ruohan had quite a lot of access to Big White.

"Big White, come here."

Wen Ruohan summoned Big White outside the conference room and then, with nothing better to do, started a chat with Big White—it was certainly better than waiting alone.

"Big White, is there any news on the internet today?"

Wen Ruohan asked Big White.

Big White’s artificial intelligence system could connect to the internet.

Which means Big White could retrieve real-time information within its access rights from the internet for communication.

"What is news?"

Big White inquired.

Because in Big White’s humanoid brain system, no one had defined what "fresh news" was.

Wen Ruohan was taken aback for a moment, then explained, "Fresh news is... the news events that happened around the world today."

That’s how Wen Ruohan understood it.

And Big White could understand such an explanation.

Because Big White knew what the concept of "news" was.

"Today’s news includes: NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars... World Health Organization..."

Big White provided Wen Ruohan with some of today’s current news.

Moreover, Big White could also tell Wen Ruohan the sources of these news events, such as from NTS news live rooms, various news headline platforms, and so on.

"None of them interest me."

Wen Ruohan murmured, indicating that these news stories were too far removed from his reality.

They were all big international or domestic events.

"I can search for news about Mist City Arts and Science University for you," Big White said.

"What news could there be about Mist City Arts and Science University?"

Wen Ruohan muttered to himself.

If there were any news about Mist City Arts and Science University, Wen Ruohan would definitely know about it.

But this morning when Wen Ruohan scrolled through Twitter and the like, he had not seen any news about Mist City Arts and Science University.

Moreover,

The enrollment of new students at Mist City Arts and Science University had come to an end these past few days and was unlikely to trend anymore.

There hadn’t been any other major events at Mist City Arts and Science University, so there certainly wouldn’t be any news.

"The latest internet news about Mist City Arts and Science University is: Several education experts and prominent educational influencers have pointed out that Mist City Arts and Science University is blindly arrogant, refusing to engage in student exchange programs with American university alliances, and the news is gaining increasing heat!"

Big White announced.

"Oh."

Wen Ruohan wasn’t really listening.

Because Wen Ruohan believed there definitely wouldn’t be any news about Mist City Arts and Science University today.

But soon,

Wen Ruohan came to his senses.

"What?"

He looked at Big White and asked.

"Several education experts and prominent educational influencers have pointed out that Mist City Arts and Science University is blindly arrogant, refusing to engage in student exchange programs with American university alliances, with the news heat continuing to increase rapidly, and its popularity score has already broken through ten million and is rapidly increasing!"

Big White reiterated, providing Wen Ruohan with the higher heat data.

"On Twitter?"

Wen Ruohan immediately asked.

"Source: Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms, the popularity score breaking ten million is from Twitter!"

Big White answered.

Wen Ruohan immediately pulled out his phone and quickly opened Twitter to check the trending topics list.

He did not see it.

However, Wen Ruohan knew that the Twitter trending list would refresh soon, and what was not visible now could appear once it gained more heat.

In reality, Wen Ruohan was not concerned about whether it was trending or not.

Rather, it was what Big White had just mentioned about domestic education experts and influencers, saying Mist City Arts and Science University was blindly arrogant?

Rejecting the exchange program with American university alliances?

Wen Ruohan was aware of this.

Principal Ding had reasons for rejecting the exchange program with the American university alliance, and earlier Director Xu and Director Huang were discussing this matter in Principal Ding’s office. Wasn’t there supposed to be a push from behind by some group from America, something called the Echo Group?

Wen Ruohan did a keyword search.

As expected, he saw that various influencers with several millions or even ten million followers, and official accounts related to education had posted articles with very similar content.

The content was mainly criticizing Mist City Arts and Science University for rejecting the student exchange program plans with American university alliances (including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and others), accusing it of being blindly arrogant and inflating its own importance.

Upon seeing what these influencers posted, Wen Ruohan could tell it was clearly a joint press release. Moreover, so many of them were posting it, showing complete uniformity without presenting any other viewpoints; all were attacking Mist City Arts and Science University for its arrogance.

Could it be that someone had deliberately paid for these articles to set the tone?

In the comment sections of those influencers, the comments also seemed purchased, uniformly stirring the pot, all of them condemning Mist City Arts and Science University.

Wen Ruohan was dumbfounded.