"Get out of the academic circle, people like you don't deserve to do research!"
"We are offering a high-salary position to Professor Liu Guang as a sci-fi editor for our novel, with an annual salary negotiable (doghead doghead)."
"Please investigate Liu Guang's master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, and academic papers. Let's not have another Zhai Tianlin."
The criticism against Liu Guang showed no signs of stopping, but Liu Guang was just a scholar dedicated to academia, and he didn't have the habit of checking Weibo. Otherwise, these comments might have caused him significant psychological pressure.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. The more he stepped back, the more he felt unfair. Even though it wasn't Liu Guang himself, Fang Jueyu felt the anger boiling up his throat as he read these comments.
If Liu Guang's research was correct, and in the future, other forms of life from different civilizations truly arrived on Earth through a wormhole to carry out some unknown actions, and his predictions bought humanity time, preventing this catastrophe, how many people would benefit from it?
And these people were shamelessly insulting and reprimanding him now!
Fang Jueyu could understand the professional scholars who questioned Liu Guang's research, considering it was something beyond the current human knowledge. When faced with the unknown, humans often held fear and avoided it.
However, those keyboard warriors probably couldn't even understand many of the professional terms in the 10,000-word research report but started to follow the trend and cause a stir, which was even more infuriating.
How could they rant without understanding what was being said? What qualifications did they have to spout nonsense? Why didn't they point out where the problems were, where the academic misconduct was?
"I read Professor Liu Guang's research results today. I was both surprised and concerned about his findings. If the data was within a certain margin of error, I believed his speculation was not baseless."
Fang Jueyu's Weibo followers had grown to 30 million, mostly loyal and active ones. Every time Fang Jueyu posted a status update, it quickly became a hot topic.
Ever since that Zhai Dulin guy got caught for academic misconduct and stirred up a lot of trouble, the juicy gossip from the academic world was getting more and more popular.
As soon as Fang Jueyu publicly supported Professor Liu Guang's new post, the comments started pouring in.
You had to know that Fang Jueyu had just recently published 20 world-class journal papers as the sole author.
If one were to go by the clear prices of various universities, these papers alone could bring him tens of millions of RMB in income and a professorship title. Now, Fang Jueyu was prominent not just in the entertainment circle, but he was also a well-known figure in the academic world.
Fang Jueyu's twenty articles also touched on fields like physics and quantum mechanics. No one could claim he was talking nonsense because he was at the forefront in these areas.
During that time, the Space Observatory of the United States even registered on Weibo, inviting Fang Jueyu to work there and offering generous conditions.
"Holy shit, the dean has spoken. Does that mean he's supporting Professor Liu Guang's research findings?"
"No way! The dean wouldn't be hired as PR by Yanjing Aviation University, would he?"
"Could the person upstairs please use some brains? Who could afford to hire the dean as PR? Unless they pay the entire school's cost!"
"If you don't know, ask. Has the dean also researched this field?"
"I'm a doctoral student in physics at a Huaxia '985' university. I've read the dean's article on black hole theory published in 'Nature,' where he also proposed a concept similar to Wormhole Wave. You all should check it out!"
"Damn, if even the dean said so, doesn't that mean this is going to come true? Could it be that aliens are really going to invade Earth?"
In just a few minutes, a large number of comments appeared under Fang Jueyu's post. Of course, some of them still maintained a skeptical attitude. Even though Fang Jueyu's research results were incredibly rich, the final assumption was too shocking.
"Haha, some young people achieve a bit of success and rush to support things without any theoretical basis. It seems Jiangnan University's standard is only so-so!"
Hearing Fang Jueyu's public statement, an academician who questioned Liu Guang's research stepped forward to speak again.
"I'm saying, Academician Tong, at your ripe age, aren't you too old to be playing on Weibo? Could it be that a marketing company bought you?"
Fang Jueyu typed three question marks in a row.
"Though I'm getting old, I can't be out of touch with the times. Nowadays, information is so advanced. I need to use new ways to understand the world. Otherwise, people who commit fraud and waste national resources with false outcomes could get away with it, couldn't they?"
"Academician Tong makes a good point, but just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I happen to have done some work on Wormhole Wave theory. Need a few articles? I'll send them to you, and you can read them on 'Nature'!"
Once Fang Jueyu said this, Academician Tong fell silent immediately. Who didn't know about Fang Jueyu's academic prowess? Even Academician Tong couldn't publish twenty high-grade articles. If Fang Jueyu really achieved that, wouldn't that be ruining his own reputation?
"Hahaha, Dean Fang is really good at roasting! Believe it or not, he doesn't like using money to smack people anymore; he loves using research results to smack people!"
"Hahaha, @Nature @Science business is here! Hurry up and grab it! How does your operations team work? I suggest firing them!"
"Too many elements, sorry for the interruption. I'm not qualified to speak in such academic disputes."
However, it didn't take long before many marketing accounts started popping up, talking nonsense.
"According to Professor Fang, our Earth is about to be invaded. Their technology is so advanced. Should we just surrender?"
"Mr. Fang, as a public figure, you should be responsible for your words. You shouldn't say things that could cause public panic on behalf of a fraudster."
"Fang Jueyu is an idiot!"
"I hope the aliens catch you first and dissect you for research."
"Heh, these marketing accounts really know how to jump on the bandwagon!" He clicked into the fake Weibo accounts spreading rumors about him and Liu Guang. They were either selling fake medicine or explicit materials.
Fang Jueyu was already under a lot of stress because of this issue, and these marketing accounts immediately ignited his fury.
"Xiao Yi, report all the Weibo accounts that insulted me and Professor Liu Guang!"
"Yes, host. After screening, there are a total of 2,785 marketing accounts. All have been reported!"
However, an hour later, those marketing accounts were still rampantly active, even more so now, and began spreading rumors about Fang Jueyu's academic misconduct. Although no one believed it, seeing it repeatedly was annoying.
"Sister Xiaoying!" Fang Jueyu shouted.
"Young master, what's wrong?" Zhuang Ying was busy preparing the construction of the workstation, negotiating material procurement and other issues with representatives from various countries.
"Pause the workstation construction for a moment and help me with something. Do I own shares in Weibo?"
"Young master, Weibo's current market value is about $10 billion. Xinglang owns 45% of the shares, and Alibaba owns about 30%. The rest is held by individuals and venture capital firms. Are you planning to acquire it?"
"Buy all the shares except for Xinglang's and Alibaba's for me, and I'll handle the rest myself!"