At the same time, far away in the Capital, Chen Yuanzhi also walked into the conference venue with great momentum.
The emergency meeting about the 2024 key university enrollment plan was, in his view, indeed just a venue for a quarrel.
Having a powerful recruiting tool and not being allowed to use it?
How could that make any sense?
Within the campus, Su Mucheng walked with Dou Dou, stopping frequently, never managing to walk over a hundred meters in one go.
It was evident that Dou Dou easily stirred up enthusiasm among the students.
The entire street could hear Dou Dou's aggrieved childlike voice.
"Hey, hey, hey, if you're going to pat my head, just pat my head, don't rub against my camera, you'll smudge the lens..."
However, this only resulted in even more cheerful laughter from the students.
"Haha, Dou Dou, you're not afraid of hanging from the streetlights, are you? So what if we accidentally touched your camera, is there really a need to get so angry?"
"If you dare, don't touch me, come and hit me instead, what kind of heroes are you just touching me all over? You uncles and aunties have no sense of martial ethics! Humph, just because I'm little and can't fight!"
"Hahaha, pass it on, Dou Dou can't fight."
"Who says I can't fight? I'll have you know, when I get fierce even I scare myself!"
Unfortunately, the childish voice had no intimidating power at all.
Su Mucheng had already resigned herself to this fact.
The popularity of Dou Dou certainly exceeded her expectations.
As soon as any student spotted Dou Dou, they would not just walk by; those from across the street would come running over to chat with Dou Dou and then ask for a photo. What's more outrageous, some would start calling or texting upon seeing Dou Dou, and in a few minutes, a whole crowd would come rushing over...
It was at this time that various videos of Dou Dou interacting intimately with Xilin University of Technology students began to spread rapidly on the internet.
Dou Dou's vivid speech, along with those unfiltered childish remarks, started meeting netizens in an unofficial capacity.
At first, these videos circulated only within class groups at Xilin University of Technology, but then they made their way to forums and tieba at Gua University, until more and more people shared them. Naturally, the fastest spread was when Dou Dou's own account reposted one of the videos and complained.
"Aargh, I'm so mad! Dou Dou never expected to be bullied fiercely by a bunch of people who claim to be my fans — big brothers and big sisters — today! Hmph... It just happens on the campus of Xilin University of Technology. If it were anywhere else, I, the brave Dou Dou, would definitely not tolerate it! (frantically pounding on the table)"
Dou Dou's setback received widespread praise.
Almost instantly, countless fans of Dou Dou swarmed to shower praise, saying the students of Xilin University of Technology were terrific.
This showed that Dou Dou's previously arrogant statements were not very appealing to the public after all.
But through the internet, people indeed had no countermeasures.
You couldn't out-argue it, and it seemed to be data-augmented, particularly good at hitting each fan's sorest spots, causing them to let down their guard and then mercilessly mocking them.
So when Dou Dou shouted in the video "Not talking about martial ethics!", it truly brought a lot of joy to netizens.
"Haha, Dou Dou, you too have a day when you're put in your place?"
"Can't wait, brothers and sisters of Xilin University of Technology, hurry up and hang this thing on the streetlights!"
"Oh no, I'm losing it, I'm breaking down! Dou Dou, you finally lost your cool!"
When the hashtag "#ArtificialIntelligenceBreaksDown" shot up on various platforms' trending searches, it inevitably impacted the meeting that Chen Yuanzhi was attending today in the Capital.