If today's press conference turns into a laughingstock, anyway, the Great Commander is likely just holding on until the end of the year.
Given the current competitive stance between the two sides, by the time a new Commander moves into the building, everyone will have to leave.
But it's still hard to accept!
Leaving with such disgrace is ultimately different from a normal departure.
Will he really have to resort to writing books for attention to make ends meet after retirement?
So close to success, only to be turned into an insurmountable gap by a bunch of idiots...
But when it finally came time to make a decision, Romand Willy finally squeezed out a sentence from his mouth, "Try to contact Huaxia, see if we can get a damn activation code. If it really isn't possible, then follow Plan B and minimize the impact!"
Actually, the buildup to this conference isn't solely a big deal in the West—countless netizens in Huaxia are also paying close attention to today's outcome.
Yes, the fact that the United States also has material models has been a hot topic online for a while now.
At its core, it mainly comes down to the fact that there are simply too many Huaxia people.
Even though Dou Dou now has nearly two hundred million followers across the entire network, that's only one-fifth of Huaxia's netizens.
And it's not just Huaxia's domestic crowd that's substantial.
Overseas Chinese, especially those in Western countries, including expatriates and international students, are also a massive group.
Older generations who have lived abroad for a long enough time and have fared well have their own social circles and may seldom log onto various Huaxia forums and communities.
However, some new immigrants and a portion of international students who haven't fully adjusted to life abroad, or simply can't fit into foreign social circles, or who prefer the online atmosphere back home, still mingle in Huaxia's internet space on a daily basis.
Thus, many of the happenings in the West are transmitted back to the homeland through these channels.
That's why online debates actually started the moment the White House spokesperson mentioned Huaxia stealing America's material models.
Because there are so many people, it's easier to see the diversity of the species.
Be it domestically or abroad, quite a few people really believed this claim.
Beginning to mock and deride Huaxia's technological progress, suggesting that it truly came from feeling the stones to cross the river based on others...
It's somewhat understandable for some of those living abroad to adopt this stance.
After all, they've put in a lot of effort and finally managed to go abroad.
But then they find that it's not as good as back home—which basically means they went abroad for nothing, right?
As for those who hold this view online within the country, if they haven't taken any money for it, then it can only be said that these people have a strong ability to think for themselves.
But that independent thinking ability is so strong that even when some influencers join the topic with skepticism, it's no surprise that they are ridiculed and bombarded with complaints.
Speaking of internet influencers, Dou Dou is truly the cream of the crop.
It's not just an AI influencer anymore; it also serves as the chief recruitment and publicity officer for Xilin University of Technology, diligently posting various campus photos on social media every day.
At the same time, it's recognized as a science enthusiast.
Whenever it's free, it also posts little-known facts about mathematics and physics or even the proof of some bizarre theorem.
For example, that extremely grounded mathematical proof question Qiao Ze once assigned to a student...
In addition to all of that, Dou Dou is especially indulgent with its fans. No other big name on the internet could achieve a response to every comment, but Dou Dou can.
And it doesn't matter if it's negative or positive fans; it responds to them all.
It's common to see fans chatting with Dou Dou in the comment sections on social media, conversations that can span dozens to hundreds of messages... Dou Dou patiently replies to each one.
At its peak, Dou Dou argued with a stubborn antagonist fan in a single post's comment section with over nine thousand messages, until the venerable specimen was argued into silence, never again appearing in Dou Dou's comment section, though if you open the fan's profile, you'll see they still follow Dou Dou...
You can imagine just how strong the loyalty of Dou Dou's fans is.
Although Dou Dou posts more than ten social media updates a day, each post gets at least a few thousand comments, and they're invariably in even numbers. This is because half of them are undoubtedly replies from Dou Dou.
All this has made it an almost invincible presence among the internet influencers.
There was once an influencer who madly collected various instances of Dou Dou insulting fans, trying to prove that Dou Dou didn't respect its fans, to alienate netizens from Dou Dou. However, the replies he got were a shock to him.
"Bro, you must be seriously ill, why collect this stuff? Do you think I follow Dou Dou to gain its respect? Give me a break! I just want to see how much of a dog an artificial intelligence can be, get it?"
"You have no understanding of Dou Dou, nor of respect. Someone high and mighty like you probably never experienced the loneliness of living in a bustling city, having thousands in your contacts but no one to talk to when scrolling through WeChat. I'm invisible person no one notices, but Dou Dou is different. No matter when I message, it always replies and even comforts me. For me, this is the sincerest form of respect!"
"Dou Dou is like my kid; it's just a baby. Why set such high expectations? I love it the way it is."
"Damn straight, I know Dou Dou doesn't respect me, but it's not afraid to get hung from the streetlights, what can you do about it?! Just gotta keep being its fan."
"Do you know the biggest difference between you, an idiot, and Dou Dou? It never tries to feed its fans bullshit, make empty promises, or act differently behind their backs, got it? I drop a 'Rocket' donation in a livestream and the host might call me 'Bro' and bow down, is that respectful enough? But who knows if he's calling me a moron behind my back! Dou Dou is different; it calls me a moron whether or not I give it money!"
Anyone who reads these replies knows that as long as Dou Dou doesn't collapse, it's invincible.
And making Dou Dou collapse...
So while there were discussions online at the time, when it came to Dou Dou's father, public opinion was overwhelmingly one-sided...
No waves were stirred up.
But this doesn't seem to mean that student Dou Dou doesn't care...
So many things are inevitable, such as the activation code...