Chapter 147: Grounded, poised, and a strategy to kill three birds with one stone

The roof was covered in blue tiles, the layers stacked in a way that possessed a staggered, rhythmic beauty.

Right beneath this ancient building, two foreigners in suits and ties were arguing intensely, creating a surreal illusion of a gathering at the Bright Summit.

If the two were merely having a daily conversation, Jin Li, who had been cramming knowledge, wouldn't have been completely lost.

But the two physicists were speaking in obscure, specialized terminology, leaving her unable to understand a single thing.

Beside Jin Li, two others were watching the spectacle: Director Zhong and Qiu Qiwen.

Qiu Qiwen looked helpless and whispered to Jin Li, "Can you understand them?"

Jin Li shook her head silently, "No."

Qiu Qiwen: "If you don't understand, why did you run over here?"

Jin Li said with a serious face, "To be nurtured by sacred knowledge!"

Qiu Qiwen:...

After staying on the sidelines watching these two foreigners talk past each other for half an hour, Director Zhong finally stood up and left leisurely.

His sharp gaze swept toward other areas, as if looking for another target.

Jin Li spoke up then: "Director, do you understand them?"

Zhong Wentai said: "Hmm, I understand a bit. After finishing my directing studies in China, I went abroad to study. They are discussing the Grand Unified Theory of physics."

Jin Li asked with interest: "Grand Unification? A unified theory? Do they already have a relevant theory that can explain all forces in a unified way?"

Zhong Wentai shook his head: "Not yet. This is something everyone in the physics world wants to prove, but it is far from simple; gravity still cannot be integrated into this system."

The more Qiu Qiwen heard, the more bewildered she became. Were they speaking human language?

No, were they even discussing the same world she lived in?

She silently raised her hand: "I need a summary. Why can't I understand any of this?"

Zhong Wentai said with a tone of frustrated expectation: "I can tell just by looking at you that you didn't do your prep work. If you had finished all the materials I gave you, you wouldn't be so clueless."

Qiu Qiwen said in a small voice: "Uncle, it's not like I didn't want to read them. I didn't have time because I was busy running promotional events, did I?"

Zhong Wentai didn't take the bait: "Jin Li is even more popular than you, and she still live-streams her studying every day. Why can't you do the same?"

Qiu Qiwen: That stings, old man!

Jin Li smiled and said: "The Grand Unified Theory is a theory about the unification of strong interaction and electroweak interaction, hoping to use a single theory to explain the physical phenomena caused by strong interaction, weak interaction, and electromagnetic interaction.

Existing research results and observational findings can theoretically explain the unification of strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions, but they still cannot incorporate gravity into this system."

Jin Li didn't know what she was thinking of; she paused and said softly: "If one could see physics achieve grand unification in their lifetime, that should be the vision of many physicists."

Director Zhong Wentai sighed: "Difficult, so difficult!"

Qiu Qiwen asked ignorantly: "Is it very difficult?"

Jin Li affirmed: "Very difficult, and no one can guarantee how many years it will take to achieve. So many conjectures and theories have not been proven; there is a very long road ahead."

Director Zhong Wentai also said: "Theories are not necessarily correct, and conjectures are not necessarily wrong. In the process of studying physics, one is also constantly overturning old theories."

Qiu Qiwen asked with a look of partial understanding: "Why overturn them? Are the old theories wrong?"

Zhong Wentai shook his head and said: "It's not that they are wrong, but that they cannot explain things. The theory is correct, but if it cannot be used to explain another phenomenon, then one must find another way out.

If physics wants to achieve grand unification, it must produce a powerful set of theories that can encompass all phenomena.

Of course, we are laymen; this is just a layman's way of putting it. Insiders don't say it like this, but even if they did, we wouldn't understand."

Qiu Qiwen nodded very quickly this time.

Yeah, she really didn't understand.

Director Zhong Wentai took them to listen to the discussions of several other foreigners, although Jin Li and Qiu Qiwen still couldn't understand.

But the obsessed, excited expressions of those people during their discussions were deeply imprinted in their hearts, making them feel a sense of awe.

During their discussions, Jin Li also kept asking herself:

What is physics?

What kind of fascinating charm does it possess?

Combining her understanding of the character He Hui in the script, she re-examined physics with a layman's thinking and an insider's mindset.

Physics is not literally "the study of all the most basic forms of motion and laws of matter, from the universe down to basic particles."

That is too formal.

The most popular understanding is actually "seeking the truth of things."

To put it even bigger, it is seeking the truth of the world.

Why does water flow downward? Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west? Why do people walk with their feet on the ground instead of floating in the air...

From the very beginning, physicists were only seeking an answer to the laws of change and development of all things.

Starting from the most basic gravity, it extended to universal gravitation, then to Einstein's theory of relativity, and later to the Big Bang cosmology...

Jin Li kept reading literature and materials, and she somewhat understood why those scientists were so forgetful of food and sleep, obsessively studying physics.

At the same time, she also gained a deep understanding of He Hui's righteousness.

In that era of war, abandoning a comfortable and affluent environment to return to the motherland for development was a very difficult decision to make.

Knowledge has no borders, but scientists do.

Knowledge belongs to all mankind, yet no scientist belongs to the whole world.

Jin Li came to the crew with this thought in mind.

But under Director Zhong's guidance, she began to reshape the concept of "physicist" in her mind.

After staying with the crew for four consecutive days, they watched many discussions by physicists, both domestic and foreign. Director Zhong suddenly asked:

"Do you think these physicists are any different from us?"

Jin Li said uncertainly: "Their thinking is very different from ours?"

Qiu Qiwen thought for a moment and hesitated: "I'll say something disrespectful, but I don't think there's any difference. They are all human, and when they discuss things, it's just like arguing."

Facing her own uncle, she was quite bold.

"Actually, I think they are no different from customers bargaining in a vegetable market; they are noisy, and it feels like they could fight at any moment if they disagree."

Zhong Wentai laughed and turned to look at Jin Li: "You should learn from Little Qiu. She saw that these physicists are actually no different from ordinary people.

They are also human, eating the same grains as us. If you don't look at the knowledge they discuss, they are just as mundane as we are.

Jin Li, you respect knowledge enough, so I won't ask you to cram physics knowledge. On the contrary, I want you to put that knowledge aside and take a good look at how they live their daily lives.

Learn a bit. Being a physicist doesn't mean having no desires. Seeing them all red-faced over a certain viewpoint, do you still think they are living on dew in the mortal world?"

After finishing with Jin Li, Zhong Wentai looked at Qiu Qiwen again.

"You are different. Your observation of them is grounded enough; instead, you need to float a bit.

From today on, you must read those physics literature materials for me. Understand what kind of contribution physics has made to society and have a clear understanding of physics.

You must see through those materials and grind through them before I dare to hand the role of 'Gao Wen' to you. Otherwise, forget it!"

Qiu Qiwen's eyes widened, and she said loudly: "Uncle! This is like—"

Zhong Wentai waved his hand, interrupting: "I don't want to film you looking completely devoid of a physicist's demeanor, just like you said, like someone bargaining for vegetables in a market. What does that look like?

You are the opposite of Jin Li. Jin Li is too poised, holding physicists too high, while you hold them too low. You need to be more poised."

Speaking of this, Zhong Wentai couldn't help but laugh: "You two are complementing each other! Perfect, you can learn from each other!"

Returning to the dormitory at night.

Qiu Qiwen held a pile of materials in her hand, feeling miserable.

Jin Li, on the other hand, kept recalling the physicists she saw today. Her problem was obvious, and Director Zhong had already told her—

Too poised!

He wanted to film a grounded, flesh-and-blood physicist, not a poised little fairy.

Did she really think she could survive on dew?

This problem was actually not easy for Jin Li to change.

Since coming to this world, her attitude toward learning had been very devout, studying every single day without fail.

Therefore, she believed knowledge was sacred.

But for her, knowledge was not only sacred, but also carried a sense of awe.

After all, she had to rely on hard study to survive.

But other people didn't have to.

Other people would consider knowledge sacred, but wouldn't be in awe. If they were always in awe, those incorrect theorems wouldn't be overturned by future generations.

Especially as a scientist, one must be brave enough to question the path of the past.

Is this path no longer viable? Should one change to another path, or derive a new path from it?

Denying past cognition is painful.

But the reality of physics is right there. Whether you accept it or not, it exists as a real, objective phenomenon, not something fabricated out of thin air in the mind.

Starting from the soil of slash-and-burn cultivation, it developed step by step, as vast as observing the macro-distance of galaxies and celestial bodies, and as small as peeking into the mysteries of quark particles.

One can reach up to pick stars and look at the moon, and reach down to dig holes and drill wells to look at the crust.

This is physics.

It is placed right in front of people; it doesn't need to be created, but rather needs people to explore and excavate it.

Not only is physics like this, but mathematics is also like this.

The famous quote by Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei is: "Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the universe."

And the theoretical structure of physics also fully utilizes mathematics as its working language.

Learning to the end, one will find that mathematics is the language of all science thinking, and it is inseparable from any subject.

Qiu Qiwen's words came from her ear, interrupting her deep thoughts.

"Jin Li, have you really finished reading all these materials in these few months?"

Qiu Qiwen flipped through the thickness of these materials, feeling very incredulous.

She felt that even if she read day and night, she wouldn't be able to finish them in a month or two, let alone understand them.

Jin Li shook her head and said: "Of course I didn't finish them all. Director Zhong is just trying to scare you. I've only read half at most."

Qiu Qiwen said loudly: "... Half?"

She looked down at the pile of materials in her hand; half was also exaggerated.

"You live-stream your studying every day, where do you find the time to read?"

Jin Li smiled: "I read in the time outside of studying. As long as you want to squeeze it out, there is always time, but the premise is that you must ensure you have enough energy.

If you don't have enough energy, forcing yourself won't have any good results."

While Jin Li was in the crew for closed-door training.

The production team of "Leisurely Slow Life" also issued a notice of suspension.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves!

Fans and netizens expressed great regret and didn't understand why the show would stop airing when its traffic was so good.

【Reasonably suspect that Sanyuetian was banned by the company, and Jin Li and Qiguan Mingzhu were also banned by the company】

【So what is Jin Li doing? I haven't seen her for a long time】

【With such powerful data, they are surrendering just as the summer season is starting. Are they cowards?】

Fans and netizens see many things that are one-sided.

The so-called "looking at facts" is actually the most serious "one-sided story."

They only see the glorious opening data of each episode of "Leisurely Slow Life," but they don't see the fierce competition of the summer season.

They only see that "Leisurely Slow Life" ranks in the top five in ratings across all platforms, but they don't see how many national variety shows will be revived in the summer season.

To put it bluntly.

Netizens and the company stand from different angles and get different information, so the results are also different.

Facing the fierce accusations of netizens, the production team was prepared and immediately launched a compensation plan.

The production team stated that the episodes already recorded would be aired normally, and then they would adjust whether to continue recording based on the airing data.

Once the fans saw this, they said they had to brush comments and create buzz for "Leisurely Slow Life." Maybe this show wouldn't have to stop airing?

Tianding Entertainment was also observing the public opinion and show data these days.

What was set could also be changed!

"How is it? How is the recent data for 'Leisurely Slow Life'?"

Sanyuetian had just finished a promotional event. In the hot and humid July, they performed two stages in the middle of the day, jumping and singing.

Everyone was covered in sweat and felt a bit disgusted with themselves.

Yan Xingdong saw that it was Brother Guang who was driving to pick them up, so he quickly asked to have a bottom line.

Zhang Guang said steadily: "It's quite difficult. We've been on the hot search twice every day for the past few days. Today the hot search dropped, and we only made it once.

Except for the first suspension notice that rushed into the top ten, the subsequent times were hovering in the top twenty or thirty. It's not easy to handle."

Chen Lin wiped his sweat with a large towel and shook his head: "It's really hard!

When we were recording last week, we were on the hot search every day during our live streams. Who would have thought that just a week later, netizens wouldn't love us anymore."

Luo Yi sneered: "It's the summer season. All kinds of monsters and ghosts have run out. It's normal. Today, either this star buys a hot search or that star buys a hot search. It's already very difficult to squeeze in relying purely on natural heat."

Chen Lin asked: "So is there no chance to continue recording?"

Gu Cheng took off his headphones and happened to hear this sentence. He couldn't help but glance at him and asked back: "Do you really think there is a chance to continue recording?"

Now it was Chen Lin's turn to be confused.

Luo Yi patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "That's why I say you are young, don't know how to speak, and don't know how to mix in society!

The production team released that statement clearly to appease the rioting fans. It just so happens that the episode they filmed must be released, so they cooperated with the suspension statement to hype it up.

Even if the airing results this time are excellent, it will definitely stop airing. Not to mention the long term, let's talk about the short term. How many promotional events did Brother Guang take for us?

Look at that dense schedule. Do you think you can find time to record? Not to mention that 'Leisurely Slow Life' was defeated in the hot search battle, wasn't it?"

The hot search in the summer season is so expensive, and the company obviously doesn't want to spend this money.

Being able to dominate in the off-season, why go to the big grindstone of the summer season?

Chen Lin understood everything and said speechlessly: "Clearly, your minds are too complicated. Who knew that so many tricks had to be played for hype."

Gu Cheng said lightly: "The publicity department is separated into a single department. You know how big the interests behind it are."

Chen Lin still wanted to say something, but suddenly a push notification popped up on his phone.

His eyes widened slightly, and he said with some surprise: "Eh, Li Xunfang officially announced that she took two costume dramas?"

As he spoke, he shared the news to the group.

At the same time.

In Chenxi Entertainment, Sui Lingfang also received the news issued by Li Xunfang's studio.

She immediately called Zou Da to hold a meeting.

Although no one knew what the two were discussing in the office, the entire brokerage department was filled with a heavy and serious atmosphere.

Everyone didn't know what happened, but some said that when Zou Da went in, his expression was very heavy.

An assistant muttered a few words in a low voice, which was clearly heard by other assistants—"Could it be that we are going to be fired?"

One hour later.

Sui Lingfang and Zou Da walked out and publicly announced the news that several assistants were fired, the reason being leaking company secrets.

When those assistants heard this, they all packed their things in advance and left at any time, not defending themselves at all.

After they left, the people in the brokerage department exploded.

"Leaking what company secrets? Does our company have any secrets that can be stolen?"

"I feel it has something to do with Li Xunfang's official announcement of those two dramas. Aren't Li Xunfang and Jin Li always competing for the brand spokesperson of Fang Fei?"

"Let me search... Yeah, these two dramas are both big heroine power-struggle dramas. Li Xunfang has never acted in them before. Can she act?!"

"Wait, it's actually these two dramas? I've seen them in Sui Lingfang's office. Weren't these invited for Jin Li to act in?"

There are no airtight walls in the entertainment industry.

Not to mention that when Sui Lingfang and Zou Da fired people, they did it openly and never hid it.

The purpose was to let people spread it out.

Agents have many group chats and circles. People from Chenxi Entertainment chatted in this group and asked in that group.

Soon, people from other companies learned that Li Xunfang had snatched Jin Li's promotional event!

Chen Lin was a little gossip expert in Sanyuetian. He had just finished reading the news of Li Xunfang's official announcement of the two dramas, and then brushed his circle of friends, and brushed some interesting material.

He said: "I saw someone posting news in the circle of friends, saying that Li Xunfang's team deliberately snatched Sister Jin Li's promotional event."

He asked curiously: "That's not right. Doesn't Sister Jin Li have no plans to film costume dramas?"

When the others heard this, they associated the cause and effect and understood what was going on.

Yan Xingdong praised: "Fishing. Other people think they snatched it, but actually, they are actively throwing themselves into the net."

Chen Lin: "What does this mean?"

Luo Yi opened his phone and also brushed the circle of friends: "What can it mean? Chenxi Entertainment did it on purpose. Those two dramas must be ones Jin Li wouldn't take, and their own artists couldn't compete for them, so they released the wind."

"See who snatched it, and you can also know who has been staring at Chenxi Entertainment, and you can also do an internal self-check, just in time to catch the spy."

"At the same time, this can also pit others. The play she received is just a smoke bomb released to the outside world, and it may not necessarily be very good."

"In addition, it can also call for injustice for Jin Li and create a victim image. This wave is killing three birds with one stone!"

Chen Lin was dumbfounded: "Are you playing a palace drama?"

Brother Guang said: "This is palace fighting? Then wouldn't I be palace fighting every day?"

"The resources I fought for you, do you really think it's that easy? Once your names are shown, do you really think all promotional merchants will pay for it?"

He exhorted: "You have a good relationship with Jin Li, and you know she took a movie. Don't spread this news."

The others all agreed.

Artists who can mix in the entertainment industry, even Chen Lin, have very strict mouths.

He loves gossip, but that doesn't mean he will be loose-lipped. ===== CHAPTER 148 =====