Chapter 586: Can I Post This Online?

On Monday morning, after Rong Ci returned to the company from a meeting, her phone rang.

It was Yu Moxun’s call.

She had barely answered when Yu Moxun excitedly said, “Xiao Ci, the list of winners for this year’s National Award for Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology has been released—you won! Congratulations!”

Rong Ci paused, then smiled: “Alright, I’ll check the official website soon.”

Others at the company had also heard the news of Rong Ci’s award; before she could check online, Gu Yan and others came to congratulate her.

Lin Wu and others also learned of Rong Ci’s award immediately.

Many in the Lin and Sun families initially didn’t understand what Rong Ci’s win meant—until they saw netizens praising her online and realized the immense prestige of this award, at which point they felt a pang of discomfort.

Moreover, when netizens discussed Rong Ci’s domestic award, many speculated she would also win the International Outstanding Young Paper Award.

This award has been won by extremely few people in China in recent years and carries extraordinary prestige.

And Rong Ci is only in her twenties.

At such a young age, to have earned an award of such high caliber means her future is boundless.

When netizens discussed this, they all spoke with pride, eagerly awaiting the World Artificial Intelligence Conference Committee’s announcement.

As netizens had expected, two days later, the World Artificial Intelligence Conference Committee released this year’s winner list—Rong Ci had indeed won.

Instantly, Rong Ci’s name surged to the top of trending searches.

Rong Ci had been busy with company matters and only learned of the online buzz from others.

Shortly after the official announcement, she received an invitation from the organizers to attend the award ceremony.

In addition, many media outlets wanted to interview her; for several days, Rong Ci was swamped.

On Saturday, Nan Zhizhi had the day off.

His reaction to Rong Ci’s award was remarkably calm.

One could say, Rong Ci’s win was exactly what he expected.

Nan Zhizhi, Ren Yi, and Qi Geng rarely had chances to gather for meals.

This Saturday, all of them happened to be free, so they joined Rong Ci and Yu Moxun for dinner.

Seeing Rong Ci, Ren Yi and Qi Geng both smiled: “We heard about your award—congratulations.”

Rong Ci: “Thank you.”

After dinner, they went to a tea house to drink tea and chat.

While drinking tea, someone recognized them; the server couldn’t help asking Rong Ci and the others, “Mr. Nan, could I take a photo with you?”

Rong Ci and Nan Zhizhi both agreed.

Overwhelmed by meeting so many big figures at once, the server couldn’t resist asking again: “Can I post it online?”

Rong Ci and Yu Moxun didn’t mind at all.

Qi Geng and Ren Yi felt their gathering was private but nothing to hide; seeing how excited the server was, they said, “Go ahead, post it.”

Seeing Nan Zhizhi say nothing, the server turned to him.

Nan Zhizhi also didn’t care and said, “Sure.”

Hearing this, the server happily posted their group photo online.

The photo went viral almost immediately.

Netizens were stunned when they saw the photo.

“??? Wait, one photo and you’ve gathered so many big names? Aren’t most of them supposed to have no connection? Yet they all know each other?”

“Of course the big names’ friends are all big names!”

Even Ning Qi, who didn’t understand artificial intelligence or the prestige of Rong Ci’s award, was genuinely shocked to see that Rong Ci knew so many influential people.