Chapter 786 Aren’t You Walking Into Trouble?

"Professor Chang, why aren't you angry at all?"

Looking at Chang Haonan, who had no anger on his face, Liu Chenchen felt that he could not hold back and immediately put his hands on his hips:

"This article is targeting you throughout the article..."

Chang Haonan couldn't say that he had seen better articles in his previous life, so he had to wave his hands:

"This article is not targeting me, or even the Torch Laboratory, but just using us as a lead."

In fact, if the author of this article really knew about the Torch Laboratory and Chang Haonan himself, he probably wouldn't dare to touch this porcelain.

After all, if they really had the courage,

The other party obviously only saw some fragments from the public notice issued by Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics before, and then imagined a plot of "the head of the laboratory colluded with the school and state-owned enterprises to harm the public and enrich himself", and wrote it into a short essay and posted it.

In fact, anyone who goes to the homepage of the Torch Laboratory and takes a look at Chang Haonan's resume will know that the content of this article is very different from the actual situation.

But let alone in 1999 when the Internet had not yet expanded, even in 2019 in the 5G era, it is impossible for a few people to specifically verify it.

This is also the key reason why many rumors can be spread for a long time despite their poor quality.

As a person living at the turn of the century, Liu Chenchen did not have much concept about this, let alone that the writing and publication of such articles were organized and planned.

Some traces can even be found in textbooks.

She just felt that these rumors should not be allowed to spread freely:

"But even so, he still discredited our laboratory and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics!"

Of course, this is similar to Chang Haonan's idea.

Not being angry does not mean that Chang Haonan is not prepared to solve the problem.

Although the debate cannot directly change the material world, as a person who has experienced it, Chang Haonan knows very well that if it is really left alone, the negative impact on the entire society will be relatively large.

Therefore, he has always been doing what he can without affecting his main business, trying to improve the disadvantages in public opinion.

Before, when Japanese brands were exposed to quality problems in Europe and their reputation was declining, Chang Haonan registered the name "Yilin" several years in advance and handed it over to the Science and Technology Commission for operation. The main content was also short essays, but they were foreign short essays, which was equivalent to using magic to fight magic.

And at least judging from the sales of "Yilin", the effect should be good-

The people of this era are more accepting of funny jokes and chicken soup for the soul than Chang Haonan imagined. As for the hidden meaning behind these contents, no one would care.

But it doesn't matter.

The reason why this form works well is because its influence is subtle.

For example, in the past two years, Chang Haonan has clearly felt that the degree of superstition about Japanese products among the people has decreased a lot.

Although it is not entirely the credit of a magazine, at least it has contributed to it.

"I think..."

Chang Haonan was about to speak when the phone on the corner of the desk suddenly rang.

Liu Chenchen was stunned for a moment, then said hello and left the office first.

However, the call this time was not from the confidential line, but from the external line.

"Hello, this is Chang Haonan."

"Professor Chang, it's me, Tang Lintian."

The connection between Principal Tang and Chang Haonan was just stuck on a standard line.

For those with a higher confidentiality level than him, any call to Chang Haonan is a confidential line.

For those with a lower confidentiality level than him, they can't get a confidential phone at all and can only call the external line.

As for Tang Lintian himself, according to the principle, he needs to choose according to the situation - the confidential line is a very valuable way of communication, which needs to be kept open as much as possible. It is impossible for you to use it to talk about irrelevant things or chat on the phone.

After reporting his identity, there was a slight silence on the other end of the phone, and then he spoke:

"Professor Chang, the school publicity department has found some rumors about the Torch Laboratory not meeting the implementation requirements. Now people have been sent to find a way to deal with it. I will let someone explain the details later."

Don't you think this is a coincidence!

"President Tang, I think I know what you are talking about."

Chang Haonan turned his eyes back to the newspaper on the desk:

"The article on why China cannot produce world-class scientific results, the one in the South City newspaper, right?"

Hearing that his voice was not as angry as he had imagined, but rather a little smiling, Tang Lintian on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then cautiously asked:

"What... Professor Chang, did you also... see it?"

Obviously worried that Chang Haonan would laugh in anger.

"Well... just now the administrative secretary of our laboratory showed me this newspaper."

Chang Haonan's mentality was very stable.

"Professor Chang, don't worry, I have explained the situation to the superiors and will notify the other party to withdraw the article as soon as possible..."

Tang Lintian's actions were indeed very fast, but the solution was a bit blunt.

This is not an online media. What's the point of asking people to withdraw the article in the era of paper media?

Therefore, Chang Haonan hurriedly stopped him:

"Hey, don't, don't, don't... This is written in the newspaper, and it has been published. Even if the article is withdrawn, those who should have seen it have already seen it, which makes people feel that there is something fishy going on."

As the well-known social public servant Humphrey Appleby said.

"Only official denials are credible."

For the majority of people who eat melons, perhaps they just watched it for fun, but if they see a withdrawal statement, it will be a topic of discussion.

Tang Lintian was stunned after hearing this, and obviously realized that what Chang Haonan said made sense:

"But... we can't not respond, right? If this matter ferments, it will have an adverse impact on the school, the laboratory, and Professor Chang yourself."

"We must respond."

Chang Haonan said in a deep voice:

"We must put pressure on them through their superiors to withdraw the paper, and not only withdraw the paper, but also ask them to issue a public apology statement."

"Then..."

Tang Lintian was interrupted before he could finish his words:

"But not now."

Hearing Chang Haonan say this, Tang Lintian, who was originally upset, suddenly calmed down-

Every time the former expressed his position like this, he already had a foolproof plan in his mind.

Therefore, he did not respond, but just waited for Chang Haonan's further explanation.

"Didn't the article say that we couldn't come up with equivalent research and development results?"

Chang Haonan smiled and glanced at the date on the lower right corner of the computer screen:

"It just so happens that if we count the days, our laboratory should be able to come up with some influential results in a short time..."

If it were normal, this matter would not be easy to solve.

Although not all Torch Lab projects involve confidentiality, most of the results are not easy to make public due to confidentiality or commercial factors.

But it was a coincidence.

Chang Haonan's paper proving two lemmas in the field of differential geometry will be officially published in late this month.

The first completion unit is Torch Lab.

And the Annals of Mathematics has some status in the theoretical mathematics community...

Since Chang Haonan published the paper quietly, Tang Lintian didn't know that he had done a big job at this time.

But for the latter, the results that Chang Haonan said were "influential" would probably cause a lot of noise.

Therefore, he was completely relieved:

"Then... I will hold my ground for now and wait for your results, Professor Chang."

"There is one more thing, Principal Tang."

Since someone has hit the nail on the head, Chang Haonan is not going to let the other party off easily:

"Find someone to write an article in a style similar to the one in the newspaper. The theme is to criticize the South City Newspaper for its rampant fraud and complete disregard for the objectivity of the media. In short, you can make as many sarcasms as you want, and publish it after the other party withdraws the article!"