Rumors and news settled in the long river of time reignited, with the heat breaking through ten million.
In the topic section, the number of comments from fans, haters, and passersby exceeded 100,000 in just half an hour.
The hot search ranking climbed from ninth place to the current fifth.
At this rate of traffic and popularity, rising to the top three was only a matter of time.
Kyoto Guocheng Hotel.
The hotel was built thirty years ago, a twelve-story building with luxurious yet elegant decor.
It wasn't considered a high-end hotel in Kyoto's hospitality industry.
However, to be employed at Guocheng Hotel, applicants had to undergo a background check of their past three generations.
The hotel was not open to the public, its guests were either foreign politicians or domestic leaders.
The security measures throughout the hotel were extremely stringent, with guards posted every twenty paces and sentries every ten.
The personnel on duty on each floor were elite soldiers selected from the military.
After the higher authorities finalized the release date of the navigation system.
The press conference venue was also selected at Guocheng Hotel, whose security measures were managed by a national agency.
With the press conference less than twenty-four hours away, the hotel's security forces were further strengthened.
Eighth Floor, Lounge.
Li Chenghao, Liao Kexun, and other key members of the research and development team were seated on the sofa on the left side of the lounge.
In front of them were Yang Guochun, the superior leader of the R&D project, and three Dragon Science Academy academicians, all with white hair and over seventy years old.
"This Comrade Gao is quite impressive. The civilian navigation system he developed not only benefits the public, but some of its functions can also be applied to independent navigation systems for the military and police departments."
"His abilities are indeed outstanding. Based on the main system alone, and the unprecedented functions it possesses, it is already five years ahead of the United States."
"He is a rare talent. The system's hundreds of millions of calculation tests have only encountered issues ten times, a precision that even some main systems developed by the academy struggle to achieve."
The three academicians praised the report in their hands without reservation.
Considering the technological advancements of all countries worldwide, navigation systems were still only applied to the military and other important institutions.
Navigation among the general public in various countries was still in the stage of reading maps and asking for directions.
Now, Dragon Country's civilian navigation system was about to be unveiled, leading the world.
Pu Yuehua, representing the three academicians, looked at Li Chenghao, who was sitting upright, and asked with a smile, "Chenghao, is this young Comrade Gao Fei at the hotel?"
"No, my student, besides art, also does business. He has just been cleared and rushed to his company to arrange work," Li Chenghao replied with a hint of pride, neither humble nor arrogant.
"What a pity. I was planning to meet him today and see this capable young talent of our Dragon Country," Pu Yuehua chuckled, showering him with praise again without reservation.
The three academicians would not appear at tomorrow's press conference, which was a rule of the Dragon Science Academy.
Academicians were not allowed to publicly reveal their identities in public gatherings, not only to protect their safety but also to prevent hostile foreign personnel from approaching their families.
The three academicians came to Guocheng Hotel today not only to see the R&D results of the civilian navigation system but also to meet the system's chief engineer, who was only nineteen years old.
It was just unexpected that Gao Fei was not at the hotel, and their chance to meet young Comrade Gao was temporarily missed.
As the academic and scientific research elites were discussing how to optimize the military navigation system with the civilian navigation system in the lounge, a knock sounded at the door.
Instantly, the discussion inside stopped, and silence fell.
"Come in!"
A young man in his thirties with gold-rimmed glasses pushed the door open and entered.
He first bowed to the distinguished guests to show his respect, then walked to Yang Guochun and said in a low voice, "Director Yang, an overseas user has suddenly posted, bringing up the rumors of Comrade Gao Fei's involvement with organized crime again.
The heat has exceeded one hundred million, and the number of likes and comments has reached fifty million. Based on the current trend, the number should break one hundred million.
Should we suppress the heat? After all, the press conference is tomorrow, and Gao Fei is the chief engineer of the system."
Yang Guochun frowned slightly. With the press conference imminent, someone was suddenly stirring up defamatory public opinion about Gao Fei online.
He felt that things were not as simple as they appeared.
"No need to suppress the heat. Contact the military and the General Police Department; they know what to do.
Also, contact the National Security Bureau to investigate this overseas account and those who are following suit online."
"Yes!"
The secretary nodded and exited the office with a slight bow.
After everyone left, the distinguished guests continued their discussion. The brief interruption did not affect them.
However, Li Chenghao, Liao Kexun, and others received a message from Yang Guochun and couldn't help but frown.
With the press conference approaching, someone was stirring up defamatory public opinion again.
When things are unusual, there must be a trick!
One o'clock in the afternoon.
The heat of the defamatory hot search continued to rise.
Perhaps due to the platform, the ranking of over one hundred million heat was consistently suppressed at fifth place.
In the hot search topic community.
Gao Fei's fan comments were rarely seen. Most were from haters and paid trolls, followed by comments from some overseas accounts.
[Gao's fans have finally been suppressed. Now it's our haters' world!]
[Gao Fei is truly a web traffic celebrity. The news from June was dug up, and the heat could still exceed one hundred million. Envy, jealousy, hatred.]
[What's there to envy? Just hate him!]
The haters posted comments in the topic community as if they were chatting.
Soon, some overseas accounts began to chime in.
[My brothers in the country, Gao Fei is, after all, a rising star actor. There's no need to curse him like this.]
[If Gao Fei could develop in the United States, I think the netizens who have prejudices against him would be very few.]
[Gao Fei has at least tens of millions of fans overseas, at least ten million. With his intelligence, developing abroad would be more promising.]
[I heard that Gao Fei is not only a young actor but also a computer expert. If he came abroad, he would definitely be valued by any country.]
[I saw a photo on the foreign internet recently. Guocheng Hotel, supposedly the national hotel of Dragon Country, has suddenly strengthened its security. Do my brothers in the country know what's going on??]
The comments from overseas accounts gradually shifted from praising Gao Fei at the beginning to trying to lure him abroad.
Slowly, the tone of the comments began to change, constantly revolving around Guocheng Hotel.
Those who were very active haters had mostly seen through the intentions of these accounts and immediately stopped talking.
Only a small group of foolish idiots with no brains continued to chat with these people.
Just as the topic community was being probed by overseas accounts,
Kyoto National Security Bureau.
Pan Hongsheng received a call from his superior and began to pay attention to the hot search news online.
Looking at the veiled remarks from overseas accounts in the topic community, he frowned slightly.
National security personnel were also present among the security forces at the civilian navigation system press conference venue, all vigilant against intruders.
But combined with the comments from these overseas accounts and the photos within them.
You are abroad, how do you know that Guocheng Hotel has some activities, and even take photos with a camera?
"This little spy trying to gather information seems a bit unintelligent this time," Pan Hongsheng muttered, and then instructed the person beside him, "Contact the social media platform, connect to their backend system, and first check if the IPs of these overseas accounts are genuine.
In addition, send teams two and three to Guocheng Hotel, with the hotel as the center, and secretly search for suspicious individuals within a one-kilometer radius."
"Yes!"
...
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
The overseas accounts that had been making veiled remarks and probing for information in the topic community were suddenly banned.
Their original comments were also all deleted.
Those haters with brains still didn't realize anything was wrong. Seeing the comments deleted, they started speculating.
[They're starting to delete comments. Did Gao Fei make a move?]
[Even deleting comments from overseas fans who praised him. Is he trying to hurt himself to defeat the enemy?]
[In my opinion, Gao Fei is just anxious. Deleting comments from his overseas fans means he's going to take everyone down with him!]
Seeing these comments from haters without any brains, some rational haters finally couldn't stand it.
[Are you people unintelligent? It's obvious that those overseas accounts were probing for some confidential information from our country.]
[I'm speechless. Be a hater, but why are you so unintelligent? Anyone who reads what those people said knows they are absolutely spies.]
[Alright, you people can directly get out of Gao Fei's hater team. As his haters, we don't want teammates who are so brainless.]
Instantly, the entire topic comment section was thrown into another dispute.
But it was no longer haters attacking Gao Fei, but rather a group of intelligent haters and a group of brainless haters clashing.
As for Gao Fei's fans, they put away their keyboards and phones, watching them fight like dogs.
...
Kyoto Guocheng Hotel.
To the left of the hotel entrance, in a beef noodle restaurant.
A young man, unremarkable in appearance, wearing black-rimmed glasses, sat by the floor-to-ceiling window of the noodle shop.
On the table in front of him, a bowl of ramen, long gone cold, and lukewarm tea sat beside a DSLR camera.
The young man neither ate nor drank, but fiddled with his phone.
Creak!
The glass door of the noodle shop was pushed open, and a middle-aged man and a young man entered from outside.
The two glanced at the young man sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window out of the corner of their eyes and walked to the ordering counter without changing their expressions.
The middle-aged man, with his back to the young man, revealed his ID from his clothes.
"Boss, two bowls of beef noodles, one spicy, one with extra green onions."
"Coming right up!"
The noodle shop owner also maintained a calm expression, nodded with a smile, and wrote a line on the order slip.
'He's been sitting here for an hour and made two phone calls.'
The middle-aged man subtly glanced at the slip and then sat down opposite the young man with his colleague, their backs to him.
The two sat down and exchanged glances and hand gestures.
A moment later, two bowls of noodles were served. The middle-aged man glanced at the noodle bowl and shouted at the owner, "Boss, the chili oil you gave me isn't enough."
"It's on the table at the back. Get it yourself. What a nuisance!"
The owner cursed.
The middle-aged man shrugged helplessly, got up, and walked to the back.
The next second.
Clang!
The middle-aged man, who had just passed the glasses-wearing young man, suddenly turned around and pinned him onto the table.
The young man accompanying him immediately took out handcuffs and gave the glasses-wearing man a pair of silver bracelets.
"Who are you? Which unit are you from? I am a legal citizen. You are arresting me illegally. I can report you."
"Legal my ass! You dog spy, we Dragon Country people only say, 'What the f*ck, are you sick?'"