Instructor Gao Chengshan, an authoritative expert with decades of experience in the television industry, had dedicated himself to researching the nation's television technology.
In an era before computers and the internet, television media held a dominant position, serving as the primary source of information and entertainment for the majority of people.
Our country had numerous television manufacturing plants, and the televisions they produced, with their advantage of being both high-quality and affordable, once enjoyed a considerable market overseas.
However, the technology was ultimately subject to foreign control. The exorbitant patent fees paid annually, coupled with restrictions on various raw materials, had consistently resulted in China's television sector being bottlenecked by overseas nations. The once-thriving television industry, now in decline, served as a stark example.
The Jianghan City Television Plant, which originally developed the nation's first color television, had gone from exporting to sixteen Eastern Zhou nations to merely assembling products for the Island nation.
Gao Chengshan witnessed all of this, feeling a deep sense of urgency, and was determined to research and develop China's own television technology. Yet, he had been unable to achieve any substantial breakthroughs.
He had been researching for three full years a digital media compression and storage technology. If successful, it would completely revolutionize the entire television industry!
But it was the final step that had stymied him for three years. Victory seemed within reach, yet it remained elusive, persistently out of his grasp!
But now… what did he see?
In his student Lin Wen's possession, he had discovered a manuscript. The manuscript contained design blueprints, only a portion of which were visible, but without a doubt, it was the digital storage and compression technology he had been agonizing over day and night! And judging by its appearance, it wasn't merely theoretical; it had reached the stage of practical application!
Damn it, who was it? Who exactly?
Who had managed to solve his most critical problem?
Lin Wen? Impossible!
Gao Chengshan immediately dismissed the possibility of Lin Wen. Although he had obtained the manuscript from Lin Wen, he understood his student well.
While Lin Wen was a young genius with a solid and dependable grasp of his professional knowledge, he lacked a certain spark of intuition. He would be an adequate technician in the future, but not a research and development engineer.
He was simply incapable of producing this manuscript!
Moreover, the handwriting on the manuscript was clearly not Lin Wen's. The mature and refined strokes, especially the circuit diagrams involved, with their perfectly straight lines drawn in one go, were not like those of students painstakingly measuring with rulers!
The person who created this manuscript was undoubtedly an experienced and stable senior expert!
Gao Chengshan immediately formed this conclusion.
Both the style of the drawings and the content of the manuscript, which required extensive knowledge and practical experience to conceive, supported Gao Chengshan's judgment!
Perhaps the other party was also a dedicated old scholar, like himself, who had been quietly researching and contributing?
Gao Chengshan mused inwardly. However, he knew all the prominent experts and scholars in this field in our country? This handwriting looked like no one he knew!
Gao Chengshan's brow furrowed deeply. Who was it?
Who exactly had directly researched the digital compression and storage technology that he had been painstakingly studying for so long?
If Wang Yu were present, he would have shrugged helplessly. For one thing, he was not the aging scholar poring over ancient texts that Gao Chengshan imagined. For another, this was merely the recording function of a VCD, which the elder gentleman had convoluted into such a lengthy name.
Of course… such a thing did seem to be absent in the country at the moment.
"Instructor, these are the latest experimental data."
Lin Wen walked over and handed Gao Chengshan a document. However, seeing his absent-minded demeanor and his gaze falling on the manuscript in his hand, Gao Chengshan suddenly understood.
"Lin Wen, where did you get this manuscript?"
Gao Chengshan asked directly, his tone appearing very serious and heavy.
This immediately made Lin Wen's heart skip a beat. Oh no! The instructor seemed to be in a bad mood!
Could it be that Wang Yu fellow truly lacked ability and had produced something that was merely a semblance of correctness, and now that the instructor had discovered it, he thought I was being frivolous?
In an instant, Lin Wen's mind raced through several possibilities. He quickly stepped forward and replied,
"Instructor, instructor, please forgive me! This manuscript is not mine."
Lin Wen hastened to establish his innocence first.
However, Gao Chengshan was clearly not surprised by his words. He let out a cold snort,
"Hmph, I naturally know it's not from you. I don't believe you have the capability."
Hearing Gao Chengshan's words, Lin Wen was slightly taken aback. This tone seemed a bit off? He didn't sound very angry!
"Tell me, which expert or professor is this from?"
Tossing the manuscript gently in his palm, Gao Chengshan asked directly.
"Expert or professor? No!"
Lin Wen was slightly surprised. Wang Yu seemed to have even failed his college entrance exams!
"Hmm? Not an expert or professor? Then it's some experienced scholar or master craftsman?"
Gao Chengshan was slightly surprised, then seemed to understand. Perhaps the person had slightly weaker theoretical knowledge but rich practical experience. "Practice yields truth, and prolonged illness can turn one into a skilled physician." Perhaps only such a person could produce such a manuscript design that transcended the era!
"Uh? Experienced scholar or master craftsman?" Lin Wen was stunned again. That didn't seem right either!
"This… Instructor, is there something wrong with this manuscript?"
Lin Wen asked cautiously, not understanding why the instructor was so concerned and insistent on knowing the author. What was there to say about Wang Yu?
"Hmph, is there something wrong? It's a big problem!"
Upon hearing Gao Chengshan's words, Lin Wen's heart sank!
As expected, there was indeed a problem! That Wang Yu fellow had just faked something to fool me! Now that my usually meticulous instructor has discovered it, I'm surely in for a scolding!
"This manuscript has solved the problem I've been researching. The designer must be an unparalleled genius and prodigy who has emerged from obscurity. I must seek their guidance and learn from them in person!"
Gao Chengshan said with emotion, his voice filled with deep admiration and respect.
"What? Prodigy, genius? Seek guidance and learn from them in person? Is this still my cold, critical, and strict instructor?"
Lin Wen felt utterly bewildered. What was happening in the world?
That Wang Yu fellow, with just this incomplete manuscript, had conquered my instructor?
"That… Instructor…"
Lin Wen hesitated, carefully choosing his words, appearing to stammer. "Actually, this manuscript…"
"What is it?"
"Its owner is a bit… well, rather young and unexpected."