Capítulo 765: Chapter 251: All Professionals

Under normal circumstances, a sudden update on Yanbei University’s official website wouldn’t stir up much on the internet.

After all, apart from Yanbei University’s students, few people would pay attention to the university’s website outside of enrollment seasons. Even the students don’t constantly keep tabs on the school’s website.

It’s important to know that top institutions like Yanbei University have separate websites for each college. Various activities, schedules, and news are mostly updated on the college websites.

But this time is slightly different. The three major exchanges simultaneously issued an announcement, inviting Dr. Qiao Yu’s team for security checks on transactions.

At the moment when Microsoft suddenly released a new quantum chip, the simultaneous statement from the three major exchanges naturally led to different interpretations from different people.

Although ordinary people wouldn’t care about this, there’s still a small portion of people in Huaxia who closely monitor cryptocurrencies. Coincidentally, Huaxia is also a populous country. Even if the proportion of these people is small, given Huaxia’s large population base, there are still millions.

Thus, the news naturally spread back to the country through these people. However, even so, it’s hard for a million cryptocurrency investors to capture the attention of the general public.

But Qiao Yu actually has a Weibo account.

Although Qiao Yu doesn’t frequently use this Weibo account, after winning the Fields Medal, he successfully surpassed a million followers.

For a major Weibo influencer, a million followers isn’t actually much, compared to others with tens of millions or even billions of followers. It belongs to the Little Kalami level.

But one thing is certain; all of Qiao Yu’s followers are authentic without a single fake follower.

In other words, Qiao Yu posting on Weibo truly influences a million Weibo users.

Before sleeping, Qiao Yu happened to remember that his Weibo account hadn’t been maintained for a long time nor had he posted any updates.

So he casually logged in and posted a Weibo message.

“At ten o’clock this morning, we’re doing a major event, globally synchronized live streaming. For specific details, you can check Yanbei University’s official website!”

Though it seems like he’s trying to steer traffic toward Yanbei University’s website, Weibo likely won’t mind. After all, the university website and Weibo cater to different areas.

Yanbei University’s site doesn’t need traffic. More importantly, at this junction, Weibo wouldn’t cause him trouble.

He posted on Weibo at five o’clock in the morning, so naturally, there wouldn’t be many people paying attention at first. But by eight o’clock in the morning, the topic started to take off.

The first to be affected was Yanbei University’s official website.

The sudden surge in traffic directly crashed Yanbei University’s website.

From eight-thirty to eight-forty, a mere ten minutes of traffic surpassed the website’s total visits over the past five years.

The senior from the Academy of Sciences maintaining the website truly didn’t expect their school’s crappy site to become a hotspot.

But they can’t apply for expansion just for this wave of traffic, could they? That would be criticized to death.

Fortunately, the surge in visits gradually improved after nine o’clock. Although traffic is still significantly higher than usual, at least it’s within controllable limits.

After all, people’s curiosity only lasts for a moment, and in an era of information overload, those initially visiting the website were mostly media people and bloggers.

These people captured screenshots upon seeing the website’s message and started sharing them widely.

This ensured that even if regular folks couldn’t access Yanbei University’s website, they could still see the firsthand messages through the screenshots provided by others.

It’s fair to say the internet truly captures traces of fleeting moments, thanks largely to these diligent media people.

As for the interpretation, it’s naturally these media people’s perspective.

But one point is indisputable. This matter, no matter from which angle, cannot be separated from Microsoft’s release of the new quantum chip. There are many angles to explore.

For instance, the media people who previously hyped Microsoft’s new quantum chip could see the unparalleled threat of Microsoft’s new technology.

Look here, Microsoft’s new technology directly scared those cryptocurrency exchanges. They immediately invited the Huaxia tech team, also focused on quantum simulation calculations, for security validation.

Of course, this group of media people divides into two camps. Some, after praising Microsoft, conveniently commend Qiao Yu.

After all, being able to invite Qiao Yu’s technical team indicates that Huaxia’s technology in quantum computing is also leading.

The other group of media people excessively mocks these cryptocurrency exchanges as panicking and consulting in desperation.

Microsoft released hardware technology, and it’s well-known that Qiao Yu, who researches mathematics, basically has no legitimate scientific research experience and knows nothing about quantum computing.

Both groups of media people have their own audience.

After all, some people in Huaxia can’t tolerate seeing even a bit of success in their own country. These media people need to capture this audience and naturally cater to their preferences.

However, most media people still see a more interesting connection between the two events.

Microsoft released the message at five o’clock Eastern Standard Time yesterday, planning to launch new quantum chip technology at ten o’clock in the morning.

On the other hand, Qiao Yu released his message at five o’clock Huaxia Time, planning to assist the United States’ most renowned three major cryptocurrency exchanges in identifying transaction vulnerabilities at ten o’clock in the morning.

Moreover, both are strategic moves in the era of quantum computing. The only difference is Microsoft’s quantum chip falls under the quantum hardware category.