Public opinion on the Internet has developed in an uncontrollable direction, and Xu Mang suddenly became a villain among everyone. Especially on some people's Weibo, he was directly defined as a tragedy of an era, with some malicious comments.

For example, Xu Mang's various ways of death, Xu Mang's whole family, etc. Xu Mang is a scum

In short,

The more vicious the words, the more likes it gets.

However, with the announcement of the official Weibo of the science and technology department, this situation was instantly reversed.

[Recent reports on Xu Mang, a professor of theoretical physics at the Department of Physics of Fuda, and related reports from the media, the science and technology department has carried out serious and careful investigations with a high degree of responsibility and a pragmatic attitude. It has been found that Xu Mang has not yet had any problems.

.]

[The actual situation is that Professor Xu Mang’s funding is only 5 million, with the Shanghai Municipal Government providing 3 million and Fuda providing 2 million. As for the equipment, it is provided free of charge by the Yang Hong Group. It is not a private expenditure of 100 million as stated on the Internet.

Get rebates from it.]

soon,

This Weibo post was quickly reposted, and the voice of public opinion changed.

Immediately afterwards,

Fuda’s official WeChat account also issued the same announcement.

[Recently, Xu Mang, Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics of our school, has been harmed by rumors, which has seriously affected Professor Xu’s scientific research progress, and his reputation has also been greatly damaged. Here, Fuda strongly condemns the rumor makers. This shameless

We are currently taking corresponding measures to investigate the legal responsibilities of those who spread rumors.]

[Professor Xu is an internationally renowned expert in theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, and astrophysics. He has published many papers that have influenced the world, and has been on the cover of nature journals many times, and is well-known around the world.]

at this time,

More voices began to speak out, and the media began to report one after another. The entire public opinion changed for a while. Xu Mang went from everyone calling for beating at the beginning to becoming a tragic hero in just two Weibo posts.

"What happened to me happened so suddenly?"

"It seems that Professor Xu has been set in motion."

"I'm just telling you, how could Professor Xu be that kind of person?"

Those who had a hostile attitude before silently deleted their messages and stood in Xu Mang's camp again. More and more melon-eating people also joined this storm. They naturally sided with Xu Mang.

Over there.

over time,

The source of the rumors can no longer be found, but there are still some attentive netizens who have discovered the clues. Those who left messages that insulted Xu Mang's personality were all from small accounts. It was obvious that this was a planned and organized rumor-mongering operation.

He wanted to knock Xu Mang down at once, so that he would become the target of beatings.

"Damn, these people have sinister intentions!"

"I'm so speechless. Professor Xu is such a good person, why did he provoke those people?"

"It's just because I'm so awesome that I'm jealous of others."

As for the people behind the scenes, netizens made various speculations and quickly pointed the finger at Xu Mang's competitor, another joint laboratory for gravitational wave detection.

Faced with the cry of crusade,

The Joint Laboratory for Gravitational Wave Detection had to come out and issue a statement.

I originally thought that the matter would end there, but those big-name intellectuals expressed doubts about the public explanation and made many related remarks, still defining Xu Mang as a shameless scum. Their reason was very simple. Laser dryness has no effect on gravitational waves.

Starting from this point, these people launched a frantic attack on Xu Mang, believing that there was a problem with Xu Mang's academic ability and that his paper was suspected of fraud. Later, it became a little excessive, rising from an individual to a collective.

The direction of public opinion has changed again, but most people still believe in Xu Mang, but a few people are skeptical, and a few people don't believe Xu Mang at all.

but,

Xu Mang, who was in the center of the whirlpool, had no idea about this.

at this time,

Fuda Physics Department Building.

The more Xu Mang thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. Since there was no way to prove that he had committed a crime, why didn't he even apologize and just said, "You are responsible for it"? At this time, Xu Mang did not go home immediately, but sat down

In your own office.

He was thinking about a problem. Regarding the use of scientific research funds, Xu Mang was basically a novice. He only knew that the money was spent, but he didn't know where it couldn't be spent and how it should be spent. For example, the fee paid to the Magic City Observatory.

Such a simple thing turned into a handle.

For this question,

Xu Mang didn't want to go into too much detail. He was mainly thinking about why the 100 million turned into the current situation.

first,

This 100 million must have been misunderstood by others, thinking it was a dedicated fund. If this is the case, then there are many things that can be explored.

Competitor?

The first thing Xu Mang thought of was the experimental organization jointly organized by many universities and scientific research institutes. Although he was not sure, there must be their presence. His existence was a threat to them. If he succeeded first, it would be a threat to them.

A devastating blow.

So much capital investment will result in failure, and unimaginable situations will definitely occur.

But

Xu Mang felt that this was definitely not the main reason. Why did Yuan insist on purchasing equipment for 100 million yuan?

Xu Mang thought of a key point. Are the intertwined middlemen preparing to play with fire because he did not make money for them?

"Please come in!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Xu Mang shouted, and then Director Fang walked in.

"Xu Mang?"

"Is nothing wrong?" Director Fang asked with a worried look on his face: "I just found out that you have been reviewed."

"fine"

"Although there are many problems, these problems do not constitute a crime. In fact, they cannot prove that I gained any benefit from it." Xu Mang said with a smile: "But I was a little angry after being locked up for a night."

"It's okay!"

"I didn't expect that a simple matter would turn into such a mess." Director Fang sat in front of Xu Mang and sighed.

Xu Mang suddenly asked out of curiosity: "Director Fang, if I am imprisoned for a year, and it turns out that I am fine in the end, how should I calculate the loss for this year?"

"Consider yourself unlucky."

"Anyway, there is no apology or compensation." Director Fang said calmly: "So we must strictly demand ourselves and not make mistakes. Scientific researchers are a special group of people, especially us, who can never make mistakes in our lives."

Xu Mang nodded. He roughly understood the meaning of Director Fang's words. The characteristics of the profession gave him high moral expectations. Once the morals did not meet the expectations, there would be a corresponding "feeling of degradation".

"Director Fang, I'm going home. I didn't sleep all night last night and I'm exhausted." Xu Mang stretched himself and said helplessly.

"Um."

"That's right." Director Fang said, "Hurry up and send a message to your family."

"oh"

Xu Mang turned on his phone and received hundreds of missed calls, WeChat messages, text messages, etc. Among them, Xiaoman made almost 20 phone calls and more than 30 WeChat messages, and she alone accounted for one-third.

Without any hesitation, Xu Mang called Xiaoman to make sure she was safe.

Got it,

The other party answered the call in less than a second.

"Hello?" Xu Mang said with a smile, "Have you missed me?"

The words fell,

Earth-shattering cries came from the phone. Even Director Fang, who was far away from the phone, could hear Yang Xiaoman's cry. Director Fang silently left the office.

"Wow!"

"You know I was worried about you all night?"

"You heartless!"

Yang Xiaoman kept scolding Xu Mang, it seemed that only scolding could release her worries of the whole night.

Xu Mang was scolded for ten minutes before Yang Xiaoman stopped crying.

"Are you okay?" Yang Xiaoman sobbed, "I'm so worried about you that I haven't even eaten dinner."

"fine."

"Although there are many problems, these problems will not lock me up." Xu Mang said with a smile: "Don't cry, don't cry, I'm not a good person."

After some consolation,

Xu Mang just drove home, but when he passed by a commercial plaza, he decided to buy something first.

Arrive home,
To be continued...