"What competition?" Gu Shao stared at Gu Xi, feeling a headache coming on.
Why is this girl so passionate about competitions?
Also, what competition is it this time?
Hearing Gu Shao's voice coming from above her head, which seemed to carry a hint of seriousness, Gu Xi became nervous and subconsciously lowered her head.
Gu Xi twisted her fingers and hesitated for a few seconds. Finally, she braced herself and said, "It's the 'Heaven Creation Competition'."
Gu Xi lowered her head and did not see Gu Shao's raised eyebrows. She was worried that Gu Shao would think that this was a "wild chicken" competition, so she quickly continued to explain. "It's a formal competition. It's mainly about scientific research and development. It's very formal."
"I know," Gu Shao said.
Upon hearing Gu Shao's words, Gu Xi suddenly raised her head and looked at Gu Shao with bright eyes. "Dad, you know about this competition?"
Gu Xi's voice was full of surprise.
However, it made sense. A competition with a prize of one million yuan, and it was a scientific research competition. As a big shot in this field, Gu Shao would definitely know about it.
"Yes," Gu Shao responded. To be precise, not only did he know about it, but he also invested in it.
"But this competition is mainly for the participants and not for underage people," Gu Shao said.
The original intention of holding the 'Heaven Creation Competition' was to give some good scientific research teams in the industry an opportunity to promote their products and to discover more excellent teams, talents, and projects in the industry. The competition's requirements for research and development results were much higher than ordinary scientific and creative competitions.
This kind of competition was actually not suitable for Gu Xi to participate in.
Upon hearing Gu Shao's words, Gu Xi lowered her head even more.
Then, she heard Gu Shao ask again, "Why are you participating in this competition?"
Gu Xi: "…"
She could not tell Gu Shao that she was doing this for the prize money, right? And that she had used Gu Shao's identity to sign up at the beginning.
Gu Xi's mind raced. Then, he guiltily gave a reason. "I, I just think this competition is great. I want to try it. Ah, no, I mean, I want to broaden my horizons."
Looking at Gu Xi's cowardly appearance, the seriousness in Gu Shao's eyes instantly melted. He sighed helplessly and finally raised his hand to pat Gu Xi's head.
"It won't affect your studies."
Hearing this, Gu Xi was slightly stunned. She pondered over the meaning of Gu Shao's words. Judging from his tone, he did not object to her participating in the competition, did he?
Gu Xi looked up at Gu Shao again. "So, Dad, you want me to take part in a competition, right?"
Gu Shao looked at Gu Xi without saying a word.
The Heavenly Creation Competition had already gone through two rounds of internal evaluation, and this girl only came to confess to him now. Was she asking for his opinion and sincerity?
Moreover, he was the one who had submitted Gu Xi's name in the later update. Did he think it would be useful?
Seeing Gu Shao nod, Gu Xi's face instantly lit up with a bright smile. She seized this opportunity to confess to Gu Shao. "There's one more thing. I filled in your information as the competition's guardian."
Actually, that information could not be considered as filled in by Gu Xi herself.
Moreover, Gu Xi did not know that Gu Shao was the one who had filled in the information later.
After Gu Xi received the news that the competition rules had been changed, she logged into her own information platform and found that her registration information had been updated. Gu Shao had become her guardian, and her information was already included in the contestant's information.
When Gu Xi saw this, she was surprised.
Later, she thought about it and realized that there was indeed no such thing as absolute privacy in the information age. Thus, she let go of her doubts and only sighed with emotion at how awesome the Heavenly Creation Competition team was.
After Gu Xi finished explaining, she felt uneasy. She was afraid that Gu Shao would be angry. Gu Xi did not dare to tell him that Gu Shao was still a contestant at the beginning.
However, after sneaking a few glances at Gu Shao, Gu Xi was surprised to find that Gu Shao's expression seemed to be … He seemed to have accepted this matter very calmly.
"Dad, you're not angry, are you?" Gu Xi asked tentatively.
Sure enough, Gu Shao nodded and did not seem to blame her.
Gu Xi smiled and hurriedly expressed her thoughts. "Then, can Dad come to watch the competition?"
The first round of the Heavenly Creation Competition was next week. Although it was not completely open to the public, each team could get a maximum of eight tickets. Thus, Gu Xi hoped that Gu Shao could go with them.
Meeting Gu Xi's expectant gaze, Gu Shao said calmly, "No."
Although NTN was special and the Heavenly Creation Competition's publicity did not mention NTN, there was no doubt that NTN was the biggest behind-the-scenes organizer of this competition.
Thus, in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he would not go to the competition site. Gu Shao would also not participate in or interfere with the post-production judging.
Gu Xi did not notice that Gu Shao's eyes flashed with a hint of a smile after he finished speaking. She thought that Gu Shao was just too busy or could not go for some other reason and felt disappointed.
"Okay then." Gu Xi nodded obediently and pretended not to care.
However, she did not know that her pouting lips could not fool Gu Shao's eyes.
Originally, Gu Shao wanted to use this opportunity to teach this girl a lesson. However, when he saw Gu Xi's aggrieved expression, Gu Shao could not bear to do it.
Gu Shao knocked Gu Xi's head lightly. He wanted to explain the actual situation to Gu Xi. However, before Gu Shao could speak, Gu Xi looked up and grinned at him.
"Then, Dad, if you're not very busy that day, you can come and watch. It won't take long, just a short while. "Gu Xi made a" a short while "gesture.
"Then it's a deal!"
After saying that, without waiting for Gu Shao to reply, Gu Xi said, "Good night, Dad." Then, she ran back to her room, not giving Gu Shao a chance to say no.
— —
After returning to her room, Gu Xi took out her notebook again and organized the two competitions, "Youth Creation Competition" and "Heaven Creation".
At this time, in the [Battle of Heaven Creation Summit] group chat, [Lin], who had been in seclusion for many days, finally came online.
[Lin]: I've probably finished the main design of the project. It's a smart companion 1.0.
After saying that, [Lin] threw a photo on the screen.
Of course, the cute robot that she imagined did not exist. It was still a research and development model.
Therefore, what could be seen in the photo was a pile of electronic components and circuits.
The other end of the machine was connected to a computer. Through the data on the monitor, she could see the current state of the machine and its operating conditions.
[Lin]: There were no major problems with your previous design. I've adjusted some bugs. Currently, the operation is normal. The effect is about 11.3% of the design effect. It should be able to handle the first round of the exhibition.
Then, [Lin] threw up a document that was full of strings of data.
Professionals could see the current functions and operating effects of the smart machine through this data.
However, this was still a little strenuous for the current Gu Xi.
[Lin]: Come out and discuss.
When Gu Xi saw [Lin]'s message, she was about to reply with "Okay" when [AAA] took a step forward and sent a message: Not free.
[Lin]: What about Brother X? @x
[She's even less free.] In less than half a second, [AAA] deleted the message.
[AAA]: Look at the time. Other people are resting too.
Looking at the conversation between the two of them, Gu Xi was puzzled. Previously, they were so energetic that they could talk until one or two o 'clock. Now, they're actually going to rest?
"Could it be that the two of them have a conflict?"
Gu Xi muttered to herself. When she saw [Lin]'s reply, she did not mind and left the chat.
— —
However, Gu Xi did not know that after the group fell silent, [AAA] sent a private message to [Lin].
[AAA]: I'm not free these days.
[Lin]: What are you busy with?
Sheng Xiuyan: Of course, it's the 'Qing Creations Competition'.
However, Sheng Xiuyan did not reply to the other party in this way. Instead, she just said: [Anyway, I'm busy these days. You can deal with the technical matters yourself. If you need any help, you can look for me directly.]
After saying this, Sheng Xiuyan left the chat with Gu Yanlin and returned to discussing the finals of the 'Qing Creations Competition' with Gu Xi.
[AAA]: I think it's okay.
…
"?" Gu Xiyan was puzzled when she saw that [3A] had suddenly sent a message to her on QQ without warning.
Can what? [Lin] be a machine?
Gu Xi was about to ask when the other party deleted the message.
Moreover, there was no more message.
Gu Xi was speechless. Why did she feel that this big brother was not normal today? Had his account been hacked, or had his phone fallen into the hands of his naughty child?
After a few minutes, [AAA] calmly sent a message saying, "Good night."
Looking at the message, Gu Xi raised her eyebrows and replied, "Good night."
However, she did not know that on the other end, Sheng Xiuyan was holding his phone and was about to go crazy.
Before the news of [The Battle of Tianchang Summit] popped up, he had used WeChat to discuss the contents of the 'Qing Creations Competition' with Gu Xi.
In the end, he was interrupted by Gu Yanlin's message. He had used the wrong account and replied to Gu Xi with the [AAA] account on QQ. He said that he felt that it was okay to add a small holographic projection device to the exhibition area.
Just a little bit more and he would have been exposed!
He did not know if Gu Xi had noticed …
Sheng Xiuyan muttered to himself.
—
Sitting on the sofa opposite him, Sheng Yi was reading "Comprehensive Mirror of Aid for Governance". When he saw his son holding his phone, frowning and scratching his head, looking like he could not sit still, Sheng Yi raised his eyebrows and his eyes flashed with suspicion.
However, when Sheng Xiuyan looked over, Sheng Yi calmly put away the suspicion in his eyes and said sternly, "Sit properly."
After being criticized by his father, Sheng Xiuyan pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and said impatiently, "Got it."
However, he still sat up straight on the sofa.
Sheng Xiuyan held his phone and thought for a long time. Finally, he replied to Gu Xi on WeChat: [I can consider the holographic projection idea, but we have to discuss the specifics. We'll discuss it at school tomorrow.]
After receiving Gu Xi's reply, Sheng Xiuyan heaved a sigh of relief. That was close. It seemed that Gu Xi did not realize that he was [AAA].
At this moment, a small red dot suddenly appeared on Sheng Xiuyan's WeChat contact list.
Sheng Xiuyan clicked on it and saw a "friend add" request.
The other party's profile picture was of a woman with a face that had undergone plastic surgery and was trying to act cute.
The note of the friend request: [Little brother, do you want to date on the internet?]
Sheng Xiuyan replied: [You're crazy] and rejected the other party.
In the end, the other party persevered and sent another request: [Little brother, I really like you. If you don't mind, can we date forever? Of course, if you have a girlfriend, you can also reject me.]
"Are you done?" Sheng Xiuyan frowned and cursed in a low voice. He did not notice that Sheng Yi, who was sitting on the sofa opposite him, glanced at him.
Sheng Xiuyan pointed at his finger: [Are you trying to cheat me? Get lost! If you come to bother your grandfather again, do you believe that I won't find out about you in minutes and expose you on the internet? Please be a good person before you cheat me! If you don't know how to be a good person, I'll teach you how to find the police station!]
After sending the long paragraph, Sheng Xiuyan immediately felt at ease.
Even the irritation from almost falling off the horse just now dissipated a lot.
This trash liar still wants to cheat me, tsk …
Sheng Xiuyan put away his phone and said to Sheng Yi, "I'm going back to my room." Then, he stood up and went upstairs in a good mood.
During this process, Sheng Xiuyan did not notice that the book in Sheng Yi's hand was a complete bluff. There was even a phone hidden behind the book.
At this moment, looking at the long rejection request that popped up on his phone, Sheng Yi's face darkened.
He had never thought that he would be taught a lesson by his own son one day.
He actually dared to call himself 'Grandpa'. How dare he!
The more Sheng Yi thought about it, the angrier he became.
Of course, Sheng Xiuyan would never have thought that the girl who had flirted with him and even dated him on the internet was actually an account that Sheng Yi had created to pretend to be him.
—
Soon, it was the day of the finals of the 'Qing Creation Competition'.
Apart from the early stages of preparation, the competition committee only gave each group of contestants two hours to set up the venue.
Therefore, early in the morning, Gu Xi, Sheng Xiuyan, and Dong Mingming arrived at the competition venue in advance.
There were a total of 20 groups of contestants who had entered the finals. Gu Xi and the others were assigned to the middle area.
The exhibition areas, platforms, and display boards were all prepared in advance. Therefore, the work left to Gu Xi and the others was to arrange the display boards, prepare the corresponding explanations, PowerPoint slides, and set up their display models and do the debugging.
Time was a little tight, so when they arrived at the venue, they did not waste any time and began to prepare.
In addition to Gu Shao, Dong Mingming's parents and Sheng Yi from the Genius Return Camp were also there.
The family head stood at the side and watched.
Gu Shao and Sheng Yi had similar thoughts. Let the children do their own things. Therefore, the two of them only watched from the sidelines and did not 'interfere'.
Dong Mingming's parents, who had wanted to go forward and help, could only stand quietly at the side when they saw this.
Two hours later, the exhibition officially began.
Seeing that there was no problem with the children's exhibition, the parents discussed and decided to walk around the exhibition venue casually so as not to affect the three of them.
"Xixi, do you want your daughter to take over your father's business in the future?" Sheng Yi asked with a smile.
Gu Shao shook his head. "I don't have such plans."
After a pause, Gu Shao said again, "She can do whatever she wants in the future."
After saying that, Gu Shao glanced at Sheng Yi and raised his eyebrows. "Will you let your son follow your path?"
"Probably not." Sheng Yi said helplessly, "If Sheng Xiuyan chooses this path, he probably won't be able to enter his father-in-law's house in the future."
The two old fathers talked about their children's future development and the issue of their children's education. Sheng Yi suddenly thought of something and asked, "Do you think it's possible for children their age to fall in love early?"
Hearing Sheng Yi's question, the expression on Gu Shao's face suddenly became serious.
"We can't rule out that possibility," Gu Shao said in a deep voice.
Sheng Yi nodded seriously. "Indeed. After all, children of this age are gradually developing in the direction of adults. Moreover, the Internet is advanced now and there is everything. It's not as simple as we used to be."
After saying that, Sheng Yi frowned again and said, "But how to determine if their children are in love early is also a big challenge for parents."
Hearing Sheng Yi's words, Gu Shao deeply agreed, but he did not show it on his face.
"Ask directly," Gu Shao said.
"Ask directly? Can you do that? Can you? "Sheng Yi raised his eyebrows.
Gu Shao did not answer. He had not tried anyway.
"You can also observe." After a pause, Gu Shao said again, "It's not difficult to see if they are acting abnormally."
"For example, holding the phone all day long and not playing games but chatting with others. For example, secretly hiding in the room and chatting without sleeping. For example, chatting on the phone with rich expressions and showing an expression that is not usually seen …" Gu Shao compared the experiences shared by other parents online and gave examples one by one.
Sheng Yi, on the other hand, compared each of the examples to his son's performance.
— — My goodness, why does it feel like everything matches?!
Sheng Yi's expression became more and more serious.
"Then, as a parent, how do you think we should deal with this situation?" Simple and crude intervention was definitely not possible.
"Let's observe first and see how far we can go. If it's just a normal stage of affection, we can change it by beating around the bush. If it has developed to the stage where the two children believe that they are in a relationship …" Gu Shao said.
These were the experiences that he had seen on the Internet before and shared with Sheng Yi. As for no, Gu Shao had not tried it before.
And Sheng Yi actually listened carefully.
…
Behind the two of them, Xu Fei silently looked at the two fathers. One was a new father, and the other was a father who had only spent a few days with his son.
Hearing that the two of them were actually talking about their children's early love in a serious manner, Xu Fei could not help but complain wildly in her heart. Why did it feel like a rookie teaching another rookie?
The key was that these two …
One was talking seriously, and the other was listening attentively.
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