Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 794 - 301: The Unbearable Weight of Life_2

Even if his intention was to anger Qiao Ze, he never imagined that the response would be so extreme, bizarre, and unbridled...

After all, who would truly make an enemy out of money?

But because of this, many people suddenly realized that in silence, Huaxia had already taken a commanding lead in certain domains, to the point where they had become indispensable.

So when such an incident occurred, they suddenly found that many tactics were no longer useful.

Because the methods that could be used seemed to have been used before, and the other side had endured through them.

But now they needed to endure as well, and found it very difficult.

This side's financial tycoons didn't seem to have the intention to spend money to resolve these issues within their own borders; instead, they hoped to quickly resolve the problem elsewhere, so as not to incur losses or delay their own money-making.

Thus, pressure began to accumulate.

In this miraculous land, money represented status and even more so, the power of speech.

Although for a long time traditional industries did not have the might of the tech upstarts, when their core interests were threatened, the power they unleashed was still astonishing—at least enough to greatly trouble the people inside house number 1600.

The most tangible manifestation was probably the sudden surge in the opponent's campaign funds...

The numerous old masters working on the mountain also began to adopt an ambiguous attitude.

They had thought they could use this matter to probe the other side's attitude, even apply some pressure, soften their decision-making, and facilitate their subsequent negotiations. The result, however, was counter to their wishes, and they found themselves having to quickly sever ties with the incident.

This was quite reasonable.

It wasn't just that a small country's science academy had received threats—even he had been delivered a message not to meddle in this matter any further, or he would bear the consequences.

If he had been a strong bureau chief, probably no one would dare to be so direct.

Unfortunately, he was merely an acting bureau chief who had been in office for less than a month.

Not to mention, Ruel Smith was well aware that they all served those who were truly wealthy.

Not just him as the bureau chief, even the people at house number 1600 and those on the mountain were essentially the same.

This world was one where interests dictated justice, which is why Ruel Smith could not understand why the other party's response could be so extreme.

Just as he was swamped with anxiety, his secretary hurried in.

"We've just received news that Andrei has committed suicide at home. He admitted in a letter to his close friend that it was because of his bias, he had affected, or rather, interfered with the Crawford Award Jury Committee's decisions."

Upon hearing this news, Ruel Smith breathed a sigh of relief.

He suddenly felt much lighter.

The man died at the right time—exactly when needed.

He deserved a moment of silent tribute in his heart for the old man.

Really, Ruel Smith preferred dealing with people who still had some beliefs and a sense of responsibility because if everyone were like him, the world would be too terrifying.

Just the thought of it sent shivers down his spine.

"This is truly regrettable news. Andrei was a good man, you know? I like good people," Ruel Smith remarked.

"Yes, it's a pity the world has lost another good person," the secretary commented, shrugging his shoulders.

Ruel Smith sighed, his thoughts shifting away from the dead man, and mused, "Why doesn't that person from Huaxia want to be a good person?"

The secretary didn't know how to answer this question.

It's not like he could rush to Huaxia and ask Qiao Ze, could he?!

...

When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' official website featured an obituary in black and white, it swept through the entire academic world like a gust of wind.

Along with the obituary, there was also a handwritten letter by the late dean, divulged on the internet by his close friend and great scientist Carl Robertson, detailing his last words before passing.

One could only imagine the shock this reversal caused to everyone.

What was going on?

Because of a momentary confusion, he directly altered the list of award recipients and, having realized that the situation wasn't going as expected after its release, he chose suicide as an apology?

To be honest, the vast majority didn't believe it.

There were even suspicions that the handwritten letter was fake and that there must be some conspiracy behind it.

After all, with such capriciousness, one would definitely have considered the potential impact before acting. freewēbnoveℓ.com

And no one really believed that Andrei had any bias against Qiao Ze.

At least in public, no one had ever heard Andrei make any negative comments about Qiao Ze.

So where did these so-called personal dislikes and biases come from?

But after authentication by handwriting experts, they were able to confirm that the handwriting was indeed genuine, and the Swedish Police also came to the conclusion that the old dean had indeed committed suicide—there didn't seem to be any conspiracy.

The Academy remained silent.

After the obituary, they quietly added a name to the announcement for the Crafoord Prize—Qiao Ze.

The 2024 Crafoord Mathematics Prize recipient changed from one person to two: Camille Dubois and Qiao Ze.

If not for the obituary of Andrei still being on the official website, this sneaky amendment of the awardee might have been vigorously condemned.

But now, although there were still doubts, at least they weren't as loud.

The world still showed some respect for the recently departed.

After all, no one would curse pointing at someone's coffin, right?

The patch applied by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was indeed such that people didn't have much to say about it, but it still felt somewhat absurd.

However, you can't hide fire with paper.

The news that the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute's artificial intelligence system suddenly placed a myriad of export materials on the prohibited sales list in the middle of the night in Huaxia eventually got out.