Chapter 262 Turmoil
Coach Wang can’t actually be blamed for this post on the forum. When he was on the phone and learned about Lu Yao’s admission to graduate school, he knew that according to CUBA rules, Lu Yao would definitely not be able to play.

But you definitely need to explain your withdrawal from the team to your teammates.

There are two reasons that can be explained: 1. Personal reasons. For example, if you don’t want to play anymore, or you are injured, or you accidentally make a mistake, the coach will give you a decent excuse and say that you quit the team for personal reasons.

But… I can’t explain this reason to my teammates.

Although we have no other social interactions in our daily lives except playing ball, at least we have worked hard together for a year.

Lu Yao felt that what needed to be explained should be explained clearly.

So I told the coach directly the reason why I was quitting the team, so that others wouldn’t think too much and affect the atmosphere that had just been established in the team.

After getting his confirmation, Coach Wang explained the true circumstances of Lu Yao’s withdrawal from the team.

Lu Yao was admitted to graduate school, and graduate students no longer met the qualifications for CUBA competitions, so he naturally withdrew from the team.

This explanation did not cause much surprise to the team members except for surprise.

If someone studies well, he or she may be admitted to graduate school in the freshman year. No matter how he or she gets admitted, as long as he or she passes the exam in school, it is natural for him or her to be a graduate student.

Naturally I have to quit.

Otherwise it would be inappropriate to take up a place.

But…be it him, or anyone else, including Lu Yao, no one expected that his withdrawal from the team would directly become a “hot search” in the school.

This is a bit outrageous.

Although this news must have come from the basketball team…it doesn’t really matter who spread it.

What’s more important is that once the news of his admission to graduate school came out, the school’s forums were in an uproar.

“If you don’t understand, just ask. Was Lu Yao the top scorer in last year’s college entrance examination?”

“Yes, that’s him. Not only is he the top scorer, he’s also the lead singer of the band that sang the recently popular songs ‘And Then There Were None’.”

“Wow, Lu Yao has been admitted to graduate school? Isn’t he just a freshman?”

“He is a sophomore, but he must have obtained the qualification for postgraduate study when he was a freshman.”

“Holy crap, is this true? Lu Yao was admitted to graduate school? No, I’m still waiting to be admitted. He was admitted to graduate school?”

“Doesn’t he never attend classes? I heard from a junior girl in the electronics department that she only saw him a few times throughout the year.”

“The Electronic Communications Department next door came to share his experience. Lu Yao always comes to our class. I often see him in the third year class.”

“Is this a shady deal? Why can a freshman be admitted to graduate school???”

“Freshmen said they couldn’t understand what the seniors were talking about.”

“Why was Lu Yao admitted to graduate school? I don’t think the school has any explanation. Does anyone know the details?”

“No, I’m very puzzled. I don’t think it’s a big deal that he plays music, skips classes, and plays basketball. But this admission to graduate school… it seems that these things are not taken into consideration, right? Especially since he is in the Department of Electronics. If a department like Electronics wants to be admitted to graduate school, there should be at least some contributions and requirements, right? Did he make any major scientific and technological achievements? Or did he win glory for the country like those players on the women’s volleyball team? Why was he admitted to graduate school?”

One line after another, one post after another.

His news directly overshadowed the school beauty pageant next door.

And Lu Yao himself saw it.

Surprised and a little speechless.

He didn’t mind becoming a topic of conversation, but… he was speechless and didn’t know how to respond to this matter.

What can I say?
“I have done some remarkable research and it has been recognized by the country, so I am admitted to graduate school?”

It’s impossible. Don’t even speak your own thoughts… Even if you really post them, they will definitely be censored.

Which researcher would be stupid enough to post information about what research he or she is currently doing online just because of such a controversy?

Are you really afraid that the whole world doesn’t know?
So, he was speechless.

After thinking about it, he sent a message to the department head Li Xiang.

“Teacher Li, there are many different opinions on the school forum regarding my admission to graduate school. Do I need to respond?”

What he asked was almost nonsense.

But some chats…have to be had this way.

Li Xiang waited for about ten minutes before replying:

“Student Lu Yao, you can’t reply. Your research is confidential and cannot be made public.”

Lu Yao thought to himself, isn’t this just nonsense?

I don’t know I can’t say it? If I could say it, I would have clarified it long ago.

So he continued to ask:
“Will the school help me clarify this?”

This is why he told Li Xiang about this matter.

I definitely can’t reply by myself, but the school can reply for me.

About five or six minutes after he sent the message, Li Xiang called him.

“Hey, Lu Yao.”

“Hey, Director, go ahead.”

Lu Yao’s tone was so polite.

“I just checked the forum, and indeed, everyone is skeptical about the news that you have been admitted to graduate school. This is actually normal, after all, you are only a freshman.”

“Hmm, yes.”

“The news should have spread from the school basketball team.”

“Director, it doesn’t really matter how the news got out. What’s important is that we must dispel everyone’s doubts, right?”

“Well, that’s right. Let’s do some research at school to see how we can help you get cleared up. Just focus on your work and don’t let your mentality be affected.”

Lu Yao’s mouth twitched.

I thought to myself, he has become like this, how can he not be affected?

But to be honest, he just felt a little confused.

Even a little annoying.

It’s not that I was really affected.

So he agreed:
“Well, please leave it to the school. I’m going to work.”

“Okay, go ahead. The important thing is to get the research results out as soon as possible. Don’t worry about this matter, the school will help you speak for it.”

“Mmm Good.”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

People on the forum are still chatting about their chances of being admitted to graduate school, but he has stopped reading them.

Now that conspiracy theories have come out, what else can I say?
Although this kind of thing is self-incriminating, it was ultimately a lot of trouble that he had not expected.

It’s enough for the school to clarify. As for whether others believe it or not, that’s their problem.

But what he didn’t expect was…

Just when he started to research, someone had already posted this matter on Weibo.

The topic #Top scorer in the college entrance examination is admitted to graduate school as a freshman# suddenly popped up inexplicably, along with other similar topics such as #Lead singer of the band No One Survivors is admitted to graduate school, causing controversy#

Coincidentally, the last few days are the start of the school year for college entrance examination freshmen, so it is quite a hot topic.

In addition, Lu Yao himself was the top scorer in the college entrance examination and the lead singer of a band, so he did have some fame…

This incident was suddenly no longer limited to the Fuhua campus forum, but moved to Weibo, which was even more unpredictable and uncontrollable.

And when Lu Yao learned about this… it was already noon on the 27th.

……

“Jingle Bell……”

“Hey?”

“Lao Lu, look in the group.”

“Oh.”

“…Hey, do you understand what I’m saying? Look in the group.”

“Oh.”

“I’m really convinced… Dudu”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yao continued typing on the computer.

But a few seconds later it sounded again.

After ringing seven or eight times in a row, Lu Yao’s eyes finally began to focus.

He picked up the phone with some annoyance:
“Hey, who is it?”

“My, are you awake?”

“Uh… I’m awake. What happened?”

Seeing that Lu Yao could take the initiative to reply to him, Master Xu thought that he was indeed awake, and quickly said:
“Look at the group, you’re on Weibo again!”

“…Trending?”

Lu Yao said this subconsciously.

Mr. Xu asked in confusion:

“What is the hot search?” “…What topic am I on Weibo?”

“Come to the group and see. It’s hard to explain right away.”

“it is good.”

Lu Yao was wondering what year his earliest memory of “hot search” was while opening the QQ group.

I found that there were more than a hundred messages.

He started climbing the stairs directly.

Then he understood what Master Xu asked him to see.

It was first posted by a village girl.

A few screenshots.

The content of the picture is a topic called #The top scorer in the college entrance examination is admitted to graduate school as a freshman, causing controversy#.

And the protagonist of the topic… is yourself.

The topic is obviously targeted, and the person who first created the topic uses the name of a media outlet.

[Panyu Media Entertainment]: “Lu Yao, a freshman at Fuhua University in Shanghai, who won the top spot in the national college entrance examination last year with a total score of 720, has recently been rumored to be admitted to graduate school. The initial source of the news came from the Fuhua University basketball team. The student withdrew from the school team because he did not meet the CUBA basketball league’s appearance rules after being admitted to graduate school. As soon as the news came out, many people quickly noticed that the student was a freshman who enrolled last year. He should have been promoted to sophomore this year, but he has already obtained the qualification for admission to graduate school. The news quickly caused controversy on the Internet. #College Entrance Examination Top Scorer Freshman Admission to Graduate School Causes Controversy#”

[Panyu Media Entertainment]: “#The top scorer in the college entrance examination was guaranteed admission to graduate school as a freshman, which caused controversy# Addendum: Lu Yao was not only the top scorer in the college entrance examination last year, but also the lead singer of the band “No One Survived”, which has a hot song on many music platforms. He is also very popular and loved by fans. He was also the main shooting guard of Fuhua University in the CUBA league last year. It is really regrettable that such an excellent student has caused huge controversy in his studies.”

? ? ? ? ? ?
Wait a minute…

regret?

What the hell are you regretting?
What happened to me that makes you feel sorry?
After Lu Yao saw the contents of the two pictures clearly, he was stunned.

At first glance, the content is all about introducing oneself, but between the lines there is a kind of…

What to say.

The disgusting feeling on his face was just short of writing “there is definitely something wrong with him”.

He was momentarily speechless.

Then I saw the chat history of Village Girl.

I am not a country girl: “Is this media sick? What does he regret? Lu Yao’s research is confidential. Let alone outsiders, we don’t know about it. What right does he have to say that he regrets it?”

You are the village girl: “Weibo? Lu Yao is on Weibo?”

I’m not a country girl: “Yeah, I was just wandering around and saw it. And a lot of people are talking about it.”

I’m not a country girl: “[Picture], [Picture], [Picture]”

Three consecutive pictures, all of which contain comments related to the topic.

“A freshman can get into graduate school? What kind of magic is that? A freshman who hasn’t even figured out his major yet can get into graduate school? Isn’t this nonsense from Fuhua University?”

“Haha, there are so many weird things. I can get into graduate school as a freshman? I just had my dream shattered this year, and I’m laughing. Hahahahahaha…”

“No One Survives? Their songs are really nice. I was just listening to them and I didn’t expect to see a topic about them.”

“Unless he is a genius who can skip grades in his freshman year, and has certain professional qualities that are recognized by the school and he has passed the exams, there is no way he can be admitted to graduate school. There must be something fishy going on.”

“I just asked a classmate from Fuhua University, and he said that he basically doesn’t attend classes. How can he be admitted to graduate school without attending classes?”

In the picture, all the comments seem to be full of doubts about the possibility of being admitted to graduate school.

Lu Yao frowned.

Rock girl Wei Daxian: “There was already a quarrel on the forum yesterday. I asked Lu Yao and he said it was okay. @Lu Yao”

Elegant gentleman Xu Ruochen: “@路遥”

Lu Yao scrolled through the chat records one by one and found that they were all the topics that everyone was discussing.

There were also many screenshots during this period.

The comments in all the screenshots cannot be said to be rare, but it can also be said to be nonexistent.

No one thought that there would be no problem for him to be admitted to graduate school. Instead, everyone was full of doubts.

Lu Yao frowned, thought about it, and then he popped up a message in the group.

Lu Yao: “I’m watching.”

Then, he opened Weibo directly and searched for these topics.

A row of IDs appeared instantly.

There are really a lot of people, at least Lu Yao has no way to find out exactly how many people are discussing this.

For no reason, he felt a little regretful, and thought it would be nice if there was a trending search, at least he would know whether it was on the trending search or not.

But on second thought, if it were a hot search, this news would probably be really explosive.

Then he said in the group:
“I have communicated with the school and they will clarify. Is there an announcement?”

I’m not a village girl: “I checked, but there is none at the moment.”

Lu Yao: “…”

He immediately opened the school’s website and found that it was indeed not there.

After thinking about it, he directly dialed Li Xiang’s number.

But I hung up soon and a text message came back:
“I’m in a meeting. I’ll text you back later.”

Li Xiang naturally didn’t need to say “you” to Lu Yao, so it should be a quick reply to the text message.

Seeing this, he did not force it, but just edited a line to explain the current situation.

Li Xiang did not reply.

At this moment, he was no longer in the mood to work and started browsing information on Weibo.

Until Li Xiang called again.

“Hey, Lu Yao, I saw your message. The school also discussed this matter during the meeting just now. The school will probably issue a notice to clarify it in a while.”

“Uh……”

After hearing his words, Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then responded:
“Ok.”

“Well, just focus on your research and don’t worry about the disturbances outside. They are just people worrying about themselves.”

“…Okay, Director.”

“Well, anything else?”

“Gone.”

“Well, work hard, and remember to go early when the new students register to avoid being crowded. The graduate students in our school are still very popular. Also, if you have any questions for your tutor, you can come and ask me.”

“Okay, thank you, director.”

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the phone was hung up.

After Lu Yao explained the situation to the small group, he asked everyone to remember to remind themselves when they saw the announcement, and then he returned to his work.

About an hour later, at 1:4 p.m., Mr. Xu called:

“The school announcement has been sent out.”

……

“Recently, there have been online rumors that a freshman of our school’s 2010 class had problems with his admission score, which has aroused public concern. Our school attaches great importance to this and immediately set up a special investigation team to conduct an investigation. The relevant situation is explained as follows:
After investigation, it was found that the student’s college entrance examination scores were authentic and valid, and met the admission requirements of our school. The assessment of his/her postgraduate qualification was carried out strictly in accordance with the relevant regulations of the education department and our school, with standardized procedures and fair results. The online rumor that “there are problems with the postgraduate qualification” is pure rumor.

Our school always adheres to the principles of fairness, justice and openness in enrollment, and firmly protects the legitimate rights and interests of all candidates. Our school reserves the right to pursue legal responsibility for any fabrication of facts or spreading of rumors.

Thank you to all sectors of society for your concern and supervision of our school!
Fuhua University
January 2011, 8. “

The school’s announcement was immediately reposted on the campus forum.

At the same time, Fuhua University’s Weibo also posted it.

Strangely enough, Lu Yao didn’t even know that the school had opened a Weibo account.

While he was reading the announcement on Weibo, he clicked on the comments and saw a message:

“Then how is it fair? His grades are unknown, so there must be a reason why he was admitted to graduate school? There is no reason at all.”

There are very few messages at the moment, only six or seven.

After seeing this message, Lu Yao clicked the reply button…but after thinking about it, he decided not to say anything in the end.

Then he refreshed the page to see what other people were saying, and he saw that the university’s Weibo account actually responded to this message:

“Regarding the content related to the student’s research, according to the regulations, non-related personnel have no right to inquire and explain.”

Lu Yao was stunned.

Subconsciously refreshed the webpage again.

There were more than a dozen more messages, including this guy’s.

“What regulations? Shouldn’t the admission scores be open and transparent?”

Others responded to this message.

“Electronics Department… Is it a confidentiality regulation?”

In response to the two people’s questions, the university did not respond this time.

(End of this chapter)