Chapter 1136: The press conference!
Chapter 1136: The press conference!
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
At home.
His father shouted, "He won!"
His mother exclaimed, "Little Ye won the game!"
There was a knock at the door. When his mother went to answer it, over 20 neighbors came rushing into the house. Every one of them looked even more excited than Zhang Ye's parents!
"Congratulations!"
"Old Zhang, Old Cao, the two of you have brought up a good son!"
"Little Ye won so beautifully!"
"I don't even know what to say! I was sweating just watching it!"
"It was so thrilling! And wonderful!"
"Little Ye has done everyone proud!"
"I knew he could do it!"
"Who asked the Americans to look down on Little Ye! Who asked them to look down on humans! Hahaha! They have encountered a god this time! Those idiots!"
"How face smacking!"
"Ahahaha!"
"I can already feel the pain on those idiots' faces!"
…
At the Rao household.
Chenchen yelled, "Zhang Ye won! He's stolen the thunder again!"
Rao Aimin pursed her lips and said, "That kid has got some dogshit luck!"
"What do you mean by dogshit luck?" Yang Shu did not like hearing that at all. "My senior bro has really got Go skills!"
Rao Aimin grimaced. "He's always doing things unconventionally. Why won't he just stay at home and be good? Why did he have to go off to the Go world and steal their thunder? Do you know who has to handle the reporters when they come looking for him?"
…
At the SARFT.
In Old Wu's office.
Wu Zeqing smiled as she picked up the phone and called Secretary Bai. "Hello, it's me. Let the relevant offices know to give an additional push for the positive promotion of today's war between humans and machines."
Then, she called her mother.
The call connected.
It sounded very chaotic over there with all the screaming and shouting.
"Mom, how are things?"
"Little Zhang is wonderful! He's brilliant!"
"Has my dad's impression of him changed for the better?"
"Hur hur, your dad is so excited that he can't even say a thing. You just didn't see it. But when Peter lost, your dad was shouting the loudest…Hey, why are you grabbing at my phone?"
Wu Changhe's voice came through. "My daughter, don't listen to your mom's nonsense. It's just a draw with the score tied at one to one. That kid hasn't won yet!"
Wu Zeqing laughed and said: "Sure. After he wins tomorrow's game, I'll officially bring him back home as my boyfriend for a meal?"
Wu Changhe said: "We'll talk about it again if he really wins."
…
On TV.
The live broadcast was still going on!
Quite a few experts were analyzing the game that had just been played. "Professor Zhang played with the spirit of humanity today. From the first stone that he played in the opening, he was leading Peter by the nose. The brand new and highly creative playstyle at the end even stumped Peter greatly. This is the biggest difference between humans and computers, and also the biggest reason why Professor Zhang could defeat it. This is because humans can get extremely creative under pressure, while machines can only passively learn their craft! Today is a memorable day because Professor Zhang gave a valuable lesson to the Americans, as well as the AI that was claimed to be smarter than humans!"
At another television station.
The commentator said, "Let's take another look at the final move, by Professor Zhang. It was really the work of a genius and so beautiful that no words can describe it! We're all clueless as to how Professor Zhang could have thought of a move like that at that moment. But this stone that descended from the Heavens has saved the Go world! Without a doubt, this is clearly the most valuable of moves in the history of Go! This is truly deserving of being called the Hand of God!
"Ah, the press conference has started, so let's switch to that. It looks like Professor Zhang has made an exception and accepted today's postgame interview!"
...
At China Qiyuan.
The venue of the press conference.
The American representative sat on stage as usual. Zhang Ye and several people from China Qiyuan were seated beside him.
The reporters lifted their cameras and microphones as they asked questions to the American representative.
"May we know the reason for Peter's loss today?"
"Didn't you all say that your company's AI wouldn't lose to humans?"
"Are you all still confident about tomorrow's game?"
The American representative answered all of their questions in a single breath. No one knew if he was putting on a front since he had looked very sullen in the game room. But right now, he had a very calm expression as he said, "We took an unexpected loss today. Perhaps it was because we did not tune the AI properly and that there were some bugs in the programming. As for the actual reason, we'll go back and check thoroughly. We'll definitely get it fixed before tomorrow's game. Peter will not lose to humans in Go, and I still stand by my word. About tomorrow's game, we're very confident that Peter will definitely win after it has been tuned and configured properly."
A female reporter from Beijing Television asked, "In your previous interview, you mentioned that your plane tickets were booked for tonight's flight. I wonder if—"
The American representative's assistant said with a dark look, "We've already changed our flight and will give our best for tomorrow's game."
A reporter from a newspaper firm asked, "May we know your evaluation of Professor Zhang?"
The American representative glanced at Zhang Ye and said, "We do admit that there are indeed some geniuses in this world, but I still think the same as before. It will be the era of artificial intelligence from now on!"
After dragging things out for a long time, they refused to admit to their defeat!
In the end, the reporters no longer wanted to ask him any more questions. They directed all their attention to Zhang Ye.
The reporter from Beijing Times smiled and asked, "Professor Zhang, didn't you say that you wouldn't accept any interviews after yesterday's game?"
Zhang Ye got closer to the microphone and said, "That's right."
"Then why are you here today?" asked the reporter from the Beijing Times.
Zhang Ye candidly replied, "Because I won today!"
The reporters burst out laughing!
Then, quite a few people started applauding!
Zhang Ye was indeed Zhang Ye. He would never beat around the bush whenever he spoke. If he lost, he would not accept any interviews. But since he had won, of course he would make an appearance and show off a little. Wasn't this normal?
Dan Donghe smiled and felt that Zhang Ye was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye!
A female reporter asked, "How do you feel after coming out on top in today's game?"
Zhang Ye chuckled, "I feel great!"
Everyone laughed again.
The Americans wore solemn looks.
Yu Yingyi came forward and asked, "Professor Zhang, do you have anything you would like to say?"
Zhang Ye smiled and answered, "I would like to say this: The most advanced AI in history? That was all it could do!"
These were the words that the American representative had said in yesterday's press conference. Zhang Ye returned the favor!
The reporters applauded!
"Nice!"
"Well said!"
As they were all humans, they would naturally take Zhang Ye's side. Moreover, the Americans were far too arrogant and disrespectful in recent days, disgusting everyone with their behavior. However, Peter had won every one of its games, even defeating Xiang Rong 9-dan, the number one in Go. So there was really nothing they could argue about. It wasn't until today when Zhang Ye evened the score that a lot of the reporters could finally release all their pent-up anger!
Sure enough, Face-smacking Zhang was the better player between the two of them!
Although this fellow was usually annoying, had a sharp tongue, and offended many people, he had never been soft or disappointed anyone when it mattered most!
Zhang Ye had many foes, and some people present had once been offended by him. A lot of people felt that he was too difficult to handle as he always stirred up trouble and often smacked people's faces. More importantly, no one had yet to teach him a lesson. This fellow was just too fearsome and notorious a troublemaker in the country. But today, as everyone united with Zhang Ye, they suddenly realized that Face-smacking Zhang was a very reliable guy. Seeing how he was face-smacking the Americans and the artificial intelligence, the satisfaction they got felt amazingly good!
Online.
Fan Wenli posted on Weibo: "Congratulations to Director Zhang for taking this game!"
Xiaodong: "How exhilarating! That was so exhilarating!"
Yao Jiancai: "Zhang'er, you're blasting out of the universe!"
Li Xiaoxian: "Wishing Teacher Zhang success in taking the next game as well!"
Zhang Xia: "By winning today's game, Little Zhang has finally saved face for humanity. I hope that everyone can criticize him less from now on. It hasn't been easy for Little Zhang either, hur hur."
The press conference ended.
Awhile later, Zhang Ye walked out of the Qiyuan.
However, there were huge crowds of people who had surrounded the entire main entrance!
Hundreds of people!
No, it was thousands of people!
A dense crowd of people were holding up banners and chanting Zhang Ye's name!
"Zhang Ye!"
"Zhang Ye!"
"Zhang Ye!"
"Zhang Ye!"
The crowd was very excited!
Everyone felt impassioned!