Time slowly passed, and the venue gradually became lively again.
On the other side, separated by a partition, it had slowly filled with people.
In stark contrast to the exchange meeting happening on this side of the partition, it was quiet here, without a single sound.
Everyone held their prepared paper and pens, looking intently at the partition in front of them.
They were here to broaden their horizons, and naturally, they were quite different from those attending the exchange meeting.
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"Alright, time is up. I believe everyone is ready. Let us now begin the first part of the exchange meeting."
"First up, we have Mr. Yunai..."
"This Yunai, doesn't that sound familiar?"
As Qiu Xi heard the name, she and the others started murmuring.
"Hmm, Ma Qinshu, now that you mention it, I also feel a bit familiar..." Zhao Mingyun lowered her head and thought carefully. She did indeed find it somewhat familiar.
"Right!" Ma Qinshu nodded happily, a smile on her face.
As soon as she heard it, she felt it was familiar, but she had encountered this person quite often, and she wasn't entirely sure, so she hesitated for a moment.
"Yes, but now that you say it, I can't quite recall it..."
Zhao Mingyun, who had heard of it but wasn't familiar with it, gave a helpless wry smile.
She suddenly felt a bit foolish...
"What about you all, do you find it familiar?" Ma Qinshu gave a look to Qiu Xi, Xi Weimu, and Zhen Zhu beside her.
Zhen Zhu saw the look but showed no expression, directly shaking her head.
She wasn't even familiar with the name, so she couldn't say anything. However, Xi Weimu nodded with some hesitation.
"I have some impression, but I can't fully recall it."
"If I remember correctly, this should be one of the reference textbooks for one of our elective courses. I think I heard the teachers mention it before, but I don't quite remember the specifics."
"Also, he must have some achievements in certain areas, otherwise, I wouldn't remember it so clearly."
"Now that you mention it, Xi Weimu, I do recall something," Zhao Mingyun said with sudden realization.
"A theory I encountered before, it seemed to be about audience perspective, and if I'm not mistaken, the author was him."
As soon as Zhao Mingyun finished, Ma Qinshu immediately nodded.
"Mingyun, that's it! I remember it now too!"
It was something the teacher had mentioned when she was preparing to write her thesis. But she had ultimately chosen a different, more mainstream direction, so her memory of it was only this much.
"Qiu Xi, do you know anything else?"
Seeing Qiu Xi staring at them as if in a daze, Ma Qinshu looked puzzled.
They had been discussing for so long, why did she seem uninterested?
Looking at their confused and curious gazes, Qiu Xi smiled and shook her head.
She was indeed uninterested, as it was information she had already memorized. Hearing others share it as if showing off made her feel a bit uncomfortable.
So, she decided to just listen. Being an audience member at this moment seemed like a good idea.
"I think she does know. When you were all happily discussing, she wasn't even looking," Zhen Zhu, sitting beside them, said with a smile.
Qiu Xi, "..."
Such unsophisticated tactics, truly lacking in challenge.
"Ma Qinshu, what you all just discussed is indeed not wrong. As for the book Xi Weimu mentioned, I can give you some information," Qiu Xi chuckled softly.
"That book was an extra-curricular textbook during our junior year elective course. However, our teacher also required us to use it. It's an auxiliary textbook on translation, and the author is him."
As Qiu Xi spoke, she also told them the name of the book and the author's full name.
"Yes!"
As soon as Qiu Xi finished, Xi Weimu nodded affirmatively.
"It's exactly that!"
"Qiu Xi, you're really amazing, to even remember that."
Qiu Xi shook her head. "It's just that the teacher mentioned it quite a bit, so it left a deep impression on me."
She could understand. If she didn't have an eidetic memory, she might not have paid attention to these things.
After all, with their current level, it was really difficult to pay attention to who the author of a book or textbook was, or what achievements they had.
It wasn't like studying Tang poetry where you had to know the author. In their eyes, the author was not part of the content of the book, so they wouldn't spend time specifically getting to know them. That's why everyone remembered vaguely but not clearly.
"You're still very impressive~" Zhao Mingyun looked at Qiu Xi with envy.
No wonder Teacher Ding brought her here. She truly had skill, and her skill was quite remarkable!
"Alright, let's listen to Old Mr. Yunai speak. We should take notes so that no mistakes happen later."
Seeing that the person on stage was ready to speak, Qiu Xi immediately interrupted their conversation.
This sharing was very important, as it involved the second part of the exchange. She had to pay close attention to avoid being unable to speak later and learning nothing.
"Yes, you're right." Zhao Mingyun and Ma Qinshu nodded, then fell silent.
Besides Qiu Xi's group, the other parts of the venue were also very quiet at this moment.
As the first person to go on stage, everyone was naturally paying close attention.
Even the group of people who came to learn behind the partition were holding their paper and pens, ready to take diligent notes.
Yunai, the center of attention, stood on the two-meter-high platform. He looked at the crowd below and slowly began to share his thoughts.
"I am Yunai. I believe some people here are not unfamiliar with me. I won't say much more and will get straight to the point."
"Regarding the theme given by the organizers, I'd like to start by discussing this global perspective. This is a broad background..."
The old gentleman's voice was slow and rich. He slowly narrated his seemingly plain and unpretentious ideas.
But everyone present knew that this old man was not simple.
This wasn't referring to him as a person, but rather to his thoughts...
After about twenty minutes, Yunai briefly finished expressing some of his ideas.
"Thank you all for listening so attentively. I won't take up the time of other colleagues. Let's continue the exchange."
"Clap, clap, clap~"
After the applause, the first person's sharing concluded.
While waiting for the next person, Qiu Xi looked at the abundant notes in her small notebook with a sense of emotion.
Admittedly, even with Little Flower, some aspects of learning still required time and verification to truly grasp...
Gradually, many more people went up.
About an hour or almost two hours later, Qiu Xi heard Teacher Ding's name.
"Teacher Ding, it's your turn," Qiu Xi looked towards Teacher Ding.
"Mm, I heard."
Ding Yujing said as she stood up, straightened her clothes, and then walked up formally.
Watching from behind, Qiu Xi felt that Teacher Ding still had a great demeanor.
Thinking so, she picked up her phone and quietly took a photo, planning to show it to Grandma Ge and her master when she got back.
"Hello everyone, I am Ding Yujing."
"Having listened to the presentations of many seniors, I dare to build upon them for further discussion..."
As Ding Yujing began to speak, Qiu Xi sensed that Teacher Ding was truly extraordinary.
Everyone else who went up avoided mentioning others' topics, but Teacher Ding, on the other hand, openly brought them up.
Towards the end, she even analyzed and elaborated on them on the spot.
Admittedly, Qiu Xi herself felt she had underestimated Teacher Ding.
She had never heard Teacher Ding speak with such sharp words.
Perhaps the Ding Yujing standing on stage now was the real Ding Yujing, or maybe this was his other side, his academic side.
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