As one of the more authoritative awards on Blue Star, the Benoir Prize has a history of over a hundred years.
It includes the Physics Prize, Chemistry Prize, Peace Prize, Physiology or Medicine Prize, and Literature Prize, aiming to commend those who have made great contributions to humanity.
To this day, very few people from Long Country have received it.
Therefore, every year, when the Benoir Prize nominations are announced, they attract global attention.
But when this year's nominations were released, netizens from Long Country were instantly in an uproar.
This was because they found a very unexpected name on the list: Yang Lin.
Upon seeing the name, netizens initially thought it was someone with the same name as Yang Lin, but after reading the reasons for the recommendation, they couldn't contain themselves any longer.
"It really is Director Yang, I thought I was mistaken."
"Director of Xihong Zoo, that's right, it's Director Yang."
"You've made it, Director Yang. I thought being the Guardian of Land, Sea, and Air was impressive enough, but now even the Nobel Prize has nominated you."
"Shocked my mother for a hundred years. Haven't the Nobel Prize committees always looked down on our Long Country? Why are they nominating Director Yang for the Peace Prize this time?"
"Exactly, it's so strange. While Director Yang has indeed made many contributions to Long Country, he doesn't seem to have done much to promote world peace."
"What's so strange about that? Didn't President Obama of the United States also receive the Peace Prize? He seems to be the president with the longest duration of war in the history of the United States."
"Are you all forgetting that the environmental activist Greta Thunberg was also nominated for the Peace Prize a couple of years ago?"
"Compared to these two, I suddenly feel like Director Yang receiving this nomination isn't that strange."
"It's more than not strange, isn't it an insult to Director Yang to give him such a nomination?"
"Even so, I still want to say, Director Yang is amazing!"
As the news of Yang Lin receiving the Peace Prize nomination intensified, the popularity of Mothra gradually faded into the background.
Coupled with deliberate guidance from the authorities, Mothra's popularity was almost gone within two days.
Meanwhile, Yang Lin, who had returned to Xihong Zoo, found himself in a predicament.
Unexpectedly receiving another award nomination, and an international one at that, he should have been happy.
However, after seeing the instructions on the invitation letter, he felt a bit reluctant to go.
Firstly, the award ceremony was to be held on a Pacific island. He would have to fly to the United States first and then take a boat.
The round trip would cost about 50,000 yuan.
Of course, if he were to win, the expenses would be reimbursed by the selection committee, and the winner would also receive a considerable prize money.
The prize money usually amounted to over a million dollars.
But if he didn't win, it would be like paying 50,000 yuan for travel expenses, which Yang Lin couldn't stand.
"Maybe I shouldn't go. I don't think my chances of winning are that high."
In the director's office, after much deliberation, Yang Lin ultimately decided to forgo attending the Nobel Prize ceremony and to give up on the nomination as well.
After making this decision, he immediately called the selection committee and informed them of his decision to withdraw from the nomination.
Not long after he made that call, everyone at the headquarters of International Gene Company received the news.
Instantly, the high-ranking officials at International Gene Company were collectively shocked, especially Dr. Hammond.
"What's going on? Why did Yang Lin give up the nomination?"
"Didn't they say he highly values honor? Is the honor of the Benoir Prize not high enough?"
After he said this, other high-ranking officials also began to sigh.
"It's truly unheard of. No one has ever voluntarily refused a Nobel Prize nomination. What kind of person is he?"
"Unmoved by money, composed in the face of beauty, and now he can reject such an honor without hesitation. How can such a person exist in the world?"
"Yes, is he truly a pioneer in human evolution, with both his body and soul having undergone a dual evolution?"
"Perhaps money, beauty, and honor are merely base desires in his eyes."
"Then how should we meet him?"
For a moment, the room fell silent again.
After an unknown period, a staff member from International Gene Company suddenly pushed open the conference room door.
"Dr. Hammond, just now we received a call from the Nobel Prize selection committee. Yang Lin, the director of Xihong Zoo, has just accepted the nomination again."
"He will arrive in Los Santos by plane in five days."
As soon as the staff member finished speaking, the previously silent conference room erupted with thunderous cheers.
The expressions on the faces of these human elites were as if it were Chinese New Year, leaving the staff member who had just entered stunned.
He had never seen these big shots so happy before, as if they had solved some world-class problem.
After the cheers subsided, Dr. Hammond and the others were left with a big question: what reason could have prompted Yang Lin to change his mind again?
This question almost burned out the CPUs of the brilliant scientists present, all with IQs over 150.
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"It's agreed, I'll go with you this time. You'll cover all the travel and accommodation expenses. You can't go back on your word."
"Also, I can't guarantee that I'll win this award."
In the director's office, Yang Lin was on the phone, and on the other end was the familiar voice of Nie Feng.
"Director Yang, you jest. This time, even just getting a nomination is a tremendous joy for us in Nanning."
"If you were to actually win, then Nanning, besides being known as a tourist city and an animal city, would also have the hometown of a Nobel laureate. This would greatly contribute to the development of Nanning's cultural endeavors."
"Also, if Director Yang ever wins such an international award in the future, please don't casually give it up! Just contact us about travel expenses, and we'll cover everything."
Heaven knows how Nie Feng and the other leaders of Nanning felt when they learned that Yang Lin was going to give up his Nobel Prize nomination.
Almost immediately upon hearing the news, they arranged for Nie Feng, Director Nie, who had the best relationship with Yang Lin, to persuade him.
When he learned that Yang Lin was concerned about travel and accommodation costs, he was dumbfounded.
It was only after he finally managed to persuade Yang Lin that he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"I'm really impressed by Director Yang. It's just 50,000 yuan, and he could have earned it back while making this call."
As he spoke, Nie Feng hung up the phone.
On the other end, Yang Lin was not paying much attention to this matter at the moment.
With the system recently upgraded, he had too many new functions to experiment with.