Chapter 2163 On the Significance of the Birth of the Award
Of course, Duroute still did not answer everyone's questions. His eyes were still clear, his face was still calm, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
He glanced at everyone, and said with a smile on his face: "Since everyone wants to know the reason, then I will tell you."
"First of all, I want everyone to understand that the Breakthrough Prize is not a commercial award in essence, but academic in nature."
"And the meaning of its birth is to honor those who have made contributions to academics."
"Its roots lie in academics! Only when it is rooted in academics can it survive."
At this point, Durut paused, and then continued: "But what I want to say is that so far, the Science Breakthrough Prize has been infected with too much commercial atmosphere."
"In the long run, this will inevitably cause a great loss to the gold content of the award."
"Just imagine how an award can survive if it loses its gold content!"
"Everyone can think about it, how much has the number of participants in our awards decreased compared to when it was first held in [-]?"
What is the most important thing about an award?
Nothing else but gold content!It is the lifeblood of the award.
If an award has no gold content, then it must not last long!
Now, the Breakthrough Prize is facing such a dilemma.
Its commercial atmosphere is too strong, which leads to the weakening of academic atmosphere.
If things go on like this, it will inevitably be eliminated and replaced by other awards.
"This……"
Hearing Durut's words, everyone's face sank instantly.
It is undeniable that although Durute's words are ugly, they are very reasonable.
Compared with [-], when the "Science Breakthrough Prize" was held for the first time, more than [-] scholars participated.
And so far, the number of participants of this year's "Science Breakthrough Award" has only reached [-]!
Although, with the reduction in the number of winners, the odds of the remaining winners will also increase significantly.
This is of course a good thing for the rest of the people.
But that's not the case for the award as a whole.
The number of participants is also a measure of the gold content of an award.
If there are no competitors for an award, what is the need for this award?
No!
Absolutely not!
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help frowning.
quiet!
Deathly quiet!
The entire venue fell silent as if someone had pressed the mute button.
At this moment, even the sound of breathing disappeared...
1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes... half an hour...
It was not until more than half an hour later that someone broke the silence in the venue.
"Professor Durut, can Qin Luo be able to turn around the situation by letting Qin Luo participate in this award?" Someone in the crowd asked.
For a while, everyone's attention was focused on Durute. They wanted to see what kind of answer Durute would make.
But to their surprise, Durut shook his head!
Reversing the trend?
To be honest, it can't.
Duroute shook his head and said, "To be honest, it can't!"
No... can't!
As soon as this statement came out, people were instantly stunned.
This guy, since he can't, why is Durut talking so much?Do you think it's okay to talk nonsense?