August 7, England, London.
The Asian Pokémon product exhibition had rotated to Tokyo for its venue, while the world-wide Pokémon World Expo this time fell on the world's foremost financial center, London, to host.
The Pokémon World Expo was about to begin, and people from all over the world converged here.
On May 1, 1851, the first-ever World Fair was held in England, themed around international industry. Since the appearance of secret locations, Pokémon-themed world expos have also emerged among various domain themes.
And they occur even more frequently than other themed world expos.
Take the Pokémon product exhibitions, for instance—they are a new format that derived, typically held annually.
As a fair inclined towards professional academia and competitive events, and with fewer participating companies, it also has a relatively short duration, generally not exceeding a week.
Upon arriving in London, the first thing Fang Yuan needed to do was to prepare for an interview.
An interview from The Pokémon Alliance.
This interview had been arranged a week prior, and while he could decline other interviews, the one from The Pokémon Alliance was quite important.
The main content of the interview would likely revolve around the concept of Beauty Degree, as well as the research achievements that the Glamour Contest Company and Fang Yuan were set to display at the conference.
The shockwave caused by the multiple papers on the concept of Beauty Degree that Fang Yuan published was more substantial than he had imagined.
Fang Yuan had made many bold speculations, which were merely pure conjecture; he had no intention whatsoever of verifying them.
However, the outside world didn't see it that way; some even believed that Fang Yuan would casually confirm several conjectures from his papers during the conference to astonish the world.
Facing such opinions, Fang Yuan felt rather tormented—it was simply overthinking... but they guessed quite accurately, as he really did prepare to showcase world-shocking technology this time.
Of course, it had nothing to do with Beauty Degree.
On the day of the interview, inside the Crystal Palace in London, United Kingdom, Fang Yuan met the interview team from The Pokémon Alliance.
The journalist who interviewed Fang Yuan was a professionally dressed, beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, named Morleen, whose fluent Chinese was more accurate and articulate than a smartphone-operated Rotom.
[Rotom: ?]
Ever since the Little Phoenix King Cup, Fang Yuan had been interviewed far too many times already. He was extremely used to the interview process, which did not cause him much nervousness, even though this time the interview team came from The Pokémon Alliance.
Morleen revealed a professional smile, and after some cordial small talk, they dove right into the main issues.
"I think many people are quite curious about one question, Researcher Fang Yuan, you are merely a sophomore student, but you have achieved remarkable success in various fields. As a 19-year-old senior researcher, what do you think is the reason for your success?"
Instead of starting with professional issues, Morleen opened the discussion with a question that laypeople were most concerned about and that insiders would also be curious about.
"Just as many celebrities have said, they don't have any special talents, just an exceedingly strong curiosity. The desire for knowledge, curiosity—that is the foundation of everything. I am the same; all research results come from following one's curiosity," Fang Yuan nonchalantly lied.
"However, as I understand it, Researcher Fang Yuan, you do not have a fixed research team and are currently pursuing your studies. How are you able to efficiently turn a curious exploration process into mature research findings?"
"It's not just me alone, but this involves an indispensable partner in my research process, a Pokemon, which is also my research assistant."
"The credit for my achievements today, at least more than half of it, goes to my phone Rotom. I believe everyone should be familiar with phone Rotom..."
Fang Yuan extravagantly praised phone Rotom.
"In summary, as long as you have strong enough curiosity and a reliable research assistant like phone Rotom, you can become a researcher just like me."
Fang Yuan subconsciously gave Sister Xie a wave of promotion and additionally called out Rotom to appear on camera. Without Rotom, Fang Yuan would have had to spend at least five to ten more years studying to have a chance of perfecting research results like the Beauty God Perfume and Fossil Revival Techniques.
Rotom was moved; it finally got the recognition it deserved...
Morleen smiled slightly and after chatting for a while, she brought up another key question.
"The concept of Beauty Degree that you proposed involves multiple domains and you've also made numerous speculations, including the possibility of Beauty Degree evolution beyond Milotic. Currently, many people on the internet are concerned about whether you will demonstrate applications of the Beauty Degree concept in other fields at this conference..."
"What do you think about the statement that 'The Glamour Contest Company is very likely to use the Beauty Degree concept to announce new evolution pathways at the London World Expo'?"
Fang Yuan said with a smile, "I did say that, but unfortunately, those are future plans of the Glamour Contest Company and will not be shown too soon. If everyone is curious, you can keep an eye on the Glamour Contests, but it won't be this time..."
"So, you're saying that the exhibition this time, compared to the Tokyo World Expo, won't have too much change, right?"
"Yes, but a new version of the Beauty Value Detection Device will be launched. At that time, visitors are welcome to use this device to measure their Pokemon's Beauty Degree value."
Morleen was obviously surprised. The Glamour Contest Company, which proposed the concept of Beauty Degree and showcased related products, was undoubtedly one of the highlight enterprises at the London World Expo. Even if Fang Yuan turned any speculation from his paper into a real result and displayed it at this Expo, it would cause a tremendous stir. However, Fang Yuan gave it up?
Are these speculations just conjectures? Or is it really because of the company's special planning, not suitable for premature exposure?
"Oh, by the way, at this Expo, the Glamour Contest Company will showcase a new product different from the Beauty Degree concept, which you may look forward to," Fang Yuan revealed with a smile.
"Believe me, it's an invention greater than the Beauty God Perfume."
............
Half an hour passed, and the conversation moved from light to deep, completing the interview.
Some contents of the interview were made public even before the start of the London Expo.
Fang Yuan stated that the Glamour Contest Company would not present new Beauty Degree concept products at this Expo, which disappointed many people.
However, even more people were looking forward to the "invention greater than the Beauty God Perfume" mentioned by Fang Yuan.
Online, people from various countries also discussed the interview.
The power of science is truly magnificent: Hey buddy, this Researcher Fang Yuan actually says he has an invention greater than the Beauty God Perfume. I bet it's fake, I swear to God, the Beauty Degree concept is the most touching discovery, just like the pie made by Aunt Susan next door.
The dark allure: Such a high-profile interview...such remarks...I smell a big event.
Xiao Shuangjiang: Another interview? But I was the first to sob sob sob sob sob.