Chapter 119 Interview with a Beautiful College Student
Chapter 119 Interview with a Beautiful College Student
Yang Wendong also knew that he was invited for this reason, so he smiled and said, "Miss Bai, the inventor of this Rubik's Cube is unwilling to show up, but you can ask me if you have any questions."
It’s not that Yang Wendong likes to keep a low profile, but he is not suitable to be the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, let alone the one who cracks it.
If he makes sticky notes, mouse traps, or some other gadgets that make life more convenient, he can confidently tell others that they were invented by him. Even if others find it incredible, they will not absolutely disbelieve it, because some people are just gifted in certain areas, so it makes sense.
But there are complex mathematical logic formulas inside the Rubik's Cube, and its basic conditions may be known to many people in the future. It is obviously impossible to invent something like the Rubik's Cube, let alone discover the mathematical formula to restore its original color.
Anyway, with his identity in the future, it doesn’t matter who invented the Rubik’s Cube.
"Why don't you show up?" Bai Yujie asked in confusion, "This invention is very interesting, right?"
Yang Wendong shrugged and said, "That's what they ask for. I need to respect them, don't I?"
"Okay." Bai Yujie thought for a moment and asked, "So, you don't know how to restore the Rubik's Cube either?"
"I know." Yang Wendong said with a faint smile: "But I still can't tell you. This is our company's business secret."
The promotion of the Rubik's Cube is his first step into the toy business. When he has the resources in the future, he will offer a global reward to indirectly promote the popularity of the Rubik's Cube. At this time, he will not tell anyone how to restore the Rubik's Cube.
"Is that also the restoration method invented by the person who invented the Rubik's Cube?" Bai Yujie asked again.
Yang Wendong thought about it and said, "I guess so."
Originally in history, the Hungarian professor who invented the Rubik's Cube seemed to have the ability to restore the Rubik's Cube in the early days, but it is difficult to verify.
Bai Yujie felt a little sorry and said, "Mr. Yang, there are a group of people who really like the Rubik's Cube on the HKU campus. I guess they all want to know who is so awesome."
"Are there many people like this?" Yang Wendong thought for a moment and asked again.
Although he had some rough information about the people who purchased the items within the school, he had no idea whether these people would play with the items for a long time or just throw them away after playing for a while.
This is very important. Although people who have bought it will not buy it again regardless of whether they like it or not, as long as there are many former buyers, when they often take it out to play with it in the future, it can further promote the Rubik's Cube invisibly, which is beneficial.
It’s just like selling a car. Even if the person who bought it won’t buy it again in the next ten years, if it receives rave reviews or even gets recommendations from the car owner, it will inevitably affect the purchasing intentions of other potential customers in the future.
Bai Yujie replied: "Not many, but some science students who are good at it seem to be obsessed with it, and often study it when they have nothing to do.
Most people, on the other hand, probably just want to try to see if they can get the 10,000 yuan bonus."
"That's normal." Yang Wendong nodded.
The Rubik's Cube is not a toy for playing, but a test of people. Its own characteristics make only a small number of people like it.
Even though it was so popular in the previous life, it was mainly because parents wanted their children to be successful and wanted to use it to train their children. It was also a means of competition among people.
These two points will be the main routes for the promotion of magic in the future.
Bai Yujie added: "However, many people now doubt that this Rubik's Cube is impossible to restore. More and more people doubt it and think that it is impossible for anyone to get the 10,000 yuan prize."
Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "The Rubik's Cube originally had six sides and six colors, but it was tinkered with to create a completely different color layout.
But if you look at it this way, theoretically, as long as you remember each step and then go back in reverse, you can recover? That should be correct, right? "
After listening to this, Bai Yujie also felt that it made some sense, and then asked: "But so many different color positions...?"
Yang Wendong took out a Rubik's Cube from his bag and said as he spun it, "Even though there are billions of different positions, they all started with the original six sides and six colors.
That is to say, any different position can be turned back again."
"Well..., that being said." Bai Yujie was also a little hesitant and said, "But what can be done in theory may not necessarily be done.
Maybe in one state, continuous rotation can restore the original state of six sides and six colors, but it is impossible to restore it in any state. "
Although I am not very proficient in mathematics, I still have some understanding of basic exponential functions. A Rubik's Cube has 9 small squares, 6 faces are 54, and 6 to the power of 54 is a number that is unimaginably large.
Of course, because there are only 9 of each color, and the Rubik's Cube structure may also have some limitations, it is not simply 6 to the 54th power. It is definitely much smaller, but for ordinary people, it is still an infinite number ∞.
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Then you watch carefully. Now I will recover."
As he spoke, his hands moved quickly, and the Rubik's Cube kept changing its position in his hands.
Bai Yujie stared at the Rubik's Cube. In her incredible eyes, one side of the Rubik's Cube soon turned yellow.
"You... so fast?" Bai Yujie couldn't believe it. It was too fast. It was less than half a minute!
Even if she gave it to her sister, it would take a long time to restore the six sides of the Rubik's Cube, which had a mess of colors. Even so, it was still full of uncertainty. Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Let's do it again. Watch carefully."
His hands started moving again. He first shuffled the colors of the Rubik's Cube, then paused and motioned for Bai Yujie to see.
After that, the Rubik's Cube kept turning in his hands, which made Bai Yujie feel incredible. How could he have such a dexterous hand and move so fast...
Five minutes later, the Rubik's Cube successfully returned to its original state with 6 sides and 6 colors.
"Is this...really possible?" Bai Yujie looked at the Rubik's Cube in front of her with her eyes wide open. She didn't know what to say.
Yang Wendong naturally took the initiative to break the silence and said modestly: "I haven't practiced for a long time, and my hands are a little loose."
"Can you go faster?" Bai Yujie asked.
"Of course." Yang Wendong nodded.
The Rubik's Cube is a super difficult problem in this era, but in previous lives, many people knew about it.
A professional master can restore a Rubik's Cube in any state to its original state within tens of seconds; a master who practices frequently can generally control it within two minutes.
Yang Wendong had practiced this specially in his previous life, and then he went to tease girls. He was not very skilled, but he had remembered the recovery method.
Therefore, now that he had traveled through time and had some money, he made the Rubik's Cube. Otherwise, if he himself did not have a way to restore it, it would be very difficult to convince others that it could be restored.
Originally in history, the Rubik's Cube became popular because a large number of people tried to challenge it in the early days and failed. Later, when the restored mathematical formula was created, many people bought it. Later, when many people knew how to play the Rubik's Cube, some competitions began to be held. Together, these various reasons made the Rubik's Cube eventually a household name.
Therefore, in the early stage, many highly educated people were lured to challenge it, and then the formula was popularized when it was almost done. This was the method that Yang Wendong was preparing to promote the Rubik's Cube, or it was cracked by a powerful person in the 60s, which was also acceptable.
"Then..." Bai Yujie thought for a moment and asked, "So you're offering a reward of HK$10,000 not to solve the problem, but to promote the product?"
“The summary is very accurate, you are worthy of being a student of HKU.” Yang Wendong said with a smile.
If the problem is not magnified, the Rubik's Cube will not be sold at all. Only when many people fail in the challenge will it arouse the interest of another group of people. Otherwise, if the answer is announced now, it may be boring.
Just like in love, success may make you excited for a while, but you will soon get used to it, and even losing it doesn’t matter. But if you don’t get it, then you will be very passionate; of course, this also has to have a time limit, and it can’t be too long.
Bai Yujie nodded and said, "I understand, but I have a question.
Although I saw you restore the Rubik's Cube with my own eyes, I can't prove that you restored the Rubik's Cube. If I publish what happened today in the school newspaper, I'm afraid few people will believe it. "
"That's true, but that's the fact." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "You can't let me go on live TV, right? Not many people know about our Rubik's Cube right now."
"The Rubik's Cube is now very famous in the University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong has also started to have some." Bai Yujie paused and said, "Your goal has been achieved. The next step is to prepare to promote it to the whole of Hong Kong."
"Why are you asking this?" Yang Wendong asked back.
"Curious." Bai Yujie smiled cunningly.
Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "I can't tell you this. I came to see you so that you can write a report and promote the Rubik's Cube in the university.
But I can’t tell you the company’s secrets.”
After listening to this, Bai Yujie said, "Yes, I'm sorry, I really shouldn't ask this kind of question. Maybe I want to be a reporter for the school newspaper, so I want to ask more questions that can attract the readers' interest."
"It's okay, you are still young after all." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "There is still a lot to learn in the future."
After listening to this, Bai Yujie thought seriously. Yang Wendong, on the other hand, continued to eat the food in the HKU cafeteria. It tasted really good.
After a while, Bai Yujie also took a few bites of food and said, "Mr. Yang, you really didn't go to college? I think you know a lot."
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "We are about the same age. If I went to college, wouldn't that mean I went earlier than your sister?
In fact, society is a better school. You will know it later. School is just a small internship place for you rich kids before entering the society. "
PS: I have a question. Many book friends have reported that the name Bai Yujie is easy to arouse people’s imagination. So why not change the name?
What should I change? The two characters "白玉" remain unchanged. Please give me some suggestions later. Since there are not many plots now, it will be easier for me to change them.
Old readers of the previous book know that I am not very good at writing about female characters and their daily lives. I feel awkward writing about them. I will write a little bit about this book in the early stages. If everyone thinks it is okay, I will write a little bit (not much). If everyone thinks it is very bad, I will just briefly mention it in the future.
Shame on you~
(End of this chapter)