The next morning, in the residential area near Yanbei University.
Like always, Zhang Hongcai got up punctually at 6:30 a.m., picked up his phone, and saw there were already 5 missed calls.
Qian Yuhai had made three calls, and Lu Changzheng had made two, which put Zhang Hongcai in a rather good mood.
Last night, out of the blue, he felt spirited enough to set his phone to Do Not Disturb mode, successfully screening out two bored individuals who kept odd hours and didn't rest at night.
They weren't always this obsessed.
But ever since that big shot from Princeton launched the watermark challenge, these two had fallen into a frenzy.
He suggested perhaps they should just call Xilin University of Technology and ask, but both of them vehemently rejected the idea! They claimed that results achieved through cheating were meaningless.
They were definitely both bonkers.
Especially since the first call Qian Yuhai made was at 4 o'clock in the morning.