Although Rao Wenyi did not want the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to get involved.

But there is still nothing wrong with the reception of the Hubei Archaeological Institute.

The staff who came to pick up the airport in advance, after picking up the group from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, arranged a bus for them, and took everyone straight to Phoenix Mountain outside the city.

On the way, Kong Jianwen and others also learned about the hot search on Weibo on the Lajia site one after another, and they all turned out a few manuscripts and read them.

The content is basically the same, blowing about the long history of Chinese culture, sighing for the great discovery of the Lajia ruins, giving Huaxia the conclusion that the noodle originated country to cover the coffin, and finally praising a wave of archaeologists, especially Chen Han.

After carefully reading a few articles, Professor Li concluded: "Well, it should be the handiwork of the state. ”

"In the past ten years, there have been no very heavyweight discoveries in the archaeological community, and now it is difficult to come up with a Lajia site, which should create momentum."

The past decade has been a decade of rapid development of the Internet, but the archaeological community has obviously eaten this network dividend.

In other academic circles, there are more or less several heavyweight sensational discoveries every year, which are watched by the public and become a phenomenon-level hot topic on the Internet.

But archaeology is more lackluster.

The more sensational discoveries were all made in the first decade of the last century or the new century.

For example, Sanxingdui, which has been excavated since 86.

For example, the Mawangdui Han Tomb unearthed in 72 is the one where Mrs. Xin Chai was unearthed.

Another example is the Loulan beauty unearthed in 80.

At that time, these great discoveries also dominated the front pages of newspapers around the world and were hotly discussed by the public.

I don't know how many people decided to apply for archaeology and became a part of the field of archaeology just after seeing these archaeological discoveries.

However, since the beginning of the new century, such sensational discoveries have become less and less.

Recently, a more sensational and well-known archaeological discovery among the public, that is, the tomb of Cao Cao discovered in 09, which caused heated discussions among the public at that time.

Since then, there have been no shocking discoveries in the archaeological community in the last decade or so.

Of course, the "shock" here refers to something that can arouse heated discussions among the public, that is, it must be topical.

In the past decade or so, various Neolithic sites have been excavated, and it is common to see newspapers, and some of them are important to the academic community, but they have not been able to trigger public discussion.

Including the Lajia site, if it were not for the unearthing of this bowl of noodles from 4,000 years ago, only the discovery of a late Neolithic site, even if this is the first disaster site in China, it is of great significance to the field of scientific research, and it will not cause public discussion.

Because there is nothing topical about it, and there are no "well-known" historical figures.

The public must not have the time to go through those boring archaeological reports, and cannot understand the significance of some Neolithic discoveries.

Even many people don't even know what the Neolithic period is.

The effect is far less interesting than that of "finding Cao Cao's tomb".

Now that there is finally a "noodle from 4,000 years ago", which is quite topical and can increase the sense of national honor and self-confidence, how can the top not pay attention to it?

Even if no one pays attention to it at the beginning, there will be someone behind it to promote the momentum and force the hot spots!

"The ancestors are really awesome, they were able to make noodles with millet four thousand years ago, and now we don't know how to make them!"

"What era is the Neolithic period, is there a big science popularization!"

"The team led by expert Chen Han is also awesome, in the face of the doubts of the academic community, they directly reproduced a bowl and slapped countless people in the face!"

"What a classic slap in the face is this! But why do I still feel so good! ”

"This expert Chen is young, handsome, and so powerful, it's incredible, look at the report, he is a doctoral student!"

"Hey, hey, I've always wanted to find an elegant scholar boyfriend, and Chen Han will be my standard for finding a boyfriend in the future!"

"Now that I sign up for the Department of Archaeology, will I still have time to become a colleague with Chen Han?"

"Urgent, which school has the lowest score in the archaeology department, I will take the college entrance examination this year!!"

"Sure enough, all the handsome ones have been handed over to the state, when will the country allocate boyfriends, I won't pick them, Chen Han will do it!"

"I am Jiang Feng, a well-known matchmaker, and I am not convinced by anyone! If you want to contact me on a blind date with Chen Han, you must be online within a month, the number of places is limited, sign up as soon as possible! ”

In the Weibo comment area of related news reports, there are all kinds of sand sculpture netizens, and the demons are dancing.

But Kong Jianwen still read all the popular comments seriously.

It wasn't until everyone was about to arrive at the excavation site of the ancient tombs of Phoenix Mountain that Kong Jianwen put down his mobile phone, turned his head and said meaningfully to Chen Han, who was sitting in the back row: "Xiao Chen, you are lucky." ”

"I see, the top should be trying to push a star archaeologist out."

"And this candidate may be you."

"Huh?!" Chen Han pointed at himself with a confused expression, not understanding what the teacher meant.

The other people in the car also looked at Kong Jianwen with puzzled faces.

"In the past, when the media did archaeological news reports, they would not put more ink on the archaeologists behind them, let alone put photos on them."

"But in the news of the Lajia site this time, the part that introduces Xiao Chen occupies a lot of space in the report."

"And it's not an article, almost all the big media news focuses on Xiao Chen."

Kong Jianwen had an expression that saw through everything, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing. ”

"In the past two years, Tsinghua University didn't suddenly explode a professor of academic science, which ruthlessly brought a wave of exposure to the Chinese mathematics community."

"Because of his influence, there were nearly twice as many candidates who applied for the mathematics department in the college entrance examination that year!"

"You know, this is the age of the Internet, it's an era of entertainment."

"The public is more willing to pay attention to the entertainment industry, celebrities, and Internet celebrities than to academic things."

"Anyone who can gain fame on the Internet will definitely have a far greater influence on the Internet than academics."

"It just so happens that the sudden explosion of Professor Wei at Tsinghua University on the Internet has inspired many people."

"It's no longer the time to bury your head in academics, it's an era when the smell of wine is afraid of deep alleys!"

"The academic circle can't be static, since Professor Wei's explosion can improve the public's enthusiasm and understanding of mathematics, then other academic fields can also try to learn from it."

"And compared to other academic fields, our archaeology is the most urgent!"

"Our archaeology is becoming more and more unpopular now, and in the past ten years, none of the top liberal arts students in all provinces across the country have applied for the archaeology department."

"The number of liberal arts students who apply for archaeology is also the lowest among all literature and history majors!"

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that in a few years, there may be no fresh blood, and the future of Chinese archaeology is in jeopardy!"

"Therefore, in the past two or three years, everyone has been thinking about how to promote archaeology to the public and make the public interested, and the focus is to make young people like archaeology and join the archaeological family."

"Since the target group is young people, it is necessary to use means that young people can accept and like."

"For example, through the influence of star scholars and the role model effect, to influence young people."

"In our archaeological community, if there is a suitable candidate, it can also create a star scholar!"

"No, you just appeared, it's just dozing off and sending pillows."

"He is handsome, and he is the discoverer of the world's earliest noodle excavations."

"Young, topical, able to attract fans, and has all the conditions to become a star scholar."

"I plan to see if I can make you famous, so as to attract and awaken the interest of young people in the field of archaeology."

"It's best to drive the application rate of the Department of Archaeology!"

"For the time being, the effect is quite good!"