Chapter 724
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On Monday morning, after Celeste finished a meeting and stepped out of the meeting room, her phone
rang.
It was a call from Matthias.
The moment she answered, Matthias said excitedly, “Cel, the winners of this year’s National Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award have been announced-you’re on the list. Congratulations!” 2
Celeste froze for a second before smiling. “Alright, I’ll check the official website in a bit.” ”
News of Celeste’s award quickly spread throughout the company as well.
Before Celeste even had the chance to look it up herself, Kieran and the others had already come over one after another to congratulate her.
Wynn and her family also found out about Celeste’s win almost immediately. 1
At first, the Lockets and Shaws didn’t really understand what this award meant. It wasn’t until they saw netizens praising Celeste and learned just how prestigious the award was that they started feeling rather
uncomfortable. 4
Furthermore, while discussing Celeste’s win, many netizens were also predicting that she would likely win the International Outstanding Young Researcher Award as well. 1
This was an award that very few people from the country had received over the years. Its prestige was exceptionally high.
And Celeste was only in her 20s. She had already won some national-level awards at such a young age. So, her future potential was practically limitless. 3
When netizens discussed the matter, they were doing it with obvious pride, eagerly waiting for the International Artificial Intelligence Conference to release the award winners.
Just as everyone had predicted, just two days later, the award winners were announced. And sure enough, Celeste had won.
Her name became trending on social media for some time.
However, Celeste had remained busy with her work. She had only heard about the online buzz through other people 2
Not long after the official announcement, Celeste received an invitation from the organizers to attend the award ceremony
Besides that, numerous media outlets wanted to interview her as well
So, Celeste was incredibly busy those few days
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Zachary was on a break on Saturday. So, he made plans to have a meal together with Theodore and Kael. He also invited Celeste and Matthias along.
When they saw Celeste, both Theodore and Kael smiled. “We heard about the awards. Congratulations.”
Celeste smiled lightly. “Thank you.”
After finishing the meal, they went to a cafe to have some tea and continue their chat.
Someone recognized them when they were there.
A staff member couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Newman, may I take a photo with all of you?”
Everyone agreed.
The staff member was visibly excited and couldn’t resist asking, as it was rare to run into so many prominent figures at once. “Can I post it online?”
Celeste and Matthias naturally didn’t mind. Meanwhile, Kael and Theodore also felt that there was nothing secretive about a private gathering.
Seeing how excited the staff member was, they said, “No problem. Go ahead.”
Seeing that Zavhary hadn’t spoken, the staff member looked at him. He didn’t particularly care either and replied, “Sure.”
Hearing that, the staff member happily posted their group photo online.
Not long after the photo was uploaded, it became a trending topic. Netizens were instantly shocked when they saw it.
“Wait, what is this? There are so many big shots in this one photo!”
“Some of them don’t even seem like they’re in the same social circle. They actually know each other?”
“As expected, big shots are friends with other big shots!”
Narcissa didn’t understand artificial intelligence, nor did she really grasp how prestigious Celeste’s awards were. 9
But seeing that Celeste actually knew so many influential figures still left her genuinely stunned.
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