Chapter 167: You Really Have To Believe In Science! Feels Like We’ve Been Set Up!
The director’s sudden look of shock left Yang Mi and Huo Jianhua both stunned.
Yang Mi subconsciously asked, “Director, what’s wrong?”
The director reflexively said, “Quite a few people are saying that in that video, the Chen Family Head wasn’t using wire fu.”
Hearing this, everyone was surprised.
The martial arts instructor was even more in disbelief. “How could that not be wire fu? I’ve been in this line of work for so long I can tell with one glance if it’s wire fu, okay?”
The director explained, “Someone posted a scene video, and more than one person has posted it.”
As he spoke, he had already opened the scene video posted in the comment section by the Chen Clan tourists to show the others.
Yang Mi and Huo Jianhua leaned in to watch the video. From this scene video it was clear that the person filming was watching from outside a shooting courtyard, while inside they were filming those people including the Chen Family Head.
And in the video, those people including the Chen Family Head really did not have any wire fu, especially when they saw the Chen Family Head bringing a girl down from the rooftop; there was no safety setup on him at all.
This left the two of them shocked.
Huo Jianhua in particular felt a bit awkward. So with wire fu, he still could not compare to the Chen Family Head without wire fu?
The martial arts instructor was completely dumbfounded. “This defies common sense; it’s impossible.”
Online, as the Yang Mi crew’s video was released, it sent the 《umbrella-descent》 topic’s popularity soaring once again, and it was skyrocketing.
After all, a big celebrity like this naturally draws more attention than an internet celebrity.
Because of this, the video of Chen Han and the few girls was being noticed by more and more people.
At first, everyone thought it was wire fu. After all, the Chen Family Head’s jump down from the rooftop was even more casual and cool than the original Wong Fei-hung carrying Thirteenth Aunt.
Without wire fu, even if the Chen Family Head could leap over walls and run along eaves like before, there was no way he could pull that off, right?
Now they were being told that what the Chen Family Head used was not wire fu.
Are you kidding? Is the Chen Family Head’s lightness skill really that good?
With that, the popularity exploded even more.
Many people started tagging Chen Han and left comments under various videos, their words full of disbelief.
“The Chen Family Head said he believes in science, and then turns around and shows us this kind of lightness skill, huh?”
“Damn, I’m numb. You’re telling me with the combined weight of two people there was no wire fu?”
“Chen Family Head, was there really no wire fu?”
“……”
As the popularity grew, more and more people were drawn into the discussion.
Zuo Yi was a professor of physics at Peking University. Normally at this hour, after glancing at the news, he would be getting ready to sleep.
But tonight he found that his student group chat was strangely lively. He originally thought they were discussing some academic problem; when he opened it, he saw they were actually arguing over an internet celebrity video, and some had even tagged him.
He subconsciously opened the video, and saw a young man with his arm around a girl’s waist, holding an umbrella as they gracefully dropped from a rooftop more than six meters high.
He immediately frowned.
Because this completely violated physical principles.
The two of them must weigh at least 120 kilograms together, right?
One umbrella, a six-meter height, 120 kilograms pulling downward, and there is absolutely no way it would look like that.
The key was that a video that violated physical principles like this was being worshiped by so many people, and some were even openly claiming that this internet celebrity was not using wire fu.
He felt that hype was hype, but this kind of unscientific hype was going too far.
If people really believed that this internet celebrity called the Chen Family Head was not using wire fu, and believed you could do this with just an umbrella, there would be problems.
If some ignorant, naive person took an umbrella and tried it…
There might not be many people that foolish, but undeniably, such people do exist.
After all, even a cartoon like Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf has been reported for being too bloody.
At first, he also felt that was excessive, but then later he saw that some kids really tied others to a tree and burned them, imitating the wolf being tied up and burned, leaving their classmates burned…
There’s just no way to reason with that.
Whether or not they were imitating Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, or just naughty children using any excuse they could grab and making the cartoon take the blame, the fact is, it really happened.
There really are people who do not know you cannot tie someone to a tree and burn them.
So he took out his mobile phone and recorded a video.
He sometimes explained science to online viewers.
Facing the mobile phone lens, he said, “Hello everyone, I’m Zuo Yi. I was about to read some news and go to bed, when I saw the students in our group discussing the video of internet celebrity Chen Family Head using an umbrella to descend from a rooftop over six meters high.”
“Some students tagged me to ask about the principle behind it, so I’ll say a couple of things. There is no physical principle supporting this. First of all, based on the combined body weight of the two people and the structure of the umbrella, it’s impossible.”
“That Chen Family Head is holding someone; their total weight definitely reaches around 120 kilograms. Combined with gravitational acceleration from a six-meter fall, the impact is huge. It is beyond what the structure and material of an umbrella can bear.”
“Most ordinary umbrellas use ribs made of metal （such as iron or steel） or plastic. Plastic ribs have low load-bearing capacity and usually can only support the weight of the umbrella fabric plus a small amount of wind force （of about a few kilograms）. Metal ribs （especially thickened steel ribs） are a bit stronger and may bear 10 to 20 kilograms of force, but they are designed to resist wind and rain, not to carry a human body.”
“Moreover, the core design of everyday umbrellas is to provide shade and keep off rain, not to bear loads. The joints between umbrella ribs （such as rivets and plastic pieces） are very likely to break under excessive force. So the scenario in the video is completely unscientific and unreasonable.”
“Some people might say that this Chen Family Head’s umbrella uses some special material. I’ll give another example: even professional high-altitude parachutes or wings with specially designed frameworks cannot withstand this kind of loading in that configuration, let alone the joint structure of a simple umbrella.”
“As for more advanced materials, with all due respect, they are not something someone like the Chen Family Head can obtain. Under normal circumstances, during such a fall, it would be normal for the umbrella to flip inside out.”
“Everyone should be rational and believe in science. Don’t promote things without scientific basis. Otherwise, when the popularity gets too high, some people will try to imitate, and accidents can happen.”
“So the Chen Family Head should come out and clarify this to avoid misleading people and causing irreparable consequences.”
After recording, he checked that there were no problems with the content, then uploaded it to Douyin and tagged the Chen Family Head.
A professor from Peking University posting such a video naturally drew a lot of attention. Compared with some so-called lightness skill, people still trusted scientific principles more.
Because this kind of monstrous lightness skill was something they themselves could not do; common sense said it was impossible, and they had never seen it in real life.
Besides, a Peking University professor is respected and reputable, and what he said sounded very reasonable. If you do not believe the professor, who do you believe?
So many people started tagging the Chen Family Head as well.
In his room, Chen Han naturally saw the prompts tagging him. Curious, he opened it and was surprised to find that he had been “science explained” again.
And this time it was by a Peking University professor.
This status would not be lower than that of Professor Wu. After all, it was Peking University, the school countless people charge toward in the college entrance examination.
Moreover, what this Professor Zuo said was logical and well-argued, even more convincing than Professor Wu.
The key thing was, after watching the video, even Chen Han felt it made sense. He knew how he had done it; it really was without wire fu.
But if those without self-knowledge, or ignorant people willing to do anything for popularity, tried to imitate it and ended up breaking a leg or something, it would indeed cause trouble.
So he repeated his old trick, opened Professor Zuo’s comment section, and typed: “Professor Zuo is right, everyone should believe in science!”
As the central figure of the incident, Chen Han commenting in Zuo Yi’s comment section instantly pushed this professor’s video to even more people’s attention.
And because this was a science explanation video tied to a trending topic, and giving correct guidance, Douyin would push the stream.
So more and more people saw the video, then saw Chen Han’s reply, and many also replied under Chen Han’s comment.
“Chen Family Head, if you hadn’t left a message, I really would have believed your lightness skill was that terrifying.”
“Haha, and those so-called on-site dogs saying there was no wire fu. Now the main guy has spoken. Let me tag that on-site dog.”
“Chen Family Head, let me tag someone who’s using your name to grandstand as an on-site freak!”
“……”
On the other side, Professor Wu had been feeling a bit dejected lately, because his application documents to research the Chen Clan’s lion head geese had been rejected by the leaders.
The reason was that there were no extra funds, and besides, as for what was going on with the Chen Clan’s lion head geese, had he not already explained it? Everyone already knew what it was.
Professor Wu felt terrible about this. He had deleted that “explanation” himself and no longer had any confidence in it. How could everyone still believe it?
The key was, the leaders were not laymen. Did they not know how unreliable his previous “science explanation” had been, yet they were now using it as an excuse?
If they were not going to approve it, fine, but did they have to insult him like that?
Feeling frustrated, he took out his phone and started scrolling videos, and happened upon that video of the Chen Family Head.
This person was trending again.
And this time, the content of the video truly surprised him.
If beast taming technique was hard to understand, then this kind of lightness skill was equally hard to understand.
Naturally, he soon saw the science explanation by that Professor Zuo from Peking University. As a fellow professor, he certainly understood that this explanation was quite reasonable.
But when he saw the Chen Family Head commenting under Professor Zuo’s video, why did it feel so familiar?
Of course, Zuo Yi, as the person involved, was very satisfied to see the Chen Family Head commenting under his own video, and replied, “Now everyone can understand, this is the truth. Videos can have wire fu edited out. The so-called scene video is no different from the one posted by the Chen Family Head.”
He had no idea that there really was no difference; it was just that the truth was the opposite of what he believed.
Meanwhile, in the Chen Clan, Wang Lili was dumbfounded. As an on-site freak, she was unhappy if she did not share and expose the truth. Seeing so many ignorant people online insisting that the Chen Family Head used wire fu, she had directly posted the scene video.
Her intention had been to shock those ignorant people, but she had never expected that in the end so many people would tag her and accuse her of grandstanding.
Were these people blind? Was her scene video not obvious enough?
But when she opened the links of those tagging her, and saw the Chen Family Head’s reply to Professor Zuo’s comment, she was completely stunned.
“The Chen Family Head is lying.” Wang Lili could hardly believe it. There was no wire fu at all, yet the Chen Family Head was blatantly lying.
So now she had become the clown grandstanding for attention?
Even though she was telling the truth.
What was wrong with these people?
Feeling regretful, she immediately tagged Xiao Mi, Lobster, Crooked Mouth Dragon King… those girls, wanting these female internet celebrities to come out and clarify the truth.
She did not believe that if the Chen Family Head lied, these girls would all lie too.
In fact, under this kind of popularity, Xiao Mi, Lobster, Crooked Mouth Dragon King… these girls had already noticed. They were actually the biggest beneficiaries, all gathered in Xiao Yu’s courtyard brewing Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, drinking this wondrous tea while watching the stats.
Lobster suddenly said, “Someone tagged me, saying there was no wire fu in our video and no one believes it!”
Little Celestial also said, “I was tagged too.”
Crooked Mouth Dragon King nodded. “Me too.”
They took a look at the situation and roughly understood what was going on. This was also the first time that just by filming a video, they had attracted a science explanation from a Peking University professor.
The key question: was this professor not a bit too confident and too full of himself?
They were participants, so of course they knew the Chen Family Head absolutely had no wire fu.
But they had also seen the Chen Family Head’s reply to that professor.
About believing in science.
They were not stupid. In a situation like this, going with the flow was the smartest choice. So they went into the professor’s video comment section and left messages as well:
Lobster: “Of course there was wire fu, otherwise how could we come down from the roof like that?”
Crooked Mouth Dragon King: “Yeah, the Chen Family Head’s wire fu skills are amazing.”
Innate Unwidowed Saint Body: “Yes, there was wire fu. Everyone should believe in science!”
Little Celestial: “There was wire fu, don’t grandstand, everyone believe in science!”
…
As the girls posted their comments, they suddenly found it all very amusing. Really, even though there had been no wire fu and they knew the truth, they deliberately echoed everyone about believing in science.
It gave them a god’s-eye-view feeling, with everyone else kept in the dark. Haha.
But suddenly, they thought of something: after coming here, they had watched a lot of Chen Clan videos.
The Chen Family Head often said to believe in science.
Especially about the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall and praying for blessings and healing. Back then someone had posted a video, and in the end the Chen Family Head had also said to believe in science, and the one who posted the video got scolded for malicious editing and dubbing, too much.
All at once, they froze. Was this situation exactly the same?
Little Celestial subconsciously asked, “Did you all think of something?”
The girls nodded.
They realized that the earlier incident might have been just like this one.
So all of that was real?
Lobster subconsciously said, “It’s possible. The Chen Clan’s scar removal cream is so miraculous. Before, Xiao Yu gave me some and one of my scars really disappeared.”
This made the girls all stare at Xiao Yu in shock, their eyes burning, making Xiao Yu swallow nervously.
Crap, the feeling of being targeted.
On the other side, when Wang Lili saw these girls’ comments, she felt like coughing up blood.
Why was everyone lying?
Seeing more and more people tagging her, telling her to stop grandstanding, she suddenly wondered if she had been set up.
Next door, an annoyed voice came through the wall: “Damn it, are you kidding me? I’m telling the truth. That video wasn’t edited at all, but these idiots insist on calling it edited and insist the Chen Family Head used wire fu…”
Hearing this, Wang Lili felt a bit better. Apparently, she was not the only one set up.
At the same time, she finally understood what it meant when they say everyone else is drunk and I alone am sober.
She knew the truth, but no one believed her when she spoke.
The truth was held only in the hands of a few.
Yang Mi and the others still had two final scenes to shoot that night, so after eating at the restaurant, they went back to the crew. They also saw the latest developments online.
This sudden reversal felt like a roller coaster. How did it suddenly become “there was wire fu” again?
The martial arts instructor could not help being excited. “I knew it, there was definitely wire fu. I saw right through it at a glance.”
Huo Jianhua also quietly breathed a sigh of relief. At least they were both using wire fu; even if he could not compare, it did not feel so crushing. If the other side really had no wire fu, that would have been a real blow.
Yang Mi’s scenes were after Huo Jianhua’s, so back on set she was still scrolling through videos on her phone. What shocked her was that she once again came across that video from the Chen Family Head.
And this video made her face twitch. Going for abstract humor again, huh?
But surely something like this could not possibly be real this time, right?
