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Chapter 81 The Price of Fame

What is Big Data?
Big data is probably in the study room of a large flat in the core area of ​​Linhai City, because the boy who just woke up had recently searched for Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition several times on his mobile phone, and often talked about the name Qiao Yu with his coach on WeChat.

So when he got up, picked up his phone and turned on D Sound, he saw the annoying guy talking big in front of the camera.

Then he silently finished watching all three videos, curled his lips, clicked on the DOU+ page of the last video, entered the number 20000 on the payment interface, paid casually, then put down his phone and opened the exercise book.

Big data is probably the little fat guy in Shuangqing City who marched and stood at attention for a long time, went home, took a shower, had a comfortable meal, and then went into the room, took out his mobile phone, opened a short video and wanted to relax. Then he saw that familiar figure, listened to those nonsensical words, and shouted "Fuck" three times.

Then he decisively clicked on the share button, opened WeChat group chats, and started spreading it everywhere to avoid being the only one who heard the unpleasant thing.

Big data is probably about a professor far away in Xiaozhou who was reading a question discussed in a student WeChat group. Suddenly, he saw Qiao Yu's name on a shared link. He subconsciously copied it and clicked on the D sound. After reading it, he frowned and wondered why this guy wanted to ask him whether he knew an international student named Feng at MIT more than ten years ago?
There is a story!
Big data probably means that some older young people with not so clean hearts clicked the red heart button with resentment and cursed after watching the video; another part even clicked on the comment area and wanted to leave something.

However, under the arrangement of the omnipotent big data, the comment section has been flooded with comments by many people who just want to have fun, with many complaints, causing the various complaints to be particularly scattered.

"You got the gold medal, you're right!"

"You're a junior high school student, you're right!"

"I've seen it all. This is definitely the worst time MIT has been slandered in China. By the way, is Xingtie No. 1 Middle School so abstract? Students don't even need to memorize words in advance for interviews?"

"Haha, people in Star City are lazy, so they don't bother to do anything fake."

“The two most innocent silver medalists in history are happy!

“MIT: No more videotaping during class!”

"The student from the Department of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University said that what he said is very right. If you know how to talk, please speak more next time!"

"So handsome, the pride of our Xingtie No. 1 Middle School!"

"The gold medal is not important, and whether it offends others is not important. It is important that our children have this confidence. Thumbs up to Qiao Yu."

"Foxnet cursed and left the group chat."

"Qiao Yu was discovered by our teacher Lan. Teacher Lan is our math teacher in the second year of high school and also teaches the Olympiad class. He is really a very nice person and his level is quite high."

……

In short, after the video was released, it became extremely popular thanks to the hype surrounding Xiao Libaba’s competition list yesterday.

For videos released by local official media like Xingcheng Morning News, many other local official media just gave a heads-up and used them directly.

With the help of big data, the entry about MIT commented by the Hua Xia Gold Award junior high school students even climbed to the top three of the social hot list in just one afternoon.

For the new media department of Xingcheng Morning Post, this is definitely an extremely outstanding achievement.

Almost all the KPIs for half a year were completed at one time.

The only pity is that Qiao Yu’s influence in the academic world is not that great. At least, this statement will most likely not be taken seriously by the famous university on the other side of the ocean.

Of course this is normal.

Not to mention a response, if anyone from MIT really comes out to talk about Qiao Yu, they will all lose.

Xingtie No. 1 Middle School also became popular again. Principal Zhang received several calls from higher authorities that day, most of which were praises.

There were even big guys above who specifically asked about Ranger's situation.

This is definitely a good thing for Ranger. At least his name is remembered by the higher-ups.

As for negative impacts, there may be some, but Zhang Tiejun feels that they are all within controllable range.

It turns out that in an era when everyone is tired of official jargon, there seems to be nothing wrong with a student who has not even entered high school saying something sincere in front of the camera.

At least the negative response was not as great as imagined. On the contrary, the vast majority of people viewed Qiao Yu's interview with an inclusive attitude.

Of course there were also people cursing, but the platform just deleted them directly and it didn’t cause any waves at all.

Many times, minors are really the best amulets.

However, Zhang Tiejun also decided to help Qiao Yu decline all subsequent interview invitations on the grounds that the school was about to open and teaching work needed to be carried out normally.

The school's reputation is already big enough now, and continuing to hype it up will only cause indigestion.

Of course, this is also a kind of protection for Qiao Yu.

Appropriate exposure can arouse children's sense of honor, but excessive exposure will only delay learning.

Especially since the provincial mathematics league is about to begin, Zhang Tiejun is really worried that the heated discussions online will affect Qiao Yu's state.

No matter how famous the Xiaolibaba International Mathematics Competition is and how professional the expert panel members are, it is still an informal competition spontaneously organized by the public. However, the National Mathematical Olympiad for Middle School Students is an officially recognized competition.

During his tenure, a child won the IMO gold medal, which is something he can brag about for the rest of his life.

……

After Qiao Yu’s interview video went viral, in addition to Xingtie No. 1 Middle School, some strange things also became popular by accident.

For example, algebraic number theory and decimal house.

The reason why the founder of this forum gave it such a niche and difficult to pronounce name was probably because he hoped to make full use of the openness of the Internet, save a lot of trouble, and not be disturbed by too many boring people.

But when Qiao Yu said it, there would always be some bored people who wanted to challenge their weaknesses.

The effect was very good. The small forum, which had only a few hundred people online at the peak, instantly welcomed a wave of traffic peaks. People in the front could still go in and take a look at the title of the post, and even click the registration button, and then they were shocked by the densely packed multiple-choice questions.

Then the whole forum collapsed...

But it doesn’t matter. The multiple-choice questions that must be completed if one wants to register on the forum have also been released by netizens.

The good news is that all questions are multiple-choice. The bad news is that the multiple-choice questions have been ruined by the people who set the questions on the forum.

For example, someone posted a question about the eligibility to apply for a decimal house online.

If positive irrational numbers α and β satisfy 1 / α + 1 / β = 1, the following sequence contains all positive integers without repetition or omission. The sequence is:
A: {nα∣n∈Z+}∪{nβ∣n∈Z+};

B: {n|n∈Z+};

C: {n+n2|n∈Z+};

D: {1/2(n(n+1))|n∈Z+};

E: {n(n1)|n∈Z+};

F: every positive integer plus its square;

What is the correct answer to this question? A, only A is correct; B, only B is correct; C, BDE are all correct; D, AB are all correct; E, only D and E are correct; F, all of the above are correct.

Obviously this kind of question is not that difficult, but it is really cheap!
There are fifty questions like this to be answered within thirty minutes, and no more than five mistakes can be made...

A group of math enthusiasts were defeated, but it attracted more math enthusiasts who wanted to challenge their weaknesses. Then, the small broken station survived with difficulty under the impact of wave after wave of the Internet.

The specific manifestation is that it has become extremely difficult for everyone to log into the forum these days, so there are a lot of complaints in various number theory group chats.

"That high school kid is enough!"

"I am devastated. The questions my instructor gave me are still posted on the forum. I can't log in now, and I can't delete them even if I want to. If my instructor suddenly gets the urge to check them out and finds me running to the decimal room for help, I'll be doomed."

"Don't worry, if you can't log in, your instructor certainly can't log in either."

"Hey, that Qiao Yu was just showing off on the forum, but he also crashed the forum. I suggest that the bigwigs in the mathematics community come together to ban him!"

"Banned? My professor praised Qiao Yu to the skies today! He also said that his judgment was so accurate and that MIT's math teaching is really a mess. He also asked us to learn from him and have his ability to identify and learn."

"Haha, I get it. Next time someone interviews me, I will definitely say that the mathematics department of Shuangdan University is the best in the world. Even Princeton is still our younger brother!"

"First of all, there has to be a serious media willing to interview you!"

"+1"

"+2"

……

Group chat ends at the queue.

Complaints aside, it turns out that when people try to discredit something, using the method of criticizing others is very effective. Naturally, many people will stand up to defend it.

If Qiao Yu had only said that MIT's math was bad, it would probably have only attracted a lot of unhappy people to come out and debate with him.

But Qiao Yu also listed a bunch of domestic and foreign universities whose mathematics disciplines are stronger than MIT. Many people really think that what this kid said is so right, and even regard him as a close friend.

Of course, these do not cause any trouble to Qiao Yu.

It was enough for him to be happy. Even if the outside world made a big fuss, the security guard at the gate of Xingtie No. 1 Middle School would do his best to protect him.

Yes, for Qiao Yu, after completing the interview, he has returned to normal life.

星铁一中高中部的安排是8月23号到31号军训九天，比初中要多三天。9月1号报到并召开高中部的开学典礼，二号开始正式上课。

Perhaps many self-media have heard that the school is undergoing military training, so the gate of Xingtie No. 1 Middle School has almost become a popular check-in spot during this period.

After all, if we could take a picture of Qiao Yu and just interview him for a sentence or two, wouldn’t that bring in traffic?
This is when it becomes clear how important it is for the security guard at the door to be experienced.

With just a few glances, he can distinguish the outsiders from the parents, and then start the loud voice to drive them away.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the security guard at the school gate is in his fifties and obviously not strong in physical combat.

But the phone in the security room has a powerful summoning function. After pressing the quick dial, at least two uncles in uniform arrived at the scene in a car with flashing lights in less than five minutes.

Usually by this time, outsiders would have been dispersed.

If you still don't know what's best for you, the car with flashing lights and special characters printed on its body will come over immediately.

Zhang Tiejun had considered these situations long ago and had informed the relevant departments of the school. As a provincial capital, Xingcheng is still very concerned about school safety. At least every day when going to and from school, there will be uncles on duty guarding the gate throughout the whole process.

Fortunately, as the military training progressed, the popularity of Qiao Yu on the Internet gradually subsided.

It only took two days. As the security guard at the gate's throat began to become hoarse, they started to eat Jinshengzi throat lozenges. No one wanted to block Qiao Yu and other classmates at the school gate anymore.

So even though Qiao Yu was a hot topic at the center of the Internet storm during this period, his life was not actually affected too much.

That is, during the daily military training, the class teacher and the instructor would take extra care of them, and would ask about their well-being from time to time in private, and even give them special greetings. For example, Qiao Yu was on the far right of the team, and when they stood at attention, the instructor would intentionally or unintentionally let the right row be under the shade of the trees.

Besides this, his classmates looked at him differently. When they were chatting, someone would always accidentally blurt out the word "great god". When they were sitting in a circle to take a break, the instructor would suggest that everyone show their talents, and there would always be a group of girls in the class who would urge Qiao Yu to step forward and perform one for everyone as an example.

Qiao Yu just felt overwhelmed.

Although he actually has many talents, most of them are inconvenient for him to show off - for example, how to cultivate the classmates around him to willingly call him dad.

Fortunately, after he was forced to sing a few songs, everyone gradually let him go.

Things will be a lot easier at home in the future.

With the end of military training, Xia Keke has also decided that after school starts on the 1st, she will start to get used to high school boarding life, and the dormitories have already been assigned.

Lao Xia and Liu Lu went to see the six-person dormitory in the new dormitory building. When they came back, they told everyone that the environment of Changjun headquarters was good. They also told their colleagues in the community that if they had houses in Xingcheng and wanted to live in Changjun headquarters, they had to enroll in the science and practice class.

Of course, whether this is praising the environment of Changjun headquarters or praising his daughter for being admitted to the science and practical class of Changjun headquarters is a matter of opinion to the listener.

Anyway, no matter what the adults were thinking, Qiao Yu was very happy for Xia Keke.

However, there was no other way Xia Keke could choose to live on campus.

The evening self-study get out of class for the first year of high school at Changjun Middle School ends at 10:20.

It takes about 20 minutes to get from the railway community to Changjun headquarters without traffic jams, but because the school is in the busiest area of ​​Xingcheng, it is difficult to avoid traffic jams. If you choose to take the bus or subway, it will take about half an hour.

At this time, let alone going upstairs, Qiao Xi was worried about Xia Keke going home alone.

In addition, Lao Xia and Liu Lu often cannot come back for several days in the car, and they cannot ask the elderly to pick them up and drop them off every day, not to mention that they have to be at school at 7:30 every morning from Monday to Friday, so living in the school becomes the only option.

But for Qiao Yu, it was good for Xia Keke to live on campus. This way, when school starts, no one will suddenly come and knock on the door at night. But then again, the study atmosphere in a prestigious school is there. When school really starts, when everyone is competing with each other in their studies, they probably won't have time to think about messy things.

In short, Qiao Yu was very satisfied that Xia Ke could enter the best class in the best middle school in Xingcheng based on his own ability.

What made him unhappy was that two days before the end of the military training, Principal Zhang suddenly came to him early in the morning.

"Qiao Yu, the school has decided to have you speak as a representative of the freshmen at the freshman ceremony on the 1st. Please prepare your speech in the next two days."

"No, Principal Zhang, didn't we agree before that I won't be allowed to speak? I can't stay in school for more than a few days. Let's leave this rare opportunity to other students."

"Well, I didn't want to force you. Your homeroom teacher did talk to many other students, such as Yao Qinxin in your class, but everyone felt that it was too stressful to have you in the class. So after comprehensive consideration, they still hope that you will be the freshman representative."

Qiao Yu looked at Principal Zhang without saying anything.

This reason sounds a bit like coaxing a child.

Qiao Yu simply didn't believe that the head teacher would definitely ask an active member of the class to be a representative of the freshmen, and they would disagree.

"Well, there are other considerations as well. Think about it, for things like the freshman convention, we must post some pictures and texts on the school's official account. The teachers in the political education department all think it would be better for you to be the freshman representative.

Think about it, when you grow up and become a famous person in the Chinese mathematics community, won’t the video and photos of this freshman conference become classics? You can use them repeatedly in the future, and it can be regarded as a souvenir for your alma mater.

I've said before that a handsome guy like you should show up in front of the camera more often. And you're good at it, right? "

After saying that, Zhang Tiejun raised his hand and patted Qiao Yu on the shoulder affectionately to encourage him.

Principal Zhang had said so much, and considering the bonus package the school had promised him before, Qiao Yu felt that he had to give him this face.

So he nodded and asked, "Well, I still have military training, can the speech be prepared at school?"

Zhang Tiejun glanced at Qiao Yu and spoke in a more friendly tone: "Of course you wrote the speech yourself! It's not that the school can't provide it, but if you let the teacher write it, don't you think it will be too artificial? It's meaningless!
You young people of the new era are the most thoughtful. I still say what I said last time, you can write boldly, speak boldly, I will take care of it for you. But you still have to let me see it first after you finish writing.

Besides, you got full marks in the composition section of the high school entrance exam, so writing a speech is a piece of cake for you? In this way, I will give you a day off for the next two days of military training, and your task is to prepare the speech for the freshman representative at home, how about that? "

Qiao Yu nodded reluctantly and said, "Well... okay. In fact, I would rather participate in military training with my classmates. After all, we are a group and should share weal and woe. But in order to write a high-quality freshman speech and not bring shame to the school, I have no choice but to not participate in the last two days of military training."

Zhang Tiejun smiled and raised his hand to pat Qiao Yu's shoulder again. He was a little addicted to this feeling, and felt that if he didn't pat Qiao Yu's shoulder more now, he would not have many opportunities to do so in the future.

After all, he is only fifteen years old, his IQ and EQ are so high, and he can be so shameless. I can only say that he has a bright future!
If it was another student, Zhang Tiejun would still be afraid that he would be too young and frivolous, which would lead to his being easily broken in the future. But for someone with a sponge body like Qiao Yu, he would only worry that this little guy would absorb too much ink, and if a little bit of it leaked out accidentally, it would stain the environment black.

"Okay, go home quickly. Remember to show me the speech after you finish writing it. Um, send it to me before 10 pm on the 31st."

"Don't worry, Principal Zhang. I may not pay attention to what others ask me to do, but I promise to complete the task you ask me to do!"

Zhang Tiejun nodded calmly after hearing this, then he naturally took out his cell phone from his pocket, pointed it at Qiao Yu, and said, "Come on, say it again for a record. I hope you can keep this good habit for at least a year!"

"Haha, Principal Zhang, you are really... becoming more and more humorous."

"No, no, I'm not joking. I'm serious. Hurry up..."

……

Qiao Yu still felt that Principal Zhang was too humorous and really forced him to repeat the polite words that were meant to make people happy.

This also made Qiao Yu alert.

It is an advantage for minors to be shameless, but the prerequisite is that adults have to give in a little. If they also start to be shameless, there is really no way to change it.

There is still a solution. Before he has the absolute strength to say no, next time he says this kind of polite words, he must say it when there are people around. And it must be someone who makes these uncles and aunts feel hesitant and can't lose face.

When there is no one around, it is better to be less polite and more sincere.

When Qiao Xi got home, she was surprised. She looked outside and saw a bright sunny day. She asked in surprise, "Why are you back so early today? Don't you have to undergo military training?"

"Yes, because you have raised an outstanding son, the school attaches great importance to him. So the principal decided to give me two days off so that I can stay at home and prepare my speech as a representative of the freshmen." Qiao Yu explained solemnly and seriously.

Qiao Xi thought for a moment and asked, "Who was the principal named Zhang who came to our house last time?"

Qiao Yu nodded while changing his shoes and said, "Yes!"

Qiao Xi commented: "Oh, that's an old fox. You can tell from his eyes. He is obviously very smart, but he likes to play dumb."

Qiao Yu sat down next to Qiao Xi and asked in surprise: "You also know how to judge people?"

"Hehe... I just don't like dealing with people." Qiao Xi smiled and forced an explanation.

"Actually, he's a pretty nice guy." Qiao Yu replied.

Putting aside some bad tastes, Qiao Yu felt that Lao Zhang was indeed quite good. Otherwise, he would not have paid any attention to such unreasonable requests today.

"There is no conflict, which means he is a pretty good old fox." Qiao Xi responded calmly.

Arguing is a very normal communication mode between two people. Whoever gets angry first loses.

However, Qiao Yu was too lazy to argue with Qiao Xi about this matter, so he took out his cell phone and prepared to check WeChat.

This action made Qiao Xi suddenly slap his forehead and said, "There is something I almost forgot to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Yesterday after you went to bed, someone called my number and said he was a Weibo employee. He asked me if I used their products. But from what he said, whether you use Weibo or not, if you need anything, you can contact him anytime 24 hours a day, and he can help you get a Blue V certification."

"Liar?" Qiao Yu asked inquiringly.

Qiao Xi shook her head and said, "Probably not. If he was a liar, it would be easier to deceive me when I'm alone. He wouldn't keep hinting that I could wake you up. He would just tell you directly. By the way, why did you go to bed so early yesterday? Did you go to bed at nine o'clock?"

Qiao Yu said sullenly, "Dear mother, military training is really tiring! Haven't you noticed that Keke has been coming down less these days? By the way, have you registered on Weibo?"

Qiao Xi answered simply: "No, why would I register for that? I'm not a fan of celebrities or anything like that."

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, give me the phone and I'll go back and ask what's going on."

(End of this chapter)