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Chapter 86: Maybe being tied for first place is a rigorous statement

At twelve o'clock, the time allowed for early submission of the competition had just arrived, and Qiao Yu immediately chose to hand in his paper.

But he couldn't leave the examination room for the time being.

All candidates who submit their papers early will be arranged to rest in the designated test center. They must wait until the test time is over before leaving the test center.

Even so, Qiao Yu was too lazy to stay in the examination room.

After sitting for too long in the morning, people will inevitably want to move around.

The most important thing is that he really doesn't want to continue staring at those questions that make him feel physiologically uncomfortable.

All we can say is that Lao Xue has improved his mathematical aesthetics.

I didn’t feel anything when doing similar questions before, but now I always feel like something is wrong.

Qiao Yu originally thought that he was the first one to hand in his paper, but to his surprise, when he followed the teacher who was taking him to rest and passed by the first lounge, there were already many people waiting there, whispering to each other.

So Qiao Yu subconsciously asked the teacher who was taking him to the lounge because he was afraid he would run around: "I saw in the competition rules that the papers can only be handed in after 12 o'clock, right?"

The teacher looked at Qiao Yu strangely and said, "Huh? Is this your first time participating in a competition? Didn't your teacher tell you that you don't have to take the second test? But according to the rules, you can't leave the examination room early. So some students came here to rest directly after taking the first test. By the way, those of you who took the second test should go to the other side to rest."

That's it...

Ranger really didn't tell him about it specifically, of course this was probably because he had only attended a few classes.

They soon arrived at the lounge specially prepared for candidates who submitted their second test papers early. For the time being, Qiao Yu was the only one here.

Changjun Middle School also thoughtfully prepared some snacks in the rest area. After answering questions all morning, Qiao Yu was really hungry. After eating several cookies, someone else came to the rest room.

Qiao Yu looked up, didn't recognize it, and continued to concentrate on picking out the snacks in the box.

Who knew that person would come over on his own initiative.

"Hey man, how did you do on the test?"

Another enthusiastic and familiar person. Qiao Yu thought of Yu Yongjun, the fat boy, and asked casually, "What about you?"

"It should be OK. Except for the last question of the last question, which I was a little unsure about, I answered all the other questions well. But I am too lazy to check it! This happens to me all the time when I answer questions. When I am unsure, I often get it right the first time, but after checking it over and over again, I find that I am wrong! So I just handed in the paper!"

Qiao Yu, who has been dealing with high-level players like Principal Zhang recently, could naturally hear the hint of pride hidden in this guy's self-deprecating words.

Then I roughly understood the other party's enthusiasm.

I did very well in the exam, but I can’t go out and share it with my teachers and classmates for the time being. That feeling is very distressing.

Who likes to walk around at night in fine clothes these days? If it’s gold, it must be shown.

So Qiao Yu said politely, "Congratulations, congratulations."

"Haha, thank you. How about you?" the person on the other end asked casually.

"Me?" Qiao Yu raised his hand and scratched his head, saying uncertainly: "Probably, no, maybe tied for first place."

The kid opposite was stunned and repeated subconsciously: "Maybe tied for first place?"

"Well, if I get full marks in both exams, I will definitely get first place. After all, it's impossible for someone to get more than full marks, right? But I'm not sure if there are other contestants who can get full marks. After all, the questions this year are quite simple, so maybe being tied for first place is a very rigorous statement."

Qiao Yu explained sincerely.

"Are you sure you can get full marks? I meant the second test, not the first." The child asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's the second test." Qiao Yu frowned and asked seriously, "Do you think it's difficult to get a perfect score?"

"Uh..." The unfamiliar child looked at Qiao Yu strangely, a little at a loss. His mind seemed a little confused and he didn't know what to say.

At this time, more than a dozen contestants were led by the staff to the lounge, which instantly made the place lively. Qiao Yu saw that one of them was wearing the same school uniform as the boy opposite him. Sure enough, the boy smiled at Qiao Yu with a look of relief and said, "My classmate is out too."

Then he immediately turned around and walked towards his classmates.

Qiao Yu naturally didn't feel anything.

He had no need to show off in front of strangers.

Qiao Yu even felt that at his current level, it would be somewhat ungentlemanly to show off such achievements in front of high school students. If others asked, he only needed to state the facts.

Since he was telling the truth, he certainly didn't care about the contestants whispering or even pointing fingers at him.

But after a while, two people came over together.

"Student, what's your answer to the question about the minimum possible value of f2024?"

"0 Ah!"

"Ah? 0? Isn't it the square root of -2?"

"Details are important. You must have made a mistake in canceling out the real and imaginary numbers when interpreting the recursive relationship. The final answer must be zero."

Qiao Yu answered decisively. Seeing that the other child opposite him had a grim expression, he comforted him, "It's okay. You can get the square root of -2, which means that the previous part is correct. At least you can get some process points. It's just a mistake in one question. It doesn't mean you won't get the provincial first place."

Well, Qiao Yu had never thought that in a competition where many people gave up the second test, many people might have only done one or two questions on the second test paper. Even if they didn't get all four questions right, those who could get all of them right were already one in a hundred.

"By the way, classmate, which school are you from?" The student who got the question wrong asked with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Qiao Yu subconsciously glanced at his clothes. Oh, he just put on a T-shirt today instead of wearing a school uniform. The good guy didn't remind him of this yesterday. Unlike other students, most of them wore school uniforms to take the exam. No wonder they all looked so imposing.

For example, the name of XX High School is printed on the school uniform opposite.

"I am from Tieyi Middle School." Qiao Yu answered casually.

"Don't tell me you are that Qiao Yu?" the one who came later exclaimed.

Qiao Yu was a little surprised, so he asked back in surprise: "Hey, is Tieyi Middle School already so famous?"

After saying that, he ignored the two of them, quietly took the cookies he had chosen, and sat down in the left corner of the lounge by the window.

In fact, as long as Qiao Yu puts on a stern face, he can also give off an attitude of "keep away from strangers", but most of the time he still likes to wear a smile that can make people let down their guard.

After all, most of the time he still hopes to make more money rather than have more work.

The two excellent high school students also quieted down, stared at Qiao Yu blankly for a few more times, and then went to another corner to start muttering, probably reviewing the questions. Qiao Yu was too lazy to pay attention. After the exam, he never reviewed any questions. Instead of that time, he would rather sit in the corner and happily eat those snacks.

Of course, it can be seen from this point that Qiao Yu has not yet reached the level of being an idol in the mathematics competition circle. At most, he can control the situation in Tieyi Middle School. Of course, Qiao Yu does not care about these things.

He even felt a little worried when he thought about going to the national training team and having to do similar questions every day.

This is like a beauty pageant. Everyone was there to admire the beauties, but in the end, a Buff monster was chosen whose psychological gender was not quite in sync with his biological gender...

How miserable!

All I can say is that I didn’t have time to appreciate the beauty of mathematics before, but now Qiao Yu is undoubtedly standing at a slightly higher level.

……

After that, more and more people were brought into the lounge every minute. Some found their classmates or friends and started to discuss the test questions together. Some people, like Qiao Yu, found some snacks and ate them while waiting for 12:30.

Finally the bell rang.

He didn't wait for any classmate from Tieyi Middle School in the lounge, but when he walked out of the examination room, the first person he saw was Xia Keke, and then Lan Jie who was beside her.

Then Qiao Yu instantly understood what Lan Jie meant when he said that if he really went to those math classes, he might not see many girls. Although Xia Keke was not as tall as Lan Jie, she was much more eye-catching than Lan Jie in the crowd after the exam, and also much more eye-catching than other people around her... because there seemed to be no girls with long hair among the contestants, at least he didn't see any.

No wonder there are so many older single men playing math.

This is true for Ranger and Lao Xue as well.

Is mathematics the real goddess, so most of those who flock to it are men?

Shaking his head to get rid of this unreliable idea from his mind, Qiao Yu curled his lips and walked towards the two of them.

"Brother Qiao Yu!" Xia Keke was the first to see him and called out.

Only then did Ranger look at him.

"Qiao Yu, how did you do in the exam?" the good old man asked with a hint of nervousness.

"Full marks!" Qiao Yu answered confidently.

"Second try?" Ranger asked again.

"It must be the first and second tests together!" Qiao Yu corrected.

"Are you sure you got full marks?" Xia Keke glanced at Qiao Yu and said, "I just heard from Teacher Lan that the questions in the second test are all difficult ones, so it's going to be hard to get full marks."

Qiao Yu criticized angrily, "It's fine if Teacher Lan doesn't understand, but why don't you understand? I've told you more than once that it's not difficult to get a perfect score. As long as you don't make mistakes in the details and get all the questions right, isn't that enough?"

Langjie took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Although the latter sentence seemed a bit shameless, he believed Qiao Yu.

Because after the last Xiaolibababa Mathematics final, Qiao Yu was so sure that he could get full marks, and he did get full marks.

"Good! Good! Good! If I get full marks, I'll definitely be the first place." Lang Jie smiled so hard that his mouth couldn't close. Then he remembered that there were still four people in the school who hadn't come out yet, so he asked again: "What do you think of the questions this time... Forget it."

Ranger felt like he was so happy that he almost went crazy. He actually asked a candidate who scored full marks whether the question was difficult.

He could even think of Qiao Yu's answer.

So Qiao Yu simply didn't answer and asked for leave directly: "Teacher Lan, I won't go back at noon."

"Okay, then you two should be careful and call me if anything happens." Ranger pointed to his cell phone.

Changjun headquarters is located in the most prosperous downtown area of ​​Xingcheng, and is only a few hundred meters away from the pedestrian street that young people like to visit. Today is Sunday, so Langjie is still very relieved about safety.

But it was only Qiao Yu. If it were any other student, Ranger would never agree.

After all, he was the one who brought up the children, and according to the rules set by this society, he had to endorse the personal safety of these children. No matter what happened to the children, he had to bear some responsibility.

It’s not just because Qiao Yu’s grades are excellent, but also because Langjie feels that this child will not suffer any loss outside.

Unless he encountered a danger that seemed destined to be unavoidable, compared with Qiao Yu, he was safer than himself, hanging out with a beautiful girl.

There is no scientific basis for this, it's just a hunch.

But as we all know, most people who study mathematics trust their intuition.

……

"Let me tell you, someone was going to treat me to a big dinner at noon today. But because of you, the big dinner was ruined."

"That's ok. I'll treat you to a nice meal! How about I treat you to a barbecue?"

"Stop joking. How can a girl treat her father? Barbecue, right? Lead the way. I'm hungry."

I just ate a few cookies in the lounge of the examination room, which was obviously not enough for a 15 or 16-year-old boy who was still growing up.

Although Qiao Yu's words were rude, Xia Keke's focus was obviously not on the first half: "Are you hungry? Then let's go get some fried rice. I know there's a fried rice restaurant next door that's really delicious."

"Do you know what a feast is?" Qiao Yu, who was hungry, couldn't help but feel a little irritable.

But Coco was obviously not afraid at all, and immediately retorted: "Do you know what it means to be hungry?"

Qiao Yu suddenly realized that Coco was right. When you are hungry, fried rice is definitely faster than barbecue and it is more economical.

"Okay, hurry up, let's eat fried rice!"

……

When Qiao Yu was having his big meal, Lang Jie only picked up four of them.

"How did you do on the exam? Tell us one by one, Zhang Luo."

On the way out of the school, Ranjie asked patiently.

He could see that the four people were in a bad mood, but there was nothing he could do; he had to ask.

Originally, if Qiao Yu had not shown up, Zhang Luo felt that he was his most promising student this year, and his goal was to get second place in the province, but of course he also hoped to get first place in the province.

Moreover, Zhang Luo participated in a league last year and only got third place in the province.

I am already in my third year of high school. If I still can't get into the top school in the province, I will never have another chance in the future.

Zhang Luo frowned and said with some frustration: "Today's questions felt extremely difficult, especially the first test, which felt more difficult than last year. In the second test, I only did one question and I don't know if it was correct."

"Oh? The difficulty of the test has increased this year?" Ranger frowned and glanced at the other people.

Zhang Luo nodded. As this was the first time for the other three to participate in the Olympiad, they naturally didn’t know whether it would be more difficult than last year, but they could feel the difficulty of the questions.

“I also feel it’s very difficult. For some questions, it feels like I’ve taught them before, but when I actually do them, they feel completely different. It’s so awkward.” Ma Yufei also spoke up.

Ranger felt a little overwhelmed.

For a non-famous school like Tieyi Middle School, running a competition class does require some skills, especially in the league, where the main point of scoring is the first try.

Based on past experience, if you can score around 100 points in the Xingnan Provincial League, you have a chance of being ranked third in the province.

The score of the first test is 120 points. Let's put it this way, as long as you can get full marks in the first test, it won't be a problem to get second place in the province. Of course, many competition masters dare not say that they can definitely get 100 points in the first test.

As for the second test, Ranger did not have high expectations for these children. It was enough for them to understand a question and get some process points.

There is no way, the quality of students is there.

The scope of the second test is very broad and there is greater uncertainty. Unless the child is extremely talented, it is very difficult to get a high score.

As a result, the difficulty of this year's test was increased...

Fortunately, Qiao Yu appeared, otherwise there would be a high probability that the whole army would be wiped out this year.

"Okay, don't be so dejected. Zhang Hao has already been ranked third in the province once. As for the other students, you will have another chance next year. Just treat this year as a test. Everyone, calm down and let's go back."

"Hey, Teacher Lan, where's Qiao Yu?"

"Oh, Qiao Yu has something else to do this afternoon, so he won't be with us."

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