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Chapter 93 I say this modestly
On the third day after the results became available, which was the last day of October, the Xingnan Province Mathematical Society announced the list of provincial awards for this year's National Middle School Mathematics League.

A total of 81 people won the first prize. This year, the Chinese Mathematical Society gave places to Xingnan Province, which seems to be a lot, but it is four places less than last year.

There is no way. The number of places for each province fluctuates based on the performance of each province in the finals in previous sessions.

That is to say, this year only the top 11 students who won the first prize can form the provincial team and participate in the winter camp in November or the next national competition. Qiao Yu was just as he said after the exam, ranking first in Xingnan Province, but not tied for first place.

Unfortunately, although he thought the question was simple, the other lucky person did not show up.

Although they were representing the province, they actually registered for the national competition as a school unit. Moreover, Xingnan Province did not organize intensive training. Generally, after the team leader was determined, they would gather all the confirmed players for a meeting before going to the national competition.

In fact, Qiao Yu didn't care about these processes, but he felt that the Xingnan Mathematical Society announced the list a little too early.

It's already October 31st, why not just postpone it to next month?

It's not anything else, but mainly because he is afraid that his fellow graduate students at Yujiang University may accidentally see the announcement from Xingnan Province and feel uncomfortable.

After all, a student who ranks first in the province in the preliminary round has a great chance of entering the top 60 in the national competition, so the claim that he needs to spend money on tutoring is self-defeating.

Although Qiao Yu knew that his senior brothers probably didn't believe his nonsense, some things require that subtle feeling of "I know you are pretending not to know, and you know I am pretending not to know and you are pretending not to know."

For example, if a senior in the group suddenly said, "Congratulations to my junior brother for winning the first place in the National Middle School Mathematics League!" wouldn't that be embarrassing?

If the list is not announced until November, Qiao Yu can easily find excuses. After all, what is the relationship between Qiao Yu in October and Qiao Yu in November? After a month, it is reasonable for people's thinking to deviate a little.

Fortunately, such a disappointing thing did not happen.

However, someone in his other friend group started to make a fuss.

"@喻数临风, damn, Qiao Yu, you actually won first place in the provincial league again? Do you have to work so hard?"

Obviously, the person who could send such a message must be Yu Yongjun.

Generally speaking, when the rich second-generation Yu Wei is not fighting with Yu Yongjun, he must be secretly peeking at the screen.

At least that's what Qiao Yu thought. After all, it couldn't be such a coincidence every time. Whenever Yu Yongjun said something bad about Yu Wei, or flattered Qiao Yu a little too much, he didn't specifically @ him, but this guy always appeared in the group chat in time, and then either responded or made sarcastic remarks.

So the two of them started arguing in the group.

This happens again and again.

Although Yu Wei didn't know, Qiao Yu had already forgiven this guy countless times in his heart, and many times Qiao Yu even moved himself - for a man with such a bad temper, his tolerance for rich second-generations was really high!

The same is true today.

Seeing Yu Yongjun's message, Qiao Yu humbly replied: "It's not that I tried too hard, it's that the person who set the test didn't try too hard. I got first place, isn't it because the test was too easy? If the test was a little harder... Oh, by the way, the test questions are unified across the country, so everyone will take the same test questions? That's fine... Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Sure enough, Yu Wei appeared as soon as the message was sent.

Chan Buzhixue: "Hehe..."

Yu Yongjun: "Some people please respect yourself. I just checked and found that someone is only ranked third in Linhai. How dare you come out like that?"

Chan Buzhixue: "Some people are trying to figure out how strong the math competition in Linhai is, especially the CMO. Do you think the strongest math team in the country is a joke? Qiao Yu only got first place in Xingnan, and I don't know if he can be in the top three in Linhai! And I'm only 5 points away from the first place!"

Yu Yongjun: "No, isn't it only the rankings that are publicized? How can you find out other people's scores?"

Chan Buzhixue: "I have my own way, so you don't have to worry about it!"

……

After seeing this conversation, Qiao Yu felt a little bit unbearable.

It’s okay to be looked down upon by others, but you can’t be looked down upon by the rich second generation…

So I quickly replied, "No, no, no, even if I'm being modest, I'm number one in Linhai. Although I don't know how many points the number one in Linhai is, I'm sure that number one can only be tied with me for first place at most."

Yu Yongjun: "Big Brother is right, he is worthy of being a gold medalist! This is the kind of confidence we need! Someone named Yu in the group is just trying to mend his broken self-esteem, let's ignore him!"

Chan Buzhixue: "Haha... you said first place? Do you know what the first place score of the Linhai competition is?"

You see, it’s not that Qiao Yu wants to show off, but the world is forcing him all the time. What else can a fifteen-year-old child do?

All he could do was to quickly take out his mobile phone, skillfully enter the backend of the score checking system, then take a screenshot of the competition score he had found through the official website, and send it to this small group of only three people as soon as possible.

Then he added calmly, "I really can't help it. I accidentally got full marks in both the first and second tests. Oh... I don't know what the examiner did. Maybe he didn't examine the papers carefully or pick out some small mistakes to deduct a few points.

Um... Linhai's national competition, isn't it? It uses the national unified examination paper issued by the Mathematics Society? Or is your competition also using a point system? Of course, if the first to third places in your competition are higher than the full score, then I really can't get first place. "

As soon as this message came out, Yu Yongjun started to cooperate and send emoticons.

The first one was the panda-faced one who was dumbfounded, the second one was the cat-faced one who laughed dumbly, and the third one was a little man who bowed down in worship and then quickly said, "Boss, you are so powerful! Someone, please come out and die!"

Then @蝉不知雪 started to flirt again, saying arrogantly: "Come out, don't play dead, what else do you have to say? Don't try to escape by urinating, escaping from class, smashing your phone... Don't play the game of losing the game! Otherwise, I will despise you! Um, you are not really angry enough to smash your phone, are you?"

After a moment, Yu Wei appeared, still with cold words: "If anyone wants to despise me, it should be Qiao Yu! How can you, the fifth place in Shuangqing, despise me?"

Yu Wei then @ed Qiao Yu: "No point in talking any more, see you in the national competition! I will definitely surpass you!"

Qiao Yu immediately responded, "Well, should I say it or not... do you believe this?"

Yu Wei: “Hehe…”

Qiao Yu quickly answered again: "But it's not completely impossible. I just thought of a nearly perfect plan. Do you want to hear it?"

Yu Wei: “…”

Qiao Yu: "Look, we have two days to take the exam, don't we? Let's do our best on the first day. Anyway, I can definitely get full marks on the three questions on the first day. Then, based on your performance on the first day, I will give you some leeway on the second day, such as letting you do one less question or something, to satisfy your wish.

In exchange, once you successfully defeat me once, you will generously fulfill one of my small wishes, and we will both be happy. What do you say?"

Yu Wei: "Haha, sorry, not interested!"

Yu Yongjun: "Fuck, boss, next time you have this kind of thing, can you talk to that guy with an inexplicable sense of pride in private? I'm afraid that guy will suddenly think that face is not that important. If he really agrees to your proposal, won't you guys discuss how to work together to kill me and silence me? I'm so scared!"

Yu Wei: "Get lost!"

Qiao Yu: “…”

……

Qiao Yu was very depressed. Yu Wei was still too young and inflexible.

Yu Wei rejected this proposal outright, which was obviously a win-win situation as it could bring physical and mental pleasure by spending a small amount of money, and did not even discuss the feasibility of this idea with him in private.

After all, he really thought that he could do such a small operation.

Anyway, the only requirement of Tieyi Middle School for him is to enter the national training team and win a gold medal in IMO. It is enough to enter the national training team and get into the top 84. According to the competition results in previous years, the scores of the national team are generally in the range of 90- points.

The score for each CMO question is three times that of IMO, which is 21 points. There are a total of six questions in two days, with a total score of 126 points.

Therefore, as long as he ensured that the other questions were completely correct and only answered one question less, he could still get 105 points. If he was more extreme and took a little risk, he could even let Yu Wei answer half a question.

Unfortunately, this rich second-generation guy is too old-fashioned and principled. He doesn’t know how to criticize him!

A rich second generation who is unkind and rich, five-star bad review!
But no matter what, it is indeed a happy thing that all the friends in a group have successfully entered the provincial team and everyone will be able to meet in Ningshui soon.

Qiao Yu actually wanted to see these two guys really meet again offline and see if they could actually fight each other.

Well, judging from the tonnage, if no one intervened, Yu Wei would definitely be at a disadvantage. Especially with Yu Wei's personality and the popularity he showed in the Xiaolibaba Math Competition, except for the teacher, probably no one would intervene if he got beaten.

Qiao Yu had already begun to consider whether he should create more opportunities for the three of them to be alone after everyone arrived at Ningshui.

If the two sides start fighting, he might be able to come forward as a hero and save the rich.

Thinking about it, I feel quite happy.

……

Qiao Yu felt happy, and the principal and teachers of Tieyi Middle School were naturally happier.

Actually, to be honest, Xingtie No. 1 High School's performance in the National Mathematics Competition this year was not that good. Probably because the questions in the first test were generally recognized to be difficult, all five students from Xingtie No. 1 High School who signed up for the competition, except Qiao Yu, were defeated, and none of them even got the provincial third place. But obviously this small failure was not important, and after the results were found out, the school was still in a joyous atmosphere.

The banner congratulating Qiao Yu for winning the gold medal in the Xiaolibaba International Mathematics Competition has been taken down, but the banner congratulating Qiao Yu for winning the first place in the National Middle School Mathematics League in Xingnan Province has been hung up again, forming a seamless connection.

Three photos were posted on the school’s official account, and Qiao Yu appeared three times.

Qiao Yu and Principal Zhang took a photo alone under the banner, Qiao Yu took a photo with Teacher Lan Jie, and finally Qiao Yu took a photo with a group of school leaders and junior and senior high school class teachers.

Although there was no exclusive interview this time, the last group photo appeared in both the "Xingnan Daily" and "Xingcheng Morning Post" the next day.

So Qiao Yu knew that he was in the newspaper again because the next day, Principal Zhang thoughtfully gave him two newspapers to keep as a souvenir. Then Qiao Yu gave them to Xia Keke at the weekend.

After all, Qiao Yu really didn't think there was anything worth commemorating.

Should I keep two pieces of torn newspapers and take them out when I am old and say to my grandchildren, "Thinking back to those days..."

Others may have this hobby, but Qiao Yu feels that as long as he is still awesome when he is old, there is no need to say the three words "Remember the past..."

After all, only the weak in the version will recall the glory of the past.

Just like when his grandfather was drinking with his friends, whenever someone brought up these three words at the table, his grandfather would say, "Be careful, we have children here, don't think about the past! I only believe those bastards in prison who say they think about the past. Those stories are true. All of us old guys who think about the past are poor!"

Although his grandfather's words were very rough, Qiao Yu always felt that his dear grandfather was actually a philosopher. Those words that sounded extremely rough reflected the truth. Even the full-throated Chinese curses sounded very charming.

My grandfather lived a very clear life, but unfortunately he died at the age of 58.

……

The registration channel for the winter camp was opened, and the school helped Qiao Yu sign up as soon as possible. In any case, Qiao Yu didn't have to worry about all the details.

Of course, the competition does not accept students’ individual registrations; all registrations are handled by the school.

The leader of the Xingnan Province team to participate in the winter camp this year has also been determined and announced on the Xingnan Mathematical Society website. The team will be led by Professor Luo, honorary professor, who is a specially appointed expert of Xingnan Normal University Affiliated High School, a master's supervisor of the School of Mathematics and Statistics of Xingnan Normal University, and the director of the Mathematical Olympiad Research Institute.

After the team leader was determined, the top 32 contestants in the provincial competition attended a one-day meeting with their instructors.

The list of participants for the winter camp was announced at the meeting. What was surprising was that Lan Jie could also attend the winter camp with Qiao Yu as an informal camper.

This can probably be considered as the benefit that Qiao Yu got for Lang Jie by achieving an incredible score in the exam.

According to the rules set by the organizing committee, each province can bring several non-staff instructors to participate in the winter camp in addition to the team leader. Especially in provinces with many competitions such as Linhai, Yujiang, Xingnan and Xingbei, because there are more places for contestants, one team leader is afraid that he will be too busy to handle it.

It is natural to have a few instructors as assistants.

It’s just that in previous years, the coaches from famous schools were selected. To put it bluntly, everyone is still counting on these players to get good results in the national competition during the winter camp. Even if there is no time to train during the winter camp, there are familiar coaches around to give key players psychological massage before the exam, so that they can do one more question, and the results will come out, right?
There is no doubt that Qiao Yu is the killer weapon for Xingnan Province to impact IMO this year, and the importance of Ranger is reflected.

Although it is true that the CMO has to select 60 people, only six of these sixty people can finally represent China to participate in the IMO, and there are more than competition areas in the country. What's even more annoying is that every year, several of the final six people are often from the same competition area.

Weak regions have no dignity, and only the strong can fight for the right to speak... This is true in the economy and in competition.

Although one more person means more money, it can be seen that Zhang Tiejun is still very happy.

Especially recently, every time she comes back from a meeting outside, she looks very happy and walks with a breeze.

The most important thing is that Lao Zhang is really very clear about everything. Qiao Yu found that there was an extra 30,000 yuan in his card, which was a bonus from the school. It was also specially noted that he didn't need to worry about the taxes, as the school had already paid for him.

For this reason, Qiao Yu shyly found Lao Zhang and asked him what was going on with the bonus.

After all, according to the previous agreement, he had to win a gold medal in the national competition before he could start earning the school's gold coins.

Old Zhang patted Qiao Yu's shoulder generously and explained, "This is the reward for you getting first place in the exam. When we agreed before, we didn't expect you to get a perfect score and get first place in the province! But don't tell anyone about it. In fact, every school has rewards, but everyone gives them secretly and doesn't tell anyone."

This Party A is so cute, and Lao Zhang is such a good person!

For this reason, Qiao Yu didn't think that Zhang Tiejun's habit of patting people on the shoulders was a bad habit.

At this time, the specific schedule of the winter camp was also announced.

今年的冬令营定于11月17日（周日）——11月23日（周六），跟往年一样，总计七天时间，正式考试是19号跟20号两天。举办地则是在余江省宁水市的鹿海中学。

For Qiao Yu, there was nothing to say. He had nothing to prepare anyway.

The biggest reward for him in participating in the winter camp in Ningshui City, Yujiang Province, will be the 100,000 yuan bonus for winning the gold medal and the 100,000 yuan bonus for entering the national training team, a total of 200,000 yuan. This was agreed with the school a long time ago.

As for the other 200,000, we will have to wait until July next year.

However, given Lao Zhang's generous personality, if he could win the first place in the national gold medal, he might be so excited that he would give more.

Although he didn't expect his bonus to increase by one digit, just changing the number in the ten thousandth place from zero to any other number would still be a huge profit.

Qiao Yu now really understands how hard it is to make money! He worked so hard to help a group of seniors revise their papers, but he only got 4,000 yuan for tutoring. This shows from the side that it is really hard to make money for individuals, but it is much easier to make money for the company.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the ability to get it.

In this way, time quickly came to the day of departure.

The farewell to his mother was also much simpler. There was no time to go through the formalities. Before he could say anything, Qiao Xi simply pointed at the door and said four words: "Get out!"

However, Qiao Yu still stepped forward and gave this hard-mouthed but soft-hearted woman a ceremonial hug before leaving with his luggage.

……

To put it simply, the first day of the winter camp is mainly about welcoming delegations from each competition area and registering them. The registration time lasts from 8 am to 6 pm.

It only takes six hours to get from Xingcheng to Ningshui by high-speed rail. If you take the high-speed rail that departs at 17: in the morning, you can arrive at around : in the afternoon. Therefore, the Xingnan Provincial Team was also scheduled to depart on the th.

November is the off-season for tourism, so the provincial team directly booked a carriage and gave the young players good treatment, including first-class seats.

The carriage was very lively. The vast majority of those selected were students from four prestigious universities. Most of them had many classmates, and they were from the same school. Even if they were not in the same grade or class, they usually trained together. In short, students from prestigious universities would never have trouble finding people to chat with along the way.

Of course, there are also some students from scattered middle schools, mainly players from famous local schools outside Xingcheng and Qiao Yu.

Yes, there were only three players from three different schools who were not from the four major schools and were among the top 32 players selected for the provincial team. If we look specifically at Xingcheng, there was really only Qiao Yu, the only one who could make it.

This is when Ranger's role comes into play.

The two of them were naturally arranged to sit together in class, so they could chat from time to time along the way. Although it was not as lively as other seats, Qiao Yu still enjoyed it.

Of course, Qiao Yu was not ignored at all. On the contrary, when he was still in the waiting room, contestants from famous schools would come to greet him from time to time. Some came to get close to him and asked to add him on WeChat; some came to ask questions; and some came to simply brag to Qiao Yu.

Before driving, the provincial team leader Professor Luo also came to chat with Qiao Yu for a while, and the discussion was still some high-level topics. For example, he asked Qiao Yu what he thought about the topic of this competition? What was his thought after the exam? What suggestions did he have for the development of the competition topic, and so on...

There was no way, no matter what kind of competition, the first place would always receive more attention. Not to mention that Qiao Yu accidentally got a perfect score.

It's just a short waiting time, so we can't get familiar with each other right away.

Although he was not very familiar with other students in the carriage, there were two acquaintances of the same age on WeChat who also qualified to participate in this year's winter camp.

What made Qiao Yu most angry was that at noon, when he was still eating tasteless fast food on the high-speed train, Yu Yongjun posted two photos in the group, in which the two of them were already eating a buffet in the hotel.

Of course, the photos were taken by Yu Yongjun. It was obvious that this guy was so shameless that he took the initiative to move over and sit opposite Yu Wei. I don't know how this guy got so thick-skinned.

Judging from Yu Wei’s expression in the photo, it’s obvious that he is not very welcoming to the little fat boy.

It's a pity that the two didn't fight directly in the restaurant, because the other party still had time to reply to his WeChat, which means that both of his hands were free.

"I won't say anything about Yu Wei. It only takes two hours for him to get to Ningshui from Linhai by high-speed rail. But you are in Shuangqing, which is so far away from Ningshui. How did you get to the hotel so quickly?" Looking at the delicious food on the two people's plates, and then looking at the tasteless high-speed rail fast food in front of him, Qiao Yu asked with some annoyance.

One is third, the other is fifth, and they eat better than him! Is this reasonable?

"Don't mention it. We gathered at five in the morning and arrived at the airport at half past six. We waited for twenty minutes before boarding the plane. I took a nap on the plane, and before I woke up, we were already in Ningshui."

That makes sense.

Qiao Yu suddenly realized that his life in the past fifteen years was really mediocre. Because he had never been on a plane, he was so angry that he just ignored the fact that planes are faster than high-speed trains. He felt a little ashamed.

So the replies sounded mean: "What a sumptuous buffet! You two should eat more and try to fill your brains with fat before the exam. This way, after the national competition, you won't have to travel back and forth next March! Come on, eat!"

(End of this chapter)