Chapter 267
In the last century, China’s technology has always lagged behind the world and is simply not comparable to some developed countries.
In terms of academics too.
So there would be many people who would go abroad for further studies and wait until they had completed their studies before returning home.
But after entering the 21st century, China’s comprehensive national power has grown by leaps and bounds, especially in the area of human resources.
Last year, in all the international competitions in mathematics, biology, chemistry and informatics, all the student teams sent by China won gold medals and came first in the overall team score.
However, apart from Teng Yun Meng and three others, the other students who won have already moved on to university and are not able to participate in isc anymore.
Especially on the first day of the isc, the first place in the China division was only the top 10 in the overall rankings.
This made people from other countries, who had been overwhelmed, agitated.
On the extranet, unpleasant comments abounded.
[As said, isc is not only about theory, but also about hands-on skills, today my cousin even drew a question for a mock experiment, those students from China are really much inferior to us in terms of practice].
[Do you know who is number one in the overall list? She’s a genius who was recruited by Ilan Public School this year.
[I remember those gold medal winners from China last year, the leading ones have all gone to university, right? Tsk, tsk, tsk, it’s a pity, it looks like China’s high school students are no good this year.
[Let’s not even talk about whether they can do it again, it’s a question of whether they can lose face. [smile]]
This kind of world-cla*s provocation is something no one can stand.
Although most people in the country can’t see the outside internet, there are many Chinese people living abroad.
The extranet was very active in discussing the matter, with most of it being a hail of praise and a stomp.
Soon some grumpy old man spoke up.
[F*ck! A bunch of C*nts talking about windy words, I don’t even care to use your country’s language to swear at you, just wait, in less than three days, not to mention the top three in the overall chart, even the number one in the overall chart will definitely be replaced!
But this comment was quickly drowned out by the many mocking comments.
There was little movement in China until these comments on the foreign website were screenshotted and moved to Weibo.
There were those who echoed the chants on the foreign network, and those who ran over the wall to take on the line.
The heat of isc, surprisingly, got an unprecedented high in this provocation.
Even those who don’t follow academics are now aware that there is an international academic competition.
In just one night, the number of registrations for the isc division in China reached a terrifying 900,000.
This is a figure that several major countries on continent O combined could not match.
There has never been a second international competition with so many people registering.
Only the isc is limited to high school students only, otherwise the number would have been even higher.
**
The following day.
During the morning meal, the matter was also being discussed in the training camp.
“I’m so angry.” Teng Yun Meng was furious, “Feng Yue, we’ll sign up for the audition now, isn’t it just the top three in the overall ranking? How come we can’t get it?”
She had been reading the Weibo comments for an hour yesterday and was almost so angry that her head went bald.
“Meng Meng, calm down.” Feng Yue was also holding his anger, he lowered his voice, “We really don’t have the energy to go to the audition, our goal is the international competition.”
“After all, we don’t have as many candidates as Ilan Public School and other foreign high schools, they can send special students to the selection rounds, we don’t.”
Teng Yun Meng fell silent.
This was something that she couldn’t refute.
Although China was currently ranked among the top in the world in terms of academics, top talents were very rare.
Just like Yilan Public School, they had 10 places for the Direct ISC International Competition, but there were still five or six top students left.
Just because these top students didn’t get a place at the international tournament doesn’t mean they don’t have the strength to do so, it’s just because there are so few places.
They were only slightly weaker than Teng Yun Meng and Feng Yue.
Yilan Public School let these few remaining top students go to the selection rounds, clearly going for the big abuse.
“Meng Meng, don’t rush.” Feng Yue coldly snorted, “It’s just a selection tournament, I’ll see you at the international finals next year and let them know how powerful China is.”
With Feng Yue and Teng Yun Meng’s strength, if they went to the auditions, it might not be certain if they could take first place, the top five was a safe bet.
“But the one from y country who took first place in the overall ranking is indeed very powerful.” Feng Yue opened Weibo and checked the current overall ranking, “Meng Meng, we’ve done similar questions, I don’t think I could get that many points, on the first day.”
The current number one score on the overall list was this –
no.1: Amanda, m, 134 points
“With that score, she should have gone straight to the international competition.” Teng Yun Meng sipped her hot juice and frowned, “It looks like the opponent, this time, is going to be stronger than we thought.”
She said, and when she looked up, she saw the girl yawning as she walked towards this way.
Teng Yun Meng waved her hand, “Ziggy, this way.”
Ying Ziji slowly walked over, holding a generation of milk, still yawning, so sleepy that even her long eyelash feathers were hazy with watery dew.
She looked at Teng Yunmeng and said, “What’s wrong?”
Teng Yun Meng didn’t say anything, sighing, “Nothing, I’ve lost a lot of hair.”
Their group’s face plus intelligence was definitely not going to participate in the audition.
But Feng Yue was right, the auditions were nothing, it was the international finals next year that would be the time to see who was the best.
**On the other side.
On the other side.
Xiu Yan withdrew her gaze without moving her eyes, slightly wrinkling her brows.
She had been observing Ying Zidian for a few days now.
It was also the day when she was called up by Teacher Meng and Ying Zidian did a question.
Usually, when there was any group work, it was Feng Yue and Teng Yun Meng who did it, while Ying Zigui watched.
Such a situation made Xiu Yan suspect that, as her CV suggested, Ying Zidian was only occasionally clever.
She didn’t give Ying Zidian a second thought.
But with Total TV’s “Accept the Sanction of the God of Learning! On this show, she had been overshadowed by Ying Zidian and had even attracted a small amount of criticism.
Xiu Yan took a sip of her porridge and her eyebrows knitted tighter.
The girl next to her from the same school tugged on her sleeve: “Yan Yan, what’s your current score?”
The two of them went to the Wende Noble School, where the annual tuition fee was hundreds of thousands of dollars, not including the money for the school uniform.
The students who were able to get in were all wealthy or rich.
But that didn’t mean that they were poor learners.
Mu Yuxi is also at this school and got the ninth best grade in the city in this year’s Chinese exam.
Both the girls and Xiu Yan were sent to the training by the Wende Noble School and did not get a place in the direct international competition, so they had to do the questions.
Xiu Yan’s smile narrowed and faded: “I was too busy yesterday, I didn’t even finish the basic ten questions.”
In fact, she only did the basic questions and got one wrong, taking a total of nine marks.
The difficulty of the basic questions was far from that of the competition, which was the difficulty of the usual model exam paper of a key high school, and it was not difficult for Xiu Yan.
It’s just that she had to put off work for a month, and the rest of the group had to stop working along with her.
The 100-person talent show for Youth 101 ended up with nine members of the group.
The name of the group, is Youth Era.
But a while ago, because Luo Ziyue, the ninth place winner, was suspected of a serious plagiarism incident, and also went to step on the international film queen Xie Manyu, making the reputation of Youth Era greatly damaged.
Youth Era let Luo Ziyue quit the group, and now there are only eight members.
Xiu Yan came over because she had known for a long time that a show was going to be produced on the General TV side, in order to raise her own buzz.
She is a star and a schoolteacher.
People are always visual creatures and will pay attention to things that look good.
The only thing Xiu Yan didn’t expect was Ying Zigui.
She finished her congee and wiped her mouth, “I’m not going out with you guys tomorrow, I’m going to make a trip over to the Chinese Calligraphy Artists a*sociation.”
When the girl heard this, she felt envious: “Yan Yan, you’re still great, you study well and grow well, and you’re also so good at calligraphy.”
Xiu Yan didn’t say anything and went out with her plate.
**
The Chinese Calligraphy Artists a*sociation was located just one street away from the old campus of the Imperial University.
On weekends, the Chinese Calligraphy Artists’ a*sociation would put out some calligraphy and paintings for visitors to see.
Ying arrived at ten in the morning and followed Sheng Qingtang to get her identity card from the current president of the a*sociation.
Sheng Qingtang gave her a position as a council member, saying that she could not work.
When she was interested and had time, she could come over here and give guidance to newcomers.
“Little divine doctor, I’ve managed to abduct you to our a*sociation.” Sheng Qingtang was gleeful, “P*ssed off at that doggie Berg, and P*ssed off at that old woman Zhuo Lan Han.”
Across the road, Xiu Yan, who was walking towards the door, suddenly stopped in her tracks and jerked her head up to look.
Chapter 268
She had come to the Chinese Calligraphy Artists a*sociation for a trip and she could also come across it?
The staff at the side saw her stop and was puzzled: “Miss Xiu, what’s wrong?”
Xiu Yan wrinkled her brow and lifted her chin, not moving, “Do you know that old man? Who is he?”
The staff member followed her gaze and hesitated for a moment before shaking his head, “Sorry, Miss Xiu, I don’t know.”
He indeed did not know Sheng Qingtang.
It had been four years since Sheng Qingtang had left the China Arts a*sociation, and there had been a change of people in the a*sociation.
Not to mention the staff, even some of the new members did not necessarily know Sheng Qingtang.
In addition, Sheng Qingtang used to live a leisurely life and did not like to show up in front of people.
After retiring, the old codger went to Shanghai to buy a villa with a garden to grow melons and vegetables, and went to the imperial capital to visit Mu Weifeng.
The calligraphers of the same generation as him have also retired.
In the Chinese Calligraphers’ a*sociation, only the current president and Sheng Qingtang know each other.
The current president of the a*sociation of Chinese Calligraphic Artists is Sheng Qingtang’s titular apprentice, not official.
As for the other two vice-presidents, they were both newcomers promoted by the current president after Sheng Qingtang left the a*sociation.
They had heard of Sheng Qingtang’s great name, but had never met him.
The staff member thought about it and added, “I saw them go over to the exhibition room earlier, they should be visitors who came over to see the calligraphy exhibition.”
Xiu Yan thought for a moment, nodded and withdrew her gaze, “I’ll go first.”
She knew that Ying Zidian was from Shanghai, and last week Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue had even taken Ying Zidian to visit the Forbidden City.
The calligraphy exhibition of the Chinese Calligraphy Artists’ a*sociation was also a major tourist attraction in the imperial capital, and it was only natural that Ying Zigei would come here.
Xiu Yan had thought that the Feng family would be able to clean up Ying Zigui’s act.
Unfortunately, the Feng family was too wasted and had attracted the attention of the One Calligraphy Team.
After getting into the private car, Xiu Yan thought about it and still: “Teacher, it’s very presumptuous to bother you at this time, I would like to ask if our a*sociation has any new recruits?”
Hearing this, the vice-president said, “Yes, we have recruited three people this year, all of whom have won awards in calligraphy exhibitions at home and abroad, what’s wrong?”
“I met a girl the same age as me, she writes very well.” Xiu Yan smiled. “I guessed she might also be a disciple of one of the a*sociation’s calligraphers, so I asked the teacher if there was one called Ying Zidian?”
“Ying Zidian?” The vice-president took out his computer and checked in the student information, “There is no such student.”
Xiu Yan was relieved, “In that case, thank you, teacher.”
It was the Chinese Calligraphy Artists a*sociation that represented the pinnacle of calligraphy in China, it was no use being a good writer if you weren’t even a trainee.
Xiu Yan hung up the phone and went back to the Xiu family.
**
This way.
Sheng Qingtang invited Ying Zidian to have another meal.
In the afternoon, she received a call from Zuo Li, asking her to come back to the training camp.
Inside the professor’s office group.
Zuo Li was sitting in front of the computer and on the screen was a pdf document.
There were pictures and text.
When she saw her coming, Zuo Li beckoned, “Student Ying, let me show you a player’s profile.”
Ying nodded her head.
“Originally I said that it wouldn’t be a problem for you to take first place in the international final, but just today, we got the list of contestants that Yilan Public School sent to the organising committee.” Zuo Li said, “But now, there’s someone you need to watch out for.”
“This Irna.” He pointed to the information on the computer, “She was a child prodigy, but at the age of thirteen had a fever which affected her nerves and she became demented.”
“But her parents didn’t give up on her and kept looking for a way to save her, and then they found a very famous hypnotist abroad who hypnotised Irna.”
“Miraculously, Irna recovered and learned many things she didn’t know before, even popping out a few words of Old and Middle English off the top of her head.”
“She said she recalled her past life, and that she was a scientist in her past life, but you can listen to this as a joke, the important thing is that she is really strong.”
Ying was silent for a brief moment: “It’s not that there’s no such possibility.”
Hypnosis is deified in many novels and films.
Hypnosis is actually a kind of psychological suggestion.
The lowest level of hypnosis can be found everywhere around ordinary people.
For example, advertisements on television, which are a form of psychological suggestion, can also be cla*sified as a form of hypnosis.
But it is true that there are many cases of people who, during hypnosis, are able to recall their past lives and recall many things that happened in their previous lives and even in previous lives.
However, there is no conclusive answer as to whether the memories are of past lives or not.
Scientists believe that it is likely that it is simply that during the process of hypnosis, the human potential is fully awakened and, along with it, the development of the brain is newly enhanced.
It is well known that even the greatest geniuses in history, as intelligent as Simon Brand, had a brain developed to the extent of 25%.
At 25%, it is already possible to be such a genius.
No one can go on believing how terrifying a person would be if they had 100% brain development.
“At the international final, she will be a strong opponent for you.” Zuo Li patted her shoulder and spoke in a serious manner, “Student Ying, you have to fight for your country’s glory!”
After a pause, he asked casually, “By the way, what are you doing later? Why don’t you come with me to the physics lab of the Imperial University?”
“No.” Ying Ziyi glanced at his hair, “Shopping.”
“……”
**
After arriving in Di Du, except for the time she spent at the training camp, Ying Ziyi was indeed shopping.
Fu Yunshen came to pick her up from this side of the training camp.
It was already evening after the tour, and Ying Ziji was leaning against a streetlight pole looking at the sky, feeling that she had forgotten something.
Fu Yunshen turned his head: “Can’t walk anymore?”
“No.” Ying Ziyi shook her head, “I’m wondering if I’ve forgotten something.”
“What?” Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows, “Taking silly kids or doing questions?”
He said this casually, but it really reminded Ying Zidian.
“Doing questions.” She took out her phone, tapped it on, and tapped her head with her other hand, “I’ve been busy lately.”
She had forgotten that there was a prize for the audition, so she could get a little bit of it.
Hearing this, Fu Yunshen glanced at his watch, “Little friend, it’s already 10:30 pm, you should be asleep by 11:00 pm.”
Ying yawned, “It’s okay, I don’t lose my hair if I stay up late once in a while.”
With that, she began to brush up on her studies.
**
Meanwhile, across the ocean.
o Continent.
Ilan Public School.
Like Zuo Li, there were two teachers who kept an eye on the ranking of the isc overall list.
This is not just an academic competition anymore, but also a bet on national glory.
The list was refreshed once every ten minutes.
Each time it refreshes, the number one spot on the overall list remains steady and unchanged.
The scores now look like this –
no.1: Amanda, country m, 346 points
no.2:Lance, country f, 298 points
……
no.9:Karl, country y, 268 points
no.10: Xiang Shun, China, 248 points
no.11: Dexter, country d, 244 points
Eleventh and tenth are very close to each other, just two additional questions away.
It would really be a laughing stock if China couldn’t even keep the 10th.
“The quality of this batch of students in China is indeed not good.” One of the teachers shook his head, “It’s been two days and the first place winner from China’s side is still in the tenth position, so it seems that they are indeed short of people.”
“It says it’s tenth, but look how close he is to ninth?” Another teacher said, “Twenty points and ten additional questions, don’t look at just two days, the gap will get bigger and bigger later on.”
“Look at China and it’s just the same.”
With this kind of online quiz, the players’ spirits are high at the beginning.
Once they get to the later stages, the fatigue will show.
So two days was enough time to predict the outcome of the entire selection process.
At eleven fifty, the two teachers took one last look at the standings.
First place went to Amanda, whose score had reached 398 points.
It was indeed a very scary score.
“The M country side is also impressive.” The teacher who had spoken earlier took a breath backwards, “This Amanda is so strong that she didn’t go straight through to the international competition.”
“Whether she goes straight through or not, the first place in the international final won’t be her.” Another teacher was calm, “Irna is much more powerful than her.”
Whether it was the memory of her past life or the increased development of her brain, Irna’s level of learning was indeed comparable to that of a scientist.
Wasn’t this just a giant playing with children when they went to the international final?
After the two teachers confirmed the ranking, they discussed a little more about Irna.
At this point, the clock struck twelve, signalling the arrival of September 17.
At the same moment, the ranking of the global leaderboard was refreshed.
Subconsciously, the two teachers glanced at the screen.
no.1:username hidden, China, 456 points!