Chapter 150150 [Red Envelopes for This Chapter]

The TV of the store was inside, and it was impossible for Jiang's father to set up a stall in front of someone's door, so he couldn't hear clearly. But the two-second picture that flashed by on TV still made Jiang's father open his eyes wide. When he opened his eyes wide and walked a few steps quickly towards the door of the store, the picture in the "News Broadcast" had jumped over and started broadcasting the next news.

Father Jiang called to Mother Jiang excitedly, "Ailian! Ailian! Come and see, isn't that our Ningning on TV?"

Business in the middle of the year was not as good as at the end of the year, so Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang joined together to sell boxed lunches instead of separating.

Jiang's mother looked up impatiently and rolled her eyes at Jiang's father: "I think you are crazy. You keep saying Ning Ning all day long. You love her so much, but I haven't seen her call you once." She glanced at the TV in the store: "This is CCTV's "News Broadcast". Where did you see Ning Ning?"

For some reason, Jiang Ma felt a little lonely.

She gave birth to three children, a son and a daughter. Logically, her life should have been very lively, but throughout the year, none of her three children cared about her. Other people's children bought clothes and food for them during the New Year and honored their parents, but she had nothing.

Songzi hasn't been back for two years, and I don't know if it's... Thinking that her eldest son might have been arrested and imprisoned because of the crackdown last year and this year, Jiang's mother shed tears of heartache and sadness.

Apart from that, she couldn't figure out why her eldest son hadn't returned home for two years and there was no news at all. She didn't dare to think the worst. Too many people had been shot in the past two years. A few days ago, the newspaper reported that a total of 26,000 people were shot in this crackdown.

She was afraid that Jiang Song might be among the 26,000 people, and she usually didn't dare to think about it.

Thinking of this, she looked eagerly at the train station again. She had imagined countless times that one day her son would be standing in the crowd with a backpack on his back, a warm and cheerful smile on his face, and when he saw her, he would call out to her in surprise: "Mom! Why are you here?"

She and his father made a lot of money, and when the time came, they would give it all to him, build him a big house, and help him get married.

When Mr. Jiang saw Mrs. Jiang's expression, he knew that she was missing her son again.

Because of Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, the crackdown was more severe than last year, especially in Shenzhen, where many people were shot or imprisoned. There are still thieves at train stations, but motorcycle gangs are basically extinct. Even if there are some who have not been arrested, they are hiding carefully and dare not come out to be the first to stick their heads out at this critical juncture.

All the previous ones who stood out were shot.

Because there was no one to discuss with, Jiang's father was not sure whether the person who flashed by on the TV just now was his daughter Jiang Ning. He planned to watch the replay of the "News Broadcast" tomorrow.

In front of the TV in Wucheng, many teachers are also watching the "News Broadcast", which is their must-watch program every night.

When they saw the camera sweeping across Jiang Ning holding the gold medal on TV, especially when it mentioned the good result of six gold medals and a perfect score, the image of six gold medals was a group photo of the six contestants standing on the podium with gold medals hanging around their necks. The distance was a bit far and they were not familiar people, so it was actually impossible to tell who won whose medal at once from such a fast shot. When it mentioned a perfect score, the camera gave Jiang Ning a two-second solo photo.

There are a total of six questions in this competition, each question is worth seven points, and the full score is 42 points. This year, as long as you score 32 points or above, you will get a gold medal, 25 points or above will get a silver medal, and 15 points or above will get a bronze medal.

Jiang Ning is the only one who got full marks in this year's class.

The flower-growing country also successfully entered the top three in the world this year.

Principal Sun and Director Zhang all saw this news, but unfortunately, among the many national affairs, this news was not considered big news, and the broadcast time was very short. The total reporting time was only 20 seconds, of which about 10 seconds were spent on the Foreign Ministry officials who led the team and the competition scene.

They wanted to take a closer look, but the news had already passed.

But Director Zhang, Principal Sun and other teachers from No. 1 Middle School could still see Jiang Ning's face clearly, after all, there was a two-second high-definition close-up photo of her face.

Principal Sun and Director Zhang were very happy.

Especially when they only saw Jiang Ning from their No. 1 Middle School and did not see Song Peifeng from Wu Middle School in the list of contestants, Director Zhang was so happy that he clapped his thigh and laughed. This time, their No. 1 Middle School had definitely surpassed Wu Middle School.

Director Wang and the principal of Wuzhong are also watching the "News Broadcast". It is summer vacation now, and the senior high school students have just graduated. The teachers have all come out, but the freshmen of the first year have not yet enrolled. Only the students who will enter the third year in the second half of the year are taking make-up classes. At this point in time, basically every channel is broadcasting the "News Broadcast", so no matter which school the teachers are from, they are all watching the "News Broadcast".

Director Wang and his colleagues only realized that the IMO was over when they saw Jiang Ning's name. Jiang Ning from the No. 1 Middle School next door had actually made it to the end of the winter camp, participated in the international competition, and obtained a perfect score.

They tried hard to open their eyes wide and looked for Song Peifeng from their school on TV, but they couldn't find him.

Who would have thought that the little girl who made her mark in the first joint entrance examination and was not considered a rival by them at all, has now reached such a height?

When Jiang Ning was competing, Song Peifeng and other candidates who were serving as substitutes were all watching the people competing on the stage as spectators from the audience.

There were quite a few audience members in the audience, all of them were extremely talented elites in mathematics from all over the world. Many of them were like Song Peifeng and his companions, who were also candidates from various countries. There were also many students from famous universities in the world who came to watch the competition. There were also participants from the previous and the previous session who came to Argentina to watch the competition.

It is true that Song Peifeng is smart and talented, but he has learned a lot of things, and they are scattered. His main direction for the future is not in scientific research and competitions. In addition, he has also devoted some of his attention to Jiang Ning. It is still very rare for him to have come this far and stand on the international stage, even if he is just a candidate.

He did not feel disappointed. Instead, he looked at Jiang Ning on the stage with a smile on his face.

Unconsciously, Jiang Ning returned to her calm and composed state. He found that the bigger and higher the stage she stood on, the more relaxed she became and the better her performance.

This is completely contrary to what teachers at Wu Zhong had guessed, that she would not perform well in large-scale competitions. She is a typical competitive player who performs better the more pressure she is under.

Among them, there are students who are smarter and more talented than Jiang Ning, and some can even be said to be geniuses.

But some people, who are very talented and intelligent, can only perform at 80% or 90% in large competitions.

As for some people, they may only have 80% or 90% of their strength originally, but on such an international stage, they can display 120% of their strength.

Jiang Ning is the latter.

Jiang Ning was definitely not the most talented among the twelve people who came to Argentina this time. Even among the candidates, there were students who were more talented and smarter than Jiang Ning. However, Jiang Ning was extremely stable in every exam and never made a single mistake.

For example, in this exam, among the six questions, the best performer only scored 38 points. Although the rest all won gold medals, their scores ranged from 36 to 32. There was also one contestant who scored full marks of 7 points in the first five questions, but only got one point in the last and most crucial question. If he could still perform stably in the last question, he would have scored two full marks.

On the contrary, Jiang Ning, whose talent was not so outstanding among this group of people, scored full marks on all six questions, becoming the only one in the Flower Planting Team who got full marks in this IMO competition.

Song Peifeng had been watching Jiang Ning on the stage from the audience, and when she came down from the stage after the competition, he applauded her and said to her, "Congratulations."

Jiang Ning also smiled and high-fived each team member.

Secretary Song of the county party committee was also watching the "News Broadcast". Before the game, he had received a call from his son and knew that he was only a substitute for this trip to Argentina, but Jiang Ning from their Wucheng No. 1 Middle School entered the final selection and became a main player.

Although his son was not a main player, Wucheng had a main player who entered international competitions. For Secretary Song, this was still a political achievement. After all, this was a good result that Wucheng had never had before he came to Wucheng to take office, especially since Secretary Song saw that the girl got full marks.

If his son had not been admitted to Tsinghua University, he would definitely have gone to No. 1 Middle School to meet this student. But now that his son was there, it was difficult for him to come forward to commend him.

Secretary Song felt a little regretful that his son did not appear on the "News Broadcast" this time.

Dean Wang was also watching TV in the Academic Affairs Office. After watching TV, when Teacher Wang returned to the Academic Affairs Office after the evening self-study get out of class, Dean Wang poured water and said to Teacher Wang, "Teacher Wang, did you watch the News Broadcast just now?"

Now they are entering the third year of high school. All the students in his class are in school for classes. He just came back from evening self-study. How can he have the time to watch the "News Broadcast"?

Teacher Wang asked Director Wang: "Is it about the financial crisis?"

Since Hong Kong's return to China, the "News Broadcast" has been very lively every day. The Asian financial crisis first swept Thailand, and then began to spread to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China and other places. It was broadcast on the "News" every day. At this time, Director Wang suddenly mentioned the "News Broadcast" to him, and Teacher Wang thought that another country was affected by the financial crisis.

Unexpectedly, Director Wang smiled happily and shook his head and said, "It's Jiang Ning from your class. Just now, the "News Broadcast" said that she won the gold medal with a full score in the IMO competition representing the country."

Director Wang said in a nonchalant tone, "Our country hasn't had a perfect score for several years, but this year there was one who got a perfect score, and the rest of the people also won gold medals. That's right." Director Wang's bald and elegant face showed a deeper smile: "Our country's total score this time is second in the world."

Director Wang felt in his heart that Jiang Ning from their school played a key role in this world ranking and immediately raised the country's ranking in this competition.

Teacher Wang was indeed a little surprised, and laughed happily again. This hearty smile was completely different from his usual look in class, when he always liked to curl the corners of his lips and smile perfunctorily. His eyes and eyebrows were all smiling.

The people in Jiangjia Village are also watching the "News Broadcast". They don't actually like watching it, but the number of channels that can be received in the village is limited. At this time, all the channels are broadcasting it, so they turn on the TV, rest on the cool beds in the shade, and watch TV while waiting for the weather forecast that follows the "News Broadcast". They can only go to bed after watching the weather forecast. During the double-harvest period, if the weather forecast predicts rain, they must also pay attention to harvesting the rice in advance to prevent the rice from sprouting after being soaked in water.

When they saw Jiang Ning, they immediately widened their eyes in surprise and shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, is that the big guy's daughter?"

"What big guy's daughter?"

"The big guy's daughter is on CCTV's News Broadcast!"

People at this time like to visit each other from house to house. Because it is hot and there is no air conditioning, they also like to move the TV out and sit on the high bed as a family, watching TV while enjoying the cool air. Or they mop the concrete platform on the building with a mop made of their own rags, and then hang the clothes hanger on the roof platform to enjoy the cool air.

One person exclaimed, and soon people on the surrounding platforms and terraces heard it.

"Who is shouting what? What's on the News Broadcast?"

"It seems like they are calling the tall guy's daughter to appear on the News Broadcast."

Everyone couldn't sit still anymore, and they all held large palm-leaf fans and gathered at the huge rice field in front of the blacksmith shop in the middle of the village, asking each other: "Did you see it?"

Those who didn't see it asked, "What did you see? I was taking a shower at home, and I heard a lot of noise outside, saying something was wrong with the news broadcast, so I came out to listen."

"The big guy's daughter was on the 'News Broadcast' and was said to have won some gold medal!"

The next day, the entire Linhe Brigade heard that Jiang Ning, who had been admitted to Beijing University in advance, had won a gold medal in some international competition, and it was said that he got a full score!

Such rumors spread one after another, and later, not only the surrounding area, but also the entire Wucheng and even Wujiang City had heard of the news.

Originally, the name Jiang Ning had become a legend in the entire Wujiang City after the report on that interview program. Now, there was another legendary story. Not to mention the city TV station, even the news department of their provincial TV station had sent people to Beijing to interview Jiang Ning.

As soon as Jiang Ning and his team got off the plane, they were like returning heroes. Many people came up to them holding flowers and gave them flowers. In front of the airport, each of them had a gold medal hanging around their neck and took a group photo with flowers in their hands. Many media reporters wanted to interview them, but were stopped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the end, only CCTV and reporters from the provincial stations of the six provinces where the participating representatives were located were left to interview them.

The six people participating in the competition this time are from six completely different provinces and cities. In addition to Wucheng No. 1 Middle School in Wujiang City where Jiang Ning is located, there are the Affiliated Middle School of Guangdong Normal University where Wang Yong is located, Honggang Middle School in Fubei Province, No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital of Funan Province, and Shanghai Middle School.

All of these provincial and municipal stations are interviewing students from their provinces and cities.

Jiang Ning was the only contestant from their province. In previous sessions, there had never been anyone from their province. So the reporter was very excited and asked her, "We learned before the interview that you were admitted to Beijing University in advance when you were in your second year of high school, right?"

On the contrary, Jiang Ning was very calm and indifferent. He smiled and nodded and said, "Yes."

"In this IMO competition, you won the gold medal with a perfect score. How did you feel about that? Were you nervous during the competition?"

Jiang Ning also smiled and said, "Of course I am happy. During the competition..." She smiled and shook her head, and told the truth, "I am not nervous."

The more important the game, the clearer her brain becomes and the clearer her thinking becomes.

This kind of interview was not an exclusive interview and was completed at the airport.

It took about an hour before they were finally interviewed and took a group photo. The head coach and team leader sent them to the dormitory of the previous training team. If they wanted to go home today, they could go home individually.

All twelve people in their group have been admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University. They can choose to stay in their original schools to continue their studies or enter the university in advance to audit classes. Among their group, there are six senior high school students, five sophomores, and one freshman.

But the youngest one was not a freshman in high school, but Jiang Ning.

Those high school seniors who plan to return to their hometown will go directly to college in the second half of the year.

The twelve of them had been in an intense training and study state and had never gotten to know each other well. Several of their roommates had been eliminated in one exam after another and had to go back to live in a separate dormitory. Now that the competition was over and they were back in the dormitory, they finally had time to deepen their communication with each other and made an appointment to go to the cafeteria for dinner together in the evening.

Song Peifeng was with Jiang Ning and asked her what her next plans were.

A period of competition may be stressful for others, but for Jiang Ning, it is like a vacation. She has completely broken free from her previous depression. She is in a very good mood, exuding a cheerful and sunny aura. She smiled and said to Song Peifeng: "I'm going to Shanghai, what about you?"

The summer breeze blew the strands of hair on his forehead, revealing his smiling eyes as clear as the bright moon: "It just so happens that I also want to transfer from Shanghai to Wucheng."

"What will happen next? Will you stay in Wucheng No. 1 High School to complete the remaining high school courses, or come to Beijing University as an auditor in advance?"

In Wucheng, whether it is Wuzhong or No. 1 Middle School, students have actually completed all courses in the second year of high school, and the third year of high school has officially entered the stage of comprehensive review. In other words, when they return to their respective high schools at this time, they are just following everyone to review for the college entrance examination, which does not bring any substantial improvement to them.

So Jiang Ning would definitely choose the latter.

The training team could not stay for long, so that evening, the twelve people, together with the head coach, two team leaders, and observers, had a sumptuous dinner in the cafeteria. They drank beverages instead of wine and celebrated the good results achieved in this trip to Argentina. They also made an appointment to meet again at Tsinghua University/Peking University later.

All twelve of them were admitted by these two schools. The head coach and team leader are both professors from the Department of Mathematics at Kyoto University.

After reunion, comes separation.

The next morning, except for the two students who were closer to the capital, the remaining ten people, all carrying backpacks and luggage, left.

Whether they are students who have graduated from high school and choose to go home to see their parents or go on a graduation trip, or those who have been admitted in advance like those in the first and second years of high school choose to audit the university, or want to continue to stay in high school and systematically complete all the subsequent high school courses. It is only late July now, and there is still more than a month before the university starts. During this period of more than a month, they cannot all stay in Beijing.

Jiang Ning hadn't seen his grandfather for a long time and was eager to go home.

She and Song Peifeng flew to Shanghai together. After she arrived in Shanghai, Song Peifeng had to transfer to Wucheng.

She went straight to the store, and sure enough, Grandpa Jiang was in the store. When she saw Grandpa Jiang, she was like a happy little butterfly eager to show off. She hung the gold medal she had won in front of Grandpa: "Ding ding ding ding!" and said: "Grandpa, look what this is!"

Grandpa Jiang smiled and looked up at his lively granddaughter, then carefully took the medal from her hand and asked her with a smile: "What is this gold medal?"

"IMO gold medal!" Jiang Ning's eyes were full of the proud and complacent expression of a little rooster: "Grandpa, am I awesome!"

"Amazing, amazing! My eldest granddaughter is the best!" Grandpa Jiang looked at the gold medal over and over again, and even looked it up to the sun to see if it was made of real gold. He said to Jiang Ning, "This is a great treasure. It should be placed in front of the ancestral tablet and worshipped!"

Grandpa Jiang walked around the store several times but couldn't find a suitable box to put the things in. He wanted to go back to Jiangjia Village and show off to his ancestors in the village ancestral hall.

Grandpa Jiang was filled with bubbles of happiness.

That evening, the news of their return home with great glory was featured in prime-time news on provincial and municipal TV stations.

The news programs of the provincial TV station have much more viewers than those of the local TV stations. Now, not only Wucheng but the whole province knows that among the people who will represent the country in the IMO competition, there is a student from our province.

Many teachers and principals of key high schools in the provincial capital were extremely envious. It was a slap in the face for them that such a talented student did not come from one of their key high schools, but from an unknown small county.

Other provinces are also reporting on this incident.

Because there was a student from Shanghai Middle School in Shanghai, the news program of Shanghai TV spent dozens of seconds interviewing this student from Shanghai Middle School, and announced the names of six students. Finally, a photo of them at the airport holding a banner, holding flowers, and hanging gold medals was released.

The principal of the school that had previously accepted Jiang Bai and had agreed to accept Jiang Ning's enrollment in her senior year of high school also read the report. When he heard Jiang Ning's name, he felt it sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Because the Shanghai TV station was mainly interviewing students from Shanghai Middle School, they gave him a single interview of more than 30 seconds, and the group photo afterwards was less than three seconds. The six people stood together, and their faces were very small, so their faces could not be seen clearly. The school leaders who had previously agreed to receive Jiang Ning, looking at the group photo of six students on TV, always felt that the girl looked a little familiar, but they saw countless students' faces every day at school, and really couldn't remember where they had seen this girl.

The next day, when he saw the head teacher of a senior high school student who was still taking extra classes at school, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he asked the teacher, "Didn't a student from another province want to transfer his enrollment last year? Did he say he wanted to transfer to your class? What was the name of that student?"