The early submission of papers in the morning attracted considerable attention.
Wu Yingjie sternly criticized and instructed Zhou Chen not to hand in his paper early again, but to use the extra time to check for mistakes. So, in the afternoon exam, Zhou Chen did the same as the other students in an orderly manner.
At the entrance to the examination hall, just like in the morning, the same female reporter was conducting random interviews.
Zhou Chen wasn't interested, so he distanced himself and prepared to walk past.
To his surprise,
The female reporter noticed that he wasn't speaking, and she actually came over to stop him and wanted to conduct a second interview.
"Hello, classmate, we meet again."
Although Cai Xiaowei disliked Zhou Chen, a person who talked big, she knew that interviewing Zhou Chen would generate traffic. The interview she conducted that morning had already been posted online, and just now, news came from the back end that the video had received over 10,000 views and become a hot video. Many netizens left comments below, wanting to see the follow-up interview.
Out of politeness, Zhou Chen nodded politely.
"Student, after you finished the math exam this afternoon, did you have the same confidence as this morning? Did you score over 700 points? I've heard from many students that this year's math exam was more difficult than any previous year. What do you think?"
Cai Xiaowei said with a smile.
She hoped that Zhou Chen could give a surprising answer like she did this morning, thus creating buzz and attracting attention for their show once again.
However, she felt that Zhou Chen probably didn't do as well as he did in the morning exam; otherwise, why didn't he hand in his paper early and leave the exam room first this time?
"After finishing the math exam, I felt that my total score would be over 700 without any doubt, as all the questions were exactly what I expected."
Zhou Chen said calmly.
Cai Xiaowei's expression flashed. Just as she had expected, Zhou Chen once again spouted wild words without any restraint. This was naturally perfect for her, but Zhou Chen's overconfidence still disgusted her, because she felt that Zhou Chen was just trying to attract attention and doing it on purpose.
"Student, confidence is a good thing, but being overconfident is not good."
Cai Xiaowei felt that Zhou Chen was too arrogant and a bit like a clown. She thought the comments from netizens on the website calling Zhou Chen a clown were very accurate.
Zhou Chen noticed the fleeting disdain in Cai Xiaowei's eyes and knew that Cai Xiaowei didn't believe he could really get so many points, and was probably laughing at him in her heart.
Normally, he wouldn't want to waste time making Cai Xiaowei, an unrelated person, believe him, but now, facing the camera in front of him, which might be seen by many people in the future, he felt it necessary to say something more.
"All fear stems from insufficient firepower, and all confidence stems from strong capabilities. Because I have them, I am confident. As for whether I am overconfident, the answer will be revealed when the college entrance examination scores are released."
After saying this casually, Zhou Chen shrugged and quickly left the camera's view to rejoin Wu Yingjie.
Cai Xiaowei was still immersed in what had just been said.
Fear stems from insufficient firepower? This statement is novel, interesting, and not without merit.
Using this phrase as an analogy for confidence and ability,
Cai Xiaowei believes that Zhou Chen must have heard it from somewhere.
"I want to see how many points you can get in the end."
"Oh no, I forgot to ask him his name."
Cai Xiaowei suddenly slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten the most important question: Zhou Chen's name.
However, it doesn't matter. The video went viral, and any information about Zhou Chen can be found through the resourceful searches of netizens.
On the way back to the hotel,
The students are all discussing today's exam questions.
"Have you noticed that there are a few math problems this year that seem similar to those we've done before?"
"I feel the same way."
"Me too."
After discussion, everyone discovered a common point: a few of the exam questions felt very familiar.
"I remember doing similar questions on the past three years' exam papers."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's the actual exam paper."
"It seems to be from the last set of questions that Zhou Chen himself created. My goodness, Zhou Chen actually predicted the college entrance exam questions. The top student is amazing."
All eyes of the students fell on Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen touched his nose, not expecting that everyone would find out so quickly. He had indeed taken a few questions from the college entrance examination, rewrote them, and put them into the actual exam paper.
This can be considered a small benefit for the classmates who support him.
"It's purely a coincidence."
Zhou Chen coughed.
Wu Yingjie looked at him with surprise, but didn't say anything.
After returning to the hotel
Wu Yingjie kept Zhou Chen behind to ask him how he had predicted the college entrance exam questions.
"Teacher, you don't actually think I could get my hands on the college entrance exam questions, do you?"
Zhou Chen shrugged with a wry smile.
Wu Yingjie was taken aback by the question. He had indeed had a slight doubt, but he thought it was too absurd and immediately dismissed it. Now, seeing Zhou Chen's reaction, he knew that such a thing was indeed impossible.
The college entrance examination questions are created by a group of renowned teachers organized by the state, and the entire process is extremely rigorous, with a level of confidentiality that can be described as top-notch.
How could Zhou Chen, a young man from a small town with no connections, possibly know the questions on the college entrance exam?
No one would believe this if I told them.
It must be a coincidence.
But if it's just a coincidence, it's still quite frightening. If Zhou Chen can come up with similar questions himself, doesn't that mean that Zhou Chen's question-making skills are on the same level as those famous question setters?
"I was just asking you, don't overthink it."
"Go back and get some rest."
Wu Yingjie snapped out of his thoughts and waved his hand. Zhou Chen appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was in turmoil. He didn't know that his earlier statement about having the college entrance exam questions had dispelled Wu Yingjie's doubts.
Zhou Chen was somewhat relieved. Fortunately, the actual exam paper did not include questions from other subjects, only mathematics. Otherwise, if all subjects had similar questions, the relevant departments would have had to conduct a special investigation.
But based solely on mathematics, others can't say anything conclusive; they can only describe it as a coincidence.
Not only that, it can also boost the sales of past exam papers.
As one of the editors of the past exam papers, his personal participation in the college entrance examination will have an advertising effect that surpasses any celebrity endorsement once the scores are released. It will definitely boost the sales of the past exam papers several times over.
This is also one of the main reasons why he adapted several math college entrance exam questions and included them in the actual exam papers.
"Brother Chen, you're amazing! Everyone in the group is talking about your past exam papers. They predicted the college entrance exam questions correctly. A lot of people are rushing to buy past exam papers to review them again. They're looking forward to tomorrow's exam and wondering if they can predict the questions correctly again."
As soon as I entered the room,
Li Kaile said excitedly.
Zhou Chen could only say that he was overthinking it. It was already good if he guessed a few questions correctly in one subject. If he could guess correctly in every subject, then he should just wait to be investigated.
He's not that stupid.
However, Zhou Chen couldn't say this directly. It wouldn't hurt for the students to look at the problems they had done before. Even last-minute cramming can be effective.
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