Chapter 93: Both, the beast walks alone
"Yeah." Jiang Fuyue nodded. "Any questions?"
Xu Jing: "Of course there is a problem!"
Meng Zhijian: "This is a big problem!"
Jiang Fuyue: “?”
Xu Jing: "The National Mathematical Olympiad will be held in October. How will you have time to prepare for the IOI?"
Meng Zhijian nodded: "The list of the summer camp for the physical competition will be out soon, and we will have to participate in the training camp then."
"Besides, you haven't received any systematic training for informatics competitions before..."
Jiang Fuyue: "I'm learning on my own."
Xu Jing wanted to say that it was impossible. If a competition could be mastered so easily, then what was the point of having teachers?
Yes, he admitted that Jiang Fuyue had a high IQ and strong learning ability, but being talented in mathematics and physics did not mean that she would also be good at informatics.
Xu Jing: "You're taking a risk!"
Take care of the IMO and IPhO in front of you. As long as you win one of them, you can be directly admitted to the top universities in the country without even having to take the college entrance examination. Isn’t this important enough?
If you insist on doing IOI, and if you mess it up, you will lose everything.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but a person's energy is limited after all. I think you should be well aware of the principle of biting off more than you can chew. The most urgent task is to fully prepare for IMO and IPhO. Other unimportant things can be put aside for the time being. There will be many opportunities in the future..." Xu Jing said earnestly.
Jiang Fuyue didn't react much and said calmly, "I understand what you said, but since the opportunity is right in front of us, why wait until later?"
Well! After all this talk, it seems you didn’t listen to a single word I said.
Xu Jing was furious: "You're throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds!"
Jiang Fuyue said calmly: "Only children make choices. Adults want both watermelon and sesame seeds!"
Old Xu was shocked: "You, you, you..."
After a long pause, he finally gritted his teeth and managed to utter, "You're quite arrogant."
"Arrogant?" Jiang Fuyue shrugged, not caring at all. "I've always been like this anyway."
If you say arrogant, then be arrogant.
Xu Jing: “?” How could there be such a shameless person in the world?
"Anyone can talk big." At this point, he still refused to give in.
Jiang Fuyue: "Then let me prove it with my actions."
Xu Jing's straightened back instantly slumped. He sighed softly, his face filled with helplessness. "Have you really thought it through?"
"Um."
"…The school does have two recommendation slots…"
"Old Xu!" Meng Zhijian couldn't believe it. He actually compromised so easily?
Xu Jing waved his hand at him and continued, "However, because information science competitions have never been given much attention and there haven't been any dedicated training courses, many students don't even know what IOI is, let alone sign up. As a result, these two spots have been unused for many years."
No. 1 Middle School is famous for its "Mathematical Olympiad" and even "Physics Competition" has to give way, let alone Informatics?
"It's still unclear whether certain rules and the specific recommendation process have changed. I need to communicate with the school first before I can give you an accurate response."
"Okay." Jiang Fuyue nodded.
Even if the school does not recommend her, if she wants to participate, there are other ways, but it will be a little more troublesome.
"Then Mr. Xu, I'll leave first."
"Well, go back. Be safe. Don't stay up late tonight. Get some rest. You still have two classes tomorrow."
After Jiang Fuyue left, Meng Zhijian exploded before Xu Jing could even speak.
"Old Xu, are you sure? Letting Jiang Fuyue participate in the IOI? The school even has to recommend her? I think it wasn't Jiang Fuyue who stayed up late last night, but you. You must have lost your mind! You didn't even let me speak. You... you're so angry!"
"I want to stop her, but I have to! Look at her. Is she here to discuss this with me? The little girl is very determined and has already thought it through. No matter how much I try to persuade her, it's useless. It's better to let her do it. She won't know the pain until she hits the wall!"
Meng Zhijian: "We can't just let her do what she wants! You know how tight the schedule is for the Mathematical Olympiad and Physics Competition. Now there's an Informatics course thrown in. It's going to be tough..."
"Heh," Xu Jing glanced at him sideways, his tone cold, "Now you know how I felt when Jiang Fuyue joined the physics competition class, right?"
“…”
The next day, I took the comprehensive science test in the morning and the English test in the afternoon.
Everyone only saw Jiang Fuyue writing for the first thirty minutes, and basically fell asleep for the rest of the time.
Final exams are over and holidays are coming.
There's also news from Xujing—
"The school can recommend you, but No. 1 Middle School doesn't have a team leader. You have two choices now: either go on your own, or join Linbei No. 7 Middle School's team. The school will intervene and negotiate."
Jiang Fuyue frowned: "Isn't IOI always based on individuals?"
"As you mentioned, that's the IOI, an international competition. We're still in the domestic selection stage. Many schools that do well in information science competitions will form teams to participate, but there are also individuals who go."
Jiang Fuyue: "Then I'll choose someone."
Xu Jing disagreed and advised, "You need to think it over carefully. If you go with a team, at least you'll have teachers to take care of your daily life. If you go alone, you'll have to handle a lot of trivial matters yourself, which is time-consuming and laborious."
And the most important thing is that when participating in a competition away from home, you will inevitably feel lonely, which can easily affect your performance in the exam.
After all, it is very common for people to have a mental breakdown right before taking an exam, especially for high school students who have little experience and lack of training.
Jiang Fuyue shook her head: "I don't need it."
Xu Jing opened his mouth, wanting to persuade her again, but he heard her slowly speak——
“Cattle and sheep travel in herds, while lions and tigers walk alone.”
Old Xu was shocked on the spot.
Afterwards, he called the school back: "...Jiang Fuyue refused. She wants to go alone."
"No... didn't you explain the stakes to her? We're worried about her being alone!"
"What's there to worry about? The little girl said that only cattle and sheep travel in herds, while wild animals travel alone!"
Well, another one was shocked.
…
Jiang Fuyue basically spent the first week of summer vacation in the city library.
She first went through all the real questions from IOI over the past twenty years, and then combined the development status of the three programming languages at the time to make a detailed analysis of the question orientation. The factors involved included the development status of informatics at home and abroad, current hot topics in the field at that time, research results, and the question setter, mainly combining their work experience, subdivided research fields, and personal papers.
Then I started to deal with the domestic selection.
That’s right, in Jiang Fuyue’s opinion, the domestic selection is just something she can “deal with”.
First of all, domestic competitions and international competitions are two different concepts, and the difficulty level is as different as heaven and earth.
Secondly, the competition system is different.
Finally, there are also gaps in the content and ideological focus of the examination.
She went for the latter from the beginning, and the former was just a necessary stepping stone on her way to the latter. It needed to be taken seriously, but there was no need to indulge in it.
Ignoring the needs of international competitions in order to prepare for domestic selections is putting the cart before the horse!
During the week that Jiang Fuyue was in seclusion, the results of the physics competition semi-finals and the final exam rankings were released...
Sauce sauce sauce sauce ~ The quiz with prizes is here again!
What is Yuejie’s total score at the end of the semester?
A. Full score: 750; B. One point deducted: 749; C. Two points deducted: 748; D. Blank: 0 points
(End of this chapter)
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