Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Exclusive
After the morning self-study the next day, Lin Yi Mu was surrounded by his classmates before he could even do anything. They all said flattering words to congratulate Lin Yi Mu and Huang Minglei.
"Two big guys, you are so awesome! You even got first place with full marks in the semi-finals, so you will definitely get into the provincial team. Are you two going to participate in the finals soon? I won't be able to study with you for a week. Without you two to motivate me, I will lose the motivation to study." A tall boy sitting behind Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei said with a smile.
Lin Yimu looked at the other person's smiling face and didn't know what expression to show on his face.
If you could take back the happy look on your face when you said this, I might have believed it.
Lin Yimu put away his inner complaints, put on a smile and said, "It's okay, it's only seven days, I'll be back soon, don't worry."
Huang Minglei also looked at the other party with amusement and said: "If you can take away the happy expression on your face, we might believe what you say."
The boy who was speaking didn't feel embarrassed at all when he heard this. Instead, he said with a smile, "Hehe, although I am indeed happy that I don't have to be criticized by you two, it is also true that we are not as motivated to study without you two around."
Lin Yimu packed up his books and stood up. As he followed the crowd out, he said, "Don't worry. Even if we come back a week after the exam, we will definitely beat you and will not let you lose your enthusiasm for studying." As he spoke, he patted the other person's shoulder in a friendly manner.
The classmates who were originally talking around Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei were listening to their conversation. They were originally quite excited, but because of Lin Yimu's words, they all became depressed and began to criticize Lin Yimu for being a bad person.
"Master Lin! Please act like a human being! Don't tear people apart when they are in trouble, you know? It's easy for you to lose friends if you do this!"
"Two great gods, please give us ordinary people some thoughts! We know you are so powerful that you don't need to say it out loud."
Amidst everyone's complaints, Lin Yimu and his group came to the cafeteria to have breakfast.
The first class after breakfast was Chinese. Because it was morning, everyone was still very energetic, so there was no sleepiness, which made the Chinese teacher very satisfied. When the get out of class was about to end, the Chinese teacher praised Huang Minglei and Lin Yimu in a gentle manner.
It was not until the third math class that Lin Yimu heard from the math teacher about the ranking list for the semi-finals, and that certificates would be presented to Huang Minglei and Lin Yimu, the two first-place finishers in the province, and Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan, the two third-place finishers in the province, at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the conference room.
After the math teacher announced the school's decision, he began to concentrate on teaching his students, and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood.
In fact, this is normal. After all, who would have thought that with the difficulty of the competition questions this year, none of the sophomores in their school made it to the finals, but instead two freshmen entered the finals with full marks.
As for the two students, Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan, although it is a pity that they only got third place in the province, it is still very good for their current age. We cannot look at them with the same eyes as Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei, two monsters.
After the third class, the students who already knew that there would be an award ceremony for the four people looked at them with envy.
On the contrary, the four people who were in the envy of everyone, except Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan, the two provincial third prize winners who felt a little embarrassed, Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei looked unmoved and were not affected at all.
In fact, when Lin Yimu learned the news yesterday, he had already talked about this matter with Huang Minglei. Both of them were very interested in the upcoming training before the finals. They heard that teachers from the School of Mathematics of Yancheng University would be invited to train them. This was a good opportunity for both of them to ask for advice.
The two were looking forward to the upcoming training and had not worried at all whether they would be selected into the provincial team. After all, if the two first place winners with full marks in Yancheng City were not selected, everyone might have something to say.
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In the afternoon, after taking a short lunch break, Lin Yimu and three other people went to the largest conference room in the school office building. When they opened the door of the conference room, they found that no one had come yet. They all breathed a sigh of relief and found a seat at the end to sit down and wait for the teachers and leaders to come.
At exactly three o'clock, the director of studies Chen Yu, mathematics teacher Zhou Shaoyuan and principal Wang Wenyan walked into the conference room one by one. Behind them was the head of the mathematics teaching and research group who was responsible for organizing the training class.
After the four of them walked into the conference room, the principal looked at Lin Yimu and the other three who had come to the conference room in advance and stood up to greet them, and said with a smile, "Okay, everyone sit down."
After everyone sat down, the principal looked at the four students sitting opposite him with a gentle smile, nodded with satisfaction, and then spoke again: "Everyone should know the reason for this award ceremony. It is to present award certificates to Lin Yimu, Huang Minglei, Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan, and to announce the candidates for the provincial team."
At this point, he picked up a folder beside him and opened it, saying, "I won't waste any more words today. I think everyone already knew the specific rankings last night. Next, I will directly issue you the award certificates. I hope you will continue to work hard and maintain your current results. Even if you can't participate in the finals, you can continue to fight in the second year of high school with your current momentum!"
"I would also like to congratulate Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei for successfully entering the provincial team with the first place. But don't be too proud. I hope you two can achieve better results in the upcoming competitions!" After saying that, he picked up the four red-covered certificates at hand and distributed them to Lin Yimu and the other three according to their names.
After handing out the certificates, the principal said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that this year, four students from our No. 1 Middle School would enter the semi-finals, and even two of them will soon participate in the finals. This is a rare honor for our school. It is also the result of the hard work of all the teachers present here. Thank you all teachers for your hard work!" After the principal expressed his emotion, he pulled everyone together for a group photo before stopping.
After the event was over, Lin Yimu thought it was over, and they just stood up and left the meeting room after the teachers and the principal left. The principal suddenly took out two red envelopes from a folder and handed them to Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei, saying, "This is the bonus for the two of you who ranked first in the province. Although there was no such rule in previous years, in order to motivate everyone's learning and competition motivation, there will be bonuses for the first place in the province and the first place in the country every year. If you can participate in the IMO competition, you will get bonuses regardless of whether you win gold, silver or bronze medals."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yimu and the other three looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise on each other's faces.
They had never thought that they would receive a bonus after receiving a certificate. Regardless of the amount of the bonus, the honor of being the first one was unmatched.
Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei put away the surprise on their faces, took the red envelopes with a serious look on their faces, and thanked the principal and several teachers solemnly.
After the award ceremony was over and the principal and teachers left the meeting room, Lin Yimu and the other three left the meeting room. On the way back to the classroom, Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan looked at the two with envy. Ye Yuankai couldn't help but say, "That's great. If I had known that there was a bonus for the provincial school, I would have studied hard to get the provincial one. No matter how much the bonus is, at least I have earned the honor." As he said that, Ye Yuankai sighed with regret.
Even Mo Shanshan, who was originally very satisfied with being ranked third in the province, said enviously: "I don't care about the amount of the prize money, the main thing is the honor. This is the first time in so many years that No. 1 High School has given prize money to students for a competition. It's unprecedented! It will be so face-saving to tell others about it."
Lin Yimu listened to what the two said and said with a smile: "Since you are envious, why don't you two strive to be the second winners of the prize next year? It's very prestigious to talk about being the first and second winners."
When talking about this, Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan's faces fell. They were aware of their own limitations. Looking at the difficulty of the questions in the preliminary and semi-finals this year, they didn't know what the competition would be like next year. If the questions were even more difficult, they probably wouldn't even be able to get third place in the province.
On Lin Yimu's side, several people were happily discussing the new bonus system. On the other side, No. 7 Middle School was in an uproar because of Yuan Mingxu's ranking. Even the teachers who had no hope for the rematch were filled with disbelief when they received the list and certificates sent by the Mathematical Society, as well as the news that Yuan Mingxu was selected for the provincial team.
However, after confirming again and again that the list and certificate received were correct, Yuan Mingxu's mathematics teacher immediately went to the principal with the letter excitedly.
Some students from No. 7 Middle School also saw last night's Weibo post and, of course, learned that Yuan Mingxu's second place in the rematch was only one point away from full marks. Their mood changed from disbelief at first to confirmation that it was indeed Yuan Mingxu from their school, which was like a roller coaster ride of ups and downs.
However, although everyone was surprised at the achievements of Yuan Mingxu, who was lazy and like a gangster, there was no negative emotion such as jealousy. After all, everyone knew his own weight.
However, there are always those good students who think they are extraordinary and have good grades but did not enter the semi-finals. When they heard the people around them praising and surprised Yuan Mingxu, they felt jealous.
Qian Shi, who felt as uncomfortable as these sour good students, felt that he had a grudge against Yuan Mingxu and would pick a fight with him from time to time. After hearing about Yuan Mingxu's results in the rematch, he felt even worse. He was even more certain that Yuan Mingxu was deliberately pretending to be a poor student so that they could laugh at him.
Yuan Mingxu was unaware of these situations in school and didn't care much about them. If his math teacher hadn't come to him with a happy face, Yuan Mingxu would still be sleeping soundly on the table.
After hearing the notice from the math teacher, Yuan Mingxu just yawned lazily and nodded. Then he followed the excited math teacher to the principal's office to receive the certificate. After listening to the principal's long speech of formalities and encouraging words, he walked back to the classroom with the red certificate in his hand.
As he walked along, the students who saw him stared at the certificate in his hand for a long time with envy in their eyes.
It was the first time that a student from No. 7 Middle School made it to the semi-finals or even the provincial team in a competition. In fact, the principal wanted to publicize it widely, but because there was no preparation and it was too late to find out, he could only solemnly present the certificate in the principal's office and said a few words of encouragement before letting Yuan Mingxu return to class.
As for competition prizes or something like that, No. 7 Middle School doesn't have any of those. It's not that the principal doesn't want to use this to encourage students to study, but No. 7 Middle School simply can't come up with that kind of money. Moreover, the faculty and students at No. 7 Middle School are not as good as those at No. 1 Middle School, and are at worst mediocre.
Among the students enrolled in No. 7 Middle School, less than half are good students or even students who are willing to study. The annual college entrance examination admission rate is the lowest among all high schools. Most people feel that they have no hope of passing the college entrance examination and just go out to work.
People like Yuan Mingxu are actually a minority in No. 7 Middle School. Especially after the results came out this time, the math teacher felt that it was a pity for Yuan Mingxu to study in No. 7 Middle School.
If Yuan Mingxu was in No. 1 Middle School, he would have been able to enter the provincial team without studying hard. If he had studied hard in No. 1 Middle School and had the best teachers in Yancheng, he would have achieved greater success.
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