Chapter 95 Chapter 95 Exclusive
The next day was the opening ceremony of the IMO competition. Early in the morning, Lin Yimu and his colleagues followed Professor Wan and two observation teachers to the scene.
The opening ceremony was held at the University of La Plata and the examination hall was located there. As they walked and observed, Lin Yimu and his companions could not help but sigh at the school's green areas and vast land area. If there were no road signs and guides, they might not be able to find the school's auditorium.
When Lin Yimu and his group arrived at the auditorium, the delegations from various countries had almost all arrived.
Seeing Lin Yi Mu and his group coming, members of the national teams all looked in their direction, with their eyes mainly focused on Lin Yi Mu's students. Their inquiring eyes made everyone's scalp tingle, and they always felt that these people had bad intentions.
The reason why members of various national teams pay attention to the Z country team is very simple, mainly because of Lin Yimu.
The members of their team had heard of Lin Yimu's name before coming here, and they all knew that he was a genius who had solved a mathematical conjecture.
It is also said that the opponent was only 16 years old at the time, and it was even basically confirmed that the opponent would definitely participate in this IMO competition. After all, no matter how great the opponent's achievements were, he was essentially still a high school student. How could Country Z miss this sure-fire chance to win the championship?
When they came to participate in the competition, the team leaders and deputy team leaders of various countries, and even the training teachers, all used Lin Yi Mu to motivate them. This made many students who claimed to be excellent not only curious about Lin Yi Mu, but also wanted to compete with him.
That's why they all came early for today's opening ceremony. When they saw the Z country team entering the venue, they all started looking for Lin Yimu, the legendary genius, in the team.
However, the deputy team leaders of various countries were really worried. If the student named Lin Yimu was really a genius who solved the mathematical conjecture, then he would definitely aim for the gold medal when representing Country Z in the competition. Then, they would have no chance at all.
And because of Lin Yimu, the team leader of their country has been trying to negotiate with the organizers to increase the difficulty of the questions in this competition. Otherwise, based on the difficulty of previous exams, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving the trophy to Country Z for nothing? How could they be willing to accept this?
If the organizing committee adopts the suggestions of the team leaders from various countries, then even if the questions are difficult, they will still have a chance, and with this little chance they may be able to win the gold medal.
Lin Yimu and his group were facing the crowd's curious gazes and felt a little nervous. They put away their curious glances towards the entire auditorium and began to follow Professor Wan politely or expressionlessly to the seats arranged for them by the organizing committee.
After Lin Yimu, Huang Minglei and the other three sat down, they all breathed a sigh of relief because there were Professor Wan and two teachers blocking the way in front of them, and they began to look around at the national teams.
Because the participants were all elites selected from various countries, although everyone did not know their opponents well, they did not feel nervous or timid. On the contrary, everyone was motivated by the presence of Lin Yimu, a genius who could solve mathematical conjectures.
The opening ceremony began with the representatives of various countries having different thoughts. Lin Yimu and his companions also withdrew their gazes and focused on the speeches of the leaders on the stage.
In his heart, he was wondering about the strength of the members of the teams from various countries. Because of his previous paper on the verification of a mathematical conjecture, professors and scholars who were interested in this area would know him to some extent. However, Lin Yimu and his companions were not clear about the strength of the teams from other countries. They even wondered whether they should ask the professor about the situation after the opening ceremony.
Lin Yimu had never experienced such a large-scale competition involving many countries before, so he would only remember many things when the time came, but Professor Wan and the others would not.
After returning to the hotel after the opening ceremony, before Lin Yi Mu had time to ask any questions, Professor Wan gathered everyone in his rest room, flipped through the materials in his hand and handed them out to everyone for them to read. Then he briefly explained the specific situation of each national team, and left the test papers that Lin Yi Mu and others had done yesterday for them to go back and review.
The test paper that Professor Wan gave to Lin Yimu and the others yesterday was not a random one. Instead, it was a set of more difficult questions based on each of their strengths and weaknesses. This was also to prevent them from being caught off guard by the sudden increase in difficulty of the competition this year. But looking at each of their test papers now, the effect should still be good.
After Lin Yimu and the others returned, they all gathered in his room. The six of them looked at the information in their hands and discussed their respective opinions.
Finally, it was Lin Yimu who advised: "Everyone should read the materials to understand the opponent's strength, so that you can have a general idea in your mind, so that you won't be too nervous during the exam. It's useless to read more. We should take advantage of the time to review what the professors have taught. After all, the exam will look at everyone's knowledge and mental state. As long as we have mastered the knowledge, we don't need to care too much about others."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then realized that they were reacting a little too hastily. And just like Lin Yimu said, just look at the opponent's information to get a general idea in your mind, there is no need to dwell on it. It is better to use this time to consolidate your knowledge. Maybe you will get a flash of inspiration during the exam.
Everyone who figured it out put down the materials in their hands awkwardly and smiled sheepishly, but after all, they were all young people of the same age, so they quickly returned to normal, said a few more words, and went back to their rooms to review.
After everyone left, Lin Yimu and Xiao Jingyuan also began to review attentively, and occasionally they would discuss a topic for a few sentences.
On the other side, the national teams were also discussing the strength of their opponents, especially Country Z, which had the powerful weapon Lin Yimu, and was the focus of everyone's discussion.
Although no one thought they were inferior to Lin Yimu, there was really no one at his age who could solve mathematical conjectures. In addition, professors and teachers often nagging him in his ears, so he couldn't help but feel a little fearful unconsciously.
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On July 11, the IMO competition officially began.
The teams from various countries entered the venue as instructed and found their seats and sat down. After a while, an invigilator came in with the test paper in his hand, stood at the podium and began to explain the precautions and time of the test.
"The IMO competition has a total of six questions, which are divided into two days, three questions per day, and each test lasts four and a half hours. The full score is 42 points. Today is the first day. Please pay attention to whether the test paper is neat and the text is clear. You are not allowed to look around or whisper to each other. Cheating is not allowed. There are cameras and invigilators in each classroom. If you are caught, the country will be disqualified from this year's competition and criticized. In addition, if you need anything, you can raise your hand to find the invigilator."
One of the invigilators, a white man who was obviously a local, first explained the precautions in fluent English, and then repeated them several times in various languages. After making sure that everyone understood, he began to distribute the test papers to everyone with a serious expression.
After Lin Yimu got the test paper, he immediately checked the ease of the three questions, because Professor Wan said yesterday that the organizing committee had approved the applications of various countries. The difficulty of the test questions in this IMO competition can be said to be the most difficult in history, and the reason is all because of this monster Lin Yimu.
After all, not every country can produce a student who can solve a mathematical conjecture at the age of 16, or even recently entered the Mathematical Research Center of Peking University to participate in the competition.
However, after looking at the test paper, Lin Yimu's somewhat tense heart was completely relaxed. Among the three questions on the test paper, only the last one was a little beyond the scope of high school students. But it was also in the area of number theory that Lin Yimu was good at, so it was not difficult for him at all.
Lin Yimu picked up his pen with full confidence and started to do the questions. Since the questions were not difficult, he finished the first two questions very quickly. However, the third question was more complicated in calculation and the steps needed to be written clearly and in detail, so he wasted some time.
After Lin Yi Mu checked again and again to make sure that there was no problem with his answer, he immediately handed in the test paper. Lin Yi Mu was the first person to hand in his test paper in this examination room, which made the other foreign candidates in the same examination room with him stunned for a moment. For the first time, they felt the pain of being crushed by someone's IQ.
Some people were so discouraged that they couldn't help but curse under their breath, but the invigilator gave them a look and they immediately shut up and concentrated on doing the questions.
Of course, Lin Yimu didn't hear all this. He was walking towards the exit, thinking about what Professor Wan said about the increasing difficulty of the questions.
Professor Wan was standing at the exit of the examination room, and naturally he saw Lin Yimu coming out at first sight. After all, everyone in the examination room was still writing furiously at that moment, and there was no one else at the door except the deputy team leaders from various countries who were waiting there.
Professor Wan looked at Lin Yimu who was walking in front of him and asked with a smile: "How was it? Was the exam difficult this time?"
Lin Yimu came back to his senses after hearing this, and then shook his head in confusion, "Professor, this test is not difficult at all. Didn't you say that the difficulty of the test was increased this year in response to requests from various countries?"
"Looking at you like this, there shouldn't be any problem, but you still have another match tomorrow." Professor Wan said with a smile as he looked at Lin Yimu.
Lin Yimu thought that the three test questions tomorrow might be the most difficult, so he just smiled and didn't say anything about the easy questions. He stood at the exit with the professor waiting for others to come out.
The deputy team leaders from other countries who were standing nearby waiting for someone to come out of the examination room all looked unhappy when they saw Lin Yi Mu walk out of the examination room first. They glanced at Lin Yi Mu with unfriendly eyes from time to time, secretly hating that Country Z was so lucky to have such a monstrous talent. It would be so great if this person was from their country.
Lin Yimu and Professor Wan ignored everyone's gazes and just discussed the competition questions from time to time.
After a while, other candidates also finished their exams and came out from the exit. People of all races and languages whispered together, it was noisy but orderly.
Lin Yimu could understand English, so he knew that everyone was complaining about the difficulty of the questions in this exam. Mixed in between were Lin Yimu’s own name and various words of envy and jealousy towards him.
After Huang Minglei and his companions walked out of the examination room, they immediately walked towards Professor Wan. When they saw Lin Yimu standing next to Professor Wan, apart from complaining that Lin Yimu's abnormality had increased, they also discussed the third question, which was more difficult and had more complicated calculations.
"I felt that the calculation required for the third question was really too much. I felt like I would never be able to finish it. I was afraid that I would not be able to finish it within the specified time. I was so nervous."
"Yeah, I spent most of my time on the third number theory problem. It made me bald. It didn't seem like a problem that a human could solve at all."
"Although I finished it, I didn't feel very good about it. Maybe I didn't get any points for the third question."
"It's not possible, I just don't think it's possible."
Lin Yimu smiled as he watched everyone complain, and couldn't help but comfort them, "Don't worry too much, considering the difficulty, as long as everyone keeps calm and performs normally, there will be no problem."
Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Lin Yimu, who had always looked calm and composed, and said in unison: "You monster have no right to say that. We don't want to pay attention to you for now!"
Lin Yimu: “…” Can we still have fun?
Finally, Professor Wan stepped forward and interrupted everyone's complaints. He said with a smile: "Okay, everyone has worked hard today. Go back and have a good meal and rest. You don't need to review tonight. There is no point in cramming. Everyone has an exam tomorrow. Go back and rest early to get enough rest. This is your last IMO competition in high school."
After all, when they return to their country, they will go to the universities of their own choice and it will be impossible for them to participate in the next IMO competition, so they must seize this opportunity and leave no regrets.
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