Chapter 342 Drawing a Pie in the Sky!
As soon as she arrived at the school, the principal called her to his office. Gu Yin had no idea how he knew she was back!
Seeing Gu Yin's puzzlement, Du Zhongming smiled and said, "I had the security guards at the gate keep an eye on you and contact me as soon as they saw you come back, so I knew as soon as you entered the school gate."
"We asked you to come here because the provincial daily newspaper wants to do an interview with you. You can ignore other random interviews, but it's okay to accept an interview with this authoritative newspaper. What do you think?"
Gu Yin replied nonchalantly, "Sure, when?"
"Now that you're back, I'll call them and tell them to come over now. The comrades from the Provincial Daily are staying at a hotel outside." After saying that, he made the call.
Half an hour later, two people dressed in the uniform of the Provincial Daily knocked on the door and came in. One was a man and the other a woman. The man was filming, and the woman was holding a microphone.
"We've finally got Gu back! Your principal told me you went to Beijing for intensive training in information technology to prepare for the upcoming competition. How are you doing? Are you confident?"
Gu Yin glanced at Du Zhongming, then looked at the reporter and nodded: "Yes."
"Okay, let's start the interview. Don't be nervous, these are just some basic questions."
It really was all some basic questions, from family, to daily studies, to competitions, to expectations and goals for the future, and advice for younger students, etc.
There was no gossip or any random questions; the interview ended in an hour and a half.
"Thank you both for your hard work! It's time for dinner now, let's go and try the food at our school! Gu Yin has to go back to study, so she won't be joining us," Du Zhongming invited with a smile.
The two men were very understanding! They didn't ask Gu Yin to come along, and went with Du Zhongming to the private room in the dining hall that was specially used to entertain guests.
The welcome ceremony for new students was held on the first day after the holiday.
Gu Yin stood beside the podium, looking at the lively freshmen below, and smiled. Last year, she stood below watching Chu Yan on the stage, and now it was her turn to stand on the podium. Time really flies.
According to the rules, the freshman representative should have been selected from among the freshmen, and the host would have been an upperclassman. However, because Gu Yin's grades were too outstanding, the principal directly made her the freshman representative.
After the host finished speaking, Gu Yin went up to the stage.
She didn't have a manuscript, stood straight, looked at the audience, and said with a smile, "Distinguished leaders, teachers, and students, hello everyone. I am Gu Yin from Class 1, Grade 11. Originally, the person standing here should have been a beautiful and lovely or handsome freshman, but because I was too smug, he couldn't stand it and dragged me here to be his laborer! As for what I was smug about, it was that I got a 7-day holiday after the competition! What does a 7-day holiday mean? Let me put it this way: during summer vacation you can only rest for 15 days, and during winter vacation you can only rest for one week."
As soon as Gu Yin finished speaking, a chorus of wails erupted from below!
"Is Jianggao really that strict? A vacation of more than a month, and they only give you a few days?"
"If I had known... Sigh, even if I had known, I would still have come! This is Jianggao!"
"Senior is amazing! I remember she was number one on the celebrity list! She's so beautiful and academically gifted! What door did fate close for her?!"
"I wonder if my senior has a boyfriend! I wonder if I, as a junior, have a chance!"
"You've probably gone stupid from studying too much! Even though she's a senior, she's still a bit younger than us. She skipped a grade and took the high school entrance exam!"
When Gu Yin finished her speech, she saw the principal looking helpless: "Is this how the speech you showed me was written? How could you do something like this!"
“Principal, I’m a student, and I know what kind of speeches can attract students. It’s not those motivational speeches or long, formal lectures, but rather benefits (no, empty promises). Look, I said that as long as they work as hard as me and are as capable as me, they have the autonomy to decide whether they attend classes or not, whether it’s a holiday or not, as long as they want to! That’s such a huge temptation! Look at them, they’re all so excited.”
Du Zhongming was speechless. "Do you think everyone is as smart as you?"
"Come on, go read your book! Don't stay here and make me anxious!"
Just a few days after returning from vacation, Gu Yin went to Beijing with her teachers again for the National Physics Competition.
Physics competitions are similar to chemistry competitions. Participants stay in a closed hotel, take a written exam for one day, a lab exam for another day, and the results are released five days later.
After finishing the exam, Gu Yin did not stay in Beijing because the preliminary round of the information science competition was about to begin.
Before it started, Gu Yin went through the subject selection process. Unsurprisingly, Gu Yin chose science, and the original Class 1 became the science class. 90% of the students chose science, and the other students who did not choose science were transferred to other classes. Several new students came to the class, but they were all the same age and everyone knew each other. The homeroom teacher was changed to math teacher Feng Jiangyue.
At the end of the month, the exam will be held at Jianggao High School. This competition is very simple, consisting only of a written test, which covers the knowledge learned in high school.
The real-world competition will be held next month, so 90% of the students who participated in the preliminary round have advanced. As expected, Gu Yin won first place again.
As soon as Gu Yin came out of the physics exam room, she saw her physics teacher in the corridor.
Upon seeing her come out, the other person immediately walked over quickly.
"Gu Yin! The national competition results are out! You won the national gold medal again! Do you know that?! You won the national gold medal again!" The physics teacher said, shaking Gu Yin's shoulder.
Gu Yin reached out and grabbed the other person's arm: "Teacher! Calm down! You're making me dizzy! Calm down!"
"Oh! Are you alright? I was just too excited! You won the International Gold Award!"
Gu Yin shook her head. Seeing that other people leaving the exam room were about to surround her, Gu Yin quickly grabbed the physics teacher and led him downstairs.
"Did they say when we'd go for the training camp?" Gu Yin was particularly interested in this.
The physics teacher shook his head: "In previous years, the physics training camp was a summer camp, followed by an overseas competition in July. I don't know about this year's camp. We'll have to wait for someone from above to find out."
Gu Yin was unaware that many people had started paying attention to her because she had received two international gold awards. However, since other schools also had students who received both international gold and international bank awards, those who were interested in Gu Yin had not yet taken any action.
The day after the chemistry exam, people from Beijing came.
"Gu Yin, it's great to see you again!" I have to introduce myself first, otherwise you won't recognize me next time I come, and I'll be so embarrassed! My name is Meng Yu! I'm an undergraduate teacher in the Biology Department at Qingdao University, and I'll be your senior in the future! I wasn't originally supposed to come, but since you've already chosen the Biology Department, the physics competition organizers asked me to do it for you! Congratulations again on winning the national gold medal! How about it, are you excited?!" After saying that, I handed the gold medal and certificate to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin recognized the teacher from Qingda University from last time, reached out to take the gift, and nodded with a smile: "It's alright, as expected. Is the training camp schedule fixed?"
Meng Yu sighed and said seriously, "There's no way around it. The physics training camp is also a winter camp. The good news is that the training location is the same as the biology winter camp! The chemistry camp is the same too. The national chemistry competition is next month. If you win the national gold medal again, the higher-ups will arrange special classes for you based on your situation. This means that while others have two classes a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, each class lasting two hours, you might have six classes a day, from morning to night. You'll be much more tired than others. Are you sure you can handle it?"
Is this for real?!
"Absolutely no problem! I can do it!"
Meng Yu knew this would happen, and couldn't help but laugh: "Then my teacher and I will wait for you in Beijing!"
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