After Zhou Xiu received the gold medal scholarship, Xu Qing followed and went on stage to receive the scholarship awarded by the principal.
Xu Qing caused quite a stir when he came on stage. When he stood on the stage and talked about "Study Methods for Biology Competitions", he fascinated many female classmates.
"I didn't expect that Senior Xu Qing also won the gold medal."
"Xu Qing's grades have always been good, and he's consistently ranked in the top ten in the grade. How come I didn't realize he was so good-looking before? His smile is so warm! There are so many handsome guys in Class 24, especially the class monitor!"
"Don't you think about it? How can you become the school's ambassador if you are not good-looking?"
The enrollment brochure contained a photo of Xu Qing in school uniform, with delicate features. He was holding a sign that read “Yude Welcomes You,” and his smile was like warm sunshine. Because of his photo, this admissions profile is still collected by many first-year high school students.
Zhou Xiu was very happy to receive the scholarship. She even nodded without hesitation when the principal said some joking words of encouragement to her.
After stepping down from the flag-raising platform, the principal said to Zhou Xiu: "You should work as hard in the math competition as you did in the biology competition, and strive to win first place."
"Well, I will try my best!"
system:【……】
That's swell.
[Young man, I’m not trying to hit you.] With your current level, the possibility of you taking first place is very low. 】
Although it set a league first place reward of 260,000 RMB, it did not have high expectations.
Putting aside the national competition where many top players gather, it remains to be seen whether Zhou Xiu can outperform those geniuses from No. 4 Middle School in the provincial competition. China is a strong country in mathematics, and the top gold medal winners in the country are at the leading level even on a global scale.
Zhou Xiu lowered her head and smiled, [I know. Take it one step at a time, don't rush. 】
Eat one bite at a time and do things one step at a time. Zhou Xiu started late in math competitions. Although she made up for the basics in the past year, it still couldn't change her disadvantage in math competitions.
Zhou Xiu's quick and clear answer made the principal feel very happy.
I originally thought that the best result Yude could get this time would be a gold medal. Before the results came out, the school even had the banners printed in advance, and all that was left was to hang them up.
On the day when the results were announced, the banners printed in advance were naturally of no use. All the teachers and students of Yude were immersed in the pride and joy that Zhou Xiu brought them.
The school website repeatedly displayed the good news that day, and the central picture on the homepage was changed to a group photo of two Yude students at the competition site, which immediately attracted a surge in views.
At the same time, the Academic Affairs Office of Yude Middle School received many consultation calls from parents regarding the topic of primary school to junior high school and junior high school to high school, which frequently appeared in the city.
It is hard to imagine how glorious it would be to have a banner with the words "double national scholarship" and "first place in total score" hung at the school gate. Yude has not had a double national scholarship for many years.
Not only Yude Middle School, but even the No. 1 Key Middle School, which ranks second in strength in the city, does not have the honor of double national gold medals. The principal was more than grinning from ear to ear.
Thinking of the grand enrollment next fall, the board of directors doesn't feel sorry at all for spending the 200,000 yuan in scholarships.
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After the flag-raising ceremony, Zhou Xiu met Lao Wang on her way back to the classroom.
Lao Wang put his hands behind his back and said, "You prepared well and won the gold medal in the competition."
Compared with the biology group which had been missing out on gold medals for many years, every class led by Lao Wang had at least one gold medal. Lao Wang was not that concerned about gold medals.
He has always disliked Zhou Xiu for "not doing his job properly" and studying biology.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiu's "unprofessional" work won him the first place in the country, which made Lao Wang both surprised and disappointed:
Imagine how glorious it would be if Zhou Xiu got first place in mathematics nationwide.
But Zhou Xiu would not focus on mathematics. When Lao Wang knew that Zhou Xiu got the first place in the total score, he already knew in his heart that if it really came to the day when he had to make a choice, Zhou Xiu would probably give up the mathematics competition.
However, during the flag-raising rally, she said that she would spend her whole life loving mathematics!
Lao Wang said to Zhou Xiu with disdain: "Since you said you like math, then... prepare well."
He stressed with a straight face, "Don't be late for the math class this afternoon."
Zhou Xiu nodded, "Okay."
Mathematics competition class.
Zhou Xiu arrived at the multimedia classroom on time for math class.
Mathematics competition is a long battle of endurance and psychology. As this class of students enters their senior year of high school, the pressure of reviewing and preparing for studying abroad continues to increase, and many students have quietly given up on math competitions.
The multimedia classroom, which was originally crowded, now has many empty seats.
Those silent empty seats represent the students who gave up the competition halfway.
The National Biology Competition caused Zhou Xiu to miss two classes. Previously, for the "Intellectual Confrontation" competition, Zhou Xiu missed three weekend classes. All in all, Zhou Xiu only attended three math classes last month.
Having paid the training fee but not attending the classes, Zhou Xiu felt sorry for the wasted money for the first time.
Zhou Xiu walked into the classroom, and dozens of eyes fell on her.
These gazes from the best students in the grade were filled with complex emotions: surprise, envy, and even admiration, sweeping away previous doubts and ridicule.
Some students whispered, "Why is Xiu Shen so awesome?"
It’s not like Yude hasn’t won some gold medals over the years, but its best result was just the national training team, which didn’t make it into the top ten. But Zhou Xiu did it.
This transfer student who had been the subject of controversy since she entered school, this girl who had even been criticized for her poor family background, did it and rose to the top of the list.
Qi Yaguang said: "Do you know Zhou Xiu's live broadcast room? She studies very hard in private, and her study method is also very good. It's worth watching."
When saying this, Qi Yaguang almost forgot some things in the past. Obviously, at the beginning, she was the most resistant to Zhou Xiu, the type of nerd who only knew how to be diligent and study hard, but now she is practicing it with her own actions.
There is nothing shameful about hard work and diligence.
After the results of the national biology competition were announced, a media reporter wanted to interview Zhou Xiu, but Zhou Xiu refused. Whenever Zhou Xiu is mentioned in the forums of major universities in the province or even in the forums of major middle schools across the country, people will talk about her with relish and affectionately call her "the goddess of show."
This is the real battle to fame.
This is the respect and affirmation that even "Intellectual Confrontation" cannot give to a student.
Zhang Qi waved enthusiastically, "Xiu Xiu, come over here and sit down, come on, come on!"
Even if Zhou Xiu wanted to ignore Zhang Qi, he couldn't. She gritted her teeth and sat down next to Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi held the notebook in his hand and said quickly with a bashful face: "Zhou Xiu, let's exchange notes!"
Zhang Qi got Zhou Xiu's notebook and couldn't wait to open it. When he saw the densely packed deduction formulas and theorems, his eyes immediately turned dark.
"Xiu Xiu, what is this?"
Zhou Xiu said, "Isn't it written on it?"
"Fermat's Lemma, Fermat's Last Theorem, Fermat's Little Theorem..." Zhang Qi muttered, his thick draft paper full of derivations and arguments of these formulas and theorems. He looked up at Zhou Xiu, "What have you been working on recently?"
Although Lao Wang often encourages students to use the knowledge they have learned to derive some simple theorems, not many students are willing to waste this time.
Zhang Qi cannot derive them, but that does not prevent him from using these formulas and theorems. But Zhou Xiu had the patience to prove them one by one, which made Zhang Qi secretly admire him.
"Not recently." Zhou Xiu has been deriving and proving formulas and theorems for almost half a year.
She pulled another notebook out of her bag, "Here, these are the notes."
After Zhou Xiu sat down, she discovered that the seat next to Zhang Qi was also empty. That was Xi Shaoyuan's fixed seat.
She looked up at the clock in the middle of the classroom and saw that class was about to start.
When the bell rang, Lao Wang meticulously explained the knowledge points of the competition. As soon as he finished writing on the blackboard, the top students immediately took notes. The class ended quickly.
After class, Zhou Xiu asked Zhang Qi, "Is Xi Shaoyuan not coming to class?"
Zhang Qi raised his eyebrows, looked at the seat next to him, then looked at Xie Cheng opposite him, asking him about the situation with his eyes.
Xie Cheng twirled his pen and said concisely, "It will come."
Several girls around him chattered, "Mr. Yuan has been skipping classes a lot lately. His frequency is almost as high as the week when Xiuxiu took the biology exam, but Lao Wang didn't pursue the matter."
"He should come to half the class."
Xie Cheng casually handed a test paper to Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi took it and glanced over the questions. His eyes turned into mosquito-repellent eyes in an instant. He immediately knew that this test paper was not written for him.
Zhang Qi handed the test paper to Zhou Xiu depressedly, "Xiu Xiu, why don't you try it?"
“I think it’s quite interesting.”
Zhou Xiu took the test paper and glanced at it. The difficulty was similar to some IMO simulation questions that Gu Mingxi sent her, but it was much more interesting.
Xie Cheng performed very well in the winter camp last year. He won a gold medal and ranked very high. However, when the national team was selected, he was eliminated by a very small margin.
Gu Mingxi, who competed in the same year as Xie Cheng, would occasionally mention Xie Cheng to Zhou Xiu when they were doing the test paper online.
Zhou Xiu looked at the test paper and thought about how to solve the problem. She got stuck halfway through, so she took a photo of the question with her mobile phone and sent it to Gu Mingxi.
Zhou Xiu finished a question and the bell for class rang soon. She put the test paper aside and began to concentrate on the class.
When the second half of the class began, Xi Shaoyuan came to the classroom just as Xie Cheng had said.
"Master Yuan, here are the test papers from last class and the homework assigned by the teacher for next week. Please do it."
Zhang Qi said as he handed a stack of test papers to Xi Shaoyuan.
Sandwiched between several test papers were the IMO mock test papers that Xie Cheng had given to Xi Shaoyuan. After turning the water-based pen, Xi Shaoyuan quickly entered a state of thinking. With his chin propped up, he leisurely wrote questions in Lao Wang's class.
Lao Wang's attitude towards Xi Shaoyuan was unexpectedly kind. Not only did he not blame him for being late for classes, but he also passed by him several times without a stern face or getting angry, and let him do his own thing.
Even Zhou Xiu, who was jokingly called Lao Wang's favorite, did not receive such treatment.
The bell for the senior high school evening study rang, and the math class training session ended.
The top students in the classroom stood up, and the multimedia classroom was filled with the sound of rotating chairs turning upside down, clear, loud, and uniform.
The top students in the third year of high school raced against time, hurriedly packing their bags and returning to the classroom for evening self-study.
Zhou Xiu put the scattered test papers on the table into her schoolbag and returned to Class 24 for evening study.
Evening self-study.
Zhou Xiu remembered the interesting math test paper Xie Cheng had given her. She took out her phone and took a look. Gu Mingxi replied, "Wait a moment, I'm writing it now."
Zhou Xiu turned on the live broadcast and planned to continue working on the math test. However, as soon as she opened the test paper, she was suddenly stunned.
This is not her test paper.
I saw that the test paper was covered with messy numbers. Some areas were completely blank, while others were filled with words. The flying and messy handwriting did not affect the fluency of answering the questions. The questions on the test paper that were solved happened to be the ones that Zhou Xiu was stuck on and hadn't figured out the answers to.
Zhou Xiulue took a quick look at the solution process of these questions, and his thoughts were instantly opened up.
She tried to solve it in another way.
After a while, the red letter of the overbearing member in the live broadcast room was frozen in the middle for a few seconds, and "Strive to IMO" said: "This solution is very good, more convenient than the method I thought."
After finishing these questions, Zhou Xiu turned over the back of the test paper and found an arrogant word "原".
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