After Mr. Zhang Huaizhi finished his speech, we went straight to today's topic.
The chairman of the competition organizing committee came on stage and began reading out the rules of the competition. "This competition has a total of 45 teams from across the country, with a total of over 150 participants. Therefore, to ensure the smooth and orderly progress of the competition, we will adopt a lottery system. Teams will be invited to fully explain, describe, and display their works in turn."
"Each team, regardless of the number of participants, must select a speaker. The judges will randomly ask questions to the remaining contestants. If any contestant's work is found to be inconsistent with the actual work, the team will be disqualified. If a contestant cannot answer questions related to the work, their individual competition results will also be cancelled."
"The judging panel consists of twelve people, all professors from various universities in Beijing and senior scholars from research institutes. Each person will be given a score of ten. The highest and lowest scores will be removed, and the average of the remaining scores will be the final score for each team."
"After all 45 teams have finished competing, we will select one special prize, one first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes, and several honorable mentions. All winners will receive cash prizes of varying amounts and be commended in a national newspaper."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.
If the cash reward is not enough to motivate all the contestants, then being praised in the newspaper is a huge pie. Maybe some people are not short of money, but no one can resist the temptation of being praised by the whole country, or even bringing honor to the family.
All the contestants' expressions became excited, their eyes were fanatical, their breathing was intense, and they couldn't wait to go on stage.
The chairman of the organizing committee was very satisfied with the response. He continued, "If there are exceptionally good works, there might be other unexpected surprises."
What? A surprise? The contestants were stunned, but the chairman of the organizing committee didn't say anything more.
Everyone's heart was piqued and they were itching to talk. Why was he keeping the topic in suspense halfway through?
The chairman of the organizing committee looked at the crowd's reactions with a smile, and subtly turned his gaze to the corner of the auditorium, where a few middle-aged men were sitting. They did not look like the teachers leading the team, and their identities were unknown.
Qin Ying was also sitting here watching the game. Seeing her look of anticipation, the middle-aged man next to her asked her curiously, "Are you the team leader?"
"No." Qin Ying was stunned for a moment before answering, "It's my daughter. She's a contestant."
"Oh, I see." The man was a little surprised. It was the first time for him to see parents accompanying their children to a competition. This was probably the only one in the whole venue.
The man smiled and asked, "You are not from Beijing, right? Your daughter is so old, does she still need her mother to accompany her to the competition?"
Qin Ying frowned and explained, "No, I just happened to be in the capital and came to watch her game."
"Also, I'm from Beijing and grew up here." Qin Ying added.
Although she had been away from the capital for many years and even her accent had changed a lot, it could not change the fact that she was from the capital.
"Sorry, I was too arbitrary." The man quickly realized that his tone was a bit offensive. "What's your daughter's name? I'll pay attention to it later."
"Su Qingyun from Province S." Qin Ying did not hide this from him.
"Su Qingyun?" The man pondered the name. Why did it sound familiar? As if he had heard it somewhere before.
Wait, Su Qingyun?! Isn't that the contestant Minister Lu called and asked him to pay more attention to? What a coincidence!
That’s right, the person next to Qin Ying is Lin Sen, the director of the Youth Talent Center whom Lu Cheng called.
Lin Sen suddenly became a little suspicious. Did the person next to him know his identity and deliberately sit next to him?
"Your daughter..."
"Stop talking, let's start drawing lots!" Qin Ying interrupted him, staring at the stage intently.
Lin Sen choked and touched his nose. She didn't seem to want to talk to him any more, so it seemed that his previous suspicion was a little unfounded.
Realizing that he was a little suspicious, Lin Sen felt a little ashamed, but Su Qingyun, having heard her name frequently today, had indeed left a deep impression on him.
Each group selected one person to go on stage to draw lots. Su Qingyun didn't want to move, so she asked Ji Yue to go on stage to draw lots. She watched Ji Yue touch a piece of paper, opened it and took a look. There was no change in her expression, and she quickly came down.
"How is it?" Su Qingyun asked, "What number?"
In most competitions, it is better to draw a position in the middle. If you draw too far forward, the judges will be more strict in scoring. If you draw too far back, the judges will get aesthetic fatigue. Therefore, the middle position is the best.
However……
Ji Yue spread out his hands, and the number forty-five was clearly written on the note.
Su Qingyun was stunned and asked in disbelief: "What kind of luck is this?"
Out of forty-five teams, he managed to draw the last one to go on stage. How bad was his hand? But in a sense, it was also impressive.
Ji Yue pursed his lips, a little embarrassed, "I've never had good luck since I was a child." He has never been good at things like this that rely on probability and require luck.
Su Qingyun held her forehead with her hand. If she had known, she would not have been lazy. She would have gone on stage to smoke. Now, she had to wait until the last one to go on stage.
Zhang Xiaofang on the side was also dumbfounded, "Looks like you two will have to wait for this luck." Even if each of the forty-five teams only spoke for ten minutes, it would still take six or seven hours. What's more, there is no limit on the maximum duration. How long will it take?
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