The Chinese team was naturally completely unaware of the shock of the organizing committee, and Su Qingyun slept well that night.
On the second day, the free speech competition was held in three large classrooms of the University College of London. More than two hundred contestants drew lots in turn and were divided into three classrooms according to their lot numbers. They then went on stage in order to draw test questions. Each question was unique and there was no possibility of any duplicate questions.
While eating in the cafeteria in the morning, Yu Qi looked at Su Qingyun with a complicated look, wanting to ask about what happened yesterday, but seeing her expression as if nothing had happened, he suppressed his words.
Forget it, since she didn't want them to worry, he wouldn't mention it.
"When you draw lots later, no matter what number you draw or what question you're on, don't panic. Everyone has ten minutes to think and ten minutes to explain their answer. Don't rush, take your time."
"The most important thing isn't how much you can say, but rather what you say is meaningful. Quality is more important than quantity. As long as your ideas are novel and valuable, they will get good scores from the judges, so everyone needs to stay calm."
Yu Qi kept nagging and giving instructions.
"Does everyone understand?" Yu Qi asked worriedly.
"Understood, Team Leader."
"Okay, let's go."
When they arrived at the competition venue, the five people from the Chinese team, Chen Zheyu, whose number was the closest, was assigned to the first classroom, Mu Qiu and Chen Ru, whose numbers were in the middle, were assigned to the second classroom, and Su Qingyun and Li Siyuan, whose numbers were the closest, were assigned to the third classroom.
The few of them separated and went to the classroom where their numbers were. Yu Qi thought for a while and followed Chen Ru and the others to the middle classroom. Among the five people, he was most worried about Mu Qiu and Chen Ru.
When Su Qingyun and Li Siyuan arrived at the classroom, many people were already sitting there. A camera was set up in the corner of the classroom. It seemed that the media also wanted to record this part.
“Huh, here!”
Su Qingyun twitched the corner of her mouth. Alexandra and she really had a connection, as they were assigned to the same classroom.
Seeing Alexandra waving fiercely, Su Qingyun had no choice but to sit over with Li Siyuan.
"Huh, what's your number?" Alexandra asked her.
"Number 197." Speaking of this, Su Qingyun felt depressed again, because she found that her luck in drawing lots was not much better than Ji Yue's. There were about 200 people in total, but she was able to draw almost the last position. It was really amazing. She would have to wait today.
"You'll have to wait a long time then." Alexandra looked at her sympathetically. "I'm number 152. It will be my turn soon."
Su Qingyun sighed. What else could he do except wait?
Soon, the classroom was full of people, but the teachers from the review group had not arrived yet. Everyone was a little confused. What was going on?
What they didn't know was that everyone in the judging panel was vying for a spot in the third classroom for judging, because Su Qingyun was in the third classroom and everyone wanted to see her performance.
"No, we agreed before that I would go to the third classroom. How could it change?"
"I graded Su Qingyun's test paper, so naturally I should also grade her free speech section."
"Bah! You've already participated in one event. To ensure fairness, you can't participate in this one. Go to the second one. Team D is basically in the second classroom."
"Why aren't you going? The members of Country A are mostly still in the first classroom. Didn't you say before that you were most looking forward to seeing the players from Country A?"
"You also said it was before. How can it be the same as now? What I am most looking forward to now is definitely the Chinese team."
"What Chinese team? The one I'm most looking forward to is Su Qingyun. Just say it!"
All the members of the review panel are famous experts in the field of mathematics, and some are even internationally renowned mathematicians. At this moment, they are fighting for the right to review a classroom, and they are all red in the face and angry, and no one is willing to sleep.
"Okay, stop arguing, everyone is still waiting." Stevens looked at the chaotic scene and quickly called for a stop.
Everyone finally quieted down.
Stevens glanced at everyone and said slowly, "It's almost time. I'll go in first."
After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked directly towards the third classroom. No one reacted before Stevens ran over there.
"No! Chairman! What are you doing?" Lambert reacted the fastest and quickly caught up with him.
The others were dumbfounded. What were they still arguing about? Just go!
When Su Qingyun and the others saw the judges coming in, they were surprised to find that they were all panting.
"What's wrong with the judges? They look so tired." Alexandra muttered.
"I don't know." Su Qingyun shook his head and didn't care much.
Soon, the time was almost up, and the first contestant from their classroom came up to the stage to draw a question. He was a member from Country R. He nervously unfolded the question he had drawn, and it was a math problem. He instantly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, drawing the question was better than drawing other math conjectures.
The ten minutes of thinking time passed quickly, and when he started to speak on stage, the second contestant began to draw questions.
Taking into account the language differences among contestants from different countries, contestants who do not speak English are accompanied by professional translators who can quickly and accurately translate the contestants' meaning.
The classroom was very quiet. Most of the contestants could actually understand English. The few who could not understand it were basically contestants from East Asian and African countries.
For example, Li Siyuan next to Su Qingyun had only a vague understanding of English. Now he was looking at the stage with confused eyes, not knowing what was being said.
"I must study English well when I get back." He whispered with a firm and determined tone.
He didn't want to not understand what other people were saying at this time.
Su Qingyun sighed. At that time, English had been widely spread and used around the world, but it had not yet received widespread attention in China. It was not until the 1980s that English was included in compulsory education and became a required course.
This is also the case now. In a few years, the common language of these international competitions and the test papers will all be in English. If you don’t know English, you will not be able to participate in the competition at all, unlike now, when there are translators on site.
The times are progressing, and people must also progress.
I watched as one contestant after another went on stage. Due to time constraints, many of them did not even have time to sort out their thoughts before going on stage. Naturally, they stuttered and could not say much substantive things. Some did not even speak for ten minutes, so naturally their scores were very low.
This made the contestants who were still waiting more and more nervous, and the atmosphere in the classroom gradually became tense.
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