Mr. Stevens said the Chinese team received a perfect score on the written exam? A perfect score? A perfect score on such a difficult exam? And they even won first prize in the individual awards. Is this a joke? How is that even possible?
China, first prize, full marks, these three words are really hard to connect together.
They wouldn't be so surprised if any other national team won first prize, but why did it have to be the Chinese team? Many people felt mixed emotions, in disbelief and resentment. How could so many of them lose to the Chinese team?
Not to mention them, even Yu Qi and the others did not expect it. They looked at Su Qingyun with surprise and joy.
They knew Qingyun was amazing and had great confidence in her, but they hadn't expected her to get a perfect score! A perfect score! They hadn't even imagined it.
"Qingyun! Awesome!" Chen Zheyu was truly impressed.
Chen Ru gave a thumbs up.
Yu Qi took a deep breath, suppressing the ecstasy that was about to overflow in his heart. Full marks, their Chinese team members won the first prize of the individual award with full marks!
This was the only thought in his mind now.
While everyone was still in shock, Su Qingyun had already stood up.
Su Qingyun had a calm expression and slowly walked towards the podium.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Christian came back to his senses and looked at Su Qingyun in disbelief as he walked towards the podium.
How could she possibly have won first prize? How could he have lost to her?!
He couldn't control his emotions and was about to stand up, but Frank next to him held him back tightly, "Christian, what do you want to do?"
"I don't believe it!" Christian gritted his teeth. "I don't believe this Chinese guy can get a perfect score."
He knew exactly how difficult the last question on the test was. How could anyone possibly have solved it? And the one who did was the Chinese girl he'd made a bet with!
Christian was unwilling to believe the fact that he was not as good as a Chinese girl.
"You don't believe it? So what?" Frank was much calmer than him. "What's the point of getting excited now? Are you standing up to question the organizing committee right there?"
"You should know that no matter who the organizing committee favors, it's unlikely they'll favor a Chinese person. There's only one way she could have won first prize," Frank said, his tone somewhat unwillingly. "That's because her results are completely genuine. She truly received a perfect score."
Frank's analysis made Christian's mind, which was overwhelmed by anger, sober up a little. Yes, the organizing committee could not possibly favor a Chinese. The reason she won the first prize was simply that the gap between her and others was too big. The first prize belonged to her.
After realizing this, Christian pursed his lips tightly, feeling mixed emotions. He was unwilling to admit that he was not as good as the Chinese, but he had to face this reality.
He watched the girl standing on the podium with a bright smile. Her beautiful face seemed to Christian to be full of mockery.
She was mocking herself! Christian gritted his teeth, thinking back to how proud he was when he made the bet with her. He felt like he had been slapped in the face, his face burning.
He clenched his fists and his teeth chattered.
"Calm down, Christian," Frank soothed him. "Our bet isn't about individual awards. As long as our Country D team beats them in the team award, we'll still win."
Christian was stunned for a moment before he realized, yes, the bet they made was for a team award, not an individual award. So what if the girl was great? The team award depended on the performance of the entire team. He didn't believe that their Country D team's overall performance would be worse than that of the Country China team.
You know, it is now known that he and Frank are ranked in the top positions, and the other members of their team are not weak either. Only Su Qingyun from the Chinese team won an individual award. Their overall results are definitely weaker than those of their D team.
Thinking of this, Christian finally felt a little better. As long as their Country D team did not lose, he could barely accept it.
At this time, Su Qingyun had already received the award certificate and bonus check from Mr. Stevens. When Su Qingyun saw the number on the bonus check, he showed the most sincere smile of the day.
The prize money for the first prize in the individual mathematics competition is nearly 30,000 yuan if converted into Chinese currency based on the exchange rate!
"Congratulations, Sue," Mr. Stevens said with a smile.
"Thank you." Su Qingyun said with a smile.
Mr. Stevens started to applaud. After a few seconds of silence, the audience burst into warm applause, with expressions of genuine admiration on their faces.
What Su Qingyun said before was right. Everyone admires the strong. As long as you are strong enough, no matter how much prejudice and discrimination there was before, it will disappear without a trace.
This is the idea that contestants from other countries have now. As long as someone is truly powerful and capable, no matter where he or she comes from, they will admire him or her. This is admiration for the strong.
The media frantically pressed the shutter, and the girl's bright and confident smile was forever frozen in August 1976 at University College Copthorne.
In the front row of the audience sat Duke Annan, who looked at Su Qingyun with intense passion. He was certain that this was the math genius he was looking for! This was the math genius he wanted to recruit to the school!
She was only seventeen years old and still in high school. Duke Annan could not think of any reason not to recruit such a talent to his school. He had a hunch that if this girl could choose their school, in time, their University College of Dun City would definitely be able to move to a higher level because of her.
only……
When Duke Annan thought about the fact that students from his school had offended someone, the smile on his face froze, and he couldn't stop feeling regret and fear in his heart. He regretted that the school had failed to restrain the students and made them do such stupid things, and he was afraid that Su Qingyun had already had a bad impression of their school.
No one knew what he was thinking. Duke Annan was still thinking about when would be the best time to invite Su Qingyun, and decisively ignored the possibility that she would refuse.
"All individual awards for this International Mathematics Competition have been presented. Next, we will announce the winners of the team awards. Team awards are determined based on the overall performance of each team, and the results of all participating members of each winning team will be announced."
When it came time for the group awards, everyone's relaxed mood turned tense again. Even if they couldn't win the individual awards, they still had a chance at the group awards, especially for countries S, D, A, and R...
These countries are all seeded teams that have the potential to win team awards.
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