Finally, of course, the champion Chinese team began to give their acceptance speeches. Before coming, none of them had thought about winning the championship, so naturally they had not decided on a spokesperson.
At this moment, everyone exchanged glances and looked at Su Qingyun. Chen Zheyu whispered, "Qingyun, go ahead."
The others nodded as well.
"good."
Su Qingyun nodded. She did have a lot to say.
Everyone saw the beautiful oriental girl with a fresh and pretty face standing on the high podium, her clear eyes slowly and carefully scanning all the people in the audience.
The camera was focused on her.
Su Qingyun slowly spoke, "Hello teachers from the organizing committee, hello all the participating teams from all over the world, I am Su Qingyun, the number 1 player from the Chinese team."
Surprisingly, Su Qingyun did not speak fluent and standard English, but standard Chinese.
Everyone was surprised because they all knew that this Chinese girl was very good at English. Why did she suddenly speak Chinese at this time?
The translators next to him were stunned for a moment before they realized what Su Qingyun said.
"I'm honored to stand on this podium and deliver my acceptance speech on behalf of the Chinese team. Please allow me to speak my native language at this most important moment, because I want to express my excitement in my native language. More importantly, I'm Chinese, and at this moment, I should speak my native language."
Everyone was stunned.
"Of course, I'll trouble the translator as well."
The translator translated the sentence truthfully, and then added, "No trouble."
This playful joke made everyone present laugh, and the originally tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.
Yu Qi also breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that Su Qingyun would get stage fright in this situation, but now it seemed that she was more at ease than he had imagined.
Thinking of this, he smiled. Su Qingyun seemed to always make him feel at ease.
Su Qingyun finally got to the point.
"I know today's result surprised everyone. You may all be wondering why the Chinese were able to win? Why were we able to surpass all the other competitors?"
"There's only one reason: persistence and passion. In mathematics, there's never a shortage of talented people. They might be smarter than others, more able to spot mathematical problems at a glance, or they might easily perform mathematical research that takes others years to accomplish. There's never a shortage of such people."
"What's really lacking are people who can persevere in the world of mathematics for decades, even without any results, and who will not retreat or give up for any reason, and who remain unwavering in their determination. What is the reason for this persistence? It's all because of two words: passion."
"Passion is enough to withstand the passage of time. It will support people through hardships. Moreover, the hardships faced by China are far more than these. In the international mathematics community, Chinese mathematics has little name and presence. Some even say that China has no mathematics."
"But who knew? Over 3,000 years ago, our ancient Chinese already had the mathematical work 'Zhoubi Suanjing'. It is the crystallization of our ancient wisdom, and the Pythagorean theorem comes from it."
"For thousands of years, China has always been at the forefront of the world. However, in the past two centuries, we have suffered countless difficulties and setbacks such as war, disease, and social unrest. Yet, we have persisted until now."
"We are lagging behind now, so we will catch up. Whether it's mathematics or anything else, we will not be afraid, because this is the path that China must take."
"The ancient and vicissitudes of China have experienced countless storms in its five thousand years of history. Even now, many people look down on us and say that we Chinese are an inferior race. I will not be angry, because time will prove everything. We will regain the glory that once belonged to us Chinese, bit by bit, just like today!"
"We firmly believe that nothing can destroy us. Even after another five thousand years, our Chinese nation will still stand tall!"
"This concludes my speech. Thank you everyone."
Su Qingyun finally finished her acceptance speech. It wasn't really an acceptance speech, but more of a spontaneous speech. Most of her words were about speaking up for her country and vindicating it.
Around her, Chen Zheyu and others had tears in their eyes. No one knew how much effort and price they had paid to get here and stand on this podium from China, and no one cared about how much grievance and insult they had suffered.
Until this moment, Su Qingyun spoke out what was in their hearts. They could straighten their backs, hold their chests high, and tell everyone with dignity that they are Chinese, Chinese who will not be defeated by any difficulties!
This is the indomitable spirit deeply buried in the blood of all Chinese people!
The whole audience fell silent again. Su Qingyun's words made them think about whether they were prejudiced and unconsciously looked down on countries like China.
They finally realized that China was not the backward and weak country they had imagined, and the Chinese were not the inferior race they had thought.
Some of the contestants present came from countries that were often discriminated against and ridiculed. Su Qingyun's words were like another self. She was not only talking about China, but also about the millions of people like her.
Yu Qi in the audience was also in tears. Through his misty eyes, he looked at the young people on the stage. His heart felt like a balloon that was inflated, bulging. He was speechless and could only clap his hands.
They did it! These young people did it!
Fight back at all those who have mocked them on the highest stage. This is what Qingyun said. Only when you slap others in the face with your strength will they look you in the eye. This is the best counterattack.
Before coming, although they were full of confidence, they were still nervous and could not put it into practice.
It was only then that Yu Qicai could finally say, they had done it! They had changed other people's attitudes towards Chinese mathematics, even if it was only a little bit, it was still a little bit of progress.
Christian looked at the radiant Su Qingyun, and his heart felt as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, with a dull pain and a muffled echo.
At this moment, he finally realized how absurd and ignorant what he said was. A truly strong person would never bully the weak. Their gaze would only be directed higher, moving upwards continuously.
It was his fault, Christian smiled bitterly, thinking of his former outspoken self. Su Qingyun must have looked at him as if he were a clown.
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