The final was on November 6th and required students to sit for a full hour. This little guy seriously affected the performance of his classmates in the examination room.
Xiao Zhen didn't say anything. After writing down the answers step by step, he wrote down a set of Olympiad math questions on the draft paper next to him and solved them himself. With about 20 minutes left, he lay down on the table for a short nap and handed in the paper and prepared to leave when the time was up.
This time the papers were being graded on site, so Xiao Zhen didn't wait in the classroom foolishly. He asked Luo Jiawen to wait here while he went to the swimming pool to complete today's exercise.
Lao Cheng was having fun swimming in the swimming pool and was yelling at a group of people.
"Xiao Zhen, would you like to try out for the national swimming team?" a kind old man squatted by the swimming pool and asked the little boy.
"Ah? I haven't thought about it. I'm only 10 years old and still young. Coach Cheng, I have to go and receive an award first." After saying that, Jason handed him a towel to wipe himself, changed his clothes and hurried away.
"Mr. Jason, what award did Xiao Zhen win at Tsinghua University?" Old Cheng and the national swimming team were also curious.
"Mr. Cheng, you don't even know your own reserve player. Xiao is likely the national champion of the junior high school group in your country's Mathematical Olympiad today!" Jason said with a puzzled expression.
"He's still a top student. How old is he?" the swimming team exclaimed.
"The 10-year-old National Mathematical Olympiad champion!" Old Cheng was also very happy...
As expected, it was Luo Jiawen who urged him to go and receive the award. When Xiao Zhen ran to the venue, the national champion in the junior high school group was just being announced. The student Xiao Zhen from Class 2, Grade 9 of Fudan High School Affiliated to Shanghai was named as the winner.
Xiao Zhen went on stage to receive the award, but was stopped by two old men again. They asked him when it would take for him to report to the national team.
Xiao Zhen said that his training schedule this year is already full and he probably won't have time to participate in the national team training.
The whole situation was very awkward. The team leader from Shanghai came over to explain that Xiao Zhen had signed a contract for a novel, which had to be published by Fudan University Press this year, and he had to train regularly so he had no time.
Then the matter of the national mathematics Olympiad team came to nothing.
Xiao Zhen was so disrespectful that there was no follow-up at all.
Later, the Ministry of Education told these guys that they had solved the world-class problem of Poincare Conjecture.
There is really no need to participate in those junior high school level math Olympiad competitions.
Xiao Zhen returned to Shanghai on a private plane, carrying with him the sadness of the Tsinghua team, the reluctance of the National Mathematical Olympiad team, and of course a national championship.
Xiao Zhen has already secured the title of "National Outstanding Middle School Student" from the Ministry of Education and "Three Good Students" from Shanghai this year.
The novel that the Shanghai tour leader mentioned signing was indeed real.
Xiao Zhen only has one week left to finish writing the novel "Shanghainese in America" and will submit the manuscript to Fudan University Press for publication.
The initial print run was 3.5 million copies, and the royalties were originally 20%, but Xiao Zhen only asked for a 15% royalty commission.
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