Chapter 248: The Contest Begins
Mr. Wang is an old-timer in the Calligraphy Association, and he met him when he participated in a calligraphy competition before. At that time, I admired Chen Ming's calligraphy and planned to take him as an apprentice.
It's just that Chen Ming was just doing tasks in the past, and later because of Li Shuxing's affairs, Chen Ming left early, and the matter of accepting apprentices was over.
"Haha, the city invited me to come over to watch this math Olympiad, anyway, I'm idle, and come and have a look. Wang Lao smiled, and then suddenly said, "Xiaoyou is here, do you want to participate in this competition?"
"Yes, this time, as a representative of the third middle school, I came to participate in the competition. Chen Ming said with a smile.
"It seems that Xiaoyou is not only good at calligraphy, but also good at mathematics!" Wang Lao nodded, calligraphy is spiritual, and learning should not be too bad. At least, the dull or rote ones can't write that hand.
"Where, this time, I am still a little worried about whether it will be a shame for the school. Chen Ming said modestly.
"As long as you have a good mentality, then it's definitely fine...... By the way, have you ever thought about the matter of accepting apprentices? You don't need to come over often, when you are free, come here, and we can communicate. Wang Lao comforted him for a while, and then began to change the subject, obviously, he still did not give up on the matter of accepting apprentices.
The main reason is that in these years, there are fewer and fewer people who can continue to immerse themselves in calligraphy and still have such a strong atmosphere of fireworks. Today's calligraphy works seem to smell of money, and in the eyes of the older generation of calligraphers, they simply tarnish calligraphy.
"If it's just an exchange of calligraphy, it's still an honor for the kid. Chen Ming nodded. After returning from the last calligraphy exchange meeting, because of the guidance of several older generations on the scene, I will practice when I have time after I come back.
I slowly like this kind of activity, and I think it can make my heart calm. Young people are easy to be restless, and restlessness is easy to be impulsive, perhaps if this continues, they will lose the momentum and youthfulness of youth......
But if you think about it carefully, you don't seem to have much, and many times he's a very calm type.
The only impulse is to become a chivalrous man, which is the dream of the children's era, and the only dream!
When I was a child, I saw Jin Yong or Gu Long's movies, and I thought that the heroes in them were very handsome and their martial arts were very cool, and then they always shouted to be a hero or something......
It's just that many people, let alone adults, have given up at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and Chen Ming has also given up this dream. Because in his impression, in fact, chivalry and internal strength are fake, at least there are no chivalrous warriors in modern times, and they have to be considered for food and clothing.
After really coming into contact with martial arts and rivers and lakes, the dusty dream began to recover, and then became a kind of obsession.
The kind of momentum that rushed over without hesitation, he felt that it might belong to his youth...... Anyway, this thing behaves differently in everyone.
"Okay...... By the way, this is the address of my home, come over when you have time, and the phone is also here. Wang Lao seemed to think of something, and hurriedly found a pen and paper, wrote down the address and phone number, and handed it to Chen Ming.
"Okay, as long as I am free, then I will contact Wang Lao immediately, I just hope that it will not disturb your rest. Chen Ming took it and handed over his phone number by the way.
"Haha, since he retired, the old man has nothing to do. Someone can afford to visit, that's great!" Wang Lao laughed, saying that too, if he was not idle, he would not come to this competition.
Chen Ming still has to gather, so he can't talk to Wang Lao. But it's strange to say, at the beginning, the teacher seemed to have a plan to come, but in the end he didn't come.
This teacher obviously won't give him face, so it can only be said that it is a matter of Wang Lao's identity. But there's nothing strange about it, if you can be invited over, you must have an identity.
The president of the calligraphy association or something, of course, does not count, but can only be considered from his position before retirement. The problem is that of course Chen Ming can't know what position the other party held before he retired.
"This can be regarded as a fate...... Chen Ming came to the team of the third middle school, the teacher didn't say anything, and even looked at his eyes, as if there was something else.
It seems to be like this, and I don't know what kind of identity Wang Lao was before he retired, which could make him jealous.
Entering the venue, it seemed that it took an hour just for the opening ceremony and the leader's speech. No wonder the teacher didn't dare to say that coming here can be regarded as the start of the exam.
In the morning, I was already exhausted, and I still had to 'listen to the book of heaven' here, and the players who referred to it actually felt a sense of groginess.
It was only at this time that the conference began to announce the rules: two exams, the first 120 minutes, mainly consisting of 8 fill-in-the-blank questions (8 points each) and 3 answer questions (16 points, 20 points, 20 points respectively), with a full score of 120 points.
After that, take a 20-minute break to start the second round of the exam, which consists of 4 answer questions, covering four aspects: plane geometry, algebra, number theory, and combinations. The first two questions are worth 40 points each, and the last two questions are 50 points each, with a full score of 180 points, and the exam time is 150 minutes.
This is not the same as the time that Chen Ming knew, and it seems that the teacher does not know much about the content of the competition.
It's nine o'clock in the morning, and it's hard to say whether to get at least a little bit of the test, but whether it will be corrected on the spot after the test, or whether it will come over the next day to present the award.
Generally speaking, if the test paper is put on the next day, then there is a lot of operability, and it is theoretically better to announce it today.
It's just that the number of people who come to each school to take the exam is almost hundreds, so it's really no problem to correct it? But considering that the two rounds of test questions are 15 questions, maybe they can really be corrected, right?!
After the announcement, everyone began to take their seats, check the stationery, and wait for the test papers to come down.
"The school is quite ......accurate" When the test paper was sent, Chen Ming looked at the content of the test paper and found that there were one or two questions, which were actually the content of the preliminary test sent by the school before.
This means that at least one or two questions, both of which they have already done, can be scored on both questions. As for the rest, it can only be seen in the accumulation of individual problems!
Time passed little by little, Chen Ming took the lead in writing and checked it a little, after all, he came to refer to the third middle school, and he hoped to get a good result.
But even so, he was still the first to finish. If he can, he wants to submit the paper early, but he always thinks that this serious competition, if he submits the paper early, will not be good.
I have no choice but to silently run the internal strength, and I haven't run the breathing method for a long time, and it's nothing to practice a little.
After two rounds of this, the examiners noticed that the candidate was 'sleeping' in the examination room. In the second round, some teachers even went to check and did not come forward to expel people after confirming that the content had been written......