Chapter Forty-Eight: Winter Camp

Chapter 48

So in the airport, there is such a picture.

Gu Lu ran frantically with a bag in front.

A group of small fans in the back shouted "Ou Haochen, I love you!" and "Ou Haochen, I'm going to give you a monkey!" and similar words, frantically chasing Gu Lu for an autograph.

The security guards at the airport also discovered the situation here and maintained the order of the scene with ease.

However, Ou Haochen is also a frequent visitor to their Hongqiao Airport.

The security uncle can be sure that the star who was chased by fans is definitely not Ou Haochen, because Ou Haochen is not as handsome as him.

"Ou Haochen, I love you!" a female fan yelled at Gu Lu excitedly.

"That's Yu Jingming, you fake fan!" the security guard reminded.

Gu Lu, who was running frantically: "???"

Finally, Gu Lu escaped from the clutches of that group of crazy little girls with the advantage of long legs.

Sitting in a taxi, Gu Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the driver.

"Master, go to Fudan University. ”

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Ten minutes later.

A plane is parked at Hongqiao Airport.

A third-tier actor named "Ou Haochen" wore sunglasses and was accompanied by several assistants carrying large bags and walked off the plane.

Walking to the waiting aisle, Ou Haochen opened his hands and prepared to greet the cheers of the fans.

But there was silence.

Except for a few stupid stares around him, no one noticed him.

Ou Haochen took off his sunglasses and looked at the empty air with a dumbfounded face, leaving only a few broken light signs in the waiting passage, his face full of sluggishness.

"Who is the hell to kidnap the fans I spent money on?!"

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Fudan University.

This is Gu Lu's first time here.

Fudan University has been on winter vacation, but there are still many students who choose to stay on campus.

Walking along the road, you can see many college students walking through the campus.

Or in groups of threes and twos, or as couples snuggle.

Looking at this scene, Gu Lu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

During college, if he hadn't skipped a grade too seriously, I'm afraid he would still be in graduate school.

It was a memorable college time!

So the students who participate in the winter camp are arranged in the student apartments of the school.

The coaches sent by various provinces and cities choose to live in the nearest hotel.

In the hotel called "Weipin" near the school, Gu Lu met another team leader sent by Qidong Province.

The teacher's surname is Kong, and he has more than 30 years of experience in competition coaching, and is currently working in Qidong Provincial Experimental Middle School, which ranks first in the province.

He is an extremely experienced teacher.

"Teacher Gu, it's really a young talent! Since the province has chosen the two of us to lead the team, the next month will require the two of us to cooperate sincerely!" Teacher Kong shook hands with Gu Lu with a smile.

Regardless of whether Gu Lu was selected based on strength or came in through some kind of relationship, there was no need for Teacher Kong to fight evil.

"Definitely!" Gu Lu nodded sincerely.

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The camp lasts for a whole month.

The specific time is from January 27 to February 27.

During this period, except for a three-day holiday during the Spring Festival, the rest of the time will stay at school.

The winter camp can be roughly divided into two phases.

The training phase, as well as the phase-out phase.

The so-called training stage is mainly for the IMO examination syllabus requirements, and the relevant knowledge training for the students entering the camp.

This stage is completed by professional instructors from major universities and coaches from various provinces and cities.

In the morning, professional instructors from major universities will give lectures in a large classroom, and all students will study in the same classroom.

In the afternoon, the coaches of each province and city led the students of their respective provincial teams to train separately, and it is no longer uniform.

This is quite a test of the competition coaching level of the provincial team leaders.

The elimination stage, as the name suggests, is to screen and eliminate the students who enter the camp.

This elimination is not done at the end of the winter camp.

Instead, as the training progresses, the number of winter camps is constantly reduced.

The organizers of the winter camp will establish a point ranking system, and the initial points of more than 400 players will be related to their results in the national high school math league.

During the day, the training takes place, and in the evening, the organizers ask the students to take a quiz to test the results of the training and convert it into points for ranking.

Every few days, the players who are at the bottom of the rankings are eliminated.

Therefore, the number of players who can survive to the end to be eligible to participate in the Chinese Olympiad and participate in the national team competition will not exceed 100 people in each winter camp.

80% elimination rate!

This format is quite cruel!

But it is also easy to arouse the students' motivation to forge ahead.

Once slack, in the face of them, it may be to eliminate and leave.

Therefore, from the first day of the camp, the hearts of many students and coaches have been completely tensed.

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The next day, January 27.

The National Mathematics Winter Camp for Middle School Students was officially opened.

A total of 415 students from 32 provincial and municipal teams gathered in the school's auditorium to participate in the opening ceremony.

Tsinghua University, Yenching University, Fudan University, and Huaguo University of Science and Technology all sent heavyweights to attend the opening ceremony and give speeches.

The last to appear is the current president of the Chinese Mathematical Society, one of the top experts in the Chinese mathematics community.

After a few brief words, the president gave the microphone to a middle-aged man with Mediterranean hair.

The middle-aged man held the microphone and said with a smile, "Introduce myself, I, Xia Jianzhong, the director of the competition department of the Chinese Mathematical Society, and at the same time, I have another identity, that is, the camp leader of this winter camp." ”

Let's go, let's go~~

Director Xia said a lot on the stage, and finally said to everyone with a smile, "...... Compared to everyone who has already understood the cruelty of the winter camp mode, I hope that in front of the last level, you can still see your group of vigorous figures. ”

"The camp ceremony is over, let's go back and rest first, and the training will officially start in the afternoon!"

After saying this, Xia Jianzhong stepped down from the stage, as if he had already locked the direction, sorted out his head shape and walked straight towards Gu Lu.

In fact, the first moment he saw Xia Jianzhong on stage, Gu Lu somewhat understood the reason why he was inexplicably selected into the list of provincial team coaches.

"Xiao Gu...... Oh, no, I should call Teacher Xiao Gu now, how about coming to my office?" Xia Jianzhong said with a smile.

Gu Lu nodded, and followed Xia Jianzhong into an office next to the auditorium.

Xia Jianzhong poured himself and Gu Lu a cup of tea respectively.

Gu Lu hugged the teacup and smiled, "I didn't expect Director Xia to remember me." ”

"Gu Shen back then, how could I not remember!" Xia Jianzhong pointed to the sofa next to him and motioned for Gu Lu to sit down, "Originally, when I saw your name, I thought it was the same name, but I didn't expect it to be Gu Lu!"

"It's a top student who graduated from Princeton, how did he get into a high school to be a math teacher?" Xia Jianzhong asked with a frown.

Gu Lu smiled, still choosing not to answer this question directly, "So, Director Xia, you added me to the list of provincial team coaches." ”

Xia Jianzhong crossed his fingers, leaned forward, and directly admitted, "As the director of the competition department, I still have this right." ”

"Then what is your purpose?" Gu Lu's eyes condensed slightly.

"Before discussing this issue, I would like to ask you a question about Gu Lu. Xia Jianzhong stared at Gu Lu and asked word by word, "Are you interested, be the leader of the national team and go to IMO!"

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