Chapter 154: Son, You're Going to the Olympics
In the blink of an eye, it has reached the end of February, and there are still five or six days to enter March, and Huaxia University will open on March 7.
"Son, son, pack your things now, you're going to school!"
That night, Liu Donglai shouted to his son before he got off work and didn't even enter the house.
"Go to school? What are you doing so early?"
Liu Lang was puzzled.
"Haha, this afternoon Huaxia University called, the country selected you to participate in this year's Olympiad, let you go immediately!"
Liu Donglai said excitedly.
"What? I'm going to the Olympics? Kidding, right?"
Liu Lang was taken aback.
This year is '84, and the most important thing is the Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA, and the Olympics will be held in twenty or thirty years, which will also be a major event that the whole world is paying attention to, and for the country, this Olympic Games has extraordinary significance.
China's Olympic history can be described as a bumpy course, the first athlete to participate in the event is named Liu Changchun, it was during the war in the 50s, and then until the founding of New China, the whole country is in flames, where do you have any mind to participate in the competition, even if you go, it is just a formality.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, because of the back-and-forth between the island and the island who represents the country, the mainland side withdrew from the IOC in a fit of rage, and most of the time it was the representative of the island that went to participate in the Olympic Games, until the IOC restored the country's legal seat in '79, and the country was finally able to participate.
But in the '80s, the Olympics were held in Moscow, because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan before, and as a result, it was boycotted by many countries in the world, and at this time, the country was also at odds with the Soviet Union, and it was also decided not to participate in the Olympics, and the result was delayed until this year.
Finally, in this Olympic Games, the country sent a strong delegation team to participate, more than 200 athletes alone, after the Olympic Games, the country won 15 gold medals, and since then embarked on the road of sports power.
Of course, Liu Lang knew about this, but what did this have to do with him?
"Son, look, this is a document from the Education Commission!"
Liu Donglai handed a piece of paper to Liu Lang.
"The National Olympic Committee has decided to send Liu Lang to participate in the Youth Olympiad in mathematics, physics and chemistry held in Los Angeles in August this year, and Liu Lang is invited to go to Huaxia University for a five-month intensive training before March. ”
"What?
Liu Lang frowned, a little annoyed in his heart.
He has no interest in this kind of Olympiad competition, and his work this year has been full, and there is nothing in terms of learning, mainly to promote his "Transformers" with Yongli Group, these things are enough for him to be busy, where else can he have time to participate in training camps to compete abroad?
Besides, he studied mechanical engineering, although mechanical engineering also involves the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and he is also very proficient in learning, but compared with those students who specialize in these majors, I am afraid there is still a big gap, that is to say, he was originally a "layman", let him be a layman to participate in professional competitions, or world competitions, isn't it a joke?
But can Liu Lang say that he can't go? Of course not, the State Education Commission has sent a special document, and there are also instructions from the National Olympic Organizing Committee, and obviously this matter is related to the national honor, and he can't go if he doesn't go.
"Son, you and your mother hurry up and pack up your things, and tomorrow the car from the province will come to pick you up. ”
My son is going to participate in the Olympics, which is a big deal, although this is only a competition in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but in the eyes of others, it is no different from the Olympics, and to fly abroad, for an ordinary person, it is like a dream.
"That......... Alright!"
To tell the truth, Liu Lang really didn't want to go, in later generations, this kind of competition was rotten on the street, and every student was forced to study since he was a child, and the result was that in the end, there were few talents, it was really useless consumption, but the state ordered, he had no choice but to go back to the capital to see it first.
The next day, just after lunch, Liu Donglai came home, followed by a middle-aged man about forty years old.
"Son, Wenxiu, this is Lu Wenzhong, section chief of the Provincial Education Commission, and he is here to pick you up. ”
Liu Donglai introduced.
"Liu Lang's child, hello, hello, I am Xiao Lao's apprentice, let's get closer and closer in the future!"
Lu Wenzhong walked up to Liu Lang with a smile on his face and squatted down and said.
Liu Lang and his mother had already packed their things, and after Liu Lang said goodbye to his grandmother, a few people went downstairs, and Liu Lang and his mother got into the car and went to Shencheng.
There was nothing to say all the way, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, the car entered Shencheng and directly entered the compound of the Zhengxie, where Xiao Nanguang and Mingming, director of the Education Commission, were waiting.
"Grandpa Xiao, I'm back again!"
Liu Lang's face was a little helpless.
"Alas, there is no way! This is an order from the state. ”
Xiao Nanguang saw that Liu Lang was a little aggrieved, and he also understood that no matter how smart Liu Lang was, he was also a child, and he was found back just after this year, which is also Liu Lang's sensibility, if it were other children, I was afraid that he would have to lie down and roll on the ground.
"You can stay at Grandpa Xiao's house at night, go to the capital at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and you can arrive in the evening." ”
Xiao Nanguang regarded Liu Lang as his own child.
After breakfast the next day, Liu Lang and his mother were sent to the car by Xiao Lao, and set off at nine o'clock in the morning, and the road was bumpy until almost eight o'clock in the evening before arriving in the capital.
"Uncle Zhang, where are you staying at night?"
Liu Lang said to the master who drove the car that the driver was a veteran, who drove carefully along the way and took good care of the mother and son.
"Rest assured, there will be someone to receive in a while......... Sister Xu, you better hurry up and rest!"
The other party smiled and said.
"Uncle Zhang has worked hard, goodbye!"
The two got out of the car and walked up the stairs.
"Huh, isn't this Wenxiu, why did you come back so early?"
A neighbor was a little curious when he saw Xu Wenxiu coming back, all the people living here were school teachers or family members, and they knew that there were still more than ten days before the start of school.
"No way, no way, the school has something to find my son!"
Xu Wenxiu replied.
"Hehe, your son is a prodigy...... Oh, by the way, I heard that the country seems to be going to participate in some kind of competition, and organized a group of people to train at our Huaxia University, and a few days ago I walked around the campus and saw a few fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, is it because of this incident?"
The other party's news is also not well-informed.
"It should be, it should be. ”
Xu Wenxiu opened the door and walked into the house with his son.
The two hadn't eaten yet, so after putting their things away, they went to a nearby snack bar to eat something, and when they returned home, Xu Wenxiu watched TV while packing up his things, Liu Lang was so tired that he didn't read and fell directly on the bed to rest.