Chapter 5: Fight to Fame
"Are we sure?" Seryosha poked the deputy team leader beside him and asked with some concern. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"There are still some grasps, but in recent years many teams have improved very quickly, with Romania, Hungary, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States all having the quality to win the championship. All I can say is that everyone is very promising, but no one has absolute strength. The professor introduced Seryosha as he took a copy of the test paper and calculated.
Seryosha also took a test paper, glanced at it at first, fortunately the question was understandable, and at first glance there were some ideas, but when he picked up the paper and pen and tried to solve it, he found that he had no idea where to start.
"You're interested in these too?" The professor next to him inadvertently saw that Seryosha was also calculating the problem, so he asked a special question.
"Yes! It's easy at first, but who knows that when you think about it, you don't have any idea at all! Seryosha watched as the professor scratched the back of his head like a child who had been called to the blackboard and couldn't do a question.
"Yes! That's what these questions are, the purpose is not to test the amount of knowledge of these children, but to test the flexibility and skill of solving mathematical problems, you see, I have only made one problem so far! The professor showed Seryosha the test paper, and sure enough, as he said, only one question was written on it. Just when the two of them were still racking their brains trying to solve the problem, there was a sudden exclamation from the audience, and a student had already handed in the paper in less than an hour.
Seryosha and the professor hurriedly stood up to see which guy was doing it so quickly. As a result, it turned out to be who Grigory could be. Seryosha thought to himself that this was bad, if he was playing poker with himself and messed up his mind, so he directly abstained. Seryosha felt a little sorry that not just any child of this age could stand on such a big stage. The deputy team leader professor sitting next to him ran to the front to observe the judges' scores up close.
Several judges were talking to each other, and which deputy team leader professor also craned his neck to look in their direction, and Seryosha did the same. I saw several judges around the paper talking about it, some shaking their heads, some nodding. After another half an hour, the second hand in still did not appear, and Grigory sat in the player's seat playing the poker that Seryosha had given him. The judges seemed to have reached a consensus and began to nod their heads frequently. Before they officially announced the final results, the deputy team leader had already raised his clenched fists excitedly. Seryosha knew at a glance that the results were good.
After a while, the word 42 appeared under the ccp on the electronic screen in the venue, and a neat exclamation suddenly came from the scene! At this time, the deputy team leader happened to come back, with a happy expression.
"How's it going, did you do well in the exam?" Seryosha hurriedly asked.
"What is it called, it's a genius among geniuses, do you know what 42 points mean? 42 points is a perfect score, and the judges told me that it was a new solution, much simpler, and you see that there is no second submission yet, and Grigory is definitely the smartest of them all, and there is no one. Even I was a little jealous of his talent, but the feeling of discovering a promising mathematician, watching him overcome the opponents around him, and expecting him to solve the top problems that generations of geniuses could not solve in their lifetimes is equally indescribable! The professor excitedly explained to Seryosha how great Grigory was. Not only the deputy team leader, but almost everyone on the scene except for the players was paying attention to him.
After another two hours, the competition has lasted for almost 4 hours, and at this time the second contestant has just appeared, but unfortunately he is not from the Soviet Union, and the word 28 soon appeared under the USA, and it is obvious that this contestant has only done four questions correctly.
As the end of the competition is getting closer and closer, the number of players who submit their papers gradually increases, the teams of each country have obtained a certain number of points, the most pitiful country only scored 7 points, and the competition between CCCP and USA has also tended to be white-hot, except for Grigory, the first three Soviet players to submit the paper have good scores, but the latter two players did not play well. The situation of the Americans is the opposite, and their scores are also catching up with the others.
At the end of the long five-hour match, the scoreboard was finally set, with the CCCP and USA tied for first place and the Federal Republic of Germany in third. Most of the teams were eliminated on the first day of competition, leaving only three teams to compete in the gold, silver and bronze medal finals on the second day. The Soviet delegation was satisfied with this result, and in any case, this time it was sure to win a medal.
When he left the venue, Seryosha waited outside for Grigory, and when he finally came out, his pockets were bulging with something he didn't know what was full.
"What are you all here? Did you sneak some souvenirs? Seryosha asked curiously.
"I don't know, they all stuffed it!" Grigory went to dig into his pocket, but a bunch of cards fell out, and Seryosha hurriedly squatted down to pick them up and check them.
yale,ucla,harvard,mit,stanford。 Needless to say, Seryosha also understood that even the Americans admired this kid and wanted to keep him.
"Don't you have any fancy one?" Seryosha asked casually. Grigory shook his head, and then said: "Aren't you going to transfer to Leningrad University this year?" It just so happens that I am also from Leningrad, so when I am admitted to Leningrad University, is it not good to be a classmate with you? ”
"But...... All right! Then I'll be waiting for you at school! Seryosha held out his palm, and Grigory then high-fived in response, and the two agreed.
On the way back, the team leader wanted to find a place to celebrate, but because the next day's game was scheduled in the morning, the delegation did not celebrate too much, just took the children out to eat a pizza and went back to the hotel to rest, not only the team leader, everyone was full of expectations for the next day's game, after all, the Soviet delegation of Grigory was so good, with him it was difficult for the Soviets to lose.
Seryosha had already decided that he would never talk to Grigory about 21 o'clock in the evening, and that he must rest early and defeat these Americans tomorrow, so as soon as he returned to the hotel, Seryosha put away all his pokers, washed up and lay down in bed early. Despite Grigory's pleas, Seryosha just wouldn't play 21 with him.
"Can't you try a few more? I've made some more corrections? ......" Despite Grigory's constant requests, Seryosha cruelly turned off the lights.