Chapter 161: Opening Ceremony
21:00 Beijing time, 15:00 Amsterdam time
Wu Bin and his entourage of the national team came to the Netherlands, a country of tulips and windmills.
"Wu Bin, tie your tie well, what does it look like."
While everyone was waiting for the luggage together, Song Nanfeng walked up to Wu Bin and said while helping him sort out his tie.
Because of the relationship between the country, Wu Bin and the five members of the team all got a set of tailor-made custom suits, which was also the first time Wu Bin wore a suit, but he did not have the awkward feeling he imagined.
Song Nanfeng is one of the leaders of the national team, and will be responsible for answering the competition questions and participating in the discussion and scoring of the competition papers.
Of course, "knowing a little about the fur" is what Professor Song Nanfeng himself said, and God knows how thick the fur is.
When he learned that Professor Song Nanfeng was the leader of the team, Wu Bin was also relieved, if he was replaced by Professor Mouwei of Peking University, it is estimated that he would be read to death.
And Song Nanfeng also said as soon as he saw Wu Bin that he was striving for this position, in order not to embarrass Wu Bin on the road.
Wu Bin was greatly moved.
After that, Song Nanfeng also cared for Wu Bin in various ways, when he slept on the plane, he was afraid that Wu Bin would be cold and got him an extra blanket, and when he ate, he was afraid that Wu Bin would not be able to eat enough and bought him an extra one out of his own pocket, for example, now, Wu Bin feels that his tie is very good, but Professor Song Nanfeng has to help him fight again.
However, Song Nanfeng loves Wu Bin so much, not all because Wu Bin chose them Huake University among so many olive branches, but also because of ...... Well, it's because he chose HKUST!
For Wu Bin's children who want to dedicate themselves to scientific research, Song Nanfeng likes it from the bottom of his heart.
As they left the airport, they were received by an enthusiastic Delft University of Technology graduate student.
When he was on the plane, Song Nanfeng had already given Wu Bin and their science popularization that the host country of each IPhO session would equip the team students with a translator and tour guide, which was a considerable burden on the host country, and the reason why some countries were difficult to host IPhO was also due to this.
But in Wu Bin's view, it is because the competition really has little attention, and no attention means that it cannot make a profit, and the money used is completely cut out of government grants, so equipping each team with an interpreter and tour guide can stump many countries.
After introducing themselves to each other, Wu Bin learned that the glasses senior was named Wang Gaojie, who studied electrical engineering in his graduate program, and also participated in physical competitions when he was in high school, so he came to help as soon as he heard about it.
After reporting on the first day, everyone went to bed early because they had been on the plane for a long time.
When he woke up in the morning, Wu Bin put on a suit and tie, and went to the conference hall with everyone to participate in the grand opening ceremony of the competition.
Wu Bin, as the representative of the Chinese national team, needs to be responsible for holding the national flag to enter, so he first held the flag and asked Gong Chengwei to take a few photos before entering the stadium so that he could take it back to his grandfather.
This time, IPhO, a total of 55 national teams participated, in front of Wu Bin is a Romanian brother, very enthusiastic to greet Wu Bin in English, and said that he has heard of Huaguo's physics competition is very strong, I hope that if you have the opportunity, you can ask for advice.
Wu Bin also immediately replied modestly, "You are also very strong, just communicate with it, don't talk about asking for advice." ”
In the chat room, the staff came out and told them that they were ready to enter.
So everyone was in high spirits and slowly walked into the venue holding high the national flag.
After entering the venue, Wu Bin found that many people on both sides of the passage were holding mobile phones or cameras to take pictures, which made Wu Bin, who represented the national image for the first time, a little nervous, and didn't know whether to smile or be serious, but before he could decide, he had already walked to the position where he should stand.
Then came the stage of raising the national flag, but I don't know if it was to save trouble or really be poor...... The national flag is raised by having the flags of each country appear on the projection screen one after the other.
But when the five-star national flag was slowly raised, Wu Bin still couldn't help but stand up straight and sing the national anthem in his mouth.
At the end of the flag-raising ceremony, the players from all countries will stand up and take the oath.
"As IPhO participants, we guarantee that the city is responsible for the questions it answers and competes fairly!"
Then several special guests invited by the competition gave speeches on stage, and Wu Bin was most impressed by an astronaut named Armand, because his speech and Wu Bin's ambition were the same, that all mankind should work together for the stars and the sea.
After the opening ceremony, the organizer also organized a practical activity, Wu Bin originally thought that he would suddenly have money, but when he arrived at the practice site, he understood.
The organizers took them to a local garbage treatment plant called van ganseinkel, which was intended to educate them to explore more ways to use resources and think about how to better dispose of waste.
It can be said that it is still relatively in-depth.
After the opening ceremony, the students and the team leader had to be temporarily separated, because they had to be responsible for translating the test questions, of course, there was no communication between the team leader and the students during the period, and if there was an emergency, the news was conveyed through the interpreter.
The teacher translates and the students take a guided tour of the various attractions.
At the end of a day of visiting, Wu Bin found that the Netherlands is really a rather idyllic country.
Picturesque idyllic scenery and iconic windmills are a feast for the eyes of competitors from all over the world.
In the evening, it is more interesting when the players from all over the world eat buffet together, everyone has good English in terms of language, and they can communicate smoothly, but the topic is completely different, for example, the students from European countries are talking about the experience of mountaineering, party, surfing, etc., Wu Bin was stunned when he listened, and he couldn't help but think.
"Is Western happiness education really so?"
The Singaporean brother at the other table is also very powerful, talking about the political and economic problems of their country, sitting on an absolute surplus value, and a variable capital on the right, showing it to the point that it is not good.
"Or ...... Let's talk about how to calculate the speed of light using the wood erosion of Europa I. Zhang Fu, who had just finished eating a portion of mashed potatoes, looked at Wu Bin and them.
Wu Bin shook his head and said, "What's the comparison, it's better for them to be British during the game." ”
"Evil American imperialism, the girlfriends who can come to participate in IPhO have changed three batches......" Zhang Fu sighed, very unconvinced.
After eating, several Nordic ...... with an average height of 1.9 meters Okay, brother, I came to ask Wu Bin very enthusiastically if they wanted to go out and find a bar to hi Pi, and Wu Bin and they were stunned, there will be a theory exam tomorrow, now go to the bar to have a good hair.
So after politely rejecting a few Nordic brothers, Wu Bin and the others quickly returned to their hotel, and they had only one thought in their hearts.
'Sippi's ...... If you lose to this group of happy education buddies tomorrow, Lao Tzu will swim back! ’