Chapter 7
The Competition
These competition questions were not easy!
Chang Yuan was shocked. He stood on the podium and displayed a question on the PowerPoint slide.
“Students, I’m going to throw you a challenging question today. The first student to finish can leave school early and will be rewarded.”
When the students heard this unexplored way of playing, they immediately stopped the novels and games in their hands and looked up to see the question.
Of course, not many students in Class 10 knew how to do it. Everyone sighed as they looked at the questions. It took them ten minutes alone to understand the questions.
Tong Tong raised his head from the game to look at the question, then he began to calculate on the draft paper.
This question was quite difficult, but it was worth doing.
This kind of question was easy for Guo Miao. She wrote the answer in less than ten minutes.
Chang Yuan looked at the answer she handed over and opened his mouth in surprise.
Guo Miao’s solution was very simple. She proved the problem by backward deduction and only used a few steps to get the correct answer.
“This student’s solution is excellent. Even I didn’t expect it. Guo Miao, you may leave the class early.” Chang Yuan looked at Guo Miao’s answer sheet and praised her sincerely.
All the other students in the classroom were shocked. They couldn’t even understand the questions, but this new girl solved them in only ten minutes.
Tong Tong had just finished a quarter of the calculations. Seeing that Guo Miao had already solved the problem, he frowned slightly.
This girl was indeed not simple.
Chang Yuan’s gift was a book titled “A Decade of Mathematics Competition Highlights”. Guo Miao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This teacher was quite interesting.
Guo Miao took the book and left after saying goodbye to Chen Si. It just so happened that she could do something else at this time.
There was a study lounge with a computer near the school.
At the entrance, there was a sign that said, “We have purchased a large amount of online academic materials. You can read them for free.”
Right now, China had just started the trend of paying for knowledge. Many academic information websites and cutting-edge academic forums were membership-based, and the membership fees were high.
At this time, the school hadn’t ended yet. The self-study room was quiet, and only the owner was typing quickly on the keyboard.
“Boss, I’d like to study for an hour. Please give me access to the Tech Forum.”
The owner was a young man in a hoodie who exuded the aura of an internet-addicted teenager.
He found a seat with a computer for Guo Miao and helped her turn on the computer.
As soon as the screen lit up, all sorts of codes flashed on it. It seemed to be infected by a virus.
“Why is it this virus again? Is the JS Group done yet?” The owner looked at Guo Miao apologetically. “Wait a minute. I’ll call my friend and ask him to help clean up the mess.”
Before the owner could finish his sentence, he saw the girl in front of him typing on the keyboard.
In just two minutes, the computer was back to normal.
“I’ve helped you strengthen your firewall. In the future, this type of virus should not be able to invade.” The girl turned to look at him. “Now, can you help me gain access?”
The young man’s jaw dropped as he nodded.
What was going on? Did this young lady just solve an an S+ grade computer virus in two minutes?
“Master, do you still accept disciples?” The owner’s face was full of sincerity, and his eyes seemed to be glistening with tears.
Seeing the girl’s hesitation, he asked again, “Can I be your disciple? I can speak to you online! I’m willing to pay the tuition fees! State your price, however much you want.”
Guo Miao raised her eyebrows. She happened to be short of money, and this offer sounded very tempting.
“Sure.” Guo Miao nodded. “But I’ll decide on the teaching time. I’ll probably come twice a week.
The man nodded excitedly and gave Guo Miao access with a fawning expression.
“Master, please read the information first. What do you want to eat? I’ll order takeaway for you.”
“No need, you can go and do your work. Don’t disturb me.”
“Alright,” he said. The man sat back at the bar counter, but his adoring eyes never left Guo Miao.
Guo Miao first opened the official website of the Chinese-English language competition and took note of the time and process of the competition. Then, she followed the official website of the English language competition and looked at a few other competitions.
Most of the prizes for the high school students were guaranteed entry, which wasn’t attractive to Guo Miao.
A new message on the front page caught her attention.
[China’s 36th academic competition will be held soon. The prize money for this competition is in the millions.]
Guo Miao clicked on it. The competition was divided into the academic group and the invention group. The prize for the invention group was eight million dollars, and there was also the follow-up cooperation fee and the royalty that the Jinyue Group was willing to pay.
Participating in this competition and winning a prize could result in a final profit of up to 10 million dollars!