Chapter 57 Youth Daily Interview

Han Youzhang and Hu Zhiwei looked at Feng Zuming who left angrily with complicated expressions on their faces. Their lips moved slightly as if they wanted to say something, but they swallowed the words back.

As for Liu Yang, Zhou Wenshun and other team members, they all fell silent after witnessing this episode.

Ask yourself.

If you were invited by Princeton University, what choice would you make?

Can you have the confidence like Xu Yuan?
The answer is probably no. At least they didn't have the courage to say Xu Yuan's last sentence.

Seeing that the atmosphere became weird after everyone sat down again, Xu Yuan took the initiative to pick up the red wine glass in front of him and said with a smile: "You guys don't care about the free meal and red wine, in that case I'll pay for it all." He was not affected at all by what happened just now.

Hu Zhiwei immediately responded by raising his glass and said, "Xu Yuan is right. Let's celebrate our championship."

"I'll have a drink with you too," Han Youzhang replied.

Feeling the atmosphere being re-energized, Liu Yang, Zhou Wenshun and others immediately recovered their form and wanted to clink glasses with the two team leaders.

that's it.

With the successful conclusion of the dinner, this International Mathematical Olympiad came to a successful conclusion.

The next day, Han Youzhang and Hu Zhiwei led their team back to Yanjing.

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"Students, this flight will soon arrive at its final destination. Please be prepared."

On the plane, the flight attendant kept smiling as she reminded Xu Yuan and other team members, because she knew that they had just won the gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad, and she was particularly enthusiastic during the more than three-hour journey.

At this time, Han Youzhang also shouted loudly: "There will be media reporters interviewing us after we get off the plane."

"Everyone, put on your medals."

"Don't forget to tidy up your clothes and hair. It will be useless to regret if you are photographed ugly." Hu Zhiwei said with a smile while packing his things.

These words immediately woke everyone up and they all started to show off their pride.

Among them, Zhou Wenshun even tried his hand at manipulation and asked the flight attendant to help him put on the medal, which stunned Liu Yang and the others.

Xu Yuan just put on the gold medal and was unmoved by anything else.

After all, if a person is good-looking, he or she will never look ugly in any photo.

Soon the plane landed safely and everyone followed the two team leaders wearing team uniforms and medals. As soon as they reached the exit, they saw reporters and photographers carrying cameras blocking the road ahead.

"Congratulations to the team for achieving another great result in this International Olympiad. Please allow the two team leaders to tell us about the details."

“How difficult are the questions in this exam?”

"I heard that a team member won the absolute winner's perfect score gold medal. Was this what you expected?"

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Facing the reporters' repeated questions, Han Youzhang and Hu Zhiwei were undoubtedly very experienced. They answered the questions one by one with bright smiles on their faces.

Originally, Xu Yuan, Liu Yang, Zhou Wenshun and the others only planned to quietly serve as the background and leave as soon as possible after taking the photos, especially since the two of them lived in Yanjing and their parents were still waiting outside.

As a result, Liu Yang and the other four were fine, but Xu Yuan found that he was being targeted.

"Hello, classmate Xu Yuan."

"We are reporters from the Youth Daily and would like to do an exclusive interview with you." The female reporter holding a microphone with the words Youth Daily written on it approached Xu Yuan and spoke in a very polite tone: "Just chat for a few minutes on the side. Don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time."

Xu Yuan was hesitating whether to accept the interview when he heard Hu Zhiwei's voice suddenly.

"Just cooperate with the reporter's work." In this situation, it would be embarrassing to refuse when facing the expectant gaze of the reporter.

"can."

He nodded and murmured something in response, then followed the reporters and cameramen to the side amid the make-eye expressions of others.

"Student Xu Yuan, can you introduce yourself first?"

"I am Xu Yuan from Class 1, Grade 3 of Guyuan County No. 1 Senior High School. I am very happy to win the gold medal with full score in this International Mathematical Olympiad..."

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Xu Yuan thought the interview could be completed in a few minutes, but it ended up making everyone wait for more than ten minutes.

Perhaps because of his status as the top scorer, the reporter seemed very interested in him and asked questions about everything from his high school situation to the end of the Olympic Math.

Although he took the opportunity to express his gratitude to his teachers, school and competition coach in his answers, after the interview he secretly planned to give as few interviews as possible in the future.

There are so many media reporters across the country. It would be terrible if they all came to interview him.

After everyone successfully left the airport, Liu Yang and another student from Qinghua High School were picked up directly by their parents.

The rest have to change trains in Yanjing.

Considering that school would officially start next month, Xu Yuan decided to stay at home for a few more days and did not linger. After saying goodbye to Professor Hu and others, he got on a bus to Pingzhou City that day.

While Xu Yuan was enjoying the warm welcome from Pingzhou City, more and more news about this International Mathematical Olympiad appeared on the Internet, among which an article published in Youth Daily had the highest number of readers.

"Exclusive interview with the champion of the International Mathematical Olympiad, a math genius who came from a small county town."

In a bedroom in Amber Villa Community, Luyang City, the provincial capital, Lin Haoming's face was full of excitement after reading this article.

"I knew that with Yuan's ability, he would be able to easily win the International Mathematical Olympiad."

“Definitely the winner.”

"The only perfect gold medal in the whole competition, it's really amazing!"

He did not hesitate to praise Xu Yuan, and the next second he suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly opened the Tianya Community page.

He did not forget that someone had posted a comment questioning Xu Yuan, saying that a competitor from an ordinary small county would be a drag. Now that Xu Yuan had won the absolute winner's full score gold medal in the Olympic Games, how could he not let the other party know about it?

The thought stayed here, and I quickly edited the post content and posted it to the Guantian Teahouse section.

And he kindly called Mr. Wu to come and take a look.

Because the threshold for accessing the Internet is there, many people who hang out on forums can be considered excellent.

After reading the article and learning about Xu Yuan's performance in the Olympics, everyone had to admit that they had made a wrong judgment.

Xu Yuan's talent in mathematics is indeed ridiculously strong.

Some people even began to admire and respect Xu Yuan more after seeing his acceptance speech at the closing ceremony, and soon Lin Haoming's post was pushed to the top.

"He was the only one who got full marks this year, and he solved the last question in just half an hour. Who told me that contestants from small towns are not good enough?"

"This kind of big guy must be worshipped."

"Looking back on the time I participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad, I was embarrassed to spend two hours on the final question."

"Where is that man called Mr. Wu from last time? Why doesn't he dare to show up?"

“It’s true that the teaching resources in the county are not as good as those in the city, but this just proves the other party’s mathematical talent.”

Lin Haoming browsed through everyone's replies. Although he was not praised, he was extremely happy in his heart. It was a pity that Mr. Wu seemed to be afraid to show his face again and did not appear in the forum for the time being.

(End of this chapter)