From all-round academic master to chief scientist

On November 11, Lin Xiao and his parents came to Xijing. The next day, they went to the High School Affiliated to XPU to meet with 11 other contestants.

After gathering, they briefly congratulated them and held a farewell banquet for them. Then at eight o'clock the next morning, they got on the high-speed train to Hangzhou. After more than seven hours, they arrived in Hangzhou. , and finally after taking the bus for dozens of minutes, they arrived at the designated hotel for this year’s 33rd National Mathematical Olympiad.

Because his parents had asked for leave from their work and came with him, after arriving at the designated hotel for the winter camp, he and his parents stayed in the same room. As for some students who came by themselves, they had to share rooms. .

After putting their luggage in the hotel, the two leading coaches asked their twelve students to gather in the hotel lobby and take a group photo. This photo will be posted on the relevant official website of Qin Province for publicity. Lin Xiao's photo can also be regarded as a permanent one. in the files of these official agencies.

After taking a group photo, the coach had a brief meeting with twelve students in a room to encourage them before the exam.

The two leading coaches are both members of the Qin Provincial Mathematical Society, and they are also professors in the mathematics department of two 985 universities in Xijing.

The coach from Xi'an Jiaotong University was named Huang Shi'an. He looked at the twelve students present and said: "Dear students, you are all selected from our province, the most outstanding students in middle school mathematics. Of course, I have no doubt that even if you enter college, your mathematical talents will still enable you to excel in mathematics, if you choose to major in mathematics."

"So, basically no need to say more about your knowledge reserve. I hope you can all perform exceptionally well and get your best results in the exam."

"These two days, you should also relax and recuperate. In the past, students often couldn't sleep because they were excited or nervous the night before the exam. Needless to say, there will be no need to say more about the exam the next day."

"So, there is no need for you to continue cramming all kinds of knowledge these two days. You must have a good rest. This is the most important thing."

"Did you hear that clearly?"

"Listen clearly!"

All twelve students responded.

"Well, then let Professor Zhang tell you a few words."

Professor Huang pointed to the other leading coach and then sat aside.

Professor Zhang said: "What Professor Huang just said is very important to all of you. Of course, he said not to cram in knowledge in these two days, but there are some things that you should learn and you still need to review them. "

"Then next, I will briefly talk about what you need to pay attention to for each of you. However, I will only make an evaluation based on your performance in the league and analyze where you still have shortcomings. This kind of evaluation is relatively one-sided. Yes, but it can also reflect some problems, so you should take a look at these related contents in the past two days, such as real questions."

"Well, let's talk first..." Professor Zhang took out a small notebook from his pocket and then said: "Chen Jian."

He looked up and around, and soon, a boy raised his hand. He was Chen Jian.

"Well, let's take a look..." Professor Zhang flipped through the small book again, and then said: "I have read your test paper. In the first test, you scored 87 points, which is relatively high. However, your question is still It’s obvious that you didn’t write anything about question 11. This question is about algebra. Although it’s a certain degree of difficulty, it’s not like you can’t write it out at all. Come on, come and take a look. This is your deduction. Point, oh, you didn’t write any algebra questions on the second test paper, so you have to read more about algebra in the past two days, and don’t take it lightly, otherwise, you won’t have any chance.”

"Then look at the second test paper. In addition to the algebra just mentioned, your questions also include..."

Professor Zhang didn't give much face when he spoke, and if he couldn't do it, he just couldn't do it. And this Chen Jian was a more introverted boy. When he heard Professor Zhang's lecture, his face gradually turned red, and he lowered his head, as if admitting his mistake.

Of course, Chen Jian was not the only team member who was "not given face" in this way. Basically, every student was scolded by Professor Zhang.

In this way, time passed and he also talked about the eleventh student.

"...So Wang Yang, although you scored 267 points and you must have enough knowledge points, your brain still needs to move faster. Doing math problems is strictly a logic game. You have too much on your mind. , the easier it is to think of what to do.”

"Think about the contestants who won special prizes at the International Olympiad. Why did they win the special prize? Isn't it because they thought more when solving problems, so when they solved this kind of logic game, We can find some more exciting ways.”

"Do you know? Student Wang."

The boy named Wang Yang nodded, but on the surface he was still a little unconvinced.

His 267 points ranked second in the Qin Provincial League, and even in the top 50 nationally, he was confident that he would win the gold medal this time and enter the national training team, so as for Professor Zhang, he would Still a little dissatisfied.

However, next, Professor Zhang should evaluate the first place person named Lin Xiao, right?

The guy from Jincheng City actually got better grades than him. When he saw Lin Xiao weighing on him on the provincial team list, he was very surprised that there was someone who could score more than 267 points. ?

However, what puzzled Wang Yang was that after talking about him, Professor Zhang closed the small book and said, "Okay, the eleven people have finished talking. For the people I just mentioned, you should do as I said. Take a good look at the relevant knowledge and do some related questions these two days. I also posted practice questions in the prestige group before coming here. You should be able to do them in these two days."

"Well, it's okay then. You can go back to your rooms. Professor Huang and I have to go to Xuejun Middle School for a leadership meeting and we have to leave soon."

These students were stunned for a moment. Aren't there twelve of them?

Did you remember it wrong?

Where is the other person?

They counted again and confirmed that there were twelve people present.

What was even more confused was Lin Xiao.

And me?

I haven’t gotten in the car yet… Bah, you haven’t talked about me yet!

So he weakly raised his hand and said, "Professor Zhang, you haven't talked about me yet."

Professor Zhang turned his head and glanced, waved his hand and said: "Are you Lin Xiao? What can you say about your perfect score in the league test? Just listen to Professor Huang and have a good rest. If you perform normally, you can enter the national training camp In the past, students who got full marks in the league basically didn’t get into the training team. Don’t tell me that you can’t get into the training team, and there are also many people who eventually entered the national team.”

"Okay, okay, Lao Huang, let's go."

Professor Zhang looked too lazy to say anything, which made Lin Xiao dumbfounded.

Do you dislike me or do you trust me too much?

At the same time, the other eleven players present were stunned on the spot.

What?

This Lin Xiao actually ranked first in their province with perfect scores? !