From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 81 Challenges from Team USA Players

On July 7, at 9:08 in the morning, the first day of the 30th International Mathematical Olympiad exams arrived as scheduled, and candidates began to enter.

The examination venue is Cluj-Napoca’s multifunctional stadium, which will also be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. Originally, there was a standard football field in the middle, but now the turf on it has been replaced with a smooth floor, and placed There are more than 600 tables and chairs, and candidates' information is also placed on the tables for candidates to confirm their seats.

At this time, the team leaders from various countries also brought their players to the entrance, and the Hua Guo team also arrived. Chen Qiusheng, as the deputy team leader, began to give Lin Xiao and the other six the final emphasis.

"Okay, the game will start right away, you can just play as usual, I won't say much about the rest, remember, you must check carefully, and don't give me wrong numbers, Zou Ziyi, it's just you, don't look around, Every time you write that '8', write it carefully for me, the '8' must be sealed, if you write 6 again at that time, then you will lose your own points."

"Also, when we take the domestic exam, we get 21 points for one question, which is in line with our habits. In the IMO competition, we only get 7 points for one question, and 42 points for six questions. If you make a small mistake, you can get 1 point. It is equal to 42/[-] of the total score and it is gone."

"Do you know?"

"understood!"

The five people other than Lin Xiao responded.

Chen Qiusheng looked at Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao seemed to be thinking about something and didn't hear what he just said.

But in fact, he found that Lin Xiao remained like this all the way.

He couldn't help asking: "Lin Xiao? What are you thinking?"

"Ah? Oh, I see." Lin Xiao responded as if he had just realized it, "I didn't think about it."

Chen Qiusheng shook his head and did not continue to ask, but he still reminded: "Don't be distracted during the exam later. Whether we can get a perfect score this year depends on you."

"Don't worry." Lin Xiao made an OK gesture.

Chen Qiusheng stopped talking, and then said: "Okay, there is no need to emphasize anything else, you are the six most outstanding students in Huaguo this year, and I hope you can continue to be so outstanding in this competition. go."

After speaking, he pointed to the examinee entrance over there.

The six of Lin Xiao nodded, and then walked towards the entrance. As for Chen Qiusheng, he walked towards the entrance of the deputy team leader on the other side. When the game starts later, he will stay in the audience seat next to him, observing Candidates' situation.

There was even a deputy team leader next to him with binoculars, as if he ran over to watch football.

Soon, the six of Lin Xiao also came to the entrance. First, they submitted relevant materials to the staff to confirm their identities, and then checked whether they were carrying electronic devices or other things, and then let them enter.

Because the exam started at 09:30, it was only around [-]:[-], so it was still early, and the staff did not ask them to be seated.

In the examination room, most of the contestants were still chatting, and some contestants simply lay down on the table to catch up on sleep.

However, probably at the opening ceremony last night, the conversation between Lin Xiao and Professor Pompieri left a deep impression on many students present, especially the contestants who were close and heard their conversation clearly. At this time, he couldn't help turning his eyes to Lin Xiao.

This competitor gave them a feeling like facing a boss.

It's just that Lin Xiao turned a blind eye to these gazes, part of his attention was on finding his seat, and the other part of his attention continued to focus on the problems in his mind.

What he thought about along the way was naturally the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers.

After sorting out last night, he already had some preliminary ideas and a certain amount of inspiration, but there was still an invisible gap between him and his ultimate goal.

He can only continue to read some related papers, and by the way, look forward to the incomplete version of the "Secrets of the Ancestors" that Professor Pompieri will give him at that time.

"Lin Shen, what were you thinking just now? You won't see any beautiful sister?"

At this time, Sun Yu next to him asked.

Hearing Sun Yu's words, Lin Xiao glared at him angrily, and said, "You're the only one who talks too much."

And then, he still stopped thinking. It was inconvenient to just do the calculations in his mind. After all, not all problems can be done by mental calculation.

And Ouyang Sheng who was next to him patted Sun Yu on the shoulder and said, "Do you think Lin Shen likes that kind of vulgar people?"

Li Boyuan: "Lin Shen has already surpassed the limits of human beings, and is no longer human."

Hu Zichao: "Tell me, Lin Shen, how long do you plan to finish today, two hours, or one and a half hours?"

Lin Xiao said, "One hour."

"Lin Shen, you are being humble... what, an hour?"

At first, I thought that Lin Xiao would definitely not answer directly, but Hu Zichao was about to say some clichés, but unexpectedly, Lin Xiao really answered directly, and it was still an hour?
Several people swallowed their saliva: "As expected of Lin Shen."

However, at this moment, a voice came from the side: "'I mean a smile'? You mean an hour?"

The first four characters are in broken Chinese, while the latter words are in fluent English.

Lin Xiao and the others turned their heads and saw six contestants in blue uniforms coming in front of them.

Four of them are of Chinese descent, while the other two are of Indian descent and one is of brown ethnicity.

Lin Xiao and the others quickly recognized that these six were players from the US team.

And the person who spoke to them just now was one of them of Chinese descent.

Lin Xiao said suspiciously: "Sorry, what did you say?"

"Please speak English, otherwise I don't understand what you mean, thank you." The Chinese continued to speak, but after he finished speaking, he shook his head again and said, "Forget it, maybe you don't want to tell me, but you can Please don't think I came here with malice."

"As you can see, I am the American team player, James-Lin. In Chinese, my surname is '林'. I heard your chat with Professor Pompieri yesterday, and I know that you are even in the Annals of Mathematics , so I wonder how big the gap is between us.”

"You just said that you will finish today's question within an hour. I have to admit that I can't guarantee that I can finish it within an hour, but I can still guarantee it within two hours."

"Then, let's take two hours as our final time. I will hand in the paper on time in two hours, and then compare our results."

"I don't know if you agree or not?"

　Thanks to Kunlin Yuanshan for the 100 starting point reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)