Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 273: I’m back in Beijing
The national competition will be held from August 8th to 4th, mainly two games on the 8th and 5th. Each game will last from 7: in the morning to : in the afternoon, and the intensity is very high.

Before the first exam, which will be on August 8, each contestant will be given two hours of practice time - a mock match - to familiarize themselves with the competition venue, equipment and software environment.

After the simulation competition, there will be a half-hour written test, which will be included in the formal examination score.

Compared with the national competition, the provincial selection examination is much more flexible in terms of format and scoring standards.

For programming questions, the score of the contestant's answer will depend on the correctness of the result, the efficiency of the algorithm, and the efficiency of the program running.

The provincial selection is a more subjective scoring system, while the national competition is much more rigorous.

The national competition will use multiple test points when evaluating results. Even if the algorithm and program are implemented correctly, less efficient answers may not get points due to timeouts at several test points.

The requirements are very strict and direct. If you want to get high scores, you must consider both accuracy and efficiency.

The most exciting thing is that once each competition is over, the evaluation will be completed within two hours, and the transcript will be sent directly to the team leaders of each province for signature. The transcript will mark the contestants' scores and error information on lost points at each test point.

This means that all contestants will know their results before 8 p.m. on August 7.

Rankings and scores will also be displayed directly on the big screen.

I finished the exam at 1 p.m. that day, and after I came back from lunch I knew who the winners and losers were. It was truly a heart-pounding roller coaster ride.

临江省代表队合计20人，包括15個高中生与5个初中生，8月2号一早就浩浩荡荡上了飞机。

The team leader is our old acquaintance, Director Jin, and there are also computer teachers from several major participating schools.

Dong Chengliang also became the leader of the junior high school group.

"How do you feel about coming to Beijing again?" The computer teacher had just helped a few junior high school students to complete the check-in procedures and asked when the room card was given to Li Yan.

Li Yan looked around the somewhat old hotel and shook her head at Teacher Dong.

"You kid," Dong Chengliang smiled and patted Li Yan on the back, "We are here to take the exam, not to receive an award. This is the first time for all the teachers to come to Beijing. This hotel is great. We will have to stay at the middle school on August 8th."

"So I still think we're here too early. I heard they arranged to pick us up at the train station on the morning of August 8." Li Yan spread her hands. "There's also a bus that takes us directly to the school. Why are we coming here specially to stay in a hotel when we can't get into the school?"

"We're worried that you'll be tired from the journey. The Linjiang Computer Society is relatively wealthy, so we've covered the air tickets and hotels. You can relax in Beijing first, how nice."

As he was speaking, two tickets suddenly appeared in his hand. They were given to him by Li Yan.

Buffet and movie tickets?
"Where did it come from?"

"The Yu Yin from the last award ceremony will help you relax."

Li Yan was naturally in the same hotel room as Chen Fan. As soon as he entered, he lay down on the bed dejectedly, forming a sharp contrast with Chen Fan who was looking around.

"Why aren't you happy?"

Li Yan kicked the suitcase. "Originally, the suitcases 45678 only contained clothes for five days. Now that I'm staying at the hotel early, I have to bring two more days' worth of clothes. This is really annoying."

"When you live at Shangjing No. 80 Middle School, can't you wash your own clothes?"

"..."

"So you're not going to wash?"

"I originally thought...we were staying in a five-star hotel."

Chen Fan shook his head repeatedly, "It's different, it's different. Li Yan is no longer on the same level as us ordinary people! No, you didn't read the rules of the competition, right?"

"Bad habits are bad habits, but don't change them."

Li Yan had a problem before his rebirth: hating "process" and everything related to it, including understanding the process and following the process.

He was tired of wasting his energy on these "trivial" matters.

For example, when receiving a competition notification, he will only pay attention to the specific test time and hope that everything else will be left to the team leader to consider.

In his previous life, he often joked that this was a disease of affluence, and that only a young man born with a butler or a boss with a private secretary would develop this habit.

But now, he really has the conditions to get this disease of affluence.

“It seems that the progress this year is faster than in previous years.”

"How to say?"

"Not only did you not read the competition rules, you also don't know the situation in previous years." Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and made a speechless expression, "Good fellow, you look so uninterested, and yet you got second place in the provincial selection. You are really enviable."

"Don't even mention the second one."

"In previous years, the national team elite selection competition was held. The four big guys who stood out from the previous year's national competition and cleared the dungeon would normally hold a meeting at this year's national competition. But if you look at this year's rules, after the results are announced, the top ten players will be arranged to defend their answers on the spot on the 8th, and the four gods of war who will participate in the international competition will be announced at the closing ceremony!"

"What?"

"It is said that the schedule of the World Championship has been changed. It was originally held in August every year, but next year it was suddenly changed to the Winter Championship, which will be held in January. If we hold another elite selection, the time will be quite tight. No wonder even Chairman Du came this time - but he seems to come normally. I don't know what the defense topic will be on the 8th, but it has nothing to do with me."

Chen Fan said with anticipation and then pulled his face, "Brother, you really don't know anything?" "Why is it postponed?"

...Who the hell knows this!

It’s a pity that Li Yan doesn’t know what the situation was like before her rebirth. If it was different, could it be some kind of strange butterfly effect?
But it doesn’t matter. According to what Wang Peihua said about the Huazhong University of Science and Technology’s junior class, I will most likely not have to continue my studies in the third year of junior high school.

Naturally, some heavyweight results would come out as soon as possible, since the international competition would be held during the summer vacation. So, in the negotiations regarding the junior class at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Li Yan would be missing a bargaining chip.

He imagined the moment of being announced as an international player and said he was somewhat interested.

It’s a pretentious moment, not bad.

Looking at Li Yan's excited expression, Chen Fan poured cold water on her:
"Li Yan, let me remind you first, you are participating in a Class B competition after all."

"I know."

For the King of Force, pouring cold water was dangerous enough, so Chen Fan decisively changed the scene:
"Don't let the time pass when you can't get used to living in someone else's dormitory..."

In his eyes, Li Yan is already a thorough playboy.

"With such an attitude, I'd better endure hardship and stand hard work, okay?"

"Okay, okay, then, what should we do now?" Chen Fan also lay on the bed, feeling a little confused for a moment.

Let’s review… we’ve been training for half a month, and we can’t learn anything now; let’s play… we’re unfamiliar with the place and don’t know what to play; let’s meet friends… the proud players from other regions haven’t arrived yet - thinking about it this way, Linjiang’s wealthy operation really feels like a waste of money.

"Why don't I take you to a buffet?" Li Yan pulled out a few more tickets. "Take Deng Yudi with you, too."

Then when the three of them went to report to Dong Chengliang, they were stopped.

The reason is naturally to be safe before the exam and not to get an upset stomach, etc.

So the three of them turned to study the order delivery system in the afternoon tea lounge area, which made Dong Chengliang feel very pleased and made the others uneasy.

The next day, Director Jin took everyone on a tour around the area to "give everyone a perceptual understanding of Beijing."

According to him, the purpose of this shopping trip is to "create an aura that matches the city."

……

The hotel they stayed in was not far from the examination site, Shangjing No. 80 Middle School, so Linjiang Province became the first team to arrive at the National Youth Olympic Competition—even earlier than the Shangjing team...

The reception staff at the door were still sitting lazily without even unrolling the banner. They were also caught off guard by the sudden arrival of the Linjiang team.

Register, take a headcount, and collect name tags.

A group of people dragged their suitcases and walked into the gate of Shangjing No. 80 Middle School at eight o'clock in the morning.

It was summer vacation and the huge campus was very quiet.

We had just received training at New Taipei Middle School, so we were not too amazed by the hardware facilities of the 80th Middle School.

But the elements of the National Games of Information Science and Technology that can be seen everywhere make them very excited.

There is a big welcome sign as soon as you enter the door. It is the sky blue, the iconic theme color of the Informatics Olympiad, and printed with white words "Welcome all outstanding contestants to participate in the 2009th National Youth Informatics Olympiad in ". The two signs form a welcoming aisle, guiding everyone to the registration office.

The lengthy confirmation and registration process made Li Yan a little annoyed.

He kept thinking in his heart that coming early had its advantages. He couldn't imagine how terrible the scene would be if hundreds of people registered together.

The registration time was too long, and we even had to wait until the delegations from Beijing arrived at the registration office.

After he completed the registration and received the competition uniform, daily necessities package and campus life guide - including dormitory location, meal tickets and so on, he finally walked into the dormitory where he would temporarily stay for three days with Chen Fan.

Everyone lived in the dormitory for senior high school students who had been away from school for two months. The interior had been carefully cleaned and tidied, and was equipped with hotel supplies including pillows and mattresses.

"Experience high school life in advance!" Chen Fan shouted, then walked around the dormitory excitedly and sat down on the bunk dejectedly, "Why does it feel like this is not as good as our dormitory?"

"Can the ordinary high school full-board accommodation model be compared with our two-in-one customized model?" Li Yan said with a smile.

There are bunk beds for eight people here, but for the contestants' experience, only a mattress is laid on each lower bunk, and a small table is provided.

There were names on the beds. Sharing a dormitory with Li Yan and Chen Fan were two other contestants from Shangjing No. 1 Middle School.

"He Zixiang..." Li Yan looked at the name and muttered silently.

"Do you know me?" A thin boy with acne on his face just came in from the door.

"Uh... no, I just happened to see..."

"Li Yan?!"

The boy's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)