Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 319: Class of Excellence (5500+)

We had originally agreed to take Wei Yunzhi's mother's car back to Rongxi.

The next day was Monday, and it was indeed time to go back to school.

But Li Yan was scared.

He didn't even have the heart to watch the fireworks. He didn't think he could behave naturally in front of Ouyang Wantang.

That's a poet!

Although he may not be good at anything else, he is absolutely an expert in capturing delicate emotions.

What’s interesting is that Wei Yunzhi also got scared.

So the two of them didn't even wait for the fireworks to end before they got on the subway to go home.

The girl was still on the phone explaining to her mother the whole way, "There are too many people, and we are tired from shopping. We decided to go back early. Mom, you don't have to pick me up. Okay, I have to get on the subway."

"Is the skirt you bought comfortable to wear?" Ouyang Wantang asked suddenly.

Fortunately, the subway was still noisy when it was running, so Li Yan probably didn't hear it.

"what happened?"

But the blushing is visible.

"No."

When sincere and straightforward people tell a lie, they will basically express their "sense of abnormality" to the fullest.

But if there is no such thing, then there is no such thing. Don’t ask about a girl’s secrets.

I've been exhausted enough tonight, how can I sleep if I get asked more questions?

"Hey, I remembered that you weren't... going to stay overnight?" Li Yan suddenly reacted.

"I go back to Rongxi's home. When I was in school, I only went back to New Taipei on weekends. Sometimes I didn't go back at all."

"Eh?"

"It's my uncle's house. My cousin is also studying at Rongxi. I don't like staying at a boarding house, so..."

"I'm staying at my relatives' house..."

"It's okay. This house was given to my uncle by my father."

……

With their minds still in a mess, it was time for the two of them to part ways.

When I took the Dika card out of the station, the streets were still filled with the lively atmosphere of the Lantern Festival.

Nine o'clock is not too early for a junior high school student.

"I'm very happy today." Wei Yunzhi handed over a lantern pendant, "It's a very memorable day."

Li Yan took it and put it directly into the keychain.

"I am also very happy."

"Then it's time to go back to school."

"Remember to report safety when you get home." Li Yan said.

"Ah."

After she finished speaking, the girl didn't turn around.

Li Yan didn't know what to do, so she just watched.

No one wants to say goodbye first.

However, the fact that Li Yan did not say goodbye on his own initiative already made the girl very happy.

"Then I will work hard and be your classmate in high school."

"Okay, you can do it."

"As a student of Mr. Li, it's easy to get into a New Taipei Middle School."

"Well, we still need to take it seriously." Li Yan suddenly became serious.

"Okay, Teacher Li! I'll go back first. Goodbye, Teacher Li." Wei Yunzhi said with a smile.

"Bye." Li Yan also smiled.

Then the girl suddenly sighed, "Say goodbye."

"Goodbye!" Li Yan waved.

Then he watched the girl walk to the intersection, looking back every ten steps. The two waved goodbye to each other again.

Li Yan stood there in a daze for a long time, his mind in a mess.

I only came to my senses when I thought about how the sun would turn into a red giant and swallow the earth in billions of years.

I walked back to school unknowingly, and I could see from afar that the lights in dormitory 403 were not on.

It’s the Lantern Festival after all. Those roommates shouldn’t be crazy enough to go to evening self-study at this time, right?

Maybe a group of people went shopping?

As a result, as soon as Li Yan turned on the light, her roommates came upstairs chattering.

Even loudly discussing at the door who forgot to turn off the lights.

As soon as the door opened, the five people stared at Li Yan.

Then Lin Heng took the lead and started yelling.

"You scared me." Li Yan looked speechless.

"You scared us!" Lin Heng still had his milk tea in his hand, "Why are you back at this time? Didn't you say we were going to watch the fireworks and lanterns?"

"It's not early anymore." Li Yan realized that everyone was holding a cup of milk tea. "What are you doing?"

"We were originally going to study, but we couldn't stand the sound of fireworks, so Liang suggested that we go out together to buy some milk tea. The girls from 402 also went out for a little stroll."

Very youthful.

"Good."

"Did you guys... have a fight?" Zhu Qinglun was also surprised that Li Yan returned to the dormitory at this time.

Li Yan was about to say something when her cell phone suddenly rang.

It was Wei Yunzhi who called.

So he gave his roommates a look and answered the phone.

Lin Heng instantly made a gesture to silence them. None of the five people dared to move, and the entire dormitory was in complete silence.

"I'm here, where are you?"

"I...just arrived too."

"My uncle and his family are all out playing, and now I'm alone."

"My roommates...are all here."

"Ah, will it be inconvenient?"

"Uh……"

"Hahahahahaha, you guys are really something. I'm going to hang up first."

Then Li Yan saw the resentful eyes of her roommates.

"Why is it inconvenient?"

"Have we become a burden to you, Yan Shen?"

"What are you going to say that is not suitable for us to hear?"

...Oh my God.

Li Yan glanced at the ceiling, sat in front of the computer in silence, and prepared to start typing.

"Something's wrong!" It was still Lin Heng, the show-off. "Old Yan usually responds with a few words, but if he doesn't respond, it means..."

"It's true!" Chen Fan was also showing his showy side, as the saying goes, those who are around showy people tend to be more showy.

"Tell us the story, Lao Yan. We brothers promise not to tell anyone a word." Lin Heng made a funny expression, "Tell us the romantic story of the Lantern Festival, okay?"

"Don't be so straightforward, I'll do it." Li Ruofei was very confident, "Ayan, where have you been?"

"Xinqiao District, Baijiang Park."

"It's really here. Are the fireworks beautiful?"

“I didn’t see much.”

"…Have you guessed the riddle?"

"I can see it right away."

"Flowers, where are the lanterns?"

"Nothing to see."

"It's so sweet that it's killing me." Lin Heng clapped his hands.

Li Ruofei also made a "tsk" sound.

Even Li Yan didn't react to what this circuit was.

"I didn't see the grand fireworks, the riddles were meaningless, and the lanterns were nothing special." Li Ruofei began to interpret, "What does this mean about friends? It means that all the attention is on the 'person'!"

The whole dormitory started howling.

Li Yan took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

After a chaotic night of exploration, Li Yan just concentrated on writing his novel.

He himself was already full of thoughts, so how could he think carefully at this time?

So everyone was tired and started talking about serious topics:

National Junior High School Mathematics League.

Li Yan simply ignored this competition because it was not very valuable.

For someone like him who has even won the Youth Information Olympics International Championship, there is really no reason for him to participate.

There are not many authoritative national competitions for junior high schools, mainly because this stage itself is rather awkward.

Even if you have good results in junior high school competitions, it is not enough to get specially recruited by a university. The best you can do is go to a good high school. The problem is that for example, outstanding students from New Taipei First High School will almost certainly be admitted to New Taipei Middle School.

There is no need for New Taipei Middle School to provide them with special recruitment options.

And the gap between better high schools than New Taipei City High School, such as the top-ranked Hua Da High School in the country, is not that big and New Taipei City High School.

It's not worth going to a place where you are unfamiliar with for such a small difference.

There are still a lot of people in university who are struggling with whether to go out of the province or not, let alone students graduating from junior high school.

However, for Li Yan’s roommates, it would be a waste not to take the exam. It would be good to prove their abilities.

There were a total of 30 final spots for New Taipei First High School, and Class Zero took up 17 of them. By the second semester of the second year of junior high school, the top students in the experimental classes and even the ordinary classes gradually stood out, and Class Zero's dominance gradually decreased from the top to the top .

Even in the special recruitment dormitory 403, Zhu Qinglun gradually showed signs of falling behind.

He himself was calm about it. After all, being "good at geography" was not an advantage in the current stage of general education.

In the end, Chen Fan, Liang Tiancheng and Lin Heng got tickets to the finals.

"Old Yan, Teacher Ye said that there is a spot reserved for you. You can go anytime if you want to. Please let us know."

"I don't really have any idea." Li Yan responded calmly. His roommates didn't think he was showing off.

"Chen Feifan, if you get the first place in this competition, and the first place in the junior high school group of the Youth Information Olympics, do you have a hope of entering the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Youth Excellence Class that President Yan mentioned?" Zhu Qinglun asked.

Chen Fan was a little nervous when he saw it. "It shouldn't be possible. Look at the level of the Excellence Class..."

"Is there any explanation?"

"No..." Chen Fan glanced at Li Yan, "I heard that they are still in the preparation stage. It seems that they are preparing the first list... Just think about what kind of people are there, such as Li Yan."

Chen Fan spoke more and more quietly.

Over there, Li Yan was typing away at the computer, looking deep in thought from time to time.

"Then you can ask Mr. Yan."

"Don't disturb him yet." Chen Fan glanced at Li Yan again, "Haven't you guys watched 'Nangong Youth'? It's been so intense recently, I feel like it's about to end, the plot is going crazy every day, and I have to finish watching it every night before I can go to sleep."

The others looked at each other in bewilderment, as they didn't have the means to buy a laptop.

"I went home for the New Year and read it every day." Li Ruofei nodded, "I even downloaded the txt file to read on my phone... I'll buy Ah Yan a drink later as an apology."

"Is it really that good?" Liang Tiancheng became interested. "I've been waiting for the end to see it. How many words are there?"

"More than two million."

Everyone gasped.

In front of these junior high school students who are eager to get a badge of achievement for writing a ten-thousand-word article, two million words is really unbelievable.

"That's true. I shouldn't bother you." Lin Heng got out of bed. "Ruofei, the txt file you mentioned can be read on a mobile phone, right?"

"This……"

When Li Yan finished brainstorming a chapter, he suddenly saw a txt document titled "Nangong Boy" uploaded by Li Ruofei in the QQ group.

He also thoughtfully wrote "Don't tell anyone else".

He left a big question mark in the group chat, and then he heard voices behind him: "Buy you a drink!"

Li Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it was true that using a mobile phone to log in to the web page to watch it consumed data and was inconvenient, and piracy was everywhere.

“So, when smartphones become popular, the pleasure of reading novels on mobile phones will be greatly enhanced.” Li Yan’s sigh was beyond everyone’s expectations.

"Even further, if ultra-high compression algorithms can be successful, it may be possible to do this even when watching videos casually..."

"But at that time...will everyone still read novels?"

Li Yan suddenly fell into mumbling to himself.

This time, no one can follow my train of thought.

So Lin Heng chose to interrupt, "Old Yan, Chen Fan has a question for you."

Chen Fan suddenly became very nervous. He looked at Liang Tiancheng, "This is not just my problem."

"It should really be just your problem." Liang Tiancheng nodded.

So Chen Fan sighed and asked about the Huada Youth Excellence Class.

Li Yan pondered for a while, "If I want to know if I can get in... I have to know the standards first."

"Yes." Everyone looked at him. They believed that the most first-hand information was in Li Yan's hands.

As a result, Li Yan didn't say anything for a long time, and Dormitory 403 fell into a strange silence.

"No, continue?" Zhu Qinglun was anxious.

"Yes, go on." Li Yan looked at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan was completely confused. "Ah? I'm done...right?"

"Oh! So you don't know the selection criteria?" Li Yan suddenly realized.

Everyone booed, "You're still waiting for us to speak."

"But I don't know either." Li Yan shrugged.

All five of them were speechless.

"How could you not know?" Liang Tiancheng was surprised.

“…I didn’t ask.”

"...It seems like you really don't need to ask." Liang Tiancheng figured it out.

Yes, standards are meaningless to Li Yan. In a sense, this excellence class is completely opened for Li Yan.

He could obviously go to the High School Affiliated to Hua University, and even if he asked to go directly to Hua University, Hua University would probably be willing to give him that opportunity.

But he chose to stay in New Taipei Middle School.

The junior class of Hua University is outstanding because of him.

"So do you agree?" Chen Fan asked a question that sounded outrageous.

"accepted."

"Then at least we can be sure that there will be this excellence class. I heard that one hundred junior high school students will be recruited nationwide and divided into four education centers, with twenty-five students in each center. It is a completely small-class elite education." Chen Fan said while looking at the computer.

"Damn, you know more than me." Li Yan was a little surprised.

Chen Fan responded with a speechless expression: "Isn't this posted online..."

"It's a pity that the first batch of student names and selection criteria have not been announced yet." Lin Heng sighed, "I'm quite curious about what the top 100 junior high school students in the country will be like."

"What's there to be curious about?" Zhu Qinglun said with a smile, "The No. 1 contestant, the best in the country, far away in the sky and yet close at hand."

The person I am talking about is naturally Li Yan.

“No, no, no,” Lin Heng shook his head. “Although as Lao Yan’s roommate, I’ve seen so many of his incredible performances that I’ve somewhat taken the outrageous for granted, but! I can be 100% sure that Lao Yan is unique!”

"After all, he's number one." Liang Tiancheng agreed.

"So Chen Fan, you have to be more confident." Li Yan continued the conversation, "You are in the most awesome junior high school in Linjiang Province, and you even won the first prize in the junior high school group of the Youth Information Olympiad. That's amazing."

"Yes, at least in the field of computer, you are one of the best junior high school students in the country." Liang Tiancheng nodded.

"Liang Ban, you can do it too." Li Yan nodded at Liang Tiancheng again, "Being the first in the grade at Xinbei No. 1 High School is completely equivalent to being the first in the province."

Unexpectedly, Liang Tiancheng shook his head and smiled as he accepted his fate:
"If I apply for it myself, I don't want to."

Chen Fan was very surprised.

"This kind of genius training program... is not very suitable for me. In fact, even Class Zero, I feel, is not very suitable for me."

After Liang Ban said these two sentences, the dormitory became very quiet.

"Li Yan, I'm really not discouraged by you. Although I said that Class Zero is not suitable for me, I am very fortunate to be able to come to 403 and meet you all who are full of spirit and talent. In fact, I seldom participate in your topics because I don't have many hobbies and no talents. The most impressive thing is my test scores."

Liang Tiancheng pursed his lips, "Maybe being the first in the grade looks... impressive. When school started, everyone thought that Chen Fan and I were at the same math level. In fact, we are different, I know."

Chen Fan had a complicated expression.

"My math grades are good only because I learned some knowledge in advance. When I encounter questions that require creative thinking, I always fall short a little bit, so I got 149 points, while Chen Fan can get 150 points. Maybe if I participate in the competition, I can also win a first prize with a high score, but maybe... this is my ceiling."

"Liang Ban, there's no need to be so self-deprecating." Li Ruofei said.

"Really not," Liang Tiancheng smiled, "I haven't lost confidence. I have always been clear, brothers, I have tried my best to maintain the first place in this grade."

Li Yan felt a little touched.

"You still have the energy to think about doing something else, and think about how to find the meaning of life." Liang Tiancheng shook his head, "But I don't."

Then he suddenly raised his head again, "But no matter what, I have retained the first place in the grade. It is the best junior high school in Linjiang Province, and I am the first in the grade. It is still very impressive."

"It's more than amazing." Li Yan smiled.

"I'm not a real genius, I would rather everyone recognize my diligence."

This concludes Liang Tiancheng's speech.

What he said actually makes sense.

The South China region where Linjiang is located has 25 quotas, and it would be a great deal if Linjiang Province could get eight.
Just looking at Linjiang itself, the best students from Rongxi Middle School and New Taipei Experimental School, the geniuses from the two famous schools in Xin'an, and some good talents from other educationally strong cities... the competition is also fierce.

Compared with Liang Tiancheng, Chen Fan, who won first place in the national competition for junior high schools in the Youth Information Olympiad and has strong mathematical skills, has greater hope.

The later the education stage, the more specialized the teaching content becomes.

Having an ability of over 100 points in a subject has far more potential than getting 99 points in all subjects.

Of course, we won’t mention Li Yan, an extraordinary almighty god of war.

Liang Tiancheng is very suitable for exam-oriented education. He will achieve outstanding results in the normal education process, but he will not be able to adapt to the special route.

"Teacher, what are you saying? It's like you're going to transfer to another school to graduate." Lin Heng smiled.

The roommates laughed together, and as they laughed they looked at Li Yan.

You are the one who really wants to leave, Yan Shen.

"Oh my god, when we get admitted to Xinbei Middle School, Ayan will be our senior?" Li Ruofei suddenly realized the issue of seniority.

"That's right." Li Yan smiled.

"Old Yan, promise me that you will say more golden sentences this semester, okay?" Lin Heng said seriously.

"what?"

"In the future, I hope to achieve financial freedom by publishing a book."

"..."

"Hey, then Mr. Yan's senior sister is no longer a senior sister?" Zhu Qinglun suddenly clapped his hands.

Oh my god, we’ve been chatting for such a long time, why are we back to the same topic again?

The teenagers did not sleep well that night. Liang Tiancheng's remarks touched everyone to some extent - including Li Yan.

In his previous life, he was obsessed with the word "genius" to the point that it became an obsession.

From this point of view, Liang Tiancheng's mind is indeed very strong.

It's quite remarkable that you can have such an understanding of yourself at such an early age.

What Chen Fan did not expect was that the selection criteria for the Huada Youth Excellence Class would be directly read out by Guo Qiwen at the class meeting the next day.

In addition to the published list, the remaining places can be applied for by each school, provided that they have won a first prize in a national competition certified by the Ministry of Education and their results are ranked in the top 1% in the school.

Chen Fan's heart sank after reading this. He had won first prize in a national competition, but this one percent...

In a class of one thousand people, you must be in the top ten.

There's simply no way a person like him, who is only good at one subject, can do it.

It seems like we're going to miss each other after all, Li Yan, I can only call you senior brother!

After the reading, Guo Qiwen projected the list of fifty people on the projector, with two names circled in red pen.

One is the extremely conspicuous number one, Li Yan.

One is number 48 at the bottom, Chen Fan.

"Congratulations to our class for having two students selected. Congratulations to the pride of New Taipei First High School."

How...how could it be?
How come I was selected directly?

Not worthy...

It was so sudden that the emotions immediately emptied Chen Fan's brain.

Even the explosive applause could no longer be heard. Chen Fan, looking at the projection screen, had only one thought:
Li Yan, why do we have to open a separate column for you on the list...

(End of this chapter)