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Chapter 13 The Destined Winner

The preliminary round will last for three days, six rounds, from November 11th to 5th. The semi-final will last for four days, eight rounds, from November 7th to 11th.

There are six semi-final competition areas in Qichuan City: Bihai Gymnasium, Qichuan Sports Center, Qichuan Botanical Garden, Hunyao Mountain Scenic Area, Duxi Mountain Geological Park, and Nancheng Square.

Mu Zhengguang compared the number of college entrance examination candidates in the city last year and estimated the number of candidates participating in the modeling competition: 20. After six preliminary rounds, there were still 3000 candidates left.

Mu Zhengguang's estimation method was very rough. He ignored people who did not take the college entrance examination, people who took the college entrance examination repeatedly, and people who did not participate in the competition, but the numerical error of his estimate was extremely small.

There were 3072 semifinalists in the city, evenly divided into each division, with two people from each division entering the finals. Boys and girls competed separately, and the final winner in the Bihai Gymnasium seemed to have been determined.

On Saturday, November 11, at 14:2 p.m., the school rented three buses to carry hundreds of people into the city.

Not only the contestants but also the teachers who led the teams came into the city. For such a large-scale event, we certainly cannot rely on the students to maintain order on their own, otherwise any accidents could happen. Moreover, the school will cover all the food and accommodation expenses during the semi-finals, so the teachers will have to deal with any expenses.

There are four grades, including the first grade, second grade, third grade and repeater class. Each grade has four leading teachers, two men and two women. In addition, there is a vice principal and two directors. In order to better serve the students, the school set up a modeling competition group, pulled everyone in, and asked the students to change the nickname of the group to class + name.

When we arrived at the hotel, the school had booked dozens of standard double rooms, allocating them according to gender and grade.

Mu Zhengguang and Lu Hao were in the same class and happened to be assigned to the same room.

The room was on the third floor. When Mu Zhengguang went upstairs, he saw people wearing school uniforms from other schools on the stairs. He recognized them as the No. 1 Middle School in the county. Although the admission scores and test scores of No. 1 Middle School in the county were far inferior to those of Pinglin Senior High School every year, No. 1 Middle School had more students, so there must be more people who entered the semi-finals.

After allocating rooms and putting away luggage, the school organized the contestants to visit the gymnasium, saying it was a way to familiarize themselves with the competition venue in advance.

The Bihai Stadium is almost cylindrical, with a radius of 120 meters, a height of 30 meters, and four floors. The stadium looks like a wide giant tower, and the walls of the giant tower are composed of 500 "doors". The loess-colored stone doors are curved and connected, stacked in five layers. The door frames are embedded with blue glass, which is as crystal clear as flowing lake water under the sunlight.

The light moves in the glass, just like it moves in water. Rather than blue glass, it is more like an aquarium filled with water. At first glance, the two are almost identical. However, it is unreasonable to use an aquarium as the wall of the venue, but it is precisely because of this abruptness that people are more amazed at the material and beauty of the blue glass.

Mu Zhengguang stood in front of the gymnasium and had a clear view of the entire venue. His first reaction was: this building should not be here. Qichuan City is a "small city" and does not need such a magnificent hall.

Mu Zhengguang didn't know that the landmark buildings of a place are often higher than the actual level of the place. It is normal for a large and grand gymnasium to be located in a small city. Moreover, Qichuan City is not as small as Mu Zhengguang imagined. The city is quite wide and has a large population, but Mu Zhengguang's range of activities is very small, so he thinks the city is not big.

After the gymnasium was built, some rooms were not put into use because there was no money to renovate them. These rooms were closed all year round, with signs saying "under repair" at the door, giving people a fascinating sense of mystery, but in fact they were empty. Once the staff took away the signs, they could be opened to the public as competition venues, making the best use of the space.

The Bihai Sports Center has opened a total of 8 venues for competitions. Each venue has an area of ​​about 3000 square meters. The venue is surrounded by a 50-meter square with red isolation belts. This measure can be said to be very frugal and close to the people. But if the public saw the purchase price of the red strips, they would be "shocked". This seemingly inconspicuous, ubiquitous, and worthless thing actually costs tens of thousands of yuan. It is not difficult to see that the "loss" during procurement is extremely high.

The group went up to the third floor and dispersed in a mess, some staying on this floor and some going to higher floors.

Mu Zhengguang walked through the corridors, around several walls, and went to the 0302 stadium, where he will participate in the first round of the semi-finals tomorrow.

White walls, white tiles, white chandeliers, white window frames and red strips are simple and clear, and easy to understand at a glance.

Mu Zhengguang walked around the stadium several times and had a more accurate control of the distance. As of now, the stadium is 50 meters long and the domain radius is 27 meters. It cannot be fully covered, but it is not much different. Only four corners are outside the area. In other words, this small stadium is very beneficial to him. The eight stadiums are arranged in disorder, and the stadiums will be rearranged after each round of competition. Mu Zhengguang finished watching the 0302 stadium and turned to look for other stadiums. At this time, his mobile phone rang. He took a look and saw a message from the group: Gather on the first floor of the hotel at o'clock in the evening, and a teacher will take you out for dinner. Except for tomorrow, you must return to the hotel before o'clock in the evening. You can move freely at other times.

Mu Zhengguang packed up his phone and walked out, and happened to meet Ying and Ji Wanting in the corridor. At that moment, there was a big problem in front of him: should he say hello to one person or two people?
Mu Zhengguang chose the former. He raised his left hand and said with a smile, "Hi, classmate."

Xu Yingze's behavior was much more casual than his. He spoke without thinking, "Yeah, you're here too."

The most uncomfortable person was Ji Wanting. She and Xu Ying were classmates in junior high school. At that time, they were ranked similarly and had a deep friendship. In high school, the difference in their scores suddenly widened. They were in the same school but different classes, and gradually they were no longer as close as before.

There were stories about Mu Zhengguang and Xu Yingze in junior high school. Ji Wanting didn't know what kind of relationship they were in now, and didn't know what to say. In addition, in high school, she was in the elite class and the other two were in the junior Olympiad class. The insurmountable score barrier formed a shallow gap, and there were many things that were not so easy to say.

Ji Wanting hesitated to speak, but Xu Ying saw her embarrassment and touched her back with her elbow: "Let's go, don't worry about him."

After hearing this, Ji Wanting thought about it for a while and guessed the relationship between the two: not as "cold and ruthless" as it seemed, but truly "intimate". The distance between the two did not lie in the distance, but in the position in their hearts.

Mu Zhengguang did not delve into the literal meaning of "don't bother him", but went straight to the connotation: you have your friends and plans, and so do I. We don't bother each other, but we take care of each other. This feeling is dreamy and real, noble and trivial, wonderful, rare, relaxed and happy, and reassuring.

He walked around the third and fourth floors of the Blue Sea Stadium until he had seen the entire stadium.

Mu Zhengguang realized that the semi-finals lasted eight rounds, and only 1/256 could enter the finals. There were 512 people in the arena, half of them were men and half were women. Obviously, the two finals places in the Bihai Stadium must be mine and yours. In other words, our friends Lu Hao and Ji Wanting both stopped in the semi-finals. This seems a bit regrettable, but it doesn't seem regrettable if you think about it from another perspective. Among friends, there are differences in talent and strength, and this is normal. We became friends not because of similar talents or equal talents, but for some more complex and more difficult reasons.

It was still early for dinner, so Mu Zhengguang went to a supermarket near the hotel and bought a large bag of snacks and drinks.

Lu Hao returned to the room before him. Seeing him walk in with at least ten bags of potato chips and ten bottles of drinks, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he acted as if he was deeply distressed: "Oh, you're too polite. You came back so you came back, but why did you bring a gift? I've made you spend money again."

"The food isn't free, and you'd better not lose in the first round. Every win will accumulate bonuses, but they will be paid out after seven wins. If you don't get the bonus, then I'll have to let you buy it on credit."

Mu Zhengguang said he would pay on credit, but he didn't say whether he had to pay it back. In this context, both parties knew that if they lost the first round, they didn't have to pay it back, and if they won the first round, they had to pay the price.

"Don't worry, 14 consecutive wins are difficult, only you can do it, but 7 consecutive wins is nothing, I still have this confidence."

Mu Zhengguang put the food on the floor next to the bedside table. He took two bottles of Coke and threw one of them to Lu Hao: "Thank you for your good words. As you wish."

Lu Hao caught the Coke, opened it, and enjoyed it: "Student Xu can also win fourteen games in a row?"

"She's more stable than me, so there will definitely be no problem."

Lu Hao lay on the bed playing games, Mu Zhengguang put on headphones, listening to music while browsing the space dynamics.

(End of this chapter)