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Chapter 181 Yato's Oral Examination Ends, Qiu Competition Begins
Chen Zhou, who returned to his seat, instantly felt that his combat power had improved.

He picked up the pen and wrote in a brush.

It doesn't matter if it is a small composition of 150 words or a large composition of 250 words.

Chen Zhou wrote until he was satisfied.

After finishing writing, put down the pen slowly.

Chen Zhou looked at his two compositions written in two breaths, and smiled slightly: "The style is still the same!"

After 60 minutes, the writing test was over, and Chen Zhou handed in the answer booklet and answer sheet.

The written test of the entire Yato test is over.

In addition to the written test with a fixed time every week, the Yato test also has the last item, which is the oral test.

There is no fixed time for the speaking test, as long as it is within a week of the written test, you can take the test at any time.

Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi naturally put the written test and the oral test on the same day.

It also saves the two of them another trip.

The oral exam starts at 1:[-] p.m., and the time is a bit tight.

So, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi had a simple lunch near the examination room, then went to the examination room, waiting for the start of the oral test.

Because during the written test, the information has already been recorded.

During the interview, Chen Zhou and the two also saved the troublesome step of logging in their ID card information.

Following the instructors of the examination room, Chen Zhou came to the examination room of Yato's oral examination.

Chen Zhou found that the examiner was waiting for him at the door.

Following simple inquiries and pleasantries, Chen Zhou followed the examiner into the examination room.

After sitting in the seat, the examiner turned on the recording pen and started recording.

Then he looked at Chen Zhou with a smile, and asked friendlyly, "Are you ready?"

Chen Zhou smiled and nodded.

The oral exam will officially begin.

The oral exam is divided into three parts.

The first part is a question and answer.

The examiner asked, and Chen Zhou answered.

Very ordinary conversation.

Chen Zhou naturally didn't make any extensions, and answered the question honestly.

The second part is about the topic introduction.

The examiner handed Chen Zhou a question board, a piece of paper and a pen.

Chen Zhou needs to introduce the topic for no more than 2 minutes.

Of course, before the introduction, there will be 1 minute of preparation time.

During this 1-minute preparation time, the examiner will not interfere at all.

The examiner will not remind until the end of 1 minute.

Chen Zhourao looked at the topics on the question board with interest. Is this a deliberate gift of points?

What the examiner asked him to introduce was actually a math game!

It took Chen Zhou about 30 seconds to organize his language a little bit. Before the examiner's reminder, he took the initiative and politely said to the examiner that he was ready.

It was probably the first time that the examiner saw such a fast candidate, he was a little surprised, but then he signaled Chen Zhou to start to explain freely.

Chen Zhou immediately said: "The most interesting math game I can think of is probably the hail conjecture. For a positive integer, if it is an odd number, multiply it by 3 and add 1. If it is an even number, calculate the even factor of 2 to the Nth power. After several times in this way, it finally returns to 1..."

Chen Zhou introduced the relevant content of the hail conjecture very quickly. He threw out the history of the hail conjecture, the powerful number 27, and some subsequent research.

The examiner was stunned for a moment, and even ignored the time of the exam.

Finally, Chen Zhou felt that he couldn't say too much, if the examiner didn't understand, it would be embarrassing.

Therefore, in order to take care of the examiner, Chen Zhou took the initiative to close the topic and gradually ended the topic.

Chen Zhou waited for a while before the examiner said, "Are you a student of mathematics?"

As he spoke, he put away the question board, paper and pen.

In fact, this is the third part of the oral exam.

This part is generally a comprehensive discussion.

The main form is also a question and answer.

But due to Chen Zhou's amazing performance in the second part, the examiner didn't think about how to communicate with Chen Zhou about this math game, or hail conjecture.

Although Hail conjectures, he has also heard of and played this math game.

But Chen Zhou's explanation just now is too professional. He is not a mathematics major, so it is really difficult to communicate.

It would be even more embarrassing if some common sense issues were exposed.

Therefore, the examiner chose to chat about homework first, and then ask random questions.

If you can communicate, communicate.

If you can't communicate, let Chen Zhou skip it.

Chen Zhou naturally didn't know what the examiner was thinking, so he nodded slightly: "Yes, I'm a student of the Department of Mathematics."

Hearing Chen Zhou's words, the examiner thought it was no wonder, and only hated himself for taking the wrong question board.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Did you take the IELTS test because you want to study abroad?"

Chen Zhou shook his head and said, "No, I'm still in freshman year."

The examiner asked in disbelief, "You started researching the hail conjecture when you were a freshman?"

"Yes, it is currently being studied." After finishing speaking, Chen Zhou said with a little regret, "It's just a pity that the progress of the research is very slow."

Hearing this, the examiner breathed a sigh of relief, and then he comforted: "Math problems are inherently difficult, not to mention, this is a problem that even Professor Tao said is difficult, and the progress is slow, which is normal."

Chen Zhou glanced at the examiner in surprise. This person actually knows Tao Zhexuan?

Therefore, Chen Zhou brought the topic to Tao Zhexuan, and chatted with the examiner in front of him about some of Tao Zhexuan's research results that he knew.

However, most of the time it was Chen Zhou who was talking and the examiner was listening.

Occasionally, the examiner would respond with a sentence such as Tao is a genius and he is a Fields Medal winner.

Often at this time, Chen Zhou would smile and look at the examiner in front of him. This person knew Tao Zhexuan's life.

In particular, what Chen Zhou did not expect was that he actually knew that Terence Tao had won the Fields Medal for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and heap number theory.

But thinking about it carefully, Chen Zhou doesn't find it strange that a genius and all-rounder like Tao Zhexuan is known to the world.

The two chatted like this, and the examiner didn't notice the time issue until the staff knocked on the door to remind them.

He actually chatted with the young man in front of him for nearly half an hour.

Normally, the entire speaking test will last 10-15 minutes, and will not exceed 20 minutes at most.

Chen Zhou and the examiner looked at each other and smiled.

The examiner looked at the young man in front of him and gave a thumbs up: "You are the student with the most solid math foundation among the college students I have ever seen!"

"Thank you." Chen Zhou replied politely.

Later, the examiner said that the oral test was over and Chen Zhou could leave.

Chen Zhou greeted politely again and walked out of the room.

Seeing the back of Chen Zhou walking out of the room, the examiner turned off the recorder and said silently: "I wish you good luck, the world of mathematics also needs good luck!"

With the end of the oral test, Chen Zhou's Yato test is all over.

Chen Zhou found Yang Yiyi who was waiting outside the examination room, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I chatted with the examiner for a while."

Yang Yiyi glanced at Chen Zhou, and asked strangely: "What are you talking about?"

Chen Zhou said: "Hail conjecture and Tao Zhexuan."

Yang Yiyi chuckled: "Isn't it? This can get you to the math topic board?"

Chen Zhou also said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there would be a topic of math games. As soon as I saw this question board, I immediately thought of the Hail conjecture. I thought that the examiner would call me at any time when I said so many technical terms in mathematics. Cut me off. I didn't expect that the examiner was also a math lover, and later he chatted with me about Tao Zhexuan, don't you know..."

In this way, Chen Zhou told Yang Yiyi about the interview process again.

After Yang Yiyi listened, she looked at Chen Zhou strangely again: "Why do I think the examiner is probably dumbfounded?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said: "Probably not, let me tell you, he can still connect occasionally."

Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou and didn't speak anymore. She just felt that she might be the first person who could fool the examiner...

It takes 10 working days, or two weeks, for the results of the Yato test.

But this is naturally not a problem for Chen Zhou.

When he and Yang Yiyi returned to school, they went straight to the study room.

There must be no place in the library at this meeting, so I can only hang up from the study room.

After finding a seat and sitting down, Chen Zhou took out the set of wrong questions and flipped through them.

Yato scored a total of 9 points.

The four items of listening, reading, writing and speaking are scored independently, and the final score is the average of the four items.

On the set of wrong questions, it is clean.

Chen Zhou didn't see a wrong question about this Yato test.

Although this does not mean that it must be a full score, because writing will not be recorded, and speaking should also not be recorded.

However, Chen Zhou personally feels that as the best writing and speaking.

There should be no mistakes, and there is a high probability of full marks.

Of course, Chen Zhou doesn't care even if he doesn't have a perfect score.

After all, that's about it.

Get a full score in the exam, and there is no extra reward.

Flipping through the collection of wrong questions, Chen Zhou once again sorted out the mistakes in the research on the hail conjecture during this period.

This is the first time that Chen Zhou has added so much content to the wrong question set after he officially activated the system.

Almost every day there is something new.

Moreover, an increase is a series of formulas and the like.

Closing the collection of wrong questions, Chen Zhou thought, will one day, this collection of wrong questions be overwhelmed and filled with his own mistakes?

It's not impossible, as long as he finds a few more mathematical conjectures for research, the collection of wrong questions will soon become a full collection of mistakes.

Shaking his head slightly, he threw his wild thoughts out of his mind. Naturally, Chen Zhou would not really study so many math problems all at once.

This hailstorm conjecture has already made him feel the difficulty of mathematics.

This problem is simply a mathematical black hole.

Attempts during this period, whether it is the choice of mathematical tools or the solution of problems, have been swallowed by this black hole.

Chen Zhou thought for a while, and decided to charge the battery first, to see if he could stand on the shoulders of giants.

Time soon came to the day of the Qiu Sai finals.

The interview time for the finals is two days from May 5th to 18th, which is still a weekend.

At the end of the interview, the evening of the 19th was an awards ceremony and dinner.

On May 5th, five members of Chen Zhou followed the leading teachers from Yenching University to the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center of Shuimu University with high spirits.

The interview location for the finals is here.

Although Shuimu University is adjacent to Yenching University, this is the first time Chen Zhou has come to Shuimu University.

How should I put it, Chen Zhou's actual feeling is that the two universities are almost the same, they are both built on the basis of the royal garden.

In terms of difference, Shuimu is more modern than Yanda, and its architectural style is somewhat different.

Another difference is that, walking on Shuimu's campus, Chen Zhou received much less attention.

Unlike in Yanda, wherever he went, there were people watching him.

In the rest area outside the interview venue, there are already many candidates participating in the interview.

Some came to Yanjing by plane yesterday.

In addition to these candidates, there are also reporters from some news media.

Some are interviewing the finalists, and some are looking forward to it.

Needless to ask, Chen Zhou also knew that Mr. Qiu was what these people were looking forward to.

However, Chen Zhou felt that it was only the first day of the interview, so Mr. Qiu was unlikely to come.

What Chen Zhou didn't expect was that apart from looking forward to Mr. Qiu's arrival, these people also paid attention to one more person.

After the shortlisted team from Yenching University arrived here, these people immediately surrounded them.

Searching for the figure of that person in Yanda's team.

When someone matched the photo in his memory with himself, Chen Zhou found that there was an interviewer in front of him.

That's right, these people paid extra attention to Chen Zhou.

After all, Chen Zhou was the first person to receive comments from Mr. Qiu after the written test in so many Qiu competitions.

Moreover, the appreciation in this comment can be seen by anyone.

At this time, it was a good time to catch Chen Zhou for an interview.

"Hello classmate, are you Chen Zhou?" Although the female reporter standing in front of Chen Zhou looked at Chen Zhou curiously, she still had a professional smile on her face.

Chen Zhou glanced at the person in front of him and the microphone he was facing, feeling a little puzzled in his heart. Judging from this question, is it aimed at him?

But why?

Although puzzled, Chen Zhou nodded: "I am Chen Zhou."

Hearing the conversation here, those reporters who hadn't found Chen Zhou immediately grasped the direction.

All of a sudden, Chen Zhou felt that he was surrounded by people!

These reporters are so scary...

However, these people did not steal the word.

The female reporter who was the first to find Chen Zhou said: "Chen Zhou, hello, I am a reporter from Yanjing Daily. I have a few questions. Can I interview you?"

Chen Zhou glanced at the four Yang Yiyi who had been separated, and then at the group of people around him. It seemed that if he didn't answer, he probably wouldn't be able to leave.

Chen Zhou thought for a while and said, "No problem, please tell me. However, please try to be as brief as possible. The interview will start soon."

"Okay, don't worry." After finishing speaking, the female reporter asked directly, "What do you think of Qiu Chengtong's mathematics competition for college students this time? How do you feel?"

Chen Zhou glanced at this person, do you want to tell the truth?
He felt that the previous written test questions, except for the number theory paper, were quite simple.

It can even be said that some questions are too simple, and there is no need to ask them at all.

But this is the territory of Shuimu University, but Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center, he is afraid that if he tells the truth, he will be beaten...

So, Chen Zhou said vaguely: "It's not bad, it feels good."

Everyone, including the female reporter, waited for a while, and then realized that Chen Zhou had finished speaking.

"Ahem..." The female reporter tried her best to maintain a professional smile, and continued to ask, "You are the only one with a perfect score in all subjects in this competition, do you know that?"

Chen Zhou said concisely: "I know."

The female reporter asked: "Then how do you feel?"

Chen Zhou still said: "It's not bad, it feels good."

Female reporter: "..."

The person next to him was a little anxious, and kept giving the female reporter winks, telling her to ask the most important questions quickly.

The female reporter calmed down and asked again: "Then what do you think of Mr. Qiu Chengtong's evaluation of you?"

Chen Zhou asked inexplicably, "What evaluation?"

The female reporter was a little surprised and said: "Didn't you follow Weibo? On Weibo, after the results of this competition came out, the official Weibo of the competition posted your written test results separately, and added Mr. Qiu's comments .”

As she said that, the female reporter had skillfully opened Weibo on her mobile phone and found the Weibo posted by Qiu Sai's official blog.

Chen Zhou took the mobile phone from the female reporter and looked at it suspiciously.

What stood out was Chen Zhou's full marks in all subjects.

But what is more conspicuous is Mr. Qiu's comment.

[The calculation is extremely rigorous, the logic is meticulous and correct, and the thinking is extremely clear. 】

After Chen Zhou finished reading, he handed the mobile phone back to the female reporter, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Because I haven't followed Weibo before, I didn't see Mr. Qiu's comment until today. Well, thank you very much for your attention. .”

The female reporter, a group of friends from the media, and almost the entire venue were all paying attention.

As a result, after Chen Zhou finished speaking, he disappeared again.

The female reporter finally couldn't hold back her professional smile, and she asked, "Are you finished?"

Chen Zhou nodded slightly.

Just when the other reporters couldn't hold back and planned to ask questions by themselves, the team leader teacher from Yanda University and Qiu Sai's staff came together.

Friendly friends from the press are invited to take a break, the interview for the finals will start soon.

The reporters are helpless, and they can't delay the interview, can they?

I had no choice but to go to the next lounge under the guidance of the staff.

The female reporter said to Chen Zhou quietly: "Student Chen Zhou, after you get the gold medal, please let me do an exclusive interview, can you?"

This is the first time she has come across such an interview, isn't it a pity for words like gold?

Although the last sentence is a bit more, is it different from "It's okay, it feels good"?
Chen Zhou thought for a while and nodded.

As for the follow-up, let's talk...

inside the venue.

Chen Zhou was the first candidate to conduct an interview.

Looking at the judges sitting in the judges' seat, the judges with titles such as "Professor of Harvard University in the United States, academician of the American Academy of Sciences", "Professor of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences in the United Kingdom" and so on.

Chen Zhou sighed silently: "This interview is like that..."

Because Chen Zhou was the only finalist with full marks in all five subjects.

Therefore, the judges who interviewed him were specially discussed by the competition organizing committee.

Moreover, to Chen Zhou's surprise, the gray-haired old man sitting in the middle of the judging panel is Mr. Qiu Chengtong, isn't he?

(End of this chapter)