It was 8 PM.
Chenchen put down her pen and put away her workbook, "Zhang Ye, I've finished my homework. I want to watch TV."
Zhang Ye, who was scrolling through Weibo, was grinning from ear to ear as he looked at his cell phone. When he heard this, he looked over, "You've really finished your homework? Alright, let's go watch it for a while. "
Chenchen found the remote control and sat on the sofa to switch on the television. She flipped through the channels one by one until she found the most popular domestic cartoon. She watched it expressionlessly. This cartoon was not one of those big bad wolves or little white bunnies that were used to coax children. It was more geared towards males in their teens or twenties. As it was a wuxia cartoon, there were fights and love scenes. Since it was someone of Zhang Ye's age, if he wasn't too picky with his food, he would be able to get into it if he seriously watched it.
"Zhang Ye."
"What now?"
"The new episode has finished."
"Then that's it."
"I want to watch the previous one. Play it back for me."
"Do it yourself."
"I don't know how. Zhang Ye, play it back for me."
Zhang Ye could not take it anymore from the noise. He could only get out of bed and get the remote control for her. He played back the episode that he had missed for Chenchen. Only then was it done.
After Chenchen started watching the cartoon, she did not care about Zhang Ye anymore.
Zhang Ye was also happy to have some free time. He continued to interact with people on Weibo. In a short period of time, his questions were like the weird question from the afternoon. They were all trending on Weibo. More and more Weibo users came in waves to solve the questions in disbelief, vowing to compete with the primary school students.
"I'm coming!"
"How many more minutes?"
"There's still five minutes left. Hurry up!"
"I've solved one, but I don't know if the answer is correct."
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! There's no time left! Everyone, don't give up. Let's brainstorm. If it doesn't work out, just follow the Peking University math teacher's answer. Don't let Zhang Ye have the last laugh! "
"Agreed!"
"Brothers and sisters, let's go!"
"Kill Teacher Zhang!"
Zhang Ye felt that it was very fun. Besides, he had already achieved his goal for today. He had opened "Zhang Ye's Lecture" because of everyone's strong request. Secondly, it was for fun. Thirdly, Zhang Ye saw that the situation was not bad, so he took the opportunity to increase his popularity. He was someone who would not let go of any opportunity to increase his popularity. He never complained about having too little popularity, nor was he picky.
He had just been promoted to the B-list celebrity rankings, but to put it bluntly, he was still in last place in the B-list rankings. He was the weakest one, and there was also Central TV's Spring Festival Gala host, Chen Ye, who was behind him in the C-list rankings and had been eyeing him covetously. Recently, he had been making new moves, so he would definitely not take it lying down after being pushed down by Zhang Ye. As such, Zhang Ye had a heavy responsibility for this math class. He wanted to increase his popularity and not let Chen Ye catch up to him. He wanted to completely stabilize his position in the B-list rankings.
In this world, the Celebrity Rankings Index was based on the Internet. For example, the Celebrity Search Index on various websites, the number of fans on Weibo, the number of screen appearances, the reviews of the works, etc. All of these were combined together to form an evaluation ranking. Whether it was objective or not, Zhang Ye did not know, but he knew that everyone in this world looked at this evaluation ranking and recognized it. As for why the number of people in each ranking was fixed, Zhang Ye had also read the official explanation and understood the meaning behind it. The official explanation was that they believed that there was a limit to the public's attention towards public figures. The public's energy was also limited. For example, there was a person called Xiaoming who liked twenty celebrities. These twenty celebrities would definitely have different rankings in his heart. There were some that he liked a lot, and there were also some that he would soon forget about. A person's energy was limited. If he suddenly noticed a new celebrity and liked that celebrity, then it was very likely that the last person on his list would soon be forgotten by him. Unless there was a new work or event, Xiaoming would not take the initiative to follow that person.
The public's energy was limited, and the cake was only so big.
This was the reason why there was a fixed number of people in each ranking.
Of course, if the market expanded in the future, such as the urbanization of the rural areas, and the improvement of living standards, there would be a greater demand for spiritual pursuits. More and more people who did not care about entertainment celebrities would start to pay attention to them, and the cake would expand, then the officials would consider it from a comprehensive perspective and update the settings of the Celebrity Rankings Index. They would increase the number of celebrities in each ranking based on the fixed number of people in each ranking, but this was definitely not something that would happen often. It might not even be updated once every two years, so he could not count on it. He still had to rely on himself. Zhang Ye was very clear about his plans, so the first thing he needed to do was to stabilize his current popularity. Only by stabilizing his footing could he talk about the next step. Only then would he be able to catch up to the popularity of those other B-list celebrities. Otherwise, it would all just be empty talk. And from the looks of it, he had already achieved his goal and exceeded his expectations!
It was time.
It was time to give out the answers.
Zhang Ye posted on Weibo: "Alright, I've finished answering the questions. For those who did not post their answers, I will give you another minute."
"It's already been an hour?"
"Ah!"
"Wait, wait, wait!"
"I'm almost done!"
"Wait a little more! Let me do some more calculations! "
Zhang Ye's colleague — that Peking University math teacher — also handed in his answer at the last minute. Immediately, it was copied by countless netizens and turned into their own answers.
When Zhang Ye saw this, he gave a nonchalant smile. Then he began to announce the answers to each question one by one. Of course, he also wrote down the explanation and the process of answering each question. This was because the questions he had given were all elementary math questions with traps. If he did not explain the process of solving the questions and only gave the answers, those who did not understand would not be able to understand it. They would not be convinced, so Zhang Ye went all the way and came up with a complete set of answers.
The first question …
The second question …
The third question …
The answers were revealed one by one!
When everyone saw this, they were all stumbling!
"Pfft!"
"Oh my God!"
"So that's how it is!"
"It's really an elementary math question?"
"I've already knelt down on the question of counting circles!"
"Damn, how could this question be so easy? I even fucking tried to think of permutations and combinations! What a scam! Teacher Zhang, you're too much of a scammer! "
"…"
"I finally understand why Teacher Zhang has so many enemies! Teacher Zhang, if you continue to scam people like this, you won't have any friends left! Tears! "
"Fuck! It's all a scam! It's all a trap! "
When they saw the questions an hour ago, everyone was already cursing. Now that they saw that the answers were so simple, everyone was hopping mad and crying. They all started cursing Zhang Ye for having constipation in the bathroom and stepping on banana peels outside! There were so many weird questions that couldn't get any weirder. Just what was he thinking!
"Who got it right?"
"Quick, let's see who got it right!"
"I got it wrong."
"I got it wrong again."
"The questions were really not difficult, but the traps were too much of a scam!"
Many of the netizens who had written the same answers as the Peking University math teacher suddenly realized that the Peking University math teacher had also gotten one of the questions wrong. It was the second question, which asked how the four lines of numbers were arranged. The answers were actually arranged according to the pronunciation of the numbers.
1, 3, 7, 8 — one sound.
10 — two sounds.
5, 9 — three sounds.
2, 4, 6 — four sounds.
This was a compound question that combined Chinese Literature and math!
The netizens were defeated.
"Even the Peking University math teacher couldn't do it?"
"Was it a complete wipeout?"
"It seems like no one got it all right!"
"It's really a complete wipeout? Oh my god! "
Those top students from the Peking University Math Department were also defeated one by one. Not a single one of them got it all right. At most, they only got three questions right.
Yao Jiancai: "I think I'd better go to sleep. When I saw the answers, I realized that there were two questions that I couldn't understand!"
Peking University's Su Na: "I actually didn't get any of them right …."
Big Saber Bro also did not get all the answers right, while Fan Yingyun only got the first question right. Zhang Ye knew Big Saber Bro's math level. As a world's top hacker, and also someone who was proficient in programming and deciphering, his math was definitely not bad. 010101 students dealt with binary systems. However, there was not much of a connection between one's math level and the answers to the questions. The first thing that mattered when answering a question was actually the train of thought.
This situation was within Zhang Ye's expectations. The first question had already stopped the vast majority of people, up to 90% of them. The second question continued to kill them, and those who could answer the third question correctly were almost non-existent. In Zhang Ye's previous world, a lot of people got the answers right after seeing the questions, but in fact, a lot of people had already seen the answers before. There were also some questions that everyone had encountered before, so they knew the train of thought to solve the questions. As such, a small group of people could still solve the questions. However, this world was different. Everyone's studies and exams were rather traditional and inflexible. They had never encountered such questions before, so they did not have that kind of flexible train of thought. As such, it was no surprise that they were wiped out.
Everyone was defeated!
Zhang Ye ended up with a complete victory.
The young teacher from Peking University's Math Department stood up and said with a wry smile, "Looking at these questions, together with the math question from this afternoon, I suddenly felt cold sweat all over my body. I couldn't help but think of something. If the primary school's test, secondary school's test, or even the college entrance examination's test questions were all taken, it would be a nightmare for the examinees without a doubt!"
"That's right!"
"Holy sh * t, I'm taking the college entrance exam this year. Don't scare me like that!"
"It can't be? Please don't get Zhang Ye to come up with the exam questions! If this fellow were to come up with an exam question, even the straight-A students from Peking University and Tsinghua University would have to score below 20 points. They might even score zero! "
The netizens were really shocked. Many of them were students, so if they were to encounter these questions one day during a critical exam, they would not even dare to imagine what would happen. Besides, don't forget that these were only elementary math questions that Zhang Ye had come up with. If he were to come up with a few middle school, high school, or university math questions, then they would definitely not dare to look straight at him. Who would dare to pat their chest and say that they could answer Zhang Ye's questions correctly?
No one would dare to!
Didn't they see that even the Peking University Math teacher was kneeling!?
On Weibo, an authoritative figure in the education world was also blown up by a few elementary math questions. "After seeing the answers to these questions, I know that they are not difficult at all. But the number of people who can really answer them correctly is just too few! Zhang Ye's brain is indeed a treasure of the mathematics world. These exciting questions have also taught the education world a lesson. I have a hunch that from now on, the examination-oriented exams will be developed in a new direction. The previous examination-oriented exams were too outdated and outdated. They can no longer keep up with the times, but Zhang Ye has opened a door for us! "
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