The next day.
The storm was still not over.
When he woke up in the morning, his cell phone rang.
Zhang Ye answered in a half-awake state. "Hello, who is this?"
"I'm Pan Yang." It was the dean of Peking University's School of Mathematical Sciences.
Zhang Ye immediately woke up and asked despite knowing the answer, "Ha, it's Dean Pan. What's the matter so early in the morning?"
Pan Yang snapped, "Didn't you slander me yesterday?"
Zhang Ye played dumb. "Ah? No, I didn't. "
"You're still saying that I came up with the questions?" Pan Yang asked.
Zhang Ye said, "What? What questions were you coming up with? Did I say that? I don't remember. I was too tired yesterday and went to sleep when I got home. "
"You little brat, keep pretending."
"Hehe, no."
After chatting for a while, Zhang Ye hung up. He was no longer sleepy and got out of bed. When he walked out of the bedroom, he realized that his family was already up and watching the news in the living room. Meanwhile, Chenchen was sitting at the computer desk, looking like she was doing something.
"Dad, Mom," Zhang Ye greeted.
His mother turned her head. "You're up? I'm going to make breakfast then. "
"Alright, thanks for the hard work, Mom." Zhang Ye then said to Chenchen, "What are you doing?"
Chenchen did not even turn her head. "I'm watching the computer."
Zhang Ye harrumphed. "Are you playing games again?"
"No," Chenchen said.
"Let me see." Zhang Ye walked behind her and saw that the screen was actually displaying the Weibo interface. The entire screen was filled with the scolding and angry shouts of the Beijing examinees and their parents. He could not help but sweat. "Why are you looking at this so early in the morning?"
Chenchen nodded. "I want to see how everyone is scolding you."
Zhang Ye nearly fainted from anger. "What are you looking at this for!"
Chenchen said, "It's fun."
Zhang Ye: "…"
His father was amused by the side.
His mother said, "You deserve it, kid. Of all the things you can do at home, why do you have to get into trouble the moment you go out!"
Zhang Ye said dejectedly, "You make it sound so easy. If I were to stay at home, how would I gain popularity? How would my reputation grow? "
His mother rolled her eyes. "Whoa, reputation? What kind of reputation do you have now? You're already infamous! Just now, when I went out to buy groceries this morning, I bumped into my neighbor, Xiao Sun and Sister Chen, at the market. Usually, the two of them would chat with me for a bit or at least greet me. But today, they pretended not to see me and just walked past me. After I asked them, I learned that Xiao Sun and Sister Chen's child was taking the college entrance exam this year! Auntie Wang told me that after Xiao Sun's son finished his math exam yesterday, he went home crying! Look at the trouble you've created for me. I still have to go to their house and clean up after you! "
Zhang Ye blinked. "Surely not? My questions aren't too easy, but they shouldn't be that difficult, right? No matter what, it won't be so hard to cry, right? "
His father interrupted, "You can watch the news later. I wonder how many examinees cried during the college entrance examination this time."
…
There was still a lot of scolding online.
If yesterday's questions were only recited by the examinees, then today, all of the questions in the Beijing Math exam had been uploaded with the answers attached. Everything was clear at a glance. When the netizens saw it, they realized that the questions that made them dizzy yesterday were only the multiple choice questions and fill-in-the-blank questions. The questions at the back and the final question were even more perverse than the one before them. There was even a question that required the examinees to use their high school level algebraic geometry knowledge to solve a college-level advanced math question. Just the correct answer to that question that was attached by the Higher Education Entrance Examination Board took up almost half a page of the paper. Anyone who saw it would tremble in fear!
The examinees answered with tears streaming down their faces.
"I scored 50 points!"
"Let me do the math, I only scored 45 points!"
"I nearly fainted from crying. I estimated that I scored between 40 to 45 points. There were a few questions that I did not understand and just randomly guessed the answers to, so I can't remember which option I chose!"
"I'm a little better, but I still can't exceed 70 points!"
"I analyzed the questions seriously today and compared the answers to the questions again. I realized that we were too careless and underestimated that scammer, Zhang Ye, right from the start. Some of these questions could still be answered and were still within the range of our average examinees. But Zhang Ye was wicked because he did not ask the questions according to the standard. The way he asked the questions were all in a way that we had never come across before. That's why when we looked at the exam yesterday, a lot of us were dumbfounded. I was the same. That's why I was caught off guard!"
"It's useless to say anything now!"
"I hereby announce that I'm officially joining the 'Zhang Ye's Life Hateful Organization'!"
"I'm joining too!"
"Life hateful? I'll f * * king hate you for two lifetimes! "
"I'll f * * king hate you for three lifetimes!"
"Ahem, don't say that. Teacher Zhang is just doing his job. He's not a bad person."
"Yeah, don't slander Teacher Zhang anymore."
There were even a few netizens who spoke up for Zhang Ye.
In the end, a new examinee's reply made everyone laugh again. "I don't want to slander Zhang Ye either. I really don't want to slander him. These are all crazy questions. Even if one of them was set by another teacher, I wouldn't say anything. I could understand it and I could even point the finger at another question setter. Even if there was only one question! But in the end? It's all because of him! Every single question was set by him! Give me a reason not to slander Zhang Ye? Even if there's only one, it's fine! "
If it were any other question setter, they would have broken down under the pressure of so much public opinion and would have come forward to explain and redeem their reputations. But Zhang Ye did not do so. He just chose the simplest and most direct method — hiding. It was a good thing that this fellow's mental fortitude was quite strong. He had experienced this sort of situation where everyone was scolding him at the same time countless times. It was as though it was a common occurrence to him.
Perhaps this was the reason why the Beijing Higher Education Entrance Examination Board came to look for Zhang Ye. The Beijing Higher Education Entrance Examination Board had made up their minds to change the situation of the college entrance exam being too easy. If they were to make such a heavy move, it would inevitably lead to a backlash from the examinees and their parents. It was inevitable that they would become the target of public criticism, so they had to find someone to take the blame. They had to get someone to focus the firepower on to reduce the pressure on the Board!
Who should they look for?
Who was the most suitable person to look for?
Among all the university teachers, who was the least afraid of scolding? Who had the best mental fortitude? Who had the thickest skin?
The Higher Education Entrance Examination Board did not even need to think before coming to a conclusion — they had to look for Zhang Ye! This fellow had been through hundreds of battles and was extremely thick-skinned. Even without the scolding from the examinees and their parents, there were still batches of people scolding him every day. Clearly, he was not lacking in this, so it didn't matter if there was one more or one less person. So no matter how they looked at it, Zhang Ye was the best choice to take the blame! There was no one more suitable than him!
— This was probably the original intention of the Higher Education Entrance Examination Board when they invited him to join them.
But in the end, perhaps even the Beijing Higher Education Entrance Examination Board could not have expected that the questions that Zhang Ye came up with would be so damn difficult that it made the examinees cry. This was something that no one could have expected!
...
Later that morning.
At the Beijing Higher Education Entrance Examination Board. More than a dozen people were sitting together in a meeting.
A female staff member said nervously, "Leader, the scores for the Math and Chinese Literature exams this time might be very low. Professor Liu wants us to be mentally prepared. The teacher who graded the papers just now has already reported back to us. He said that after grading more than 20 papers, none of the Chinese Literature exams have scored more than 100 points. The Math exams are even scarier.
The Higher Education Entrance Examination Board's leader: "…"
The office director: "…"
Finally, the second-in-command wiped away his sweat and said, "The reforms this time seem to be a little … a little too harsh. Could it be that the first-tier universities really don't even have a score of 480 points?"
A staff member coughed and said, "We've only graded a few dozen papers, so we don't know what the rest of the papers will be like yet. However, the questions this time are really too difficult."
Faced with the examinees' unbelievably low scores, the Higher Education Entrance Examination Board was starting to feel a little guilty. For the first time, they were starting to wonder if it was a mistake to invite Zhang Ye over. They felt that they had gone overboard this time!
...
A few days later.
The results of the national college entrance examination were gradually released.
There was a heated discussion online.
A Dongshan Province examinee said, "I've checked! I scored 560 points! "
A Beihe Province examinee said excitedly, "I scored 530 points! It should be enough for me to get into a first-tier university! Hahahaha! "
A Jinshi examinee said, "I scored 510 points. I didn't do too well this year, but I'm sure it won't be a problem for me to get into a second-tier university. Why haven't the first-tier and second-tier universities been released yet? Hurry up and announce it! It's too slow! "
"I scored 596 points! Do you guys think I'll be the top scorer in our city? "
"Bullshit, I scored one point higher than you. What top scorer?!"
"Hai, I scored 488 points. It's going to be tough this year!"
"I scored 601 points, higher than all of you!"
Many of the examinees from the provinces were showing off their results and bragging. The examinees from every province were very active, except for one place. There was only one exception — the Beijing examinees.
Everyone gradually noticed it.
"Eh, why aren't there any Beijing examinees showing off their results?"
"Beijing examinees, how did you guys score?"
"Yeah, your exam papers were all on the news this year!"
"How many points did you guys get? Quickly post it. "
The examinees from the other provinces were looking forward to it and were also very curious.
At this moment, a female Beijing examinee posted on Weibo: "Are you guys sure you want to see it?"
The netizens replied: "We're sure!"
"Alright then." That Beijing female examinee immediately posted her results slip.
When the netizens saw it, they were all dumbfounded!
Chinese Literature: 78 points
Math: 25 points
"Fuck!"
"Isn't this too low?"
"Are you serious? Math: 25 points? "
"This girl's grades are probably average. The others should have higher scores, right?"
In the end, some of the Beijing examinees began posting their results slips one after another. And they were all students from the key high schools in Beijing!
A student from No. 15 High School: Total score: 391 points.
A student from the Affiliated High School of Beijing Normal University: Total score: 69 points for Chinese Literature.
A student from No. 4 High School: Total score: 482 points, which was considered very high. But his Math score was an astonishing 69 points! It was ridiculously low. It was very difficult to explain it as being biased towards subjects!
Very quickly, the average scores of the provinces were tabulated.
The summary was as follows:
Dongshan Province's Chinese Literature average score: 97 points.
Jiangnan Province's Chinese Literature average score: 101 points.
Jiangsu Province's Mathematics average score: 102 points.
Liaodong Province's Mathematics average score: 99 points.
And the statistics that attracted the most attention was obviously the average scores of the Beijing examinees. For the English, Liberal Arts, and Science scores, the Beijing examinees were not much different from the rest of the country. There was no obvious difference. But only in the Chinese Literature and Mathematics scores, as well as the overall scores, the Beijing examinees' scores were simply too eye-catching!
Beijing's Chinese Literature average score: 72 points!
Beijing's Mathematics average score: 59 points!
Seeing this statistic, many of the netizens were stunned!
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