Three days passed by quickly.
Soon, it was time to go to Beijing to attend the expert interview.
The train ticket to Beijing was reimbursed by the school. As for the hotel, he had to pay for it himself.
After the train arrived in Beijing, the three of them booked a room at a hotel near Peking University.
It was a quiet night.
The next morning at eight o 'clock, the three of them met in the lounge outside the interview venue.
When they arrived, the venue was already crowded. Not only were there teams, but there were also some reporters from the Beijing media interviewing the finalists.
Lu Zhou did not want to appear in front of the TV, so he chose a remote place to sit down. He took out his thesis draft and began to prepare for his final revision.
However, before he could read two lines, he heard the discussion next to him.
"… The selection experts have already decided on the award before the interview. The interview is just to verify the authenticity of your thesis." Not far away, an arrogant bookworm leaned on a chair and chatted with a few teams beside him. "I've been here three times."
The audience next to him was surprised, "So, the winner has already been decided?"
"The press release is written!" said the genius student with a smile.
"Genius, where are you from?"
"Wudaokou."
Everyone had a look of admiration on their faces.
No wonder he's a genius student from Wudaokou. He's extraordinary!
He won three national first prize in a row. His strength is terrifying!
I'm afraid this big shot is here for the Higher Education Society Cup!
However, I thought Wudaokou University didn't participate in the National Mathematical Modeling Competition and only cared about their own school competition?
Even though everyone said they didn't want to, they were actually quite honest …
Lu Zhou, who was sitting nearby, also had a surprised look on his face.
Is that even possible?
He originally thought that the expert interview was different from the competition. He did not expect it to be just a formality. He spent the past three days modifying the powerpoint, but it turned out that the expert did not even look at it.
Lu Zhou did not know whether to laugh or cry.
However, even if it's just a formality, I should be able to learn something, right? After all, there were top students from all over the country gathered here. Being able to make friends with these powerhouses of the same level would definitely be of great help to one's future development …
However, while this was the case in theory, reality was another matter.
Geniuses were all prideful. When a group of prideful people gathered together, not to mention making friends, it would not be easy for them to adjust their brainwaves to the same channel.
Sitting among this group of people, Lin Yuxiang felt uneasy and uncomfortable.
To her, it was nothing to be stuck between two top students. However, she was surrounded by top students. As a potential failure, not only did she feel out of place in her surroundings, but she also felt pressured!
Even that pure and sweet smile was a little stiff and unnatural.
Lu Zhou was flipping through the thesis draft in his hand, preparing for the upcoming expert interview. Suddenly, a young female reporter walked over with a cameraman.
"Hello, sir. Are you Lu Zhou?"
Lu Zhou raised his head and looked at the microphone. Although he had some doubts, he still nodded and said, "Yeah."
"I'm a reporter from the Beijing Daily. Can I interview you?"
"No problem, what do you want to ask?"
"Thank you for your cooperation." The female reporter smiled and continued, "How do you feel about this mathematical modeling competition?"
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "It's okay."
He waited for a long time and there was no response.
"…" The female reporter smiled awkwardly and continued to ask, "Is it okay? Can I ask you, do you think the questions in this mathematical modeling competition are difficult? "
"It's … okay," said Lu Zhou. He immediately realized what he was going to say and changed his words.
That was close!
He almost blurted out that it was okay.
Lu Zhou silently praised his own wit.
Female reporter: "…"
After the reporter left, Lu Zhou was about to calm down and read the thesis when he saw a man walking over.
This person was wearing a suit that didn't fit in with his surroundings. He looked quite gentle. Even Lu Zhou had to admit that in terms of looks, this person was at least half as handsome as him. As for his aura, it was similar to Wang Xiaodong's, but stronger.
When Lin Yuxiang saw a handsome guy walking over, her eyes lit up. She quietly fiddled with her bangs on her phone screen.
However, the awkward thing was that the man did not look at her or Wang Xiaodong. His eyes were staring at Lu Zhou.
"You're Lu Zhou, right?"
Lu Zhou looked up and asked, "… And you are?"
"Wei Wen, from Yan University," said Wei Wen. He reached out his right hand and said, "I've read your paper, [Optimal Inversion Theory of Linear Operators and Linear Functionals]. It's very well written."
Lu Zhou smiled and shook his right hand. "You're too kind."
"No need to be humble," said Wei Wen as he let go of his right hand. He then said, "Of course, even if your thesis is good, I will still be the champion of this competition."
Lu Zhou:???
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
Lu Zhou looked at this guy's back and was muddled.
What the hell? Did he come over to shake my hand just to show off in front of me?
I spent a long time trying to figure out why this guy suddenly walked over and talked to me.
As expected, other than himself, there wasn't a single normal person sitting here?
Lu Zhou shook his head and was about to continue his revision. However, the bell suddenly rang.
The thesis defense had begun!
…
Inside the venue, the judges from the organizing committee were sitting on the judging panel.
They were numb to the various titles on the judging panel.
They followed the PowerPoint presentation process.
After the PowerPoint presentation.
While Lu Zhou was nervously waiting for the big shots of the organizing committee to ask questions, an old man sitting in the middle slowly spoke.
"What do you think about the prospects of landing on the Moon?"
What?
Does this have anything to do with the thesis?
However, Lu Zhou only hesitated for a second before he immediately replied.
"It's significant."
"How significant? I think it's a waste of money. "The old man smiled and said," I was discussing this with my old friends a while ago. In many remote areas of our country, we don't even have desks for children, and we have to spend tens of billions of dollars a year. Compared to the Americans, Russians, and Europeans, what do you think it's significant? "
Lu Zhou looked at the old man strangely. He didn't know why he was asking these questions. Is he asking me to talk about the prospects of aerospace technology? The scientific value of landing on the Moon? The improvement of the national cohesion of the space program?
I don't think it's relevant.
Lu Zhou secretly looked at the other judges and found that they didn't stop him. Instead, they waited for him to answer.
Lin Yuxiang saw that her captain didn't speak, so she couldn't help but feel anxious. Wang Xiaodong, who was standing behind Lu Zhou, was still expressionless. Lu Zhou didn't know if he believed his captain would have a solution or if he didn't know how to answer this question.
Lu Zhou thought for a bit before he spoke.
"Do you think the Great Wall is significant?"
The old man raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect this kid to ask him a question. However, he still smiled and said, "Of course it's significant. Which Chinese person would doubt the significance of the Great Wall?"
"That's now, what about the past?" Lu Zhou also smiled. He looked at the old man and continued, "More than a thousand years ago, many people felt that the resistance was a waste of money and manpower, so they cut off the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Emperor Shi Jingtang was cursed for more than a thousand years in the history books. Now, if we feel that aerospace is a waste of money and people, and we don't want to do it anymore, do we want people to scold us for giving up the entire universe? "
The judges were quiet for a while.
Lin Yuxiang held her breath and still had a calm smile on her face. Wang Xiaodong was still expressionless, but his fists were clenched tightly.
The old man stared at Lu Zhou and suddenly laughed.
"Hahaha, okay! Good answer! "
That's it?
Lu Zhou still couldn't believe that this judge would just let him go like this.
What about the thesis? Isn't the authenticity of the thesis supposed to be checked? How come the most important step was skipped? Instead, he asked some irrelevant questions. He didn't believe that this old man didn't understand the significance of aerospace. He didn't believe that this old man would ask his student for advice.
The judge signaled for Lu Zhou to leave the venue. He took his USB and his two teammates and walked toward the exit of the venue.
Before he left, he glanced at the name tag on the old man's table.
It would have been fine if he hadn't seen it, but the moment he did, he was shocked.
Ren Changming!
Of course, what scared him wasn't the name, but the title behind it —
Former chief designer of the China lunar exploration project!
After Lu Zhou's team left the venue, Ren Changming looked at the old man next to him and smiled.
"Old Wang, are you satisfied with this answer?"
"Heh, you've brought our discussion to the judges' table? What does a student know, talking about the past and present? He's full of empty words. " Even though Wang Zhongyi didn't seem satisfied, he could tell from Wang Zhongyi's expression that he was more stubborn.
Wang Zhongyi paused for a second before he continued to ask.
"What's the student's name?"
Ren Changming unscrewed the vacuum flask and took a sip of hot water. He smiled and said, "Lu Zhou."
Wang Zhongyi frowned and said, "I think I've heard of him before …"
…
When they returned to the hotel at night, the three people gathered in Lu Zhou's room and waited in front of the TV.
The winners would be announced on the same day and broadcast on the news channel.
It seemed that the expert interview was really just a formality. The winners were already decided before the interview. Otherwise, it would be impossible to decide the overall winner in such a short period of time.
Not to mention anything else, there was not enough time to exchange opinions!
"It's already pretty good to be able to win the national first prize." Lin Yuxiang looked at the news on the TV and said, "I saw a lot of masters in the lounge."
"Yeah," said Wang Xiaodong as he nodded. He said, "I looked at the team in the lounge, a lot of people looked familiar …"
"Familiar?" asked Lu Zhou as he looked at Wang Xiaodong.
"Yeah," said Wang Xiaodong as he nodded and said with a blank expression, "Last year's National College Student Programming Competition."
I see.
That was indeed a gathering of masters.
Lu Zhou nodded and looked at the TV screen.
The mathematical modeling competition was a very professional competition and outsiders rarely paid attention to it. CCTV did not give a lot of time to report on it and it was interspersed with a bunch of text messages.
"This afternoon, the final expert interview of the National College Mathematical Modeling Competition came to an end. A total of more than 70,000 undergraduate and junior college students from all over the country, and a total of more than 300 national first prize winners were decided.
"… Above the 300 national first prize winners, there are two special prizes, the Higher Education Society Cup and the Matlab Innovation Award."
It's here.
Lu Zhou clenched his fists tightly as he stared at the screen and held his breath.
The critical moment that would determine his mission evaluation was finally here!
The winners were announced …
Undergraduate Higher Education Society Cup winners …
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