Everyone in the room looked at each other. They wanted to laugh but were too embarrassed to do so.
Professor Smith looked around and asked blankly, "What's wrong? Is there a problem? "
Qin Ze glanced at him and said to himself, "Hurry up and run. I won't hold down Mao Zedong's coffin for you."
The host smiled politely and not mockingly. "Today is not Mao Zedong's day. The word on the calendar is Frost's Fall, one of the 24 solar terms in China."
Smith was confused. "Isn't it Mao Zedong's day?"
The host said, "Of course not. Mao Zedong's day is …" He looked at his phone and said, "March 5th."
Qin Ze said to himself, "You should leave too. I can't hold down Mao Zedong's coffin."
Smith was stunned for a long time.
He remembered that a few days ago, he had told the students, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Remember to do a few good deeds these few days."
The expression of the students nodding vigorously was still deeply imprinted in his mind.
Imagine, when the students were communicating with the China players, they would ask, "Did you encounter any trouble today?"
The China students would say, "No, why do you ask?"
The students would pat their chests and say, "Today is Mao Zedong's day. Don't be polite with me."
How embarrassing. Sob.
Professor Smith had been to China many times and had learned a little Chinese. He knew some of the simplest colloquialisms, and then he would claim to be an expert in China … because foreigners who claimed to be an expert in China could easily blend in with the Chinese people.
In fact, in his eyes, China's words were all the same. They were all square words. English was at least made up of letters. It was clear whether a letter was missing or an extra letter.
Chinese was distorted. Sometimes, two identical words were actually missing an inconspicuous stroke. If you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't notice it at all.
Moreover, Chinese was particularly troublesome. The same word, the same sentence, had many different interpretations and meanings.
Because he often came to China for business, when Professor Smith was in America, he had found a Chinese colleague to learn spoken Chinese. He learned Chinese pronunciation for a few days and felt that it was okay. It wasn't particularly difficult. He just had to memorize it. But when it came to grammar, his colleague said, "Since you're learning spoken Chinese, you must understand the meaning of other people's words when you communicate with them. This is a little complicated in Chinese, so I'll explain it to you slowly.
My colleague said, "Let me give you an example. There are two kinds of people who are easily dumped. One is those who don't know what love is. One kind was not knowing what love was.
Professor Smith quickly dismissed the idea of learning Chinese.
When their ancestors invented writing, they never thought of bringing foreigners along to play with it.
Especially bullying.
.....
At the recording studio.
Today, the audience was in high spirits. The tickets for this episode were especially popular. Before the recording of the show began, the production team announced that Qin Ze would be returning to the show for this episode.
The number of people who asked for tickets through their connections was several times more than the previous few episodes, and the demand could not meet the demand.
"This episode will be Qin Ze, right?"
"I really want to see him solve puzzles in person. That's why I'm here after watching the first episode."
"Then you probably won't be able to see it. If the first episode was an accident, then this episode's production team will definitely not allow it. The moment he appeared, all the limelight was stolen."
"Not necessarily. The production team might want this effect."
Amidst the discussion, the audience took their seats.
The lights, cameras, and everything was ready.
The host specially introduced Professor Smith and Qin Ze from MIT. When Hai Ze King appeared, the audience was in an uproar and thunderous applause.
It was no surprise to see the audience explode.
In this showdown between China and China, there were three contestants from each side. The audience was already familiar with China's contestants, or at least their faces.
However, it was the first time that the other contestants had appeared on this stage under the leadership of Professor Smith. They were handsome and had amazing resumes.
For example, this young man named Henry had beautiful platinum hair, a high nose bridge, and deep-set eyes. When he introduced himself, he spoke five languages.
This was so amazing that the audience exclaimed.
Moreover, through his self-description in the short video, this guy was also an excellent pianist, knew how to draw, and knew magic. He was not a beginner, but a master.
In contrast, the China contestants' resumes were much more ordinary: excellent academic performance.
Contestant Henry: "I like Chinese culture very much. The thing that left the deepest impression on me is Chinese Kung Fu."
It should have been a premeditated speech. This was the same as "I've heard a lot about you." It was a jack of all trades. However, he changed the topic and said, "Actually, I don't want to compete today because today is China's birthday …"
The host hurriedly interrupted, "Professor Smith, is it like MIT and Harvard where many students are actually multitalented?"
Henry was stunned for a moment. He was not used to being interrupted so suddenly.
On the guest seat, Professor Smith silently breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, because the more fields you touch, the more helpful it is to develop your brain and thinking ability."
The host said, "Amazing."
Qin Ze coughed and said, "Actually, it's not just foreign universities. Our country's university students are also becoming more and more versatile, like me."
There was a burst of laughter.
Liu Li joked, "You're still a university student?"
Qin Ze looked at her from the corner of his eyes and said pretentiously, "I just graduated a year ago. Do you think it counts?"
Ning Youcheng laughed. "Of course it counts. I agree with President Qin's point of view. Nowadays, not only schools, but even parents have begun to consciously cultivate their children's interests and abilities in all aspects."
Qin Ze said, "When it comes to versatility, if I say I'm second, no one would dare to say they're first."
The two of them began to flatter each other.
Professor Smith asked curiously, "Can he sing?"
The guest laughed. The host said, "More than that. He's the best songwriter in the entertainment industry, a famous actor, a famous singer, a film and television editor, and a financial scientist."
Professor Smith was stunned. "My god."
The three foreign students whispered to each other.
Liu Li said, "Actually, you should have heard of his works. I remember that Qin Ze's' Opera 2 'is very famous overseas."
Ning Youcheng said, "Yes, the dolphin voice."
Professor Smith said, "Of course."
The foreign students suddenly understood and stared at each other in surprise.
The audience laughed non-stop. Everyone's face was full of pride and satisfaction. Obviously, they were very happy to see the shocked expressions of the foreigners.
Qin Ze thought to himself, Actually, I'm just doing the same thing as Xiao Ma.
Ma Huateng started by copying ICQ, I started by copying songs.
Ma Huateng became one of the richest people in the country by copying songs, I became one of the richest people in the entertainment industry by copying songs.
Once again, it was proven that learning was useless and copying was reasonable.
The first segment of the competition was to test the spatial imagination ability: a three-dimensional maze.
The prop was a rectangular glass cabinet. It was a complete maze from top to bottom. It was the same for the left, right, front, and back.
What the contestants had to do was to restore the three mazes to their original state and find the correct route through them.
It was a test of spatial imagination, reasoning ability, and memory.
The one who took the shortest time won.
The Chinese contestant was called Chen Sheng. He was a student from Fudan University. To be able to participate in this show, he had to be one of the best. Ordinary students like his sister could forget about it.
He wondered if his brother, Wu Guang, was participating in the show together or sitting in the audience as a group of relatives and friends.
Qin Ze was too embarrassed to ask this question.
The two contestants observed around the rectangular glass cabinet. They would step into it from time to time and look up and down to think.
This process was boring for the live audience, so they needed the guest to mediate.
Ning Youcheng asked curiously, "Boss Qin, if it were you, how long would it take?"
Qin Ze said, "This is more difficult. Restoring three mazes is a test of one's brain power. If it were me, five minutes would be enough."
Ning Youcheng was speechless. "You call this difficult?"
Liu Li suddenly said in surprise, "Chen Sheng went back."
Our contestant ran back to his seat and began to draw the maze route on the table.
But soon, the other contestant also returned to his seat and began to draw the route.
Both contestants completed the first maze route and rushed back to the glass cabinet. They were racing against time.
But when both contestants were left with only one maze route, the audience's tension was aroused. Whoever wanted to complete it would win.
In the end, Chen Sheng was the first to complete the maze route.
When Henry was also done, the host announced, "Okay, now that both contestants are done, let's reveal the answer. Please look at the big screen."
Both contestants were correct, but Chen Sheng took the shortest time, so he won this round.
There was a round of applause.
.....
The second round was a test of logic and mental arithmetic. The program team divided the origami of the three animals into several pieces. The contestants only needed to piece the pieces together to complete the animals. Whoever took the shortest time would win.
Compared to the previous round, the difficulty of this round was lower. However, it was more exciting because it was purely a race against time.
The MIT contestant was a black man. To be more precise, he was of mixed race.
The Chinese contestant was a 13-year-old high school student.
Smith said, "In this match, Denzel entered the arena with the intention of winning because he wants to challenge Qin Ze after he wins!"
There was an uproar.
Denzel stood on the stage and raised his microphone. "I've watched the first episode and was very surprised by Qin Ze's puzzle skills. His mental arithmetic and logic skills are top-notch, so I want to compete with him."
He said a lot of things that the audience could not understand. Only when the translation on the big screen was shown did they understand what this guy was talking about.
"You want to compete with Qin Ze in puzzles? Haha, you're just asking to be humiliated. "
"If he dares to challenge him, he must be confident. Besides, this guy is very good. "
With this reminder, many people recalled the content of the short video earlier.
Back then, when the US was recruiting scientific talents, this guy was received by the US president along with dozens of other students.
Although the US president was like a mascot that could be scolded by the citizens and met with difficulties in Hollywood, to be received by the US president, he was much more impressive than the geniuses from Tsinghua University, Harvard, and MIT.
Smith also said that Denzel was a secret weapon.
As expected, when Denzel completed the three animal puzzles, his opponent had only completed two. He was ahead by quite a bit.
Under the expectant gazes of the audience, Qin Ze shrugged. "Alright, then what should we compete in?"
Regarding the challenge, Qin Ze had already known about it since they had discussed it beforehand.
Smith said, "Let's compete in this. It's similar to puzzles."
In other words, the other party was aiming for Qin Ze's specialty.
The host looked at Qin Ze. After he nodded, the host announced, "The staff will prepare the new animal puzzles and origami. Let's continue with the competition."
The third match was a test of reasoning and arithmetic. After 20 minutes of stalemate, the China team emerged victorious.
It had been two episodes. The China team had lost two episodes and finally obtained a victory. The applause lasted for a long time. However, compared to the China team's victory, the majority of the audience was actually looking forward to the battle between Qin Ze and Denzel.
The staff brought the new animal origami to the stage. There were two sets in total and they were placed messily in a glass basin.
There was an obstacle between Qin Ze and Denzel, so they could not see each other's rhythm and speed. However, in the eyes of the audience, they could see each other clearly.
Ning Youcheng said, "Professor Smith, how confident do you think your student is?"
Professor Smith said, "If it's a puzzle, Denzel will be in danger. But if it's a puzzle like this, it's 50%."
Liu Li said, "Oh, 50%?"
Wasn't it already over?
The audience said, "Is it just an average win rate? Is this foreigner really that good?"
"He's very fast. That China player from before was no match for him at all."
"But Qin Ze is even faster. After all, he's a fast shooter. Have you seen the video of him doing puzzles?"
"That's a puzzle. It's not quite the same as this one."
The host helped to count down the seconds. Three seconds later, the two teams began.
Qin Ze and Denzel poured the origami pieces on the table at almost the same time. There were three animals, an elephant, a monkey, and a tiger. A total of 60 pieces.
Due to his recent experience, Denzel was now in a better state. His gaze wandered back and forth between the original drawing and the fragments. The origami fragments were constantly being restored in his hands. In just five minutes, he had managed to identify all the fragments of the tiger from the sixty pieces and pieced them back together.
Not long ago, he had spent six minutes on the same animal.
This was even more difficult than a puzzle because other than piecing them together, he still had to identify them.
The corners of his mouth curled up. He felt that his condition was getting better and better. His fighting spirit was high.
After watching Qin Ze's previous puzzle videos, he knew that he was a very good opponent. However, victory …
"Beep!!"
An ear-piercing whistle rang out.
Denzel was stunned. This was the signal that the contestant took when he completed the task.
Did he press the wrong button?
In a daze, he raised his head and looked at the audience. Then, he realized that the audience also had a confused and confused expression. However, unlike him, the audience was also shocked.
"I'm done."
Qin Ze's voice came from the next room.
The partition was removed. Denzel saw the scene on Qin Ze's table. It had been pieced together.
At this moment, the genius contestant who was received by the President of the United States was not only confused and aggrieved, but also suspicious.
The host said, "Alright, let's watch the replay on the big screen."
The big screen played the entire process of Qin Ze identifying and piecing the origami pieces together. His smooth and pleasing hand speed was once again replayed on the stage of Super Brain.
As for the identification, it did not exist. After he poured all the pieces out of the glass basin, he glanced at them and pieced them together. He did not stutter or think. His movements were as smooth as a machine.
Denzel was dumbfounded.
'Is he bullying me?'
Professor Smith's eyes widened. "That's … that's too fast."
He found it hard to believe. Compared to the students who did not believe it at the beginning, he had witnessed the entire process. Moreover, he was a guest on this show. He knew that Qin Ze did not practice in advance. It was all improvisation.
As a professor in the field of brain research, Smith was shocked.
Liu Li said, "He's most famous for being fast. Do you know his nickname?"
After saying that, she turned to look at the audience.
"Fast shooter!!"
The audience was also very cooperative. The cheers of the fast shooter grew louder and louder. It was accompanied by clapping.
Qin Ze was speechless.
"Cheap system, you can have the 10 points." Qin Ze communicated with the system in his mind.
'Although this is fake, I feel good about it.'
The system ignored him.
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