From all-round academic master to chief scientist

"Awesome!"

"6666!"

"We are number one!"

"we are the champion!"

Sun Yu and the others jumped up with great excitement and hugged each other excitedly, expressing their excitement.

"Lin Shen!"

When Ouyang Sheng saw Lin Xiao still sleeping on his seat, he was so excited that he pulled him up regardless of the situation and said, "God Lin, wake up! God Lin!"

Lin Xiao was pulled up in confusion, with an expression on his face that Huai Min was still awake.jpg.

"What happened?"

"We have six gold medals among the six of us! The first place is guaranteed!" Ouyang Sheng shouted excitedly.

Lin Xiao thought for a while and finally realized what Ouyang Sheng said. Looking back, Sun Yu and the others were also in the midst of excitement and celebration. A smile appeared on his face: "Congratulations to you then."

"Oh, why congratulate us? Just congratulate yourself." Ouyang Sheng patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and said with a smile. Then he glanced at Lin Xiao and asked, "Aren't you excited?"

"Excited?" Lin Xiao spread his hands: "I feel okay, so let's do that."

He was too sleepy to get excited.

Ouyang Sheng: "...I'm sorry, why do I always treat gods as mortals."

Lin Xiao shrugged, yawned again, then picked up the bottle of coffee he just bought and took a sip. After drinking, he looked at the bottle and complained: "This coffee is useless."

He turned back and glanced at Li Huaimin and Chen Qiusheng. At this time, the two team leaders were also excited. Li Huaimin also took his mobile phone to call China. After the call was connected, he shouted: "We are number one, six gold medals." ! Our six children are the best!"

The Chinese team has not won first place in three years, which is a big blow to Chinese mathematics education, so much so that the above-mentioned emphasis on talent training in mathematics competitions has been reduced, but now it has returned to the championship seat. That's obviously good news for those math educators out there.

At the same time, George Eagle on the stage did not stop and continued to read out the list of silver and bronze medal winners.

The score line for a silver medal is 25 points, and for a bronze medal, it is 16 points. There is an honorary award at the end, which is considered a consolation prize. However, there are still people who don't have any awards, and the names of these people are naturally not read out.

Next, the players who got the medals celebrated, while the players who failed to achieve their expectations fell into disappointment. Many people present even started to shed tears, including some female players.

However, after all, there are always people who are happy and others who are sad. Everything in the world has such duality. At least, being able to participate in such an international competition is enough to prove that one's ability is at the forefront of one's own country.

Moreover, the important thing is participation. For example, there are more than 20 players present who have not scored a single point. They are still applauding at this time, giving applause to those teams with outstanding performance.

Looking at the various reactions in the audience, George Iger smiled, and then continued: "Then next, we will award our medals to each national team player. First of all, please get the team The first-place team, the Huaguo team, comes on stage to receive the award!"

Upon hearing this, Li Huaimin said to Lin Xiao and the others: "Let's go up."

Afterwards, they left their positions, and Li Huaimin did not forget to grab the flagpole that had been prepared from the side. What was floating on the flagpole was naturally their red flag, with five neatly arranged yellow stars on it, as if shining brightly. Shining light, witnessing the honor that belongs to this Chinese boy.

In addition to the flagpole, Li Huaimin also took out two pieces of red cloth from his arms, handed them to Lin Xiao and the others, and said, "Remember to unfold them when you take the stage."

Looking at the two pieces of red cloth, Lin Xiao and the others certainly knew what they were. This was also a symbol of their motherland, a red flag with five stars. .

For a moment, they all felt a sense of honor welling up in their hearts.

When they came here, the Secretary-General of the Chinese Mathematical Society told them that the motherland was looking forward to their triumph, and they have lived up to the expectations of the motherland, successfully won honor for the motherland, and are about to triumph!

Then, they walked up to the rostrum together, facing all the media who flocked to the scene, as well as the envious looks cast by other national teams on the field.

Each of the six teenagers had a smile on their face. Even Lin Xiao, who had been so sleepy just now that he didn't care much about it, now regained his energy and his heart was cheered up.

At least, they won glory for the country.

Subsequently, IMO President George Ige began to award gold medals to them.

As the first placer, Lin Xiao was naturally the first person to get a medal. After George Eagle walked up to him, he took the gold medal from the plate held by the staff next to him, and then put it on Lin Xiao's neck with his own hands. , smiled and said: "Contestant Lin Xiao, congratulations to you."

"Thank you Mr. Eagle."

George Eagle smiled and said: "Haha, I believe you will have more opportunities in the future to step onto a podium with higher standards than this to receive your awards, such as... Fields Medal? "

"Ah..." Lin Xiao didn't expect that the chairman would think so highly of himself, so he said with a smile: "Although I am very grateful for your trust, as for the Fields Medal, I still leave it to the future to decide."

"Believe in my vision, do you know the 2014 Fields Medal winner Artur Avila? He also participated in the International Olympiad and won the gold medal. I said the same to him at the time."

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Thank you for your consideration."

"Believe me, and believe in yourself." George Eagle smiled and patted Lin Xiao's shoulder, then as if he remembered something, he said: "Oh, by the way, there will be a surprise for you later. You can look forward to it.”

After saying that, he walked to Ouyang Sheng next to him, put a gold medal on his head, and also said a word of encouragement, but it was only one sentence.

But at this moment, Lin Xiao became confused. Was it his surprise?

What surprise?

Could it be...

He suddenly guessed something.

…

After the medals were awarded, a group photo was taken. Lin Xiao and the others unfurled the five-star red flag, while Li Huaimin waved the flagpole in his hand. As the picture was frozen, I believe this photo will also trigger a celebration after it is sent back to China.

After that, they got off the stage, returned to their seats, and then awarded medals to the second-placed American team. This time, the American team had five gold medals and one silver medal, with a total score of 212 points. It was also quite strong, only 5 points lower than the Chinese team. points, for the Chinese team, this time it was a narrow victory.

However, a victory is a victory. Although it is a narrow victory, the 5-point gap to this extent is still quite huge. After all, except for the last place of the US team with 29 points, everyone else is a gold medal, and Every point on the gold medal represents an invisible gap in the deeper skills of mathematics.

Therefore, the victory of the Chinese team was a victory of absolute strength!

So after returning to the stage, they once again rushed to celebrate.

And the stage didn't stop. One by one, the national teams came on the stage, and then they also walked off the stage one by one.

It took a long time, but everyone waited quietly.

In this way, until all the medals were awarded, George Eagle stood on the rostrum again.

At this time, he was already visibly tired. However, his expression was still uplifting, and he announced in a very solemn tone: "Then, what will be awarded next is this year's IMO Special Award!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.