I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

On July 2, a group of nine members from the Nanyue Provincial Mathematical Team arrived in the capital. They were arranged to live in Shuimu University.

Tomorrow, this year's High School Mathematics League National Competition will start soon, and the competition venue will be Shuimu University.

The organizer is the Chinese Mathematical Society, the most authoritative mathematical association in China.

Regarding the arrangement of the examination room for this year's national competition at Shuimu University, there is only one school in China that dares to raise objections --- Yenching University.

Yanda thinks this is unfair, so why are the national preliminaries and national decisions all arranged in Shuimu? Your mathematics meeting will be arranged in a neutral position, and we at Yanda University can also accept it.

The Chinese Mathematical Association explained that we are the most fair in handling things. Wasn't the national preliminaries and national finals held at Yanda University last year? It should be Mizuki's turn this year.

Yanda said that both the year before last and the year before the University were in Shuimu, which is very unfair, and your Chinese Mathematics Association is very partial.

The president of the Chinese Mathematical Society said, I just took office last year, and I don't care about the affairs of the year before and the year before.

Yanda: Hmph, wait, wait for me.

Then there is no more.

The two top universities in China are notorious for competing for students. This year's national preliminaries and national finals are held at Shuimu University. More than 100 top mathematics students from all over the country live in Shuimu University. They have to live for a week, every day. If you hang around in Mizuki Garden, you will more or less have a good impression of Mizuki.

For example, Shen Qi, he found that there are many young ladies in Shuimu Garden, many of whom are good-looking, and they are completely different from the female school bully he expected.

This is the first time for Shen Qi to come to the capital, and there are many places he wants to go for a stroll, but unfortunately time is limited when the war is imminent, so after walking around the school gate street, Shen Qi went back to the temporary dormitory of Shuimu University.

In a dormitory of the Nanyue Provincial Mathematical Team, the team leader, deputy team leader, and six team members gathered together.

"Let me talk about the competition rules of the national preliminaries and national finals. Although I have said it many times, I still have to repeat it." The team leader, Mr. Tian, ​​looked pessimistic. "There are 3 questions in the national preliminaries. 7 points, a total of 21 points, and a time limit of 3 hours to answer the questions. This is exactly the same as the semi-finals in our province, and the semi-finals in our southern Guangdong Province is a simulated national preliminaries system."

"The National Preliminary Examination will start at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow on July 3. Teams from 32 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country will start the exam at the same time. Each team will have six people and will take the same national preliminary examination paper."

"The promotion mechanism is 32 to 10, that is, 10 of the 32 teams advance to the national finals. The promotion rule is to calculate the total points of each team, and eliminate 22 teams according to the ranking of the total points, leaving 10 teams to enter the national finals."

"Okay, it's enough for you to fully understand the national preliminaries system. Pack lightly, don't pack a bag, go to bed early tonight, and gather on the first floor at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning." Teacher Tian was about to withdraw when he said this, and went back to his room .

Shen Qi asked: "By the way, Mr. Tian, ​​you just mentioned the national final, so what is the specific competition system of this national final? I learned some information from the Internet, I don't know if it is true, you should have a group The official competition rules issued by the committee?"

"Let's talk about whether you can enter the national finals. I sincerely wish you good luck. Come on guys." Teacher Tian said.

"Teacher Tian, ​​you don't seem to have confidence in our team?" Shen Qi discovered that after coming to the capital, Teacher Tian changed completely. A huge pressure enveloped Teacher Tian, ​​making him serious and smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. .

"The Chinese Mathematical Society is really strong in handling things. The national finals have always been 32 to 16. They arbitrarily changed the rules to 32 to 10, and they didn't ask the opinions of the provincial mathematics branches below." Teacher Tian protested , but the protest is invalid.

"If 32 gets into 10, there is no hope for our team?" Shen Qi, after all, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, so he doesn't believe in this evil.

"There is hope, but the difficulty is very great. The teams from Hubei, Hunan, and Zhejiang provinces are the first-line hegemons. They have long been the strongest provinces in mathematics in my country. Even if you, Shen Qi, go to their teams, you may not be able to play the main force." " Teacher Tian looked at Shen Qi and said.

"The teams of the two municipalities directly under the central government, Beijing and Shanghai, are considered to be the first-tier. There is a capital city, and a magic city. They have a good economy and many resources, and gather talents from all over the world. Shen Qi, your teams in Beijing and Shanghai can barely be the main force."

"There are four second-tier provinces and cities in mathematics in our country, namely Sichuan, Chongqing, Liao, and Jiangsu. In addition to the first-tier five tyrants I just mentioned, after calculation, there are already nine teams. So 32 into 10, for our team The difficulty is very high, but you should also have hope. Shen Qi, your optimistic attitude is right, but I am wrong, and I should not be so pessimistic." Teacher Tian said.

"Then what line does our Nanyue Province belong to in China's mathematical map?" Shen Qi originally thought that Nanyue Province could be ranked second, but now it seems that it is the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh eighth?

Teacher Tian brushed his few wisps of dry hair, and said helplessly: "Excluding the first-tier five tyrants and second-tier four little dragons, the remaining 24 provinces are defined by the Chinese Mathematical Society, Mizuki, and Yanda as ' The general provinces of mathematics competition', our province belongs to the third line in China's mathematics map. The objective situation is almost the same. We really can't match the first-tier five tyrants and the second-tier four dragons in our overall strength. It is not self-defeating. The overall strength of our province It’s the third-tier level.”

Shen Qi nodded: "Understood, we are a weak team in the number competition, a team of weak chickens."

The rule of the national preliminaries is to calculate the total points of the six players in each team. No matter how strong Shen Qi's personal ability is, it is impossible for him to beat six players by himself. The total score of the paper is 21 points, and the full score is 21 points. The overall strength of the team is the support for advancing to the national finals.

"Don't think too much guys, it's always rewarding to come out and see the world, at least you have lived in the student dormitory in Mizuki. That's fine, you guys rest early and see you tomorrow." Teacher Tian and the deputy team leader left the student dormitory, gone.

"Luo Ming, Shu Minbo, Yang Huan, Cheng Le, Qi Jianhong, remember, we are a team, everyone has to work hard! Our goal is to advance to the national finals. I will be our team at the provincial awards ceremony. The representative of the team made a speech, and he has already bragged to the provincial leaders and mathematics experts in the whole province, you can't trick me!" Shen Qi is full of passion, and he hopes that his team can go further. I wish to go home in despair after the national preliminaries.

"I'm shivering, Mr. Shen Qi, I only scored 30 points in the provincial rematch, which is half of your score..." Qi Jianhong, the youngest, was very unconfident. He just turned 16 not long ago.

"Qi Jianhong, don't force me to get mad. Let me tell you, you must get at least 12 points in tomorrow's National Preliminary Exam, otherwise you will be a pig teammate for the rest of your life!" Shen Qi looked out the window, the night was deep and there were no stars. Having said that, tomorrow's national preliminaries can only depend on God's will. All he can do is to get the highest score, and the rest depends on his character...