Soviet Godfather

"Are we sure?" Seryozha poked the deputy leader beside him, and asked with some concern.

"There is still some confidence, but in recent years many teams have improved rapidly. Romania, Hungary, West Germany and the United States all have the strength to win the championship. I can only say that everyone is very promising, but no one has absolute strength." The professor introduced it to Seryozha while doing calculations with a test paper.

Seryozha also received a test paper, glanced at it briefly, luckily the question was understandable, and he also had some ideas after a quick look, but when he picked up the paper and pen to try to solve it, he found that he was There is no way to start.

"Are you interested in these too?" The professor beside him inadvertently saw that Seryozha was also calculating the problem, so he asked a special question.

"Yes! It's easy at first glance, but who knows that when you think about it carefully, you don't have any ideas!" Serezha looked at the professor scratching like a child who was called to the blackboard but couldn't solve the problem. the back of his head.

"That's right! These questions are like this. The purpose is not to examine the amount of knowledge of these children, but to examine the flexibility and skills of solving mathematical problems. Look at me, so far I have only made one question!" The professor said The test paper was shown to Seryozha, and it was as he said, only one question was written on it. While the two were still racking their brains trying to solve the problem, there was a burst of exclamation from the audience. A student had already handed in the paper in less than an hour.

Seryozha and the professor hurriedly stood up to see which guy did it so fast. In the end, I saw who else it could be if it wasn't Grigory. Seryozha thought to himself that this is a bad situation, because playing poker with him made his mind messed up, so he abstained directly. Seryozha felt a little sorry, not just any child of this age can stand on such a big stage. The deputy team leader professor sitting next to him ran to the front to closely observe the judges scoring.

Several judges were whispering among themselves, and the deputy team leader stretched his neck to look in their direction, as did Seryozha. I saw a few judges discussing around the paper, some were shaking their heads, some were nodding. After another half an hour, the second person who handed in the test still did not appear, and Grigory sat on the player's bench and played the poker that Seryozha gave him. The judges seemed to have finally reached a consensus and began to nod frequently. Before they officially announced the final results, the deputy team leader raised his clenched fists excitedly. Seryozha knew at a glance that his grades were good.

After a while, the word 42 appeared on the electronic screen in the venue, and there was a sudden burst of exclamation from the scene! At this time, the deputy team leader just came back with a cheerful expression on his face.

"Well, did you do well in the exam?" Seryozha asked hastily.

"It's not bad, it's a genius among geniuses. Do you know what 42 points means? 42 points represent a perfect score, and the judges told me that it uses a new solution, which is simpler. Look at it Up to now, there has been no second submission. Grigory is definitely the smartest among them, none of them. Even I am a little jealous of his talent, but I found a mathematician with a bright future by myself, looking at him The feeling of defeating the opponents around him and expecting him to solve the top-level problems that generations of geniuses have been unable to solve in their lifetime is also indescribable!" The professor introduced Grigory to Seryozha emotionally How amazing. Not only the deputy team leader, but almost everyone on the scene except the players were paying attention to him.

More than two hours later, the game has lasted for nearly 4 hours. At this time, the second contestant who handed in the paper just appeared. Unfortunately, he is not from the Soviet Union. The word 28 appeared below USA. Obviously, this The contestants only got four questions right.

As the end of the competition drew closer, more and more contestants handed in papers.

The representative teams of each country got a certain amount of points, the poorest country only got 7 points, and the competition with the USA became more and more intense. Except for Grigory, the first three Soviet players who handed in their papers still got a good score. Good, but the latter two players did not perform well. The situation of the Americans is just the opposite. Their scores are also catching up from behind and gradually catching up.

With the end of the long 5-hour game, the scores on the scoreboard were finally fixed, tied for the first place with the same score as USA, and the West German team ranked third. The first day's competition eliminated most of the representative teams, leaving only three teams to compete for the gold, silver and bronze medal finals on the second day. The Soviet delegation is satisfied with this result. Anyway, it will definitely win a medal this time.

When leaving the competition venue, Seryozha was waiting outside for Grigory's figure. When he finally came out, his pockets were bulging and he didn't know what was full.

"What's in it? Did you secretly bring some souvenirs?" Seryozha asked curiously.

"I don't know, they stuffed it here!" Grigory went to take out his pocket as he said that, but a pile of cards fell out, and Seryozha hurriedly squatted down to pick them up and examine them.

Yale, Harvard, MIT, Stanford. Needless to say, Seryozha understood that even the Americans admired the boy and wanted to keep him.

"Is there no one you like?" Seryozha asked casually. Grigory shook his head, and then said: "Aren't you going to transfer to Leningrad University this year? I happen to be from Leningrad too. Wouldn't it be nice to be a classmate with you when I am admitted to Leningrad University?"

"But... well! Then I'll be waiting for you at school!" Seryozha stretched out his palm, and Grigory responded with a high-five, and the two of them considered an agreement.

On the way back, the team leader wanted to find a place to celebrate, but because the next day’s game was scheduled for the morning, the delegation didn’t celebrate too much, just took the children out to eat a pizza and went back to the hotel to rest Yes, not only the team leader, but everyone is full of expectations for the next day's game. After all, Grigory of the Soviet delegation is really outstanding. With him, it would be difficult for the Soviets to lose.

Seryozha has already decided that he will never talk to Grigory about any blackjack issues at night, and must let him rest early to defeat these Americans tomorrow, so as soon as he returned to the hotel, Seryozha refused Played all the poker, and lay down on the bed early after washing up. No matter how much Grigory begged, Seryozha would not play blackjack with him.

"Can't you try a few more times? I made some corrections?..." Under Grigory's constant pleas, Seryozha cruelly turned off the light.