80: Chapter 68 Different Manifestations of Pride (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets!)_2 80: Chapter 68 Different Manifestations of Pride (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets!)_2 Qiao Yu shook his head, ignoring the mindless robot outside babbling nonsense, and took his al into the room.
“Already made a friend as soon as you arrived?” Lan Jie, who also heard the conversation outside, asked.
“Friend?” Qiao Yu glanced at Lan Jie, thinking this good guy is probably just suited for school.
Society is treacherous, not fit for soone so steeped in academia.
“Huh?” Lan Jie was a bit puzzled.
“Just chatted a bit, how can that be considered a friend?
But that little fatty is quite cheerful.
Oh, right, a teacher accompanied him next door, I heard him call out to Teacher Qu.” Qiao Yu replied casually.
“Teacher Qu?
Oh, then they’re probably from Shuangqing.
The math over there is strong, their basic education is strong too, and the schools are quite strict.
I rember visiting Shuangqing once for an exchange; almost all public schools require students to attend evening self-study from the first year of middle school, and there are also classes arranged on Sunday evenings.”
Lan Jie thought for a mont and said.
“Yes, I rember that na, Yu Yongjun, he ranked over 600th, and they said he’s from Shuangqing Bashan Middle School.
Wait, you said they have to make up classes every Sunday afternoon?” Qiao Yu gasped inwardly, thankful he wasn’t born in Shuangqing City.
This is too damn competitive.
It’s not just students who are competitive; even the teachers are!
They still have to attend classes on Sunday evenings, and these people don’t even resist?
“Right, schools that only have classes on Sunday evenings are considered less competitive.
The really competitive schools start scheduling classes every Sunday afternoon.”
“Are all people in Shuangqing this competitive?
Do they have no higher authorities, or do they not know how to make calls or go online to file complaints?” Qiao Yu remarked.
Lan Jie glanced at Qiao Yu and asked, “You seem quite knowledgeable about this?
What?
Have you ever complained?”
Qiao Yu smiled, took a bite of his al, and then replied, “I haven’t complained myself; how do makeup classes concern ?
I can just take leave.
But I did encourage so classmates to complain, and it worked quite well.”
One sentence made Lan Jie laugh in exasperation, giving Qiao Yu a sideways look and saying, “What if this was arranged by the higher authorities?
The Teaching Guidance Departnt of schools in Shuangqing directly interfaces with the higher departnts, and class schedules are directly under their guidance, understand?”
After saying this, seeing Qiao Yu’s look of incomprehension, he added.
“Even if soone did complain, it could be explained as the school first receiving so parents’ requests, so they opened the classrooms during the holidays for students to study on their own.
So, whether students attend self-study or not, it’s voluntary.
Students going are applying proactively, and the school has to review it!
At the sa ti, the school arranges teachers to be on duty to ensure student safety, which is quite reasonable, right?”
Qiao Yu suddenly felt a bit sorry for the little fatty next door.
In order to participate in this final, he must have worked really hard.
Imagining this guy having to rush back to school during the weekends for self-study under the teacher’s guidance, yet he still managed to gain so much weight, his mindset must be really good.
Suddenly, Qiao Yu could understand why this guy was so outgoing.
Moreover, knowing about such an interesting tidbit from Lan Jie, realizing that in the sa Huaxia, there are peers living so miserably, made Qiao Yu’s appetite improve a bit.
But that being said, the boxed als provided to the contestants by the hostel tasted surprisingly good.
On the internet, they all said Xiao Zhou is a food desert, so Qiao Yu had already planned just to eat enough to get by here, but this boxed al surprisingly had so taste of his hotown.
Especially the stir-fried green beans with at and the marinated chicken drumstick, they were quite appetizing.
After the two finished their dinner and cleaned up the al boxes, there really was a knock on the door from outside.
Lan Jie gave Qiao Yu a glance but said nothing.
Qiao Yu obediently went to open the door, and sure enough, there was the pudgy guy from next door standing outside: “Big bro, I’m here.”
“Co on in.” Qiao Yu walked back into the room without further ado, too lazy to make any phony courtesies since the other seed naturally at ease.
“Hello, teacher.” Upon entering the room and seeing Lan Jie leaning on the bed watching him, the little fatty imdiately greeted him.
“Hello, have a seat.” Lan Jie nodded slightly and then pointed to the two guest chairs in the room with a raised hand.
The teacher next door didn’t co, so he conveniently didn’t have to get up and entertain.
“How did you figure out he’s the teacher?” Qiao Yu asked.
“Oh, you two don’t look alike.” The little fatty answered offhandedly.
Qiao Yu pouted and then sat next to the little fatty.
“What were you planning to say just now?” Qiao Yu asked again.
“Oh, just that yesterday there was a contestant from so Coastal City middle school, wearing glasses, tall, and happens to be my neighbor, nad Yu Wei.
You really don’t know how conceited he is.” Yu Yongjun said straightforwardly.
Qiao Yu turned his head and rolled his eyes.
People who talk a lot often miss the point, just like Zhou Shuang…
But still, he casually asked, “Oh?
Did he offend you?”
“He didn’t offend !
It’s like this: yesterday, when we toured Little Alibaba, during the afternoon when we had a break, a few of us were chatting together, and we were talking about you.
After all, among the contestants invited this ti, you’re ranked the highest.”
Having said that, the little fatty looked at Qiao Yu eagerly.
Qiao Yu could only respond politely, “Just luck, just luck.”
One sentence made the little fatty grin from ear to ear.
“Exactly, that’s what I call modesty.
That hamr isn’t the sa!
While we were chatting, he was sitting far away, and when we ntioned your rank, he suddenly interjected, saying he didn’t perform well in the preliminaries because the preliminary questions were too scattered!
He also ntioned hoping you would choose number theory as well.
I can’t rember his exact words, but it was like if you chose number theory, he could just beat you outright!
Overall, it was all talking big…
I’m not trying to sow discord here; everyone heard it yesterday.
If you don’t believe , you can go ask, soone must be in the lounge on the third floor right now.”
Qiao Yu chuckled without comnting.
Such talk couldn’t stir his competitive spirit at all.
Although this is a mathematics competition, which indeed implies competition, he’s after the prize money, not the honor?
But that being said, it’s rumored that Coastal City people are quite wealthy.
If that Yu Wei guy is really rich, he could give way a little.
For example, he could let him win for twenty thousand, like taking it easy on the questions, and if the guy is really that strong, let Yu Wei win a gold dal while he takes a silver dal.
This way, the originally over twenty thousand gold dal prize could turn into a twenty thousand plus gold dal prize plus a ten million silver dal prize.
The expected wealth gain would instantly increase by fifty percent, much more profitable than any financial product!
The important thing is, the privately received twenty thousand wouldn’t need to be taxed.
The tricky part is he doesn’t even know that Yu Wei yet, nor does he understand his real capability or if he can even win the gold dal.
If he turns out to be just so blowhard who can’t even get a silver dal, it would be pointless.
Yu Yongjun at this mont could never have imagined that while he was rely recounting yesterday’s events, Qiao Yu on the opposite side had already thought through a plan of how to leverage the potential pride of a possibly wealthy peer to increase the value of the soon-to-be-acquired wealth.
If this idea were to be voiced, it would definitely make Yu Wei’s speech from yesterday seem even more incredible…
After all, what Yu Wei expressed was likely just stating that he was definitely going to be better than his peer Qiao Yu.
But Qiao Yu’s thinking had already welcod the gold dal and prize money, the layers of consideration between them were completely different.
After all, this competition is not just about those young invitees coming to Xiao Lake University campus to compete, there are over seven hundred others scattered around the world, even grad students and teachers…
Both are proud, but their levels of pride aren’t the sa.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Lan Jie could only sigh inwardly…
He suddenly felt that bringing Qiao Yu to participate in this final was a bit too harsh on these inexperienced kids; it was indeed too cruel!
It’s simply a dinsional reduction attack!
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