Chapter 64

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the first day of IMO competition began.

The answer time is four and a half hours.

There is no intermission, but papers are allowed in advance.

At around 12:40, students from all over the world had arrived at the venue one after another.

Under the arrangement of the organizing committee, the students found their respective positions in the venue and sat down.

On the second floor, in the lounge, leaders from all over the country gathered here.

On the wall of the lounge, there is a large surveillance display that allows you to see the every move of each team member in the venue.

Originally, after the candidates entered the venue, the team leaders could move freely.

You can go back to the hotel to rest or go out to relax.

But no one left.

Everyone stayed in the lounge, drinking coffee, and their eyes swept across the surveillance screen from time to time.

Most coaches are even more nervous than the students below at this time.

As the saying goes, the ignorant is fearless.

Most of the more than 600 IMO candidates below are coming to participate in the IMO competition for the first time.

I still know too little about the cruelty of IMO.

Here, there is a group of top mathematical geniuses in the world.

Which one is not selected through layers of screening, one out of ten thousand, or even one out of one out of millions.

Everyone has unlimited future achievements.

In this world, perhaps only in the IMO field can we see so many scenes of world top geniuses competing on the same stage.

In the lounge, Gu Lu leaned comfortably on the sofa and leisurely brushed his cell phone.

Next to it is the leader of the Park Changqu who had just squeezed in.

At this time, he leaned forward, his nervous palms were already covered in sweat, but he still tried to calmly put his hands on his knees, licked his dry lips, and stared at the six Korean team members on the surveillance display screen.

In the venue, the candidates have already made the preparations in order.

This order is sorted according to the ranking of the previous IMO team competition.

In the middle of the first row, six people from the last champion South Korea team were sitting.

On the left is the six American team who won the second place in the group last time, and on the right is the six Chinese team who ranked third last time.

On Bi Qi's right is Ma Zhengxuan, and on the left is a member of the Korean team.

During the monitoring, we can see that after sitting down, Bi Qi looked around restlessly.

"Zhengxuan, are you nervous?" Bi Qi asked in a low voice.

“Not nervous.”

"But...I'm nervous!"

"Take a deep breath and you can take as much as you can!"

After more than ten seconds.

Ma Zhengxuan: "Are you still nervous?"

Bi Qi: "I'm not nervous anymore, but I'm a little lack of oxygen and dizzy."

Ma Zhengxuan: “…”

Bi Qi finally recovered and felt that someone was looking at him. He turned his head and looked at the Korean team member next to him.

The Korean team member wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked tall and thin.

He smiled at Bi Qi and spoke in broken Chinese, "Hello..."

Bi Qi nodded, smiled, and greeted him quietly.

“Savadika!”

Korean players: "???"

There is no way, he can't speak Korean Biqi.

He can also make a few words in Japanese by years of movie watching.

But Korean films are not the type he likes, so he doesn't know anything at all.

I just hope this international language can be understood by this Korean.

…………

At twelve fifty-seven, the invigilator distributed the test paper and draft paper.

The IMO exam allows candidates to bring paper books.

In China, it is an open-book exam.

But the subject of mathematics...

Anyone who has experienced it knows that opening the book is of no use for mathematics.

Is there any question I shouldn't have, or will not.

On the contrary, you will waste too much unnecessary time by looking up books.

So Bi Qi went into battle with light clothes.

Apart from stationery, there is nothing extra.

A little while, the exam begins.

An English radio came from the venue, "Dear candidates, please pay attention. The exam has officially begun. Please start answering the exam, please start answering the exam!"

Swish swish swish swish!

Hundreds of people started writing at the same time and began to overcome the three difficult questions on the test papers at their desks.

At the same time, in the lounge, several coaches stared at the surveillance screen and were nervously standing up.

"But you must keep it steady!"

The team leaders shouted in their hearts.

Park Changqu glanced at the calm group of Gu Lu around him, suppressed the tension in his heart, and squeezed out a smile and asked, "Team Leader Gu, don't you go and see the status of your team members?"

"No need." Gu Lu replied lightly.

Even if you watch it, what can you do? You can't do anything other than worry.

Park Changqu said, "Then leader Gu, the bet I made before..."

Although the plane geometry question far exceeds the IMO level was selected into the three test questions, Park Changqu was not too worried.

Anyway, no one can figure out that question.

Then just treat this IMO as a full score of only 36 points.

Park Changqu has strong confidence in the strength of the six Korean team members.

So, he had the idea of ​​competing with Gu Lu again.

In terms of personal math level, Park Changqu has been hit by Gu Lu without any belief in competing.

But since both of them are team leaders, the performance of the players is also closely related to them.

He wanted to defeat Gu Lu in this regard.

But Gu Lu's answer was decisive again, "Don't bet."

Park Changqu: “…”

Brother, can't you agree?

I'll give you the money!

I just want to enjoy the pleasure of winning you, is it that difficult?

I have been waiting for that moment for six years!

No matter what!

Park Changqu gritted his teeth and pretended not to hear clearly, "What, I'm gambled! Coach Gu, this is what you said in person, so you must not regret it!"

"I'll give you the money, three hundred dollars!"

Park Changqu took out three hundred dollars from his pocket and slapped it in front of Gu Lu.

Then quickly put it in your pocket, "The bet has been made! Put it here first."

Gu Lu, who watched Park Changqu’s performance throughout the whole process: “…”
To be continued...