kvmb Chapter 200 Is this trouble we caused?
Chapter 200 Is this trouble we caused?
With the conflict over, the four couples from Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao's dormitories ate their food and chatted about their past experiences.
Of course, the conversation would occasionally turn to Lin Chen.
After all, no one present had more experience than him.
They all studied hard for three years in high school and went on to university, but Lin Chen only studied for one semester.
The rest of the time was spent in vocational school.
This experience is even more interesting than a TV drama.
Everyone was enjoying their meal when suddenly someone slammed their hand on the table and shouted:
"These Americans are shameless!"
"The most shameless ones are those corrupt officials! They keep saying we lost!"
"Exactly! If American education is really that good, why are all the members of their math Olympiad team yellow-skinned?"
Upon hearing the words "Olympiad Math Team," Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance.
"What are they talking about?"
Lu Han got up and walked over, asking them a few questions directly.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw him walk back while looking at his phone and cursing.
"A bunch of idiots, did they take money from the Americans?"
"Fatty Lu, what's wrong?"
Lin Chen asked.
Lu Han looked up at Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao and said sarcastically, "Isn't this all the trouble you two caused?"
"us?"
Chen Xiaoxiao and Lin Chen exchanged a glance and asked him, "Tell me clearly, what exactly happened?"
"Take a look at the trending topics on Weibo yourselves."
Upon hearing this, not only Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao, but everyone else picked up their phones.
Since returning from the math Olympiad, Lin Chen hasn't been on Weibo for a while.
As soon as Lin Chen logged into his account, he saw hundreds of private message notifications pop up in his background.
He didn't look at it for the time being, but instead checked the trending topics.
There was no need to ask Lu Han anymore, because Lin Chen immediately understood what Lu Han was talking about.
At this moment, only one trending topic on Weibo is related to the math olympiad team.
"The US President described the International Mathematical Olympiad as a meaningless competition."
Clicking through reveals an interview video from a US television station.
In the video, a host is questioning Donald Trump, the newly elected president of the United States, who promised voters at the beginning of the year that he would make the United States great again in every field.
However, the US math Olympiad team failed to qualify for the IMO again this year. What are his thoughts on this?
The blond-haired president immediately declared, "Believe me, no one knows more about the IMO than I do!"
"That was just a boring and tedious test-taking competition, and it doesn't reflect the true level of education in different countries."
When the host countered by asking why Chinese athletes had won the IMO several times in a row, the President immediately replied:
"China is indeed very strong in the IMO, but that's because all they can do is build math Olympiad robots!"
"China's education system can't produce mathematical geniuses. Do you know how many mathematicians China has? None!"
"But looking at the United States, we have produced many mathematical geniuses in the past!"
"The world needs math geniuses, not problem-solving machines!"
At this point, the host suddenly interrupted again, saying, "But President, many people are saying that American education is finished. What is your opinion on this?"
"American education did indeed fall into a slump due to the incompetence of my predecessor, but under my leadership, American education is already recovering."
I can tell you something: we are considering organizing a special competition that will be geared towards the field of university education.
We will declare to the world that American education has become great again!
An interview video with the US president shouldn't normally cause much of a stir.
Unfortunately, a group of people who had accepted remote farming started a controversy in the comments section of this video.
"The President is absolutely right! China only knows how to manufacture math Olympiad robots; it has no math geniuses at all!"
"Our education system only trains people to solve problems and pass exams; that's not real education at all!"
"Education should look to the beacon of civilization; they are the true light of civilization! We spend so much money on education every year, yet we can't cultivate a single world-class mathematician!"
"The only way for Chinese education to gain recognition is through competitions like the IMO. IMO gold medals are just a fig leaf for Chinese education."
These shameless words naturally drew rebuttals from countless netizens.
"Who says China has no mathematicians? You've treated Professor Hua and Professor Chen like they don't exist?"
"Still bragging about the US? Go look at all those American mathematicians, how many of them were born in the US? If it weren't for immigrants, the US would be full of idiots who can't even do multiplication and division before addition and subtraction in high school!"
"The United States doesn't produce mathematicians; they're just mathematicians' porters!"
"A bunch of people who got paid are still bragging? The internet remembers. At the beginning of the year, the president was saying he would prove America's greatness in the International Mathematical Olympiad! Now that they lost, they're saying the Olympiad is useless?"
"Like master, like dog!"
Lin Chen was engrossed in watching when Chen Xiaoxiao suddenly tugged at his hand.
"Lin Chen, did you see that?"
"Hmm...does this count as trouble we caused?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaoxiao was both amused and exasperated.
Strictly speaking, this is really because of the trouble they caused.
The president wouldn't have said these things if they hadn't led the team to win the gold medal at the IMO.
"But I'm curious, what kind of competition is being held in the United States?"
Lin Chen shrugged: "No matter what kind of competition it is, it probably has nothing to do with us. They've already said that this competition is for university students, and we've only just started university. Even if we wanted to participate, we probably wouldn't be qualified."
After the minor incident, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.
At Lu Han's suggestion, the two dormitories created a WeChat group to facilitate future communication.
Thus, the dinner party came to a perfect end.
With a few days left before the official start of school, Lin Chen made sure his life was well-organized.
Every morning, after his run, he would head straight to the library, not to read, but to register all the books in the library into the Dream Lab.
Of course, to avoid arousing suspicion, he would spend at least half a day reading in the library before leaving each time he went there.
In the afternoon, Lin Chen would practice art in his dormitory.
Although Lu Han and the others had already been told by Lin Chen the reasons why he studied art.
However, they still couldn't help but be amazed by Lin Chen's ability to win the national championship after only studying art for a month or two.
In private, Lu Han even referred to Lin Chen as a monster, along with Chen Hao and Shi Jun.
As for the evening, Lin Chen would have dinner with Chen Xiaoxiao and then stroll around the campus.
When the mood strikes, I'll stroll around the nearby commercial street.
Although life was monotonous, it was fulfilling and enjoyable.
However, this period of peace and stability did not last long and had to be interrupted.
Because next up is the day of military training for freshmen!