Before Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun walked to the hotel in the afterglow of the setting sun, Wei Yuanfu, the head of the mathematics department who led the team, was already waiting outside the door.

The hotel lobby manager noticed that the dean of the Mathematics Department of Qingmu University had been waiting for someone in front of the hotel, and he was very surprised.

Shouldn't a big shot like Wei Yuanfu be sitting in the VIP seats inside, drinking good tea, and chatting with colleagues? But now they are waiting here, is there any bigger big shot coming?

The answer to the mystery was soon revealed. Director Wei stepped forward quickly and gave a friendly and kind smile to the two young men and women holding hands: "Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, why did you come here? Next time

Just call me and I will arrange for someone to drive you to and from you."

The young boy smiled brightly: "Thank you, Director Wei, you are so polite. It's only a ten or twenty-minute walk from school. Qingjun and I just treated it as a walk. Why bother you?"

Wei Yuanfu Yangzuo said displeased: "What kind of trouble is this? You two are students in our mathematics department, and we should take care of you. Don't be polite to me next time, just call me if you need anything. Go, I will take you

Go in. By the way, are you two hungry? The dinner will be after the award ceremony, probably after seven o'clock in the evening. I have some cakes, milk tea, and fruit snacks here. Take a look at what you want to eat.

Pad your belly?”

Seeing Wei Yuanfu, a young man and woman who looked like students, who were kindly and enthusiastically protecting the two students, walking in, the lobby manager was secretly speechless.

She knew that these two students were Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, the very famous academic gods on the Internet. She herself had used these two students as role models to teach her children.

The lobby manager secretly wrote this down and planned to use it to motivate his children when he went back. He even had a plan of how to say it - look, as long as you become a true academic god, even if you are the dean of the department, your eyes are higher than yours.

, they will put aside their worth and care for you.

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This time, Qiusai Qingmu University recruited top students in mathematics to participate. The results in the semi-finals were not bad, and the number of candidates shortlisted for the finals reached 20, which is the highest number ever.

Of course, Yan University has the largest number of candidates in the finals. The 32 candidates who advanced to the finals account for almost one-third of the total number. It can be seen that in terms of comprehensive strength in mathematics, Yan University is still the well-deserved No. 1 in the country.

This is not surprising. Over the years, 90% of the top students in the High School Mathematical Olympiad have been recommended to Yanda, including last year’s IMO gold medalist Wang Changai, silver medalist Wei Yuyuan, and bronze medalists Sun Bingfei and Liang Shaoping. Qin Ke’s training class for the national competition that year

More than half of the 60 students here have passed the special admissions examination of Yanda and entered the School of Mathematics of Yanda.

The gap in student strength will naturally make Yan Da Neng the leader in mathematics.

It is a pity that the two most dazzling and famous mathematics gods, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, ended up going to Qingmu University. Their successive world-class academic achievements made the mathematics department of Qingmu University even more famous...

Dean Zheng Changhua of the School of Mathematics at Yanda looked at Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun not far away and felt a little regretful. He had just been transferred to be in charge of the School of Mathematics at Yanda this year, and he had also thought about poaching Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun at all costs.

Ning Qingyun went to Yanda, but arranged for some professors to test repeatedly but to no avail.

Especially when he saw that Director Wei Yuanfu of Qingmu University put down his social status and treated Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun as kindly as his nephews, Zheng Changhua felt that it was even more difficult to influence Qingmu University. After all, Qin Ke's character was very affectionate and righteous.

It is also famous.

The only thing that makes Zheng Changhua feel lucky is that Qin Ke and the two have a good chat with the candidates Wang Changai, Wei Yuyuan, Sun Bingfei, and Liang Shaoping who came to Yan University to participate. They may not be able to come to Yan University as visiting professors in the future.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun naturally did not notice the attention of others. Wei Yuanfu had a good attitude towards them from the beginning, but recently they accepted the school's request to participate in the Qiu competition, and Wei Yuanfu's attitude became even more enthusiastic.

It's just a bit cordial.

When they arrived at the conference hall, Jiang Zhenjie, Ximen Hui and other Qingmu students had already taken their seats in advance, but Qin Ke unexpectedly met Sun Bingfei and other good friends. After talking to Wei Yuanfu, he went over to meet his brothers.

Sun Bingfei is dressed in famous brands, with a middle-parted hairstyle that is glossy with hairspray. He has a cynical smile on his face, but he is quite loyal. Last time for Ning Qingjun’s birthday, he went to the private restaurant owned by his family.

While eating there, he was the most enthusiastic when he saw Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

Wang Changai has a stutter and is usually reluctant to speak, but in front of Qin Ke, he always says a few more words; Wei Yuyuan and Liang Shaoping also called on the students from the Mathematical Olympiad training class to come over and say hello to Qin Ke.

Jiang Zhenjie met Sun Bingfei and others and ran over. Naturally, Ximen Hui also came to Ning Qingyun's side.

Soon Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were surrounded by twenty or thirty candidates, all members of "Qin Ke's circle of friends".

The so-called "Qin Ke Friendship Circle" is not a formal group name. It is mainly composed of members of the Mathematical Olympiad training class and the National Team of the Physical Chemistry and Biology Olympiad. They are all Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun who met when they participated in the high school Olympiad competition.

Among them, most of them are the top students in the Mathematical Olympiad, and they have the strongest cohesion because they have been taught by Qin Ke in the training class.

"Qin Ke's Circle of Friends" is centered on Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, and basically includes the top science majors in their freshman year at prestigious universities in Beijing. They had gatherings together in November last year and March this year.

Faintly formed the prototype of an elite organization.

The excitement here also attracted the attention of many people, and reporters from the media also came over to interview and take photos.

Qin Ke didn't want to be too showy, so after chatting briefly with the brothers, he asked everyone to return to their seats and wait for the party to begin.

There were many guests at the results conference and award ceremony of this year's Qiu Competition, including many academicians and well-known professors in mathematics. Qin Ke also saw the only mathematics academician from Qingmu University who had met at the Princeton University academic report.

, Mr. Wang Xiaoyun was also present at the VIP table, which shows Mr. Qiu’s prestige in the mathematics community of Xia State.

At six o'clock in the evening, the results conference started as scheduled.

Amid warm applause, Mr. Qiu stood on the stage and delivered a speech for this Qiu competition.

Mr. Qiu Lao's speech was in a typical scholar's style, with no clichés. After a brief explanation of the purpose of Qiu's competition, he began to send a sincere message to the majority of mathematics students:

"People often ask me, how can I achieve success in learning mathematics? In fact, all methods are inseparable from their origins. Confucius once gave the answer - learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is peril. The most important thing about mathematics is

Thinking, that is, studying and doing research on topics, so that you can apply what you have learned, and continuously deepen your understanding and application of knowledge during research. During the research process, you must also persist in learning and constantly supplement your knowledge blind spots, so that you can make your research more efficient.

It can continue to deepen and eventually bear fruit. It can be said that learning and thinking complement each other and are also the key to learning mathematics well."

"Mathematics is not an easy subject. If you want to cultivate an excellent mathematical talent, in addition to the student's own talent, hard work is also important, and the direction of the hard work is even more important. If you want to become a top student in mathematics, you only need to work hard

Learn and delve into mathematical knowledge, but if you want to become a mathematician, you must also pay attention to improving your cultural accomplishment."

"There is a subject on the history of mathematics in Qiuzhen Academy. It is a combination of mathematics and history. It allows students in Qiuzhen Academy to understand the development of mathematics, the lives of great mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics. This is important for

It is very helpful for students to form an independent personality and world view. I hope that the students here will not ignore the improvement of humanistic moral cultivation. Whether they are studying the history of mathematics or the ancient and modern history of the country, they can form a sense of national pride and recognition.

A sense of touch keeps life from going astray..."

"Young people are the future of Xia Guo's mathematics. Now our Xia Guo's mathematics is constantly catching up with the world's top level. The academic achievements of some young students have even reached the world's first-class level. I am deeply proud! I hope that Xia Guo's future will be better."

Can give birth to a group of the world's top mathematicians and produce the world's top knowledge. I hope they can bring a fresh breeze of innovation to the Xia Kingdom's mathematics community and lead the Xia Kingdom's mathematics community on a bright future.

A new path is coming. Finally, I wish all the students here to be down-to-earth on the road to mathematics in the future and go better and better!"

When Mr. Qiu said that the last paragraph "brings a fresh breeze to push forward the formation," his eyes fell on Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun intentionally or unintentionally, and the eyes of the whole audience also fell on the two of them.

Qin Ke rubbed his nose, the old gentleman must have too much expectations for us.

However, in this situation, he could neither speak nor speak. After all, Mr. Qiu did not directly say his and Ning Qingyun's names.

Qin Ke simply applauded first.

This really worked, the audience burst into applause, and the eyes that were focused on him also turned away.

After Mr. Qiu finished his speech, the host stood on the stage again and began the much-anticipated results release process.

The host looked around the audience nervously, then slowly opened the list in his hand:

"Next, I will announce the winners of the 68 awards in this Qiu competition!"

Qin Ke was probably the most depressed of all the people in the audience. He also noticed that Director Wei Yuanfu sitting in front was leaning forward and his face was tense. Qin Ke couldn't help but sigh at Qiu Sai's

The confidentiality work was done well, but even Wei Yuanfu didn't know the result in advance.

"Before announcing the list of winners this time, let me tell you a little story." Under the gaze of countless eyes, the host actually let it slip again. Everyone on the stage pricked up their ears and couldn't help but curse inwardly after hearing his words.

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However, the host turned a blind eye to everyone's resentful glances and continued with a smile: "As we all know, there is only one gold medal for each subject in Qiu Sai, because there has never been a time when two people could still get the same score after passing the written test and interview.

. However, such a strange thing happened this time. So the organizing committee held a meeting to discuss this. In the end, Mr. Qiu overcame all opinions and decided-"

The host's ability to sell things off was top-notch, and everyone in the audience could hardly hold back their anger until he finished the last sentence with a smile:

"Mr. Qiu decided that as long as he is first, he will be awarded a gold medal! So!"

"I announce that the winners of this year's 'Hua Luogeng Award', that is, the gold medal in the direction of analysis and differential equations, are: Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. The above two students both received full marks in the written examination and interview, and also won the 'Hua Luogeng Award'

Gold Award!”

Everyone in the audience roared and almost stood up.

Even if they had known that 90% of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun would win the gold medal, no one expected that they would both achieve perfect scores and win the gold medal at the same time!

This is definitely the most unprecedented first time since Qiu Sai has been held for more than ten years!

But the most shocking thing is yet to come!

“The winners of this year’s ‘Chen Shengshen Award’, that is, the gold medal in the direction of geometry and topology, are: Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. The above two students both scored full marks in the written examination and interview, and also won the gold medal of the ‘Chen Shengshen Award’!”

“The winners of this year’s ‘Zhou Weiliang Award’, that is, the gold medal in the direction of algebra and number theory, are: Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. The above two students both scored full marks in the written examination and interview, and also won the gold medal of the ‘Zhou Weiliang Award’!”

"The winners of this year's Individual All-Around Award, the gold medal of the 'Qiu Chengtong Award' are still: Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun! Congratulations to both students!"

You can apply for up to six subjects in the individual competition. The scores of the three subjects with the highest scores are added together to get the total individual score. The candidate who ranks first among them can win the individual all-around bonus. Ning Qingyun applied for three subjects and got full marks in all three subjects.

Naturally, it is the individual all-around gold medal.

There was silence in the audience. Originally, according to the normal results announcement process, the results were announced one by one, the gold medal, the silver medal, and the bronze medal. However, this time the results of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were so dazzling that they were read together.

It has a more shocking effect. It is estimated that the host changed the original reading process for this reason.

The audience in the audience came to their senses and were about to applaud. Before the applause could start, the host raised his hand to suppress everyone's movements, then turned a page and continued to read in one breath: "This year's Lin Family

The winner of the Gold Medal in Applied and Computational Mathematics is: Qin Ke!"

“This year’s ‘Xu Baoluan Award’, that is, the gold medal winner in the direction of probability and statistics, is: Qin Ke!”

"The winner of this year's Hermann Weyl Prize, the gold medal in mathematical physics, is: Qin Ke!"
To be continued...