Chapter 359 A Serious Look

Number one in the Excellence Class was late for the meeting. When he showed up, he was arm in arm with the vice president of Hua University and was even invited to sit in the seat prepared for the leaders.

What do you mean?
The freedom that genius students are accustomed to is a manifestation of privilege. Li Yan's "arbitrary" behavior can only mean that there are differences between privileges.

Within the privileges, there are more privileges.

Li Yan found a seat near the edge and sat down. The restaurant next door happened to be Qiu Shuli, which chose a seat near the edge because they wanted to "be a little more low-key."

He felt that as the third student in the Excellence Class, he was a bit too high-profile as he brought such a group of classmates around and attracted too much attention.

We still have to consider the relationship with classmates. After all, we are all geniuses from all over the world. It would be bad to be too proud and get slapped in the face.

It’s definitely not because I’m a bit timid because there is a number one student here.

However, it seems that the idea of ​​classmate number one is very different from that of Qiu Shuli.

There is even suspicion of deliberate pretense.

So he couldn't help but ask: "Li Yan, do you know Principal Cai?"

“We didn’t have much interaction, but he was quite enthusiastic.”

...Okay, okay.

It was Principal Cai's turn to speak. He first read the speech from the script, which was mostly just clichés.

As soon as he put down the speech, everyone knew that the real speech was about to begin.

In a deep voice, he introduced the twenty-one students present one by one, and emphasized that they were all affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and even their student records would be kept at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Unless there were any unexpected circumstances, they would all be admitted to Huazhong University of Science and Technology in two years.

I don't know what Principal Cai was thinking, but he was very restrained when introducing Li Yan. He followed the basic pattern of introducing each student by including their name and the awards they had won in junior high school.

Even so, Li Yan still looks very outstanding.

Because there are not many awards with sufficient value and influence at the junior high school level, the junior high school group competition of the Youth Information Olympiad is the most important one.

So most of you here have won awards above the second prize, which made them stand out from the students who only won computer awards. Some of them relied on publishing articles, some on science and innovation competitions, and some on various mathematics competitions...

Li Yan has all of these.

The other twenty students present had at least heard of some of Li Yan's deeds.

But everyone’s perception is different. For example, students who have won various essay competitions know that Li Yan’s online article "Nangong Boy" is very successful and the mystery novel also won the first prize. However, online articles and mystery novels are always difficult to be accepted by the mainstream.

He felt that his literary level was still higher than Li Yan's.

Similarly, Li Yan has only won the first prize in the National Junior High School Mathematics League. Students who have specialized in this field and won awards in international competitions naturally feel that Li Yan is not up to par.

What they are most curious about is actually Li Yan’s identity as an “entrepreneur”.

However, those who have been hyped by major media outlets or even personally participated in their operations, and have a deep understanding of the ability of journalists and media to weave heart-wrenching stories from basic information, will not blindly trust the media.

Just like this small group in Jiangnan Province, they all agreed that the press conference of Li Yan was held with the strength of New Taipei City and even Linjiang Province, and Li Yan was just a tool pushed to the front to attract attention.

The subsequent future technology is even more nonsense. How can a minor be the CEO of a company? This is an international joke.

After all, for Linjiang Province, creating the god Li Yan is very beneficial.

Look, the number one in the Excellence Class is neither from Beijing nor from Jiangnan Province, but ends up in Linjiang.

At the end of the day, they are all very proud.

I will not look up to others easily. Even if I have to look up to others today, it will only be as a goal.

So when they saw Principal Cai being so intimate with Li Yan, they felt a little uncomfortable.

No way, the media didn't fabricate or exaggerate?

No matter how outstanding Li Yan is, she wouldn't make the vice president of Hua University lower himself like this.

Unless Li Yan is not just a student now, but also the head of a company that is full of hope and even carries the expectations of many people.

It was not until Principal Cai finished speaking that some people gradually came to their senses and began to glance in Li Yan's direction from time to time.

The two girls in the first row, with curiosity, awe, love, etc., are progressing too fast.

We have just entered high school. Although we are exposed to more things than ordinary students and our minds are more mature, we are still in the ivory tower and it is still very fresh.

If it were another oil man who had experienced the ups and downs of life, he would have been ready to cling to Li Yan when the teacher didn't say anything when Li Yan was late.

Of course Qiu Shuli could also feel all of this, so he was a little unhappy.

I should have known I shouldn't have kept a low profile.

There are only twenty-one students in the Excellence Class, and each of them has their own areas of expertise, so there is naturally no need to offer large-class basic courses.

From the very beginning, the purpose of setting up excellence classes is to teach students in accordance with their aptitude and help them grow better.

For a child who has top talent in any of mathematics, physics, or computers, study time is extremely precious.

In his speech, Principal Cai explained that the Excellence Class should follow the university training path and allow students to choose their own courses.

And it's freer than college.

Students can make choices based entirely on their interests in major areas such as computer science, mathematics, physics, and literary writing.

Then, based on your first year’s learning situation, start to clarify your professional study direction.

Because the first year is about a 50-50 split between intensive lectures on basic knowledge and research projects, after completing basic learning in the direction of study you choose, you can freely join research projects in different directions.

In other words, basic learning is compulsory and subject research is elective, but they do not look at credits.

——Although these basic knowledge belong to college students, they should be considered advanced knowledge for real high school students.

The intention of the Excellence Class is very clear. It allows this group of talented students, at an age when their peers are thinking about the high school entrance examination, to accomplish what their peers only accomplish when they go to college or even graduate - choosing the direction of future in-depth study and research.

The instructor of this Excellence Class, Director He, a young associate professor at the School of Humanities of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, showed everyone the amazing faculty of the Excellence Class.

They are clearly a group of high school students who skipped a grade, and their teacher started out as a lecturer at Huazhong University.

Teachers at New Taipei City Middle School say they are under tremendous pressure.

Because the twenty-one students had already been screened when the list was selected, so both the general direction of the course and the corresponding topics and tutors are tailor-made.

Therefore, the main agenda of the conference, “course selection”, became somewhat boring.

Everyone followed the steps to choose courses according to their own interests and strengths. Occasionally, some more confident children chose more than three topics, which always sparked some discussion.

Qiu Shuli grinned and confidently chose three major directions: computer, literary writing, and biochemistry, and selected four research topics.

It can be said that it is fully maxed out.

It's even a bit too much, because with this arrangement, the time for participating in the research project will definitely not be enough, and Qiu Shuli will not be able to follow up the whole process - normally, he should have to suffer the consequences of not learning enough.

But since this guy is number three, he may be able to learn more in less time than the geniuses, so there is room in the schedule.

He even asked the dean of studies if there were any advanced subjects in physical education.

Then I was told that there were no physical education classes in the Excellence Class and I could participate in sports activities with my classmates from New Taipei Middle School.

"He is worthy of being called the almighty god of war." Some students sighed.

Since we are talking about the almighty god of war, we naturally cannot leave out our classmate Li Yan.

Li Yan remained unmoved and did not participate in the course selection game.

The leaders and teachers didn't even urge him.

It seems like there is some kind of special tacit understanding.

Indeed, there was, because Li Yan had discussed it with them before school started.

He wants them all.

Considering the healthy physical and mental development of teenagers and the cultivation of friendly relationships with future classmates, Li Yan decided not to show off.

But I can't help but think that Qiu Shuli likes to be the supporting actor:
"Li Yan, what do you want to choose? At least the computer will have it, right?"

"Select all." Li Yan never refuses to be passive and show off.

Qiu Shuli's expression twisted unnaturally.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that his advantages were highly consistent with Li Yan's.

How does the Almighty God of War show off?
Comparing mathematics with the top student in liberal arts and comparing Chinese with a mathematics fanatic are just the lowest level ways.

Comparing Chinese with the top student in liberal arts, comparing mathematics with a math fanatic, and comparing sports with a sports champion, this is called high-level pretense.

I can do the part that you have tried your best, and I am also great at the part that you have given up.

This is the only reason why Qiu Shuli has always considered himself a cut-off among the geniuses in Jiangnan Province.

This is also an important reason why he can win the support of the public.

He has always been very confident, because even if he meets a genius who is extremely strong in one area, he will not be afraid. The worst that can happen is that he can downgrade from high-level pretense to low-level pretense.

You are a computer expert, so let's compete in writing articles, playing ball, running, singing and performing.

But today is different, Li Yan next door is also an almighty god of war.

It would be fine if the two of them were equally matched, but what if... Li Yan's hexagon surrounded him?
Qiu Shuli suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and his heartbeat quickened.

Number one, rumors on the internet, Principal Cai’s performance…

Just for this one course selection, Li Yan could suppress him by choosing “select all”.

Moreover, Li Yan did not directly participate in course selection, and the teachers on the stage did not urge her or show any curiosity. All signs indicate that even if this person is in the excellence class, his status will still be two words: transcendent.

Qiu Shuli suddenly felt a strong sense of urgency and couldn't help but ask:

"Eight main directions and fourteen topics. Are you going to choose all of them? A week is full of classes. How can you follow up on your research?"

"It depends on the situation. It depends on the situation." Li Yan said with a smile.

"This..." Qiu Shuli was shocked, "Then how can you follow?"

He almost blurted out "I suggest not to study this way" and had thought of many reasons, "It's not like junior high school now" and "It's better to study more in-depth", etc.

But he held back, because as an all-around player, he understood very well one quality that an all-around god of war must have - to learn quickly.

So when Qiu Shuli met Li Yan for the second time, he activated his anti-face-slapping system.

With such a keen sense of smell, he is worthy of being the third most talented junior high school student in the country.

"It depends on the situation. If you can't keep up, don't study for now. Learning is your own business."

Having said that, the topic should end.

At the end of the meeting, Director He, the instructor, suddenly did something amazing. He mentioned that six students present had published more than one article in provincial and above newspapers and had won many first prizes in essay competitions.

"I hope these students can write an article tomorrow about today's meeting and their own experience of being admitted to the Excellence Class. The Huada official website will select the best ones for publication."

Among these six people, there are Li Yan and Qiu Shuli.

Although there were other names, everyone's attention was still focused on the two handsome guys.

There are twelve girls among the twenty-one people, so the number is slightly higher than that of men.

In terms of quality, with Li Yan and Qiu Shuli supporting the team, it is still not bad.

It’s hard for the remaining seven guys who are ranked lower.

Chen Fan: You don’t have to think of me at this time.

Qiu Shuli is now thinking about opportunities to fight with Li Yan. How can he not accept this declaration of war that has been delivered to his door?
"Li Yan, it just so happens that why don't we learn from Zhu Ziqing and Yu Pingbo and choose a topic and write an article each?"

"You mean 'Qinhuai River in the Lights of Paddles and Lanterns'?"

"Correct!"

"That can't be compared."

"……" choked Qiu Shuli.

"Besides, writing about the school meeting and stuff... I'm not really interested in it." Li Yan even yawned.

"It's okay. The teacher has already assigned it. If you have time, why don't we meet at the library tonight or tomorrow morning, set a time and topic, and make friends through writing?"

The meeting was over, and Qiu Shuli spoke a little louder, which made the people around him show excitement.

Are we going to see a showdown between two superb freshmen so soon?
Looking at the expectant looks of the people around him, Li Yan chuckled inwardly.

Think about it, these students are only fourteen or fifteen years old, and should have just been in the third year of junior high school.

It hits the mark.

Quite cute.

"I don't have time." Li Yan said, "I have to go back to deal with some company matters in the evening. Tomorrow is the day for the release of the new book."

"New book on sale?" Qiu Shuli frowned.

"It's actually an old book, just the one about reasoning and the online article."

Damn it, Qiu Shuli gritted his teeth. Li Yan’s words imply that they knew about these two books!

But he really knew!

"The Puppet Master's Thread" and "Nangong Boy".

How come it’s on sale now? I haven’t seen Li Yan mention the publication on Weibo, so why is it suddenly on sale?

Li Yan was going to stop here, but was locked in by the puzzled gazes around him, so he could only explain:

"I was busy with my cell phone business before, so I didn't pay much attention to the publishing side. I gave my initial opinions but they ignored me. Later, I handed it over to others to handle it, but I still had to attend the release ceremony myself."

Who wants to hear you say this?

Qiu Shuli pursed his lips and waited until Li Yan stood up and prepared to leave before saying:
"Then let's communicate again next time we have a chance."

Only then did Li Yan finally come to his senses and took a serious look at Qiu Shuli.

Hey, kid, you want to fight me?

That's great. Mr. Li is researching systems and is in need of someone with good skills to practice with.

After Li Yan left, Qiu Shuli sat in his seat and did not get up.

A tall and thin student sitting next to him asked, "Brother Qiu, were you shown off?"

He is Xia Yang, a student with poor academic performance who ranks second in the Jiangnan Province team of the Excellence Class. He has outstanding mathematical ability, average liberal arts skills, and is a rookie in sports.

In most small groups, the people who have the best relationship with the leader are often followers.

But this is the Excellence Class, and their relationship with Qiu Shuli is not one of younger brothers recognizing their boss. They just admire Qiu Shuli's current level of ability.

The main reason why this group of people gathered together is that as students from Jiangnan Province, they identify themselves with their own country as the "No. 1 province in education."

As long as Li Yan is awesome enough, it won't be difficult to make them identify with the "Excellence Class".

It was obvious that Li Yan showed off to them as soon as they met.

While we are still figuring out how to write an article to be posted on the official website of BGI, we are already organizing a launch event for the physical publication of the book.

Dimensionality reduction strike.

However, Qiu Shuli did not deal with Xia Yang's teasing today lightly as he did in the past.

Li Yan's serious look was too obvious, so obvious that Qiu Shuli couldn't convince himself to ignore it.

"He didn't even consider me as his opponent," the top junior high school student in Jiangnan Province, who always thought he was the protagonist of the world, muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)