Doing It Over Again

The buffet breakfast in the hotel is very rich in variety, including western style and Chinese style. Shen Shao picked out the food he liked and put it on the plate. Before he could turn around, a boy wearing the school uniform of Beijing No. Seeing that his hands are full of local Chinese food, he said with a polite smile: "Hi, aren't you used to Western taste?"

Shen Shao picked up a glass of milk and smiled at the boy, "Thank you, I prefer Chinese-style breakfast."

The boy turned sideways, politely asked Shen Shao to go over, and the smile on his face gradually faded after he walked away.

"Shen Shao, what did that No. [-] middle school person tell you just now?" Seeing Shen Shao coming over with breakfast, Zeng Ping moved a seat inside, and then pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "This person is a little strange.

Shen Shao smiled indifferently, and sat down beside Zeng Ping: "It's nothing, I just said hello." He had seen this kind of person in his previous life, and he clearly looked down on him in his bones, but he was polite on the surface, and his every move It belongs to the elegance of "aristocratic style".

He is noncommittal to this kind of person, it's just that they don't agree with each other.What's more, he had met this boy in his previous life.

The boy who played the piano in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows was once a shadow that he couldn't let go of when he was young.

"I went to inquire about it, and I heard that he is a genius in the No. [-] Middle School, and he is included in the final list this time." Zhang Li has a cheerful personality and enjoys herself among the female students participating in the competition, so she inquired about some gossip in just a few days The message said, "I heard that his name is Xiao Ji, and his family conditions are very good. He is a very gentleman and has a good face. Many girls in No. [-] Middle School have a good impression of him."

Shen Shao coughed dryly, chick?This name is quite distinctive, catchy and easy to remember.

"But I think this person is just like that," Zhang Li lowered her voice, "I don't know if it's my illusion, I always think this person looks very polite, but in fact he has a bit of contempt in his bones .”

Shen Shao raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that a young girl like Zhang Li could be quite accurate.He took a sip of milk and said with a smile, "Whatever, it has nothing to do with us anyway."

"You're right," Zhang Li nodded, "Brother Shao, you have to work hard later!"

Shen Shao picked up the steamed bun with thin skin and lots of stuffing, and silently took a bite. If spiritual power could be realized, he must be surrounded by piles of energy.

Before entering the arena, Vice President Yao and the two teachers earnestly told Shen Shao not to be nervous, and they were waiting for him outside.

Shen Shao felt that they were more nervous than himself, but he still nodded obediently, and when he entered the gate of the arena, he turned his head and smiled at the five teachers and students.

After watching Shen Shao enter the arena, Vice President Yao sat down in the waiting area. He noticed that there was a camera next to him, and tried his best to make himself appear more relaxed, but his right index finger kept flicking, revealing his emotions.

After the ten contestants entered the arena, they wore number plates on their bodies, and then stood in front of the corresponding number table. After introducing themselves, they waited for the start of the game.

The host is a veteran youth program host on a TV station. She speaks very good Mandarin. Every time a picture of an item appears on the screen, she will read the price without haste. After introducing twenty products, she stops.

"Now, contestants, please look at a few products on the big screen, and please write down their total prices within 30 seconds." The host glanced at ten people, "The timer starts."

As soon as the bell rang for the timing start, Shen Shao took out a pen and quickly wrote down the price on the clipboard.

"Time is up, please contestants show the question board."

"There are actually two contestants who have different answers from the others. Let's see what the correct answer is," the host said mysteriously, "Please watch the big screen."

Some print reporters in the outfield looked at the performances of the contestants on the big screen, and their jaws were stunned. Not to mention that they didn't remember the prices of those commodities, even if they knew, it was impossible to calculate the correct answer in such a short time. High school students are too evil.

Just when the reporters used the computer to calculate the first question, the second question had already come out.

In the shot, Shen Shao and Xiao Ji performed the most brilliantly, because when the two countdown bells rang, they did not hesitate to write the correct answer, which was particularly conspicuous among the few contestants who closed their eyes and thought.

There are five questions in the first round, each question is ten points, and the two candidates with the lowest scores are eliminated.

The second round of the competition started soon. This time, in addition to the previous [-] kinds of products, another [-] kinds of products were added. The most deceitful thing is that some products have the same brand and size, only the packaging color and price are slightly different, for example Some kind of shampoo that conjures a rainbow when you get seven colors together.

The second round of the competition was more intense. After the five questions were answered, three more contestants were eliminated, and there were still five people present.

At this time, the TV station started to insert commercials in a timely manner, which also gave the contestants a rest time.

"Now there are contestants Xiao Ji from Beijing No. [-] Middle School, Zhou Lu from Yanghe No. [-] Middle School, and Shen Shao from Furong No. [-] Middle School..." After the live broadcast started again, the host began to introduce the five remaining players on the field. Contestant, "Now the matchup is getting more and more intense. I don't know who will win the championship. Please wait and see."

From a hundred kinds of items, choose a few of them at random, and then calculate the correct total price. This is almost an impossible task for ordinary people.

Because yesterday's game let everyone see what a genius is, so after the live broadcast started today, the ratings have been rising.There were very few such programs in Huaguo before. Although there were various intelligence competitions, the nature was different from this one, and even the identities of the participants were different.

In recent years, the news media and various departments have paid more and more attention to education. With the gradual improvement of living standards in recent years, ordinary people are also very concerned about the education of their children. For many parents of this generation, they would rather eat poorly and dress poorly. It is also necessary to provide for children to study well, so they have a natural sensitivity to topics such as genius.

This kind of attention, once discussed, the ratings will naturally increase, and all parties involved in the competition are also happy. This is also a kind of reform. Who said that the competition cannot be held interesting?

Of course, as soon as the live broadcast of yesterday's game came out, some people criticized this kind of unprofessional game, and felt that it was an insult to a good game to be tainted with money.

But no matter how the outside world comments, it is an irrefutable fact that the attention of Sunday's game has increased significantly.

All five people present answered the first question of the third round of the competition correctly. Shen Shao's school uniform bow tie was a bit tight, so he stretched out his hand to pull it.In fact, the school uniforms of their school are not so good-looking. This time, the clothes they wore were specific for the school for the competition. They had shirts, ties, black jackets and school badges. The only thing that was the same as their usual school uniforms was probably the school badges.

"Please look at the big screen, and the answering will start in 15 seconds."

There are six products on the screen, drinks, mops, shampoo, biscuits, hair dryer, rice cooker, half of these items are owned by the sponsor, and the logo on it is a big close-up.

After seeing these items clearly, Shen Shao clearly printed the prices of these products in his mind, and then quickly wrote down the answers after the bell rang for answering questions.

I don't know if any candidates deliberately memorized the product prices under the sponsor's name for this morning's competition.In Shen Shao's view, this is a very stupid method. You must know that the products under the name of this company are so diverse that you can't memorize them in just a few days. What's more, these pictures are deliberately mixed with fruits or brooms , as long as there is one price that is not remembered, the calculated total price will be wrong.

Therefore, the seemingly simple process actually tests people's memory, reaction ability and mental arithmetic ability, all of which are indispensable.

After completing the five questions, two of the five people on the field were eliminated, leaving only students from Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School, Yanghe No. [-] Middle School, and Furong No. [-] Middle School.In previous years, the three middle schools were basically the top three, but the champion was often taken by the students of Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School, and the remaining runner-up was left to Yanghe No. [-] Middle School to compete with Furong No. [-] Middle School.

So at this point in the competition, almost everyone believed that Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School would win the championship, and some people even started to congratulate the principal of Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School.

"Now is our final stage, are the three contestants nervous?" The host handed the microphone to Xiao Ji, "Xiao Ji, do you have anything to say?"

"I know that many teachers and classmates are paying attention to this competition. I will try my best not to disappoint everyone. Thank you."

It's an official answer, but it's very rare for a child of only sixteen or seventeen to behave so naturally in front of the TV.

"Student Shen Shao, do you have anything to say?"

Shen Shao looked at the microphone handed to him, smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, thank you."

The host was speechless, this one was really simple and direct, but the way he smiled was really rare.

After interviewing the three contestants, the host returned to the center of the stage and pointed to the big screen to introduce the final rules: "This time the three contestants not only have to answer the total price of the product, but also mark the price of each item. Our The requirement is to be accurate to the point. The first player to make a mistake is the third runner-up, and the second one to make a mistake is the runner-up, and the answer time is within 90 seconds. So, are you ready?"

After seeing the three contestants nodding, the host made a cheering gesture: "Okay, the finals begin."

The competition was more intense than expected, especially when the contestants from Yanghe No. [-] High School were eliminated, Xiao Ji and Shen Shao were almost evenly matched, making those who thought Xiao Ji could secure the championship began to doubt their initial judgment .

At the end, the organizer gave a frantic photo, which contained four boxes of toothpaste of the same brand and size but with different functions, three bottles of shampoo of different colors, an umbrella, a bottle of vinegar, and a learning machine .These ten products are all products that were not selected during the previous answering process.

When Xiao Ji saw the bottle of vinegar, his complexion was a little ugly, because among the hundred kinds of products, there were two other brands of bottled vinegar. I can't tell which price is correct for this bottle of vinegar.

He tilted his head to look at Shen Shao who had already started to answer the question, so he could only grit his teeth and write out the answer in his heart.

"Oh, what a pity, student Xiao Ji almost got the answer right."

"In this competition, the wonderful performance of the students opened our eyes..."

Although Xiao Ji still had a smile on his face, he was a little dazed in his heart, how could he lose?

And also lost to a poor student who was inferior to him in everything?

Originally thought that without Gu Ningzhao's participation, the champion this time would be in his pocket, but who knew that such a dark horse would emerge?

The undefeated record of Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School participating in the mathematics league for several years was broken in his hands?

Seeing the shy smile on Shen Shao's face next to him, Xiao Ji felt that this was the biggest embarrassment he had experienced in more than ten years.