This star just wants to learn

"Brother Tong, do you think I look handsome in this outfit?"

Zheng Ke found a small suit from somewhere. He seemed to have a decent appearance, and he looked quite handsome in this suit.

This kid didn't participate in the finals. He went shopping in Kyoto with the deputy team leader in the past two days. He probably bought it when he went out to play.

I didn’t realize it, but this guy is still a rich guy.

"Are you going to wear this to an awards show?"

Pu Tong paused. The awards ceremony for the National Competition in Mathematics was held in the afternoon at the headquarters of the Mathematics Association. All participants in the National Competition could attend.

Although Zheng Ke failed to win the award, there is no problem in dressing handsomely for such a grand occasion.

Not to mention that the award ceremony was broadcast live. As participants, they are still easy to be photographed. They dress handsomely and are seen by acquaintances.

To be honest, Pu Tong also wants to be more energetic. After all, this is the first time he has won such a high honor through his own efforts. It would be nice to take a photo with the medal as a souvenir.

After all, no one wants to look sloppy in their souvenirs.

So he decided to wash his hair... This is the highest etiquette for boys.

"Brother Tong, I heard that the admissions teacher from Qingmu University came last night. Have you signed a contract?" Zheng Ke looked at him with admiration in his eyes.

This is one of the two top universities in the country. He actually came to Pu Tong to sign a contract in person, which really made him a little envious.

If he has already signed, then he will go back and study hard, and strive to be admitted to Tsinghua University and be classmates with his idol!

"I didn't sign..."

Pu Tong did not sign the enrollment contract in the end. On the one hand, he did not want to sign too early, but on the other hand, he cared about Beijing University.

However, Beijing University has not sent anyone to contact him yet, and he does not dare to make a decision easily.

In case the school didn't plan to recommend him a spot, it would undoubtedly be irrational for him to rashly refuse Tsinghua University's offer to sign.

Anyway, he was not in a hurry about this kind of thing. He decided to take another look, just in case Beijing University was just blocked from getting in. The two schools were old rivals, and they would do anything to recruit students...

"It's packed, let's go."

Today's award ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Mathematics Association. As long as they leave the gate of Tsingta University, if someone from Peking University comes to the door, they can't stop them.

Pu Tong wanted to see if any admissions offices from other universities would come to him during today's award ceremony.

He went out carrying his suitcase and planned to go back to his apartment directly after receiving the award. Otherwise, he would definitely be visited by the school's admissions office when he returned to his dormitory at Qingda University.

None of the six members of the Jianghuai Provincial Team left early. On the one hand, it was a great experience to watch the award ceremony. On the other hand, they still wanted to witness Pu Tong's moment of glory.

When the time comes, several members of their provincial team will also be able to take a photo together. Pu Tong's popularity is astonishingly high now. If they can take a photo with him on such an important occasion, why should they brag about it for the rest of their lives?

"The top six of the national team, two are Zhejiang, two are Shanghai, one is Beijing and one is Hubei...Pu Tong, you are already very strong if you are ranked seventh."

The education systems of these four places were originally in the senior official period of mathematics competitions and were very different. His performance was indeed not bad, and he even performed somewhat beyond the ordinary.

The guys on the national team are really strong. He can't beat them even if he explodes. If nothing happens, he will definitely become a famous figure in the world of mathematics.

Although there were no designated seats at the awards ceremony, all the contestants tacitly sat together according to their teams. Sitting close to each other was also convenient for chatting.

But after seeing Pu Tong's team seated, many people suddenly changed their positions and immediately sat around the Jianghuai team, with no other intention than to make friends.

Why did they never intentionally make friends with Pu Tong after meeting him so many times during the exam?

Because they are the proud sons of top academics everywhere, although they all recognize Pu Tong's achievements in the field of art, they do not appreciate him enough.

That's what academic overachievers are like. If you want to be recognized by this group of people, it doesn't matter how good you are in other fields. You must defeat them in the academic field where they are good at, and then they will truly recognize you.

After the final results came out, they really felt that Pu Tong was a person, and with so many other labels, they had the idea of ​​making friends with Pu Tong.

"Magic City, Ye Fan."

"Sichuan and Chongqing, Shi Hao."

"..."

Pu Tong was shocked and said hello quickly. If he was negligent, he would have been suppressed on the spot by the two emperors.

After the greetings, he looked at the setting of the auditorium boredly. This should be the place where the Mathematics Association held its conference, and it was more than enough to accommodate more than a hundred of their candidates.

He also saw the staff who were installing cameras, which should be used to shoot the main lens of the podium.

In addition, some photographers will add additional shots from different directions to make the live broadcast less monotonous.

It seems that the Mathematical Association attaches great importance to this live broadcast of awards. After all, this is one of the few opportunities where mathematics competitions can appear in front of others.

The photographers are also knowledgeable, and they are all swaying towards Pu Tong intentionally or unintentionally. They still understand who is taking advantage of the live broadcast today.

Not long after, the award ceremony officially began. First, the leader of the Mathematics Association gave a speech as usual. The person in charge of the speech was Jiang Yuanyu, the current vice president of the Mathematics Association, who is also a well-known mathematician in China.

His speech was not boring. Pu Tong heard a lot of true feelings from it. When talking about the mathematical expectations for the next generation, he clearly felt that this gentleman was a little choked up.

Many netizens who came to watch the live broadcast were also shocked. Although they may have come to the live broadcast room for Pu Tong at first, at this moment, they are also believers in the Kingdom of Mathematics.

"Now, I will present awards to the contestants who have achieved great results in the finals of this year's National High School Mathematics Competition."

Jiang Yuanyu pushed to the side, leaving the stage to the young people.

A group of contestants who won participation awards were the first to take the stage. They lined up in an orderly manner and received certificates of honor from Vice Chairman Jiang. The smiles on their faces could not be concealed.

After the group photo was taken, they stepped off the stage one by one. The players who won the bronze medal lined up next to them and began to repeat the actions just now.

However, the awarding of medals will definitely be more formal. Vice President Jiang helped them bring the medals one by one, which made them all a little flattered.

Pu Tong watched the actions on the stage with great interest, but always felt that something was wrong. He subconsciously turned around and noticed the two people staring at him closely in the corner.

The two of them were far apart, one to the left and the other to the right. One was Teacher Miao from the Admissions Office of Tsinghua University whom he had met last night, and the other he did not recognize...

Pu Tong didn't think too much. After the vice president announced the silver medal winners and came to the stage to receive the award, he stood up, lined up, and walked onto the stage with bated breath.

Obviously the stage of the Mathematics Association is not very big, but in his heart, this moment is far more glorious than any stage he has been on before.

When Vice President Jiang gave him his silver medal, he looked at the camera and smiled proudly for the first time in a long time.

He knew that this praise was the only one that truly belonged to him and that he deserved.

What he didn't know was that this smile made it onto Time magazine's top ten faces this year because of the boyishness and sense of honor that overflowed the screen.

"come on."

Jiang Yuanyu patted him on the shoulder, and the appreciation in his eyes was self-evident. Without this boy, their math competition would be just a carnival for a few people, no matter how good it was.

This is the year with the highest attention in the history of mathematics competitions, and Pu Tong’s contribution is self-evident.

Their medal-winning players did not step off the stage, but stood aside, waiting for the gold medal presentation to be over.

At the end of the award ceremony, there was a group photo of all the gold, silver and bronze medal winners. Pu Tong stood in the middle and touched the medal on his chest unconsciously.

It can't be chocolate...

"Perhaps, mathematics is a boring subject, but precisely because of a special contestant, this year's mathematics competition will be so exciting and full of expectations."

Jiang Yuanyu smiled kindly and said, "At the end of the award ceremony, I would like to ask Pu Tong to express his views on mathematics."

Pu Tong, who was panicking, was stunned for a moment, and then he was pushed out by other players in the team.

He took the microphone from the vice president's hand and was a little confused about what to say. After all, he was unprepared before.

"causal talk."

Jiang Yuanyu asked him to speak, which could be regarded as a reward for his contribution to this competition. On the other hand, he was curious about what made Pu Tong embark on the path of mathematics competition.

After all, having become famous at a young age, he has no shortage of honors and attention.

Pu Tong paused.

He didn't think his speech on the last red carpet night was very important, because those honors didn't entirely belong to him.

But now, he wanted to say these words to himself.

"I remember someone said that mathematics is the only language that can communicate with God..." Pu Tong paused and smiled: "Unfortunately, I am a staunch materialist and I don't believe in God."

His words made everyone present and in front of the screen laugh out loud.

"Actually, God in this sentence means truth, because mathematics is closest to the truth. Various phenomena in the universe can be solved using mathematics. It seems to restore the essence of the world."

"But in fact, learning mathematics may not necessarily yield results, nor will it make us rich..."

His words are very realistic. Not everyone wants to "communicate with God." A lot of the mathematical knowledge we learn is not even used in life.

"We will grow up sooner or later. The world will always be firewood, rice, oil and salt. In the scraps of life, we not only need poetry and distance; we must have eyes that look up at the stars, and we must also have a clear mind."

The significance of mathematics has never been in book knowledge, but in cultivating the ability to think.

Many netizens were stunned in place. Maybe they no longer needed to find the area of ​​a certain figure or the sine and cosine values ​​of a certain angle, but when they encountered difficulties, the way they thought was just like themselves when they were scratching their heads and thinking about math problems.

"At a certain moment in your life, you suddenly remember the mathematics you learned many years ago... At that moment, you can feel that your youth is traceable, and the parts of you that were not tempered by life when you were young still have something to rely on. .”

“The best mathematics is also the best us.”