Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 150 - 91 I Humbly Say_3

Are you really going to save two old newspapers, and then take them out when you’re old to tell your grandchildren: ’Back in the day...’?

Others might have this hobby, but Qiao Yu feels that as long as he remains awesome when he’s old, he doesn’t need to say those three words ’Back in the day...’.

After all, only the weak need to reminisce about past glories.

It’s just like when his grandfather drinks with friends, whenever someone at the table starts with those three words, his grandfather would say: ’Keep it to yourself, there are kids here, what do you want to reminisce about! I only believe those rotten folks in prison with real stories. The rest of us old guys, our ’back in the day’ stories were only of being dirt poor!’

Although his grandfather’s words were rough, Qiao Yu always thought his beloved grandfather was a philosopher, and those seemingly crude words of his always reflected deeper truths. Even his emphatic curses had a certain charm.

His grandfather lived a transparent life, but unfortunately was not granted long years, his age was marked at fifty-eight.

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The winter camp registration channel opened, and the school registered Qiao Yu immediately, without burdening him with any minor details.

Of course, the competition doesn’t accept individual registrations from students; it’s all done uniformly through the school.

This year, the leader taking the team from Xingnan Province to the winter camp has been confirmed and announced on the Xingnan Mathematics Association website. The leader is Honorary Professor Luo, a specially invited expert from Xingnan Normal University Middle School, a master’s supervisor from Xingnan Normal University Department of Mathematics, and the director of the Mathematics Olympiad Institute.

After the leader was confirmed, the top thirty-two contestants and their mentors from the provincial competition went to a meeting for a day.

During the meeting, the list of participants for the winter camp was announced. The pleasant surprise was that Lan Jie could also join as an unofficial member and follow Qiao Yu to the winter camp.

This could be considered a benefit that Qiao Yu earned for Lan Jie by achieving an extraordinary score.

According to the committee’s rules, in addition to the leader, each province can bring several external mentors to the winter camp. Especially in major competition provinces like Linhai, Yujiang, Xingnan, and Xingbei, where more contestant spots are allocated, one leader might be overwhelmed.

Bringing a few mentor assistants is only appropriate.

But in past years, they always chose coaches from prestigious schools, honestly speaking, everyone is still hoping these contestants can do well in the national competition during the winter camp. Even if there’s no time to train during the winter camp, having a familiar coach around to give mental support before the test can result in solving an extra problem, which means better scores, right?

No doubt, Qiao Yu is considered Xingnan Province’s powerful weapon for aiming at the IMO this year, highlighting Lan Jie’s importance.

Though it’s correct that the CMO selects 60 people, only six can finally represent Huaxia in the IMO, and there are over thirty competing regions nationwide. What’s more frustrating is that every year, there are usually a few who make it to the final six from the same region.

Weaker regions have no dignity; only by being strong can they gain a voice... It’s true in economics, and in competitions as well.

Even though bringing an extra person means spending more money, it’s clear that Zhang Tiejun is still very happy.

Especially recently, every time he returns from meetings elsewhere, he’s all smiles and walks with confidence.

The key thing is, Old Zhang is really straightforward. Before Qiao Yu realized it, he discovered an extra 30,000 yuan in his account, awarded by the school, with a note that taxes had already been taken care of.

Because of this, Qiao Yu awkwardly went to Old Zhang to ask about the bonus.

After all, according to the previous agreement, he had to win a gold medal in the national competition before he could start earning Gold Coin from the school.

Old Zhang generously patted Qiao Yu’s shoulder and explained: ’This is a reward for your first-place score. When we made the agreement before, we didn’t expect you would directly achieve first place in the province with a full score! But just keep it quiet outside. Actually, every school gives rewards; they just all do it secretly without making it public.’

This client, so cute, Old Zhang is truly a great person!

Because of this, Qiao Yu doesn’t even consider Old Zhang’s habit of patting people on the shoulder a bad one anymore.

At this time, the detailed schedule for the winter camp was also released.

This year’s winter camp is set from November 17th (Sunday) to November 23rd (Saturday), just like previous years, totaling seven days. The official exams will be on the 19th and 20th. It will be held at Luhai Middle School in Ningshui City, Yujiang Province.

For Qiao Yu, there’s nothing much to say. After all, he doesn’t have much to prepare for.

The biggest gain for him from going to the winter camp in Ningshui City, Yujiang Province, will be the 100,000 yuan bonus for winning a gold medal and another 100,000 yuan for entering the national training team, totaling 200,000 yuan. This was agreed upon with the school a long time ago.

As for the other 200,000 yuan, that will have to wait until next July.

However, knowing Old Zhang’s generous nature, if he wins first place in the national gold medal, he might get excited and give even more.

Though he doesn’t expect the bonus to increase by another digit, even changing the ten-thousands digit from zero to something else would be a big win.

Qiao Yu truly understands now how hard it is to make money! He worked so hard helping his senior classmates modify papers, and only got 4,000 yuan in tutoring fees. This shows from another angle, earning personal money is indeed tough, but making money for organizations is much easier.

Of course, the prerequisite is having the capability to reach that level.