Chapter 102: Speech at Star City No. 1 Middle School
On January 17, after the last class meeting, the first half of my freshman year came to an end.
In the dormitory, Xu Chuan packed his luggage and backpack and prepared to rush back to his hometown tomorrow.
At this time, the mobile phone on the table not far away vibrated.
Xu Chuan walked over and picked up his cell phone. It was his high school physics teacher and class teacher Tang Gaoyuan calling.
"Hey, Teacher Tang."
After answering the phone, Xu Chuan smiled and said hello.
"Hey, Xu Chuan, are you on winter vacation?"
On the other end of the phone, Tang Gaoyuan's voice came over with a smile.
"Well, I just had a day off this afternoon." Xu Chuan responded.
"When will you return to your hometown?" Tang Gaoyuan asked.
"tomorrow."
"That's good. Are you going to pass by Star City when you come back tomorrow? Come to the school first. The school would like to ask you to give a speech to the junior students and share your learning experience and skills." Old Tang warmly invited.
Xu Chuan said with shame: "This is not good, teacher, I am an ordinary college student."
"What's good? You kid can prove world-class conjectures. You're still an ordinary college student. Do you want to show some dignity?"
On the other end of the phone, Tang Gaoyuan said with disdain: "It's settled, you will come to school after getting off the high-speed rail tomorrow afternoon."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
In the dormitory, Xu Chuan looked at his phone with a black screen and shook his head. It seemed that he was about to change his registration.
He had originally booked a ticket for ten o'clock tomorrow morning. He would be able to get to Star City around two thirty in the afternoon. He would arrive back home from Star City around five o'clock, just in time for dinner.
As for now, we have to advance.
Fortunately, it's not yet the New Year's Eve, so high-speed rail tickets are not that hard to get, and there are still trains for him to change.
Turning on the phone again, Xu Chuan changed the departure time of the high-speed rail ticket from ten o'clock to eight o'clock in the morning. There are two high-speed rail tickets from Jinling to Xingcheng in this time period, one is a six-and-a-half-hour journey, and the other is a six-and-a-half-hour trip.
The planting lasted four and a half hours.
He bought a four-and-a-half-hour bus, so that when he leaves for Star City at 8 a.m., it will be around 1 p.m., and he will arrive at school at around 2 p.m., which is good. But he has to find a hotel near the high-speed rail station in advance.
Come down, otherwise you won't be able to catch the bus the next day.
Just after modifying the ticket, Old Tang called again.
"Oh, by the way, when will you arrive in the afternoon? I will arrange for someone to pick you up. If it is too late, you will have to stay at the school for one night."
Xu Chuan: "It won't be very late. I can get to Star City at around one o'clock in the afternoon. As for picking me up, I can just take a taxi there myself."
"It's one o'clock in the afternoon, right? After leaving the high-speed rail station, go to the KFC next to the high-speed rail station. Someone will pick you up."
After saying that, Old Tang hung up the phone with lightning speed, leaving Xu Chuan looking at the phone with a dumbfounded expression.
...
The next day, Star City, South High Speed Rail Station.
Carrying a backpack and dragging a black suitcase, Xu Chuan swiped his ticket and walked out of the high-speed rail station, heading towards the KFC near the high-speed rail station.
Turning the corner, Old Tang's figure came into view.
"Teacher Tang, why did you come here in person?"
Seeing Tang Gaoyuan, Xu Chuan quickly quickened his pace and walked over.
"Why, I can't come? Don't you welcome me as an old man?" Tang Gaoyuan questioned.
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "How is it possible? You will always be my teacher."
The two of them walked side by side toward the parking lot. Tang Gaoyuan sighed: "You are so successful now. You solved a world-class conjecture in half a year of college."
Xu Chuan said modestly: "It's just a temporary inspiration, it's nothing."
"Oh, you are said to be fat, and you are breathless. How can that be considered promising? More than ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are not as good as you."
Old Tang glanced at Xu Chuan sideways, and then said: "What's wrong with you? You have to learn to be humble all day long at a young age. Young people have to look a little young, and no one talks about you."
Xu Chuan smiled awkwardly and changed the subject: "Teacher, how is that girl Xu Xiao doing at school? How are her grades?"
As he had guessed before, Xu Xiao's spooky girl finally chose Star City No. 1 Middle School among the four prestigious schools and went to a school above his.
Hearing this, Old Tang smiled and said: "She is a good young girl with excellent grades. She has a good foundation in the past and has a good talent in science. I am going to let her study physics with me. She must be taught well this time to avoid being like someone else.
Ran away again."
Xu Chuan wiped the cold sweat from his head. Even in the winter, he was said to be sweating.
Old Tang must have come here specifically to prick his heart today.
...
Star City No. 1 Middle School, on the green football field, it was crowded with people. Students with green faces sat on chairs and whispered to each other. Everyone was curious about this sudden gathering.
It wasn't until the school leaders stepped onto the podium that things gradually quieted down, but the strong curiosity in the hearts of most students did not diminish.
A small number of students became excited looking at the somewhat familiar young man on the podium.
Especially the students in the current high school competition class are even more excited.
That young man was still standing on this campus a year ago, no, half a year ago, and even sat in a certain classroom with them and studied together.
But now, after half a year, he has proved a world-class mathematical conjecture, appeared on the news of CCTV, and received an astronomical bonus of 1.5 million.
If the former is still a bit far away, then the imo gold medal, ipho gold medal, ipho absolute winner and a score of 790 in the college entrance examination are quite exciting for the students in the competition class.
After all, these things are not too far away from them. As long as they work hard, they seem to be within their reach.
They seemed to see the young man on the podium as their future.
And our classmate Xu Xiao is currently sitting in the square array of Class 1501, Grade 1, stretching his little head hard and looking at the young man who is speaking on the podium.
"Xiaoxiao, is the guy on the podium the brother you often talk about?"
Beside Xu Xiao, a good friend from the same class came over and asked softly.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Xu Xiao replied, nodding her head excitedly.
"You don't look very old, but it's true that he is so handsome."
"Of course, my brother is still more than ten days away from turning eighteen, and I am so beautiful, so my brother must be handsome!" Xu Xiao raised his head proudly and raised his chin.
"Not eighteen yet? Only seventeen?"
The friend next to him opened his round eyes with a look of disbelief, but then he rolled his eyes a few times, took Xu Xiao's hand and said affectionately: "Xiao Xiao, give me your brother's prestige and phone number."
Come on, I’ll cover your canteen for five days, and I’ll give you your favorite color lipstick as well.”
"It's too little. I have to eat it in the cafeteria for ten days! And I also need a lipstick!"