The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 33, Filling in the application form

On July 12, 1978, in his office at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, Tao Fangqi opened the reply letter sent by Wang Duoyu with a smile. He originally thought that the latter would accept the invitation with great joy.

But he never expected that Wang Duoyu would actually refuse. Although it was written very tactfully, the rejection was very obvious between the lines.

Things like lack of talent and knowledge, and not daring to aim too high, these are all excuses. After all, no matter who it is, as long as they receive a job invitation from the relevant units in Beijing, they will definitely be overjoyed, right?
You have to know that now a large number of educated youth want to return to the city. Even among those who return to the city, not all of them can find a job. Another part of them is studying hard and preparing to take the college entrance examination, which is a very competitive road.

But Wang Duoyu is clearly in Dahonggou Village, Qingshan Township, Shuanghe County. He is a farmer!
As a mathematics review editor of "Science China·Mathematics", Tao Fangqi discovered Wang Duoyu's mathematical talent. As a man who valued talents, he took the initiative to write to the other party and invited him to work in Beijing.

Although an assessment is required, it is just a formality. After all, judging from the paper Wang Duoyu submitted to the journal "Science China Mathematics", his ability is completely beyond doubt.

Tao Fangqi felt very sorry, so he picked up his pen and wrote another letter to Wang Duoyu, stating the interests involved and also attached three math problems.

In Dahonggou Village, Wang Duoyu has gone into seclusion, as there are less than ten days left before the college entrance examination. He definitely cannot continue to waste time and has to pick up his books to review.

Although he was confident that he could score more than 450 points, this was the college entrance examination after all. If he familiarized himself with the question types and handouts, and consolidated the knowledge points, there would be absolutely no problem.

For the next period of time, Wang Duoyu had almost no contact with the outside world, except for the day when he filled out his application form and went to the middle school in the county.

In this era, college entrance examination applications need to be filled out before the exam, rather than waiting until the scores are out.

Du Jianping, Li Dongwu and Liang Kangmin gathered together and after seeing Wang Duoyu, they asked him which university he had applied to.

"Wang Duoyu, you've been to Beijing. Do you want to apply to a university there?"

Wang Duoyu glanced at Liang Kangmin, then at Du Jianping and Li Dongwu, and directly handed them the application form he had filled out. The three of them immediately gasped.

"Are you crazy? Last year, the admission score for Harbin Institute of Technology was 250 for science and 230 for arts. It's fine for you to switch from arts to science, but you actually dared to apply to Harbin Institute of Technology? And for the Computational Mathematics major?"

Liang Kangmin exclaimed in surprise. He also heard from Li Dongwu and Du Jianping that Wang Duoyu liked to write some mathematical papers before, but he did not think that the latter really understood mathematics and was definitely pretending.

More than half a year ago, Wang Duoyu was still a liberal arts student. He took the college entrance examination last year, but this year he actually wants to switch to science. Liberal arts and science are originally different majors. If he continues to take the liberal arts exam, he may still have a chance to get into university.

You know, the study materials left by Chen Qingwan were all textbooks on liberal arts. If Wang Duoyu were to do this now, wouldn't that be destroying his own skills?

"Duoyu, why don't you reconsider it?" Du Jianping couldn't help but suggest, but Wang Duoyu shook his head and said, "Don't think about it, I've already thought it through."

Seeing Wang Duoyu resolutely submit the application form and then turn around and leave, Du Jianping, Liang Kangmin and others immediately shook their heads: He is really hopeless now!
Before Wang Duoyu left the No. 1 Middle School campus, the old man Xie Zhenbiao chased out, stopped him, and tried his best to persuade him to change his mind.

"You are already a writer. Even if you choose Peking University's Chinese Department, you may be admitted. But why did you choose the computational mathematics major of Harbin Institute of Technology?" "Teacher Xie, you know that Peking University's admission score is 270 points. How can I possibly get in?" Wang Duoyu knew the other party's good intentions, but he had his own plans.

Xie Zhenbiao was ultimately unable to convince Wang Duoyu, so when he returned to the classroom, he took out the latter's application form, thought for a long time, and filled in Peking University in the second column of the application form, also majoring in computational mathematics.

Because Wang Duoyu only filled in one application, which was the computational mathematics major at Harbin Institute of Technology, he did not write down his second or third choice.

Li Dongwu happened to see this scene. He just smiled and didn't say anything. However, he was able to hold it back at the moment. When he returned to Huaxi Village, he couldn't help but tell Du Jianping about it.

After hearing this, the latter did not take it seriously and did not think it was a big deal. After all, they had filled out the application form.

Except for their first choice, which they filled in with extreme caution, they filled in the other choices randomly. You know, if they are not admitted to their first choice, it means that their scores are not high enough, and then they can forget about going to college.

In Dahonggou Village, when Wang Duoyu continued to retreat, Liang Kangmin had already spread the news. Liu Guihua and others already knew that Wang Duoyu had applied for Harbin Institute of Technology.

"Wang Meifeng, you should go and persuade your ninth brother. He doesn't want to study liberal arts anymore, he wants to study science. He's also applying to Harbin Institute of Technology for the computational mathematics major. Although last year's admission score for science was 20 points lower than for liberal arts, we're not stupid. This year's science admission score is definitely higher."

"Isn't your ninth brother a writer? He would be more comfortable in the arts, right? If he were to take the science exam, I'm afraid his university admission would be in jeopardy."

At the intelligence organization station at the entrance of the village, Liu Guihua couldn't help but pretend to remind Wang Meifeng, with an expression of pity on her face. However, she was just a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken, with no good intentions.

"I want you to take care of it?"

Wang Meifeng wouldn't fall for it. "My brothers and sisters and I don't understand these things about filling out college applications. My ninth brother is the one who makes the decisions himself. If we give him advice, it would be like giving him orders. He must be no fool to become a writer."

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want me to disturb my brother so that he can't concentrate on his studies. Tsk, what a petty trick!"

Liu Guihua was unwilling to give in, but Wang Meifeng had already seen through her plan. What could she do?
It seems that Wang Duoyu really can't be stopped.

Although no one from Old Wang's family bothered Wang Duoyu, Liu Guihua and others always tried to find ways to influence Wang Duoyu's review, but the advantage of Old Wang's large family was revealed.

Before Liu Guihua and the others could make a noise near Wang Duoyu's house, they were driven away by Wang Duoshi, Wang Meili and the others.

As time went by, the college entrance examination day on July 20th arrived as scheduled. Wang Duoyu had arrived at the No. 1 Middle School in the county one day in advance, moved into the school dormitory, received his admission ticket, familiarized himself with the examination room, and waited for the exam to arrive.

(End of this chapter)