From child prodigy to chief scientist

In this way, the two universities can provide better conditions for Xu Xiao and maximize the value of Xu Xiao's competition results.

With Ma Junfeng's help, Xu Xiao finally managed to escape the encirclement and pursuit of these teachers from Tsinghua and Yenching Universities, and simply put away the admission letters from the two universities.

Both admissions officers felt somewhat regretful that they hadn't been able to immediately secure Xu Xiao's services.

However, they soon discovered a new target.

"That girl is Pan Hong!"

"It's her! She's the other one who got a perfect score in the national finals!"

"Quick, we must get ahead this time."

Immediately, the admissions officers from Tsinghua University and Yenching University followed suit and surrounded Pan Hong again.

At that moment, Ge Xijie also arrived. Given his grades, he should have been highly sought after by Tsinghua University and Peking University.

However, Xu Xiao and Pan Hong, who were ranked ahead of him, were so outstanding that Ge Xijie received far less attention.

the other side.

After entering the lecture hall and taking a seat, Xu Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least these admissions officers from Tsinghua University and Yenching University are not qualified to enter the lecture hall.

Looking at the two admission letters from Tsinghua University and Yenching University respectively, Xu Xiao finally understood what "happy troubles" really meant.

Seeing that the host had already come on stage, Xu Xiao decided to put the question aside for the time being and focus her attention on the stage.

After the national anthem was played, the president of the Chinese Mathematical Society came to the stage to summarize this year's CMO.

"This time, we have delegations from 33 provinces and cities, with a total of 528 team members participating in our CMO."

"In the end, we produced a total of 166 gold medals, 218 silver medals, and 144 bronze medals."

"This year, our gold medal score requirement is the lowest in history. For the final, most challenging question, only six people nationwide got a perfect score."

"But at the same time, this year's CMO also saw the youngest perfect scorer in the competition's history..."

Upon hearing the chairman's words, some people looked at Pan Hong, but most people focused their attention on Xu Xiao.

Even though Xu Xiao's perfect score has not been officially announced, many people have already learned about it in advance.

Subsequently, the organizing committee began awarding prizes in the order of bronze, silver, and gold medals.

Even now, the team members are still not entirely sure about the awards they have won, and they are getting nervous.

During the first round of awards ceremonies, the names of several Liaoning provincial team members, including Du Yuan, were called.

In truth, a bronze medal is just a consolation prize; as long as you make it to the national finals, you'll at least get a bronze medal.

To He Muzhou's delight, his name was not called during the subsequent silver medal award ceremony.

"So, I actually won a gold medal?"

This result was somewhat unexpected for He Muzhou. After discussing the questions with Tao Kewei on the first day of the exam, he even felt that he might not even be able to get a silver medal.

Fortunately, He Muzhou did not give up on the second day's exam. In a do-or-die state, he actually performed exceptionally well.

"Now, we will present awards to the students who won the gold medals."

"Xu Xiao, Shengjing Yucai Middle School!"

Hearing her name called first, Xu Xiao stood up and quickly walked to the stage.

Since the awarding order is based on the scores of each round, this means that Xu Xiao is the youngest perfect scorer since the founding of CMO, as mentioned by the chairman.

Those students who didn't know Xu Xiao had gotten a perfect score were now visibly astonished.

"Doucheng Middle School, Pan Hong!"

Pan Hong wasn't particularly happy when she came on stage. Seeing the boy standing next to her who was even shorter than herself, her feelings were somewhat complicated.

Even a boy several years younger than her was able to get the same perfect score as her, which made Pan Hong somewhat doubt the value of this perfect score.

Unbeknownst to Pan Hong, Xu Xiao was secretly comparing the two of them.

"I scored 126 points because my ability just barely met those requirements. But Pan Hong scored 126 points probably because the test only had 126 points..."

When answering the national final exam, Xu Xiao had already given it his all and fought until the very last moment of the exam.

However, Xu Xiao felt that as a future Fields Medal candidate, Pan Hong's full potential was not yet realized in this national final.

"It seems I need to work even harder in the future so that I don't fall too far behind Pan Hong."

The next person to be called was Ge Xijie. When the host read his name, he was noticeably less enthusiastic than when he read Xu Xiao and Pan Hong's names.

Once on stage, Ge Xijie didn't dare look in Xu Xiao and Pan Hong's direction at all, deliberately avoiding their gaze.

Before we knew it, 60 students had gone up on stage to receive their gold medals.

Seeing that his name had not been called, Tao Kewei couldn't help but look disappointed.

According to CMO rules, only the top 60 gold medalists are eligible to enter the national training team and receive guaranteed admission to Tsinghua University and Yenching University.

This means he definitely won't have a chance to be directly admitted this year; at most, he can only get a chance to be admitted with a lower score requirement.

But after all, he's only a first-year high school student this year. If he continues to improve himself in the coming year, he still has a great chance of entering the national team in the next CMO competition.

Yuan Jiyang presented the gold medals to the students. When presenting the award to Xu Xiao, Yuan Jiyang took the initiative to shake hands with Xu Xiao.

"Xu Xiao, congratulations on getting a perfect score for CMO at such a young age."

"Thank you, Professor Yuan. I will continue to work hard."

"Also, I've completely solved the question you asked me last time. If you have time after the closing ceremony, we can discuss it again."

Xu Xiao was somewhat surprised that Yuan Jiyang actually took the time to think about his problem after returning home, and even took the initiative to invite him out.

As a junior, Xu Xiao naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Of course, I'll come back to ask you about this after I'm done here."

After the team members took a group photo, the CMO event officially came to a successful conclusion.

After the closing ceremony, Xu Xiao was about to go find Yuan Jiyang when she saw Yuan Jiyang walking towards her.

"Xu Xiao, come with me."

"Okay, Professor Yuan."

Seeing Xu Xiao and Yuan Jiyang walking side by side, the other students were filled with envy, but they were convinced of the treatment Xu Xiao received.

As Xu Xiao emerged from the lecture hall, she was somewhat surprised to see that admissions officers from Tsinghua University and Peking University were still waiting in the corridor.