Chapter 76: The Demonic Prodigy

  At that time, Chen Tianhua also caused a sensation. After entering university, Chen Tianhua chose to major in applied mathematics and later participated in several mathematical competitions, achieving good results. Last year, Chen Tianhua won first place in the provincial math competition and then underwent training for some time before representing Huaxia in the International University Student Mathematics Competition.

  Although not even in the top ten, he still got 28th place and won a third prize. This was already the best result among Chinese participants at that time. Even the leaders of the Education Department had heard of Chen Tianhua, who was considered one of the seeded players in this competition.

  This time, the difficulty of the topic has been raised so high, mainly because the question-setting group wants to see how much progress Chen Tianhua has made compared to last year. In terms of difficulty, this test paper is equivalent to the questions in last year's International University Student Mathematics Competition. At that time, Chen Tianhua scored 58 points, and it is unknown how many more points he can improve this time.

  Ma Wenhua heard the instructor from Bolling University say, "Just because Chen Tianhua didn't finish doesn't mean my students didn't finish. I have a lot of confidence in my students."

  When Chen Tianhua's words came out, the instructor's face also changed slightly, saying: "The difficulty of this question is equivalent to that of the International University Student Mathematics Competition. It is impossible to finish six questions in an hour. Being confident in one's students is a good thing, but it can't be overconfident."

  Ma Wenhua listened and said: "There are mountains outside the mountain, anyway, it will be judged after a while, who is high and who is low can be seen at a glance."

  Ma Wenhua didn't give in at all. In fact, Ma Wenhua and the instructor from Bolling University didn't get along, and there was a reason for that. Some time ago, both Bolling University and Bozhou Institute of Technology had applied to expand their mathematics laboratory.

  Both schools meet the requirements above, but due to funding issues, the province can only allocate funds to one school. Although Bolling University is stronger in mathematics, its laboratory conditions are already much better than those of Bog State Polytechnic, and the province cannot be too biased towards Bolling University.

  So during this period, the top was also considering whether to make Bolling University better in all aspects or to pull up Bog State University of Technology. At this time, the math competition began, and finally the leaders decided that which school performed well this time would be allocated with a special fund of over 10 million yuan for the expansion of the mathematics laboratory.

  As expected, the mathematics laboratory of Bole University is going to be expanded again. Originally, Ma Wenhua was also quite disappointed, but unexpectedly, a Zhang Fei appeared, and even during the final, Zhang Fei performed so casually.

  Now, Ma Wenhua has full confidence in Zhan Fei. All his hopes are pinned on him. If Zhan Fei's score can really surpass that of the seeded player Chen Tianhua later, then Zhan Fei will be a big project for Bozhou Institute of Technology. The laboratory expansion he had been wanting to do would finally not have to be postponed for several years. Ma Wenhua thought excitedly.

  As time ticked away, the two-hour exam finally came to an end. The proctors collected all the test papers and sent them directly to the grading committee. Since there were only over sixty students advancing to the final round, it was relatively easy to review their papers.

  The grading team was the same group of school leaders who had previously watched the exam surveillance video. They were all heads of the math department and similar figures, with over 10 people in total, divided into two batches to grade papers. Each paper was graded by at least five teachers simultaneously, who would discuss and decide on a suitable score together.

  Chen Tianhua's paper was placed first, and then Ma Wenhua and several other old mathematics teachers began to review the papers.

  Chen Tianhua is indeed a seed player, his performance has improved a lot compared to the last time he participated in the International University Student Mathematics Competition. He solved all four big questions in front of him, and for the two big questions behind him, he only wrote a few formulas, but couldn't come up with anything key.

  So, after the teachers discussed it among themselves, they finally gave Chen Tianhua a score of 65 points. As expected, Chen Tianhua's score was the highest. The director of Bohlin University even said, "Tianhua performed generally this time, but 65 points is not low either. I wonder how many points that student from your school can get?"

  Ma Wenhua listened and said: "Since you're in such a hurry, let's take out the ones that are suitable for exhibition first."

  Ma Wenhua said, and directly flipped through the test papers, quickly picking out Zhan Fei's test paper. The instructor heard this and smiled, saying: "Since you're not afraid of losing face, then come on."

  Then, several teachers of the grading group began to look at Zhan Fei's test papers. However, from the beginning of looking at the first question, the face of that instructor changed. He knew that this time, he was likely to be suppressed by Bozhou University of Science and Technology!

  Because the light is the first question of the solution, Zhan Fei and Chen Tianhua's methods have a big difference. Chen Tianhua's answer is one of the standard answers on the test paper, but Zhan Fei's method is another shortcut, with much less calculation than Chen Tianhua's method, and the process is simpler.

  Because they saw Chen Tianhua's paper first, so they gave Chen Tianhua full marks. If they had seen Zhan Fei's paper first, then Zhan Fei would have been the only one with full marks, and Chen Tianhua's paper could only get 80 points, because there is a significant difference between the two in terms of methodology.

  But it's not just the first question, the next three questions are all like this, and that teaching director is even more fortunate. If he had looked at Zhan Fei's test paper first, Chen Tianhua's score might not have reached 60 points! Where did this demon come from?

  He only hopes that the last two questions will not be solved, and the gap is a little smaller. However, his prayers obviously have no effect at all. Until the last two questions, Zhan Fei's answer process was always clear and logical in thinking, smoothly deducing the required theory to prove the question. These two questions did not bring any trouble to Zhan Fei.

  What's even more frightening is that the opponent finished all six questions in just one hour, compared to Zhan Fei, Chen Tianhua, who was proud of his own school, was simply a waste with combat power less than five! And other reviewers were also stunned.

  The difficulty of this test, they all heard the person in charge of the question say that it is comparable to the international university student mathematics competition questions. Chen Tianhua scored over 50 points for the first time and got a good ranking, while Zhan Fei, who was participating in an exam of this nature for the first time, seemed to have handed in a perfect score. A math genius!

  Ma Wenhua couldn't help but burst out laughing too, the expansion of the laboratory had finally found a solution, and this time, Bozhou University of Technology's mathematics would also make its debut to the world!