Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Facts had proved that Yan Han’s luck was pretty good.
When the question drawing started, he drew a math problem.
This question was a bit biased and a bit beyond the syllabus for first-year high school students.
But his good luck was reflected in the fact that…a classmate had once asked him this question.
At that time, Yan Han was still in Class 17. He had a weak foundation, but his learning attitude was better than others. Wen Juerong was happy to stick to him and always deliberately took his notebook to study with him, which led to everyone in the class who wanted to study coming to try to discuss problems with him.
Because his basic knowledge was too poor, when Yan Han was asked this question, he didn’t even realize that it was beyond the syllabus.
He didn’t have any good study methods at that time, and he was also a bit stubborn, so whenever someone asked him a question, he had to figure it out and explain it to them.
This question took up a lot of his energy at the time.
So he didn’t know if it was because this question took him a lot of time to look up the knowledge points and think about it. To this day, Yan Han couldn’t remember which classmate asked him the question, but he still clearly remembered the solution and the answer.
So when other contestants were still calculating, Yan Han simply scribbled a few strokes on the scrap paper, deduced the problem-solving process a little bit, and after making sure that the question was the same as original and no numbers had changed, he wrote down the answers neatly and showed them to the staff.
In order to prevent the contestants from influencing each other’s answers, from the moment the question was drawn, Yan Han was the only one on his screen and no one could see the other contestants.
Of course, other people couldn’t see each other either.
But if barrage comments were still allowed, the screen would have been flooded with comments by now.
It was as if dozens of alpacas were galloping through their minds, and many people were thinking:
WTF, what is this kind of leap-forward problem-solving process where you can write down the answer in seconds?!
Is this cheating? Or is this a quick calculation? Can math problems be solved in seconds like this?!
…But it doesn’t feel like cheating. First, the five major websites have invited some well-known anchors to participate in this competition. There is no need to let those big names run for this newcomer. I guess the big names themselves won’t be happy about it.
Secondly, the mechanism of this competition has still been very rigorous so far, and there has not been any cheating. After all, there have been countless groups of contestants who have participated in answering questions, and everyone’s performance is very natural. If there was any cheating, it would not have been discovered yet.
But if it’s not cheating, then what is this?
The long answering time was actually only three minutes. When the answering time was up, the avatars of the five contestants reappeared in the central area. Only Yan Han’s avatar had a green color underneath, while the others had red colors.
This meant that he was the only winner in this round.
The barrage was reopened, and it was time for the surviving contestants to give their speeches. The host was the first to ask excitedly, “I saw that many viewers have raised a question, which is actually what I want to ask. How did you solve the exercises in such a leapfrog manner? It seems that you skipped many steps in the middle…”
As everyone waited with bated breath, a slightly deep voice sounded: “I didn’t skip any steps. I was able to write the answer directly because I have done this question before.”
At the same time, a person with stunning appearance on the screen spoke. Yan Han’s voice was still in the bass range, but his timbre was quite unique, combining the feeling of laziness and hoarseness with his appearance, which did not feel abrupt at all, but rather strangely pleasant to the ear.
Audience:”……”
The host responded fairly quickly: “…So, those few strokes you just wrote were to confirm whether this was a question you had done before, right?”
“Yes.” Yan Han told the truth without any affectation.
Everyone: “…”
Wasn’t this answer too unsophisticated… No, wasn’t it too down-to-earth?!
But Yan Han’s expression at this moment was extremely straightforward, telling everyone clearly that he had no leaps in thinking, there were no mathematical myths, and that he was just an ordinary person.
In fact, he didn’t think too much when he was writing down the answers. The time for other non-calculation questions was only ten seconds. After watching many games, Yan Han had become accustomed to the breathtakingly fast pace. He always felt that there was not enough time, so he submitted it as soon as he determined the answer.
He only realized this problem when he saw the barrage of comments after the scene cut back, all of which were saying that he was a math genius and a top student.
It would be great if he really was a genius student.
He had seen Lin Jianlu solving problems out of thin air countless times, but unfortunately he was not that type of person.
He couldn’t pretend, and there was no need to pretend.
However, the host obviously didn’t intend to let him off and asked again: “Then after you confirmed that the numbers were correct, you just wrote down the answer?”
“Right.”
“Then I want to ask you if you just happened to have done this question recently, so you still remembered the answer?”
“No.” Yan Han thought carefully, “It should be two or three weeks ago. I discussed this question with my classmates.”
“… Two or three weeks ago?” The host expressed surprise and excitement again. “It’s normal for people to remember the types of questions they have done, but you can even remember the specific numbers of the answers. Soy Milk, you are really a genius!”
“Really not.”
Yan Han was amused by the host who praised him so much. He said frankly, “Because it took me a long time to do this question, I still remember it now.”
“It took a long time… Oh, you didn’t know how to solve it at the beginning, but then you kept solving it, so it left a deep impression on you, right?”
“Right.”
“How long did it take you to solve this problem?”
Yan Han lowered his eyes and thought for a while. He also looked thoughtful in front of the camera. Finally, he scratched his head. His pretty face was full of confusion, which made the scratching action look a little cute.
The audience in front of the screen once again made the sound of groundhog screams.
Yan Han said uncertainly: “Probably two or three days…”
“Oh! Two or three days? Have you been working on this question all the time?”
Yan Han: “…”
Wait a minute, wasn’t this interview a bit too long? Shouldn’t the competition continue?
Yan Han actually wanted to get off the microphone. After realizing that he was not eliminated in the first round, apart from feeling relieved, the only thing he could think of was to quickly turn off the microphone and retreat.
However, the reason why the host was so persistent in chatting with him was because he couldn’t stop scrolling through the comments. The audience also asked all kinds of questions, saying that they all wanted to hear his voice more, which made Yan Han feel a little helpless.
But who knew because the other anchors usually broadcast live with microphones, so he, who didn’t use a microphone, was already mysterious enough to his fans. And then he caused a lot of trouble, which made him a little famous on the Internet…
Everyone was curious about him, so he was getting much more attention than other anchors, and the interview time was automatically extended.
In the end, he had no choice but to answer honestly: “Yeah, I’ve always thought about it in my head.”
The host said, “Oh, in fact, from the usual live broadcasts, we can see that Soy Milk is a very hardworking person! So what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of your learning method? Can it be used for promotion?”
“I think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.” After Yan Han finished speaking, he saw that the comments were all surprised and the host was waiting for him to continue, so he said frankly: “Because my foundation is very weak, my method is the dumbest, but it is also the only method I can use. Everyone should find their own method.”
“Well, as a learning anchor, you said that your foundation is weak and your learning method is not so desirable. This… is it not too modest?” The host was a little embarrassed.
After all, most anchors had to have something impressive to show for people to be willing to watch them!
“Ah.” Yan Han admitted it without thinking and was a little confused: So how did he have the courage to start a live broadcast in the first place, and how did he get to where he is today?!
But he didn’t need to answer, the barrage of comments had already started again, answering his question –
What you see is the spirit.
That’s right, what we are watching is the spirit of the host.
Anyway, I just like the anchor, whatever!
All of a sudden, the screen was filled with confessions and words of encouragement, which made the host laugh. It was a good ending, and this time Yan Han was finally put down from the microphone.
After leaving the microphone, Yan Han waved to his fans for the last time and turned off the camera. He then lay weakly on the table and suddenly felt a little tired.
Obviously, he didn’t use many brain cells to do the questions, but he just felt very tired.
Maybe it was due to a week of intensive study, Yan Han felt a little drowsy.
But looking at the message board filled with words of affirmation, as well as the surging number of fans and private messages encouraging him in the background, and where even many of them were unfamiliar IDs that he had never seen before, they probably just became fans of him in the past two days, Yan Han felt full of strength all over again.
There were not many groups left to answer the questions, so Yan Han just listened to all the questions and got the key information about the next game from the host’s closing remarks.
“A total of 316 contestants registered and participated online in this competition, and 63 successfully advanced… Ah, this ratio is still acceptable.” The two hosts said in unison: “After all, there is a strong element of luck in this round of drawing questions. Many contestants may know the answers to other questions, but they are just confused for a moment…”
“Yes, this will happen. Although luck is also a manifestation of strength, our competition involves many age groups after all. In addition, we have to increase the difficulty of the upcoming semi-finals and finals. So in order to allow the contestants to be prepared and have a handle in the next competition, we decided to open our question bank to every remaining contestant.”
Yan Han: !
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