amaotonovel Chapter 227 Shameless Americans
Chapter 227 Shameless Americans
The following week was dedicated to the second competition to be held in the Dragon Kingdom.
The popularity of this college student mathematics challenge remains high online.
The rematch, with the venue changed for China's home game and the US demanding changes to the match rules, became a hot topic online.
A rematch goes without saying.
Because of the crushing defeat in the first match, many Chinese netizens are now pinning their hopes on the second match.
Hopefully, the Dragon Kingdom team can turn the tide in front of their fellow countrymen and win this second match held in Dragon Kingdom!
Not to mention netizens, the country also attaches great importance to this, and specially moved the originally scheduled competition venue from the Tsinghua and Peking University campuses to the Bird's Nest Stadium.
The reason is that we cannot lose the upper hand in terms of momentum!
Incidentally, in addition to the change of venue, the rules for this rematch were also modified at the request of the United States.
The original best-of-five format has been changed to a single game to determine the winner!
The reason given in the US was that the best-of-five series was too long, and American viewers were too tired of watching it.
However, the truth was quickly revealed on the Chinese internet. A blogger named Lü Kewen posted a Weibo post explaining the situation:
The real reason Americans are demanding rule changes is that most Americans are not as good at math as elementary school students in China.
The last game in Las Vegas was so exciting because of the patriotic sentiment of the Americans.
The competition venue was moved to China this time. The American TV station was worried that the game would be too long and affect its ratings, so it used lobbyists to get the American officials to propose changing the rules and shortening the game time.
In their view, since most Americans just want to see the final victory, one game is enough.
It was just a simple Weibo post stating the facts, but it suddenly attracted a large number of denunciations from the colonialists.
They're saying this blogger is making it all up! They're just trying to make amends for the Chinese math team's loss in the first game.
Americans aren't good at math, so why did you lose so badly in the US this time? Five elites selected from 1.3 billion Chinese people aren't even as good as the elites selected from 200-300 million people in other countries.
If you can't win a competition, you can only try to win a moral victory by spreading rumors online!
It has to be said that because the previous defeat was so humiliating, this wave of "colonization" rhetoric has surprisingly won the approval of many netizens.
They flocked to Lu Kewen's Weibo account to shout and attack him, eventually forcing Lu Kewen to delete the post and turn off comments.
However, just as there are dissenting voices, there are also voices of support.
Ultimately, the two sides engaged in a war of words online, which even led to the hashtag "US side demands changes to the competition rules" becoming a trending topic.
In a corner where no one paid attention, Lin Chen became the sixth substitute for the Dragon Kingdom's mathematics team.
Despite his reasoned arguments, Old Wang ultimately failed to convince everyone to let Lin Chen join the Dragon Kingdom team.
Fortunately, his prestige in the mathematics community remained, and with the help of Professor Wu from Tsinghua and Peking Universities, the two of them finally secured a substitute position for Lin Chen.
Old Wang originally thought that with a week left before the competition, if any of the five boys caught a cold or fever during that time, Lin Chen might be able to fill in.
However, with the changes in the competition rules, Lin Chen's substitute status seems to have become merely nominal.
It's all become a one-game-winner situation. Unless all five official team members fall ill, how could it possibly be Lin Chen's turn to play?
In the end, this substitute position only gave Lin Chen the opportunity to watch the game live.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the start of the second match.
At 11 a.m., the area outside the Bird's Nest was already packed with people.
They were all spectators who came to cheer for the Dragon Kingdom team.
Although the competition venue was changed at the last minute, all 70,000 tickets that were registered online were claimed within ten minutes.
Some people even flew to Beijing just to cheer on the Chinese national team.
In addition to the 70,000 tickets for Chinese audiences.
Ten thousand tourists from the United States also came to cheer for the American team.
In online live streaming rooms, the number of viewers is even more staggering.
With one hour to go before the match, the number of viewers in the live stream had already exceeded 80 million, which was 10 million more than the peak viewership of the previous match in the United States!
Among the crowd queuing to enter, Lu Han's trio from room 402 and the four girls from Chen Xiaoxiao's dormitory were all waiting in line to enter.
Everyone's faces were filled with anticipation and excitement.
"Xiaoxiao, will Lin Chen be able to play today?"
Hearing her best friend Wang Heming's words, Chen Xiaoxiao shrugged helplessly.
"The chances are slim. It took a lot of effort from Old Wang to get him into the team as a substitute."
"It's okay, even if our leader can't play, it won't stop us from cheering him on!"
Lu Han excitedly switched the red flag in his hand.
They had known for several days that Lin Chen had become a substitute for the Dragon Country team.
Although it was a pity that my roommate couldn't go on stage, at least he was a member of the Chinese national team!
My roommate participated in this competition; it's something to be proud of.
"Yes! Even if Lin Chen doesn't play, we still need to cheer him on! Let him know that there are still people supporting him!"
Today, Chen Xiaoxiao was dressed in all red and carrying a backpack, the contents of which were unknown.
Just then, the audience began to enter.
The live stream also appeared in online live streaming rooms.
Unlike the competition in the United States, which was more like a grand show.
This match in the Dragon Kingdom was more pure.
After a brief opening speech by a leader, the contestants from both countries took turns to prepare for the competition.
The Americans were the first to appear, and the audience, including the Chinese audience, greeted them with great courtesy and applause.
However, when the Chinese team came on stage, boos and jeers immediately erupted from the section filled with American spectators.
Upon seeing this, the Chinese audience immediately began to hurl insults.
The live stream was filled with insults.
"Damn! I knew Americans were rude, but I never imagined they were this rude!"
"They dare to do this on our own turf! Those Americans are too arrogant!"
"Go China team! You must get your revenge!"
We absolutely must win this time!
"Win against them!"
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At the competition venue, the five players representing the Dragon Kingdom also had gloomy expressions.
One of them looked at his teammates.
"Did you all see that? Americans look down on us!"
Jiang Ronghao also said with a stern face: "Let them provoke us! We will definitely win this competition!"
"That's right, let's avenge our previous shame!"
Others nodded.
This greatly boosted the morale of all five team members!
In a corner not far from the competition stage, Lin Chen and Old Wang sat together.
Although he was given the title of substitute, Lin Chen couldn't actually go on stage and could only sit with Old Wang, who served as an advisor.
Seeing the Americans' rudeness, Lin Chen suppressed his anger and asked, "Old Wang, can our people win this time?"
"I heard that Tsinghua and Peking Universities gave them a week of intensive training, but I don't know if it was effective."
Old Wang explained for a moment, then suddenly looked at Lin Chen and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Lin Chen. If this competition had been held a year later, I was confident that I would have let you participate."
"It's alright, Mr. Wang. This isn't your fault; I'm just a freshman."
Despite saying that, Lin Chen was also filled with regret.
I never imagined that even though I had all the cheat codes ready, I could only watch others perform from the sidelines.
Doesn't he have a chance to go up there and personally slap these Americans in the face?
Over there, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the competition officially began.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the competition format was changed, and this match became a single-elimination game.
The first team to pose the question was the United States.
In the eyes of many, if it were a one-game match to decide the winner, the Americans would likely send out their strongest players.
But what happened next surprised the audience.
Because the one who stepped up from the US team was none other than Adams, the youngest junior in college among them!
"Holy crap, they actually sent a junior?"
"How much does the US look down on us?"
"The opportunity has arrived! Taking him down gives us a chance to win the game!"
Go China team!
Just when most of the Chinese audience felt they had a chance, Adams wrote his title on the electronic board.
The moment the question was seen, the commentators in the live broadcast room couldn't help but start cursing.
"Americans are shameless!"
The live stream chat was filled with curses and insults.
"This is disgusting! How could they release something like this!"
"Are Americans crazy?"
"shameless!"
Many viewers watching the live stream were confused and didn't know what these people were angry about.
They didn't understand until the commentator explained it to them.
This question was posed by an American contestant named Adams.
It's Goldbach's Conjecture!
A world-class mathematical problem!
A problem that was born in 1742 and remains unsolved for three hundred years!