Chapter 32: Humiliating oneself (Please collect! Please recommend!)
In a classroom at ETH Zurich, the physics competition between Li Qiwei and Federico officially began.
The two of them sat on opposite sides of the classroom, answering questions alone. Others stood around and spoke carefully, for fear of disturbing the two of them.
Grossman asked Einstein in a low voice: "Your friend, Bruce, is it really okay?"
"Even I am not completely sure about these questions, especially the last question. , it is impossible for people who have not read the paper to know.”
Einstein forced himself to hold back his laughter. He did not want to reveal Li Qiwei's identity yet. "Don't worry, if it's a math test, I can't guarantee it."
"But since it's a physics test, Bruce Sure, he is the most talented physicist I have ever seen."
Grossman was surprised: "Isn't he an undergraduate? Why don't you tell me Bruce? Already a professor?”
Einstein smiled: “He is not a professor, he is an undergraduate at Cambridge University. As for why I call him a scholar, you will understand after the game.”
Grossman suddenly became curious. He knew that his good friend Einstein must have enough confidence.
Therefore, he became more curious about Li Qiwei. It would not be ordinary people who could make Einstein think so highly of him.
While the two of them were whispering and worried about Li Qiwei, he looked calm on the court and solved the problem calmly.
On the contrary, Federico frowned slightly, stopped writing for a while, and sometimes held his head in his hands, as if he was in a tangle.
He secretly looked at Li Qiwei and found that he was not nervous at all, and there was even a smile on his lips.
I suddenly felt a little bad. Are these questions very simple?
Absolutely impossible, Federico did it so hard, there is no way anyone can do it effortlessly.
So, he stopped paying attention to Li Qiwei and continued to calculate formulas on the manuscript paper.
The onlookers nearby also saw some clues.
"Hey, look, it seems that the Easterner can do the questions faster. God, is he smarter than Federico?"
"That's not necessarily true, maybe. He is bluffing, or using magic. It is said that mysterious Easterners use black magic."
"Nonsense, I think Federico has kicked the bucket. He might be a stronger genius, just to give the little bully a little pain."
"I know the last question, it is said to be a The genius named Bruce Lee published a paper, and the other person seems to be a student.”
“Yeah, I can’t imagine that there is such a genius in the world. If I can meet him, it will not be in vain for me to major in physics. "It's so difficult."
"Sunshine Beach, watching them answer the questions actually made me feel excited." After the person said this, everyone moved away.
At this time, an hour and a half has passed. The number of people in the classroom has increased instead of decreasing, and more teachers and students have been attracted.
There was even a trace of sweat on Federico's forehead. It was obvious that these three questions put a lot of pressure on him.
He has only roughly solved the first question and partially solved the second question. As for the third question, although he has also read the paper, the mathematical techniques in it are a bit complicated. If he had deduced it on the spot, he would Too weak to do anything.
But even so, he answered less than half of the third question, at least he would not get zero points.
Although there is no time limit in the competition, if you can’t answer the question, you won’t know it. No matter how much time you have, it’s useless.
Federico guessed that he had almost reached his limit.
At the same time, he also understood that the physics he usually learned was so simple because the professors did not try their best.
At this moment, he even felt scared. Was he going to lose?
So, he looked at Li Qiwei again to observe his progress.
This was so incredible that it almost scared the soul out of Federico.
At this time, Li Qiwei was not answering the questions. Instead, he was closing his eyes and concentrating. The answer sheets were neatly placed on the table.
What's the situation? Has he already figured it out and is waiting for him?
Federico's rhythm was all messed up, his mouth was dry, and his hands even started to tremble.
Even everyone was shocked by Li Qiwei's actions. "Oh, my God, what is that Orientalist doing? Has he already solved all the questions?"
"Oh my God, this is so domineering. He has answered the questions in advance. Just go to bed and wait for Federico, you are not paying attention to him at all.”
"Really or not, in less than two hours, you can answer three such difficult physics questions correctly?"
"Could he just give up because there are questions that he can't do? Maybe he thinks Federico won’t do it either?”
“Just wait, Federico should be finished soon, and we’ll see the result by then.”
“Sunshine. Beach, I'm almost ready." Everyone moved further away.
At this time, Grossman was also shocked by Li Qiwei's actions, "Einstein, is Bruce usually like this, so eclectic?"
He didn't know what words to use to describe Li Qiwei, but he just felt that he was too crazy.
Einstein smiled and said: "Maybe this is the etiquette or wisdom of the Eastern people. At least Bruce never takes the initiative to use words to ridicule others, right?"
"And, these three things The question is indeed too simple for him."
Grossman was stunned for a moment, "Ah, what do you mean, too simple? Einstein, who is your friend?"< br>
Einstein smiled and said nothing.
Two hours passed quickly, and Federico finally chose not to struggle anymore. He wanted to "hand in the paper."
He didn't believe it. The other party could really answer all three questions correctly.
You may not necessarily lose.
The two are tit for tat! They looked at each other with a hint of fighting intent in their eyes.
At this time, some busybodies had already gone to find Professor Stern and asked him to evaluate the results of both parties.
Ten minutes later, Stern walked over with a smile. "Sure enough, you are both physics geniuses. You two took much less time than I thought."
A student onlookers said: "No, Professor Stern, that Orientalist finished it half an hour ago." , been waiting for Federico."
"Oh?" Stern felt a little surprised and turned to look at Li Qiwei, "My estimate was at least three hours. I didn't expect you to be so fast? ”
However, he was more familiar with Federico, so he decided to see his answer first.
After watching carefully for five minutes, while Federico was waiting anxiously, Stern gave the result, "Federico, the first question is completely correct, the second question is 80% correct, and the third question is 80% correct." 30% of the questions were answered correctly.”
After everyone heard the answer, they were obviously very shocked. For such a difficult question, Federico had answered more than two questions correctly. His strength was terrifying!
Then, Stern looked at Li Qiwei's paper again and said while reading: "This Dongfang student got the first question completely correct, the second question completely correct, and the third question, eh? What's going on? ?”
The onlookers were puzzled. The Oriental actually got two questions right. As long as the last question was answered 10% correctly, it would be considered a tie. Is there something wrong?
"Professor Stern, what's going on? What happened to the last question?" someone asked.
Stern looked strange, scratched his head, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Student Dongfang, what does your answer to the third question mean?"
With that said, he showed Li Qiwei's answer to everyone.
At this time, everyone, including Grossman and Einstein, and even Federico came to watch, trying to figure out what was going on.
On the answer to the third question, Li Qiwei only wrote three Chinese characters: "Li Qiwei".
"What is this? Some kind of picture? Or some kind of logo?"
"Could it be that you can't make it, so you can just doodle?" someone questioned.
Federico even laughed out loud, "Stupid Eastern boy, is this your trick? I was almost fooled by you."
Seeing this, Stern asked again: "This Classmate, what do these three patterns mean?”
Li Qiwei replied lightly: “My name!”
(End of this chapter)