Chapter 15: Clowns?

After thinking for a moment, Wei Qian turned and asked:

"Junior Su, what do you think of Jianghai Jiaotong University?"

"It's not bad, the environment is very good."

"Then why did you just say you didn't want to come to Jianghai Jiaotong University, but wanted to go to Jing University instead? Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but you were speaking quite loudly, and I heard it unintentionally."

Su Xin said calmly: "It's nothing, it's just because the public library in Tianjing has the largest collection of books in the country, and it has far more than other cities. I think it's more convenient to read books there."

Wei Qian blinked her eyes.

She had originally thought Su Xin would list various advantages of Jing University, or perhaps reasons like a childhood longing for Jing University, but she never expected the other party to give such an unexpected answer.

Because the Tianjing City Library has many books, he wants to study at a top university in Tianjing City?

This reason, it seems, has no flaws.

After a moment of being stunned, Wei Qian chuckled: "Junior Su, it's a good thing to have such an ambition, but Jing University and Jianghai Jiaotong University are both top-five universities in the country. Even if you are a programming genius, unless you win the championship of the competition, you won't have the chance to choose as you please."

"And wanting to win the championship is not as easy as you think, because there is a famous genius among the contestants this year named Xie Wenbin. Last year, when he was only sixteen, he won the Programming Competition championship with an absolute advantage."

"After a year of growth, last year's defending champion must have become even stronger. If you want to win the championship, you have to find a way to surpass him, but that is basically impossible, so I advise you not to be too confident."

As she spoke, Wei Qian shook her head.

In her view, Su Xin might be relying on having some talent in programming, thinking he had a chance to win the championship in this Programming Competition, which was why he said those arrogant words.

After all, the champion of the Programming Competition is indeed qualified to choose freely among the five top universities.

However, she had been following the Programming Competition closely and knew very well what kind of monstrous genius the defending champion Xie Wenbin was.

For the unknown Su Xin, wanting to win the championship in front of Xie Wenbin was not that easy.

As for getting into Jing University through the college entrance exam, that possibility was subconsciously ignored by her.

After all, a person's time and energy are limited.

Since Su Xin had the ability to participate in the Programming Competition, he must have spent a lot of time studying and researching software programming, so his grades in formal academic subjects couldn't be that good.

A programming genius is often unlikely to also be a genius in formal academic subjects, just like that monstrous software genius Xie Wenbin.

"Many thanks for the reminder, Senior."

Su Xin responded casually, then pointed to the gymnasium not far away and asked:

"This should be the venue for the main competition, right?"

Seeing his indifferent reaction, Wei Qian only felt that her words were like playing the lute to a cow; they didn't make Su Xin feel the slightest bit of nervousness or worry.

The idea of discouraging the other party had failed.

This left Wei Qian with a stifled feeling in her chest, and she couldn't help but feel even more annoyed. She had no choice but to nod, then watched as Su Xin and his companion walked into the gymnasium.

After verifying his identity, Su Xin walked into the competition area, and Zhang Chunhua walked into the family seating area as a family member.

The Hidden Dragon Programming Competition for high school students is a national-level event with high professionalism. Both the main competition and the finals have high popularity. Although the competition had not officially started yet, dozens of media outlets already had their cameras aimed at the competition area, and some reporters were interviewing certain contestants.

Next to the media area was the family seating area.

Further out were the spectator seats.

After Su Xin walked into the competition venue, he was led by staff to his designated competition position.

At this moment, a surprised shout came from the direction of the spectator seats: "Su Xin!"

Hearing this, Su Xin turned his head to look.

He saw his good friend Li Tongtian sitting in the front row of the spectator seats, waving his arms vigorously to greet him.

Su Xin said something to the staff and walked towards the direction closer to Li Tongtian, saying with a smile:

"You said you'd wait for me in the finals, so you meant waiting in the spectator seats, right?"

"Hehe! Just tell me whether I waited for you or not!"

"Haha! If you say you waited, then you waited."

"Su Xin, go for it! You must win the championship!"

"That goes without saying. I heard that after the finals end, the million-dollar prize money can be credited on the same day. I'll treat you to a big meal tonight."

While the two were talking.

A female reporter who was conducting a random live stream interview nearby walked over, preparing to interview Su Xin. After hearing these confident words from Su Xin, she immediately realized that this student might have significant topic potential, so she hurriedly brought her microphone to Su Xin.

"Hello, student. I am Tian Yuting, a reporter for Wanyue Entertainment, and I am currently conducting a live stream. Can I interview you for a few moments?"

Hearing this, Su Xin, who was about to turn and leave, stopped and smiled: "Sure."

"May I ask what your name is?"

"Su Xin."

"How long have you been studying programming?"

"About a month or so."

Tian Yuting's expression stiffened; she felt the topic was becoming difficult to continue.

Everyone who came here to participate in the Qianlong Cup Programming Competition was a genius among geniuses; even compared to mature software engineers at large companies, they were basically not far behind the average level.

Yet this handsome high school student in front of her was lying and saying he had only studied for a little over a month?

However, she immediately realized that the more a contestant liked to lie and brag, the more topic potential they had, and topic potential could bring traffic.

Sure enough, she saw the bullet comments becoming much denser than before. Many people watching the live stream were saying Su Xin was bragging, and some were even leaving mocking comments.

"Ugly people make trouble; the more someone likes to show off like this, the less ability they have."

"People nowadays really say anything brainless just to get famous."

"With Xie Wenbin around, this competition has no suspense. Just wait to see this kid get slapped in the face later."

"Hehe, I reckon that with this kid's thick skin, even if he gets eliminated in the main competition, he'll probably continue to brag without blushing or panting."

Seeing the dense bullet comments on her phone screen, Tian Yuting decided to strike while the iron was hot and continued to ask:

"Just now as I was walking over, I happened to hear your conversation with your friend. You seem to have a lot of confidence in this competition?"

"Yes." Su Xin nodded.

"Then are you confident about winning the championship? Or do you feel you can earn a decent ranking?"

"The championship, of course."

"Do you know that the defending champion from the previous session, Xie Wenbin, is also participating in this year's tournament?"

"I just heard someone mention it."

"Then do you think you are stronger than him?"

"Yes."

Listening to the two of them asking and answering in all seriousness, the barrage of comments became increasingly dense, especially when they saw Su Xin saying with a serious face that he was stronger than Xie Wenbin; the screen was filled with mockery.

Seeing this, Tian Yuting couldn't help but beam with joy, and she spoke again:

"Before the official competition begins, is there anything you would like to say to the friends in front of the camera?"

Su Xin looked at the camera and said earnestly:

"Everyone, please remember, my name is Su Xin. This afternoon, I will become the champion of the 2023 Qianlong Cup National High School Student Competition. At that time, if anyone is interested in the software I demonstrate during the finals, starting tomorrow, you can go to major application markets to download and try it out. I believe it will satisfy everyone."