Chapter 561

"Ding-a-ling—"

The exam preparatory bell rings, and the math exam papers are distributed.

This year is an even year; according to metaphysical theory, the paper should be simpler, although this metaphysical statement hasn't been officially recognized at all.

When Jin Li passes the exam paper down, she is still thinking about the questions guessed at the hotel at noon; those questions involved trigonometric functions, sequences, and probability and statistics.

These three knowledge points are relatively common; even if they don't appear in the big questions, they will appear in the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions.

Additionally, the guessed questions also involved solid geometry, functions and derivatives, and analytic geometry.

Once these three appear in the big questions, they are relatively difficult.

Suddenly, a sound of gasping for air seems to faintly reach her ears.

Jin Li withdraws her thoughts and focuses her gaze on the exam paper.

Following exam habits, she flips the exam paper to the last page to see what knowledge points the big questions are testing, so she has a plan in mind.

Some eccentrics like to do the big questions they can grasp first, then time themselves to do the previous ordinary questions.

Jin Li has heard of it, but doesn't dare to play like that; like most people, she honestly just takes a look and flips to the front.

Only at this look, her eyes slightly tighten.

The knowledge points used in these questions are, if not exactly the same as the big questions she smashed at noon, at least 80% similar...

Jin Li is a bit ashamed.

Master, how much do you not trust your disciple, worrying that your disciple won't be able to get a good grade.

Master, you wouldn't have made a bet with some Heavenly Venerable in the Heavenly Realm, and couldn't help but open some cheats for your disciple?

But Jin Li thinks again, she is originally a koi fish constitution; perhaps when guessing the questions, Master relaxed the restrictions on her in the human world a little bit, so she guessed 80% correctly.

Because she went through the logic at noon, except for the last big question which was too difficult for her and she wasn't confident she could solve it, she was still a bit confident about the other big questions.

Even if the final answer is calculated wrong, the problem-solving logic should be no problem.

The answer only accounts for a small part of the score; as long as the problem-solving logic is correct, you can also win many points.

After reading the big questions, Jin Li flips through the previous exam paper again to look at the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions.

On the other side, in the same exam room, the candidates' expressions are all different.

After the teacher distributes the exam papers, he doesn't check the papers but stares at the candidates below the stage, his gaze sharp.

Individual candidates have calm expressions, extremely composed, as if the paper isn't difficult at all.

But most candidates' expressions change suddenly; just looking at the big questions, they actually have an expression of wanting to cry.

This gives the teacher a bottom line: this math paper is likely very difficult!

This makes the teacher look at that composed student again; coincidentally, he even recognizes this student, he is a member of the very popular March Sky group, seems to be called Gu Cheng?

The teacher thinks: As expected of a star, his expressions are not revealed.

Whoever sees him not only has to praise him for being talented but also has to praise him for being confident.

Gu Cheng indeed doesn't show his emotions.

He is actually very surprised inside, but quickly calms down.

Jin Li's luck has always been very good, otherwise she wouldn't have the title of "human koi fish."

Her lottery luck is so good, now that the koi fish constitution has moved to exam luck, it doesn't seem strange.

He suddenly thinks of something and smiles lightly.

It's just a pity that it's a bit difficult for her to surpass his grades in the single subject of math.

He was also present when guessing the questions and knows the knowledge points that will be tested by heart.

Now looking at these big questions, Gu Cheng is confident he can solve them all, including the last big question, he can solve it.

If only the big questions were difficult and the previous small questions were relatively simple, he might have handed in the paper early.

Thinking this way, Gu Cheng flips the exam paper to the front.

Other candidates see the questions and will subconsciously enter the problem-solving state, unconsciously doing mental math.

Gu Cheng is also like this, but his mental math speed is faster than others, and as long as he has the problem-solving logic, he will skip it, not necessarily requiring the answer to be calculated.

So his speed of scanning questions is very fast.

Before long, he has scanned all the previous small questions and has an estimate of the difficulty of this exam.

Not only are the big questions very difficult, but even many of the small questions that appear in the front have many traps.

It looks like it's testing this knowledge point, but in reality, it's another one.

If the candidate's understanding of the meaning of various formulas isn't clear enough, they will calculate an answer that is wide of the mark.

This math paper, I'm afraid many people will cry after coming out.

"Ding-a-ling—"

The real exam bell rings, candidates pick up their pens to write down the answers, entering the problem-solving state.

……

Reporters wait outside, watching time go from 3:00 to 4:00, and slowly from 4:00 to 4:30.

At this time point, reporters begin to enter a combat state.

The next half hour is the peak period for students to hand in papers early.

Every school's educational philosophy for different students is different.

For students with average or very poor grades, the teacher's requirement is to let them stay in the exam room until the last moment, even if they don't know how to do the questions, they must write a solution, trying to find a way to write down the formulas they can think of.

As long as one formula is guessed correctly, they will get some points.

The teacher says: "In an important occasion like the college entrance exam, the grading teacher will actually try every means to add points for you, rather than trying every means to deduct your points."

Regardless of whether the students believe it or not, at least the teacher's confident appearance makes it look like the teacher believes it himself.

And for students with excellent grades, the teacher's requirement for them is not to be careless, to check carefully, and they won't require them to stay until the last moment.

Math is a very fair subject, one is one, two is two.

The path to the answer may have many, but there is only one correct answer forever.

For these top students, if they know it, they know it; they have all done it, and can't check any problems, then staying in the exam room is just boring and dazed, increasing nervousness in vain.

These students want to hand in their papers early and leave, please feel free.

Reporters wait from sunrise to sunset, watching time pass bit by bit, but not a single candidate comes out of the exam room, and their expressions begin to become serious.

"Is it a bit wrong? In the exam rooms I've followed before, there were students who would hand in papers early in the last half hour, but this exam only has fifteen minutes left to end, and still not a single candidate has come out."

A reporter asks.

Another reporter thinks about it and also says: "I also feel it's a bit wrong, is the difficulty of this math paper too great, even those top students feel it's a bit difficult?"

Other reporters hear it and say: "Not necessarily, maybe there is difficulty, but top students can do it; the reason they don't hand in papers early is just checking carefully."

Compared to the reporters' sharpness, parents are still cooling off under the shade of trees; they are still chatting about the difficulty of the Chinese exam paper, occasionally chatting about the difficulty of the math paper by the way.

"Chinese is so simple, math is likely to be difficult!"

"It's possible that Chinese, math, and English are all simple, but the comprehensive subjects are very difficult."

"I hope this year's exams are all a bit simpler, so my child's score will be a bit higher."

"If your child's grades are good, then it's better to hope for it to be more difficult; difficulty can raise the score, if the questions are all very simple, everyone's scores are about the same, so it won't widen the gap!"

During the parents' chat.

"Ding-a-ling—"

The exam bell rings, the teacher collects the papers.

About four or five minutes later, students walk out of the exam room one after another.

These students who come out first all have expressions of being lifeless, which shocks the reporters.

The reporter picks up the microphone and rushes into these candidates, looking for interviewees.

First of all, those students who are clearly about to cry cannot be interviewed; even if they go to interview, they will be rejected.

The reporter looks for a while and finally finds a candidate whose expression looks okay, successfully getting others' consent to conduct an interview.

The reporter started a live stream this time, letting netizens run on the front line with her.

Reporter: "Do you think this math paper is difficult?"

Student: "Quite difficult, the comprehensive ability involved in the following big questions is relatively high, many people should not be able to solve them."

Reporter: "I see other candidates who came out are like mourning, only you have a relaxed expression, are you confident you can get a high score?"

Student: "Eh, eh? Is that how you see me?"

The student waves his hands repeatedly and says to the camera: "No, I'm not a top student, my math is very poor, because the paper is too difficult, so I gave up struggling and decided to repeat a year this year, fighting again next year."

【Good guy, it turns out he has already decided to repeat a year, then the subsequent exam mentality should be very relaxed】

【hhh I like watching this reporter, she can always unexpectedly find many interesting people!】

【Students from Huanggang express dissatisfaction, when will the papers be released, let Huanggang see how difficult it is】

The reporter sees the surrounding candidates, turns off the live stream first, and then lets the camera scan the surroundings, especially those sobbing candidates.

The reporter says to the cameraman: "After filming this material, we will process it urgently, mosaic all those candidates, and let netizens know that this year's math is especially difficult."

The cameraman gives an "OK".

The cameraman scans randomly and suddenly films two candidates wearing masks and hats getting into a car that looks very imposing.

The cameraman didn't notice, but when processing the mosaic later, he discovered something.

"Look at these two people, do you feel something is wrong? Are their professions relatively special? They don't look like students."

The reporter looks at the two people repeatedly for a long time and says uncertainly: "The temperament is a bit like stars, are they stars?"

The reason she feels they are stars is that she worked as a gossip reporter for a period of time when she first entered the industry, often following behind stars to film.

Later, she felt that running entertainment news was too bitter and tiring, so she decided to turn to social news.

And compared to reporting on stars' private lives, she prefers reporting on livelihood issues.

The cameraman has a flash of inspiration and says: "Jin Li! The star who also has to take the college entrance exam recently is Jin Li, she is very famous, I sometimes go to the Cat Claw live stream room to watch her live stream!"

Reporter: "Jin Li... looks a bit like it, but isn't there another person? If this person is Jin Li, then who is the boy in the same outfit next to her?"

Cameraman: "Assistant, boyfriend, exam companion, manager, bodyguard?"

He asks: "Should we put this picture into the video material?"

The reporter thinks about it and says: "Put it in, it's just a glance, we won't introduce it, netizens won't discover anything. And they covered themselves so tightly, even the mosaic is saved."

Cameraman: "Fine."

That night, as candidates from all over returned home, the tag #ThisYearCollegeEntranceExamMathIsSuperDifficult# also rushed to the hot search.

【Explosive crying, National Paper 1 is so difficult!!!】

【Explosive crying, National Paper 2 is also so difficult!!!】

【Explosive crying, this year's even-year reverse operation, math paper is explosively difficult! I thought last year's math was already very difficult, didn't expect this year to increase the intensity!】

【A college entrance exam candidate lives next door to me, when she came back, I saw her sitting on the balcony with red eyes】

【After my brother came back, he said on the dinner table that the paper was very difficult, our whole family's mood was very heavy, he also said he might have to repeat】

【Difficulty is difficult for everyone, the score line will also be lowered, no need to be so pessimistic】

【You don't understand, this paper only has top students and poor students, no middle students, either simple questions or difficult questions, brushing off all the middle questions, a large batch of middle students are going to become poor students!】

【Mood is heavy, wait for the score line to be released】

【Last year's math was quite difficult, didn't expect this year's math to be so difficult, the question-setting group didn't play by the rules at all, my child cried as soon as he came out of the exam room, kept saying he might have to repeat, I don't even know how to comfort him!!】

……

Sui Lingfang has been paying attention to the college entrance exam, saw this hot search, and her heart skipped a beat.

She wanted to call Jin Li to ask about the situation, but didn't want to add pressure to her; Jin Li doesn't know how the situation is, but she herself is anxious and spinning around.

Zou Da is in the office, seeing her walking around anxiously, simply says: "You might as well disconnect from the internet and not look!"

"I don't know if Jin Li did well, but she is definitely not as anxious as you."

Sui Lingfang takes a deep breath, gritting her teeth and saying: "I'll disconnect!"

She simply puts her energy into Qi Guan Mingzhu and Xi Sister Meng Ze, checking their announcements and planning group activities for them.

These two people can still combine to run announcements, but Jin Li can't, because Jin Li's body can't keep up.

Plus Jin Li's career planning has fully turned to acting, this year besides filming "Leisurely Slow Life," other variety shows aren't accepted, so Pearl and Meng Meng combining is the best choice.

On the other side, here at Jin Li's.

Gu Cheng lives across from her, Gu Cheng just moved over at night, saying it's convenient to communicate if anything happens, and they can go through the logic together, so Jin Li agreed.

Gu Cheng leaves the room door open, Jin Li comes out to get food, and as soon as she opens the door, she sees Gu Cheng on the phone.

His volume isn't deliberately lowered, sitting on the chair and lazily spinning a pen.

Gu Cheng looks up, sees Jin Li, and smiles, waving at her.

Jin Li is curious, walks over and listens for a while; it's his manager Zhang Guang calling, asking about the math paper.