Chapter 206 - The One and Only Ye Jian (2/2)

The first to be eliminated was the United Kingdom, then South Korea. Finally, it came down to Chinese students against American students on the compet.i.tion stage.

The situation reached an unprecedented tension that the live reporters put on their serious expressions as an ice-frozen atmosphere filled the whole room.

“Unfortunately, the Australian students were eliminated despite their best efforts. But we are all proud of them because honestly, more than 90 percent of the people in the nation were unable to get the correct answer. As of now, we’ve only received four correct answers from the adult population.”

Even though students from her own country were eliminated, the serious and humorous reporter was still proud of their performance in the compet.i.tion.

Under the stage, the teachers were all serious and tense. Watching the Chinese and American students competing for victory, they held their breaths and antic.i.p.ated the final result.

As the students conducted theory and mental arithmetic simultaneously, the adults in the broadcast room could feel the compet.i.tion getting fired up despite their little understanding of the problem.

Unyielding, the students calculated the problems like a computer and answered the question with exceptional logic. Such unhurried confidence pushed the event to a climax.

Director Li sat on the bench with his arms crossed in front. Despite how calm he looked on the outside, he was clenching his sweaty fists tightly underneath.

China started competing in the Olympiad rather late, in 1985. Team compet.i.tions had always been China’s strength, therefore, the students were determined to take home the gold medals this time.

After eliminating all the other countries except one last strong opponent, Director Li watched without blinking his eyes, afraid to miss any detail.

When the five-hour time limit was up, the American students regretfully shrugged their shoulders. Overall, the China team won three gold medals from this compet.i.tion as opposed to the two won by the America team.