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Join the Server“Alright, alright, everyone quiet down. I haven’t finished speaking yet, or perhaps one of you would like to take over!”
“Don’t be angry, Old Classmate,” a student chimed in, using the affectionate nickname. “We’re just really excited about the National Math Competition. We’re all wondering if our No. 1 High School can secure a recommendation spot this time.”
“I doubt it!” another voice cut in. “After all, it’s a national competition, and our U City’s average scores are already quite a bit lower than other cities. It’ll probably be tough to get a good ranking.”
“Hey, hey, it hasn’t even started yet! Why are you boosting others’ morale and crushing our own? That’s such a blow to our fighting spirit!”
“Exactly! When facing difficulties, we shouldn’t be afraid. We need to be brave and…”
“Ollie G!”
Even when the bald homeroom teacher spoke again, the students below him showed no fear. Instead, they responded with mischievous chuckles, leaving the teacher helpless against this group of students more mischievous than monkeys.
Nevertheless, the essential information had to be conveyed clearly to avoid any misunderstandings.
Otherwise, trouble would surely ensue!
“Stop messing around with me. This National Math Competition is highly valued by the city! If our No. 1 High School can achieve a good ranking, it will be an excellent opportunity for the school to gain recognition. So, the principal has decided… all students who place in this competition will receive prize money ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 yuan, depending on their rank!”
“Wow, the principal is so generous! Up to 100,000 yuan in prize money! Oh, right, Teacher, are the prizes for the team and individual competitions the same?”
“Excellent question! The team and individual competitions are calculated separately. For example, if five students from No. 1 High School win first place in the team competition, the school will directly award 100,000 yuan. Additionally, students who achieve good results in the individual competition will receive up to 100,000 yuan, depending on their rank.”
Upon hearing about the additional prize money from the school, the students in the class erupted once more!
This time, it was truly a grand gesture!
It wasn’t a total of 100,000 yuan…
This also meant that if one person secured first place in both the team and individual competitions, they could receive 20,000 yuan from the team prize (averaged) and another 100,000 yuan from the individual prize, totaling a whopping 120,000 yuan.
And that didn’t even include the competition’s own prize money…
Damn, this was insane!
It was just a math competition. Why were they offering so much money? Was the bureau simply burning through cash?
Or perhaps the students had bought too many practice papers, generating extra revenue for the bureau, and now they were thinking of ‘taking from the people, using for the people’ by holding an event to give back a little?
However, the students didn’t find the school’s sudden generosity abnormal.
After all, the Jia Shaobao Herbal Tea, which sponsored yesterday’s Campus Belle Pageant, had paid a substantial advertising fee…
“Old Classmate, I want to participate in the competition!!! I’m drooling over all that prize money!”
“I’m tempted too; I’m signing up.”
“You two should just go to bed,” someone retorted. “Didn’t you notice that even the top students in our class haven’t spoken yet? If even they’re unsure, it shows how difficult this competition must be!”
“That’s right! If you win an award in the competition, that’s one thing, since you’ll earn a lot of prize money. But if you go and gain nothing, not only will you be upset, but you’ll also lose a lot of study time… Don’t forget, we have the college entrance exam in just three months!”
“You mentioning the college entrance exam just made me remember…”
However, after the initial excitement subsided, the students in the class immediately began to ponder the situation carefully.
While, purely from the perspective of prize money, it seemed like a massive profit.
If they participated but failed to achieve any results, it would truly be a fruitless endeavor.
Moreover, the difficulty of this competition was undoubtedly immense. Otherwise, the organizers and the school would not offer such generous prize money, along with the recommendation spots to Li University!
It was all a strategy!
Now, it was up to the students… whether they desired an illusory dream or preferred to remain grounded.
If they risked it, they might not place. If they didn’t, they could definitely focus on reviewing for the college entrance exam.
No wonder the school was offering so much prize money; they had likely considered this very point.
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