My "academic genius" persona is so convincing!

Chapter 40 A competition based purely on talent!

Therefore, Xue Lin didn't think much of it.

As for whether Chen Hui could do it, he didn't ask too many questions.

Just go back and wait for news.

After a meal.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

Chen Hui paid for the meal.

It's probably around four hundred yuan.

Xue Lin naturally enjoyed the meal very much.

After the meal, Chen Hui asked, "Are you going back to school? I drove here, I can give you a ride."

"That works too," Xue Lin nodded.

"Get in the car." Chen Hui opened the car door.

Xue Lin sat down.

Chen Hui then closed the car door and walked to the driver's seat.

Xue Lin felt somewhat valued, but also a little embarrassed.

After all, the architecture department at Nanjing University was only one of his options.

However, Chen Hui was indeed eager to find talented people.

Moreover, he had heard that Chen Hui had indeed been recruiting staff and even contacted many industry leaders to join Jinling University.

Such opportunities are rare and hard to come by.

Of course, we still need to investigate further before making a decision.

It's impossible to just go whenever you want.

Moreover, although Jinling University is a top university in China, it is not quite at the top level, and it doesn't even reach the top 3.

Look again.

Along the way, Chen Hui told him about some things related to the development of academic disciplines.

Developing academic disciplines is easier said than done.

"I also need to apply for some national-level key research projects. I was busy until 3 a.m. yesterday before I went to sleep. I got up early this morning and after arranging some work at the school, I rushed over. There is also an academic seminar this afternoon."

Chen Hui also expressed his helplessness.

"I was trained by Jinling University and graduated from its architecture department. I cannot let Jinling University fall to the second tier under my leadership."

"That would make him a sinner for all time."

Xue Lin listened from the side without interrupting.

He can't help much right now, maybe he can in the future, but right now he feels it's more important to enjoy his senior year of high school.

As for the subject rating, there's still a year to go.

In a year, once he gets to university, there will be so many things he can do.

There's no point in thinking about it now.

Of course, Chen Hui was just venting.

He still has to do what needs to be done.

When Xue Lin returned to school, it was already afternoon.

He also took leave; this class was English.

He figured it would be the same to go back to class after class.

Remembering that Hu Na had said the vice principal wanted to see him, he simply went there anyway.

I knocked on the door, and the door to the vice principal's office opened.

It must have been the vice principal getting water, and he just did it on a whim.

There are three vice principals in the school. Although Hu Na only mentioned the vice principals to him, Xue Lin still knew which one they were.

Fang Yan, this is the all-powerful noblewoman the math teacher was talking about.

She looked to be in her thirties, very beautiful and capable, the kind of strong woman you'd expect.

She and her mother are best friends, and Xue Lin has even visited her home a few times.

"Aunt Fang."

Xue Lin greeted him.

"Xiao Lin, come in quickly," Fang Yan said with a smile.

Xue Lin naturally walked in as well.

Fang Yan closed the door behind her.

Then he looked at Xue Lin with a satisfied expression.

"I heard you got second place in the whole province?"

"Just lucky." Xue Lin scratched his head.

"Yeah, you've really made Aunt Fang proud. Before, they said that putting you in the honors class was a waste of resources. Now, they're all shut up, aren't they?" Fang Yan said smugly.

Perhaps no one dares to say it to Fang Yan's face.

However, there are many people who share the same thoughts as the math teacher.

Xue Lin has now silenced these people with his achievements.

Without such achievements, the rumors would likely still affect Principal Fang.

But Principal Fang probably doesn't care at all.

After all, as the principal, she has been running the school for so long, she is fully qualified to do this kind of thing.

"Please sit down. I've called you here today for two things."

Fang Yan spoke up, and Xue Lin also looked at Principal Fang.

"The first thing I want to do is reward you for getting first place in the whole school and second place in the whole province. Although you didn't get first place, it's still pretty good. Try your best to get first place in the college entrance examination."

Fang Yan smiled.

In fact, he had also suspected that Xue Lin might have cheated.

But after extensive investigation and confirmation from those teachers, he dispelled his doubts.

After all, it's highly unlikely that one could cheat in such a large-scale joint examination.

The strictness of invigilation for this type of exam is probably second only to the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE).

In addition, there are the teachers' evaluations of Xue Lin.

It was very clear that the teachers held Xue Lin in extremely high regard.

Moreover, Xue Lin's performance has been particularly outstanding recently, and many teachers have praised her highly.

"The school plans to give you a one-time reward of 50,000 yuan."

Is there such a good thing?

Xue Lin readily agreed.

"Okay, what's the second thing?"

"The second thing is the competition. There aren't any outstanding people in our second year of high school, so we can only look for people from the third year."

"I saw that you got a perfect score in math. If you train intensively for half a month, I wonder if you could achieve good results in the competition?"

Not many people in the second year of high school can participate in competitions, especially math competitions.

That depends entirely on talent.

"What kind of competition? We have Chen Bo and his team here too, don't we?"

"As for provincial-level math competitions, Chen Bo isn't particularly interested in them. As for the students in the advanced class, while they're also an option, I think you'll be able to handle things independently after intensive training."

Xue Lin nodded slightly. If the math competition was at the provincial level, then it could be quite interesting.

After all, this could be included in his resume, and he also found it quite amusing.

The difficulty of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) mathematics and the mathematics competition are different, but they are roughly the same.

If it's only for half a month, then he's not afraid of anything.

"Okay, I agree."

Competitions were also a part of enriching his senior year of high school.

Therefore, he would not refuse.

Of course, most importantly, it repaid Principal Fang a favor.

After all, Principal Fang transferred him to the honors class. Although it was just a small favor from Principal Fang, he couldn't forget it.

"Okay, here's 50,000 yuan."

Principal Fang handed over a bank card directly.

"This is linked to your ID card, and the password is the last six digits. You can use it directly."

Xue Lin naturally expressed his gratitude.

He left the principal's office soon.

He was holding a bank card in his hand.

"Forget it, I'm not going back to class."

Xue Lin thought for a moment, then walked out. "I'll wait until get out of class is over, then call Chu Ming and we'll go shopping!"

Of course, while shopping at a mall involves spending money, it's definitely not for buying things for yourself.

I'm planning to buy some for my mom.