Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 245: Chapter 187: You expect me to work for free??_2

The next to release public news was Zhengyang Municipal Education Bureau.

In terms of producing the top scorer in the province for the College Entrance Examination, Zhengyang has been in competition with Jiangzhou for a long time. Jiangzhou, as the capital city of Nanjiang Province, has relatively abundant educational resources and has been particularly advantageous in this competition. For the past two years, the top scorers of the provincial College Entrance Examination in Nanjiang have all come from Jiangzhou’s schools.

Now that the top scorer has returned to Zhengyang, the Zhengyang Municipal Education Bureau naturally wants to publicize this for a bit.

Next is Zhengyang No.13 Middle School.

Zhengyang No.13 Middle School verified online that Zhao Yi was the top scorer of the College Entrance Examination. The principal, Wang Chengmin, was ready for this. He immediately hung several large celebratory banners at the school gate and the most prominent wall.

When people passed by Zhengyang No.13 Middle School, regardless of whether they came from the east, south, west, or north, they could all see a shocking slogan--

Celebrate heartily our school’s student Zhao Yi with a score of 752, bravely grabbing the top spot in the science section of the Nanjiang Province College Entrance Examination!

"752 points?"

"Didn’t the College Entrance Exam only have a total possible score of 750 points?" ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"It must be fake!"

Many people thought the slogan was fake until they found out that Zhao Yi had an extra twenty points added to his score.

Wang Chengmin, of course, would not spell out the details; firstly, too many words would be a hassle for the banner, and secondly, 752 points were more shocking.

His goal was just this.

The information released by the Zhengyang Municipal Education Bureau was more detailed and was a graphic-style joyous report which stated, ’Zhengyang No.13 Middle School’s Zhao Yi scored 752 points (Chinese 135, Mathematics 149, English 149, Comprehensive Science 299, plus an extra 20 points from the Provincial First Prize of the Mathematical Olympiad) and won both the examination score and total score contest in the science section of the Nanjiang Province College Entrance Examination! This score was the highest ever since the College Entrance Examination was resumed in Nanjiang Province!’.

The internet was boiling over.

Zhao Yi’s high score sparked heated discussion on the internet. The previous public opinion was completely suppressed, and all that was left were exclamations of surprise and disbelief--

"752? That’s higher than the total possible score?"

"The extra twenty-point bonus is for winning first place in the Mathematical Olympiad competition, and Zhao Yi’s Mathematical Olympiad score was perfect!"

"This is too incredible!"

"A real top student! A real academic deity! Don’t forget the news from before, Zhao Yi handed in his tests for mathematics, comprehensive science, and English within only an hour each!"

"So Zhao Yi had a reason to turn in his papers early. He had finished all the problems and got them all right. What else was he supposed to do in the examination room?"

"And to think people were saying Zhao Yi was disrespecting the College Entrance Examination! Even if he truly was, he certainly had the capability to back it up!"

"Students from other provinces might not know, but this year’s College Entrance Examination in Nanjiang Province was terrifyingly difficult. Our top student from Jiangzhou No.1 High School, who usually ranks within the top three in the province, said he might not score over seven hundred points!"

"Zhao Yi’s score is of the highest quality!"

Soon.

As the Nanjiang Provincial Department of Education released more detailed news, more people learned about the superb quality of Zhao Yi’s score.

Among the College Entrance Examination scores in Nanjiang Province, only one person scored above 700 points, which was Zhao Yi. Only 29 people scored above 650 points.

The score for first-tier universities was 507 points, and for second-tier universities it was 439 points.

According to this data, scoring around six hundred points already surpassed the vast majority of students.

The media also made various shocking reports based on the College Entrance Examination data released by Nanjiang Province and Zhao Yi’s score. The data from some provinces had not even been released yet, but the media couldn’t wait to put the title of ’National College Entrance Examination Top Scorer’ directly onto Zhao Yi.

"752 points, undoubtedly the top scorer of the College Entrance Examination, the national top scorer!"

"This is an unbeatable high score!"

"This top scorer who went beyond the total possible score finished math, English, and comprehensive science —— in about just one hour each."

"The College Entrance Examination had no difficulty for him at all!"

"By just looking at Zhao Yi’s score, you can tell why all domestic universities want to specially enroll him..."

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During the heated discussion about Zhao Yi’s scores, discussions about previous reports also emerged.

Before the College Entrance Examination results were announced, many media figures claimed that Zhao Yi was ’disrespecting the College Entrance Examination’ and also questioned Yanhua University School of Life Sciences’ preferential enrollment of Zhao Yi.

Now, Zhao Yi scored 752 points and unquestionably won the title of the provincial top scorer in the College Entrance Examination. No one was talking about ’disrespect for the College Entrance Examination’ anymore. Zhao Yi’s early submission of papers had become a sign of ’capability,’ as he almost scored a perfect score, naturally, he could turn in his papers early.

Those who participated in the discussion about Zhao Yi’s College Entrance Examination, or those who just saw the reports, suddenly felt they had been deceived.

The backlash against public opinion began.

Public opinion always has two sides. Those who led public opinion in the wrong direction might face severe backlash.

The media figures and reports that had voiced their opinions, were brought up by netizens, their comment sections filled with curses. They said they ’produced fake news’ and ’were not qualified to discuss Zhao Yi’ and so on.

Li Lin must be mentioned.

In an era without Weibo, the influence of celebrity interviews was massive. Li Lin was a special guest on "Brain Power Burst", and could be considered a celebrity with the image of a top student.

Of course.

Li Lin’s top student image was not fabricated. He was a Ph.D. from Stanford University and a director of the Computer Association, although he didn’t have any research achievements worth showing.

Most importantly, Li Lin publicly discussed the College Entrance Examination. He didn’t mention Zhao Yi’s name, but everyone knew he was talking about Zhao Yi.

This was interesting.

Li Lin stated that Zhao Yi was ’disrespecting the College Entrance Examination’, and even daydreamed a bit, saying it was impossible to finish the exam in an hour, thereby implying that Zhao Yi did not answer the exam seriously.