The True Heiress Is The Real Bigshot novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278: 267 Xiu Yan was shocked; face-slapping always comes unexpectedly [1 more update]

Last century, the technology of Hua Country was always behind the rest of the world and couldn’t even begin to compare with that of some developed nations.

The same was true academically.

As such, many people went abroad to further their education and only returned to their home country after completing their studies.

But entering the 21st century, Hua Country’s comprehensive national power grew rapidly, particularly in the area of human resources.

Last year, in all the international competitions for mathematics, biology, chemistry, and informatics, the student teams sent by Hua Country swept the gold medals, and their overall team scores were also first place.

However, except for Teng Yunmeng and two others, the rest of the winning students had already advanced to universities and could no longer participate in the ISC.

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Especially since on the first day of the ISC, only the first of the Hua Country divisions was in the top ten of the overall standings.

This stirred up unrest among the people of other countries who had been traditionally outperformed.

There were numerous unsavory comments on foreign websites.

[“As I said, the ISC isn’t just about theory but also about practical skills. Today my cousin got a simulated experiment question, and honestly, those students from Hua Country really lag far behind us in practice.”]

[“Do you know who’s first in the overall rankings? A genius that M Country recruited this year. With her there, that first place won’t go to anyone else.”]

[“I remember that a few of Hua Country’s gold medal winners last year went to universities, right? Tsk tsk, what a pity, it seems this batch of Hua Country high school students isn’t up to par.”]

[“Forget about achieving glory again, it’s questionable whether they can avoid losing face. Just ask, if it weren’t for the organizing committee allocating quotas, how many from Hua Country could make it to the ISC finals on their own strength? [Smile]”]

Such world-class provocation was unbearable for anyone.

Although most people inside the country could not see these foreign websites, there were also many Hua Country citizens living abroad.

The foreign web was very active in discussing this matter, and the majority were both praising and belittling in turn.

Suddenly, an irate brother chimed in.

[“F***! A bunch of idiots shooting their mouths off, I don’t even deign to curse you out in your own language. Just you wait, within three days, not to mention the top three of the overall standings, even the first place will surely change hands!”]

But this comment was quickly drowned out by the many mocking ones.

There wasn’t much happening domestically until screenshots of these comments from the foreign websites were posted on Weibo.

Some echoed the foreign websites’ negative forecasts, while others bypassed the firewall to join the fray online.

The hype surrounding the ISC had reached unprecedented heights due to this provocation.

Even those who didn’t follow academic news became aware of this international academic competition.

In just one night, the number of people who registered for the Hua Country ISC division reached a staggering nine hundred thousand.

This number surpassed the combined total of several major countries in Oceania.

There had never been a second international competition with so many people registering.

It was only because the ISC limited participation to high school students that the number wasn’t even higher.

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The next day.

At breakfast in the training camp, they were also discussing the matter.

“I’m so mad,” Teng Yunmeng was quite angry, “Feng Yue, let’s register for the selection contest right now. Just the top three in the overall standings? How could they possibly be out of our reach?”

She had spent an hour on Weibo comments yesterday and almost lost her hair in frustration.

“Mengmeng, calm down,” Feng Yue also had a bellyful of fire and spoke in a low voice, “We really don’t have the energy to participate in the selection contests now, our goal is the international competition.”

“After all, we’re not like Yilan Public School and other foreign high schools that have plenty of options; they can send dedicated students to the selection contests, we cannot.”

Yunmeng fell silent.

On this point, she had no rebuttal.

Although Hua Country was now among the world’s academic leaders, top-tier talent was extremely rare.

Take Yilan Public School, for example; they had 10 slots for the ISC international competition, but they still had five or six top students remaining.

These top students didn’t get the slots for the international competition, but that didn’t mean they lacked the ability—it was just that the slots were too few.

Their abilities were only a bit weaker than Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue.

Yilan Public School sending these top students to participate in the selection contests was clearly a mission to dominate the field.

“Mengmeng, don’t rush,” Feng Yue snorted coldly, “It’s just one selection contest. Let them see the strength of Hua Country during next year’s international finals.”

With the abilities of Feng Yue and Teng Yunmeng, if they did participate in the selection contests, it might be uncertain if they could secure first place, but the top five were a sure thing.

“But the first-place holder for the overall standings from M Country is indeed very impressive,” Feng Yue opened Weibo and checked the current overall rankings, “Mengmeng, we’ve done similar questions, and I reckon I couldn’t have scored this many points on the first day.”

The current first place in the overall standings scored as follows—