When Zhou Rui returned home in the evening, he did not directly study for the test paper. Instead, he chose the most unpretentious way to approach this promising job of cramming.
That is, to read the textbook.
In the absence of predicted questions, two hours of focused time spent on studying the test paper would not bring him any significant improvement. The gap between him and other senior high school students was all-encompassing.
What's the point of doing the test papers if you haven't mastered everything in the book?
After Zhou Rui finished his meal, without Yao Peili urging him, he went into the study, meditated, regulated his breathing, and brought his body and mind to their optimal condition.
Then, with a pilgrimage-like mood, he lined up the textbooks of various subjects in front of him, from the most difficult to the easiest, creating quite a spectacular scene.
He not only had to cram for help.
He wanted to hug the feet of all the Buddhas in the sky!
"Focus time"! Start!
The sensation of his brain working at high speed, with everything in the outside world becoming hazy, returned.
Even when concentrating, he still felt a slight dizziness.
Zhou Rui took a deep breath and lifted the skirt of the first Buddha.
It was called mathematics.
After that, the only sound left in the study was the sound of turning pages, occasionally accompanied by the rustling of writing.
After two hours of "focus time," Zhou Rui was still unsatisfied and finally managed to stay up until two o'clock before going to bed.
He woke up on time in the morning. Due to lack of rest, his "concentration" had only recovered by 2 points. Zhou Rui used a little concentration again to pick up the skirt he had not lifted up last night and the Buddha's feet he had not hugged.
Finally, he reserved a little concentration to deal with the most difficult and high-scoring math test.
With a tragic mood, Zhou Rui welcomed a full day of exams.
Huang Dewei was the first to invigilate, invigilating his own subject.
"Come on, everyone, stand up, change seats, and listen to me read your names."
Wow. He's taking it pretty seriously.
Zhou Rui looked helplessly at his "spare tire among spare tires," Han Ziyin.
Although he didn't plan to copy from this girl, he thought on the bright side. What if Han Ziyin was worse than him and ended up in last place? Wouldn't that reduce his stress?
For example, instead of being beaten 100 times by his mother, he would be beaten until death?
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At the same time...
"Director! This song should not only be included in the 'Celebrating Birthday' catalog, we should also promote it vigorously! First of all, it's pop music. You know what the current mainstream music situation is. Even if you invite big stars to perform, not many people will watch. Sometimes, it will even have a counterproductive effect. But this song is different. This melody will definitely be widely circulated."
In an office in northern Beijing, Zhu Yaoqing was talking with spit flying everywhere.
Director Liu silently covered his enamel teacup to avoid being implicated.
Zhu Yaoqing became more and more excited as he spoke:
"The quality of this song is no worse than those popular songs in the music industry. When the time comes, we should not only include it in the collection, but also promote it vigorously. For example, in various schools, enterprises, and institutions, if you ask them to sing those old songs or folk songs, they will definitely not be very interested, especially young people. This song is an opportunity for us to reach out to young people!"
Director Liu knocked on the table, signaling Zhu Yaoqing to calm down, and then said:
"I listened to the song. You're right. It's indeed a high-quality song. You're an expert in music. I trust your judgment. But the lyrics are all about love and there are two English lines. Aren't they inappropriate? How about asking the author to change it?"
Zhu Yaoqing shook his head and said, "Director, we are doing publicity work. Publicity work is not something that can be done behind closed doors. If we want the public to accept and participate, we have to use this method. Overly straightforward main melody lyrics will only make the song annoying. Besides, 'love' is not just the small love between men and women; there is also big love. As for English, aren't we going to internationalize it and set a new trend now?"
Director Liu nodded. He actually didn't care too much. The collection of songs for the 60th anniversary celebration was not a priority task. Compared with those big-budget main-theme movies, cultural evenings, etc., the songs were less important and the investment was not large.
Besides, there are dozens of songs. It's no big deal to give Xiao Zhu a chance to express his preferences.
After all, he is still too young. Looking at his excitement, it seems that the "literary soul" of Zhu Yaoqing when he was studying music was blown out.
If Xiao Zhu hadn't been so excited, he wouldn't have bothered to take care of the matter himself.
"Okay, let's do as you say. By the way, Xiao Zhu, how is your father's health?"
Zhu Yaoqing was stunned but still said: "Not bad, thank you for your concern, Director."
"That's good. All right, get busy."
Director Liu picked up the teacup and gestured to see the guest off.
Just get the point across; some things can't be too straightforward.
He took a sip of tea.
Ugh!
Why does this tea smell so rancid?
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The day's quiz is over.
There were four consecutive exams, and the comprehensive science exam took nearly three hours.
Zhou Rui felt like he had only half his life left. Due to the intensive use of his brain and lack of sleep, he felt a little dizzy.
The kind that's about to ascend to heaven.
Everyone returned to their seats. Han Ziyin looked at Zhou Rui's haggard appearance and asked with concern: "Zhou Rui, did you do well in the exam? Are there any questions you couldn't answer?"
Zhou Rui smiled bitterly: "Haha, yes, there is a big one."
Yes, although he had tried his best, the results of today's quiz were still not very ideal. A week was indeed not enough time for an adult like him to catch up with the progress of senior high school. The plug-in had just been activated, and it couldn't be said to have taken off completely.
He felt that he might not have been blessed by Buddha last night but instead had Buddha's feet.
As for the specific results, he couldn't say for sure, as he just guessed the answers to many questions.
Han Ziyin stared at Zhou Rui, hesitated for a while, and said with a red face: "How about we help each other in studying? We can discuss questions together and communicate with each other if we don't understand anything."
Zhou Rui glanced at Han Ziyin's perfect profile and thought to himself: are we helping each other?
Or are we going to hell together?
Almost at the same time, since each teacher has to teach three classes, the pressure of grading the small test papers is quite heavy.
For the subjects that had been examined in the morning, the teachers of each subject had already started grading the papers in the office.
"Li Wenqian from Class 6 is still doing so well. She got close to full marks in math. She's probably number one in the grade again."
A math teacher looked at the beautiful test paper and couldn't help but admire it in his heart.
The chemistry teacher on the other side said: "Sometimes I see that child secretly playing with her phone, but I don't want to intervene. I can only say that talent is still a very important factor in learning."
In the corner of the teacher's office, Huang Dewei was correcting the physics part of the comprehensive science test paper.
At this time, he was grading the test papers from his class 7 and echoed:
"Talent is important, but attitude is also important! Zhou Rui in our class basically played around and got into fights in his freshman and sophomore years. He made me worry every day. But in his junior year, he turned over a new leaf, and his grades improved every day. Now, he is basically ranked around 10th in the class. This fully proves that working hard in the senior year is still useful."
The teachers of other subjects also had a good impression of Zhou Rui, especially in recent times. Zhou Rui listened very seriously and attentively in every class.
That look seemed to want to eat them up.
As Huang Dewei was speaking, he saw Zhou Rui's test paper in his hand. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he was ready to feel the boy to see if he had made any progress this time.
This child should still have potential. Maybe he can be promoted further.
Then gradually, the corners of his mouth rose from 30°.
It became a straight angle of 180°.
Finally, it became -90° downward.
What the hell is this!
Huang Dewei slammed the paper on the table with a "bang."
The surrounding teachers all looked at him sideways. Which student offended Teacher Huang?