Facing the calm face under the brim of the girl's hat, he silently suppressed his worries, patted the girl's shoulder, and forced a smile: "Well, don't be too stressed!"
Qiao Nian raised her eyes, which were dark but had a little light in them. She raised her hand again and pulled down the brim of her hat, her voice hoarse: "Yes."
*
Qiao Nian entered the competition.
The teachers from the Department of Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University gathered outside were all under more pressure than each other.
They watched Du Mingwei send Qiao Nian in, and waited anxiously for Du Mingwei to come back, and then surrounded him immediately.
"Professor Du, what did Qiao Nian say?"
"Has she read the information we compiled for her? And has she watched all the videos of previous years' games?"
Du Mingwei took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it. The grown man said under the pressure from everyone: "She said she has seen it. Wait~!"
He took a puff of cigarette, looked at the screen showing the results, took a deep breath, and continued in a deep voice: "We have no other choice but to wait for the results. So, let's wait together! Wait for the results to come out."
Several teachers from the Computer Department looked at each other and fell silent.
Too.
This is the first time for the domestic team to enter the group stage. They have no experience in group stage competitions, and the students who enter are not students from their computer science department.
There was nothing they could do except wait for the results.
Then wait!
…
The group stage is an online competition just like the qualifying round. Each group consists of four people, divided into four groups, ABCD. Only the first place in each group can enter the finals.
The rules of this competition seem to be the same as those of the qualifying round, but there are actually some differences - for example, everyone can watch the live broadcast of the qualifying round, but the group stage involves some core technologies in the computer field, so unlike the qualifying round, the group stage will not be broadcast to the public.
We can only wait for the final result.
In the Art Building, in addition to a group of Tsinghua University professors led by Du Mingwei who were waiting for the final results, there were also several blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners occupying one side of the Art Building, also waiting for the results of the competition to come out.
They all saw Qiao Nian who had just entered.
As they watched the girl pick up her backpack and go in, they huddled together and started talking in whispers.
"The person who just entered is this year's representative from Country Z? He looks very young."
"She's a woman. What does a woman know about computers!" someone said proudly, revealing his arrogance that looked down on domestic computers and women.
The other few people did not attack Qiao Nian's gender, but they also looked down on China's computer technology and sneered when they heard the words.
"They can just pick anyone they want." The person who said this could not hide his inner arrogance, and he spoke fluently in a foreign language: "I can only say that the quality of the people in this year's qualifiers is too poor, and they were allowed to enter the group stage. But it doesn't matter, the last place in Group C has been chosen, which is also a good thing for us!"
They were talking animatedly, but one person did not join in their discussion.
Each of these people looked down on Country Z's computer technology, nor were they optimistic about Qiao Nian's abilities. With just a few words, they had already put the last place on Qiao Nian, as if there was no need to look at the final result. The top three might not necessarily be the winners, but the last place would definitely be from Country Z!
Only one of them had a mature and handsome face filled with shock. He looked in the direction the girl went in, opened his mouth several times, and his lips trembled constantly, as if he was very surprised, nervous and scared.
(End of this chapter)