At the age of 38, he went to college and his children were classmates.

Chapter 251, Exposed! (Bonus Chapter)

Shen Qiushan never even considered "establishing his own school of thought".

He just wanted to boost his academic achievement index!

When he played Go with exchange students from Seoul National University, Shen Qiushan figured out the rule that he would be rewarded with 10000 academic points for each game he won.

In today's two rounds of preliminary matches, Shen Qiushan won a total of four games, earning 40000 points of academic excellence.

Based on the experience that ranking high in exams can boost one's academic performance index, Shen Qiushan speculated that winning a national chess championship would likely also boost one's academic performance index.

Of course, this was just his speculation, because Shen Qiushan had never participated in a similar competition before.

"Uncle Luo, I simply enjoy playing chess; I've never thought about developing my own school of thought."

Shen Qiushan replied with a smile.

"Don't call me Grandpa Luo, just call me Old Luo!"

Luo Zhengyi waved his hand: "Anyway, your chess skills are a bit strange. How about we find some time to have a match after your game?"

"no problem!"

Shen Qiushan readily agreed: "However, I can probably stay in the capital for another week."

"Did you come to the capital specifically for this competition?"

Luo Zhengyi looked at Shen Qiushan with considerable surprise.

"We're mainly here to receive the award."

"And I'll participate in a competition while I'm at it."

Luo Zhengyi nodded: "Yes, I just heard from Manman that you won the Special Prize in the National Undergraduate Electronic Technology Competition!"

"Winning the grand prize is really not easy!"

"The award belongs to the team; I am just one of the members. Online reports always tend to exaggerate."

Shen Qiushan replied modestly.

As they spoke, the three arrived at the stadium parking lot.

Roman stopped beside a black Maybach and then thoughtfully opened the back door for his grandfather.

Shen Qiushan sat in the back row with Luo Zhengyi.

Judging from the words, actions, and demeanor of the grandfather and grandson, one could tell that their family was powerful and influential, so Shen Qiushan was not surprised at all that Roman drove a luxury car like a Maybach.

There is a beautifully decorated private restaurant near the stadium.

Roman must be a regular here, as the owner very warmly invited the three of them into a private room.

Shen Qiushan came with the intention of getting a free meal, and he didn't hold back when ordering, ordering one of the restaurant's signature dishes.

Anyway, Lao Luo and his grandson Luo Man are definitely not short of money.

After the meal, Shen Qiushan had become quite familiar with the grandfather and grandson, and had roughly figured out their situation.

Luo Zhengyi is a retired senior cadre who held a high rank when he was in office, but Shen Qiushan didn't want to ask him directly about his specific position.

Roman, on the other hand, is the president of a technology company.

The company, named "Spark Technology," was established just over two years ago and primarily researches the application of AI in various fields.

It's a company that's currently riding the wave of success. Although it's only been established for a short time, its market value is already over a billion.

Roman became the president of a large company with a market value of over one billion at such a young age. To say that he didn't rely on his background and that he relied entirely on his abilities would be nonsense!
If she weren't Luo Zhengyi's granddaughter, but rather a child from an ordinary family, at this age she would most likely only be an ordinary "laborer" in a large company like Xinghuo Technology.

Even if someone has outstanding work abilities, their rank won't be much higher.

Roman, however, was the head of such a large company, which only shows that Luo Zhengyi's rank before retirement was extremely high. "Professor Shen, I am quite interested in some of the concepts you mentioned in 'The Three-Body Problem,' such as warp drive spaceships."

Do you think this thing could actually be manufactured in the future?

After getting to know each other a bit better, Roman asked curiously.

"It will definitely happen in the future."

"It's only a matter of time before it's built!"

Shen Qiushan gave a very positive answer. After entering university, he would spend all his free time in the library, partly to improve his academic performance and partly to actually learn some knowledge.

As his knowledge grew, he became increasingly convinced that the spacecraft and weapons mentioned in "The Three-Body Problem" would one day become a reality.

The most impressive thing about it is that some of the ideas are based on one or more established principles, unlike some science fiction that simply relies on fabrication without any basis.

This type of work would obviously be more appropriately called a "fantasy" work.

After the meal, Shen Qiushan and the grandfather and grandson added each other as WeChat friends.

Then Roman took Shen Qiushan back to the stadium where the match was being held. Luo Zhengyi wanted to continue watching the game, but Roman took him back to the hospital under the pretext of a medical check-up.

In the third round of the preliminary round, Shen Qiushan continued his steady performance and easily defeated his opponent.

After three rounds of preliminary selection, the list of 64 finalists was released.

Final day.

Each round of the competition has been changed to a best-of-five format.

Shen Qiushan fought his way through the competition and easily entered the top eight.

It was only then that the organizers discovered that among the contestants was actually a famous writer named Shen Qiushan.

Although his name had appeared repeatedly on the battle list before, due to the large number of players and the fact that there are many people with the same name in China, no one would associate Shen Qiushan with that 38-year-old top scorer in the college entrance examination and famous writer.

The organizers discovered Shen Qiushan because he was recognized by netizens during the live broadcast of the 16-to-8 competition.

To avoid attracting too much attention, Shen Qiushan was actually disguising himself. He wore brown-tinted glasses and hadn't shaved in the past few days, deliberately creating the impression of an old man with a weathered look.

Even so, she was still recognized by sharp-eyed netizens.

This discovery delighted the organizers, as Shen Qiushan has been incredibly popular recently, with his personal Kuaishou account boasting over ten million followers.

By the standards of internet celebrities, this is definitely a super internet celebrity!

It comes with its own data allowance.

The Qingyang Cup, an amateur chess tournament, naturally receives very little attention. In fact, it's not just amateur chess tournaments like the Qingyang Cup that have low viewership; professional tournaments don't get much attention either.

Shen Qiushan's participation in the competition became the best way to drive traffic, and the organizer changed the title of the live broadcast room directly from "Qingyang Cup National Chess Tournament" to "Come and watch Teacher Shen Qiushan play chess!"
It's that simple and straightforward!
But the results were surprisingly good.

There were only a little over a hundred viewers in the live stream originally, and at most a little over two hundred.

After Shen Qiushan's name was posted, the number of viewers in the live stream began to surge, quickly rising from over a hundred to over a thousand, and it continues to grow.
"Old Shen can even play chess?"

"Teacher Shen is truly multi-talented!"

"They all made it to the quarterfinals! Old Shen is really that amazing!"

"What kind of look is Teacher Shen wearing? She really went to great lengths to avoid being recognized!"

"Haha, I bet even Old Shen didn't expect that he could be exposed even with such a disguise!"

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(End of this chapter)