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Ning Chen quickly calculated in his mind the upper limit of the bonus he could get.

Putting aside the hopeless team competition, if Ning Chen can win all five individual events and the individual all-around award, it will be a bonus of up to 350,000 yuan.

If he really got this money, Ning Chen could even consider buying a house.

Of course, this is only the most perfect result in the ideal. It is conceivable how difficult it is to achieve such a goal.

After listening to Liao Jun's explanation of the bonus standards, everyone felt more motivated.

"The gold, silver and bronze awards are not guaranteed, but there is still hope for the winning award in the written examination stage."

"We have Ning Chen here this time, maybe we can also get a place in the team competition."

"The team competition is still a bit difficult. The other schools are really strong. Even if Ning Chen can help us gain an advantage, it will be good if we can enter the top 20."

After all, the team competition requires the addition of the results of five players. No matter how high the score of one of them is, it cannot play a decisive role.

After explaining everything, Liao Jun ended the meeting.

Coming out of the classroom, Ning Chen was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Junior Ning Chen!"

Ning Chen looked up and found that this person was Wu Wei.

"Junior Ning Chen, thank you for not choosing to change the main event. Otherwise, I would have been kicked out of the team competition list."

Ning Chen didn't expect Wu Wei to thank him specifically for this incident, and said calmly:

"No need to thank me, I never thought about changing the subject."

"Ning Chen, you are really amazing. You can even get such high scores in the secondary exam. From now on, our team competition will depend on you."

Ning Chen didn't say much about Wu Wei's praise. After all, the results of the team competition were not decided by Ning Chen alone.

When they arrived at the dormitory, Chen Tianpeng saw Ning Chen coming back and asked hurriedly:

"How's it going, Brother Chen, have the results of the selection come out?"

Chen Tianpeng and others knew that Ning Chen had been busy with the competition recently, and they were also very concerned about whether Ning Chen would be selected in the end.

"Come out, I entered the team competition lineup."

Ning Chen was not too excited when he said this, but Chen Tianpeng and the others seemed very excited.

"Let me tell you, Brother Chen has even sent out his paper, how could he not be selected for the competition list?" Yang Yan said.

"Brother Chen, when will the next written test start? Can we go to watch the game live?"

Ning Chen was dumbfounded by Chen Tianpeng's innocent question, and said helplessly:

"Stop making trouble, this is not a sports competition. The official competition is less than a month away, and I have to focus on this."

Ning Chen knew that with his current ability, he would definitely not be able to win gold medals in all five subjects. At most, he could only win awards in analysis and partial differential equations.

In the following time, Ning Chen needs to continue to strengthen his knowledge of these five subjects and make every effort to attack the rankings in each individual event.

"Well, Brother Chen, keep it up, we are all waiting for your good news!"

"Don't worry, if I can get the award, I'll definitely treat you to dinner." Ning Chen said with a smile.

…

Time passed day by day, and Ning Chen maintained an efficient study state every day, studying in depth the various types of questions in each subject competition.

In the intense study, Ning Chen accumulated experience in mathematics very quickly, and could even accumulate more than ten points of subject experience in one day.

Coupled with the accumulation of energy points, Ning Chen quietly increased his mental index by several points.

During this period, Ning Chen received another piece of good news.

The second paper I submitted to "Progress in Calculus of Variations" has also passed the review of reviewers and journal editors and will be officially published soon.

Compared with the last paper review process, this time Ning Chen's paper did not even require any modifications and was directly accepted by the journal editor.

After this issue of the journal was released, Ning Chen came to He Sheng's laboratory and took out a copy of the journal in which his paper was published.

"Ning Chen, congratulations. You have successfully published two SCI papers before you even graduated from freshman year. If Tong Yicheng could be like you, he wouldn't have to worry about graduating with a PhD."

Tong Yicheng is in his second year of Ph.D., but his scientific research is not going well. So far, a paper with himself as the first author has not been successfully published.

If this continues, Tong Yicheng may not be able to graduate within four years.

Ning Chen's impression of Tong Yicheng was pretty good. In his usual interactions, Tong Yicheng didn't have the airs of a senior brother. He had a relatively easy-going personality and good professional abilities.

As for the problem of not successfully publishing a paper, Ning Chen thinks that sometimes it may not be that the ability is much worse, but maybe it is just a lack of inspiration or even a little luck.

"Ning Chen, you have been very busy preparing for the competition recently. Please go back quickly. If you need anything, you can contact our teachers at any time."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher He."

After thanking He Sheng, Ning Chen came out of the laboratory with the journal in his arms, but happened to meet Tong Yicheng walking towards him.

"Ning Chen...why are you here? Aren't you reviewing for the competition?"

"Senior Brother Tong, let me come over to pick up the journal." Ning Chen said truthfully.

Seeing the journal in Ning Chen's arms, Tong Yicheng reacted immediately.

"Hey, there is really no comparison between people. I am already in the second year of my Ph.D., and I have yet to publish a paper at your level. Ning Chen, when the written test is over, I will treat you to a meal and talk to you. Ask for advice, ask for advice.”

"Senior Brother Tong, if it's my turn to treat you to dinner," Ning Chen said politely.

Although Ning Chen didn't go to training classes very often, whenever Ning Chen needed anything, Tong Yicheng would go all out to help him. Ning Chen kept these things in mind.

"Okay, Ning Chen, there's no rush about eating. You can prepare for the written test of the competition first. If you have anything, just tell me on QQ."

Ning Chen was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something.

"Senior Brother Tong, what is your current research direction?"

Hearing Ning Chen's question, Tong Yicheng was stunned for a moment, then answered:

"The direction of my current research is related to the Sobolev equation. What, does Junior Brother Ning Chen also know about this aspect?"

When Ning Chen heard the words Sobolev equation, although he didn't know much about it, he was no stranger to it.

The Sobolev equation and the Sine-Gordon equation that Ning Chen studied before belong to the field of partial differential equations and have great application value.

The Sobolev equation can not only solve many mathematical problems, but also has wide applications in physical problems such as fluid penetration, gas migration, and heat conduction.

"Well, I understand a little bit. If Senior Brother Tong is willing, can you let me see your current research topic?"