strictlysupreme Chapter 148 The Dragon Country People
Chapter 148 The Dragon Country People
Just as these people were mocking Xiao Li and his group for their poor English, Lin Chen suddenly stepped forward and said in a perfect London accent:
"Sir, it's not that our English is bad, it's that your accent is too strong!"
"I heard that Australia used to be a place for exile of prisoners. It seems that your language has also deteriorated a lot in this land."
"It's unbelievable that the Australian organizing committee couldn't even find one person who can speak fluent English. It's pathetic."
Although these organizing committee members spoke extremely fast and had accents, they were no match for Lin Chen, who possessed the skills of a language master.
His speech was as fluent as Mandarin, without any difficulty.
Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, the members of the organizing committee immediately changed their expressions.
Everyone gaped, as if they had seen a ghost.
"Oh God! Did you hear what he said?"
"Who is he? I thought I was talking to an English gentleman!"
Lin Chen ignored them and turned to Xiao Li, saying, "Teacher Xiao, these people are deliberately causing trouble. Can you contact the organizing committee's higher-ups? Let's file a complaint directly."
"Lin Chen, can you understand what they're saying?"
Xiao Li opened her mouth wide; they had also heard Lin Chen's English.
It's even more standard than the English in the college entrance exam listening comprehension section.
Who would have thought that this math genius was also so good at English?
“I understand, Teacher Xiao, you should contact them as soon as possible.”
"Ok."
"Wait!"
Upon seeing Xiao Li take out her phone, the organizing committee members immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to stop her.
Xiao Li smiled slightly, shook her head, and replied in Chinese, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."
"Hey! Sir, who do you want to call?"
The other party had no choice but to look at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen laughed and said, "Of course we're going to complain. We're going to suggest that the organizing committee send someone else to receive us, because your English is a disaster."
"You! You can't do this!"
The other party immediately widened their eyes, trying to stop Xiao Li, but Xiao Li was no longer cooperating with them and simply shook her head, pretending not to understand.
Left with no other option, the other party immediately called Mr. Wang and asked him to come over right away.
Just then, a woman walked over.
"Gentlemen, what has happened?"
"Ms. Marina, these Chinese are not cooperating with our work!"
Marina appeared to be a high-ranking member of the organizing committee, so much so that several people immediately began to complain respectfully upon seeing her.
Moreover, this time they slowed down their speech and their accents disappeared.
Marina frowned, about to speak, when Lin Chen, who had understood their conversation, also spoke up:
"Madam, it's them who are being uncooperative. They deliberately made things difficult for us with their accents and even used discriminatory language."
"Is that so?" Marina frowned, but didn't immediately believe Lin Chen's words.
“That’s right, I can imitate his accent.”
After saying that, Lin Chen directly imitated the accents and tones of the people who had spoken earlier.
"Shet!"
The foreigner who had just been making things difficult for Xiao Li stared wide-eyed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
His colleagues were equally shocked.
It was simply because Lin Chen's imitation was too perfect! Even his voice was almost identical to his colleague's.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have almost thought it was their colleague speaking just from the sound!
Marina frowned.
Lin Chen's imitation made her understand what had just happened.
Not to mention that there was some racial discrimination in what the other party just said.
"I understand."
Marina turned her head and said, "Gentlemen, your work attitude is seriously problematic! I am now announcing on behalf of the organizing committee that you are all dismissed! I will have someone contact you regarding the relevant matters. Now, please leave!"
“Ms. Marina, we…”
Before the foreigners could say anything more, Marina pointed to the side and said, "Go!"
Just as these foreigners were leaving dejectedly, Mr. Wang finally rushed to the scene.
He was stunned when he saw Marina.
"Ms. Marina?"
This Ms. Marina is the current chairperson of the Mathematical Olympiad Foundation, which is responsible for organizing the annual IMO competition.
Why is she here?
"who are you?"
"I...I'm in charge of receiving the Dragon Kingdom team..."
"Since you're in charge of reception, why weren't you here just now? This is dereliction of duty! On behalf of the organizing committee, I hereby suspend all your work immediately!"
Mr. Wang was completely dumbfounded.
His original plan was to have Xiao Li and the others come back to him after they ran into a wall with the organizing committee.
After all, he knew very well that there was a lot of discrimination against Chinese people in Australia, and without his company, Xiao Li and the others wouldn't be able to deal with those Australians.
But why are things not developing the way he expected?
“Ms. Marina, these Chinese people don’t speak English well. Without me, I’m afraid of them…”
"No, they don't need you, because this young man has a very authentic accent, doesn't he?"
Marina smiled and looked at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen nodded and said, "That's right. Ms. Marina, judging from your accent, you must live near Knightsbridge in London, right?"
"Oh God, you can tell?"
"That's right. Knightsbridge is close to Hyde Park, which is near the French Embassy, so the locals sometimes have a French accent."
"Incredible! How did you know? Have you been anywhere? Or were you born in London? Your accent is even better than my neighbor's kid's!"
"No, no, no, I was born in the Dragon Kingdom, I am a 100% Dragon Kingdom citizen, a pure one!"
Mr. Wang watched Lin Chen and Marina's back-and-forth exchange, his mind filled with questions.
He never expected that there would be someone on the math Olympiad team who was so good at English!
The chairman of the International Mathematical Olympiad even thought he had met someone from his hometown?
Mr. Wang eventually left in a sorry state.
Ms. Marina personally explained the process and rules of the competition to Lin Chen and his group.
The competition process this year is different from previous years.
In the past, IMO competitions did not have a preliminary round; all participating teams were finalists.
But this time, in order to increase the intensity of the competition.
The organizing committee set up a preliminary round.
On the first day of the competition, more than 100 teams will complete three questions in four hours. Based on the total scores of each team, eight teams will be selected to enter the finals.
On the second day, the competition will last for 8 hours, and the final 8 teams will need to complete 6 major questions to determine the rankings.
Furthermore, the IMO did not have team rankings in the past.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals will only be awarded based on the individual performance of each team's players. As for team rankings, those will only be determined by the public; the official rankings will not be based on teams.
However, at the IMO, individual rankings will be eliminated, and only team rankings will be used to determine gold, silver, and bronze medals.