In China, a student dormitory of the Mathematics Department of a university in Nanjing.
Fan Chen stood up from his seat, stretched and closed his laptop.
It's already past one o'clock, and I have to go to the classroom to give online substitute classes in the afternoon.
I should have taken a good rest during my lunch break at noon.
As a result, I was fascinated by the NBA game. After watching the game, I also surfed the Goupu forum with high intensity for a while.
Time passes quickly while browsing the forum, especially posting replies and interacting with other people.
Normal interactions are fine, but if we get into a quarrel over some opinions, it will be endless.
Fan Chen’s ID on the Goupu forum is Shengfan, which is the reverse homophony of his name.
When he was in high school in 2006, he liked watching the NBA because he discovered Goupu.com while looking for basketball videos online.
Since then, he has become a loyal user of Goupu.com. His favorite team is the Lakers and his favorite player is Kobe Bryant.
When I went to college, it was hard to attend classes every day and have a lot of homework because I majored in mathematics.
But for him, who is extremely talented, college mathematics is not a difficult subject.
Of course, he is not a mathematical genius and cannot become a Fields Medal-winning mathematician.
But he has had a special ability since he was a child, which is his ability to process numbers and his memory.
This allows him to get twice the result with half the effort in his studies. He always has a lot of free time to do what he likes, such as playing basketball and watching movies.
Another benefit brought by this talent is that he is very strong in forum debates and remembers all kinds of data clearly.
Easily use some high-level basketball data, such as PER, WS, and TS.
You said Kobe's shooting percentage is low? Slap a true hit in your face.
You said Kobe hugged his thigh? Put a victory contribution value in front of you.
You say Kobe is inefficient? Bang... This can't be done, his efficiency is indeed quite low.
But this time it shows that data cannot reflect a player's full strength.
With the Lakers winning the championship this summer, Lakers fans and Kobe fans are unparalleled in the forum, and it is difficult for any other fan group to match them.
With his outstanding data analysis skills, Shengfan was invincible in various debates on the forum, and gained a lot of attention and fans in a short time.
Although these things have no practical use, they can satisfy people's vanity to a great extent.
The Lakers have no game today. They easily defeated the Memphis Grizzlies yesterday and achieved 4 consecutive victories, ranking fifth in the Western Conference with 4 wins and 2 losses.
"4 wins and 2 losses. If we don't lose in the first game, we will now be 5 wins and 1 loss, surpassing the Suns for first place in the Western Conference."
"Who would have thought that the Lakers would lose to the Clippers in the opening game? Really, so speechless, so speechless."
On the way to the classroom, Fan Chen was still thinking about the game between the Lakers and the Clippers. It had been two weeks, and he still couldn't shake his desire to kill the Clippers.
Having a good memory is sometimes not a good thing. It is better to forget some uncomfortable and painful things.
In the algebra class in the classroom, Fan Chen sat at the back and took out his phone to continue reading the forum replies while listening.
He has the ability to multi-task. Even if the teacher asks him to answer a question, he can still give the answer smoothly.
A small red dot appeared on the website page, and there was another reply. Just now, he was arguing with someone in the dormitory about whether Kobe's performance in the 2009 Finals reached Jordan's level. I don't know what the other party's response was.
When I clicked on it, it turned out to be a private message. It was sent by someone with the ID of Clippers general manager mcd, asking why Randolph performed so well this year.
"Randolph? He's a Clippers fan. Randolph's performance... it must be because of the contract year. If it's not bad, it must be for the sake of mixed contracts."
After a while after replying, another red dot appeared. When I clicked on it, the other party actually thanked me for the advice?
Hehe, I have quarreled with people online a lot, and it’s really rare to see such a polite person, but I don’t know what I pointed out to him.
He jokingly replied, "You want to give advice to the Clippers management?"
The other party actually replied yes, he wanted the Clippers to renew Randolph's contract in advance.
This guy is kind of interesting. He really thinks he is the general manager of the Clippers and is playing cosplay with me here.
At this time, the teacher's voice came to my ears: "Fan Chen, please answer the question I just raised."
Fan Chen put down his mobile phone, coughed, cleared his throat, and replied: "The inverse matrix of the elementary matrix corresponding to the row and column swap is itself because elementary transformations are reversible, that is, A becomes B, B can become A by taking the same path but in opposite directions..."
A fluent answer, exactly the same as in the textbook, without missing a word.
Teacher Xiandai adjusted his glasses and could only ask Fan Chen to sit down.
This kid was obviously playing with his cell phone, but he was actually listening, and the teacher had nothing to do with him.
After sitting down, Fan Chen took out his phone and continued to browse. His attention was attracted by other replies, and he stopped replying to the "Clippers General Manager mcd".
After class, Fan Chen went to the cafeteria to eat alone. He walked on the road to school, surrounded by classmates who gathered in twos and threes.
There were couples, friends, some playing ball together, some going to eat together, and some going back to the dormitory to play games after eating.
Fan Chen likes to be alone, eating alone, attending classes alone, studying and reading alone, watching football alone, and playing games quietly alone.
He has very few mood swings. The most exciting moment this year was when he saw Kobe and the Lakers win the championship. He just sat at the table and clenched his fists, that's all.
There was no expression on his face, just a faint smile. His roommates called him iceman.
It's not that he doesn't have feelings, it's just that most things are within his expectations, so there's nothing to be surprised about.
"Tomorrow at 10:30 in the morning, there is a game between the Lakers and the Hornets, Kobe Bryant vs. Paul, it is worth watching. One lesson of elementary number theory in the morning is enough. I skipped class in the second period. Even if the teacher calls on me, my usual score is enough. The final test paper plus the normal score is estimated to be around 87 points. Well... including the scores in other subjects, the scholarship is no problem. Okay, I will skip class tomorrow to watch football."
Back in the dormitory, before going to bed, Fan Chen had already calculated everything and decided to skip class and watch the game tomorrow.
The next day, after the first period of elementary number theory in the morning, Fan Chen left the classroom and returned to his dormitory, where he opened the live broadcast website and prepared to watch football.
Joining him in skipping class to watch football are Lao Yu and Xiao Hei, who live in the same dormitory. Lao Yu is also a Lakers fan, while Xiao Hei is a Thunder fan and likes Durant.
"Xiao Hei, why are you skipping class to watch the Lakers game?" Lao Yu asked.
"Who said I skipped class to watch the Lakers? There is a Thunder game today! The Thunder game is already halfway through and they are leading by a big score. Let's go back and watch the finale."
Although the game starts at 10:30, there is still a while to go, so Fan Chen and Lao Yu are not in a hurry.
Xiao Hei has already started the Sina live broadcast in a hurry. The game between the Thunder and the Magic has entered the second half. The Thunder is indeed leading the Magic by a large score, and the game has basically lost its suspense.
At this time, Lao Yu suddenly shouted: "Damn it, what kind of operation is this Clippers doing? They actually renewed Randolph's 4-year, 71 million contract in advance! After just playing a few good games, they just renewed it." Are you on? The general manager of the Clippers is really cool this year, doing all kinds of tricks."
Xiao Hei was focused on the Thunder game and didn't pay much attention to Lao Yu's words.
Fan Chen heard it clearly. Suddenly his pupils trembled. He turned around and asked Lao Yu: "Lao Yu, what did you say? The Clippers have renewed Randolph's contract in advance!"
This was the first time that Lao Yu saw Fan Chen making such a loud noise and got angry. What was going on? It's the Clippers, not the Lakers.
"Yeah, look at Goupu's home page. There's news."
Fan Chen quickly opened the Goupu homepage, and the headline that caught his eye was:
"The Clippers renewed Zach Randolph's contract ahead of schedule and offered him a four-year, $71 million contract."
"Hey, what's wrong with you Fan Chen, I've never seen you behave like this. Is this not a big deal?"
"Oh, it's okay, I heard wrong."
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