Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 30: National Champion

　　It was soon the day to attend the expert interviews.

　　When they arrived at eight in the morning, the venue was already crowded with not only the teams, but also some journalists from the national media, who were interviewing the finalists.

　　Not really wanting to appear on TV, Orion picked an out-of-the-way seat, took out his dissertation, and started doing some final revision.

　　Even if it's just a walk-through, I'm sure there's something to be gained, right? After all, this place is a gathering of top students from all major universities from all over the country, and to be able to make friends with these strong people at the same level, I think it must also have a significant benefit. ......

　　However, while this was the case in theory, the truth was another matter.

　　Geniuses are all proud, and when a group of proud people get together, not to mention making friends, even tuning their brainwaves to a single channel is only not easy.

　　Sitting in this group of people, Mia only felt fidgety and uncomfortable.

　　For her, now that she was surrounded by elites, she didn't just feel out of place, but she also felt a great deal of pressure! Even the always innocent and sweet smile was a bit stiff and unnatural.

　　Seeing a handsome man walking this way, Mia's eyes lit up and she quietly fiddled with her bangs at the mobile phone screen.

　　This person was wearing a suit, his appearance looked relatively gentlemanly, even Orion had to admit that if it came to handsome alone, this person was already half as handsome as himself. Somewhat similar to Ethan, but a little more aggressive.

　　Awkwardly, however, the man didn't look at her, nor did he look at Ethan next to her, keeping his eyes fixed on Orion.

　　"You must be Orion."

　　Orion looked up and asked, "...... And you are?"

　　"Boris, from Toulouse university," Boris held out his right hand, "I have read your paper 'Optimal Inversion Theory for Linear Operators and Linear Generalized Functions', it was brilliantly written."

　　Orion smiled and got up to take his outstretched right hand, "Thanks."

　　Boris continued, "But, even if you wrote an excellent paper, the winner of this competition, must belong to me."

　　Orion: "????"

　　Leaving those words behind, he directly turned around and walked away. Looking at this guy's back, Orion was dumbfounded. What was this person trying to do by suddenly coming over to talk to him? 

　　......

　　The defense, began!

　　According to the process, after the PPT is over. Just as Orion nervously waited for the questions to be asked, an older gentleman, sitting in the middle to the left, slowly spoke up.

　　"What do you think about the prospect of landing on the moon?"

　　"Hmm? Does this question have anything to do with the thesis?" Yet Orion only hesitated for less than a second and immediately responded fluently.

　　"Significant."

　　"How? I can see it's a waste of money," the old gentleman asked with a smile, "I was discussing this with an old friend some time ago, and it's going to cost billions more each year, how significant do you think it is compared to the Americans?"