Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Millennium Problem
After the fourth round of the competition ended, Chloe Sinclair and Vincent, who had advanced to the finals, were given a one-hour break.
Even the television station’s staff got a chance to rest.
Linda Warren had been holding a grudge ever since Chloe Sinclair had talked back to her in front of the entire production crew.
So, after she got off stage, she posted an indirect jab on Weibo.
Host Linda Warren [I was honored to be the host for the "Genius" production team today. I just didn’t expect a child on set to be so rude, and the production team didn’t even stop them because of it. Sigh...]
Linda Warren was beautiful and had over five million followers on Weibo.
It was the first time her fans had seen Linda Warren post something like this, and they all started guessing who the "child" she mentioned was.
Soon, some netizens started finding clues.
[I personally think our Linda is talking about Chloe Sinclair.]
[I think so too. After all, Chloe Sinclair is the youngest on "Genius," and Linda is the host, so anyone she interacts with would have to be a contestant or a staff member.]
[To the two posters above, can you not just guess wildly? If Linda Warren wanted to criticize this person, why not name them directly? What if it’s not Chloe Sinclair? Shouldn’t Linda Warren have to apologize then?]
When Linda Warren saw this message, she had a flash of inspiration and replied:
[To the two posters above... // Replying: The child’s family is rich and powerful. I can’t be too explicit.]
With that reply, all her fans went wild.
And right at that moment, some audience member who was there managed to capture and post a GIF of Linda Warren trembling with rage after being talked back to by Chloe Sinclair.
However, the clueless fans only thought their poor Linda looked so pitiful, trembling with anger from being bullied by a contestant but not daring to speak out.
[After seeing this GIF, I’m so furious! Our Linda was just supposed to make a guest appearance on "Genius." Even though it’s only for one episode, it’s still important, right? Linda was preparing so hard for this show the other day, and I can’t believe the people on set would bully her like this.]
[To the poster above, didn’t you hear what Linda said? That child’s family is powerful. Do you really think the production team would dare to speak up?]
[So who exactly is this child?]
[No need to guess. It’s definitely Chloe Sinclair. Didn’t Linda basically just admit it?]
[Chloe Sinclair is disgusting! When "Genius" airs, we have to boycott her! We can work together and pressure the production team to delete all of that trash Sinclair’s scenes.]
[Hasn’t Chloe Sinclair been getting a little too full of herself lately? Does she really think she’s a "Genius" just because she’s on the show? I’d like to know which round she got eliminated in.]
Things escalated so quickly, it was completely unexpected.
The production crew, in particular, had no idea what was happening.
Meanwhile, the competition between Chloe Sinclair and Vincent had reached its white-hot climax.
After the final round, the two were tied.
Therefore, Director Warren and the other judges conferred and decided to bring out the tie-breaker question.
"For the final match of the Genius competition, the tie-breaker question is: Prove the Hodge Conjecture!"
Upon hearing this, the audience was stunned.
"The Hodge Conjecture? Has the production team gone insane?"
"That’s one of the Millennium Prize Problems! Aren’t they afraid it will be awkward when neither contestant can solve it?"
Even Chloe Sinclair was a little shocked.
’After all, the Hodge Conjecture hasn’t been solved for centuries and is internationally recognized as a Millennium Prize Problem.’
’If someone could actually solve it, it would probably shock the entire world!’
