It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Keuk……! Creativity in my right brain……!

Currently, Study Villa’s basic creativity buff is +40%.

If you turn on the Shard Stand of Free Will to red, it goes up to +70%.

Kyung-joon felt that the difference of 30% was quite noticeable.

Sometimes, while solving problems in a workbook, when he encountered a problem that required creativity, he would change the shard stand to red and look at it again.

Then, suddenly, an idea would pop into his head from the itchy part, and he would be able to find a new breakthrough.

“It’s this much with only 30%, but 400%, 400%. It’s really crazy. I can’t even imagine what would happen to me if I drank this.”

And also.

The 『increasingly narrowing gap between reality and the virtual world』 that he began to feel recently.

‘I don’t know exactly what effect it has on the brain that the experience in the game affects reality.’

‘Seolha group’s job called Infinite Knowledge Seeker has this ability? bug? I don’t know if it’s there or not……’

“……I should experiment.”

By now, the stage of being scared or creepy was long gone.

They might be experimenting on Kyung-joon.

Or it could be something they didn’t expect at all.

Nevertheless, Kyung-joon took the cup containing the 『Crazy Coffee Pod』 and slowly brought it to his mouth.

<I just hope Master doesn’t go crazy as the name suggests.>

“Don’t worry. Who am I? I’m the Infinite Knowledge Seeker. I can’t stop exploring just because I’m afraid of going crazy.”

Although there is a saying that curiosity killed the cat.

Gulp! Gulp!

Kyung-joon didn’t stop drinking coffee.

Imagine yourself as Einstein! Or Edison!

No!

Imagine yourself so creative that even Einstein and Edison would cry!

Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

…….

Thud!

Kyung-joon roughly put the coffee cup, half-drunk, on the desk.

Crackle. Crackle.

Kyung-joon’s hand holding the coffee cup begins to tremble like a smartphone vibrating.

The coffee, which he had taken the time to brew, spills over the desk.

“Ugh……!”

Thump! Thump! Thump!

My heart is beating like crazy.

Shiver, shiver!

The tip of my little finger keeps trembling weakly.

Woo woo woo.

It feels like something is about to burst out of my eyes.

“Keuk…… Keuk…… Keukeuk……!”

Suddenly, Kyung-joon began to laugh creepily with his head bowed.

I think I know.

I think I know what’s about to burst out.

“Keuk……! All sorts of distorted and transformed morphisms and axioms spring up from the hypothalamus……! From now on, I am the Edison and Einstein of The World……!”

That’s right.

Currently, Kyung-joon felt like his head was about to explode with uncontrollable creativity.

All sorts of creative thoughts that he had never thought of before were rushing through his head.

Gulp! Gulp!

Kyung-joon drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp.

“Keukeuk……! The coffee tastes good! It’s kind of coppery, like cheonggukjang!”

[The effect of the unique item 『Crazy Coffee Pod』 is applied.]

[Creativity increases by 400%.]

[You will suffer from severe insomnia that prevents you from sleeping.]

[All other intelligences except creativity are reduced by 50%.]

Kyung-joon, who had already gone mad, licked the coffee that had accumulated at the bottom of the coffee cup and immediately opened his book and grabbed the JellyJelly JellyPen.

Next week was the first exam of the second semester of sophomore year, the midterm exam.

In order to defeat Yoo Seol-ha, who had lived her entire life as number one, going crazy was nothing.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Kyung-joon , his creativity maximized and other intelligences lowered after drinking the Crazy Coffee Pod, was…… well, let’s just say he was doing something a little different.

Scribble! Scribble!

Kyung-joon quickly jotted down his answer.

But Teemo immediately interjected.

<ಠ‸ಠ>

<This kind of solution is unacceptable. For your information, the answer is not 2.99, it’s 3.>

“But…… why?!”

Kyung-joon , listening to Teemo’s correction, wore an expression of disbelief.

Strange.

He felt like he got the answer about right, so why was it wrong?

2.99 is only 1% off from 3, so isn’t it over 99% correct?

Since this question is worth 2 points, shouldn’t he at least get 1.98 points?

< ( -᷅_-᷄)>

<There are no approximations in mathematics. 2.99 and 3 are very different numbers, with infinitely many other numbers existing between them. You have to solve it exactly as shown in the textbook.>

“Hah! That’s exactly the kind of thinking that kills the creativity of children in Dreamland Korea!”

Thinking should be free!

Right now, I’m no different from a genius!

Every time I read a problem, countless solutions, new applications, and crazy jokes come to mind, making my head feel like it’s going to explode!

Kyung-joon shouted those nonsensical words and flipped to the next page of his workbook.

“Heh heh…… the next problem is about rational and irrational numbers……”

Rational and irrational numbers.

As Teemo just mentioned, there are supposedly infinitely many rational and irrational numbers between 0 and 1.

Both are infinite, but are they really the same kind of infinity?

Is there no such thing as size in infinity?

If so, are there more rational numbers or irrational numbers?

“Wow, to think I came up with this kind of thought on my own. I’m like a real mathematician.”

Of course, he didn’t know the answer.

This is because he lacked the proper knowledge to prove it.

Kyung-joon mainly studied science and didn’t study college-level mathematics.

But the fact that he came up with this kind of thought using only the math knowledge of an ordinary high school student was evidence of his high creativity.

<You’re pondering the density of rational and irrational numbers. That’s excellent. Excellent intelli…… Oh, I apologize, it seems your intelligence has declined, so you may not remember. This is similar to the math creativity problem we discussed before (※Volume 1, Chapters 15-18). It mentioned that you will learn more about this in college-level mathematics when you study something called Lebesgue integration.>

Kyung-joon , who came up with a question worthy of a college course using only high school knowledge!

It wasn’t a wrong approach, in fact, it was something to be commended……

<However, this has nothing to do with the upcoming exam, so wouldn’t it be better to stop worrying about it now?>

“Okay. Then let’s take a look at the next problem. Speaking of irrational numbers, here it is. Square roots.”

A square root, in essence, is a ‘root’.

So, does that mean the square root of 3 is the root of 3?

What exactly is a number anyway?

Is counting numbers simply a human instinct?

No, wait, is the square root of 3 actually an irrational number in the first place?

Irrational numbers are numbers that are ‘irrational’ because their decimal representations go on forever. So, doesn’t that mean we can never know the exact value of an irrational number?

Honestly, wouldn’t we be able to get a Fields Medal if we just wrote down random numbers endlessly, called it a new irrational number, and named it after ourselves, like 『Kyung-joon’s Number』?

(※Fields Medal: Essentially the Nobel Prize of mathematics)

<A philosophical approach to numbers is good and all. However, the problem at hand is to prove whether the square root of 3 is rational or irrational. Please demonstrate your proof quickly.>

“I wonder if problems become rational every time I have these irrational thoughts.”

<Please stop with the terrible jokes.>

“Oh, how about we approach this problem in a new way?”

With that, Kyung-joon began to scribble all the thoughts that came to his mind onto a blank sheet of paper.

Meanwhile, Teemo stopped giving Kyung-joon any more advice.

<Perhaps creativity is just a useless, flashy thing that has no real value in life?>

Only Teemo’s sad mutterings, unsure of whom they were directed at, were faintly buried beneath the sound of Kyung-joon’s pen scratching away.

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A mansion in Yeouido overlooking the Han River.

Unlike the surrounding area, which was lined with strict security guards in black suits and sunglasses, the mansion was occupied by only one person, except for the servants.

The owner of this place is Yoo Seol-ha.

She is the first in her class at Cheongshin High School.

Click, click.

She was in the middle of her final review for the midterm exam tomorrow.

At that time.

Ttan~♩ Tara~♪ Ttantan~♬

Suddenly, her smartphone ringtone rang.

” ……? “

A phone call at this late hour.

It was very rare for Yoo Seol-ha, who had no friends.

Of course, it’s not like it never happens.

‘My mother and father don’t usually call me…… at this hour…… the only person who would call me……’

There is only one.

” Ah. “

Yoo Seol-ha, who checked the caller on her smartphone screen, smiled briefly, as expected.

Then, she tapped the smartphone screen, returning to her original cold face.

Then, as the light gradually came on above the screen, an elderly man appeared in the air.

The holographic video call function, recently introduced to Seolha Group’s smartphones, was reminiscent of the near future.

” What’s going on, grandpa? “

Yoo Seol-ha casually asked her grandfather, Chairman Yoo Geun-chul, who appeared on the hologram.

It was just a usual question.

In fact, she already knew.

She knows that her grandfather always calls her like this the day before an exam, on behalf of her parents, who are busy with work.

” Aren’t you busy, grandpa? “

━Huh huh. Didn’t I always tell you? The best company is the one where the chairman plays around and eats.

Her grandfather always said that.

A company where the chairman goes to jail and the company runs smoothly is a very safe company with a systemically well-established system.

” To be honest, then it seems like the company doesn’t need a chairman. “

━Chuckle. You’re not wrong. Even if I disappear right now, our Seolha Group will be fine. But that’s only for now.

” Only for now? “

━Yes, only for now. Even if this old man dies of a heart attack right now, the Pyeongtaek semiconductor factory will run without any problems, and your father will be able to handle anything related to entering North Korea. The construction of the holographic display factory in Vietnam will also proceed without any problems. But the stock price will fall.

Yoo Seol-ha frowned at her grandfather’s words about his death.

Still, it wasn’t the point, so she didn’t mention it and asked another question.

” ……Everything is going well, but the stock price is going down? “

━It will fall. The stock price, Seol-ha. You’ve heard it many times already, but the stock price contains not only the present but also the future. Even if the factory is running smoothly right now, there is no guarantee that it will continue to do so in the future.

As of 2029, although the Seolha Group is one of the world’s leading companies, there is no guarantee that it will remain so in the future.

Just 10 years ago, the Seolha Group was the number one company in Korea, but not the number one in the world.

The number one spot is always changing.

That’s the world.

Therefore, in this harsh world, the role of the chairman, the leader, is even more important.

━So, the chairman, even though he seems to be playing around and bothering his granddaughter like this, he always thinks about the future in his heart and brings that future to the company. That’s what a good chairman does. Keep that in mind, Seol-ha. A good chairman is not someone who works hard or does a good job. Only those who can see the future and bring that very future are truly good chairmen.

” ……Aha. “

Yoo Seol-ha nodded her head quietly.

Chairman Yoo often tried to give her granddaughter teachings that were not teachings when talking to her.

Chairman Yoo’s assertion that a chairman is someone who brings the future.

In line with that saying, the current call with his granddaughter was also in line with this in some ways.

Although there were many others who could succeed Chairman Yoo, including Yoo Seol-ha, the only daughter of his eldest son, the person Chairman Yoo was investing the most in was Yoo Seol-ha.

While Yoo Seol-ha was pondering Chairman Yoo’s earnest teachings to his granddaughter with her chin on her hand.

━Oh, speaking of the future, there’s one more guy I can think of.

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