With such a talented son, why worry about business not flourishing?
The executive director was also speechless for a long time. If he hadn't arranged this question himself, he might have suspected that Tong Tong had somehow learned the answer in advance.
But this was a question he had arranged on the spot, and other than the staff responsible for presenting the questions backstage, no one knew what Tong Tong's question was.
Therefore, the possibility of Tong Tong getting the answer beforehand was zero. This meant that Tong Tong had answered the question based on his own ability.
How did this child do it? He was going crazy. If such a question couldn't stump him, then the more difficult questions later would likely not be able to either.
"g, ...83...137...h,960,1158,Lk... Let us congratulate Tong Tong on answering correctly. When everyone else was clueless, he was the only one who confidently provided the answer.
He told us that nothing is impossible.
At this moment, the ultimate brain belongs to Tong Tong. He is truly amazing, answering such an incredibly difficult question at such a young age. He is the undeniable ultimate brain.
Let us congratulate him with the warmest applause for becoming the fastest contestant to answer the question!" The host's excitement grew, making one think he was the one who had answered correctly.
The audience on site burst into applause once more.
Tong Tong's performance made many contestants acutely aware of the gap between them.
When they first saw Tong Tong, none of them took him seriously, assuming he was just a gimmick for the show and would be eliminated in a few rounds.
But now, it seemed their thoughts were too naive.
Tong Tong's performance proved to them what it meant when destiny cannot be revealed.
Director Wang, seeing the executive director's ashen face, couldn't be happier.
If anyone was to applaud the loudest, it would be him.
Meanwhile, Mother Song, who had initially mocked Liu Yifeng and Tong Tong for bragging, now dared not look at Liu Yifeng.
Mother Tian chimed in sarcastically, "I wonder who it was that said Tong Tong was bragging, and that he definitely wouldn't be able to answer. Why are they quiet now?"
Mother Song knew she was being addressed, but she was too embarrassed to respond.
Tong Tong's question was so difficult that even her own son couldn't answer it. How could she possibly argue any further? At this moment, she wished she could disappear into thin air.
Everyone's emotions were in turmoil.
Tong Tong's performance had shocked everyone. They hadn't expected such an extraordinary child to exist. For the question he just answered, let alone them, even globally, only a handful of people could possibly answer it.
This gave them a sense of pride, as Tong Tong was from their country.
"Tong Tong, you answered the question correctly, and everyone is so excited, but you don't seem excited at all?" the host asked curiously.
"Because this was something I expected. Once you know the result, what's there to be excited about?" Tong Tong replied with innocent sincerity.
His answer left the host speechless. "Tong Tong, do you have anything you'd like to say right now?"
"I do have a few things to say!" Tong Tong's expression suddenly turned serious, piquing everyone's curiosity.
At this moment, Tong Tong glanced towards the contestants' seating area, his eyes subtly sweeping over Yun Duo'er.
When Yun Duo'er met his gaze, she felt a pang of guilt, sensing that Tong Tong's words might be directed at her.
Soon, Tong Tong withdrew his gaze and looked towards the audience, saying, "Although I don't know why the question suddenly became so difficult for me, perhaps it's my bad luck. But no matter what kind of question is presented, I won't be afraid!"
His words instantly resonated with everyone. When the question first appeared, they had all found it rather strange.
Why had the question suddenly become so much more difficult? All questions in the same round were supposed to be of similar difficulty.
Moreover, Tong Tong was the youngest among all the contestants. Even without special considerations, such a difficult question shouldn't have been posed to him.
It was clear that the intention was to eliminate Tong Tong, but perhaps the question setter hadn't expected him to answer it correctly.
Thus, one by one, they began to speak up for Tong Tong. "We demand an explanation from the program team, why was the question so much harder for Tong Tong?"
"Yes, this must be explained. They can't just bully him because he's a child."
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Seeing everyone standing by Tong Tong's side, Director Wang felt a surge of joy. This matter had attracted everyone's attention, and he doubted the program team would dare to openly target Tong Tong in the next round.
Furthermore, the executive director couldn't blame him for this.
However, Tong Tong was indeed a clever child. With just a few simple words, he hinted at foul play.
Otherwise, everyone would have assumed it was merely Tong Tong encountering a difficult question by chance.
But on second thought, since it was a competition round, even if the difficulty couldn't be perfectly consistent, there shouldn't be such a vast difference.
This made it hard not to suspect some ulterior motive to deliberately target Tong Tong.
The scene descended into chaos, making normal recording impossible. No matter how the host tried to appease the crowd, they couldn't calm down.
Most people were ordinary individuals who had few opportunities and therefore strongly desired a fairer society that offered their children more chances.
Seeing such a young child like Tong Tong suffering such unfair treatment, they found it hard to imagine how devastating it would be if their own child were treated this way one day.
Especially on a platform that offered so many children the chance to showcase their abilities.
Performing well was enough to change their destiny.
They simply couldn't fathom who would be so malicious as to target a child like this.
Finally, with no other choice, the executive director of the show had to take the stage.
"Everyone, please calm down. I am the executive director of the show 'The Ultimate Brain.'
I can state unequivocally here that our utmost priority is fairness and impartiality, providing all contestants with an equal opportunity to compete.
The reason Tong Tong's question was more difficult than other contestants' questions was not because we were targeting him.
It is highly likely that a backstage staff member was negligent and mixed up the later, more difficult questions, resulting in Tong Tong encountering them.
I apologize to Tong Tong for our oversight and assure you that similar incidents will not occur in the future!"
His attitude was sincere, but no one believed him.
Liu Yifeng, as Tong Tong's father, having already learned the inside story from Director Wang, was the first to stand up upon hearing the director's blatant lie.
"You are the executive director, right? You just said that it was your staff's operational error that caused the later, more difficult questions to be mixed up and appear early, coincidentally encountered by my son.
Then I would like to ask, you should have discovered this immediately. Why did no one come forward to explain and have my son switch to a question with a difficulty level similar to the previous contestants?
If my son had answered incorrectly, would it have been accepted as incorrect, and you wouldn't have said anything?"
Liu Yifeng's questioning was relentless, leaving the executive director no room to breathe.
The executive director explained again, "Sir, please calm down. This was indeed the program team's mistake. The reason we didn't intervene was that the recording was in progress, and we couldn't interrupt it casually."