Director Wang's eyes lit up with joy. "You're already in the advanced class at such a young age, so you must be very capable. Can you tell me what you know?"
"Um... I know a lot. I can draw, do arithmetic, calligraphy, play chess, and I even know English..."
As the child counted on his fingers, everyone was stunned.
No one believed Tongtong, at such a tender age, knew these things except Liu Yifeng.
Director Wang interrupted the counting child and said with a smile, "Tongtong, since you're so capable, how about I give you a few math problems to test you? Do you dare accept my challenge?"
"Okay, no matter what Uncle Wang asks, I can answer correctly!"
Seeing Tongtong's confident expression, Director Wang put down his chopsticks and thought for a moment before asking, "Do you know addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?"
"Yes, Uncle Wang, just ask. Don't worry about making it too difficult for me!" Tongtong nodded.
Director Wang, who had initially planned to start with simple problems and gradually increase the difficulty, directly posed a very complex one.
"Twenty-eight multiplied by thirty-six, then multiplied by sixty-seven, what does that equal?"
As soon as he asked the question, Xiao Yang immediately said, "Director Wang, this is too complicated. I can't even remember the question, let alone do it mentally."
"That's why you can't be a genius," Director Wang's retort left him speechless.
All eyes were on Tongtong. In fact, Director Wang himself wasn't sure of the answer, as he couldn't calculate it himself without significant effort and a draft.
While Tongtong heard the question, he showed no sign of panic or difficulty. In just over ten seconds, the answer was blurted out.
"It equals sixty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-six."
Director Wang immediately took out his smartphone, opened the calculator, and began to compute.
The camera also focused on his phone. If Tongtong was indeed correct, he would be an unparalleled prodigy!
If this were broadcast, it would shock the entire nation.
As Director Wang finished entering the last number, the screen clearly displayed sixty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-six.
"Tongtong, how did you do that? Your brain is comparable to a computer!" Director Wang's expression was one of disbelief.
Tongtong, however, remained calm and did not show any pride or arrogance for getting the answer right.
"Director Wang, you still don't understand Tongtong very well. The question you just asked was actually child's play," Liu Yifeng said unabashedly from the side.
His remark caused a stir. Director Wang began to question his own perception of reality. "What, that question was child's play? I daresay none of you could have solved that problem mentally."
Liu Yifeng chuckled, "Director Wang, please don't look at Tongtong with the eyes of an ordinary person. His abilities are far more terrifying than you imagine."
"Is that so? Then I'll ask a more difficult one."
"One hundred and thirty-eight multiplied by two hundred and sixty-nine, then divided by six, plus twenty-one thousand two hundred and eight, minus six thousand five hundred and twenty-six, what does that equal?"
Before the people present could even fully grasp the question, Tongtong unhesitatingly blurted out the answer: "Twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-six."
Director Wang's pupils dilated. He couldn't believe his ears, and everyone else wore expressions of utter disbelief.
This problem involved addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Not only could they not figure out the question, but even if they could, they wouldn't be able to state the answer immediately.
How intelligent did one's brain have to be to be this prodigious!
However, they couldn't confirm if Tongtong was correct, as they hadn't even memorized the question.
Even Director Wang, who posed the question, couldn't remember the exact arithmetic problem he had given, making it impossible to verify.
This made him a little awkward. "Tongtong, I don't remember the question I asked. How about I ask another one?"
He only remembered the initial multiplication and division, and had no recollection of the addition or subtraction figures.
Tongtong immediately said, "I remember the question. I'll recite it, and you can calculate it with your calculator."
"You can remember that too?" Director Wang's eyes widened again.
"Tongtong has a photographic memory. He can remember anything you say," Liu Yifeng explained.
Upon hearing this, Director Wang asked Tongtong, "Tongtong, what was the question I just asked? I'll use my phone's calculator to check."
"One hundred and thirty-eight multiplied by two hundred and sixty-nine, then divided by six, then added twenty-one thousand two hundred and eight, and finally subtracted six thousand five hundred and twenty-six," Tongtong stated effortlessly.
Director Wang quickly calculated the result. However, he didn't immediately announce it. Instead, he asked Tongtong to repeat the answer.
Tongtong: "It equals twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-six."
Everyone else stared at Director Wang's phone. The answer displayed was identical to what Tongtong had said.
At this moment, they truly believed Tongtong was a child prodigy. The title was well-deserved.
Everyone applauded, completely awestruck by Tongtong.
"Let's have breakfast first, or it will get cold." Liu Yifeng, seeing that everyone had stopped eating to talk, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
After finishing his meal, Xiao Yang went to take over from the cameraman.
After breakfast, Liu Yifeng began to clear the dishes. Xia Qianqian wanted to help, but this time Liu Yifeng absolutely refused, saying it was improper to let guests do the washing up.
"Tongtong, where do you sleep? Can you show us around?" Director Wang wanted to capture some of his daily life for filming.
Tongtong stood up from his chair and pointed to one of the rooms. "This is where Papa and I sleep. This is where Grandpa sleeps."
With that, he led everyone into the room.
Upon entering, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the towering Optimus Prime toy. It was taller than them and looked magnificent, clearly indicating it was not cheap.
Director Wang had initially intended to portray Tongtong as a child from a poor background. However, the Porsche in the yard and the Optimus Prime in the room were entirely incongruous with the image of a poor child.
For a child from a rural area, it was unusual for any family to afford so many toys, and besides Optimus Prime, there were also many expensive Lego sets.
"Tongtong, does your dad treat you very well? Buying you such a large Optimus Prime," Director Wang asked.
Tongtong nodded. "Mhm, my Papa treats me really well. Not only does he buy me a lot of toys, but he also makes toys for me to play with. He's the best Papa in the world!"
Seeing the high praise Tongtong gave Liu Yifeng, Director Wang couldn't help but think of his mother.
However, Tongtong's personal profile indicated that he was from a single-parent family and lived with his father.
At this time, it was not appropriate to ask him sensitive questions.
Thus, they continued to look around the room...