Chapter 59: Mensa Club

  Lu Fan looked at his juniors with a "I-knew-it-all-along" gaze, and said in an educational tone: "Ordinary people can't reach an IQ of 130, let alone 24 questions. Even if we say 23 questions, it requires an IQ of 148, which only 2% of the population can achieve. If a teacher doesn't have a goal, they won't specially take the exam. However, Cloud Shixiong last time also just barely got 23 questions."

  Hu Fang nodded and smiled: "Congratulations, Brother Chen."

  Chen Yi's face was covered in a mess, and he thought to himself, "Could it be that Professor Lang wants to take me on as his apprentice?"

  To be honest, he is not very willing to spend his whole life studying archaeology. Some things are fine as a hobby, but they can be painful when done as a main job.

  For example, taking a dump is very refreshing once a day and occasionally brings great joy. Professional dumpers probably wish they only had one mouth connected to the outside world.

  Who would have thought that Professor Lang didn't mention this at all, and smiled: "Chen Yi, do you know the Mensa Club?"

  "I don't know." Chen Yi shook his head.

  "Mensa Club is an invitation-only club for people with the highest IQs in the world. It originated in Europe and has also developed rapidly in Asia," said Professor Lang, smiling as he pointed to himself and then to him: "Mensa only has one requirement for its members - an IQ of over 148. They have their own test papers, similar to what I gave you, sometimes with 45 questions, but no matter what, if you can get 24 out of the ones in my hand, it's not a problem."

  Professor Lang said with a smile, "How about it? Do you want me to introduce some friends to you?"

  "Do I have to join?" Chen Yi was half puzzled and half unwilling. His test paper performance came from the scroll, participating in such a club, the amount of scrolls used would not be small, wasting gold coins is no big deal, but human energy is limited after all, can't open scrolls all day long.

  Hu Fang looked at him in surprise and said, "With an IQ of 148, what kind of people are inside? With this layer of skin on your body, various companies would be eager to have you. The clubs in Europe and America are very closed, with internal unity, and it's not easy to get the opportunity to sneak in, so why wouldn't you seize the chance?"

  Professor Lang felt that he hadn't gotten to the point, coughed, and said: "Chen Yi, clubs are free to join and quit. The benefits of joining a club mainly include participating in various activities, meeting all sorts of people, which is more beneficial for university students to get in touch with society than our ordinary societies. Moreover, Mensa Club itself is the authority on IQ tests, and the activities it organizes are mainly various intellectual activities, very interesting and competitive. In the future, if you don't feel like participating, then just don't go."

  "Isn't there any compulsory activity?"

  "There isn't." Professor Lang burst out laughing and said, "There are only advantages without disadvantages. The Latin word 'Mensa' means round table, you all know that this is the meaning of internal equality. Therefore, everything belongs to the scope of negotiation, there is no compulsory content."

  He said with a pat on his big belly, "The club doesn't care if you're a convict or a student, everyone is treated equally."

  Chen Yi was still hesitant, and the risk he would take by making such a decision would be greater than that of an ordinary person. This means that the number of times he uses the scroll will exceed normal circumstances, although the probability of being discovered is still infinitely small, but from the perspective of risk control, it needs to be considered.

  Professor Lang took a look and decided to bring out his trump card, saying: "Chen Yi, the Mensa organization is not a place where people compete with each other's intelligence. It's more like... a world of one's own. There, you can meet many intelligent people that you wouldn't normally encounter in daily life, which will make you feel more at ease. You don't need to show off your intelligence and talent there; it's more like a place where everyone relaxes, and being normal is just fine."

  Chen Yi understood his meaning, it was a kind of gathering place for people of the same class.

  Although he was still an ordinary person and didn't need someone with an IQ of 148 or higher, the professor's words did move him.

  He may not need a group of peers who share secrets, but he does need a group of peers who cover up secrets.

  Mensa, making him look normal, looking ordinary. Even if one day he used high-level scrolls to do something unimaginable, people would still see him as a normal Mensa person.

  It seems that joining Mensa can actually reduce one's risk.

  That's enough!

  Chen Yi made up his mind and smiled: "Professor, how can I apply?"

  The professor smiled with satisfaction and said, "I'll help you send an email. In two days, they will assign someone to supervise your test. If you meet the standard, you can directly join the club. However, since there is no Mensa branch in China at present, it's very likely that the exam will be conducted via email directly with the UK headquarters."

  Professor Lang's students had been stunned for a while, and Li Xian replied in a daze: "China doesn't have a Mensa branch, how many members are there?"

  "Not many, specific numbers, can't tell you." Professor Lang said with a chuckle, "Chinese people are all very low-key, smart people even more unwilling to be the first bird out, but the world is changing, we are also changing."

  He then waved his hand at several pitiful students and said, "You don't have to be disappointed either. Intelligence quotient can't determine achievement. Keep working hard, keep working hard..."

  Lu Fan couldn't help but let out a sigh and said, "It's always like this, it feels like I'm just comforting you."

  Luo Xiaoshan looked at Chen Yi with the same expression as when he saw a wild boar in a pigpen, sizing him up and down, as if playing "spot the difference", seemingly trying to find something different about him.

  He couldn't help but say with a mix of frustration and emotion: "I only got 7 questions right, why do I feel like such an idiot?"

  "An IQ of 100 is the normal standard, most kids are around that number. Don't worry." Lu Fan patted Luo Xiaoshan's shoulder and suddenly smiled: "Even with a low IQ, you can still be successful, don't worry."

  This sentence was spoken in an entirely joking tone.

  Luo Xiaoshan couldn't help but laugh, he grabbed Chen Yi's arm and twisted it hard, venting: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, no way, you have to compensate me."

  Chen Yi clenched his fists, his muscles tense, and stood firmly on the ground without moving an inch. However, he still cooperated with a tone of inquiry: "What do you want me to compensate for? Furthermore, why should I be compensating you?"

  "You've bumped into me and you have to compensate, you have to go with me to pick up the leak again." Luo Xiaoshan has always been illogical.

  Chen Yi was uneasy and stroked his beard: "You can convince people with reason, you can convince people with reason."

  Lu Xiaoshan simply shook his head, grasping his arm with a look of displeasure.

  In the end, Chen Yi lost again.

  Others kept smiling and watching them play, the professor said after a while: "After you join Mensa, I'll introduce you to a few friends. You like fossils, don't you? My friend has some hidden there."

  Chen Yi listened and immediately began to drool heavily.

  Fossils are the key to opening the subway, in his eyes, much more important than any connections.

  That magical subway is where one's own strength originates from.

  So even if Professor Lang doesn't say anything now, he won't let it go in the future either.

  Chen Yi immediately thanked loudly, and in everyone's eyes, it seemed like he really liked fossils.

  Professor Lang was also delighted to have new club members join. In his life, apart from his hobby of archaeology, he liked to play all kinds of intellectual games, and almost all the Mensa members in Jiangning were developed by him.

  As for recruiting students, Professor Lang does not require high intelligence of 148, but his requirements are also notorious.

  Current graduate students, although they have not done Mensa test questions before, are actually implicitly tested during the entrance examination interview. That's why Lu Fan said that testing is useless - if Professor Lang finds students who can reach the Mensa standard, he will specially take out the Mensa test questions.

  To the standard of Jiangning University, it's not a big deal to have 2% of the world's top talent, so every two or three years, there will be one or two Mensa members joining in, which doesn't make them feel lonely.

  He again instructed Chen Yi, and a group of students left Professor Lang's office.

  Luo Xiaoshan was still indignant, or pretending to be indignant, and insisted on dragging Chen Yi to pick up the leftovers. But this kind of thing can't be sought after, it's not like shopping where you can get something by spending money.

  Chen Yi had also thought of making a fortune by picking up bargains before, but it didn't work out. Now he was even more unwilling to run around the world like a madman. He turned his head twice and started using his eyes to signal to Lu Fan.

  The latter's eyeballs rolled around and after a long time, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "A Yi, your sister seems to be at the Computer Association, saying she wants to find you."

  "Hurry up and go." Chen Yi made a bitter face and said, "That little ancestor is trouble when offended. Fatso and I will get along for now, after everything is done, we'll slowly find a place to pick up the leftovers."

  Luo Xiaoshan wasn't really in a hurry either. He thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll take the risk of picking up the leftovers. We'll split the profits 50/50."

  He also wants to make it a long-term project.

  Chen Yi saw that there was a place to make money, and he didn't want to spend all day looking at antiques. He immediately opposed it, saying: "First once, then talk later."

  "That's good." Luo Xiaoshan is now known as Big Head.

  A group of people went out and dispersed, Hu Fang stayed behind and said: "I'm so bored, want to go for a walk with you guys?"

  Four people walked sideways like two big-footed crabs towards the Computer Association's small building.

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