Before Olympic , my father in - law asked me to predicate how many gold metals china may get , and I answered 35 . He laugh really loud , he thought I was joking , that is too much for his imagination . Then I have to explain that in 2004 , china had 32 , and there is no reason china have less this time in Beijing , that is not something Chinese will do , or I should say , it is not something acceptable for Chinese either . Besides , I do believe that china can make it .
Question: What may have caused your father to laugh at you ?
The answer to the above question:


I gave him a really high estimate of how our country would perform in a competition .