Transmigration of the Famous Cyber Star

Chapter 279 Exposes the Shady

Wu Qu looked at Su Xuezhen’s face and felt that he was hypocritical and pretentious. He had tolerated the entire interview process, and now he has tolerated it to the limit.

    "I have always thought that the fairness of the National Calligraphy Appraisal is beyond doubt, and I have always thought that members of the National Association of Calligraphy deserve my respect and admiration. However, the result has become clear today, those were just my innocent, naive thoughts.  I would never have thought that the people of this exhibition’s calligraphy ceremony would be so shady!

At the mention of this shame, the participants of the 9th and 10th groups were in an uproar, and the originally quiet, solemn, and orderly auxiliary hall became noisy.

When they talked about Wu Qu, some people had long felt that something was wrong, because the final topic on the scene was too difficult.

    "What he says is nonsense," Wang Qinghai scolded angrily. "Our review process is obvious to all. It is the result of combining the comprehensive opinions of the five judges. Where is this shadiness!?"

In response, Wu Qu asked Wang Qingha, "Would you dare to use this topic to evaluate the first Group 10?"

    Wu Qu continued, “The tenth group is the seal script group. They must have studied the small seals of the Han Dynasty. The "Yunyang Ding" should be a piece of cake for them."

    The 10th group of exhibitors were collectively embarrassed, they were all thinking “Don't regard us so highly, we really can't recite "Yunyang Ding" either!”

    "This topic is clearly tailor-made for the relevant households!"  Wu Qu really took it out, not afraid of heaven and earth.

    The topic was from Wang Qinghai, and it was given to him by Su Xuezhen just two days ago.

    Normally, the five judges take turns to come up with the subjects, so that no group’s subject is brought forth by their own judges. The normal sequence is that the seal script judges are responsible for the running script group, the running script judges are responsible for the official script group, the official script judges are responsible for regular scripts, the regular script judges are responsible for cursive scripts, and the cursive script judges are responsible for seal scripts.

    This was discussed in advance by the five people in Su Xuezhen, and it was also a practice in every session.

    However, Su Xuezhen knew his son's level well, otherwise he would not have written "Poyao Fu" on his behalf.

    With Su Xuezhen’s professional level, it is easy to pass the initial evaluation and re-evaluation. His plan is very simple. In the face-to-face evaluation, he will use difficult problems to block other people, so that Su Maolin would get promoted by default.

    Su Maolin is 26 years old this year. After graduating from a third-rate university, he has been lazing around at home and doing nothing. The Xizhen Academy was opened last year. He was arranged by his father to teach calligraphy in the academy. Students all know that he is the son of the calligrapher Su Xuezhen, and he respectfully calls him. "Ms. Su" was heard.

    These little children are all beginners in calligraphy, and they can't see that Su Maolin is scum, and they even think he is particularly good and admire him very much.

    In order to increase the gold content of Su Maolin’s teachers, Su Xuezhen asked him to use his own work to participate in this calligraphy exhibition. As long as he successfully passed the face-to-face evaluation, the Calligraphy Association will give each author a comprehensive ranking, even the last place. The ranking also comes with a professional certification.

    With this certificate, Su Maolin would be well on his way to being a professional calligrapher, with only experience and qualifications left to work on.

    Thirty years ago, Su Xuezhen got this certificate, and the rest of his life went smoothly. Regrettably, Su Maolin did not inherit his talent for calligraphy, and under the doting of him and his wife, Su Maolin was idle all day long, without self-motivation, but he was Su Xuezhen’s only child. Su Maolin was no longer a child, so he had to prepare a path for him to live.

    The participant’s groupings are randomly assigned by the computer, so Su Xuezhen cannot make that choice. He is not sure whether his son will be assigned to the "death group" or the "lying win group." It is impossible for most of the exhibitors to know "Yunyang Ding", and that kind of exceptional case cannot be ruled out. Anyway, there are two places, one for his son is enough.

    Therefore, he was particularly surprised that Liu Man could write this article. Su Yi's closed disciples who were recruited in their eighties cannot be underestimated because he produced exactly this exceptional case.

    Su Xuezhen said to the reluctant Wu Qu, "Didn’t two people in the eighth group write "Yunyang Ding"? If you speak such then you have to be responsible for what you say."

    Wu Qu sneered, "I am responsible for what I say. I dare to say now that Su Maolin and Liu Man are related households. They are the top two that you agreed upon in advance.  The remaining seven people and I are here to serve as a foil and waste!"

    Liu Man, who was suddenly named, looked dumbfounded. How did she become a related party?

    Wu Qu's eyes were full of disgust when she saw her, just like the look in Zhu Xiyang's eyes two months ago. Liu Man felt wronged and absurd.

    She wanted to defend herself, but the other seven people were brought into rhythm by Wu Qu. When they couldn’t answer the question, they all felt like fools, they couldn't write a single word. The shameful feeling was truly unforgettable.

    So all the righteous indignation was filled and stood on Wu Qu's side,

   "Why only Su Maolin and Liu Man know the content of "Yunyang Ding"?"

    "It is too wrong for us to be eliminated because we don't know the content of "Yunyang Ding", right? , Is this a calligraphy competition or a literary competition?"

    "Obviously there is a problem. They must have known the topic in advance and memorized the answer in advance."

    "No wonder Liu Man has such a deep understanding of the "Longzang Temple Stele" in the questioning session. The answers were fluent."

    "Hehe, Su Maolin does not feel any pressure at all, and he answered all the questions easily."

    ...

    With supporters, Wu Qu has become more courageous. He said, "I'm very curious, Su Maolin and Su Xuezhen. What is the relationship between this participant and the judges?”

Except for insiders, ordinary exhibitors didn’t even know that Su Maolin was Su Xuezhen’s son. 

“You look like this, you must be father and son.” Those who didn’t know the truth were surprised. The father reviewed his son’s work. Is there such an operation? This is too dark!

    All kinds of condemning and contemptuous glances looked at Su Maolin and Su Xuezhen. Su Maolin, who was usually a fool, also lowered his head, but Su Xuezhen was still calm, but the cold sweat on his back exposed his panic.

    After exposing the Su family and his son, Wu Qu did not kindly let Liu Man go. He said, "Liu Man is also a celebrity, the goddess of the Internet celebrity Hanfu, your teacher is the famous calligrapher Mr. Su Yi, but just what is the relationship between Mr. Yi and Su Xuezhen?"

    How could he pour sewage on Professor Su! Liu Man was also angry, but as she was about to speak, Su Yi stood up angrily and said, "I have nothing to do with Su Xuezhen!" How could he tolerate such slander on himself and Liu Man,

    "I follow normal rules. For the registration procedure, I helped Liu Man submit the work. I didn’t intervene in any part of the review. Liu Man and I didn’t know what topic would come up today. Liu Man’s ability to write "Yunyang Ding" is her own skill."

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Thank you for reading my translation!  - MadSky