Transmigration of the Famous Cyber Star

Chapter 280: She Should Be Number One

   Ouyang Cen also spoke fairly to his old friends, "Although the title of "Yunyang Ding" is a bit biased, the subject itself is not particularly advanced. "Yunyang Ding" is a famous bronze inscription in the early Western Han Dynasty. As early as the late Western Han Dynasty, the article has been circulated. It's so pervasive that as long as you have a deep understanding of Western Han literature, you can write it silently."

    Ouyang Cen is the vice president of the Calligraphy Association and is quite respected. When he opened his mouth, everyone in the field calmed down. His gaze swept across the judges' bench. Su Xuezhen and Wang Qinghai, who had a guilty conscience, subconsciously avoided his gaze.

    Wu Qu was probably too angry, and said to Ouyang Cen, "You people are a bunch of raccoon dogs!"

<TL Note> I’ve heard of racoon cats, maine coons, but never raccoon dogs.  :D </note>

    Zhou Buxuan couldn't tolerate him insulting his teacher, and said angrily, "Don't spray people with blood!"

<TL Note> Meaning don’t talk badly about people </note>

    Ouyang Cen made a gesture, quieting Zhou Buyu so he woouldn’t get himself mixed up in this.

    Wu Qu knows about Zhou Buyu.  Zhou Buyu is Ouyang Cen’s apprentice, very famous in his own right, and he is the favorite to win this year. When he thinks about all of this, Wu Qu feels unfair. 

He looked at Ouyang Cen and said, "I am self-taught. I have spent twenty years learning calligraphy, and I have a deep love for calligraphy. I have always been groping around in the dark on my own, never looking for a teacher. Because I am an ordinary person and have no access to sophisticated learning materials, I can only copy over and over again according to the copybook.

    " I don’t know how my writing is, or whether I have the talent for writing calligraphy at all! It’s like crossing a river by feeling the stones. I don’t know anything about the way ahead. I have signed up for two exhibitions because I have no experience, and there is no one to lead me. I didn’t even pass the initial evaluation the first two times, but I am not afraid of failure. I believe that my work will be selected for the exhibition one day! Over the past four years, I have devoted myself to the study of Chinese characters and put all my energy into it. In order to prepare, I could not stop working on my calligraphy. "

   Wu Qu’s eyes swept over Su Maolin and Liu Man, showing the determination to not be defeated.

    " You people have a famous master professor to guide your way through.  It’s obvious that ordinary people can’t reach the heights that you have. The exhibition is like your home for you. You don’t realize how important this exhibition is to amateur calligraphy lovers like me. It is how I can prove all my years of dedication is worth it."

    "This time, my work was finally short-listed for the exhibition. I thought I could make it to the end, but your relationship with your dad and teacher blocked my hope. I'm thirty-five years old, could it be that it will take another four years to compete with the next group of people like you? I will never win an unfair fight!"

    Wu Qu said this with the determination to give up. He knew that he had already offended the whole country’s Calligraphy Association, but he won't participate in this calligraphy exhibition again, and he can't be a professional calligrapher, so what is there to be afraid of? It's better to make a desperate move and face them directly once. He wants to turn this corrupt scene upside down.

    He has had a hard time, and he would let these people have a hard time!

    After Liu Man heard his words, she was deeply moved. Remembering the trouble with her corrupt piano teacher Zhu Xiyang at her old school, she could understand Wu Qu’s despair and helplessness. The situation Wu Qu is facing now is just like what she and Li Xiaoru faced at the time, and she saw the dilemma.

    With that realization, her anger completely disappeared. Her temper is such that if others don't offend her then she won't offend others. It’s clear that Wu Qu has nowhere to go from here, so he has nothing to do with her. She and Professor Su were just accidentally implicated.

    Liu Man calmly said to Wu Qu, "I am not related to this at all. The reason why I can write "Yunyang Ding" is because the font I am good at is small seal rather than regular script. "Yunyang Ding" is one of my enlightenment articles. "

    Wu Qu was startled, he saw the kindness in the girl's eyes, and saw that she was actually on his side, but he had said so many angry words just now, and he also accused her and her teacher.  How could she not be angry?

    Liu Man continued, "If you don’t believe me, I can write "Yunyang Ding" again in seal script now."

    Wu Qu thought silently, his heart was very contradictory. In fact, he already believed what Liu Man said, but he didn’t know how to express it.  This was the first time he had talked with Liu Man, and he didn't expect that she was such a gentle person, so he was speechless for a while.

    Liu Man did not mind, saying that “10,000 reasons are not as much proof as actual actions.” Her desk was covered with the regular script version of "Yunyang Ding" she had just written. So she walked to Wu Qu's desk, used his pen and the rice paper he hadn't written on, and swiped the pen again under everyone's attention.

    Watching this scene, Zhou Buxuan had an exciting feeling. He took out his phone and pointed the video camera at the girl who was writing at the desk. At this moment, even her plain Hanfu skirt seemed pleasing to the eye.

    Su Yi was not angry anymore. The real fault was Su Xuezhen, not the innocent Wu Qu. Now that Liu Man thought of a way to solve the doubt, he continued to watch the change.

    Ouyang Cen touched his beautiful beard. He was considering whether to suggest to the chairman that Su Xuezhen should be expelled from membership.

    At this time, they thought that Su Xuezhen’s problem was just colluding with Wang Qinghai in advance, and they didn’t know that Su Xuezhen asked his son to use his own work in the exhibition.

    When Liu Man wrote, the whole person was calm and peaceful, which was in stark contrast to the panic and anxiety in some people's hearts. Su Maolin was sweating profusely and his clothes were all sweaty. The central air conditioner here is very air-conditioned!

    Liu Man wrote very quickly, and In less than five minutes, she completed the seal version of "Yunyang Ding". Wu Qu was standing next to her.  He watched her writing from the first character to the last one.

He wasn’t showing any negative emotions while he watched, instead he was showing a faint enthusiasm like he had seen a god.

    Seeing that Wu Qu's reaction was so great, the seal script judge Cheng Zikun could not sit still, so he stood up and walked the few strides from the judges' bench,  Wu Qu walked away from him very calmly.

    As soon as Cheng Zikun saw Liu Man's small seal, his eyes lit up,

    "Okay, okay, okay."

    He was really poor, except for good, he didn't know what vocabulary to use to express his inner shock, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes , He didn't believe it at all, it was a character written by a little girl.

    The charm of the bronze stele style is full of character in the Western Han Dynasty.

    It was truly rare in the world.

    Nowadays, the seal script has gradually evolved into a modern seal script. There are few calligraphers who are good at writing this kind of "ancient" system, and most of them have reached old age, and then died one after another. Ancient seal calligraphy! The current seal calligraphy has already reached the point where it is not connected with its’ distant ancestor.

    Cheng Zikun was very excited. He said loudly to the other judges on the board of judges, "No matter which group Liu Man's seal script is in, she is the first." 

As soon as this statement came out, the venue broke out with louder voices than when Wu Qu revealed the shady scene just now.

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Thank you for reading my translation!  - MadSky