I visited three universities before, all of them were based on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting as a competition, but now I suddenly made a change, which really caught Funing University off guard.

Even if someone from Funing University participated, they were not worried, the abacus representative of the exchange group was not a vegetarian.

Without three, two, three, how dare to go to Liangshan, Huaxia is the birthplace of abacus, he dares to challenge, naturally has extraordinary strength.

"Everyone is so polite, I came all the way from my hometown to Funing University just to see the demeanor of the abacus master, you must not be too modest. The abacus representative of the country of sticks said again.

The faces of the crowd were hot, as if they had been slapped twice, and this guy obviously said this on purpose, making them embarrassed.

There were thousands of students on the field, and they couldn't find a single one who was slightly good at abacus, and they lost all the faces of their ancestors.

Vice Principal Chen Zhao's face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, and he coughed twice and said: "Everyone be enthusiastic, even if you lose, it's nothing, the second friendship in the competition." ”

Sitting on the chair, Wang Shuyan sat like pins and needles, her pink fists clenched, and she wanted to stand up several times, but she was afraid that she would lose the game and discredit the school.

Now that there is no one to fight, it is no longer a question of whether to lose or not, if there is no one to fight, it will only be ridiculed even worse.

Losing the game is a lack of strength, the poor strength can be made up, no one should fight is cowardice, once a person is timid, it is bound to be defeated, and the reputation of Funing University will also plummet.

Just as Wang Shuyan was about to get up, a hand suddenly stretched out next to her to hold her down, and Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Don't be impatient, let me come to this game." ”

His voice was not loud, but it made Wang Shuyan tremble, no matter whether Li Yan could win this one or not, he was a hero.

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After urging several times, and finally saw a student stand up, Chen Zhao's heart was relieved, like a person walking in the desert who was about to die of thirst, and suddenly drank a sip of ice water, his whole body was cold, and he was indescribably comfortable.

"This classmate, can you introduce yourself? Chen Zhao personally handed the microphone to Li Yan with an amiable smile.

Li Yan briefly introduced himself, and then said: "The previous friend of the stick country said that abacus is one of the intangible cultural heritage of our country and a cultural treasure left by our ancestors, so the students have a reluctant request, before the start of the competition, let me go to the bathroom to tidy up my appearance, wash my hands, and not let the dirty things stain the abacus, and face the battle with the most dignified attitude." ”

It is rare for a student to attach so much importance to traditional culture, if it weren't for too many people on the scene, Chen Zhao would definitely not be able to help but applaud loudly.

The competition was proposed by the Stick Country Exchange Group, and the other party's opinions should be respected, Chen Zhao looked at the stick abacus representative on the stage.

The latter nodded solemnly: "This classmate's request is very reasonable and should be supported, but the time is limited, please hurry up." ”

"Okay, please wait three minutes, I'll come when I go. ”

After speaking, Li Yan walked quickly to the toilet.

In less than three minutes, he returned to the auditorium in good spirits, striding with his head held high.

There are already two abacus put on the table by the staff, and Li Yan and the abacus represent one for each person.

"The rules are very simple, after a while the projector will show twenty numbers ready, add them up with an abacus, and the person who comes up with the correct result first wins, using a best-of-three system. ”

Said the team leader of the stick country, who temporarily acted as a referee.

The rule sounded fair, but soon someone discovered the loophole and protested: "Twenty numbers are up to you, and if your contestants memorize the answers beforehand, won't we lose?"

"That's it, who knows if there's any catfish!"

"To be fair, ten numbers for each side!"

The students' protest was not unreasonable, Chen Zhao frowned and looked at the leader of the stick country.

The leader of the stick country was also calm, and said: "Okay, just do what everyone says, Principal Chen will come out with ten first, and I will come out with ten." ”

The scene was quiet, and as the referee shouted "start", twenty numbers jumped out of the curtain, all of which were more than a hundred and more chaotic numbers in order not to appear too low.

Almost at the same time, Li Yan and his opponent began to pluck the abacus beads, crackling endlessly, while the rest of the audience remained silent.

It was Li Yan and the stick that participated, and the audience's hearts were also hanging high, even more nervous than the contestants.

Gradually, people found that Li Yan's fingers were moving one point faster than the stick, and his demeanor was always calm and composed, and the students and school leaders were all happy.

The members of the stick exchange group also saw it, and the smugness on their faces gradually disappeared and was replaced by a heavy color.

They can see that Li Yan's calculation speed is faster, although it is not obvious, but fast is fast and slow is slow, and they must admit the reality.

The leader of the exchange group was very unhappy and snorted coldly: "Speed is secondary, the most important thing is whether the calculation result is accurate." ”

Everyone could hear the sour taste in his words, Chen Zhao felt much more comfortable, and finally saved some face.

As the last number was added, Li Yan took the lead in raising his hand, signaling that he had calculated the result, and the stick was three seconds slower than him.

Ask both of you to write your answers down on a piece of paper and hold them high. The stick leader said weakly, he had a hunch that he was likely to lose this game.

Sure enough, the answers given by the two were the same, both were correct answers, and Li Yan was three seconds faster, and he won the first game.

According to the rules, it is a best-of-three game, but the stick abacus representative suddenly said: "The other two games don't need to be compared, I admit defeat." ”

The team leader was taken aback and shouted: "Quan Xu, how can you give up lightly and forget what I said before the game?!"

"Team leader, I did my best just now, if it was only a second or two slower, I could accept it, but the difference of three seconds is too big. Kwon Wook shook his head and pursed his lips and said.

The stick leader looked stunned, Quan Xu was right, and was pulled away by the opponent for three seconds, which shows that there is a significant difference in speed between the two sides, and it is only in vain to compare.

Li Yan behaved very calmly and sophisticatedly, without the slightest nervousness, and it was almost impossible for him to make a mistake.

On the contrary, it was Quan Xu, who lost his fighting spirit, and maybe something would go wrong in the second game, so it was better not to compare, and he looked better on his face.

Nodding, the stick leader said helplessly: "Okay, I respect your choice, we admit defeat in the abacus competition." ”

The school leaders and students were sincerely excited by the warm applause and cheers at the scene.

As for those sticks, although they are also applauding, no matter how you look at it, they look weak, as if they have not eaten enough.

"Classmate Li Yan, since your abacus level is so high, why didn't you stand up just now?" Chen Zhao asked suspiciously.

Others also looked at Li Yan, if they had this strength, they would have jumped out of the limelight a long time ago.

"I am full of talents in the land of China, a mountain is higher than a mountain, and the students don't want to show their ugliness at this slight level, but the other students are relatively low-key and modest, and they don't want to hit international friends too much, so I have to be the bad guy." Li Yan said with a smile on his face.

He didn't say that it was okay, but after he finished speaking, the group of people in the country of sticks blushed even more, what do you mean that you don't want to hit your international friends too much, are we so weak?

Chen Zhao could hear that Li Yan was deliberately disgusting the other party, and he was even more happy in his heart, and laughed: "Yes, yes, modesty is my traditional Chinese virtue, and it is right to be a low-key person, but you still have to be high-profile when you should be high-profile." ”

After speaking, he looked at the team leader: "Professor Jin, I don't know what you want to compete in the next game?"

The full name of the team leader is Jin Quanzhong, and he is a professor at a top university in Bangzi Country, so letting him lead the team shows that his academic status is not low.

After a moment of silence, Jin Quanzhong said: "Then it's better than calligraphy, the contemptible people have admired Chinese calligraphy for a long time, and I hope to be able to ask for advice in person." ”

Everyone was in an uproar again, this stick leader actually wanted to play by himself, this old guy may have practiced calligraphy for decades, who will be his opponent?

The students looked at the school leaders on the stage, the other party was the team leader, and Funing University had to send a teacher to come forward to be considered equal.

The school leaders were dumbfounded, they were constantly socializing on weekdays, where did they have time to sink down and practice calligraphy? Even if they occasionally danced and wrote ink, it was only a vassal elegance, and it was difficult to get into the hall of elegance.

After a long period of confusion, Chen Zhao turned to look at one person and said softly: "Dean Nie, among the few of us, your calligraphy level is the highest, why don't you come to fight this time?"

Dean Nie's face changed for a while, and he felt like he was being roasted on the fire, and sweat immediately came out.

If he refuses, he is likely to offend Vice President Chen Zhao, and he will crush people to death at the level of the official university, and he will definitely have a hard time in the future, but if he comes out to fight, if he loses, where will his old face go?

Wang Shuyan thought that calligraphy would be played by young people, and she wanted to go up and show her hands, but now that her opponent has become Jin Quanzhong, she suddenly lost her confidence and couldn't help but look at Li Yan beside her.

Although this guy is greedy for money, his handwriting is really good, and he also has a great chance of winning against Jin Quanzhong.

"Li Yan, your calligraphy level is so high, hurry up and recommend yourself!" Wang Shuyan reminded in a low voice.

Li Yan frowned: "I just had a show before, will it be too high-profile?"

"You see Dean Nie's embarrassed expression, he doesn't want to play, and he's embarrassed to refuse, if you stand up now, just help him block a shot, how good it would be to get a favor." Wang Shuyan followed the good path.

Hearing this, Li Yan looked at her in surprise, she really didn't realize that Wang Shuyan's mind was so transparent.

Indeed, Dean Nie's face now is more ugly than stepping on dog shit while walking, and if anyone is willing to take the initiative to stand up, he will definitely accept this feeling.

There are more than 20 colleges in Funing University, and Dean Nie is one of them, although his status and influence are not as good as Chen Zhao, the vice president, but it is not much worse, and his personal value is not low.

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Sitting on the luxurious chair and being watched by everyone in the audience, Dean Nie felt uncomfortable, feeling that the flow of time was slowing down, and every second passed extremely hard.

When he was young, he had practiced calligraphy for a period of time under a famous teacher, and later with the promotion of his position, his leisure time became less and less, and his calligraphy level relied on eating the old book, and in recent years he has regressed even more.

It's just that he is a person who likes to show off, and he used to show off Mobao in front of other school leaders, but now it's good, he doesn't take himself lightly, and no one stands up to say a word for him.

Dead friends don't die poor, and the other deans will naturally not be stupid and burn themselves, and sit back and watch a good show.

Just when Dean Nie was about to stand up, a voice came: "Students have been practicing calligraphy since childhood, and they have been practicing calligraphy for more than ten years, so it is better for me to go to the front station, and if the student loses, then ask Dean Nie to come out." ”

When everyone heard the voice, they found that the speaker was the hero who defeated Quan Xu, and their eyes lit up.

This one has already won one game, and it may not be impossible to win the second one.

Dean Nie looked at Li Yan with sparkling eyes as if he saw a savior, and said excitedly: "Li Yan has the courage to win glory for the school and is an example for everyone to learn, we give the warmest applause to Li Yan!"

After a round of warm applause, Li Yan strode to the stage, calligraphy is his specialty, and he seems to be full of confidence.

Asking a student to compete with him, Jin Quanzhong was not very happy to say: "I am a professor at a world-renowned university, and it is inevitable that I will not win a calligraphy competition with an ordinary student, so I would like to invite your teacher to fight." ”

"Professor Jin, we have an ancient saying in Huaxia, called killing chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, after all, you are guests, as the hosts, we can't let you lose too ugly, so it is more appropriate for me to be your opponent. ”

Li Yan said unhurriedly.

Many of the students present laughed, this guy seemed to be very polite when he spoke, but nine out of ten sentences were belittling each other.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Jin Quan Zhong said bluntly: "Thank you Li Yan for thinking about us, since you want to be my opponent, then let's speak with our works." ”

In order to show fairness, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used by the two are uniformly provided, and the writing content is also the same, which is the representative work of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, "Yu Beauty", with a time limit of 15 minutes.

Before lifting the pen, Li Yan suddenly asked, "I wonder what kind of font Professor Jin plans to use?"

Jin Quanzhong did not answer, but asked in turn, "What kind of font does Li Yan plan to use?"

"Students are not talented, regular script, cursive script, official script, seal script five categories are quite involved, or simply extend the time to half an hour, let's use five fonts to write again, than one is higher and lower. Li Yan proposed.

Everyone present was stunned, how strong is this self-confidence to dare to say this, self-confidence matches strength, does Li Yan think he can beat the old professor?

Although she knew that Li Yan's calligraphy level was not low, Wang Shuyan didn't expect this guy to be so arrogant, not to mention his real strength, he was better than his opponent in terms of momentum alone.

Jin Quanzhong's face was as black as charcoal, and it was good to say that he had regular script and cursive script, and he often practiced, but he had never tried seal script and official script, especially seal script, including the big seal and small seal oracle bone inscription, which was the text of the pre-Qin period, where did he understand.

Gritting his teeth, he had no choice but to pull his face and say: "Let's compare regular script and cursive script, and I will write official script and seal script...... I'm not very proficient. ”

Li Yan guessed that Jin Quanzhong didn't understand the seal script, so he secretly smiled in his heart and didn't say anything.

If the other party agreed just now, it would not be easy for him to do it, because he didn't know much about seal script, and it was too difficult to write "Poppy Beauty" with seal.

successfully pretended to be a wave of pressure and disrupted the opponent's mood, Li Yan didn't say more, calmed down his emotions, picked up the pen and began to splash ink.

"When is the spring flower and autumn moon, how much do you know about the past. Xiaolou had another east wind last night......"

It took Li Yan less than four minutes to write down a poem, first in regular script, then in line script, and finally in cursive.

Jiang is still old and spicy, Jin Quanzhong has not been affected by Li Yan's dismount, his characters are also vigorous and powerful, you can see the shadow of some ancient calligraphers, and he also has his own unique opinions.

Chen Zhao stood aside and watched, regardless of his personal position, he still admired Jin Quanzhong's calligraphy level very much.

Li Yan's speed of completing the work is faster than that of his opponent, and the difference between the two of them is less than half a minute, and the writing speed is quite fast.

After taking two glances at his work, Kim Kwon-jong was very satisfied with his on-the-spot performance, and his slightly wrinkled face was full of smiles.

The two works are displayed on the screen of the projector through multimedia equipment, and the comparison between the advantages and disadvantages is clear at a glance.

Seeing the three poems "Poppy Beauty" written by Li Yan, the smile on Jin Quanzhong's face stiffened instantly, and the whole person froze in place as if he was petrified.

He couldn't believe that such a good hand of words was actually written by a college student in his twenties.

At this moment, his heart was shaken, and he wondered if he was wasting his time in the past few decades, and after practicing calligraphy for nearly half a century, he was not as good as a hairy guy.

The vast majority of students have limited appreciative ability and whisper to each other, "Who wins and loses?"

Some of the students at the scene are good at calligraphy, and they are all calligraphy masters carefully selected from various colleges, and some of them are not even weaker than Wang Shuyan.

They can see that the quality of Li Yan's works is still above Jin Quanzhong, and the dust has settled on this calligraphy competition.

However, they didn't seem to be very happy, because Li Yan's level surpassed Jin Quanzhong by a large margin, and Jin Quanzhong's level surpassed them by a large margin.

In contrast, Li Yan's attainments in calligraphy are beyond their reach.

People have a comparison mentality, if it is a small gap is acceptable, the big gap is also a big impact on their hearts.

Just like the previous abacus master Quan Xu, who was pulled away by Li Yan for three seconds, he directly gave up the last two games.

Dean Nie was completely relaxed, his calligraphy level was limited, but his appreciation ability was still good, and it could be seen that Li Yan was better.

In this way, he will not have to play again and will not lose face in front of everyone.

His lips trembled up and down a few times, Jin Quanzhong seemed to be ten years old in an instant, and he hung his head and said: "I lost, no matter whether it is regular script or cursive script, I have lost......"

"Impossible, Professor Jin will never lose!" shouted a young man from an exchange group who stood up excitedly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately aroused the anger of the public, and the students shouted: "Why, I can't afford to lose? If I lose, I lose, and he himself admits defeat!"

The members of the other exchange groups could not accept this reality either, how could Master Jin, who was well-known in the domestic cultural circles, lose to an unknown college student in calligraphy?

Like Jin Quanzhong, their firm belief in their hearts collapsed in an instant, and many members of the cultural exchange group had a question, could it be that Huaxia was really as mysterious as rumors, and that they met an ordinary person casually, maybe it was a hermit master?

"Don't argue, I'm convinced. Jin Quan Zhong waved his hand to calm down the members, then turned to Li Yan and said in a respectful tone: "Thank you Li Yan for letting me see a higher level of calligraphy, although I lost, but I saw my own shortcomings, this time the cultural exchange was not in vain." ”

Li Yan did not despise the other party because he won this game, on the contrary, he paid more attention to the old man in front of him.

People who can quickly get out of the frustration of failure, dare to admit failure, and recognize their own shortcomings and shortcomings, such a person will continue to improve, as his opponent, if he stops, sooner or later he will be surpassed by him.

From a personal point of view, Kim Kwon-jong is an admirable old man and a very formidable opponent.

"Student Li Yan, can you reveal which calligrapher is the respected teacher?" Jin Quanzhong asked as he looked at Li Yan longingly.

Li Yan shook his head slightly: "He is an elder of a family who is indifferent to fame and fortune, his old man is not famous, and Professor Jin doesn't know him when he says it." ”

Jin Quanzhong did not continue to ask, he did not fully believe what Li Yan said, but he believed seven or eight points.

The land of China is vast and rich, and many high-ranking hermits with real skills do not seek fame and fortune, and live in seclusion in the mountains and fields, perhaps Li Yan's elder is such a person.

Kim Kwonjong was able to face up to defeat, but the young people he brought with him did not have this awareness, and some people were in a hurry to play the third game and try to win back a game.

Two defeats in a row, and defeat at the hands of the same person, completely ruined the original layout plan, and they panicked.

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