Chapter 69

At eight o'clock, Gong Yang went out on time and got into the black BMW that had been parked downstairs for half an hour, and in less than an hour, the car stopped at the door of the Ma family's villa.

Gong Yang was just about to get out of the car, the old man standing at the gate of the villa waved his hand directly and said with a smile, "No need to get off the car, let's go", Gong Yang nodded and retracted into the car, and after Ma Shuo also got into the car, the driver went directly to the destination calligraphy association building.

"Gong Yang, last time you wrote 'Yima Pingchuan' in my house, I have already let people and hang it in the hall of my house, the more I look at it these days, the more I like it, when will you come to my house to write a few more paintings?"

"Grandpa Ma, you are exalting me too much, what I wrote as a stunned boy, where did it get into your eyes?"

Old Man Ma shook his head and smiled, "Haha, most of the young people nowadays are very young and frivolous, and you can't find a few who are as modest as you, not bad, not bad." ”

Gong Yang smiled, changed the topic and said, "Grandpa Ma, is the calligraphy competition you said yesterday a very solemn competition? ”

"Haha, it's not as formal as you said, it's just a group of calligraphy enthusiasts who are learning together, as for the good and bad, they are all evaluated by the big guys, and there are no gold medals, it's just that you can get everyone's recognition in calligraphy. ”

"Oh, then I'll rest assured, I'm afraid of embarrassing you."

Old Man Ma laughed, "Haha, I'm still waiting for you to give me a long face"

After talking and laughing in the car for dozens of minutes, the car finally stopped in front of the gate of the calligraphy association.

After the two got out of the car, Ma Shuo took Gong Yang directly to the main hall on the first floor.

The two emcees at the door saw that Ma Shuo had arrived, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "Ma Lao, you are finally here, the big guys are waiting inside."

"Is it still the same place this year?"

"Yes, it's in the lobby on the third floor, Ma Lao, do you need me to take you up?"

"No need, I'll go up myself"

"Okay, old horse, you walk slowly"

Gong Yang followed Ma Shuo from beginning to end, paying attention to his surroundings without saying a word.

Ma Shuo seemed to see Gong Yang's thoughts, and after entering the elevator, he comforted, "Gong Yang, you don't have to be too nervous, most of the people above are old men like me, and they are very talkative."

Gong Yang smiled on his face, "Grandpa Ma, I'm just curious, I'm not nervous"

"That's good, that's good"

The elevator stopped on the third floor, and after Gong Yang followed Ma Shuo out of the elevator, a splendid lobby appeared in front of Gong Yang's eyes, about one or two hundred people were talking in twos and threes, most of them looked like they were in their forties, and there were also a small number of young people.

In the crowd, a man who looked to be in his fifties caught a glimpse of Ma Shuo, immediately clapped his hands and smiled, "Everyone, be quiet, Ma Lao, the honorary vice president of our Calligraphy Association, has arrived, and everyone applauds and welcomes." ”

The people in the lobby immediately applauded, Ma Shuo kept nodding and laughing, and pulled Gong Yang towards the crowd.

"Ma Lao, who is this?"

"Ah, let me introduce to you, his name is Gong Yang, didn't I have a myocardial infarction some time ago, it was he who rescued me in time to save me, I invited Gong Yang to my home a few days ago I was ready to thank him, but I didn't expect Gong Yang to bring me an unexpected surprise, President Jiang, guess what a surprise. ”

The president of the Kyoto Calligraphy Association, Kunimasa, replied, "I think the only thing that can surprise Ma Lao now is calligraphy."

"Haha, that's right, Gong Yang's handwriting is really good, I brought him here today, just to let all of you come together to 'appreciate and appreciate'"

Gong Yang stepped forward and modestly said "Hello everyone"

Jiang Tongzheng nodded and said with a smile, "Ma Lao, this is a bit big, you let us appreciate a young man's calligraphy, this is a bit too much."

Ma Shuo was just about to talk, and a middle-aged and elderly man came out of the crowd, who also brought a young man in his twenties forward and said with a smile, "President Jiang, don't underestimate the young people now, I also brought a young man over today to see the world."

Halfway through speaking, the middle-aged and elderly man pushed the young man next to him a step forward and introduced, "My nephew, Kang Ming, there should be someone present who knows it, didn't Wen Bao Zhai in the south also hold a calligraphy competition some time ago? Kang Ming won a second place, at that time, it was Wen Bao Zhai's Liu Laozuo's comment, today he happened to be in Kyoto, I brought him. ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd immediately began to talk......

The vast majority of people cast affirmative glances at Kang Ming, while some young people had more envy in their eyes.

Jiang Guozheng laughed, "In previous years, we were a group of old men who were blind comparisons, but this year there are so many new faces, then our calligraphy competition this time must be interesting, so let's start learning now, how about it?"

"Good ......"

Seeing this, Jiang Guozheng nodded to the staff waiting on the side, and after a while, dozens of desks were moved by the staff and placed on both sides of the lobby.

Ma Shuo and Gong Yang whispered, "Don't look at so many people here, in fact, many of them are here to join in the fun, those who are older will basically not participate, it is estimated that there will be at most thirty people who will go up to write, for the sake of my face, go and write it, just play, what do you think?"

"Grandpa Ma, you've spoken, then I definitely have to sacrifice ugly."

Ma Shuo smiled on his face, "After the writing is finished, President Jiang and Vice President Kang and I will select the best three pairs of calligraphy, and then select the best pair with the others present. ”

"What is the font and what is the content?"

"It doesn't matter if it's a font, just choose a poem if it's content."

"Okay, I got it"

"Then you go, I have to sit on the judges' bench, after all, I have the title of honorary vice president"

"Hmm"

The staff moved more than 30 tables up, and after putting the four treasures of the study on each table, they retreated, while the lively people in the lobby and some old-timers retreated to both sides.

Jiang Guozheng saw that he was almost ready, so he stood up and announced, "Our calligraphy competition is nominally a competition, but in fact, there are no awards prepared, so I hope everyone will still focus on competition, friendship first, competition second, okay, I won't say much, let's take a seat." ”

After hearing this, Gong Yang went to the back row, and Kang Ming, who passed by Gong Yang, hooked the corners of his mouth and whispered, "Do you want to participate too?"

Gong Yang paused at his feet, and looked back at Kang Ming with some confusion.

"I advise you to come back in a few years, Ma Lao holds you so high, in case you want to embarrass Ma Lao, it will not be good for anyone, after all, with me, you can't win." ”

Gong Yang smiled on his face, walked directly to the last row and sat down, and said helplessly, "This person is sick, right? I've seen the insidious, the bad-hearted, the arrogant, and I've never seen such an unwanted face, but since you're shameless, don't blame me for slapping your face." ”

Gong Yang took down a wolf hair from the brush shelf, dipped it in ink, and muttered, "Young man, it's better to keep a low profile......