Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Champion

Zhu Ziqing!

The name once again topped the list. No one was surprised by this. The winner of the first place in five rounds, and the final championship is something that everyone is looking forward to. The only question is how much moisture he has in this award.

"It's no surprise that Zhu Ziqing won the final championship, based on the strength he showed in the first five rounds. Winning the championship is like finding something for him. However, the seventeen hours of creative time greatly diminished the gold content of this championship. ”

"This is the most watery champion in the history of the tournament. Because it is the result of the combined action of many forces. ”

"I'll just ask: Zhu Ziqing, do you have peace of mind for this championship?"

After the list was announced, the Internet was buzzing again. Most of them questioned the gold content of this championship, and some people were upset with the other nine players.

Winning the championship was something Zhu Ziqing expected. The classics of "Metamorphosis" can transcend time and space, and it is absolutely no problem to conquer the judges. Everyone's reaction, he was not surprised, he was ready to be scolded.

But he wasn't in a hurry at all. He is waiting, waiting for the work to be announced. He believes that "Metamorphosis" will definitely change everyone's opinion on this matter.

Fan Haolan also has the same idea, and the recent criticism has also made his position as the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Shuowen Jiezi" in jeopardy. He didn't expect that a well-intentioned idea of his might cause such a big trouble. Now one can only hope that Metamorphosis will move everyone. Counteract everyone's disgust.

Not all of them are blindly opposed, and some sober people have expressed their opinions.

"I don't comment on this matter until I see the work. ”

"According to the rules of the game temporarily supplemented by Wensai, Zhu Ziqing's article should be very long. If that's the case, there's a lot of excuse for that. We'll wait two hours for more information. ”

Two hours passed quickly, and the organizing committee posted all the articles on the official website on time. Countless people flocked to it. Click on the name in gold font at the top.

Unlike in the past, this time everyone did not read the content of the article. Instead, I cared about the word count.

Ten million, tens of thousands of words. Ten thousand is three, and one thousand is four. The article is actually more than 34,000 words.

It's nothing that I don't understand, and those who know how to look at this number are in a trance for a while. Seventeen hours, thirty-four thousand words. Even ideation and writing. How talented it takes to do something like this.

But whether it's knowledgeable or not, after seeing this word count, I went to see the other authors' word counts that were not even five thousand. I have a little more understanding of Zhu Ziqing's delay.

When they saw the content of this work, everyone fell silent.

The Metamorphosis describes the sudden transformation of Gregor Samsa into a giant beetle that disgusts his family. It reveals the essence of intimacy and affection between people on the surface, but extremely lonely and strange inside. It vividly and profoundly exposes the indifference between people under the modern concept of money supremacy. This is the judge's comment.

Zhu Ziqing did not completely copy the original text, he slightly changed the era in which the story took place, and put the background of the story in modern times. It's not difficult to do this, the Metamorphosis doesn't have obvious chronological markers, just a few minor changes are fine.

The change of age has inevitably led to a change in connotation. The original "Metamorphosis" was a critique of the indifference between people in capitalist society. Moved to the modern era. It can be understood that today's prevalence of money worship has led to the lack of human nature.

But that doesn't detract from how classic it is. On the contrary, because it closely follows the characteristics of the times, it is easier to be understood and accepted by modern people, and it can also resonate with everyone.

"Metamorphosis" lived up to Zhu Ziqing's trust in it and successfully reversed everyone's opinion of him. No one doubts the gold content of the championship anymore. The new rules for the examination time announced by the Organizing Committee of the Cultural Competition a few days ago have also been recognized by everyone.

Its appearance caused a stir in the literary world like an eight-magnitude earthquake. Soon, countless writers and literature lovers published their appreciation through various channels.

In the gray-black world presented by Zhu Ziqing's indifferent pen, the rotten spiritual core of money worship has unconsciously penetrated into all corners of human nature. Gregor's deep grievances froze at the shriveled corpse of the beetle before their eyes when they finally found it. At the end of the article, "his sister was the first to jump up and stretch her youthful body" turned into a silent sigh. -- Writer Du Jiyang.

"The distortion and disintegration of human nature has room to grow because of imagination. This symbolist novel is perfectly constructed. After reading The Metamorphosis. There is an irrepressible depression in the mood, but there is no anger that erupts out. Through the spiritual core that permeates between the lines, it allows us to have a deeper understanding of this world and this era. A clearer peel out of the complexity of human nature. - Writer Fang Tao.

"This is a work that is different from all of Zhu Ziqing's previous works, and it is a classic of expressionism. What is hidden under his absurd stories is the state of estrangement between people and the refraction of loneliness and despair caused by the estrangement. Even now, I can't believe that such a deep and profound work was written by an eighteen-year-old boy. -- Literary critic Feng Jiajia.

Even the two masters, Chen Qiming and Jia Qigong, were shocked. Master Chen Qiming said directly in an interview with reporters: master-level works. Coincidentally. Master Jia Qigong also said on a public occasion that Zhu Ziqing's article has a master's level.

The two masters, one in the south and one in the north, said this at the same time, once again raising Zhu Ziqing's popularity to a new high.

The news network also reported on the incident that night, and gave thirty seconds. In the past, the finals were reported for less than ten seconds, and the championship was reported for no more than three seconds. And today's thirty seconds, fifteen seconds are dedicated to introducing Zhu Ziqing.

Affected by this. The sales of several of Zhu Ziqing's works also ushered in a big explosion again. In particular, the daily sales of "Devotion" climbed to more than 100,000 copies again, winning the sales championship of the day. Even the sales of "Little Doudou", which has been sold for more than a month, have rebounded to more than 40,000 copies.

Although these good news made Zhu Ziqing excited, they were not as good as another thing - Wuda finally sent him a special recruitment notice. Moreover, this notice was sent to him by Liu Xiaoping personally.

"Aren't you writing a book? Welcoming Liu Xiaoping into the room, Zhu Ziqing asked in surprise.

The last time Master Jia Qigong called and said that he was in retreat, and he also took an article he had written for Zhu Ziqing to revise. Why did you get out of the customs today.

"Is it a combination of work and rest? Master also suggested that I go out for a walk. And after you revised the article last time, I don't understand a few things very thoroughly, I'm afraid that I can't say it clearly on the phone. So I wanted to come and talk to you in person. Liu Xiaoping walked in with a big grin, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he was stunned.

"Who is this?" Looking at the beautiful girl in the living room, Liu Xiaoping's eyes straightened.

"Please wipe your saliva clean. This is my girlfriend, don't be blind. Zhu Ziqing pushed him from behind and said.

"Cow. Liu Xiaoping was not angry, and extended a thumbs up to Zhu Ziqing. His expression just now was deliberately performed.

"It's up to you to say that. Zhu Ziqing said unceremoniously.

"Hello brother and sister. I'm Liu Xiaoping. Zhu Ziqing's good brother. I didn't bring any gifts when I met for the first time, so I'm really embarrassed. Liu Xiaoping ignored Zhu Ziqing and said politely.

"Hello, I'm Lin Bao'er, Ziqing's girlfriend. You are welcome to come and visit. You may be seated. Lin Baoer also said with a smile of seven points of politeness and three points.

Although the relationship between the two and Zhu Ziqing is very close. But after all, it was the first time they met, and they were still of the opposite sex, so they were a little polite.

In this regard, Zhu Ziqing didn't say anything. A friend's friend is not necessarily your own friend, and this truth is not very difficult to understand. It's normal for the two to be polite.

The three sat down separately. Lin Baoer is very virtuous, making tea and pouring water. After sitting down and chatting for a while, he made an excuse and went into the room. Leave room for the two to talk.

"Brother, what a blessing. Liu Xiaoping praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Of course. Zhu Ziqing accepted this praise without modesty.

"But the two of you have been living together so early, don't the family object?"

“…… You're thinking too much. She came to give me writing materials. ”

Last time, Lin Bao'er spent the night here, and after going back, the old men of the two families were quite angry. She could only stay at home honestly, for fear of annoying them. I just found a chance to run out today. I didn't expect to run into Liu Xiaoping.

Liu Xiaoping obviously didn't believe this. Look at him with a skeptical look.

"Alright, don't act like this. Let's talk about it. What are you doing all the way here today? Zhu Ziqing didn't bother to explain to him.

"I'm here today to send you an admission letter. As he spoke, he took out a piece of light green cardboard and handed it over.

Zhu Ziqing understood what he was talking about after thinking about it. I didn't expect Wuda's speed to be so fast. I didn't expect it to be sent to Master Jia Qigong in the end.

Looking at this beautifully made paper, Zhu Ziqing sighed a lot. Isn't it just for this piece of paper that more than a month of hard work? Now it's finally here. He also completed Lin Baoer's agreement, and he can finally say with confidence that Lin Baoer is his girlfriend.

"The second thing is that I have some writing problems to ask you. ”

"I don't know much about this type of article. Let's talk to each other. ”

"The last article I sent you. I don't understand the intention of some of the things you changed after you changed it......"

In fact, Zhu Ziqing has not studied this subject much, and he doesn't know as much as Liu Xiaoping. But fortunately, he has memories of his previous life, and he has also read a lot of book reviews and summaries of "Ugly", so he has not been exposed. After some conversation, not only Liu Xiaoping gained a lot. Even he himself has gained a lot.

Just when the two were talking most passionately, Zhu Ziqing's phone call suddenly remembered. When I picked it up, I saw that it was Tao Yingshuang who came over.

"Ziqing, just now an island man called me and said he was looking for you. (To be continued......)

PS: End the first volume in two chapters, and start the second volume, which is the university content. By the way, I ask for a recommendation ticket.