"Tong Yan, Tong Yan, you are shortlisted, you have entered the semi-finals!" Luo Xiaoxu excitedly pointed to the shortlist in the latest issue of "Sprout" magazine.

Tong Yan smiled: "Why did I see an acquaintance on the list?" ”

Dong Mian immediately came over: "Could it be that Duan Hou's guy is also shortlisted?" ”

Dong Mian looked at the column of Group A, and finally stared at a certain person's name and said in surprise, "Luo Xiaoxu!" "It says Yangping No. 1 Middle School at the back, this can't be wrong, there are people with the same name and surname, it can't even be the same school, there is no second one named Luo Xiaoxu in Yangzhong.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Tong Yan, Dong Mian Zheng Jing and these classmates all surrounded Luo Xiaoxu, and Tong Yan was originally shortlisted, but everyone didn't take it seriously, Tong Yan already has the identity of a well-known Internet writer, and it won't surprise them too much if he is shortlisted for another essay competition, but Luo Xiaoxu is different, as the most introverted and silent boy in the class, he actually signed up for the New Concept Essay Contest without a sound, and was shortlisted for the semi-finals!

Luo Xiaoxu said shyly: "Actually, I submitted earlier than you and Duan Hou, I wanted to participate in the competition as early as last year's sophomore year of high school, but at that time I felt that I was not satisfied with the article I wrote, and then slowly revised it, and it was delayed until the third year of high school, almost after I could sign up, I didn't have any hope at the time, I just wanted to try, but I waited for half a year, I almost forgot about it, during which you and Duan Hou also contributed, I didn't dare to say it, you all participated, let alone have nothing to do with me, I didn't expect it, I was shortlisted for ......"

Luo Xiaoxu calmly narrated, but Tong Yan could feel his excitement, but because of his personality, even if he was excited, he would not show it, "What are you waiting for." Take out your article for me to enjoy! Tong Yan said with a smile.

But on the other hand, Duan Hou's excitement was undoubtedly revealed, looking at the 205 shortlist behind Sprout Magazine, he was suspicious of his eyes, so he stared at his eyes wide, and they were about to pop up. Why, Tong Yan is not shortlisted, why is Luo Xiaoxu also on the list, could it be that I made a mistake when I wrote my name, and wrote Duan Hou as Luo Xiaoxu, otherwise how should this be explained, this can't be explained!

The news that Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu were both shortlisted for the New Concept Essay Contest quickly spread to Class 2, and when Lao Song entered the class, someone immediately reported the good news to him. The old Song Mei's snot bubbled, as a Chinese teacher, winning gold and silver in the Olympiad has nothing to do with him, and the new concept can make him a little hopeful, but except for the fourth session in Yangzhong, no one has been shortlisted for the semi-finals for many years, but I didn't expect that after five years, there were finally students shortlisted again. And a pair came all at once, and they were all his students. made his whole person flutter, after class, he asked Luo Xiaoxu's submission, and at the same time told him to go to his office for the Chinese class of self-study in the evening, and he would have special tutoring.

"Bang," someone knocked on the door, and Lao Song looked up and saw Tong Yan. Ignoring him, Tong Yan walked in by himself.

"What's the matter?"

"I want to apply for some awards, you see that Xiaoxu and I have been shortlisted for the new concept, and our school has only produced the two of us for several years, do you say that the school should express it. The prize is one thousand eight hundred. Tong Yan said with a smile.

Lao Song snorted: "You still use the reward, your monthly income of tens of thousands of yuan is higher than the principal's salary, you are embarrassed to be rewarded!" ”

There are still a lot of reward policies in Yangping No. 1 Middle School, and generally those who are shortlisted for the semi-finals of the Olympiad can be rewarded, but Lao Song doesn't want to apply for a reward for Tong Yan at all, Tong Yan is not bad for money on the one hand, on the other hand, the relationship between the two of them is known to the whole school, he helped Tong Yan apply for a reward, and people should say that he used his power for personal gain.

Tong Yan knew that Lao Song would say this, and he didn't give up: "Actually, it doesn't matter if I want this reward or not, but Luo Xiaoxu needs it very much, you can't let him make up the travel expenses by himself." ”

"Why, the organizer doesn't provide travel expenses?"

"Yes, but only the hard seat train ticket is reimbursed, from Yangping to the magic capital, half a Chinese distance, take the hard seat, isn't this our life!"

Tong Yan told Lao Song about his previous conversation with Luo Xiaoxu, since both of them were shortlisted for the semi-finals, they will participate next month, Tong Yan wanted to take a plane with Luo Xiaoxu to go to the magic capital, he had never been on a plane, but Luo Xiaoxu refused, "The plane ticket is too expensive, and the organizer only reimburses the train hard-seat ticket." ”

"You don't really have to sit in a hard seat, it's a twenty-hour drive, a distance of 1,000 kilometers, how can you have a whole sleeper!"

"But the sleeper has to pay for it yourself, and the hard seat is free." Luo Xiaoxu insisted.

So Tong Yan found Lao Song, "You should be more clear about the conditions in Xiaoxu's family, he is better than the previous ones, and he is better than the girls, I'm afraid that the fare of a few hundred yuan is very difficult for him to bear, plus he always feels that he has little hope of winning the award, if it weren't for the accommodation and round-trip ticket money provided by the organizer, he wouldn't be ready to participate." ”

"So you must apply for the bonus for us, or I will have to accompany him to make a hard seat." Tong Yan said miserably, if Luo Xiaoxu's stubborn temper came up, Tong Yan would definitely not be able to buy a soft sleeper ticket by himself, and he would really have to accompany him to the magic capital.

Lao Song nodded affirmatively: "I will definitely mention this matter to the above, after all, this can be regarded as winning glory for the school." ”

In the evening self-study, Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu were all in Lao Song's office, "Writing a new concept essay, maybe I can't teach you too much, but I can tell you what you can get from the new concept essay contest." ”

"The New Concept Essay Contest was initiated by the magazine "Sprout", at the beginning of Peking University, Fudan, Jinling University, Nankai, East China Normal University, Shandong University, Xiamen University seven schools co-sponsored, and later Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Zhongshan, Beijing Normal University, Wuhan University, Renmin University joined, forming the current 13 school lineup, a famous school, Tong guò this competition, the winners and these colleges and universities to establish associations, become a strong supplement to the college entrance examination selection of talents, which is why the new concept is known as the domestic language Olympiad."

"I found some information here, I can read it to you, the first competition, Chen Jiayong, Yang Qian, Wu Di, Liu Jiajun and other seven students were admitted to Peking University, Nankai, Jinling University, East China Normal University without examination, the second session, Huaisha, Chen Kai, Qi Youyi, Li Jing, Zhang Yaochen and other 15 winners were admitted in advance by Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Jinling University, Xiamen University, etc., the fifth Wang Yibo, Wang Haoshu, the seventh Huang Ruijie, Zhang Xinyue was admitted to Tsinghua, Zhongshan and other schools, In other words, after the rankings come out, they basically don't need to take the college entrance examination. ”

Tong Yan interjected: "That Liu Jiajun I know, he also writes online novels, and he is also a platinum writer of the www.biquge.info of Biquge." ”

"It seems that this competition has also sent talents to your online literature industry." Old Song was silent for a while.

Luo Xiaoxu had a question: "What about Han Sai, isn't he also the first prize of the first session?" Why he was not admitted without examination, is it because he is too rebellious. ”

"I seem to remember that Fudan was going to admit him, but he refused to go." Tong Yan seems to have seen such a report once.

Lao Song explained: "When Han Sai won the first prize, he was still a high school student, that is, a player in Group B, who did not meet the conditions for guarantee, only Group A players were eligible for escort, and then he participated in the second new concept in his sophomore year of high school and won the second prize, and then he had dropped out. At the age of 17, the teenager who was the director of three websites was admitted to Manzhou exceptionally, do you say that with Han Sai's character, can he agree? ”

Both of them were among the best partial geniuses at that time, and they were widely reported by the media, Man Zhou was admitted exceptionally, and Han Sai was an auditor, not to mention a young and frivolous person like Han Sai, even Tong Yan probably wouldn't agree, he couldn't afford to lose this person, perhaps, if Fudan was willing to admit Han Sai exceptionally, maybe he would bow his head once.

Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu both nodded, so it was so, they had not graduated from elementary school when this incident happened, and it was far less clear than Lao Song, who was paying close attention to the news at that time.

Luo Xiaoxu asked again: "What about Guo Xiaosi, isn't he the first prize of the new concept twice?" How did you end up at Modu University? ”

"This is what I want to say," Lao Song said solemnly, "At the beginning, the new concept of the first two sessions did make many students who studied generally but wrote good essays leap into the dragon gate and suddenly became students of famous schools, but from the third session, the state has tightened the liberal arts guarantee mechanism, so although there are more participants and greater influence, there have never been so many students in the first and second sessions." ”

"Nowadays, if you want to be recognized by those universities, you must at least be the first and second prize winners, and then talk to the colleges and universities in person, and you have the characteristics of being appreciated by others, so it is possible to be admitted exceptionally, Guo Xiaosi is the first prize of the third and fourth sessions, maybe he didn't have many shining points at that time, so even if he had two first prize halos, it didn't help him go to college, and finally he was admitted to Modu University."

Hearing Lao Song's words, Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu were slightly disappointed, it seems that even if they win the first prize, they are not a famous university for them to choose, this time it is regarded as seeing the world, Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu glanced at each other, and they both understood each other's meaning.

Before leaving, Lao Song told Tong Yan and Luo Xiaoxu that in view of their glory for the school, the school rewarded them with 1,000 yuan each, and they would be given to them before they went to compete.

Luo Xiaoxu had a happy look on his face, and Tong Yan was even more pleased: "This time we can buy a sleeper ticket, right?" ”

When I returned home, Tong Yan saw more than a dozen avatars flashing as soon as he boarded QQ, wondering, why are so many people looking for me? (To be continued......)

ps: [ps: The first update, there are two more chapters later~] R1292