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On the morning of November 8, the semi-finals of the first New Concept Essay Contest were held in a borrowed few classrooms at an elementary school near Sprout magazine.

There were more than 20,000 participants in this new concept, 102 of whom passed the preliminary review, entered the semi-finals, and 94 actually participated in the semi-finals.

One out of two hundred.

This percentage is much lower than that of the college entrance examination.

In my previous life, there were only about 4,000 participants in the first New Concept Essay Contest.

The reason why so many people participated in the first New Concept Essay Contest in this life is not unrelated to the more sensational hype in the early stage.

Focusing on Xiao Fei, the youngest judge of the New Concept Essay Contest, the media has been hyping up for half a month, and as many as five or six hundred news articles have been published by important media across the country.

And not only newspaper media, but also domestic TV stations have reported a lot.

It's also normal for participants to surge because it's well advertised.

Xiao Fei, as a judge, naturally does not need to go to the scene of the semi-finals.

However, he still got the essay topic for the semi-final as soon as possible, which was "a performance art", which was exactly the same as in his previous life.

Performance art is a new art form at this time.

It was born in France in the middle of the 20th century, and in the early 80s, it entered the country with the reform and opening up of our country and began to develop rapidly.

Xiao Fei himself has no affection for performance art.

Many of this art forms are very violent, bloody and vulgar, full of eyeball effects, giving Xiao Fei the feeling that a large part of the performance artists, they are just for grandstanding.

Xiao Fei still remembers that a Chinese performance artist once asked a surgeon to cut open the flesh of his shoulders and plant two bundles of grass into his flesh.

Just thinking about it makes people feel creepy.

He couldn't see through the profound connotation of this performance art called "Planting Grass". Does this mean that man should be in harmony with nature?

Who would think about the artistic meaning behind such a performance? See. It's just bloody self-inflicted mutilation.

Of course, not all performance art is such bloody violence, and some performance art has its own positive significance.

For example, the performance art of some environmentalists. The performance art of some animal protectors, the reflective performance art of some human rights activists, and the performance art of analyzing life that is rich in life philosophy are all good performance arts.

This essay topic only looks at its title. As you know, this is to ask the contestants to write a short essay about performance art.

Entrants can design a new performance art idea and interpret it in the article.

Entrants can also provide an in-depth critique of a performance art.

In short, as long as it is reasonable, as long as there is innovation, as long as it can make the judges' eyes shine, then such an article is a good article.

Morning rematch.

In the afternoon, the judges began to gather in the large conference room of the hotel and began to review the papers.

Because there are many fewer papers in the semi-finals, and the number of judges in the semi-finals is larger, the process of reviewing the entries is leisurely and not tense.

According to Xiao Fei's proposal, the semi-final jury worked together to formulate clear criteria for judging the merits of the articles. When standards are well formulated, there is a lot less controversy.

In principle, an essay should be reviewed by three judges, and an appropriate score will be given at the end.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the semi-final articles have almost been approved, and the ranking will be finally determined. At this moment, one of the judges shouted: "Ah! Why didn't one of the contestants in Group B, who was originally scheduled to be the first place, come to the semi-finals? ”

"Which one didn't come to the rematch?" A staff member of the editorial department of "Sprout" hurriedly asked.

"Han Han, I remember that his two preliminary articles are quite good, and he is still a native of the magic capital. It stands to reason that you shouldn't miss the rematch, right? The judge said again.

"It turned out to be Han Han, I have an impression of this, I have also read his two articles in the preliminary round, and they are really well written." Dai Houying said at this time.

Xiao Fei didn't speak. But he shook his head.

Although the first New Concept Essay Contest was done quite meticulously from the preparation to the holding to the final semi-finals, after all, the experience is not rich enough, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

The inertia of history has once again exerted its tremendous power.

After this problem was reflected to the editor-in-chief Zhao of the editorial department of "Sprout", the editor-in-chief Zhao immediately asked people to understand the situation. Han Han wrote his home phone number at the back of the article about his participation in the preliminary competition.

The phone was connected, and Editor-in-Chief Zhao realized that he had forgotten to notify Han Han to come over to participate in the semi-finals.

What can I do?

The judges were again in a bit of a discussion.

Some people think that since they missed the rematch, it will be wrong, and if Han Han is allowed to come to the rematch, it will be unfair to other players.

But some people think that it is the fault of the editorial department, and they forgot to notify others to come over for the retest, but the consequences of the mistake have to be borne by the players, which is even more unfair.

At the end of the discussion, Ye Zhaoyan believed that since this competition was basically based on the articles in the preliminary round, Han Han's award had actually been determined before. He suggested that it would be better to call Han Han over and retry it alone, and if he performed well, then he would continue to award this first prize to him.

The judges voted by a show of hands.

Xiao Fei also voted in favor.

finally decided, called Han Han's home, and asked Han Han to come over the next morning for a separate retest.

Who is responsible for Han Han's retest?

"Xiao Fei is in charge of this matter, he is young and has a strong sense of responsibility, and he probably has more intersections with children like Han Han." Ye Zhaoyan proposed.

"I think so." Dai Houying agreed.

"Then it's decided." Meng Lao said.

In this way, Xiao Fei was given the responsibility of retesting Han Han. This came as a surprise to him. However, he is also very interested in his role.

He was wondering, what would 15-year-old Zhengtai Han Han be like?

Rebellious, arrogant, Form 2? Or is it the anxiety, the confusion beneath these packages?

Let's say that Han Han only learned by watching TV on the 8th that today is the day when the semi-finals of the New Concept Essay Contest will be held.

After reading the news, he was very bored.

After he saw the announcement of this competition, he put a lot of effort into preparing the articles for the competition, and the two articles he sent to the editorial department of "Sprout" were carefully written by him, and he felt very satisfied.

Why didn't you even make it to the semi-finals?

Han Han is reflecting on himself.

It was Saturday, and he had made an appointment with his classmates to play ball, but after seeing the news, he had no interest in going out to play at all, and he was stuffed in his room alone, sulking.

Han Han only knew at this time that those who passed the preliminary round would receive an invitation to the semi-finals from the editorial department of "Sprout" in advance.

If you don't receive an invitation to the rematch, it means that you have lost the event.

It's so sad.

15-year-old Han Han, whose literary talent has begun to emerge, has published many works in a row. His literary ambitions are not small.

He was a very self-conscious, arrogant child.

He kind of couldn't stand the blow of such a failure.

In the process of Han Han locking himself in the room, his parents knocked on the door several times to come in and comfort him, but he refused.

He just couldn't suppress his inexplicable anger, and felt that the world was full of malice towards him.

In the evening, my father knocked on the door again.

"Dad, don't bother me, don't worry! Your son won't go looking for a short-term view, I just want to be alone and quiet, okay? ”

Han Han shouted irritably in the room.

"Kid, I'm here to tell you a piece of news, just now the editorial department of "Sprout" called our house, and they said that your work has passed the preliminary round before, and the results are quite good, they just omitted you when they notified the rematch, and they are now informing you that tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. will accept the rematch held separately for you."

Father Han said outside.

Hearing his father's words, Han Han Huoran sat up from the bed.

"Dad, really?"

"Of course it's true! I just recorded the phone, you can come out and listen! Father Han said with a smile.

Han Han felt at this time that just as a ray of sunlight shone into his dark heart, his entire person suddenly became brighter.

He came out of the room and saw his father standing outside the door, and he saw that his father's hairline was already silver-white, and he couldn't help but have a sour nose.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you just now." Han Han said.

"Child, your mood just now, Dad understands." Han's father patted his son on the shoulder.

On this day, for Han Han, life is like a roller coaster, reaching the bottom and rushing to the top again.

He heard the recording of the call from the editorial department of "Sprout", and finally, his heart calmed down.

"Child, I heard that the re-examination is just a formality, and the key role is still the two articles you sent in the past, but the semi-final can't be taken lightly, the rematch is a question on the spot, you can't prepare in advance, don't be in a hurry when you arrive at the scene tomorrow, you still have to write seriously, try your best to write more excitingly, be thoughtful, and write a novel angle." Father Han told Han Han.

"Hmmm! Dad, I see. ”

Han Han nodded very seriously, he secretly clenched his fist, tomorrow's rematch, he must conquer the hearts of the judges, and he must fight his way out in this essay contest.

He clearly knows that if he wants to get ahead in this world, he can only rely on this sharp pen in his hand, and there is no other shortcut!

The next day, Han Han got up early in the morning, and accompanied by his father, he took a bus to the city. (To be continued.) )