The first to go was a white-haired old man, although he was old, but he was walking vigorously and seemed to be quite energetic. However, most of the eyes of everyone in the audience focused on a middle-aged man with a bearing half a step behind the old man, he was wearing a navy blue suit, combing his big back hair, although his expression was kind, but he had a kind bearing, and he looked like a person who had been in a high position for a long time.

People who have a little knowledge of current affairs suddenly discovered that this middle-aged man turned out to be Fang Hongda, secretary of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee. No one would have thought that the secretary of the provincial party committee would attend such a student calligraphy and painting competition, and at the same time, everyone was full of curiosity about the old man, who is worthy of being treated politely by a provincial secretary?

There was a small step in front of the VIP seat, and Fang Hongda stretched out his hand to help the old man. The old man smiled and waved his hand, and stepped up the steps steadily, his smile was extremely simple, faintly childlike innocence.

While everyone was speculating about the identity of the old man, Fang Yang had already set off an uproar in his heart. He didn't expect that this competition would invite this old man, and the Propaganda Department of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee didn't have such a lot of energy, and this matter should have been facilitated by Fang Hongda. It is no wonder that the security level has suddenly been raised, and the news media have also flocked to it, which turned out to be Fang Hongda's reason.

Looking at the old man with a childish face, Fang Yang had mixed feelings.

He was one of Fang Yang's most important teachers in his previous life, Master Bai Yan, a Taishan Beidou figure in the national calligraphy and painting circle. At the age of fifteen, Fang Yang began to follow the master to learn calligraphy, painting and cultural relics appreciation, until the plane crash Fang Yang was reborn, this teacher-student relationship continued, this is the teacher that Fang Yang has followed for the longest time. And Master Bai Yan is also very respectful of Fang Yang, in his previous life, Fang Yang was recognized by everyone as the successor of Master Bai Yan's mantle and closed disciple. The relationship between the two has gone beyond the relationship between teachers and students, and is a bit similar to the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

And Fang Hongda, secretary of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee, who became the focus of everyone's attention as soon as he appeared, was the third son of Old Man Fang and the third uncle of Fang Yang before he was reborn. Master Bai Yan has a lot of connections with the Fang family, and he had a good relationship with Old Man Fang during the war years. This is also the reason why Fang Hongda, as the governor of a province, still performs the junior salute to the master.

Now that he is a human being in two lives, the uncle and teacher in front of him are strangers to him in this life. Fang Yang thought of the scene of celebrating under Master Baiyan's knees in the past, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

"Fang Yang! Fang Yang! Soho's voice woke Fang Yang up from his memories, Fang Yang quickly wiped the corners of his eyes and turned his head to look at Soho.

Soho looked at Fang Yang with strange eyes and asked:

"What's wrong with you? I've called you several times and there has been no response. ”

"Oh it's okay, I just got distracted. What's wrong? Fang Yang disguised.

"The event will start immediately, the judges have all entered, and the results of the preliminary review will be announced soon! I'm so nervous! Soho unconsciously patted his chest, and Fang Yang was fascinated for a while.

"Silly girl! You still don't believe in my strength? Not to mention the preliminary review, if those experts dare not give you a gold award, I will be anxious with them on the spot! Fang Yang patted Soho's head dotingly and said.

Soho's face flushed, and she looked around nervously like a thief, for fear that her classmates would see it. But at this time, everyone's eyes were gathered in front of the stage, but no one paid attention to Fang Yang's small movements, Su He glanced at Fang Yang with disgust and shyness, but she didn't speak, because she also thought deeply of Fang Yang's words, in her mind, Fang Yang's works were definitely of a super-first-class level.

The lights at the scene dimmed, the spotlight hit the stage, and Bai Xue, the host of a talk show on provincial TV, walked out and said with a smile on his face at the No. 1 camera:

"Hello to the audience and friends in front of the TV! Welcome to the annual Rongcheng Colleges and Universities Calligraphy and Painting Competition! First of all, please allow me to introduce the experts and leaders who have come to this competition. First of all, let us solemnly welcome Master Bai Yan, the honorary president of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the executive director of the Chinese Collectors Association, and the famous calligraphy and painting artist in China! ”

With a bang, while the applause at the scene was thunderous, many people also whispered in surprise.

"It turns out that the old man just now turned out to be Master Baiyan!"

"No wonder even Secretary Fang has to be polite to him!"

"This competition is really generous, even Master Bai Yan has been invited to the scene!"

Although Master Bai Yan is very famous, he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, living in a simple place on weekdays, writing and painting, playing Tai Chi, and cultivating himself, so although everyone on the scene knows the name of Master Bai Yan, most of them are seeing his true face for the first time.

Master Bai Yan smiled, stood up and bowed slightly to the audience behind him.

Bai Xue then introduced Fang Hongda, Secretary of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee, Hao Xueqin, Propaganda Minister of the Southeast Provincial Party Committee, He Ping, President of the Southeast Calligraphers Association, Liu Guangya, Executive Vice President of the Southeast Academy of Calligraphy and Painting and other experts and leaders.

"The expert review team of this competition has been recommending Master Bai Yan as the leader of the review team, and before the live broadcast began, the expert review team has carried out intense selection work, and now, the results of the primary selection have come out. Now, let us welcome Mr. He Ping, deputy leader of the expert review team and president of the Southeast Calligraphers Association, to announce the results! ”

Master Bai Yan is highly respected, and it is natural for him to be the leader of the judging team. However, after all, he is old, and He Ping still does the work of reading out the results of the primary election.

He Ping is about fifty years old, but his figure is still good, he is relatively thin, and he looks quite literati. With an envelope in his hand, he strode to the front of the stage.

"After the screening of the review team, a total of fifty works were shortlisted, which are......" He Ping didn't talk nonsense, and directly began to read out the results of the primary selection.

Su He nervously grabbed Fang Yang's hand, Fang Yang felt that Su Ho's palm was slightly sweaty, smiled and stretched out his right hand and gently patted the back of Su Ho's hand.

It wasn't until he heard He Ping read "Lady Picture, Author: Fang Yang of Rongcheng University" that Soho let out a long breath, and didn't care too much about whether the character she named was selected, as long as Fang Yang's work was shortlisted for Soho, she was very happy.

Also nervously listening to He Ping read out the results, as well as Lu Qiushi, the director of the art department of Rong University, who was sitting in the front row, his face was calm, but his heart has been silently remembering the number of shortlisted works of Rong University and Southeast Normal University, the previous calligraphy and painting competitions, basically Rongcheng University and Southeast Normal University two colleges and universities, the same 211 key universities, Rongcheng University as a comprehensive university, in the national ranking is slightly higher than Southeast Normal University, but liberal arts and art are the traditional strengths of Southeast Normal University, So in previous years' competitions, the two schools won and lost each other, and it was basically a tie.

However, in the past two years, Southeast Normal University has overwhelmed Rong University in terms of the number of shortlisted works and the number of award-winning works, especially in the past two years, the gold medal winners of the competition have all fallen to Southeast Normal University, which also makes Lu Qiushi full of energy to win back a city this year. So he was very concerned about the results of this primary.

He Ping read unhurriedly for nearly ten minutes before he finished reading out the long list.

Soho was very happy, because not only Fang Yang's picture of a lady was shortlisted, but the calligraphy work with his name on it, which was also from Fang Yang's hand, also passed the primary selection.

Seeing Soho's excited smile, Fang Yang couldn't help but scratch her cute nose and said with a smile:

"Girl, I said you're too easy to be satisfied! It's just a finalist! Our goal is a gold medal! ”

Soho snorted lightly, pouting and muttering:

"Don't always treat me like a child......"

Fang Yang couldn't help but laugh.

Diametrically opposed to Soho's mood, Lu Qiushi was quite depressed, in the results just announced, a total of five works from Rongcheng University were shortlisted, in addition to the works of Soho and Fang Yang, the works of Shen Tufan and two other members of the calligraphy and painting club were also successfully shortlisted, this result should be considered a normal performance compared to previous years. However, Southeast Normal University is a super level performance, a total of six works have been shortlisted this year, and it has faintly pressed Rong Da, and Lu Qiushi is naturally not happy.

Hu Lizhong, dean of the School of Arts of Southeast Normal University, who was sitting next to Lu Qiushi, has also been paying attention to the shortlisted works of the two schools.

"Lao Lu, it seems that we narrowly won again this year!"

Lu Qiushi snorted coldly, and said with a dark face:

"It's just a primary election, and it's hard to say what the final result will be!"

"Haha! Then the final selection will be known! Hu Lizhong is full of confidence this year, and several relatively excellent works of Southeast Normal University have been successfully shortlisted this year, especially Yan Huiming's ink landscapes, Hu Lizhong is quite optimistic and thinks that it is very promising to win the gold medal.

"Thank you, President Ho!" Bai Xue walked up to the stage, took the microphone in He Ping's hand and said, "Next, we have invited the experts of the review team to come to the stage to discuss and discuss the fifty shortlisted works, and first select the forty works that won the Excellence Award!" ”

The expert review team headed by Master Bai Yan stepped onto the stage under the guidance of Miss Etiquette. A long conference table has been set up on the stage, and the shortlisted works have already been sent by the staff and placed neatly on the conference table. Master Bai Yan took the lead and sat down in the center position, and the other experts sat down in order according to their names. Several cameras were pointed at the experts from different angles, and the entire selection process was broadcast live on the provincial television station.

The so-called selection of works for the Excellence Award is just a relatively euphemistic statement, in fact, it is to eliminate forty works first, and the remaining ten are the ones that really compete for the gold, silver and bronze awards. According to the usual practice, one Gold Award, two Silver Awards and seven Bronze Awards will be selected in the competition.

The speed of the selection of experts is very fast, because at the time of the preliminary review, these works have been passed through, and all of them are industry leaders, and the eyes are quite vicious, and who is on and who has actually had a scale in their hearts, so only ten minutes later, the expert group unified their opinions.

"Okay, thanks to the hard work of the experts of the review team, after intense selection, the results of the Excellence Award of this competition have been released, and we have invited Mr. Liu Guangya, executive vice president of the Southeast Provincial Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, to announce the works that won the Excellence Award!" The host, Bai Xue, took the review results of the expert group with Master Bai Yan's autograph, and said with a smile.

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