Chapter 287: Unexpected Joy
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"Cream cake? It seems to be a heaven-level dim sum! β
"What? Take a sky-level dim sum as a lottery head? What if that...... If you win this competition, wouldn't you be able to taste heaven-level dim sum? β
"That's right, I heard that if you win the first place for ten consecutive days, you can become a gold member for free."
"Heavenly ...... Oh, my God! This...... This color is too big! This 'Qin's Dessert House' is really big! β
"Isn't it? It's just that I don't know if this topic is difficult! β
"Hey, you don't care if it's hard for him, he won't lose anyway! Besides, didn't you see that just now? Those two puzzles were guessed by non-readers first, who said that the same would not be the case in the competition? β
"It's extreme, it's extreme! In that case, let's participate together? β
"Well, together, together!"
Since Qin'er and the others told the story of the "Lantern Fan Conference", everyone in the audience has become a mess.
And what is discussed in it is nothing more than to participate in or not to participate in this "lantern fan conference". In the end, the conclusion was that they should all participate, because the lottery head that the "Qin's Dessert House" was going to give away turned out to be a heaven-level dim sum!
It's not that their mouths are gluttonous, the key is that this kind of dim sum is usually something they can't reward even if they have money, and the price is sky-high. And now, they can taste it for free, so naturally, they are crazy.
However, although they all decided to participate in this "Lantern Fan Conference", there were very few people who could participate in the end, because, Qin Yong saw that the scene in front of him was too eager, and he finally made a temporary decision that if he wanted to participate in this "Lantern Fan Conference", he had to symbolically recover a little registration fee, otherwise the stage they built temporarily would not be able to stand up to so many people.
"What? Do I have to pay an application fee to participate in the competition? β
"How much? A tael of silver? β
"That'...... Then I'd better not participate yet! β
Really. Once the "Qin's Dessert House" announced that it would charge an application fee, many people on the scene immediately died down. There is no way, although one tael of silver is indeed not worth mentioning compared to the value of thousands of taels of a gold member, but for most ordinary people, it is a lot of money.
So. Those who originally just relied on a momentum to gamble on their luck were suddenly reluctant to take this risk. Because, they don't have much faith in the first place. This is also ah, there are so many test-taking people who claim to be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and they are small businessmen and hawkers who don't know a few big characters. Is that really a chance to dominate? That's really unlikely, so, after thinking about it, they quickly chose to back down.
"Humph! My son is going to participate! Isn't it just a tael of silver? Ben Gongzi can afford ......"
Of course, there are people who retreat, and naturally there are people who move forward. And most of these people are those who think very highly of themselves, and after losing to non-scholars twice just now. They were holding their breath in their hearts, so they naturally wouldn't back down at this time, and they also thought that the "Qin's Dessert House" was doing it too right.
After all, this is a competition about words, and it's not a street showmanship, so can anyone participate? So. Isn't it natural to use the entry fee as a threshold to keep most applicants out? If it really becomes an event that anyone can participate in, these talented people hold their own identities, and they don't want to participate in it.
As for whether the registration fee of one or two silver is too high, they basically don't consider this. Because although one tael of silver is a lot, it is very small compared to the membership fee of thousands of taels for gold members. So, naturally, they don't pay much attention to it.
And besides, although they felt that the entrance fee of thousands of taels for gold members was something they could not afford at all, it was one tael of silver. But you can get it out of it anyway. Otherwise, what kind of scholars do they call them? How can there be such a poor reader in the world?
You must know that as long as they are successful in Xiucai, there are countless official histories or businessmen who invite them to go back to be masters, and in addition to being masters, they can also choose to be the gentlemen of various school children, so in this era, as long as scholars are selected to be Xiucai, there are still quite a lot of ways out, so although many of them call themselves humble scholars, but in fact, their lives are still much better than ordinary people.
Ordinary Tong Shengxiu can already achieve such a Cheng dΓΉ, not to mention those people in front of them who have already passed the township test, and in some dynasties, these people can be directly promoted as officials. Of course, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was impossible, because they still needed to go through a meeting and a palace test before they could really come out.
However, although they have not really come out of the ranks, their fame and status are extremely high in various places, so many of them, although they do not reach the level of great wealth and nobility, live very rich every day. Therefore, the so-called registration fee of these two silvers, they have to come up with it, and there is really no pressure.
In fact, they carried such a little money with them, and they didn't need to send someone back to get it, so someone soon handed over the money.
"Okay, in that case, let's start this competition!"
After a lot of tossing, the first lantern fan competition in the Great Zhou era is finally about to begin. In the end, it was determined that a total of 50 people would participate in this competition, and among these 50 people, 48 of them were famous. In other words, they are all people who went to Beijing to take the exam, that is, real readers.
In fact, there were originally more than 48 people who were going to participate in this competition, just because Qin Yongyan said that if there were too many people, it would be difficult to carry out, so he simply chose only the first fifty people to sign up to participate in this competition. And those who are ranked after fifty don't mean too much opposition. Because the "Qin's Dessert House" said that such a competition will be held every night in the future, so naturally there is no need to rush at this time.
Besides, they can take this opportunity tonight to take a good look at how this "Lantern Fan Conference" is going on, and whether the topic is difficult. With such experience, wouldn't it be easier for them to come out on top if they participated again?
As for the other two people among the fifty people, they are actually two ordinary people who do not believe in evil, and on the contrary, among these two people, one of them is Zhang San, a peddler who won the first place in the front, because after he accidentally guessed the puzzle of the "twilight" mystery just now, now is the time when his confidence is bursting, so he wants to be angry and see if he can prove his "worth" in front of those who read books again.
It's just that this time, he is destined to be a little tragic, because the mystery of the "Qin's Dessert House" is really much more difficult than the straightforward and easy-to-understand mystery before, so in the end, he can't even understand the meaning of the mystery noodles, let alone guess the bottom of the puzzle.
This is something that Qin Yong didn't expect beforehand, although the "Lantern Fan Conference" he came up with made ordinary people like Zhang San "majestic" in front of readers, but it also made Zhang San lose more than one or two pieces of silver, which is really a good thing for Zhang San.
However, this matter is not a good thing for others to know if it counts, but for their "Qin's Dessert House", it is definitely a wonderful thing. Because, when he originally planned to hold this "Lantern Fan Conference", he still thought that he would have to pay a lot of money and give away a few snacks as lottery heads, but now that he had an idea and came up with the registration fee, the result turned out that their "Qin's Dessert House" not only did not need to pay any price, but even earned a lot, which can be regarded as a surprise.