The flowers are red and the willows are green, and the mood of spring is full. In Xianyang City, there are lights and colorful decorations everywhere, as if it is a festival.
Everyone knows that tomorrow is the time when the Immortal Award will be presented.
This is the first Exalted Immortal Award, but its content has been spread to everyone.
Mainly because of Fu Yao's newspaper.
Since the last time he sold fertilizer and produced a few newspapers and found that the effect was good, Fu Yao became addicted and specially arranged a few people to edit some content that the people liked to hear. The next newspaper comes out every two or three days.
The people in Guanzhong are now rich, and one or two pennies is nothing to them. It's good to buy a newspaper and learn about world events.
Thanks to the propaganda in newspapers, everyone knows that literature, mathematics, geography, chemistry, medicine, and physics will be selected for the Tomorrow Immortal Award.
The six winners will share 10,000 yi gold equally.
Ten thousand yi gold, what is that concept?
Xianyang City's Yafu Chunyu Yue, does he have so much gold?
In other words, if you get the Immortal Exaltation Award, you may become a rich man in one fell swoop.
Who says there's no point in thinking about it? It's so useful.
In the past, people worshiped those who were strong and brainless, as long as they could cultivate the farmland well. Now they suddenly discovered that thinking is so important. If you have a good brain and figure out something, you can get rich quickly.
As a result, in a short period of time, Da Qin developed a culture of respecting knowledge.
Li Shui sighed with emotion: "Whatever we advocate about respecting technology and respecting knowledge are all false. The important thing is to be profitable."
The common people looked at the Exiled Immortal Award with a spectator mentality. Guess who will win the prize, and imagine what kind of life you will live if you get those golds.
But some people are a little uneasy about the Exalted Immortal Award.
The most typical one is Chun Yuyue.
Because Mr. Fu Yao had just arrived with two craftsmen and asked him about his experience in writing "The Land of Yao and Shun".
And Fu Yao revealed that the hometown of Yao and Shun has been put on the desk of the jury and may win the prize.
When he thought of this, Chunyu Yue felt excited in his heart.
He doesn't love money, really, not at all.
What he really cherishes is his reputation.
The Immortal Exaltation Award has become a hot topic and everyone knows about it. If my hometown of Yao and Shun won the literary prize, wouldn't it become famous all over the world?
Chunyu Yue shook his head and said to himself: "It's not right, it's not right either. I don't like names. Well, I don't like names at all. I look forward to winning the award because I hope that people in the world will recognize the hometown of Yao and Shun." "
"The people of the world recognize the hometown of Yao and Shun, which means they recognize the governance of the country by Confucianism. I am working hard for a polite and prosperous age."
Chunyu Yue took a deep breath, locked himself in the study, and began to write his acceptance speech.
He has heard it said that everyone who wins an award must write an acceptance speech.
Chunyu Yue felt that it was probably a certainty that he won the award, right?
Because according to the rules given by Li Shui, the various awards of the Exalted Immortal Award can only be awarded to living people. Those who unfortunately died will not be awarded posthumously.
Has anyone alive ever written a book?
Li Si did write several articles, but can they be compared with his own land of Yao and Shun? Obviously not.
As for the books written by Princess Wei Yang and Master Fu Yao... Chun Yuyue didn't take them seriously at all. Is that also called a book?
Therefore, after Chun Yuyue analyzed it for a while, he felt that he had decided on this award. Therefore, it was better to write his acceptance speech in advance.
Before writing, Chunyu Yue first set the tone for this speech: he should not appear too eager, as that would sound like flattering Huai Guzi. It should be more bland and dismissive. I have to show that I am not greedy for money or fame, but I wrote that book just for the sake of the world.
After setting the tone, Chunyu Yue nodded with satisfaction, and then began to write freely on the paper.
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"My lord, my lord, I have come up with a plan to get back my money." Zhou Gui said to Wang Wan flatteringly.
When Wang Wan saw Zhou Gui, he became very angry.
The medals haven't been sold out yet, how dare this guy show up in front of him?
However, Wang Wan recently borrowed a lot of money from Shangjun Villa. Not only did he pay off the debt, but his family became much richer and his mood became better. Therefore, he did not get angry with Zhou Gui.
Wang Wan looked at Zhou Gui and said calmly: "What else do you have in mind?"
Zhou Gui said: "When I was selling medals on the street today, I heard someone say that someone made a bet on who would win the literature award. Some people guessed it was Dr. Chunyu Yue, some people guessed it was Princess Wei Yang, and some people guessed it was Dr. Chun Yuyue. There are fish in the North Ming Dynasty.”
"We might as well make a big bet. If we can win, we can win back all the lost medals in the past."
When Wang Wan heard this, his heart moved.
Although he is now rich and has no shortage of money, the money in the house is borrowed after all, so it is not practical to use it.
Although he had no intention of repaying the money, Wang Wan was not Li Shui after all, and he was not that thick-skinned, so he always felt uneasy.
If he bets heavily and wins, he may be able to pay back the money from Shangjun Courtyard. From then on, he can enjoy the glory and wealth in a down-to-earth manner.
Thinking of this, Wang Wan became a little interested.
He asked Zhou Gui: "Who do you think we should buy to win?"
Zhou Gui said: "Of course I won by buying Princess Weiyang."
Wang Wan asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Zhou Gui said: "Everyone in Xianyang City knows that Fu Yao is the apprentice of the banished immortal, and the princess is Fu Yao's sister. In this way, the princess must be on good terms with the banished immortal. The banished immortal wants to award a prize, but not one Princess to whom?”
Wang Wan smiled slightly and said: "You only know one thing about the affairs of the court, but you don't know the other. The banished immortal and Fu Yao are indeed close, but they may not give the literature prize to Wei Young because of this closeness. Princess."
"What's more, Exiled Immortal has already made it clear that he will not participate in the evaluation of all awards, so as not to be unfair..."
Zhou Gui said: "However, those who evaluate the Immortal Award, really don't consider the likes and dislikes of the Immortal?"
Wang Wan thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, in my opinion, Chun Yuyue still has the greatest chance of winning this literary award. Princess Wei Yang and Beibei Ming Youyu are both far behind."
"Does the banished immortal dare to commit such blatant fraud? Does the person who evaluates the award dare to risk the world's disapproval like this? Therefore, I believe that the winner must be Chunyu Yue."
Zhou Gui thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Then asked: "How much money do you want to bet?"
Wang Wan thought for a moment and said, "Let's bet ten million dollars."
Zhou Gui almost fainted when he heard this number.
Ten million dollars? The Prime Minister is really... so rich.
If it were any other time, Wang Wan would never bet so much money.
But this time, one Chunyu Yue will undoubtedly win. Why not take part in a business that is sure to make a profit without losing any money?
Both of them, the money belongs to Huaiguzi anyway, so even if they lose money, they won’t feel bad at all.
So, after Zhou Gui received the money, he went to place a bet.
Wang Wan stopped him again and said, "When placing bets, don't mention my name, so as not to provoke criticism."
Zhou Gui responded and took the money to place a bet.
When placing bets, he left the words "a gentleman is poor" as a pseudonym.
Soon, the news that Junzi Guqiu bet 10 million yuan quickly spread.
Everyone is guessing who this mysterious man is.
Some people say that it must be the powerful people in Guandong, and only those powerful people in Guandong who are stupid and have a lot of money can spend so much money to bet on Chunyu Yue.
Some people also suspect that this person may be Chunyu Yue himself. In order to build momentum for yourself, put pressure on the review team.
Chun Yuyue, who was writing his acceptance speech, almost went crazy when he heard the second news: It's been a bad year, why are all the shits being thrown at me now?
In any case, after debating for days and nights, the literary award has finally been decided, but it has not yet been announced.
At noon the next day, many people gathered at the Banished Immortal Tower.
According to Li Shui's regulations, the award for banishing immortals will be announced here.
Noon has arrived.
The review team walked out of the Banished Immortal Tower. They held a piece of paper in their hands.
They painted the wall with paste and put the paper on it.
The people immediately rushed forward.
Recently, many people are reading books and newspapers, and they know a few words.
Soon, they discovered that this year's winners of the Immortal Literature Award were two people: Princess Weiyang and Beiming Youyu.
The crowd immediately exploded.
"It's actually two people? I didn't expect it could be two people. Then some of us are betting on Princess Weiyang, and some of us are betting on Fu Beiming Youyu, can we all get the money?"
"That's not right, why not Dr. Chunyu? I am Dr. Chunyu who followed Junzi Guqiong. Isn't this a huge loss?"
"There's no inside story here, right?"
"Probably not. It is said that the review team has nothing to do with the banishment of immortals."
In short, the announcement of the Immortal Literature Award caused an uproar.
Only Chun Yuyue didn't know anything yet. He was putting the final touches on his acceptance speech at home.
The servants at home saw Chunyu Yue locking himself in the room and did not dare to disturb him.
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Outside the Exalted Immortal Building, people who had lost money had blocked the review team inside, asking them to explain why Dr. Chunyu did not win the award.
In the end, the review team had no choice but to stand up and explain to everyone.
The review team believes that the Immortal Literature Award focuses on literature.
What is literature? The most important thing is the word "文". The diction should be beautiful and the writing should be engaging.
Next is the word Tao, which is written to convey Tao. In addition to being beautifully written and engaging, the content should be logical and thought-provoking.
Princess Weiyang's writing is very beautiful, and the story is very moving. Both Journey to the West and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms are admirable with unique imagination and grand narrative.
Although there are only a few words in Bei Ming Youyu's Northern Journey, the content is exciting and many people are excited to read it. When it comes to telling stories, having fish in the North Ming Dynasty is better than having many people.
As for Chunyu Yue, his book "The Hometown of Yao and Shun" is more about preaching truths, and these truths have already been spoken by ancient sages and sages, and there is nothing new. Although there are some metaphorical stories in that book, the stories are too short and not exciting enough. In short, Dr. Chunyu's book is a bit boring.
In addition, the reason why the Literature Award was awarded to Princess Weiyang and Beiming Youyu is that they created two new literary forms.
People all over the world discovered that books can be written like this after reading their books.
It turns out that the story can be told in this way, it can be narrated in this way, and the truth is embedded in the characters, instead of just preaching.
It turns out that illustrations and text can be combined to tell a story in just a few words.
The new literary form created by these two men has already attracted a number of imitators.
Their contribution to literature is no less than Pangu's creation of the world and Nuwa's creation of human beings.
Therefore, their literary award is well deserved.
After the review team finished explaining, everyone present fell silent.
Because what they said does make sense.
Chun Yuyue's books seem to be a bit out of date.
Even if some Confucian scholars bought it back, studied it carefully, and praised it. But after putting it down, I still want to open the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and read two pages.
This is the difference.
The crowd gradually dispersed.
Those who have won money are elated, while those who have lost money are dejected.
By the afternoon, Chun Yuyue finally finished polishing his manuscript.
He looked at the sky and knew that the result had come out, so he ordered someone to prepare a car and left the house.
When he was halfway there, Chunyu Yue suddenly thought: Am I being too impatient by going to the Exorcist Tower to see the results in person? Will it cause criticism that I can’t wait to receive this Immortal Award?
No, no, this is too embarrassing. I should have sent a servant to take a look quietly.
Chunyu Yue thought of this and was about to ask the coachman to take a look. Suddenly I heard a child on the street saying: "Newspapers are being sold, newspapers are being sold. One penny a piece, one penny a piece. The latest news, the results of the Immortal Literary Award have come out."
Chunyu Yue's heart moved and he said to the child: "Give me one."
The child immediately gave Chunyu Yue a newspaper.
Chunyu Yue sat comfortably in the carriage and spread out the newspaper.
The title is clearly written: Congratulations to Princess Weiyang and Beiming Youyu for jointly winning the Exalted Immortal Literature Award.
Chunyu Yue almost suspected that he had seen it wrong: This...how is this possible?
It seems that those who have been competing for the literature award are Princess Weiyang, Beiming Youyu, and Chunyu Yue.
Fortunately, those two won the award together, leaving Chunyu Yue alone as the loser.
Shameful, so shameful. What a disgrace.
Chunyu Yue was extremely depressed.
Then he thought again: Isn't there a shady secret behind this?
He knew that Princess Weiyang was very close to the Exiled Immortal, and Beiming Youyu was simply the Exiled Immortal's apprentice. Will this...
As a result, Chunyu Yue turned down and saw the evaluation team's evaluation of the three people.
He almost spit out a mouthful of old blood: What the hell...
Chunyu Yue actually cursed.
It's embarrassing, it's really embarrassing.
Trembling, he took out the acceptance speech from his arms and tore it into pieces.
"Go back home, go back home." Chunyu Yue shouted.
Chunyu Yue didn't know that there was actually a man sitting in a carriage on another street, also reading the newspaper, his eyes red and his face unbelievable.
That was Wang Wan who had just lost ten million yuan.
