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Chapter 228 Book King Candidates and Book King Treatment

"In the just-concluded 'Xiaoyao Cup' novel competition, the black shadow man broke out with a copy of "108 Heroes" and stood out among many top writers, winning the first place in one fell swoop." Du Hefeng said, "In terms of writing skills, he has reached Master level. There are only a handful of writers in China who can write works of the level of "108 Heroes" within a few days."
The dean of the Lianhua Novel Academy agreed: "According to the rules of the Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, any writer who wins the championship in the competition will automatically become a candidate for the Book King. The Novel Contest has been held for 20 sessions so far, and a total of 20 book king candidates have been born. The Sombra Man is one of them. Among the 20 candidates, only the Sombra Man has extraordinary martial arts skills, and he has the ability to compete with Feng Manlou."

The dean of the Tuxue School of Fiction raised a question: "However, whether "108 Heroes" was created by the shadow man is still not completely sure. The shadow man may not be the champion of the novel competition. Taking a step back, even if this book The novel was really written by the Shadowman, so it might not be appropriate to recommend the Shadowman as the king of books based on just one novel."

Du Hefeng sighed: "This decision is indeed a bit hasty, but besides the shadow man, do we have any better candidates?"

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

The dean of Guanyue School of Fiction asked: "We don't know much about the shadow man, and we don't even know where he lives. How can we recommend him as the king of books?"

Du Hefeng said: "The black shadow man appeared in the forbidden book area before, he should still be in Tianhai City. Let's discuss how to get in touch with the black shadow man now."

The crowd nodded.

……

Late at night, Meteor Book Bar.

In the spacious reading room on the first floor, more than a dozen book appraisers including Liu Xing and Wu Guokun are having a meeting to discuss the ranking of the "Shadow Man Cup" essay competition.

The sixth season of the essay contest officially ended a few days ago, which means that this year's essay contest has come to an end.This year's solicitation of essays is very profitable, especially the sixth season, which has achieved fruitful results.

Mo Ming, Wu Shengtai, Nie Daxuan and other top writers participated in the sixth season of the essay contest in order to thank the black shadow man for his life-saving grace in detoxifying the snake.

These writers have created a total of 39 novels of the Shadowman, each of which is above two-star rating, 28 works are above four-star rating, and 3 are above five-star rating. Draw a perfect ending.

"Among the three five-star works, "The King of Songs of the Shadowman" written by Mo Ming is superior." Wu Guokun commented, "The text of this novel is very distinctive, and it adopts the technique of musical novels. It is very difficult to create a melody for each character, this is a brand new attempt."

"Mo Ming seems to have a relative named Mo Bai, who is a stream-of-consciousness master and proficient in rhythm. Mo Ming must have been influenced by him." Another judge added.
Liu Xingdao: "I just read Mo Ming's "The King of Songs of the Shadow Man", and it does have a feeling of ignorance."

"I don't know what to do?" Director Wu Guokun was surprised, "Xiao Liu, what does 'I don't know what to do' mean?"

"Uh..." Liu Xing said, "I don't know what he's saying, but I don't understand what he's talking about, but it sounds very powerful."

Wu Guokun suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It's the first time I've heard of this term, but it's really good to use to comment on Mo Ming's works. Mo Ming's novels try to integrate the stream of consciousness and the flow of people, and many people can't understand it. It’s really confusing. However, its artistic value is unquestionable.”

Other judges agreed.

When Mo Ming participated in this year's Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest, his results have always been among the top ten in the Yufeng Division.If he hadn't been poisoned by the snake, he would have a good chance of entering the finals.

Therefore, with Mo Ming's strength, the judges were not surprised that he was able to win the "Shadow Man Cup" essay competition.

Afterwards, after the votes of the judges, Mo Ming was finally confirmed as the champion of the first "Shadowman Cup" novel competition. According to the rules of the competition, he will receive a huge bonus of more than 1 million yuan.

However, the biggest winner of this year's essay contest is still Liu Xing.

So far, 135 star-rated novels have passed the review of the Reading Alliance in this competition, and some works have begun to be sold in the market. The total profit of these works will exceed 20 billion yuan.

Of the huge profit of 20 billion yuan, Bohai Book City and Meteor Book Bar can take about one-third, and the money will naturally flow into Liu Xing's pocket, which means that Liu Xing can earn at least 7 million yuan.

At the same time, in the sixth season, Liu Xing found 7 novels of the Shadowman with a matching rate of more than 30%.

Everything is going very well.

After eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, after selecting the works for the essay contest, Wu Guokun and other judges left Meteor Book Bar one after another.

Not long after they left, a person came to visit unexpectedly. The person who came was an old man, over ninety years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. He was the dean of Yufeng Fiction Academy——Du Hefeng!

It is rare for ordinary people to meet a person of Du Hefeng's level once in a lifetime. After learning that the dean of the School of Fiction came to visit, Liu Xing knew that something big might happen.

……
Meteor Book Bar, in the office.

"Xiao Liu, I came to you tonight mainly to discuss with you about the Sombra." Du Hefeng briefly explained the purpose of coming, and then said straight to the point, "We are going to nominate the Sombra as the new book king in Eastern China. "

Liu Xing was slightly stunned: "Book King? What do you mean? What about Qashqai?"

Du Hefeng heaved a long sigh: "King Lin Shu has been missing for several years, but we have been blocking the news. This time, Feng Manlou is aggressive and trying to win the title of Book King. This matter can no longer be concealed. The eastern director of the Reading Union After repeated discussions, it is believed that the Sombra Man is the only person who has the ability to contend against Feng Manlou. Therefore, we want to recommend the Sombra Man to inherit the position of Book King, and let him lead the four major novel schools of "Fenghua Xueyue."

Liu Xing's heart tightened slightly, and suddenly such a heavy burden was thrown over him, and he immediately felt pressured, and asked, "Are you sure that the shadow man is capable of taking the position of book king?"

Du Hefeng explained: "We really don't know much about the Sombra Man, but judging from the work "108 Heroes", the Sombra Man's literary accomplishment is already at the master level, and there are very few people who can surpass him."

"..." Liu Xing sighed inwardly, copying novels was indeed a shortcut to success.If he hadn't copied "Water Margin", he would have to struggle for at least another six or seventy years to become the king of books.

"The black shadow man is excellent in martial arts. Only he can shake the wind. Unfortunately, we have not been able to contact the black shadow man." Du Hefeng turned his head, looked at Wang Lanlan who was sitting on the sidelines, and asked, "Little sister Lan Lan , you are the most familiar with the shadow man, do you know where the shadow man is?"

Wang Lanlan shook her head: "I haven't seen the shadow man for several months."

Du Hefeng showed disappointment on his old face, and asked, "If we directly publish the missing person revelation in the media, will the shadow man show up?"

Liu Xing reminded: "Dean Du, even if he finds the Sombra, he may not be willing to be the book king. Most scholars don't know enough about the Sombra, so it may be hard for him to succeed the book king."

Du Hefeng frowned, and said: "Your analysis makes sense. It seems that we have no sincerity in inviting the Sombra to be the book king in such a hurry. The Sombra may think that we are too perfunctory. Is there any way to express our respect for Sombra? Human sincerity?"

After pondering for a while, Du Hefeng suggested, "How about we hold another 'Shadowman Cup' essay contest. After the competition starts, all the top writers from our reading alliance will participate and invite the Shadowman to come out by way of soliciting essays. "
Liu Xing was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Du Hefeng explained: "In general essay contests, top writers will not participate. The essay contests that allow all top writers to participate are only contests named after the king of books, such as the 'Xiaoyao Cup' novel contest. Now we let top writers Participating in the [-]nd 'Shadowman Cup' Essay Contest is tantamount to letting the Shadowman enjoy the same treatment as the King of Books. If the Shadowman sees that so many top writers are willing to support him, I think he might be willing to show up .”

Liu Xing suddenly realized, and after careful consideration, he felt that this idea was good.If all the top writers come to write novels about people in the shadows, there will be even more works that he can be engrossed in.

"Xiao Liu, if there is no objection, let's make this decision first." Du Hefeng said, "You should prepare in the next few days. The second 'Shadow Man Cup' essay competition will start this week, the sooner the better."

Liu Xing nodded.

……

Two days later.

On Xiaoyao Square in Novel Street, the awarding ceremony of the first "Shadowman Cup" Novel Contest was held.As the chief planner of this competition and the chairman of the Fiction Street Management Committee, Liu Xing presided over the ceremony.

At the ceremony, Liu Xing announced the list of the top ten winners of the competition, as well as the list of 100 excellence awards, and presented awards to the winning writers.

Among them, Mo Ming, the champion of the competition, received a huge bonus of 1.2 million yuan in total, which made many writers envious.

As a result, at the awards ceremony, Mo Ming made a decision that stunned everyone present—he decided on the spot to donate all the bonus of 1.2 million yuan to establish a shadow man charity fund.

In an interview with a media reporter, Mo Ming said that money is something outside of the body, and if there was no shadow man to help dissolve the snake's poison, he would have died long ago.In order to express his respect for the Shadowman, he plans to use 1.2 million yuan to set up the Shadowman Charity Fund so that it can help more people.

Mo Ming's decision has received unanimous praise from all walks of life, adding a highlight to this year's essay competition.

After the awarding of the first essay contest, Liu Xing immediately held a press conference to announce the official launch of the second "Shadow Man Cup" essay contest.

The second "Shadowman Cup" Essay Contest has a special meaning, it is actually helping the Shadowman to gain popularity and build up their prestige.

The more writers participating in this essay contest, the more supporters of the Shadowman.

Before the start of the competition, Du Hefeng and others held an emergency meeting, advising writers from Eastern China to participate in the essay competition as much as possible, and invite the shadow man to show up with the greatest sincerity.

Even so, most of the top writers are on the sidelines after the contest started.They all understand that this is a very special period, and participating in the Shadowman Cup Essay Contest means that they support the Shadowman as the new book king.

Most writers are not yet familiar with the Sombra, and have no idea, so they dare not make a rash decision.

Therefore, on the morning of the launch of the second essay contest, none of the five-star writers announced their participation.

Until around 11:20 noon, a young woman came to Meteor Book Bar. The woman was in her [-]s, dressed in snow-white clothes, elegant and elegant, with an extraordinary temperament.

When the white-clothed woman appeared, media reporters swarmed around her. They all recognized the white-clothed woman's identity. She was Hua Yingxue, one of the top ten writers in the Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest.

"Ms. Hua, are you here to buy books?"

Facing the reporters' questions, Hua Yingxue said bluntly, "I'm here to participate in the [-]nd Black Shadow Man Cup Essay Contest."

Her answer surprised many reporters present. Hua Yingxue was the first top writer to publicly support the Shadowman Cup Competition.

"Ms. Hua, why do you want to participate in the Shadowman Cup?"

"Ms. Hua, do you also support the shadow man to inherit the title of King of Books?"

……

When the reporter chirped and asked, Hua Yingxue said: "The shadow man once saved my life."

When she was in the forbidden book area, Hua Yingxue already knew the identity of the shadow man.When she played "Swordsman" with Liu Xingqin Xiao, the two already had a good understanding. At that moment, Hua Yingxue faintly felt that the other party was the legendary shadow man.

But, she didn't point it out.

After Hua Yingxue's public entry, in the afternoon, Ouyang Wen, Wu Guoqian and other seven Xiaoyao Cup top ten writers arrived at Meteor Book Bar one after another, expressing that they would participate in the Black Shadow Man Cup Essay Contest.

When the reporter asked the reason, Ouyang Wen and others gave simple answers: "The shadow man once saved our lives."

In just one day, eight of the top ten writers in the Xiaoyao Cup publicly expressed their support for the Black Shadow Man, which was a good start for the essay contest.

……

Bohai Book City, underground secret room.

"What? The Reading League invited you to be the king of books?" Lin Shishi showed surprise on his face, "How did Lin Xiaoyao disappear? Did he run away?"

Liu Xing shook his head: "Probably not, it is said that Lin Xiaoyao has been missing for five years."

"Five years?" Lin Shishu frowned slightly, "What kind of medicine is sold in this old thing's gourd? Did he hide, or died of old age?"

Fu Changding said: "Brother Sombra, no matter what, I think you should fight for the title of King of Books. I am also going to participate in the Sombra Cup Essay Contest to help you gain popularity."

Lin Shishi agreed: "Xiaofu is right, brother Heiying, this is a great thing! If you can become the king of books, there is no need to overthrow the reading alliance, directly lead the novel world, and enjoy the benefits. At that time, you can be in charge With all the resources of the Reading League, the goal of longevity is no longer far away..."

(End of this chapter)