If Hu Jian hadn't acted too arrogant and arrogant, even this short-term controversy would have been completely spared.

As soon as the sixteen competition articles were collected, Dean Hu was not in a hurry to eat the rice, so he directly brought out Liu Jingting's hand-in-hand to start reviewing the manuscript.

The very direct title of the article - the necklace, without any extension. If other contestants used this name, the sharp Dean Hu might feel that the other party's naming level was really lacking, but the person who used this name was Liu Jingting, a seed player who showed his amazing skills during the audition, and the effect was naturally very different. It can be said that he saw the connotation in simplicity, extraordinary in the plainness, and even vaguely felt that the author's calmness and confidence when using this name had reached a state of great ingenuity.

The subject matter is still short stories, the background is still the Western world, and the writing is still straightforward... In fact, as soon as I read the first paragraph, Hu Jian was waiting for the reversal at the end. He himself also read and guessed. When he saw the necklace lost, he even imagined a story of conspiracy and wealth. For example, the author suddenly wrote a sentence at the end. Mrs. Fulai Shijie held two necklaces and smiled coldly: "I caught another one."

Such an ending not only has reversals, but also irony.

I read this kind of reading and looking forward to the ending, first I smiled bitterly, then felt ashamed, and then cried out: "I have to announce to everyone in advance that the first place in the quarterfinals has come out!"

For Hu Jian, it is not difficult to make this judgment. Perhaps he has doubts and self-deprecating his story construction ability, but he has absolute confidence in his own text review ability, his vision and cultivation of his own appreciating works.

In fact, halfway through the story, I interpreted many profound meanings in my heart, such as the vanity and hypocrisy of capitalism, the tragedy and helplessness of lower-class people who cannot determine their own destiny, the indomitable and struggle of small people, and even the theme of integrity.

In short, this is another masterpiece with a consistent text and profound meaning.

Since Hu Jian believed in secondary creation, he would not object to excessive interpretation. He had extensive knowledge and insights, and he had his own set of theories and views on literary works. Therefore, he had a strong basis for reaching these conclusions.

However, other veteran judges who have been fighting him since the beginning of the competition will definitely not agree to be such a hasty first place. Sixteen entries were confirmed by only reading one article. This is too unruly and too scathing.

Then Hu Jian printed out the "Necklace" and wrote one article for several heavyweight judges. Then everyone unanimously said: "Yes, this article is the first one."

"It is still a genius idea, an unexpected but reasonable turn. The brushwork is refined, the foreshadowing is precise, and the inner description is very touching. It is already a master's work. Even if it is published in "People's Literature", it is not inferior to the works of a number of famous domestic artists."

After reading it, Professor Lu gave his own comments.

"So everyone understands what I mean. It's not a comparison of magnitude. Let me tell you this. Even if Liu Jingting performed poorly in the quarterfinals knockout round, he would definitely be qualified to enter Wanxiang with these two short stories. Liu Jingting, I'm determined."

People like Hu Jian either just can't stand it, blow it, or they can't appreciate it, you must be. It's useless to say no one.

This is conceit, but because he has the strength, this is also called self-confidence.

"I will personally send these two short stories to Director Kang's email address, and I believe he will agree with me."

Even if no one raised objections, Hu Jian still brought out Director Kang to increase his persuasion.

...

The list of the quarterfinals was announced the next day. Fifteen of the sixteen people had insomnia, so when the quarterfinals were sitting in the classroom, except for Liu Jingting, the other fifteen players showed varying degrees of fatigue and tension.

At around nine o'clock, Hu Jian, Professor Lu and a middle-aged female professor appeared in the examination room together, and the atmosphere became even more tense.

"Good morning." Hu Jian greeted everyone with a smile, and the students responded one after another.

"The result has come out," Hu Jian shook the list in his hand, "that is, eight students will leave here today."

Everyone's heartbeat accelerated again, and their breathing was a little uncontrollable.

"Before the list was announced, I had a few words in my heart and wanted to tell you that the students who left here today did not mean the end of your writing journey. In fact, being able to stand out from thousands of contestants has proved that you are unique."

Professor Hu paused, glanced at everyone kindly, and continued: "But competition is competition, and it has its own rules. Since you sit here, you must have made relevant preparations. Just like we face many competitions or competitions in life, you must prepare your failure and success."

"I won't say much nonsense. Now I will start to announce the list of advances to the quarterfinals, with rankings ranging from low to high."

Hu Jian opened the list, cleared his throat, and recited: "Eighth place, Yao Fu."

A girl happily answered "Come".

"Seventh, Deng Sa."

Another girl screamed in joy.

"Sixth, Condy."

A boy clenched his muscles and shouted "YES".

More and more people are starting to feel troubled in breathing and sweating behind their palms.

"Fifth, Teng Li."

The third girl was relatively calm and responded with a smile.

“Fourth, Vant.”

A thin boy responded calmly.

"The following are the three-time students," Hu Jian paused at the right time, smiled and looked up at everyone. This smile was so gentle and warm in the eyes of the students who had already advanced, but it was very dazzling and discordant for those students who were unresolved.

"The third student in the quarterfinals is Ma Manda."

A fat girl stroked her chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and raised her hand to signal.

"The student who won the quarterfinals is Xu Sen."

Liu Jingting looked back and saw a fair boy slowly getting up and nodding to the teachers first, then bowing to the classmates around him to say hello. He knew that classmate, the boy who was trying hard to maintain martial arts novels in the cafeteria. When he got up, he looked at the opponent who was arguing with him in the cafeteria, and responded with an unpredictable smile.

No one paid attention to the meaning of his smile, because except for Liu Jingting, the other eight students had already felt a little coldness rising from the soles of their feet. Their bodies began to tremble involuntarily. Compared with the defending champion Liu Jingting sitting in the first row, their chances of winning were very small.

At this moment, Hu Jian's eyes fell on Liu Jingting, and Liu Jingting greeted him calmly. Seeing this, the other eight people felt like they fell into an ice cellar.

"I have a question that is very curious, to be precise. I have two questions. Because of these two questions, our judges have been arguing about them recently, so Liu Jingting, today I would like to ask you in front of everyone, hoping to get a final conclusion."

"I dare not be a teacher, please ask."

"First, what is the ultimate meaning you want to express when writing "Maggie's Gift"?"

Liu Jingting blurted out without thinking, "Maggie's gift is nothing to pay for without paying back."

"But the heroes and heroines in the novel are giving. Everyone knows that it is a process of exchange gifts."

"But they didn't know. When they prepared gifts for each other, they didn't expect that the other party was also preparing gifts for themselves. It was for this that this contradiction that showed wholehearted efforts and no consideration of rewards at all. This is the original meaning of Maggie's gift."

The middle-aged female professor glanced at Dean Hu with pride. Dean Hu was not willing to do so and continued to ask: "Does there be no dialectical thinking like material and love?"

"You can do any interpretation. But this is not the author's original intention, it belongs to your secondary creation."

Professor Hu nodded with satisfaction when he heard the "second creation" and did not continue the topic, and asked again: "What about "Necklace"?"

"This can be explained more, but we must admit that the original intention of this story is also very simple, which is to tell a story with a turning point. It is just that after completion, it has complex meanings, because for the novel, the most important thing is the story."

Professor Hu still had to speak. Professor Lu suddenly coughed and signaled that he could announce the first candidate and not torture other students.

Professor Hu said "Oh" and said, "Everyone should know the result. Liu Jingting won the championship again with "Necklace"."

Although everyone guessed the result, it was still a bit unacceptable to the announcement by Professor Hu. Several girls finally cried bitterly, and one of the boys left the seat angrily and rushed out of the classroom.

President Hu looked at this scene with a plain expression. Liu Jingting suddenly felt a little reluctant. It turned out that what he saw with his own eyes was a little different from what he saw on TV. In any case, a girl would make the boy feel compassionate. Liu Jingting sighed lightly and turned to look out the window.

The girl who advanced immediately stepped forward to comfort the eliminated girl. The scene suddenly fell into the sadness after joy. The middle-aged female professor shook her head and walked out of the classroom. Professor Lu looked at everyone kindly and comforted: "It's just an ordinary game, and everyone's road to writing is still far away."

This sentence naturally has no effect. No matter in any competition, the eliminated party will not accept any kind of comfort when it is eliminated, unless you see a loser who is worse than yourself.

The live competition of the top 16 came to an end. Eight players left the field regretfully. After a day off, the last round of competition began. The news that Liu Jingting won the first place quickly spread across the country.

There was also an activity to continue writing "Necklace" on the Internet, "What will the heroine say in the first sentence after she knows that the necklace is fake?"

Liu Jingting had encountered this problem in that world and did it as a homework. At that time, Liu Jingting continued to write: "Mathilde was stunned for a moment and murmured: "I still have bowls to wash..."

...

While netizens were showing their magical powers and continuing to write their necklaces, Professor Kang Yuchang, the director of the Vientiane Academy and the famous educator, was reading an email.
Chapter completed!