Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 116 Where is your reserve?

"The Number One Restaurant in the World" is like peach blossoms in March, blooming overnight in all the major universities in Yenching.

In just two or three days, this drama created by Lin Chaoyang and prepared by students from Yanjing Normal University became the hottest topic among major universities in Yanjing this winter.

Countless students wanted to catch a glimpse of this drama, but since the day after the premiere of "The World's Number One Restaurant", Yanshi University has tightened its access control and students from other schools are not allowed to enter.

It is rumored that there were too many student audiences who came to the performance on the second day, which almost led to a group rape incident.

Such rumors have undoubtedly cast a veil of mystery over the play "The World's Number One Restaurant" in the minds of students at many universities in Yenching University, making all those who have not seen the play feel as curious as if they were being scratched by a cat.

These people have never been as envious of the students of Yanshi University as they are now. A drama comparable to the classics of the People's Art Theatre was created and performed in the school, and it was exclusively enjoyed by the students. How great is this happiness and honor? How can people not be envious?
Fortunately, time passes quickly.

According to the students who went to Yanjing Normal University that day, the secretary of Yanjing Normal University has promised that in addition to appearing at the Capital's December 9th College Students' Art Festival in the next two days, "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" will also be performed in various major universities in Yanjing.

Time flies and it is December 12th. Today is the day of the December 9th Capital University Art Performance, which will be held in the auditorium of Yanjing Municipal Government.

Some students from all major universities in Yenching University went, and Yenching University was no exception. Many students from each grade went. The drama "Conscience" choreographed by the Chinese Department of 77 represented Yenching University in the performance.

Ten days ago, everyone was full of confidence and wanted to show off in front of all the major universities in Yenching.

Especially for the neighbors next door and Yanying and Central Academy of Drama, which are known for their dramas. If "Conscience" can beat these companies in the performance, it will undoubtedly become the biggest winner of this art performance.

The December 9th Art Festival is a comprehensive performance event, in which each university in Yenching University presents a program. "Conscience" is a drama, which naturally has advantages in length and audience experience. It should be no problem for it to win the first prize.

But who could have thought that "The World's Number One Restaurant" would appear halfway through? Although almost none of YNU students have seen this work in its true form, the popularity and influence it created during its few days of performance was incomparable to that of "Conscience".

Before leaving, the crew of "Conscience" cheered each other on.

"It doesn't matter. Even if I can't get first place, second place is pretty good too!"

"That's right. Chaoyang is a nationally renowned writer, and Jian Gong's ability is still a little bit behind. It's not shameful to lose to him."

"If you can't speak, just say less!"

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Lin Chaoyang was definitely not qualified to participate in activities like cultural performances, so he could only stay in the library and slack off.

Today, many students went to participate in the art performance, so the library was a little quieter than usual. There was less workload and more time to slack off.

It was almost time to get off work, and he was chatting with Hu Wenqiong. Recently, the reputation of "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" has been spreading rapidly in major universities, and even faculty members like Hu Wenqiong know about it.

"They should be performing at our Yanda University in a couple of days, right? Is that what they said?"

"Yes, they said it was promised by their secretary. I was not there at the time."

"I've been itching to read the play you wrote these days after hearing what everyone is saying." Hu Wenqiong said with some anticipation.

"I never thought that you are not only good at writing novels, but also good at writing scripts. You are almost catching up with Lao She." Hu Wenqiong praised again.

Lin Chaoyang smiled modestly, "Sister Hu, please stop praising me. It makes me feel embarrassed."

"Our lending library has produced a great writer like you. Maybe you will be given the title of 'playwright' in the future. What's wrong with bragging about it?" Hu Wenqiong said with a smile.

It was almost time to get off work, and the two were chatting happily and light-heartedly. At this moment, dozens of students suddenly rushed into the library, causing quite a commotion and attracting the attention of teachers and students who were studying and reading in the library. Some of them even looked at them with disgust.

But at this moment, these students didn't care whether they were disliked or not. They rushed to the front desk of the library with determined eyes and aggressive momentum.

Hu Wenqiong and Lin Chaoyang stared at the group of students in a daze, not understanding what was going on.

"Chaoyang!" Before Hu Wenqiong could say anything more, the students had already arrived in front of them.

"Comrade Chaoyang!" Dozens of students rushed to the front desk, led by a male student wearing brown glasses who shouted Lin Chaoyang's name loudly.

"Hey, it's me!" Lin Chaoyang answered cautiously.

"Comrade Chaoyang!"

The boy with brown glasses called Lin Chaoyang again solemnly, then stepped forward and held his hand. The students standing behind the boy with brown glasses also looked excited.

"The No.1 Restaurant in the World, wonderful! Outstanding! Excellent!"

The male classmate with brown glasses held Lin Chaoyang's hand, praised him and shook it vigorously, almost shaking out Lin Chaoyang's already digested lunch.

But finally knowing the other party's intention, Lin Chaoyang felt relieved. Just now, he almost thought he had traveled to "Hot Blood High School".

He smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. Thank you for the compliment. Have you just returned from the cultural performance?"

The male student with brown glasses nodded and introduced himself. It turned out that he was Gao Xianjun, a student of the Chinese Department, Class of 78. Most of the students behind him were also from Class of 78.

Lin Chaoyang has always been close to the Chinese Department of the Class of 77, and has little contact with the Chinese Department of the Class of 78. They occasionally go to the same classroom for classes, but there is no communication. Today's art performance lasted from the morning to the afternoon, and only five drama programs took up the entire afternoon, and "The World's No. Restaurant" took up an hour and a half.

In later times, the organizers would not allow such programs to be registered, as they take up too much time. However, there is only one criterion for selecting programs for the December 9th Arts Festival, and that is the quality of the program.

The performance had been going on for a day at this time, and by the afternoon's show the response was far less than that of the previous shows. It was not because the later shows were not good to watch, but because the students were physically and mentally tired.

The closing performance of "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" immediately lifted the students' spirits and made more than 2,000 students in the city hall auditorium fascinated and fully immersed in the stage performance.

At the end of the performance, although there was no curtain call because it was a performance, the students' spontaneous applause and cheers lasted for nearly ten minutes, which is rare in such an official performance.

At the moment of awarding the prizes, "The Best Restaurant in the World" won the first place in this art performance with an undisputed result, allowing Yanshi to overwhelm its old rivals such as Shuimu, Yanda and Renmin University, and made Yanying and Central Academy of Drama, which are known for their drama, lose their temper. The performance successfully made a big splash in this art performance and was in great glory.

After the performance, Gao Xianjun and other students who attended the event couldn't wait to return to Yanjing University, just to meet Lin Chaoyang in the library and express their admiration and respect.

Lin Chaoyang was surrounded by this group of students, and was surrounded by praise and compliments. He didn't even have time to say a word of modesty.

The classmates were so enthusiastic. He had published several novels but had never received such treatment at Yanjing University!

As the working time was about to end and colleagues were leaving the library one by one, Lin Chaoyang was unable to move. He couldn't help but complain in his heart: Where has the modesty of you Yan University students gone?

After a long time, the students' excitement cooled down and they let Lin Chaoyang go.

He returned home with lingering fear, but he didn't expect that he would be hugged by his brother-in-law as soon as he entered the door.

"Chaoyang! That's awesome! That's awesome!"

"Brother, be gentle!"

Lin Chaoyang patted his brother-in-law on the back and finally broke free from his warm hug.

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. No matter how good others say it is, it is not as shocking as seeing it in person. Chaoyang, your book is so well written! So great!"

After letting go of Lin Chaoyang, Tao Yucheng continued to praise him excitedly.

"Brother, you are..."

"I just came back from a cultural performance. My goodness, our Central Academy of Drama and Yanying School, two schools known for their drama, were completely defeated by your performance of "The World's Number One Restaurant"!" Tao Yucheng said with a laugh.

Oh, yes, he almost forgot that his elder brother-in-law was from the Central Academy of Drama.

But the drama performed by our school was cancelled by other schools. Why are you so happy, brother-in-law?

"Dad and Mom, I tell you, you must go and see the drama written by Chao Yang, it's amazing!" Tao Yucheng recommended "The World's Number One Restaurant" to his parents again.

In the past few days, news about "The World's Number One Restaurant" has been lingering in their ears.

Tao Yushu was busy with this some time ago, and later Tao Yumo begged to go and see it. He came back expressing his deep emotion, and today Tao Yucheng applauded again.

Father Tao said with a smile: "Everyone is discussing this play written by Chaoyang recently!"

Tao Yucheng teased, "Dad, you must have heard a lot of people praising Chaoyang, right?"

"Haha!" Father Tao smiled and said nothing. The matter was self-explanatory.

As they were talking, Tao Yushu came back from outside. She also went to participate in the cultural performance today. Because she went back to school with everyone to deliver props, she came back a little late.

"What are you talking about?" She asked as she entered the room and saw everyone at home chatting animatedly.

"What else can we talk about? Let's talk about our Chaoyang's masterpiece. Although he didn't go to this art performance, he still made a big splash! By the way, I also heard that people from the People's Art Theatre are coming to watch the performance today." Tao Yucheng said.

"Really? I didn't know that."

Tao Yushu took off his coat and hung it up, then said, "The response to 'The World's No. 1 Restaurant' is really good. It won first prize this time!"

Tao Yucheng lamented, "It's a pity that there's no money for winning the award at the gala. Even if there were some prizes, there wouldn't be enough to share among so many people."

"This is an honor!"

Although Tao Yushu is usually very money-obsessed, he has a strong sense of collective honor at this time.

"However, I heard that this time we trampled Shuimu and Yanda under our feet, and the school leaders were very happy and said they would reward us!"

After hearing her words, Tao Yucheng joked, "To reward so many people, it's not a small amount. Besides, your school can't forget Chaoyang, this great contributor."

Tao Yushu smiled and said, "You need to report this issue to our school leaders."

The brother and sister were telling jokes when there was a knock on the door.

(End of this chapter)