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Chapter 280 National Grand Prize? Here you go! (4.2K)

"What are the specific dates for the semi-finals and finals?" Chen Jingle asked Chen Qiyun.

Chen Qiyun said, "The semi-finals and finals are on the 29th of this month."

"Is that so?"

Chen Jingle frowned slightly and asked, "Will you still be able to participate?"

Chen Qiyun nodded quickly: "Yes, anyone who gets a second prize or higher in the preliminary round can participate in the semi-finals, which are national competitions."

Chen Jingle clapped his hands: "Okay, then let's find some time later to do some intensive writing training and try to get better results!"

"Oh~"

Chen Qiyun naturally had no reason to refuse.

Although winning second prize in the preliminary round at the provincial level is already quite good, who would refuse an even higher honor?
I originally thought that winning a second prize at the provincial level was already pretty impressive, but judging from Le Ge's expression, it seems like he wants to aim even higher.

Since that's the case, let's listen to Brother Le! Whatever Brother Le says goes!
She can do it all!

Chen Jingle was truly speechless at winning the top prize in the preliminary round. If he had written something more convincing, he wouldn't be so frustrated.

He never liked piling up fancy words when writing essays, otherwise it would seem like he was deliberately showing off, and in a very low-level way.

From the perspective of Chinese language teaching, writing style is not the primary requirement for composition.

The most important thing should be the theme.

The central idea is the core concept of an article, which determines the direction and level of the entire article. Therefore, it is important to be precise in identifying the topic and to establish a high central idea.

The second essential element is clarity and depth of thought.

The article is well-organized, logically structured, and appropriately detailed, allowing readers to clearly understand what you want to express, whether it contains your unique insights, and whether those insights are particularly insightful.

At best, the writing style serves as icing on the cake.

The problem now is that this year's judges clearly place more emphasis on the beauty of language and the elegance of diction.

In that case, he would cater to their preferences by appropriately improving the elegance of the language in the article while ensuring the quality of the content, so that it would better meet the standards of excellent essays for middle school students.

I refuse to believe I'll only get second prize in the semi-finals!

……

Li Beixing came home from get off work.

As soon as I entered, I saw Chen Jingle sitting on the mahogany sofa, frowning and scrolling through his phone, with Chen Qiyun sitting opposite him.

"You're back? Let's wash our hands and eat first."

Chen Jingle looked up and smiled.

When Chen Qiyun saw Li Beixing return, she quickly gave him a meaningful look.

Li Beixing smiled and nodded in agreement, then moved closer to Chen Jingle, hooked his finger around Chen's, and whispered, "Are you not satisfied with this result?"

Chen Jingle said with a slight sigh: "I have no problem with Chen Qiyun's performance, but when I look at those special prize and first prize winners, I feel that their ideas and connotations are not as good as those written by Chen Qiyun."

Li Beixing chuckled: "I knew you'd say that."

"Isn't that right?" Chen Jingle pouted.

"Yes, but there's nothing we can do; they're the judges, after all."

Li Beixing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Competitions like this are based on fixed standards, but the decisions are made according to the personal preferences of the judges, and the final review is conducted by the judging panel. There is a lot of room for manipulation. In a sense, it has become a tool for others to gain honors."

The national finals were alright, but the provincial preliminary rounds were really... I don't know how to describe it, you know what I mean. Often, the grand prize winner isn't actually the best one; this happens almost every year, sparking a lot of heated debate, but the organizers just don't seem to care.

Chen Jingle said with a straight face, "I'm just a little annoyed. Obviously, some people are not following the rules. In that case, let's all rely on our own abilities."

Even if there were behind-the-scenes manipulations in the semi-finals and finals, he wasn't afraid; he figured he'd only find out after the competition.

Besides, surely all the top prize spots can't be predetermined?

"What do you plan to do?" Li Beixing looked at him with a half-smile.

I didn't expect this guy to be so competitive. It's not like him at all. I'm used to seeing him so lazy and laid-back. It's rare to see him so full of fighting spirit.

Chen Jingle hummed twice: "I certainly wouldn't stoop to writing for someone else, but that doesn't mean I can't help. I plan to give Chen Qiyun a special intensive training session on composition over the next week."

Li Beixing smiled and squinted: "Great, I support you. If you can really win a first prize or even a special prize, that would be even better. As your essay writing instructor, I would be honored as well."

"Just wait!"

Chen Jingle raised an eyebrow, full of confidence.

……

The next few days.

Chen Jingle specifically set aside some time to provide Chen Qiyun with intensive training in essay writing.

Therefore, he first supplemented his knowledge of writing to consolidate his master's level of Chinese language knowledge.

At the same time, a detailed analysis was conducted on the special prize and first prize winners of previous essay competitions, which can be said to have made sufficient preparations before starting to train Chen Qiyun.

Chen Qiyun's main problem is in her choice of topic and theme, and secondly, her language is not elegant enough.

Therefore, Chen Jingle decided to fundamentally change Chen Qiyun's mindset, enabling her to learn and develop her own high-scoring writing method.

The first step is to identify the topic and establish the central idea.

As mentioned earlier, when middle school students are writing essays, they should learn to connect the topic with the development of the country, society, and the times, and write in a direction that praises the country, affirms the development of society and the times, and even emphasizes excellent qualities and personal abilities.

You should cultivate this habit of thinking in order to solve problems.

Chen Jingle's approach was to teach Chen Qiyun how to examine materials, grasp key words, and then see beyond the surface of the materials to understand their essence and whether they could be connected to a deeper meaning.

Furthermore, by using a large number of materials, objects, or phenomena, combined with video teaching methods, we aim to broaden Chen Qiyun's horizons as much as possible, so as to help her establish a higher dimension for thinking about problems.

You must at least be better than your peers!

Because these kinds of competitions are basically about competing against your peers; as long as you're better than your peers, that's enough.

Chen Jingle had already inquired and learned that the semi-finals were conducted online under proctoring. The judges in the semi-finals and finals were not as easily fooled as those in the preliminary rounds.

To some extent, those who resorted to underhanded tactics in the preliminary rounds may not have another chance this time.

Secondly, there is the ability to express one's thoughts.

You need to learn to plan the structure of your article, while keeping a central theme running throughout. Your writing should be substantial, and you should know what your central idea is. The content should be clearly expressed, at least ensuring you don't make a fool of yourself.

Finally, they use flowery language and quotes from famous people to add points.

This also requires accumulation.

However, Chen Jingle cleverly summarized and categorized a list for Chen Qiyun, and it was all of high quality and not the kind that was commonplace, so that it would be enough to handle the essay competition in the short term.

After a week of intense practice, both of them felt a bit of a headache.

"do you understand?"

Chen Jingle asked.

"Mmm!" Chen Qiyun nodded emphatically.

Although she was tired, after these few days of intensive training, she felt that her writing skills had indeed improved by more than one level, and she urgently needed to prove herself with good results.

"Okay, I won't say any more. Good luck tomorrow!"

Chen Jingle let out a long sigh.

Li Beixing sat in the rocking chair watching, just smiling, without saying a word.

Chen Jingle's writing instruction skills were even better than she had imagined, and even surpassed those of a professional Chinese language teacher like herself.

It's amazing.

Fortunately, she had already gotten used to Chen Jingle's omnipotence.

Chen Qiyun's progress in the past few days has been remarkable. Li Beixing was responsible for revising her essay practice drafts, which can be said to be at the top level among her peers.

However, how well they perform will depend on the day of the semi-finals and finals.

...No. 29.

It was the day Chen Qiyun participated in the semi-finals and finals of the essay competition.

It is both the semi-final and the final.

The organizing committee will select 30% of the entries from each grade level in the semi-finals to receive an award of excellence. From these 30% of awards of excellence, the first, second, and third prizes will be selected for the finals. From the first prize winners, three special prize winners will be selected.

There are 3 Special Prize winners, 10 First Prize winners, 20 Second Prize winners, 30 Third Prize winners, and 100 Honorable Mention winners.

Quite a few.

The specific competition process requires candidates to review the question, turn on their phone's camera, point it at themselves, and then begin writing.

Take a picture and upload it immediately after writing.

This eliminates the possibility of cheating to some extent.

Of course, it's impossible to completely eliminate it, but if it's discovered, the results will definitely be canceled.

After helping Chen Qiyun adjust her phone, Chen Jingle left, leaving her alone in the room.

"The word 'earth' has rich connotations in the Chinese language and culture. Earth is a basic constituent of the world, it is soil, and it is one of the five elements. Earth represents water and soil, homeland, land, and the dwelling place of people, carrying the memories of individual lives and nations. Earth is localized, folk, traditional, and unconventional, hence the terms 'native' and 'rustic.' What comes to mind when you see 'earth'? Please write an essay on the theme of 'earth,' with your own title. There are no restrictions on subject matter or style. The word count should be between 600 and 800."

The moment Chen Qiyun saw the essay topic, she found a way to approach it in just over a minute.

As the saying goes, soil has form but culture has no form; there is no subject more suitable than writing about rural culture.

She wrote about everything from the permafrost of northern Mongolia to the coral reefs of the southern ocean, from the bronze artifacts unearthed at the Erlitou site to the current efforts in desertification control in the Three-North region.

This vast land is engraved with the oracle bones of our ancestors, and has been traversed by the curved plows of farmers. Today, it is traversed underground by advanced subways and tunnel boring machines.

We were here five thousand years ago, and we will still be here five thousand years from now, even if by then we have moved from Earth to the deep blue of the universe.

Chen Qiyun's thoughts flowed like a spring, and her writing was inspired. She finished writing in a long and fluent manner, only to find that it had only taken her a little over half an hour.

However, this article can be considered her peak performance during this period.

Overjoyed, I quickly checked it several times to make sure there were no mistakes before taking the photo and uploading it.

After everything was settled, she skipped out of the room and gave a thumbs-up to Chen Jingle and Li Beixing who were looking over.

"It looks well-written. I won't ask for details. Let's eat first."

Chen Jing chuckled.

While Chen Qiyun was taking the competition exam inside, he and Li Beixing outside also found out the essay topic.

Based on his understanding of Chen Qiyun, this question was very simple; as long as he performed steadily, he wouldn't make any mistakes.

Because I had practiced with similar themes beforehand.

As for how well I did on the exam, it's all over now, so what's the point of asking?

Just wait patiently for the results.

Considering how hard Chen Qiyun has worked during this period, everyone present, including herself, has also worked hard.

Therefore, Chen Jingle specially prepared a big meal at noon today to treat everyone.

The sky is huge and the food is the biggest!
The three of them ate a delicious meal until their bellies were round.

For Li Beixing and Chen Qiyun, no matter how many times they eat Chen Jingle's cooking, they never get tired of it and always feel it's not enough.

The food he cooks seems to have a special magic, even more so than his essay writing teaching ability.

……

April arrived in the blink of an eye.

After tutoring Chen Qiyun in the national essay competition, Chen Jingle returned to his original schedule.

I make sure to go to bed early and get up early every day, exercise, and also do some writing and drawing. When I'm not busy, I read books and learn new knowledge.

He has been studying the relationship between international politics and international trade these past two days.

Building upon existing knowledge of Marxist political economy, we will learn more about market economy.

We should learn from the barbarians' superior techniques to control them.

Although he looked down on the Western economics faction, especially the Western economics faction represented by some chief economists of securities firms in China, he thought they were basically spineless and wished they could just stick the word "surrender" on their foreheads.

But what needs to be learned still needs to be learned.

You must learn to use Potter's magic to defeat Potter.

It's probably related to some recent news as well.

Judging from the results, Chen Jingle's judgment was correct.

When he was chatting with his future father-in-law before, Mr. Li had asked him for his opinion on this matter.

When a middle-aged man and a man who is about to enter... no, already middle-aged, talk about this topic, they naturally have a lot to say.

Chen Jingle then used his knowledge to make a simple judgment on the current political and economic situation. His answer at the time was quite radical, much more radical than the opinions of many so-called experts and scholars.

At the time, Li Qiguang remained noncommittal, believing that things were not as simple as he described.

Within two days, news reports confirmed Chen Jingle's statement, which was almost identical.

This made Comrade Li very regretful.

He had made a small profit from the money he had previously invested in the stock market, and he was planning to reinvest it, but he hesitated and didn't dare to buy any more.

The result was a missed opportunity.

Chen Jingle simply laughed it off; he has always kept his distance from stocks and funds.

Even if I acquire the relevant knowledge and reach a professional level, I don't plan to get involved.

In his view, these are all gambles, and there is no essential difference between them.

When it comes to probability, who can beat the house?

The best way is to avoid it altogether! Don't be greedy!

If you don't manage your finances, money will never leave you.

As for how Lao Li plays his game, that's his business; it's someone else's money anyway.

Apart from spending two days visiting graves during the Qingming Festival, Chen Jingle spends the rest of his time enriching himself with knowledge while keeping a close eye on current events.

These days, it's essential to keep communication flowing smoothly.

……

Until this day, he suddenly received a call from Li Beixing:
I have some good news to tell you!

"Oh? What good news?" Chen Jingle asked curiously.

"you guess!"

"I won't guess!"

Chen Jingle chuckled subconsciously, then suddenly realized: "Wait, is it about the primary and secondary school students' essay competition?"

"Guessed it right!"

On the other end of the phone, Li Beixing's eyes crinkled into crescents with laughter: "Chen Qiyun's article won the top prize this time! Even I, who was listed as her mentor, got the title of 'Outstanding Mentor.' You're amazing, brother!"

All of this was thanks to Chen Jingle's guidance; this so-called mentor actually did absolutely nothing.

"That's definitely good news."

Chen Jingle was surprised and grinned.

See? He said his skill level wasn't that bad; even with hands-on instruction, he could only get a second prize.

Here comes the grand prize!

(It's almost the end of the month, so if anyone has extra monthly tickets, please use them. Thank you so much!)
(End of this chapter)