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Chapter 174 The Genius Book Appraiser and the Invitation Letter of the Fiction Academy
Meteor Book Bar, General Manager's Office.

Liu Xing and Director Wu Guokun were chatting about the second season of the essay contest.

"The number of entries in the second season is obviously more than that of the first show, and the number has increased by about 75%." Director Wu Guokun said, "It's just that the quality of the works is still not high, and more than [-]% of the works can only be regarded as scrap drafts. Most The level of the contestants is very amateur."

Liu Xing was puzzled: "Director Wu, is there a problem in any link? The high prize money of 1.2 million won't attract many star writers to participate."

In the first season of the essay contest, a total of nearly 10 entries were received, but there were less than 50 star writers, a ratio of about one in two thousand, which is pitifully small.
"This is normal. Most star writers are not very interested in non-governmental essay competitions. They feel that the level of non-governmental essay competitions is not enough and the stage is too small. Even good works cannot get a fair evaluation." Director Wu Guokun introduced Dao, "Therefore, most star writers are generally unwilling to participate in non-governmental essay solicitations. The higher the level of writers, the more obvious this mentality."

Liu Xing suddenly realized.

In the first season of the essay solicitation, Liu Xing only found one work that met the requirements for fascination, "The Ever-changing Shadow Man". If calculated according to this ratio, by the end of the essay contest next year, he can only find six works that can be fascinated. work.

The quantity is too small!
Liu Xing spends so much effort in organizing this essay competition, hoping to find a large number of fascinating novels, and six books are obviously not enough.

If there are high-level star writers participating, the number of excellent works will definitely increase significantly.

It's a pity that Liu Xing doesn't have much contact with the writer circle at all, and he can count the star writers he knows on one hand.

Just as Liu Xing was thinking, he heard director Wu Guokun say: "By the way, Xiao Liu, I almost forgot to tell you something. Are you interested in the book appraiser?"

"Book appraiser?" Liu Xing was surprised, "What's wrong?"

"During the first season of the essay contest, you alone unearthed nearly 20 star-rated novels without any effort, while our 50 judges worked in disgrace for three months, and only found a total of more than 30 star-rated novels." Director Wu Guokun said, "Obviously, you are very talented in appraising books."

Liu Xing smiled and said, "Director Wu, I'm just lucky..."

"The first time is luck, the second time is luck, but if you do it dozens of times in a row, it can't be luck." Director Wu Guokun said, "Actually, I have long thought that your vision is extraordinary. "Book Tomb Notes" is your It was excavated, "The Master of the Book Coffin" was excavated by you, "Student Times" was excavated by you, and "How to become a top student", "Don't Cry at 17", "Detective Wang Nanzhi's Shadow Man" ", "The Ever-changing Shadow Man", etc., are all discovered by you. It is difficult for others to find a star-rated novel in a lifetime, but you have discovered dozens of star-rated novels in just one year. Not to mention this number It's Tianhai City, even if you look at the entire Huaxia Kingdom, you can enter the top 10."

After a pause, director Wu Guokun said, "These are enough to show that you have an extremely rare talent for appreciating books. There are two types of appraisers, one is the accurate calculation type, and they are good at computers and mathematics; the other is the They are intuitive type, they are particularly sensitive to words and novels, and can rely on intuition to make judgments. Intuitive type book appraisers are very rare, there may not be one person in 1000 book appraisers, they are geniuses among book appraisers, And you are such a genius."

Liu Xing smiled faintly: "Director Wu, the more you talk, the more mysterious you become. I actually don't know anything about Jianshu..."

"No, I'm telling the truth. I have been a book appraiser for more than 30 years. How could I not be able to tell whether a person has a talent for book appraisal?" Director Wu Guokun said again, "The 10 book appraisers on the jury are all I am shocked by your book-appreciating talent, there has only been one person in Tianhai City in the past 100 years with your book-appreciating talent."

Liu Xing was curious: "Who is it?"

"The Book King's Happy Guest!"

Director Wu Guokun continued, "It is said that Xiaoyaoke has a very high talent for appreciating books since he was a child. He only needs to read a dozen pages of a book to roughly judge the quality of the book. Up to now, Xiaoyaoke still maintains Tianhai City's appreciation of books. Book records. In his personal book appraising career, the total number of novels he has appraised is 33, ranking first among all book appraisers in the nine provinces of China."

"33 volumes?" Liu Xing's heart skipped a beat. This amount...is indeed a bit astonishing!
Until now, Liu Xing has only identified 10,000+ novels.You know, because he has book eyes, it only takes 5 seconds to detect a novel.

For an ordinary book appraiser, if he can identify 5 novels in his lifetime, he is already at the top level.

"Even if a computational book appraiser lives for 500 years, it is impossible to appraise 33 novels." Director Wu Guokun explained, "Only an intuitive book appraiser is extremely sensitive to words and novels, and has an excellent imagination. The ability to quickly identify the quality of novels. After the book king Xiaoyaoke, in the past 100 years, such a book-appreciating genius has never appeared again."

Looking at Liu Xing, director Wu Guokun said, "Xiao Liu, you may be the most talented book appraiser after Qashqai, so don't waste your rare talent."

Liu Xing confessed: "Director Wu, first of all, I really don't have any talent. Second, I don't have much interest in being a book appraiser."

His goal is to enter the fairy tale novels and become a fairy. As for the book appraiser, it is completely out of his consideration.

Director Wu Guokun persuaded earnestly: "Xiao Liu, interest can be cultivated slowly. You have such a rare talent, but you don't become a book appraiser. It's simply a reckless waste of things, and the law of nature will not allow it!"

"..." Liu Xing.
"In short, I still hope you will think about it carefully." Director Wu Guokun persuaded him for a while, and added, "A few days ago, 10 book appraisers from the jury and I have jointly written a letter to the Yufeng Fiction Academy. A letter of recommendation, recommending you to study in the Book Appraisal Department of the Fiction Academy. If there is no accident, you should be able to receive an invitation letter from Yufeng Fiction Academy within this month..."

"Isn't it?" Liu Xing kept his eyes on, "Director Wu, I'm not very interested in college life..."

"I really don't know what to say about you." Director Wu Guokun said with a look of hatred for iron and steel, "Many people have sharpened their heads and tried to squeeze into Yufeng Fiction Academy but failed. Now Yufeng Fiction Academy is going to recruit you. You’re still not happy? Xiao Liu, even if you don’t like studying, it’s good to go to the School of Fiction and learn more. The School of Fiction is full of talents, with first-class book appraisers, first-class readers, and first-class theories Home, a first-class writer, go in and get in touch with these elites in the novel world, it will be very beneficial to your life..."

"A top-notch writer?"

When Liu Xing heard these five words, his heart moved: Yes, there should be many star writers in the writing department of Yufeng Fiction Academy, right?If you go in and fool some star writers into participating in the essay contest, you should be able to produce many excellent works!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing finally became interested in the School of Fiction.

Being a book appraiser or not is the next thing. If you can fool a few top star writers into writing for yourself in the Fiction Academy, it will definitely not be a loss-making business.

"Director Wu, the teaching of the School of Fiction seems to be closed, right?"

"Yes. However, we have already explained your situation to the School of Fiction. You are now a committee member of the Fiction Street, and you have a lot of work to do. Recently, you are holding an essay competition. It is impossible to spend all your time in the School of Fiction." Wu Guokun The director explained, "Given your situation, the Academy of Fiction will have special arrangements for you. You go to the Academy of Fiction to attend classes on time every day, and after school, you can return to Fiction Street. In short, for a talented book appraiser like you, the Academy of Fiction will definitely will help you as much as possible.”

Liu Xing thought about it, but this was barely acceptable.During the day, I can take classes at the Fiction Academy and find a way to attract some writers to write novels; at night, I can read novels by myself.

Focus on novel creation with one hand, and novel reading with the other hand, with a two-pronged approach, learning and cultivating immortality.
"Successful, really successful!"

The two were chatting, at this moment, Zhao Baisheng rushed in quickly, his face was full of excitement, as if he had won the 500 million lottery, "I really succeeded!"

Wu Guokun was curious: "Xiao Zhao, why are you so happy?"

"Ms. Liu is really good at predicting things!" Zhao Baisheng said excitedly, "He told me last night that "The Man of Dark Shadows" might have been upgraded to a two-star novel. I thought he was joking. As a result, I went to test it today, and found that it is really a two-star novel! Teacher Liu is really astute!"

After listening, Wu Guokun let out a long sigh.It is really infuriating to compare people to people. Liu Xing's talent in appraising books made Wu Guokun feel that he has lived on dogs for more than 40 years.

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In the following days, Liu Xing continued to read "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword" every day, and at the same time checked the entries in the essay contest.

In just two weeks, he unearthed another 9 star-rated novels, which left the jury dumbfounded.
Half a month later, Liu Xing really received an invitation letter from Yufeng Fiction Academy.

The invitation letter was sent by the Director of the Admissions Department of the Fiction College, warmly inviting Liu Xing to go to the Fiction College for an interview.If the interview goes well, they will be specially recruited into the Book Appraisal Department of the School of Fiction.

Liu Xing is not interested in the study of book appraisers. As far as he knows, the courses of the book appraiser department are the most boring, tedious, and profound in the School of Fiction, and ordinary people can't learn them at all.

More importantly, a book appraiser needs to study for at least ten years!
Liu Xing didn't have the energy to study hard in the Department of Appreciation for ten years.

However, in order to attract more writers, and to cultivate immortality, Liu Xing decided to hang out in the Department of Appreciation for a while...

Anyway, you can quit school at any time...
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(End of this chapter)