"In fact, being a contestant is much better than being a guest. We have very rich prizes, and basically anyone who participates will get one. And if you make it to the top three in the finals, the head of our Zhao family will personally present the awards. This is the greatest honor in our provincial capital." The etiquette lady said with admiration.
However, except for the Zhao family, the other contestants all looked as if they didn't know what to be proud of when they heard this.
It's like the company's year-end special prize, which is a reward for having lunch with the boss.
No one is happy except the boss himself.
"Okay." However, Jiang Fan nodded when he heard this.
After all, what could be more exciting than winning the first place in the Zhao Family Civil and Martial Arts Competition and having the head of the Zhao Family personally present the award to send him off to heaven?
The golden platform that the Zhao family painstakingly built can just be used as the altar for the patriarch of the Zhao family!
"What is the content of the competition?" Jiang Fan asked.
"Take a look at these two forms. They are divided into liberal arts competition and martial arts competition. See which one you qualify for." The etiquette lady handed Jiang Fan two pieces of paper.
Jiang Fan first looked at the liberal arts competition. The requirement was actually a doctoral degree, and the content of the competition was much simpler. It mainly involved competing for degrees, papers, and showcasing one's scientific research results, which was similar to a normal interview.
There are already a large number of doctoral students registered there, many of whom are graduates from top universities.
"With so many PhDs applying, does the Zhao family offer good treatment?" Jiang Fan couldn't help but feel curious.
"Bullshit! The treatment offered by the Zhao family is the worst among all the units! It's like squeezing people to death!" A middle-aged man with glasses and a plaid shirt standing behind Jiang Fan couldn't help but secretly complain to Jiang Fan.
"What do you mean?" Jiang Fan turned around and asked curiously.
"Damn it! This Zhao family claims to be wealthy and famous, but what they do is even more shady than the lowest class. Damn it! They're afraid of the educated turning against them, and they're also afraid of the educated living too comfortably. So they use the cheapest prices to support a bunch of people and make them serve them! They'd rather pay PhD students security guard salaries!"
"Isn't there a limerick that says so?"
"Learn the literary and martial arts and sell them to the Zhao family."
"Working like a horse and an ox, the rich are so happy!" Dr. Plaid Shirt pulled Jiang Fan aside and said indignantly.
"Why do you all come here when the treatment is so bad?" Jiang Fan asked again.
"I dare not not come. Unless you go to work in another province, otherwise, in Tiannan Province, if you don't come to participate in this civil and military conference and go to other units first, then at best you will lose your job, at worst your life will be in danger! Who dares to offend the Zhao family?"
"I can only complain here. Once I get in, I will have to flatter the Zhao family. Alas, it's because we are from a poor family. Even if we study hard for 20 or 30 years, we are destined to be no match for the accumulation and exploitation of several generations of wealthy families." Dr. Plaid Shirt said helplessly.
"It's okay. There's a saying: 'I watched him build a tall building, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his building collapse!'"
"The Zhao family has completed the first two steps. Next today is the day when his building collapses!" Jiang Fan said with a smile.
"Haha, brother, you cursed more harshly than me, awesome!" Dr. Plaid Shirt thought Jiang Fan was also complaining, and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
Then, Jiang Fan took a look at the martial arts section. The types of exercises there were much more complicated, not just simple competitions between martial artists.
Instead, it was divided into two rounds. The first round was a competition of eighteen kinds of martial arts, including swords, spears, clubs, axes, halberds, hooks and forks.
Let the warriors compete with the same weapons first to determine the first place in each type of weapon!
The second round is a duel between the best of these various weapons to decide the martial arts champion!
"Let's shoot archery." Jiang Fan looked at the various weapons, finally chose the one he was better at, ticked it, and handed it over.
After all, when he was in the mountains, he practiced archery every day to satisfy his hunger.
His archery skills are not to be called superb, but the birds nearby would be scared and fall from the trees as soon as they heard Jiang Fan pulling the bow.
However, in order to prevent his identity from being exposed in advance and failing to complete the feat of killing the head of the Zhao family on the Golden Terrace, Jiang Fan specially prepared a mask for himself.
Anyway, there are many warriors with quirks. Some people like to wear a black robe that covers half of their face in the middle of summer, and some people like to have various facial tattoos. It doesn't matter if he wears a mask.
After a while, Jiang Fan was taken to the archery range.
The previous competition is very simple, it is called "shooting the arrow through the air from a hundred paces"!
Targets were placed a hundred steps away. Each contestant had ten arrows, and the top ten with the highest number of arrows would advance.
Although the rules seem simple, they are actually very difficult.
After all, in ancient times, hitting the target from a hundred paces away was the hallmark of a true archer! One in a million!
First of all, shooting an arrow so far is a test of arm strength.
Even more important than arm strength is accuracy! Many warriors have plenty of strength, but every time they shoot, their arrows miss the target, leaving them feeling extremely frustrated.
In comparison, Jiang Fan seemed incredibly relaxed. To save speed, he even chose to fire three arrows simultaneously!
Accompanied by the sounds of "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!", three arrows hit the center of the bull's eye neatly, directly hitting the ten rings!
After shooting the bow three times like this, Jiang Fan easily hit the ten rings with nine arrows!
It was so fast that he had finished for a while before he started to exclaim in surprise from the latecomers on the field!
At the same time, various guests also appeared one after another.
Among them was Luo Fei, an old acquaintance who had tricked Jiang Fan. At this moment, he was looking for Jiang Fan everywhere.
While searching, he laughed wildly in his heart, "Hahaha, Jiang Fan is probably going to be tricked to death by me! With his skills, he might be okay in the small town of Jiangdong, but in our big provincial capital, he's nothing! I'll let you hit me, but there will be plenty of people to beat you to death at the meeting later!"
"Peijiu, why did you bring me here?" On the other side, Gu Qingya, who was wearing a purple dress, was also brought to the venue by Ning Peijiu and asked in confusion.
"I'm going to find you an ideal husband! This is a talent show for the entire provincial capital, with all kinds of young talents. I used up a lot of connections to get the invitation! When the time comes, you can find someone better than Jiang Fan and make this scumbag die of anger!" Ning Peijiu said with a smile.
But this time, she wasn't looking down on Jiang Fan, but rather secretly harboring selfish motives! After all, if Gu Qingya could find her ideal husband, then her going to Jiang Fan wouldn't be considered stealing his lover!
"Look, damn! There's an expert on the archery field this time. He shot three arrows at the same time, and all nine arrows hit the ten rings!" At this time, the exclamations of the crowd continued to be heard, and Gu Qingya, who had originally wanted to say that she was no longer interested in men, could not help but turn her head to look.
I want to see who is so awesome!
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