Si Chaoliang paused, as if it was indeed the case.
While these people were chattering, Liu Ruying reached out and moved the magazine over. Her fingers gently turned over the slightly yellowed paper and opened the first page.
Everyone only paid attention to the Chen works that Bai Yujing arrogantly listed in the catalog, but ignored an obvious place in the catalog.
She flipped the magazine straight to the first page, the preface.
Many people tend to overlook a book's preface, but it's actually very important. Liu Ruying always reads the preface before she reads a book. And, more importantly, in this issue of Weiming magazine, this preface is the only one not attributed to Chen Ya.
And the author's signature is also well-known - Ishikawa Atsushi.
Ishikawa Dong, one of the three heroes of Beichen, is currently the CTO of Beichen Company.
Others also noticed Liu Ruying's discovery and came over. Wu Zun was the first to notice it. He pointed at Ishikawa Dong's name and slapped Xia Yingji's arm frantically.
The Three Heroes of Beichen are also known as the Three Heroes of Yingchao. Wu Zun only learned today that this person also wrote the preface to "Weiming".
Liu Ruying pointed her finger at the preface and read carefully word by word:
"Hello everyone, I'm Ishikawa Tsuyoshi, the current president of the school magazine. Our school magazine, 'Unknown,' has reached a historic number, issue 520."
"In fact, before I edited this issue of 'Unclear', I already realized that I would be taking the blame. Why I had to take the blame? You should understand after reading the table of contents. I won't elaborate further."
"Well, anyway, this is what happened. Someone took this issue of the school magazine as their own and pocketed all the royalties... But before you all protest that I'm abusing my power for personal gain, let me offer a few words of defense..."
"For reasons that are well known to everyone, this issue, Issue 520 of the school magazine, is bound to see intense contention. After all, this concerns the life events of all the readers who submitted their contributions, and our editorial department has been extremely vigilant in reviewing them."
"We received over 300 submissions this time. To ensure objectivity, we adopted a blind selection process, masking the authors' names from beginning to end. We selected a total of 6 poems and 8 articles. Well, in the end, we found out that they were all from... that person."
"Later, when we checked the manuscripts, we found that out of the more than 300 submissions we received, 100 were submitted by that person."
"His determination has been felt not only by everyone in our editorial department, but also by you who are reading this."
"So... as the president of the school magazine, I won't take any blame. If you're angry about this outcome, please go find the author behind it."
"July 2016, at the school magazine."
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After reading the entire preface, Liu Ruying's brows furrowed even deeper.
"What are you talking about?" Si Chaoliang was too far away to see the preface clearly, so he nudged Wu Zun and asked.
Wu Zun straightened up and said, "Let me summarize. This is the 520th issue of 'Unclear.' Because of something, everyone was vying to submit articles to the magazine. As a result, Chen Ya, also known as Bai Yujing, submitted a hundred articles, which ultimately led to him being the only one in this issue of the school magazine. This is why Bai Yujing dominated the news this time."
Si Chaoliang asked in surprise, "So, what exactly is the reason why they are competing to submit articles to the school magazine?"
Wu Zun shrugged and said, "I don't know. It's not mentioned above."
"The 'Wei Ming' dispute over publication," Lu Qianzi suddenly said, "I know. This is the 'Wei Ming' dispute over publication that Professor Jin Rubing mentioned earlier!"
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