Chapter 275 Master and Disciple Farewell
The ten candidates from Group 8 stood up silently and walked towards the wooden table with their names written on it.
When Liu Lan stood up, Zhou Budai whispered beside her, "Come on!"
The calligraphy world has always been "patriarchal". Just look at the ratio of male to female calligraphers and you will know that the number of female calligraphers is pitifully small.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Liu Lan is the only woman among these ten people.
The five judges all looked at her again, and Su Xuezhen's eyes were particularly meaningful.
There was a note column behind the names of the candidates in their hands, which noted who they had studied under, or what honors they had won, so that the judges could have a preliminary understanding of each person. Su Xuezhen saw the words "Suyi" written behind Liu Man's name.
He looked around and spotted Su Yi and Ouyang Cen who had just sat down at the end of the left spectator seats.
He had not seen his former master for thirty years. Although there was no intersection between the two during these thirty years, it did not mean that Su Xuezhen did not know about Su Yi's situation. Su Yi's status in the calligraphy world was too high, and he was an authoritative figure. His words and deeds could even affect the style of regular script and official script in China.
Sensing Su Xuezhen's gaze, Su Yi met his gaze, his old but still vigorous eyes bursting with coldness and disdain. He did not come to watch the first two groups' face-to-face reviews because he did not want to stay in the same space with Su Xuezhen for even a second longer. Now it was Liu Man's turn, and he had to watch it in person.
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In his impression, Su Xuezhen was still in his early twenties, arrogant and conceited. But now Su Xuezhen is smooth and sophisticated, with the aura of a superior.
He looked straight at himself, without any guilt or remorse, and even a hint of pride.
Su Xuezhen is of course very proud. He is only in his early fifties, but he has already gained both fame and fortune. He is a well-known calligrapher, a respected dean of an academy, a successful businessman, and a winner in life!
He already had enough confidence and experience. Facing Su Yi, his eyes seemed to tell Su Yi that what he did back then was not wrong. Fang Huaiyuan was no match for him. Fang Huaiyuan was the principal and he was the dean. But who still remembered that Fang Huaiyuan was also Su Yi's apprentice?
If it were in the past, Su Yi would be furious and walk away in anger, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
But he has Liu Man now!
Su Yi looked at the girl who was standing with her back to him, as if he had found a support and a breakthrough for the depression in his heart.
After what happened to Su Xuezhen, he became particularly cautious in accepting apprentices. Even if he met some talented young people, he would carefully consider and test them for a period of time before making a decision.
Therefore, in the twenty years after Su Xuezhen was expelled from his master's school, he only accepted three apprentices. Unfortunately, these three people, like Fang Huaiyuan, developed very well in their respective career fields, but none of them could persist on the path of calligraphy and become a "calligrapher."
He gave up later on, as he thought he would never find a suitable person to inherit his legacy. He was also older and more indifferent to worldly affairs, so he focused on teaching and educating people at the university.
Ten years passed like this, and he saw the words Liu Lan wrote on the Internet to make money.
His long-silent heart began to beat again. He never expected that he would see hope at an age when he was about to be buried.
This is truly God's will.
He hurriedly asked Liu Lan to participate in this calligraphy exhibition because he didn't know if he could survive the next four years. Otherwise, he would have spent ten to five years teaching her all he had learned throughout his life, and then let her participate in the exhibition after she became a qualified successor.
Liu Lan was unaware of the undercurrents between her teacher and her old apprentice. She didn't even look at any of the judges. The first thing she did when she walked onto the stage was to rearrange the pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table according to her own habits. She handled them gently and quietly, and when she was done, she stood still.
Her standing posture was trained by Xiao Zhao since she was a child. Xiao Zhao, who was a dancer, attached great importance to posture. She did not teach Liu Lan to dance, but taught her all the basic skills a dancer should have. Therefore, Liu Lan could stand like a pine tree and walk lightly.
Coupled with the ancient style skirt, she looks like a tall and graceful ancient talented woman.
Liu Lan's competitors couldn't help but look sideways at her. The one who looked at her most frequently was the young man sitting diagonally behind her. His gaze was so dazzling that Liu Lan had to turn around and first saw the name tag hanging on his desk: Su Maolin.
It turned out that he was the author of the regular script "Po Yao Fu", the son of Su Xuezhen.
Su Maolin looks to be in his twenties and is very tall. Perhaps because his clothes are all branded and well matched, he looks energetic and a little handsome.
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