Chapter 315: Crossing Groups Again
After completing all the preparations, Liu Lan began to carve the wood from the upper right corner, stroke by stroke.
She can even carve words!!!
This is probably the only thought in everyone's mind at this moment.
Old friends around Su Yi said,
"This little disciple you accepted is really not an ordinary person."
"You teach well!"
"I really envy you for meeting such a talented youngster."
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During the face-to-face review, they saw with their own eyes how Liu Man wrote "Yunyang Ding" in two different fonts, and they were as shocked as Cheng Zikun and Chen Jianqiu at the time. Moreover, the small seal version of "Yunyang Ding" is now hung in the outer hall of the exhibition center where Su Maolin's "Po Yao Fu" was originally hung, for countless visitors to see.
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Su Yi was rarely modest and said, "I have only taught her for a few months? Her previous teacher was a good teacher. That Madam Xu is like a god! If she were alive, she would probably become an important figure in the calligraphy world today."
Yu Zhan, who was standing next to Su Yi, was shocked when he heard the words "Mrs. Xu". He remembered the words of the girl in his dream.
Little Zhao, Madam Xu...
Zhou Budai looked in astonishment at Liu Lan's skillful use of the carving knife. From childhood to adulthood, he had always been praised for his intelligence and genius, but when he met this freak Liu Lan, there was no comparison and no hurt. He wanted to cry but had no tears... Could she leave some room for people like them with 'mediocre talents'?
Wu Qu didn't even look at Liu Lan. Being grateful to her was one thing, but being afraid that she would affect his performance was another. This girl was beyond his understanding of genius. If he looked at her for a second longer, he would feel unbalanced! He couldn't make any more typos!
The 20 people who originally belonged to the seal carving and engraving groups were also a little surprised. Why did the people from the calligraphy group come to compete with them at the last minute? Although it was a free performance session, it was not so free that they could cross groups.
Cheng Zikun, who liked Liu Lan the most among the judges, was extremely excited. He didn't expect that the little girl had another trick up her sleeve. Every once in a while, Cheng Zikun would go to her side to see how she was carving.
Deputy Minister Guo and the mayor went upstairs with Ouyang Cen to have a cup of tea. When they came back, they found that several judges and even all the onlookers were paying attention to a young girl. Deputy Minister Guo had some impression of Liu Lan because she was the only girl in the audience and one of the only two young people.
He couldn't help but ask Ouyang Cen curiously about Liu Lan's origins.
"She is Su Yi's last disciple, and her origins are nothing worth talking about," Ouyang Cen implied. Liu Lan was just an ordinary girl. "It's just that she switched from the regular script group to the seal script group during the face-to-face review. Now, in just a cup of tea, she has switched to the engraving group. It's really strange. It's not uncommon to master calligraphy and seal carving at the same time. Normally, one masters one skill first and then learns the other. Even the best talent needs time to hone. It takes at least 40 years to master both."
The mayor was surprised and said, "This little girl is amazing!"
"My son is only a few years older than her, but he can't even write well with a fountain pen," said Vice Minister Guo, looking at other people's children and then thinking about his own son, feeling really disappointed.
Ouyang believes that the son of Vice Minister Guo is the norm for young people nowadays. For Liu Lan to reach such a level at this age, she must have turned a deaf ear to the world outside the window, had no distractions, lived a dull life, not been influenced by the Internet, did not go out to play with her friends, and studied calligraphy from the moment she opened her eyes until the moment she closed them, wishing she could treat the pen as her toy.
Thinking of this, Ouyang Cen stroked his beard and smiled. How is it possible! Even the monks in the temples nowadays can't do this. Besides, Liu Man is an internet celebrity and can't live without the Internet. Maybe he is not experienced enough. There are always exceptions in the world. What if she is a rare genius?
The TV station staff wanted to give Liu Lan a close-up very much, but they did not dare to go against the judges' wishes, so they could only zoom in as much as possible so that the TV audience could see Liu Lan's movements a little more clearly. She was seen slowly scraping the wood chips onto the ground, and a small pile of them had already formed on the ground.
Liu Lan's carving speed is not much slower than that of people who write calligraphy with a brush.
No matter how others viewed her, she was not disturbed at all. She only wanted to express her ideas. Regardless of whether she could win the award in the end, she would try her best to do her best, otherwise she would let down the teachings of both Mrs. Xu and Professor Su.
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