Chapter 55: The Gathering of Heroes at Red Flower

  All right, Mo Bao is waiting for you.

  Hai Dacu Shu Cheng originally was a place for selling books, so naturally, stationery related to books such as pens, paper and inkstones are indispensable.

  At this time, the two protagonists started writing, and immediately staff brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone over.

  This kind of writing, of course, must be done with a brush, and only with a brush can one achieve the realm of calligraphy.

  Actually, the art of calligraphy was previously only found in the Huaxia region and a few countries in East Asia. Other countries did not have the skill of calligraphy because they were not using Chinese characters. However, after the Earth Federation adopted Chinese as its official language, calligraphy became popular globally. If one can write good handwriting, it is also highly valued.

  Zhou Fan unfolded the Xuan paper and started writing without any hesitation.

  A man of great determination will surely succeed; he will break through the metal cauldron and sink the boats, and in the end, the 104 passes will belong to Chu.

  This is the top couplet.

  He who has suffered hardship will be repaid by heaven; sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall, one can swallow the Wu in three thousand years.

  This is the lower couplet.

  Immediately wrote a horizontal banner with five characters: Red Flower Gathering of Heroes.

  The author is a dragon snake, with a flourish of his brush, in just half an hour, a pair of couplets has been produced.

  "Mission accomplished."

  Clapped his hands, put away his pen, then covered up the two couplets again, and sat down to wait for Ming Lei beside him.

  "Wow, so fast?"

  The crowd of fans saw Zhou Fan finish writing so quickly, first they were overjoyed, then shocked.

  What a joy to think that Zhou Fang is extremely good at calligraphy, and he can finish writing a couplet so quickly. What's surprising is that with such speed, even if it's finished, it's estimated that the quality should be average. Especially the last action of Zhou Fang made them feel a chill in their hearts. Why did he cover it up? Is it because what he wrote was too ordinary? Even fans who received Zhou Fang's signature were worried. Although they knew Zhou Fang's handwriting wasn't bad, after all, this is hard pen calligraphy, not brush pen. Some people write well with hard pen, but their brush pen writing might be extremely poor.

  It's actually Ming Lei, whose style, although slow in writing, is meticulous and serious.

  It seems that he does have some skill in calligraphy.

  Only now both of their works have not been announced yet, they can only anxiously wait.

  It wasn't until Zhou Fan had drunk several mouthfuls of tea that Ming Lei finally finished over there.

  "Sorry to keep you waiting."

  After finishing a couplet, Ming Lei seemed to have regained some confidence, and even his speech became somewhat more elegant.

  "You're welcome."

  Zhou Fan smiled slightly and didn't think much of it.

  "Since both are already written, I think it's better to bring them out and let everyone evaluate which one is better. Of course, regardless of who writes well or poorly, the goal is to make friends through literature, so don't hurt the harmony when commenting."

  When Minglai's couplet came out, Li Qiang finally let out a sigh of relief.

  He knew that Ming Lei was quite skilled in calligraphy, although not a master of the art, but among popular authors, Ming Lei's calligraphy was also impressive. Having lost face earlier, he now felt that he would soon regain his composure and his expression relaxed a lot.

  "Then, let's take a look at the calligraphy of Ming Lei, the popular author?"

  Li Qiang is an illegal strongman, at this time he wants to fight back, and unexpectedly takes on the role of host.

  "Slow down, Manager Li. I think it's better if we write the couplet first and then let everyone appreciate it."

  Li Cheng stood up and said with dissatisfaction upon seeing this.

  Although he didn't know how well Zhou Yifan's handwriting was, he thought that calligraphy and songs were both artistic things. Since they are artistic things, if it's not written particularly badly, everyone's performance is more or less the same, so it's also very difficult to distinguish between good and bad. Even if you write a little better, without a master to comment on it, ordinary people can't tell the difference either.

  At this time, it means whoever publishes their work first will have a greater advantage.

  Li Zhicheng knew that Minglai had some research on calligraphy, fearing that Zhou Fan would not be able to defeat him, so he hastily took over.

  Zhou Fan simply shrugged with an attitude of indifference, "Brother Li, it's nothing, let them go first, it doesn't matter."

  Seeing Zhou Fan's attitude, Li Zhi Cheng could only retreat a step, "Alright." However, in his heart he thought, "I reckon Zhou Yi Fan's youthful arrogance has gotten the better of him." Nevertheless, it was also alright, even if this time they suffered a loss, it would be a good opportunity for him to learn a lesson.

  "Haha, this friend is still straightforward, Boss Li, you should learn from him."

  Li Qiang burst out laughing and occasionally made a sarcastic comment about Li Zhi Cheng. However, Li Zhi Cheng didn't engage in a war of words with him, but just stood aside.

  "Okay, let's take a look at Minglai's calligraphy."

  Several staff members unfolded a couplet of Ming Lei one after another.

  All I saw was written above:

  There are hardly a few hundred years old families in the world, all of which are accumulated virtues.

  The best thing under heaven is still reading books.

  Li Qiang read and recited, when he came to "the best thing in the world is still reading", he shouted three times, good, good, good.

  "Good character, good character."

  It's not just Li Qiang who applauded, others who saw it also clapped their hands.

  Indeed, it's not bad.

  This couplet, although only a few words, has neat and generous font, powerful penmanship, and is a rare good handwriting. Even many of Zhou Yifan's fans who saw it couldn't help but nod in secret, thinking that Minglai may have poor character, but his calligraphy is indeed well-written. If they weren't fans of Zhou Yifan, they would probably be praising him by now.

  However, the more they saw this, the more worried they became about Zhou Fan coming.

  Of course, although many people are worried, there is one person who remains calm and composed.

  This person is none other than Lu Feiqing, the leader of Zhou Yifan's fan club.

  "Captain, this is terrible."

  Someone whispered to Lu Feiqing.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Squad leader, don't you feel anxious about the current situation?"

  "Why the rush? Don't we have confidence in Zhou Yifan?"

  "Hmm..."

  That person was speechless, but still said, "Alas, it's not a matter of confidence or not. You know, Ming Lei is indeed a good writer, although we feel that Zhou Yifan's writing is not weak either, but if one is not good, I'm afraid..."

  "Don't worry, you should think carefully. Those who can write 'The Record of Book and Sword' are not fools. Moreover, from the book, we can also see that Zhou Yifan is very familiar with our Chinese culture. Whether it's poetry, songs, or calligraphy, although we haven't really seen them, we can already tell. Besides, if Zhou Yifan didn't have any research on calligraphy, would he accept such a challenge like other bookworms?"

  In their eyes, Zhou Yifan is just a stubborn and unyielding calligrapher. On the contrary, in reality, it can be clearly seen that Zhou Yifan has greatly changed his ways of thinking. Such a person would not easily fall for others' tricks or get caught in others' traps.

  Lu Feiqing explained several points, and everyone nodded in agreement.

  Looking at it this way, Zhou Yifan's series of actions just now really seemed like the prelude to "dressing up as a pig to eat a tiger".

  The more I think about it, the more possible it seems, and suddenly I'm filled with endless anticipation.

  "Not bad, not bad, indeed good words."

  Seeing others applauding, Zhou Fan stood up and said it was good too.

  However, what Zhou Fan said was correct, and who would be sincere in saying that it's correct, and then directly commented on this calligraphy.

  "I took a look at this couplet, and at first glance, the words seem to be written quite well. But upon closer inspection, doesn't everyone feel that it gets more and more awkward the more you look at it..."

  Everyone heard Zhou Yifan's comment and looked again carefully.

  You'd better believe it, but after taking a few more glances, this couplet has become unsightly.

  "Gosh, I don't know why but these characters seem to be getting uglier and uglier?"

  "This is really weird, I thought it looked pretty good just now, but why does this character look uglier and uglier as I write it?"

  "Yes, look at those characters he's reading and writing, they're really ugly beyond compare."

  Everyone pointed and whispered, Ming Lei's face changed color repeatedly.

  "Hmm, I think you don't understand calligraphy at all."

  Ming Lei let out a cold snort.

  Not bad, actually Ming Lei's words, looking at them one by one, are quite ugly. However, calligraphy emphasizes the overall flavor, where is there a single word to be picked apart? Some words may not look good when written separately, but when combined, the overall effect comes out. Ming Lei has been practicing calligraphy hard in recent years and feels that he hasn't made much breakthrough on individual characters. So, he's been working on the overall realm. Now looking at it, the effect is remarkable, every time his words come out, they will cause a full house of applause. But unexpectedly, this Zhou Yifan picked bones from an egg, criticizing his words.

  "This friend, we're all communicating together, aren't we? We agreed to make friends through writing, what's the point of getting angry?"

  Zhou Fan saw Ming Lei's anxious expression, but he secretly smiled in his heart.

  Shut up, have a calligraphy competition with me, and soon you'll be smashing your head against a tofu block.

  "Alright, alright... Since my handwriting is not that great, I suppose Brother Zhou's must be exceptional. Why don't we take a look at it and compare? It'll also give everyone a chance to appreciate it."

  "Whatever."

  Then Zhou Fan lifted up the couplet that had just been covered and stood it upright with three staff members.

  A man of great determination will surely succeed; he will break through the metal cauldron and sink the boats, and in the end, the 104 passes of Qin will belong to Chu.

  Everyone read it down word by word.

  This is the top couplet.

  Wow, this couplet is written with great momentum, how come I've never heard of it before?

  The couplet written by Ming Lei just now, everyone knows that it is excerpted and not original. However, this one by Zhou Yifan, although only the first half of the couplet has been seen so far, many people feel that its momentum is extraordinary. Moreover, it also feels like an original work. Until the second half of the couplet came out, it made them exclaim for a long time.

  Heaven never fails to reward one who has labored with a sincere heart; lay on thistles and taste gall, three thousand armored warriors can swallow Wu.

  Horizontal inscription: Red flowers gather heroes.

  When this horizontal banner came out at Hong Hua's gathering of heroes, everyone let out a thorough scream.

  Not to mention the words, but the couplet is suitable for the situation and scene, it's simply tailor-made for them.

  Isn't today's signing ceremony a gathering of heroes?

  Just like Zhou Yifan's code when he first appeared on Monday, it turns out that everyone is a brother of the Red Flower Society.

  So many red flower heroes gather together, it's a grand event in Jianghu.

  "This is great, this couplet is really well written."

  Everyone cheered in unison.

  This is just a connection, look at the word again.

  Although most of my friends are ordinary people who have not studied calligraphy, Zhou Yifan's work gives them a sense of the divine. The overall feeling it conveys is like a dragon flying in the air, an inexplicable mystery.

  "In this world, there's actually such calligraphy?"

  United is good, words are better.

  This couplet is probably a top-notch work even if it's put up for auction.

  This is no ordinary couplet, it's a priceless treasure!

  A bowl of noodles, completely lost composure.

  "Awesome."

  Luckily I made the decision to come here and attend the signing ceremony. If I hadn't come, I would probably regret it to death.

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