Chapter 271 Qin Yi Couplet Competition!

With the conclusion of the divine eagle incident, Lin Zhibai's life became leisurely again.

However, this leisurely life did not last long, because the summer vacation ended at the end of August.

September has officially arrived, Qinzhou Art College has ushered in the first day of school, and Lin Zhibai has officially become a junior.

Qin Yi is a four-year institution. Lin Zhibai will officially graduate after his senior year. However, there are usually no classes in senior year. The school will require students to go out to study, so strictly speaking, the junior year may already be Lin Zhibai was officially in his last year of college. Thinking about it, Lin Zhibai couldn't help but look back on his freshman and sophomore years, only to realize that he had never really participated deeply in college life except attending classes.

 What is the university life like for ordinary college students?

Lin Zhibai didn’t know because he had been using the system to make a career since his freshman year and had never participated in any on-campus activities.

The school holds opening activities every year, and of course there will be one this year. The name of the activity is "Qinzhou Art College Couplet Competition", which is intended to celebrate the entrance of freshmen, at least in name.

 The venue is the school auditorium.

 The students in the class are all talking about it.

“Our school is strange this year. When the School of Art starts, it does not hold any cultural and artistic performances. Instead, it organizes a couplet competition.”

 “Then you don’t know something.”

"This activity is really not what our school wants to do. The main reason is that this year a bunch of teachers and students from Qizhou Art College came to our school to engage in art exchanges, and then they put together the entire joint performance and so on, and the results were all the same. The representative of the Zhou College suddenly proposed that the students from their school should participate in the entire couplet activity together with the students from our school."

 “So that’s how it is.”

“Why do I look at Qizhou Art College as if it is well prepared? Do you want to give our school a showdown in the couplets?”

 “Don’t panic.”

“Our art history major has a lot of talents in this field, and the literature department next door has many great talents.”

 “Who will participate then?”

"You know that I am a member of the student union. You can sign up directly by asking me. If you are interested, you can give it a try. The venue is in the school's auditorium. Our school wants to hold a big event. There will be Representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and even the Writers Association came to watch the ceremony, and even some famous figures in the field of couplets came to serve as special guests or even participate directly..."

 “Is it such a big deal?”

“That’s not all, there will be reporters and others coming to film, and the whole process will be broadcast live by Shinhwa TV. After all, this is where Qin Yi’s talent lies. The school with the highest comprehensive strength in Qinzhou is joking with you?”

“Then I’ll go back and sign up.”

Some students in the class immediately became interested. It doesn’t matter if they fail. The important thing is to participate.

Lin Zhibai majored in art history and it is not surprising that there are several talents in couplets.

 The so-called couplets are pairs.

 There are many ways to practice couplets. In previous lives, they were a traditional Chinese culture that has been passed down for thousands of years. There are many details in them, and they are as elegant as poetry.

However, in the modern cities of the previous life, this kind of Chinese studies had gradually become lonely and silent, and only occasionally remembered the ancient style.

On the contrary, in Blue Star, various couplet competitions are emerging one after another. Modern people in this world still have a strong interest in this kind of literati elegance that has been passed down from ancient times to the present.

  Including couplets, including poems.

 Even including small games like guessing puzzles.

In short, Lin Zhibai listened to this and found it quite interesting. He thought that when the Couplet Competition began, he could go there and have a look, just to experience the rare university life -

Lin Zhibai thought so.

However, Lin Zhibai soon found that he wanted to be simple.

Because not long after the news of the couplet contest spread on campus, the principal came to the Department of Art History to talk to Lin Zhibai in person.

 “Classmate Lin Zhibai…”

 “Hello, principal.”

Lin Zhibai was quite polite in front of Qin Yi, a principal with many talents all over the world.

The principal smiled and said, "You must have heard that our school is going to hold a couplet activity."

"heard."

Lin Zhibai probably guessed what the principal meant.

 Sure enough.

 The principal asked the next moment: "Are you interested in participating?"

Lin Zhibai immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not very good at pairing couplets."

The principal smiled again, "With your literary talents like Bai Di, are you not good at pairing?"

School leaders have all heard of Bai Di's songs, and are quite familiar with Bai Di's lyrics. Everyone is almost certain that Lin Zhibai has a lot of talent.

 “I really can’t do it.”

Lin Zhibai knew very well how much his "literary talent" was, so he didn't fool himself.

 “I’ll make it clear.”

The principal said sincerely: "I would like to ask you to come and participate in this couplet competition. You don't have to worry about the ranking. After all, the level of people participating is very high, and there will also be some big names in the field of couplets. It is normal to lose. But our school needs you to help stand up..."

Lin Zhibai understood.

The school wants to use its reputation as the "White Emperor" to draw attention to the couplet competition organized by Qin Yi.

 For Lin Zhibai, losing is indeed not a shame.

 Because he is a musician, but everyone thinks his literary talent in writing lyrics is pretty good.

"Fine."

 In the end, Lin Zhibai still gave the principal this face. The big deal is that it’s not right. Who would ask a musician to have a high level of pairing?

 It’s not like this is what you need to make a living.

Furthermore, there is a system. Lin Zhibai can remember countless couplets from his previous life. Maybe he can really do something good at it?

“Then we’ve agreed that the school will use your name as the main publicity point!”

 The principal became excited and squeezed Lin Zhibai's hand.

Lin Zhibai nodded, just think of it as an in-depth participation in campus activities.

 The principal then said that the couplet competition will be held the day after tomorrow and what to pay attention to.

Lin Zhibai nodded again, thinking that this could be regarded as my contribution to the school. If someone fails this year or something, I hope the principal can help open a back door or something.

 The principal then left.

As soon as the principal left, the classmates gathered around and looked at Lin Zhibai curiously.

 “What does the principal want you to do?”

The squad leader speculated: "Isn't it another fake job asking for autographs?"

Lin Zhibai didn’t know if it was too awkward for these classmates to call him “you”. Anyway, he didn’t bother to correct him, so he just said casually:

 “Tell me to participate in the couplet competition.”

 “You agreed?”

The students’ eyes suddenly lit up, and they seemed to be looking forward to it.

Lin Zhibai nodded, looking at the expectant expressions of everyone, he suddenly felt that his promise was a little hasty.

Since everyone seems to have expectations, if his performance is too disappointing, will it affect Bai Di's tall image in the hearts of fans?

Just.

 Everyone has come.

 Always show off.

Lin Zhibai didn't worry about the reputation value now, and directly called up the system to cram for it.

 “Crimson, give me a helping hand!”

 …

The principal is also an activist. Lin Zhibai had just agreed to participate in the Qin Yi Couplet Competition, and news of the promotion appeared on the Internet, as if he was afraid that someone would regret it.

 "Qin Yi will hold a couplet competition, and Bai Di will take the lead!" 》

 Is it okay to take the lead?

Lin Zhibai felt that the title was too flattering to him.

 In the Couplet Competition, I am just a contestant, no different from other student contestants.

But it’s understandable. After all, “Bai Di” can indeed bring traffic. As expected, this title attracted countless attention!

 Related topics have appeared in the hot searches on the Jiguang platform—

 “Have you watched the news?”

 “Bai Di is going to participate in the Qin Yi Couplet Competition!”

 “Is it an event held by Qinzhou Art Institute?”

“Yes, it will be broadcast live on Shinhwa Video when the time comes.”

 “Bai Di’s literary talent is not low.”

"I remember that Bai Di wrote a poem on the Aurora Platform a long time ago, saying that people today can't see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients. The humanities who can write such sentences are certainly not bad. It should be no problem to participate in a couplet contest. ."

 “Looking forward to his performance.”

 “I don’t know if I can get a good ranking.”

“I read in the publicity that not only students are participating, but also several big names in the field of couplets. If Bai Di can enter the top twenty, he must be very good.”

“The judges are all leaders of the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.”

"Looking at the rules, this competition is mainly for college students. Only the best-performing students can compete with the top experts in the field of couplets. For those experts, accompanying college students to compete is purely a matter of professors. Let’s play with the elementary school students.”

 “Haha, that’s it.”

“Since Bai Di is participating, I’ll have to watch it then. I hope the organizer will be sensible and give me, Mr. Bai Di, more shots.”

 This is what netizens are discussing.

Lin Zhibai made some observations and found that everyone did have expectations for him, but the expectations were not high, so the pressure was much less.

 On the contrary, the family members were amazed.

Lin Xi smiled and said, "It's rare that you are willing to participate in campus activities."

Lin Shengtian believes that it is a good thing for Lin Zhibai to participate in more campus activities. After all, he does not have much time left in college, so he should just leave some memories for himself.

 “That’s right.”

My mother smiled and said: "I have always regretted that I did not participate in the campus singing competition in college. I should have participated in more of these campus competitions or activities when I was in school."

 “Good thing.”

Dad also nodded. He always felt that his youngest son was too mature and did not look like a college student at all.

　　“It would be better if I could get the whole ranking.”

Dad added, "After all, your literary talent is pretty good, we all know this."

 “Then I’ll fight for it.”

Lin Zhibai spent a lot of reputation points with the system in order to get the memory of those couplets in his previous life. Should he at least get his money back in this couplet competition?

 (End of this chapter)