Transmigration of The Famous Cyber Star (2)

Chapter 271: Disowned

Ou Yangcen was very curious about Madam Xu, but since she had already passed away, asking more about who she was before she passed away was impolite and meaningless.

"Budai, go close the door," Ou Yangcen ordered.

"Okay."

Zhou Budai quickly did what he was asked to do.

Liu Man felt that Ou Yangcen was about to say things related to the calligraphy exhibit and did not want to be overheard. Reality proved her right.

Ou Yangcen said that he was suddenly called into a meeting by the calligraphy association this afternoon, which was why he didn't go pick them up. The meeting was, naturally, about the calligraphy exhibit tomorrow. It was a "planning beforehand" meeting.

The fortunate thing about having a calligraphy expert as her teacher was now Liu Man could learn who were the five judges for the face-to-face round.

The five people were each experts in five different areas: the running script, cursive script, official script, seal characters, and the clerical script.

Ou Yangcen was originally invited to be the cursive script expert, but because his apprentice, Zhou Budai, was a contestant too, he rejected the invitation to avoid any suspicion of cheating.

The four judges that were first mentioned were all familiar to Su Yi. When Ou Yangcen mentioned the fifth judge, who was an expert in the clerical script, he paused, his expression complex, "For clothe clerical script, they found Su Xuezhen."

Su Yu's expression immediately changed. His smile disappeared, and his posture was no longer relaxed. He heavily hammered the arm of the chair and denounced, "Why did they choose him specifically this year?"

"In the younger generation, Su Xuezhen's accomplishment in the clerical script area is the most prominent. At the end of last year, he also joined the calligraphy association," the "younger" generation Ou Yangcen referred to as were people who were now 50-60 years old. People who could join the National Calligraphy Association could definitely be called real calligraphists, and the value of their work would also rise by a lot."

Su Yi was also a member of the calligraphy association.

"Su Xuezhen's works in clerical script are now very valuable and are deeply worshipped by investors. Last year, he established the Xizhen Academy that copies ancient academies, and he teaches his students calligraphy and literature."

Su Yi mocked, "He just wants to be on the news."

Now that he was this old and had so many accomplishments, he was no longer so concerned over his material possessions and his physical comfort. He did not care at all whether anyone wanted to buy his work. He only wrote to satisfy his own senses; to entertain himself and be happy was all he wanted.

However, nowadays, this entire society focuses on money, including the calligraphy circle. People often judged how good a calligraphist was by weighing how much a work of his was worth.

"You are still biased when it comes to him. Let's not mention what he had done in the past. He had learned everything about the clerical script from you, and he added his own thoughts onto the fundamentals that you had taught him, making it so that his work is similar to and dissimilar to your work. To be honest, his work is quite good, but I still like your clerical script better."

Ou Yangcen had always felt as if something was missing from Su Xuezhen's works. They weren't complete.

Su Yi did not take Ou Yangcen's words seriously, "No matter how good his works are, they cannot make up for the flaws in his personality. He is no longer related to me in any way."