The True Heiress Is The Real Bigshot novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268: 256 Money-making Whiz, Cool Mu Chenzhou [1 Update]

[Still, merely so-so. Probably doesn’t realize Yan Bao has had several calligraphy exhibitions already?]

[Honestly, she’s good-looking but way too arrogant. Yan Bao, slap her in the face!]

Although Xiu Yan entered the entertainment industry, she was the eldest daughter of the Xiu family, naturally excelling in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

But to have calligraphy exhibitions, Xiu Yan’s foundation in calligraphy was truly impressive.

Especially when, not long ago, her large calligraphic work was personally sent by the vice-president of the Hua Country Calligrapher Association to an international calligraphy and painting competition.

Her fans were all aware of what the Hua Country Calligrapher Association represented.

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All the top master calligraphers of Hua Country were members of this association.

And these master calligraphers were not the types to take on disciples lightly.

True, her ties with the Xiu family played a part, but Xiu Yan was impressive in her own right.

After finishing a drama about jumping off a building and losing her memory, Ying Zijin finally deigned to shift her gaze onto Xiu Yan, “I’ll write a character, but it’s quite expensive.”

Xiu Yan’s smile receded, “What do you mean, Classmate Ying?”

Their conversation was clearly recorded into the live broadcast.

The bullet screen was filled with question marks.

[??? Does she know Yan Bao is the eldest daughter of the Xiu family and is deliberately extorting her?]

[What do you mean your character is expensive? Do you know Yan Bao’s characters can sell for two hundred thousand? How much pricier can you get?]

[Yan Bao, agree to it. If she loses, she has to buy your character too!]

Xiu Yan glanced at the bullet screen in the live room and after some thought, smiled, “Alright, whoever wins will have to buy the other’s character.”

Hearing this, Ying Zijin yawned lazily, her demeanor nonchalant, “Then let’s begin.”

Xiu Yan made a phone call, asking someone to bring over all her brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

“Classmate Ying, this is a website launched by the Hua Country Calligrapher Association,” Xiu Yan opened up a webpage, “After we upload our own written characters, the website will provide a score evaluation.”

“Generally speaking, a character that scores 90 can sell for five hundred thousand.”

While saying this, Xiu Yan picked up a brush, “Which one do you need, Classmate Ying? Wolf hair, or sheep hair?”

Ying Zijin glanced over and casually picked one, “Doesn’t matter.”

Xiu Yan, holding her brush, paused, then smiled again, “It seems Classmate Ying is pretty skilled.”

[Skilled at what? Even beginners in calligraphy know to use different types of brushes for different artwork. How can it not matter?]

[Must have never learned calligraphy, right? Originally an art student who came to participate in ISC, now it seems even that is not up to scratch?]

Xiu Yan laid out the Xuan Paper and after dipping her brush in the prepared ink, began to write.

She wrote in running script, each stroke and character exuding elegance and grandeur.

While writing, Xiu Yan glanced over at the girl and saw that after writing one character, she stopped. Xiu Yan shook her head slightly.

Five minutes later, Xiu Yan stopped writing.

After blowing on the Xuan Paper, she took out her phone to take a picture.

Ying Zijin had written just a single character, and after finishing, her attention went back to the television.

Teng Yunmeng quickly pulled out her phone, “Zijin, I’ll take the picture for you.”

“Now, I’m going to upload our characters to this website.” Xiu Yan opened the screen sharing, making sure everyone in the live room could see it.

[Hurry up and upload, Yan Bao. Release the score so that she knows who’s better.]

“I’ll upload it now,” Xiu Yan reassured her fans with a smile, “Don’t be anxious, everyone.”

“Zijin,” Teng Yunmeng whispered, “even if you lose, it’s okay. After all, Xiu Yan is somewhat affiliated with the Calligraphers Association of Hua Country; she’s truly skilled.”

Ying Zijin stretched lazily, “If I win the money, I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Teng Yunmeng: “???”

Because both characters were uploaded together, the scoring was also released at the same time.

Xiu Yan purposely revealed Ying Zijin’s score first.

She moved the mouse and clicked on the score column.

A big red “100” popped up, and the website even played celebratory music.

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The fans in the live room went silent all at once.

This “100” was evidently like a slap to their faces.

“Classmate Ying’s calligraphy is really amazing.” Xiu Yan still smiled, with no change in her expression, “I’m not trained in art; I can’t compare.”

She clicked on her own score.

It came out as an “8.”

The celebratory music immediately disappeared, replaced by a string of mournful erhu sounds.

Teng Yunmeng laughed out loud with a “ha.”

Ying Zijin rubbed her head.

The nickname Old Playful Child for Sheng Qingtang really wasn’t without reason.