Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 44: The micro-novel won an award?

On the way to school, Zhai Da held a metal playing card in his hand, trying to bend it with one hand and flick it away, then catch it back in his hand by moving forward with his feet.

But I was thinking about yesterday's tutoring class.

It's hard to say what I learned.
I just remember Lu Wei's beautiful hands and her nice smell.
My mind was absent-minded, so naturally I had no accuracy with the poker in my hand. I had to bend down to pick it up seven or eight times out of ten times.

I have memorized the principles in the magic book, but I am still a long way from mastering it.

Even though the special effect "Spotlight" of [Joker Poker] has not been unlocked, Zhai Da's behavior can still attract the attention of passers-by. Many people looked over, including some students from the Woolen Textile Middle School.

However, Zhai Da didn't care about it. He just regarded it as a character setting, which would lay the foundation for the unblocking task in the future.

He has already prepared a few simple poker magic tricks, and once he has practiced them well enough, he will try to find someone to perform them.

The system only says that you can perform the close-up magic trick ten times without being exposed. I don’t know if the same person can do it.

Because of its special material, the poker in his hand made a slight "buzzing" sound and flew upwards. This time it was very successful. The poker flew back while spinning. Zhai Da caught it and when he looked up, he saw the literary girl waiting for him on the overpass.

Lu Siwen was still well-behaved, leaning against the railing and looking forward, and was a little surprised to see Zhai Dafei's actions.

"Student Zhai! Good morning! What is that?"

Zhai Da briefly waved the Joker Poker in front of Lu Siwen: "Poker, magic poker."

Lu Siwen was surprised and asked, "Student Zhai can also do magic?"

Zhai Da thought about it, took out a poker card and waved it in front of Lu Siwen.

Try your hand.

To unlock the special effect "Spotlight" mission, perform ten "Close-up Magic" tricks without being discovered.

"Look, this is the Ace of Spades."

Lu Siwen nodded expectantly.

The right hand shook quickly, so Lu Siwen could only see a residual image, and then it suddenly stopped.

"Now it's an Ace of Spades and an Ace of Hearts. The magic is over."

Lu Siwen's expectant expression froze on his face, but after a moment of silence he clapped his hands in support.

"That's amazing! That's great!"

Zhai Da looked at the system interface, which showed no response, and he became confused.
Is Lu Siwen not considered a human being?
Why don't you consider me successful?

"I have good news to tell classmate Zhai today."

"Oh? The pen is completely given to me?"

Lu Siwen was embarrassed: "Well, this is really not possible. That pen has a special meaning to me."

After adjusting his disrupted rhythm, Lu Siwen said again: "The results of the micro-novel competition are out! Congratulations to Zhai, as expected, he won first place!"

Zhai Da showed little interest: "Oh, this one."

He was not interested at all. It was just something he did to get close to Lu Siwen. He had a lot on his mind recently. His studies were on track, he got some fun new equipment, he also got an 18-year-old female roommate, and last night he even had an 18-year-old female tutor.

Compared with this, things like the micro-novel competition have long been forgotten.

So what if I get first place? Will it give me extra points in the college entrance examination?

With more than ten years of copywriting accumulation, it is not surprising that he won the first place in a fake competition. That micro-novel was a mixture of at least three top copywriters, which is far from being comparable to the "micro-novels" of the current era that are mainly written by amateurs.

"Is Zhai unhappy? This is a Xinglang blog competition, and there are thousands of people participating from all over the country!"

Zhai Daxin thought, this is actually a blog, which is the predecessor of Weibo. Although it became completely unpopular in later generations, it was still the main battlefield of the Internet in that era, and many celebrities were using it.

I wondered which newspaper organized it.

He even had Lu Siwen do the submission for him, and he didn't have the habit of visiting blogs on a daily basis, so naturally there was no news from beginning to end.

A few thousand people. The Internet era has not yet arrived. What can such a small number of people do?
"Yeah, it's good. I'm very happy."

Lu Siwen: "The first place winner will get a reward of 30,000 yuan!"

Zhai Da's voice suddenly rose several octaves.

"Hmm? I'm glad! How do I claim it?"

According to Lu Siwen, this competition was held for the first time, and at this point in time, micro-novels are still relatively new. Participants can participate by simply posting a blog, which is also relatively simple.

What’s interesting is that for an online activity, the judging is not purely based on the number of likes from netizens. It’s obvious that “Star Wave” has not figured out how to use traffic yet, and people of this era have not fully embraced the Internet.

Even the Internet companies themselves.

They actually found 200 public judges and 30 professional judges
The public judges are 200 college students, and the professional judges are some Chinese department teachers.

How to say it, every aspect reveals the sloppy feeling of the times, and also represents an attempt to move towards the Internet era.

But this reward is quite rewarding!

"Where can I get 30,000 yuan? Do I need a card number? Is tax included?"

Three questions in a row, getting straight to the heart of the matter.

Lu Siwen is a very responsible girl and she was well prepared.

"The staff of Xinglang left me a message. I said that I was just submitting the article on behalf of others and was not the author. However, he explained it in detail."

As he spoke, he took out a small notebook with a lot of things recorded on it.

As a result, the first one left Zhai Da speechless.
"First, Zhai had to interact with the official on his blog, write a blog to express his gratitude for the award, and then promise to become an active user. I asked what counted as active, and he said that one blog post a week would be enough. Regardless of the length, at least you have to support their work for the first few months, and then it doesn't matter."

Zhai Da's originally surprised expression quickly shifted towards the old man on the subway.

"Secondly, they will conduct a telephone interview. Zhai will provide a photo of his daily life, which will be made into a short news item and posted on the website."

It was probably some scrap area somewhere, indicating that the event was a "complete success".

"Once these two are done, the money can be transferred, but he didn't seem to mention the tax issue."

Zhai Daxin said to the troublemaker, please burn some paper for me, I’m so troubled!

But, you still have to take the 30,000 yuan.

Now my main focus is on studying, so I can't miss the opportunity to earn extra money, 30,000 yuan.
Lu Wei needs to work for two and a half years to earn this salary.
Suddenly, without any reason, he thought of Teacher Shen Rui's question again.
"Student Zhai? Student Zhai?"

Su Bai waved her small hand in front of Zhai Da, bringing him back to his senses.

"Oh, sorry for getting distracted. If I remember correctly, you need a computer to play the blog, right? There shouldn't be a mobile version."

Lu Siwen nodded.

"That's a bit troublesome. I don't have a computer at home. Can you help me post something? I'll give you some content every week, and you just need to click on the computer and post it."

Lu Siwen's bright eyes rolled.

She had guessed that Zhai Da didn't have a computer, so she was ready to offer him a laptop.
Anyway, there are several of them at home.

But according to what Zhai Da said, wouldn't there be many opportunities to communicate with classmate Zhai?

So, with a little guilt, I chose a new plan: "Okay, just tell me anytime, it's easy to send things."

As for the telephone interview, Zhai Da accepted it reluctantly, thinking it was just some meaningless repetitive talk.

No matter what time you make an appointment, Lu Siwen just needs to let him know in advance.

On the way, Zhai Da and Lu Siwen explained the content of the "blog".

There is not much to say for the first blog. I would like to thank the organizers of the competition, Xinglang, the judges, and Cangjie.

As for the content to be published once a week, he would send it to Lu Siwen after thinking about it and ask her to publish it on his behalf.

On the third floor of the teaching building, when the two were about to separate, Lu Siwen asked hesitantly: "Student Zhai, how is the long story you mentioned earlier going?"

This girl is anxious to get her public grain.

Zhai Da, who was well prepared, threw out a homework book and walked into Class 8 of Grade 3 in a casual manner.

After Lu Siwen took it, he saw four words written on it: "The Long Lu Journey".

"Lü Tu. Is that the name of the protagonist? Judging from the name, it seems to be a travelogue?"

　If you don’t vote and I don’t vote, when will Xiao Xin be able to make a breakthrough?

　　If you don’t chase me and I don’t chase you, when will anyone chase me, Xiao Xin?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)