After rebirth, I became a great writer

Chapter 226 The Shortest Science Fiction
Hearing Dryden's question, the smile on Zhu Yanlin's face remained unchanged.

He not only told Dryden that the No.1 in this domestic literature competition was Chen Tianhong, but also recommended Chen Tianhong's entry "The Wandering Earth" to Dryden.

Dryden also praised a few words after reading it, but it was just a courtesy.

In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with the story background and the thinking about human nature in the content of "The Wandering Earth", and the writing is also very good.

But the setting of taking the planet to escape in the universe remains to be discussed. From their point of view, the "wandering earth" plan in the article is completely irrational and too whimsical.

Even Dryden thought so, not to mention his student Charles.

Charles also watched "The Wandering Earth" for the first time. After reading it, he didn't believe that Chen Tianhong was better than himself. He could even write such an imprecise science fiction novel. How could he surpass himself.

This is the cultural gap between the East and the West. Zhu Yanlin, Hong Tao and the others watched "The Wandering Earth" so shockingly, but in the eyes of Dryden and Charles, it was not rigorous.

"President Dryden, if you want to see that child Chen Tianhong, of course it's fine, Xiao Yan."

Zhu Yanlin was about to call his secretary Xiaoyan to look for Chen Tianhong, but the moment he turned his face away, he saw Chen Tianhong sitting on his seat not far away, looking very happy chatting with someone.

They are currently standing in the front row of the auditorium, only a dozen steps away from Chen Tianhong and his seats.

"Boy, I thought you hadn't arrived there yet, but I didn't expect you to already be seated."

Zhu Yanlin couldn't help smiling, since everyone saw Chen Tianhong, there was no need to ask the secretary to shout.

So he walked towards Chen Tianhong's direction, and when he moved, the others naturally followed.

In fact, logically speaking, even if it was only a dozen or so steps away, it should be Chen Tianhong who came to see Zhu Yanlin and the others. After all, Zhu Yanlin was also an elder, and there were also "foreign friends" like Dryden and the others.

However, Zhu Yanlin himself is not a person who pays special attention to rules, although he also knows that it is more or less rude to lead Dryden to meet Chen Tianhong
But, Zhu Yanlin also saw what Dryden meant by wanting to see Chen Tianhong.

It was obvious that they were here to mess things up. From the expressions on their faces after watching "The Wandering Earth", they could see that they were somewhat disdainful of oriental sci-fi romance.

Especially Dryden's student Charles, directly said on the spot that there were many problems with the content of the novel "The Wandering Earth", and also said that if it was in their country, this novel would not even enter the top ten in the country.

Although Charles was scolded by Dryden immediately after he finished speaking, and Zhu Yanlin and the others couldn't talk about a child, but there must be some knots in their hearts.

So there was a scene of a group of literary bigwigs actively looking for Chen Tianhong.

It wasn't until they got to Chen Tianhong's seat that Chen Tianhong, Zhuo Chengsheng, and Xu Jiaojiao realized that the first person who saw Zhu Yanlin and the others coming was Yuan Haotian.

Because Chen Tianhong Zhuo Chengsheng and the four of them chatted very happily and didn't pay too much attention to the external environment, and because of the "green leaf" problem, Yuan Haotian didn't say a word even during the conversation.

When Yuan Haotian first saw Zhu Yanlin and his group approaching, he never thought that they were coming to his side, and thought they were just passing by. After all, Zhu Yanlin's reputation, who would have thought that he would come here for these students.

Even if they are the top ten in this competition, it is not enough for a generation of writers to come over in person, even if they see each other, they are still going to visit.

As a result, Yuan Haotian was "slapped in the face" at the speed of light, and Zhu Yanlin really came to find them, to be more precise, he came to find Chen Tianhong.

Because after arriving here, Zhu Yanlin's first words were to greet Chen Tianhong.

"Tianhong, what are you guys talking about, you have such a happy chat."

"President Zhu, why are you here all the time!"

After seeing Zhu Yanlin, Chen Tianhong got up hurriedly, and he was also startled.

Not only him, whether it was Zhuo Chengsheng, Xu Jiaojiao, Yang Guangshan, or even the arrogant Yuan Haotian had a look of surprise and excitement.
Except for Chen Tianhong, the five of them saw Zhu Yanlin for the first time, usually in newspapers or on TV a few times.

Zhu Yanlin can be said to be the idol of all students who love literature, and the goal they strive for.

Seeing Zhu Yanlin greet Chen Tianhong, Zhuo Chengsheng and the others all looked at Chen Tianhong with envious eyes. They didn't know that Chen Tianhong and Zhu Yanlin had met before.

At this moment, they couldn't help sighing in their hearts, No.1 is No.1!Even Chairman Zhu treats him differently!

Yuan Haotian was so sour that he couldn't be more sour. In his opinion, if he was No.1 in this competition, Chairman Zhu would greet him first.

"Hehe, of course I'm coming. If I don't come to the auditorium, then no one will give you your awards."

Zhu Yanlin was joking with a smile, and when he said this, he smiled at Zhuo Chengsheng, Yuan Haotian and the others.

These few can be regarded as juniors with great potential, so naturally he won't be left out in the cold.

"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Mr. William Dryden, President of the English Writers' Association, and this is Mr. Douglas."

Zhu Yanlin began to introduce Dryden and his party to Chen Tianhong and the others, and at the same time introduced Chen Tianhong and the others to Dryden.

It's just that apart from Chen Tianhong, he didn't know the names of Yuan Haotian and the others. Fortunately, during the introduction, both Zhuo Chengsheng and Yuan Haotian were very smart, so they said their names by themselves.

However, Dryden and the others were only more interested in Chen Tianhong, and Yuan Haotian just glanced at Zhuo Chengsheng, nodded politely and stopped paying attention.

After listening to Zhu Yanlin's introduction, Chen Tianhong also knew the identity of Dryden and his party.

He didn't have any ideas, and not every visiting group deliberately prepared poems to show off like Derrick and the others.

So Chen Tianhong greeted Dryden and the others politely, but when he arrived at Charles, he didn't wait for him to speak.

Charles stared directly at Chen Tianhong with scorching eyes, raised his little head in an even more exaggerated arc than Yuan Haotian, and said in an extremely arrogant tone.

"You are Chen Tianhong, the person who wrote short stories in 2 minutes?"

Charles spoke English, but both Chen Tianhong and Yuan Haotian could understand it.

People who can enter the top ten in the country have nothing to say about their academic performance, and basic English communication is nothing at all.

Chen Tianhong glanced at Charles with a bit of displeasure. The tone of this guy's speech was even more annoying than that of Yuan Haotian last year, with deep hostility.

"Yes, it's me! What's your opinion?"

Chen Tianhong said this in pure Chinese, and his attitude was very tough.

His temper is good or bad, but that is only for friends, enemies or people who speak badly like Charles, and he has never had a good face.

As for how to deal with it, please refer to Ximing Jue in the early stage, and Yuan Haotian who was tortured last year.

Zhuo Chengsheng, Xu Jiaojiao and the others couldn't help being curious when they heard the conversation between the two, what does it mean to write a short story in 2 minutes!I dont understand!
Chen Tianhong's article [God, the queen is pregnant, who did it] did not spread, and not many people knew about it.

In fact, even Chen Tianhong himself was curious about how this arrogant foreign boy knew.

But this is not important, what is important is what this guy, who is about the same age as him, wants to do.

"It really took 2 minutes?"

Charles could also understand Chinese, and he heard Chen Tianhong admit that his blue eyes were still full of disbelief.

"That's right! It's guaranteed to be fake!"

Charles understood the first two words, but he didn't understand the following idioms, but it was enough to understand two words.

"I don't believe it, I want to compete with you!"

As soon as Charles said this, Zhu Yanlin's eyes narrowed. It wasn't just him, everyone present except Dryden and the others looked very good.

What do you mean!

We respect that you are guests from afar, and we specially invite you to participate in the awards ceremony of the competition.

You guys are so lucky, you actually said that you want to compete with our No.1, do you know what etiquette culture is?
It's not that they don't have confidence in Chen Tianhong, but that there is something wrong with what Charles said. Even if it's a competition with each other, it must be on a suitable occasion. There is no such thing as a PK when they meet for the first time.

Even Yuan Haotian's sense of Charles is not good, because this guy is even more arrogant than him!
At this moment, Charles didn't know that he had committed public outrage. In fact, he really just wanted to compete with Chen Tianhong.

After all, geniuses are arrogant, they can't stand someone who is better than them.

As for social etiquette, I'm sorry, not every Englishman is a gentleman, and Charles is only this year, and it is the youngest and most frivolous time!
Charles didn't know, but it didn't mean his teacher Dryden didn't know!

"Charles, be polite!"

Dryden first said something to Charles, and then turned to Zhu Yanlin to apologize, saying that Charles was going abroad for the first time, he was young, etc., anyway, he just explained something.

Dryden has already said that, so Zhu Yanlin and the others will naturally not say anything more. After all, they are also guests, so we have to be magnanimous!

However, just when everyone thought the matter was over, Dryden suddenly spoke again.

"President Zhu, Chen Tianhong and these students are all winners of this competition?"

"Yes, President Dryden."

"Hehe, what a coincidence, you also know that we also have a college student literature competition in England, and the competition has just ended, and Charles is the No.1 in our college student competition in England."

"I thought, since it's such a coincidence, how about a literary exchange between college students from our two countries? President Zhu, what do you think?"

Dryden had a smile on his face. Don't look at what he said about Charles just now. In fact, he was a hundred supporters of the competition that his students said.

This guy, he still wants to compete after going around!
None of the people present were stupid, and no one could understand the meaning of Dryden's words. Although they were slandering in their hearts, they often said that they would not hit a smiling face with their hands, and there was nothing wrong with what they said.

Charles and Chen Tianhong are not much different in age, they are all children to them, and it is not impolite for children to exchange literature.

"Hehe, I think it's okay! I don't know what kind of communication method President Dryden wants?"

Zhu Yanlin asked back.

Dryden's words have reached this level, and he definitely cannot refuse to refuse. If he really refuses, it will be as if he is afraid of them on his side.

Hearing this, Dryden pretended to be thinking, and it took more than ten seconds before he spoke.

"How about this! Let's come up with a topic and ask them to write articles on the spot, and don't want to write a long article, just a short article! How about within half an hour?"

This was something that Dryden had thought about a long time ago. The cause was Chen Tianhong's short story. He wanted to verify on the spot whether what Zhu Yanlin said was true or not.

As for whether he will lose face after losing, Dryden is really not afraid, he has confidence in his students.

Even if there are five students on the opposite side, Charles is the only one on my side, because the quality of an article is not judged by quantity.

As soon as Dryden's words came out of his mouth, Zhu Yanlin understood that the relationship was still the same as last time!

No problem, since Chen Tianhong was able to write it last time, it should be no exception this time. Dryden believed in his students, and Zhu Yanlin also believed in Chen Tianhong.

So Zhu Yanlin nodded in agreement, and arranged for secretary Xiao Yan to get the pen and paper.

"President Zhu, can you please write a question?"

"Hehe, President Dryden, you are guests, so it is up to you to decide the topic."

Zhu Yanlin is also a generous person. Although it is beneficial to his side whoever asks the question first, but he is a guest, and his side still has the upper hand.

If there is another question, the truth is a bit unreasonable, even if it wins, it would be disgraceful, so Dryden and the others should simply ask Dryden to ask the question.

"Then I'm not being polite! Then you can use science fiction as the theme and write a short science fiction story! It requires characters, a storyline, a background, and suspense."

When Dryden was posing the question, people around him also gathered around, such as Xu Changfeng, the president of Kyoto University, and the others.

When they learned that Chen Tianhong and the others were going to have a literary exchange with college students in England, Xu Changfeng and the others all became more serious.

It is said to be a literary exchange, but it is actually a competition between college students from both sides, and one side must win, otherwise everyone will lose face.

They also frowned at Dryden's topic. He didn't mean it was difficult. He was talking about the basic requirements of science fiction, characters, environment, and plot. At most, one suspense was added.

But there is another requirement, it is a short story, the shorter the better, not only is it short, it must meet the requirements, and it must be wonderful, otherwise how can you win others!

Unlike Xu Changfeng and the others, Zhu Yanlin heard the bad intentions from Dryden's words.

What kind of subject matter is not good, but science fiction is chosen. You must know that this college student competition, first, No. 2 is all science fiction, which is obviously aimed at it.

Dryden must be thinking of getting his students to write a short science fiction story to overwhelm Chen Tianhong and the others. In this way, they will not only regain the face they had last time, but also earn more money.

"Is this old guy so confident in his students?"

Zhu Yanlin looked at Charles again, and found that he had already taken the pen and paper brought by Secretary Yan, with a strong self-confidence on his arrogant face, as if he had already made up his mind.

On the other hand, Zhuo Chengsheng, Xu Jiaojiao, and Yang Guangshan also took the pen and paper, but they didn't start writing, they were still thinking.
To be honest, they were all very nervous. It was the first time they had encountered this kind of on-site problem and time-limited competition, and they were not very used to it.

Secondly, so many people are watching, including their own teacher and Zhu Yanlin, they all know that they can't lose, if they really lose, it's not their personal face, it's everyone on their side. Going further, it belongs to the country
Yuan Haotian was also a little nervous, but he was more excited, yes, excited.

If he could win everyone in this competition, wouldn't it prove that he was stronger than Chen Tianhong.

Originally the literature competition was over, and he had no chance to prove himself in the competition, but God gave him another chance.

"I must seize this opportunity, Chen Tianhong! I will win you in front of everyone! I am the well-deserved No.1."

After uttering the bold words in his heart, Yuan Haotian also fell into deep thought.

Anyone can make a falg, but writing an article is not so easy!

At this time, Charles had already started to write, and the court suddenly became tense.

There were more and more smiles on Dryden's face, and there was a look of complacency in that smile.

It's a lot to talk about, but in fact, it took less than a minute for Charles to start writing.

Because of the problem of standing, Secretary Yan handed the pen and paper to Chen Tianhong.

He is the last one.

As a result, a scene that broke everyone's glasses appeared, and Chen Tianhong refused to use pen and paper.

They all looked at Chen Tianhong, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Only Zhu Yanlin had an idea in his mind. Last time, Chen Tianhong also wrote a novel without pen and paper.

Because it's too short, I can't use it!As long as you say it, everyone can remember it.

"Could it be that this kid has thought about it again? This is only one minute! Although the requirements are a little less than last time, this is science fiction! It is impossible to meet the requirements with only a dozen words!"

Zhu Yanlin only guessed half of it right, Chen Tianhong had already thought about it, and there were not many words, so he didn't need to write it, just speak it out.

But it's not twelve characters, half more than last time, a total of 25 characters.

"I've already figured it out, there are very few words that don't use pen and paper."

Chen Tianhong said politely to Secretary Chao Yan.

But his words were no less than thunder in the flat ground, even Charles, who had already bowed his head and started writing, stopped writing.

"Chen Tianhong, what you said is true! Did I hear it wrong! Did you think of it in less than a minute?"

This is the thinking of most of the people present at the moment.

In addition to this, they felt a little bit arrogant about Chen Tianhong's refusal to use pen and paper.

Is it too pretentious? If it is really what Zhu Yanlin thinks, then this behavior will be fine, and they will even applaud. If it is not good, then it will be really embarrassing.

So they were still a little worried at the same time.

But no matter what everyone thought, since Chen Tianhong was able to make this move, he naturally had some considerations.

But now is not the time to explain this behavior, it is better to tell the novel first.

Therefore, everyone present heard what Chen Tianhong said next, which was also the shortest science fiction novel in this world and in the previous life!

"The last person on earth was sitting alone in the room. At this moment, there was a knock on the door."

(End of this chapter)