Chapter 250 Two Invitation Letters
This is really opening a blind box.

Li Yan felt a sense of nervousness that he hadn't felt for a long time. Getting the envelope meant that at least he had won a prize, but which prize he got was the key.

No matter how confident Li Yan is in her abilities, she is still unsure about the results of subjective evaluation.

Although I can console myself by saying “I couldn’t get first prize because you judges are incompetents”, it’s hard not to feel ashamed to say it out loud, as the arts and literature world requires both strength and luck.

No matter how well you write, if you happen to encounter a group of judges who don't like your work, it will be useless.

I never expected that while I was still thinking about it, the dormitory door was pushed open.

Li Yan glanced at the time blankly, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon.

I was concentrating on writing a reply to Su Siqing, and I didn't expect that the whole afternoon had passed in a blink of an eye. Time is really terrifying.

"What are you going to eat today, Old Yan?" Lin Heng now took over Zhu Qinglun's task of firing the gun.

"I just had some dumplings for lunch."

"It's rare that you actually..." Halfway through the sentence, everyone noticed the envelopes spread out on Li Yan's desk.

"It turns out that Mr. Yan has work to do." Zhu Qinglun put away his schoolbag, pulled over a chair and sat next to Li Yan, taking the lead in eating melons.

"It just so happens that since everyone is here, come and open the blind box with me."

Even online novels are known to them, so there is nothing to hide about winning essays and awards. The key is that the various pen names that were once more radical have been put to rest, and what should be accumulated has been accumulated. The various articles published in the literary field, including online novels, support each other, proving Li Yan's own strong ability.

Now that the risk is gone, it’s time to show off.

Li Yan suddenly stuffed an envelope into the hands of everyone, including Li Yan himself, making a total of six people.

"What the hell?" Zhu Qinglun said with his eyes wide open, "Fuck, is this an invitation to the competition, Mr. Yan?"

"As for the invitation, it may have to be next time."

"Certificate of honor?" Lin Heng asked.

"Yes, I should have won a prize, but I don't know what prize it is. We decided on the order and opened them one by one, just like opening a blind box."

"Great!" Chen Fan was quite happy. "I never thought I could tear open the certificate of the essay contest in my life."

"It's not yours." Zhu Qinglun made a face.

"Think about it, I was the first one to see the awesome award, so I got to experience some of the happiness. If the award wasn't good, it would be Li Yan who would be sad. We made a lot of money."

"Right."

Yes, you two big-headed ghosts.

"Let's go clockwise," Liang Tiancheng pointed at Li Ruofei next to Li Yan, "start with Ruofei."

Boys' happiness is so strange sometimes. As long as there is "comparison" and "interaction", everything can be started up noisily.

As Zhu Qinglun said, these are Li Yan’s certificates and have nothing to do with other people.

But Li Yan made such an inexplicable invitation, and everyone really participated happily...

The mystery will be revealed soon.

Li Ruofei shook his head. "Ayan, the Tianxing Literature Award should be the most important award, right?"

"I guess so." Li Yan actually wanted to say no, because he cared more about the mystery novel competition in his hands, but judging from the standards, requirements, and authority of the competition, the national essay competition jointly organized by the Propaganda Department, Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Writers Association of Linjiang Province is indeed a heavyweight one.

"Let's announce the finale of the heavyweight competition. I don't know what the other competitions are. Apart from the Tianxing Literature Award, the highest level competitions should be provincial essay competitions, right? Some are open to the whole country, but the organizers are only in cities and counties. They should not be as good as 'Beautiful Linjiang'."

"Ruofei is so skilled? Did you throw it too?" Liang Tiancheng asked.

"These competitions all require submissions of works that have been published in city-level or higher publications. I selected a few and won the silver medal at New Taipei City's May Day Cup."

There was a small cheer from everyone.

"Then why not let's reveal it from 'May Day Cup'." Li Ruofei pointed at Chen Fan on the other side of Li Yan, "A Yan, let's have a direct duel, haha."

Chen Fan sighed, "It seems that the level of the competition I got is relatively low."

Yes, this is why they will participate in this blind box opening event. The level of the game they get and the level of the results after opening can both be used as a comparison of combat power...

Li Ruofei received a certificate of legendary quality, while Chen Fan was just a rare one.

The "defeated" Chen Fan quickly opened the envelope and opened the certificate without any hesitation, "Gold Award."

"As expected, I am still no match for you, A-Yan." Li Ruofei bowed, "Please give me more guidance."

Li Yan just smiled and patted Li Ruofei.

Liang Tiancheng has a similar style to Chen Fan. They both opened the paper decisively. As a result, they won the first prize in another essay contest sponsored by Xin'an City and open to the whole province.

"I feel numb. I suddenly feel like I'm here to be shown off by Mr. Yan today."

Zhu Qinglun said this as he slowly and mysteriously pulled out the certificate. The funny thing was that he held it upside down and muttered to himself while pulling out the certificate for a long time. As a result, the others watched the word "one" appear before their eyes.

"Don't bother, Qinglun. First prize." Lin Heng bumped into him and said, "It's my turn."

Then he was even more slow than Zhu Qinglun, messing around like a shaman, and then he was stunned when he saw the words "third prize". Except for Li Yan, everyone was stunned.

It was not until this moment that they realized that they had long been accustomed to Li Yan getting first place in everything, and this "third prize" was so glaring.

"Old Yan, this... I'm just unlucky." Lin Heng didn't know how to comfort him.

Li Yan waved her hand nonchalantly, "These judges are idiots."

You have said all the words of comfort to us, what else can we say?
"The worst competition gave the lowest prize." Li Yan just laughed, "It's nothing to worry about. His first prize is not as high as the third prize."

Everyone then discovered that the organizer of this competition was the New Taipei City Linghu District Federation of Literary and Art Circles...

Now that everyone is paying attention to it, Li Ruofei suddenly felt a surge of pressure. It was strange. These were obviously not his transcripts. Why was he so nervous?

"Ruofei, the miracle is in your hands!"

“Witness the birth of the great writer Li Yan!”

"Show us a dazzling first prize!"

Alpaca, it’s on fire!

With trembling hands and an excited heart, Li Ruofei carefully opened the envelope. When he shook it, another small envelope fell out.

It was very high-end dark-patterned red cardstock with a few large gold-plated characters on it, and even a wax seal with a bronze stamp.

"Invitation to the awards ceremony..."

Chen Fan grabbed Li Yan's shoulders and said to him solemnly, "Awesome!"

The characters are straight and round.

Li Ruofei was too lazy to open it slowly, and decisively pulled out the certificate. A dazzling "Gold Award" was very conspicuous.

There were suddenly five more monkeys in the dormitory.

"Hurry, hurry, I want to see the invitation letter. Let me fantasize about it. I can't bear it anymore!" Lin Heng was the one who screamed the loudest.

A group of people looked at Li Yan eagerly as she opened the invitation letter and read out the words on it simultaneously:

“Dear Mr. Li Yan:

祝贺您在第七届‘天星文学奖’全国征文大赛中荣获金奖。为隆重表彰获奖作者，特邀您参加于2009年6月28日在临江省新北市荣西区傍江东路186号华侨大厦大礼堂举行的2009临江省优秀作家峰会暨第七届‘天星文学奖’全国征文大赛颁奖典礼。

请您于2009年6月27日16:00之前到华侨大厦金丽大酒店报道。

Have a nice trip, thank you! ”

After reading it, everyone made distorted gestures.

Li Yan was helpless, "What's going on? Are you constipated because of the pleasure?"

"Dear Mr. Li Yan!" Lin Heng repeated, and insisted on reading out all the instructions at the end. "The organizers of the competition, the Linjiang Provincial Publicity Department, the Linjiang Provincial Writers Association, and the Linjiang Provincial Federation of Literature and Art will provide free accommodation and round-trip travel expenses for the award-winning guests invited to participate in this event (air tickets will be reimbursed according to the train ticket standard, and train tickets will be reimbursed on a reimbursement basis). That's great, Mr. Yan. Ask if you can bring your roommate along."

"Which article of yours won the award, Ayan?" Li Ruofei's focus was different.

"When the Kapok Falls, a... short story."

"That article was also yours?" Li Ruofei was shocked. "Isn't your pen name Big Cat, Two Cat, Three Cat?"

"It's me, but submissions require real names. I think I've already filled in my address, so I'll just write my name."

"How many pen names do you have?"

"This, I have forgotten some of it and can't remember it."

Zhu Qinglun pulled his hair when he heard this. "You are the protagonist of this world, and I am an NPC, right?"

"Wait, don't be so crazy," Chen Fan suddenly realized something, "Li Yan has another letter in her hand."

Li Yan took a long breath and said as he opened the book, "To be honest, I am most nervous about this competition. I like mystery novels very much, and I am curious about my level in the current mystery world. Moreover, the competition is sponsored by a publishing house, so it should be possible to publish directly..."

Halfway through the conversation, a letter with a black cover fell out of the torn envelope.

Invitation card.

No way? Scoring twice?

The texture is even higher than the red invitation just now.

Li Yan slowly picked it up and tore open the wax seal. There was more than one thing inside. The main body of the invitation was just a card with very simple content:
“Fenda:

Congratulations on winning the first prize of this International Mystery Literature Award. You are invited to attend the award ceremony on June 6. Please see the manual for details.

Publishing ceremony, reasoning conference, we look forward to your presence! "

After reading it, Li Yan just slapped his head and said, "Fuck, how come the time coincides with each other?"

The whole dormitory exploded.

(End of this chapter)