The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 450 - 449. Ten judges

Chapter 450: 449. Ten judges

Half a day later.

An essay titled "What Charm Does the National Calligraphy and Painting Competition Hold?" quickly became popular.

"As we all know, every sector in our country has its ranking lists, and the world of calligraphy and painting is no exception. The National Calligraphy and Painting Competition is held every two years with the purpose of conducting a major cleanup of the rankings within the field."

"The world of calligraphy and painting encompasses three lists, two of which are inherited from our ancestors: the traditional Chinese painting ranking and the calligraphy ranking. The third is the ranking for Western-style oil painting."

"So, what’s the use of these lists?"

"I’m fairly pragmatic, so let’s start with commercial value—the commercial value of each list decreases according to the rankings. Unlike other industries, the calligraphy and painting sector has a high degree of recognition for these rankings, which directly assigns a tangible value to each member on the list. This is reflected specifically in the varying prices for buying or auctioning artwork, individual calligraphy and painting exhibition ticket prices, and so on."

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The editor rambled on, analyzing the entire competition thoroughly, leaving netizens dumbfounded.

"Learned something new!"

"QAQ, so that’s how it is, then this competition is a big deal for the world of calligraphy and painting!"

"Damn, I say damn, you’ve opened up my governor and conception vessels, brother!"

"A grand event in the world of calligraphy and painting! Art students, you need to hustle, your success or failure hinges on it!"

"Emm, my list of strange knowledge has grown."

"So, does this mean that after this so-called big competition, the rankings on the three calligraphy and painting lists will be reshuffled?"

"Damn, I finally understand why, when visiting art exhibitions, tickets for different sessions held in the same location are differently priced—it’s because of the rankings!"

"Overall, this is a good thing. Artists with higher rankings are more skilled, and naturally, their work becomes more expensive—this also prevents malicious price inflation within the industry."

"As expected of those who study calligraphy and painting, not only do they highly regard the rankings, but the association will also price the works according to these rankings—it has to be said, this is very scientific!"

"Honestly, this is worth spreading. Have other industries learned from this?"

"Have other industries learned from this? +1"

As people’s understanding of the calligraphy and painting competition deepened, the phrase "Have other industries learned from this?" virtually became a slogan with which netizens recommended practices to various industries.

There was no helping it—the rule in the calligraphy and painting sector was just too fair and just while also avoiding disruption of the internal rules of the industry. It was indeed suitable for popularization.

By the evening, when it was nearly time to leave work, "National Painting Competition" and "Have other industries learned from this?" had climbed to the very front of the trending searches.

The trending searches continued for an entire day, and as people eagerly surfed the internet amid the hype, the official Weibo of the National Calligraphy and Painting Association VIP released another post.

It was the list of judges for the calligraphy and painting competition.

Ten spots, listed in a single row, quite impressive.

The netizens snacked on melon seeds while they looked up these judges on Weibo for authentication, simultaneously educating themselves with the basic knowledge of an unfamiliar industry.

"The first judge is Old Master Fang, Fang Ronghua, currently serving as the Vice-President of the National Calligraphy and Painting Association, who has won..."

"The second is Zheng Minzhi, former Dean of the Faculty of Literature at Imperial University—damn, one more impressive than the next!"