402: Netizens commented: "The judges kept a copy because they didn't want this 'Qinglian Jushi' to become arrogant!"

"Xiao Qi, do you know what the farthest distance in this world is?"

Inside the office.

The young man suddenly turned his head, smiling as he asked the female colleague at the next desk.

"I don't know? My physics isn't very good, is it a light-year?"

The girl at the next desk first shook her head, then, encouraged by the man's gaze, guessed an answer.

"Wrong answer!"

However, the young man directly denied it. Then, the expression on his face became profound, and he said:

"The farthest distance in the world... is that I am clearly sitting next to you... yet you don't know... that I love you..."

"Ah?"

Upon hearing this, the girl's face instantly turned red. She stood there, momentarily at a loss.

The young man, who had only been joking, was also momentarily stunned.

Looking at the girl whose eyes had suddenly softened, he almost couldn't bear to say that he was just joking.

But remembering that he already had a girlfriend, the young man feigned calmness and said:

"Haha, I scared you, didn't I? I was just joking. This is a poem I saw online just now, it's really well written. I'll share the link with you!"

After saying this, the man shared the link while straightening his posture.

After that incident, he really didn't dare to casually talk to the female colleague next to him.

But the girl named Xiao Qi, after clicking the link and reading the original work, sent another message to the man:

"Brother Long, I also really like this poem you shared with me. Oh, right, I have two tickets to a concert here."

Hiss!

The man who saw the message suddenly felt a faint pain in his face.

In fact, the last time he was shopping with his girlfriend, he just glanced at a passing girl, and his girlfriend gave him a good beating afterwards.

And looking at the current situation, if his girlfriend found out, it would probably be more than just a beating.

"Damn it, why am I such a bigmouth? Would I die if I just said one less sentence?"

The man regretted in his heart and quickly replied to the girl with a message:

"Uh... Xiao Qi, my girlfriend wants me to go to dinner with her tonight, so... sorry!"

Who knew, the girl next door sent another message:

"It's okay, Brother Long, anyway, the concert is tomorrow night. You should have time tomorrow night, right!"

The man shuddered after reading it. Thinking of his girlfriend's formidable combat power, his face gradually turned pale... At the same time.

A post titled 'Poetry Scroll of Affection · Competition Champion Work — flying bird and fish' gradually climbed the trending topics.

More and more netizens saw it and immediately started leaving comments in the comment section:

"I originally thought that official competitions like this would definitely be a private playground for those with connections, but I found I was wrong."

"Yes, this champion work is truly a well-deserved champion. It's written so beautifully."

"The farthest distance in the world... these lines of poetry truly touched my heart, they're so moving."

"I've decided, I'm going to use this line of poetry as my signature!"

"Hahahahaha, then you're late, I've already used it as my signature, please don't repeat it!"

..."In fact, although 'flying bird and fish' is powerful, 'ode to the oak tree' is equally brilliant!"

"Uh... didn't you notice that the author of the first and second place in this competition is the same person?"

"Oh, it really is! What is the background of this Green Lotus Layman? Winning both first and second place is too strong."

"But is it strong? Among the top 100 works, only these two scored above ninety points, and 'flying bird and fish' got ninety-nine points!"

..."According to leaked inside information, this 'flying bird and fish' could have actually gotten full marks. But a judge said to leave one point, just so that this author named 'Green Lotus Layman' wouldn't become arrogant!"

"Holy crap! That's too dramatic, not giving full marks just because they're worried about the author getting arrogant, but the author isn't arrogant!"

"Exactly! If they were arrogant, 'ode to the oak tree' wouldn't have appeared at all. This judge is really..."

"Brothers, I just specifically searched and found that this 'Green Lotus Layman' has opened a Social Media Platform account."

"Really? I'll go check it out."

...Speaking of Our CEO Xu himself, he actually knew the results of this modern poetry competition earlier than most people.

Because as soon as the notary announced the rankings, the Artificial Intelligence butler jervis intercepted the information.

"Since my two poems took first and second place, it seems there wasn't any foul play in this competition."

Xu Lu, upon hearing the news, immediately sighed.

Clearly, he had guessed wrong this time.

Although he didn't encounter any foul play, it doesn't mean it didn't exist.

For example, the third place in the competition, wasn't it a product of internal manipulation?

If Zhou Wenhao hadn't used his student to submit the entry, then the third place would have gone to someone else.

And the people ranked after that would have all moved up one spot accordingly.

That is, 4th place becomes 3rd, 5th place becomes 4th... 100th place becomes 99th, the top 100 list becomes a top ninety-nine, and an extra spot opens up.

The impact of this operation.

The person who originally could have taken third place and ten thousand yuan in prize money now became fourth place.

And the author who could have been on the 'Top 100 List' now fell outside the top hundred, just 'failing the exam'!

Of course, Xu Lu didn't care about all this.

He activated the 'Green Lotus Layman' alias simply to collect talent.

Now that he's taken first and second place in the modern poetry competition, it's time to start the next step.

So Xu Lu immediately had jervis create a verified Social Media Platform account for 'Green Lotus Layman' with the label 'poet'.

He anticipated that there would definitely be traffic coming in. As long as he caught this wave after wave of traffic, this alias could take off.

After all, this wasn't a one-time deal. Xu Lu's idea was to use this new alias to earn as much talent as possible.

So he needed to manage it well, lest he fail to catch the traffic and have to start all over again... As expected, it didn't surprise Xu Lu.

When the post went viral and 'flying bird and fish' and 'ode to the oak tree' both broke out, the popularity of 'Green Lotus Layman' quickly rose.

More and more netizens, 'following the scent,' flocked to the 'Green Lotus Layman' Social Media Platform account that Xu Lu had just created.

Looking at this brand new account with only one post, the content of which was a photo.

The photo showed handwritten versions of 'flying bird and fish' and 'ode to the oak tree'.

Netizens instantly knew they had come to the right place, and the comment section below the post began to liven up:

"This account is so new. It looks like this Green Lotus Layman just created their Social Media Platform account, and the followers are so few."

"Uh... it should be the person themselves, with verification, it can't be wrong."

"By the way, what does this Green Lotus Layman look like? Male or female, how old..."