Although Chen Yan has gone into the desert, and neither Cao Yi nor Shen Xing has come forward, the competition between the two has spread wildly throughout the competition venue and is brewing. This competition, which spread from Zuixianlou to the whole city, and then returned from the whole city to the Zuixianlou literary and ink list, has attracted the attention of most people. To some extent, it has surpassed the popularity of today's top 16 of the courtesan competition to determine the eight major leaders.

At the beginning of the scene, everyone's discussion was still above the famous brothels performed on stage. However, with the spread of the two poems "Mu Qingwen" and "Zhuma Listen", the dispute between Cao Yi and Shen Xing and Jiangning's number one talent began to slowly attract everyone's attention. More and more people participated in the discussion. As time went by, this matter was known to more and more people. What was spread was that the Shen family or Chen Yanhua hired others to make a fortune for Shen Xing, and by the way, the slander of Cao Yi was also spread. It is said that this was spread by Liu Wenle, and he himself also stood up to prove the authenticity of this passage.

Of course, in addition to Liu Wenle, several other talented men who were close friends with Liu Wenle also stood up to testify to confirm that the fact is indeed the case. Now Shen Xing has changed from the controversial Jiangning number one talent to a person who is not the highest talent, but is very jealous and has bad character.

Correspondingly, the doubts and criticisms about the talent of Cao Yi, Jiangning's first talented man quickly disappeared, and more were praises. Praise Cao Yi for having real talents and knowledge but not seeking fame. Some people provoked him in person and humbly said that four poems were not as good as one. Such a style of conduct is the real person who studies and the real gentleman's style.

In fact, sometimes people are so strange and contradictory. When it comes to a person's reputation, it is possible that the whole city will praise and admire him at the moment, but the next moment, it is possible that everyone will despise the whole city and shout to beat him. The worst one here is Shen Xing, because he was the one who competed with Cao Yi for the number one talent in Jiangning before. At this time, he naturally counted all the small movements behind his back on him. On the contrary, Chen Yan basically had no scolding, even though most of the small movements were organized by him.

With a "bang!", at this time, in one of the elegant seats on the third floor of the West Building of Zuixian Tower, Chen Yan was covering his face and looking at Shen Xing in disbelief. This second brother, who had always been gentle and kind and harmonious with his brothers and friends, just now slapped him with a ferocious face.

"Chen Yan, Chen Yan! You are a waste who is not enough to make things happen, and you can't even do such a small thing? Now it's because of your stupidity that I and the entire Shen family have become the laughing stock of Jiangning City. It's still light for me to slap you now. You can see how your father punishes you when you get home later!" Shen Xing yelled at Chen Yan.

Although Chen Yan was slapped heavily, he did not dare to be angry at this time. One was his half-brother but he had respected and admired since he was a child. The other was his father whom he was afraid of. If they wanted to scold him and beat him, he could only accept it gently and did not dare to resist at all. However, he poured all his anger and resentment into betrayal.

Liu Wenle and the culprit Cao Yi. At this moment, he covered his left face, which was slapped, and gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Yi, Liu Wenliang, you wait for me. I will definitely repay this revenge one by one!"

At that moment, Shen Xing packed up his things and was about to leave. When Chen Yan asked why Yu Xuanji, who was the finale, left without performing, Shen Xing slapped him again and said fiercely: "You are not only a waste, but also a fool! Now everyone is not leaving when they are watching the game. Do you want to wait until after the game is over and leave when everyone is in a hurry to leave. Then you will be surrounded by people and point fingers, and be humiliated and insulted?"

Chen Yan had to follow Shen Xing timidly and hurriedly walked downstairs from the elegant seat, hoping to leave quietly without attracting attention. As a result, he was going downstairs to find out the news and see how the others present evaluated the dispute between his son and Shen Xing. Tan Yun saw it.

Although Tan Yun was simple by nature, she had been in Jinfeng Tower for several years. She also knew the open and secret struggles between people. At this moment, she saw Shen Xing with Chen Yan and wanted to leave secretly, so she naturally knew the reason behind it. So at this moment, she was full of energy and shouted: "Young Master Chen! Mr. Chen, the number one talent in Jiangning, why did you leave before the competition ended!"

The girl's voice was quite sharp, and at this moment she exclaimed with all her strength. The penetration effect could be said to be very obvious. Almost everyone in the atrium on the first floor turned their heads and looked at Shen Xing and Shen Yan who were about to leave at the door. Suddenly one of the people shouted, "Look, they are guilty, they must have wanted to sneak away at this moment!"

At this time, Shen Xing and Shen Yan, who were about to reach the door, staggered at the same time, stabilized their bodies and accelerated their speed without raising their heads.

The initiator of this incident, Tan Yun, who shouted out a shocking voice, patted his little hand, waved his sleeves, and quietly returned to Cao Yi's elegant seat without attracting anyone's attention. As soon as he entered the elegant seat, he immediately closed the door, leaned his back against the door, and made a silly laugh like a bell.

Musk Yue stepped forward and took Tan Yun's little hand and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Tan Yun, you?"

Tan Yun immediately told everyone what happened downstairs just now. Cao Yi shook his head with a smile, and felt quite warm inside. The maids from Qingyun Pavilion value Cao Yi's reputation and interests more than Cao Yi himself.

In fact, Cao Yi really doesn't care much about these empty names. If the number one talented man in Jiangning City has 1,000 taels of silver every year, he will definitely fight for it. But now, it is really dispensable for him.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival confirmed the title of his first talent, there have been many invitations to gather. Before entering Jiangning Prefecture School, Zixia Academy, Changhong Academy and Qianshan Academy have sent him various invitations to enroll. Some famous talented people have invited him to gather, but they are all ignored by Cao Yi. Of course, there are invitations.

There must be a challenge. There are countless people who came to Zuixian Tower in person to compete with Cao Yi for literary talent. At first, Cao Yi would treat him with some kind of courtesy, but when he was too annoyed, he directly threw out the first couplet of "Smoke Locking Pond Willow" he made in Mid-Autumn Festival. Whoever can match the second couplet can compete with him in the next competition. Later, because this pair was too difficult, at least no one can match it so far, so he was free.

After a while, knocks began to sound outside the elegant seat. Everyone opened the door in confusion. Outside the door, there was the red card Li Muqing from Piaomiao Pavilion. Because of the battle between Cao Yi and Shen Xing, Cao Yi created a lyric card "Mu Qingwen" for her. Not only did her name contain her name, but the first sentence also started with her name, so her fame and influence were greatly improved during this period. At this moment, she ended her performance, so she naturally had to come and thank Cao Yi very much. And asked Cao Yi if she could make a song about "Mu Qingwen" and perform in the final tomorrow.

Cao Yi naturally agreed to this, saying that he wrote the lyrics to give her, so she decided how to use this lyrics. Because today is the 16-to-8 competition, many people spent a lot of money to buy red flowers to give to the girl they like, so Li Muqing still has many companions to thank him, so they should not stay too much, and then asked for goodbye after staying for a while.

Similarly, Cao Yi also gave Li Muqing four pieces of Huayu soap. While expressing his gratitude, he also suggested that if Huayu soap still needs a spokesperson, Li Muqing can endorse her for free. Cao Yi naturally expressed his gratitude to this, and said that if he really wants to add a spokesperson in the future, he will definitely find her.

"Young Master, we can indeed add the spokesperson for Huayu Soap." Hongxiu said after Li Muqing left.

Cao Yi nodded and said, "It seems that it can be increased. We now have four types of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. We can invite four people, and each of them endorses one. Of course, if we can include the capitals of the eight major banks, we can also add four types of spring flowers, autumn moon, summer wind, winter snow. The most important thing is that we can also promote this model to other prefectures."

Hongxiu's eyes lit up when she heard this. This is a very feasible suggestion, because soap production is actually similar. The difference is nothing more than the difference in molds. The juices made from different kinds of flowers are different in color and fragrance. After a little thought, you can figure it out so that they can use the influence of the eight major stores in Jiangning City to increase the popularity of Huayu soap. Although at present, even if the high threshold is set, there is still a shortage of supply.

However, if other states and prefectures do not have any buyer base, this model can be used to open up the situation. For example, after entering Yangzhou and Hangzhou, you can invite the four major banks in these two places, or the eight major banks, to endorse soap, and then do some advertising and brand lists in the local area. This way the popularity of the soap will suddenly become popular.
Chapter completed!