A Valiant Life

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

Chinese Arts Association.

“F*ck. Where did that retard come from? He actually questioned our decision and spoke so viciously to me. Alright then, since he doesn’t know what’s good for him, don’t even think of getting a prize.” Xiao Chen had been complete pissed off. He had never thought that there would be someone so impudent.

However, as Xiao Chen was about to remove Lil’ Fatty’s name from the list, he stopped. Doing this would probably give the opposition something to use against them. He had been overwhelmed with rage before but he couldn’t do something so stupid. After all, if he suddenly removed Lil’ Fatty’s name from the second prize, there would definitely be problems and he would end up losing out.

“Forget it, I’ll let you go this time. Take the second prize then. There’s no way you can take the first.” Xiao Chen decided to forget about this matter.

Cloud Street.

Fraud Tian was furious. “This guy is too arrogant. What did he mean by what he said? If he dares to remove Lil’ Fatty’s name, I’ll go over to Beijing and show him the meaning of power.”

Wu You Lan saw that Brother Lin had an unpleasant look on his face. She pulled on his sleeve and comforted him, “Don’t be angry, Brother Lin.

Lin Fan smiled, “Do I look like the type of person to get angry? I’m a very big-hearted person.”

“Brother Lin, I know that you’re very angry. Don’t force yourself. I can see that your body is trembling. Even I am very angry. These people from the Chinese Arts Association are too shameless.” Wu You Lan felt injustice for Brother Lin as well as the children.

A fair and proper competition had turned into this.

“Alright, go back, everyone. Do whatever you should be doing,” said Lin Fan calmly.

Fraud Tian said in disbelief, “You’re just going to leave it like this, kid?”

Lin Fan said, “Do I look like the kind of person who would just let it be?”

In the shop.

Lin Fan sat there using his phone, not saying a single word. Wu You Lan knew that Brother Lin was in a very bad mood. And she knew that he was definitely doing something.

Indeed…

Her phone rang.

It was a notification from Weibo. She only followed Lin Fan’s Weibo. Whenever Brother Lin posted something, she would be notified.

When she opened her Weibo and saw the content, Wu You Lan was taken aback. She couldn’t quite understand what was going on.

Lin Fan: I’m very happy today. 365 children from Nanshan Children’s Welfare Institute participated in the Youth Chinese Arts Cup and all of them have won awards. On such a day, I am very excited.

The netizens were in an uproar.

“What? What Youth Chinese Arts Cup?”

“I don’t quite understand but why do I feel like this is amazing?”

“^you’re right. 365 children all won awards, don’t you think that’s scary?”

“As long as it’s something related to Master Lin, we will show our full support. How are the standards of the children’s Chinese arts? Have there been improvements in the past couple of months?”

“Hey, there’s a link attached. Let’s hurry and take a look.”

The netizens all rushed to click on the link. With Lin Fan’s current number of fans, when he sent this post out, the number of reposts reached several hundred thousands. There were many Internet celebrities who wanted to improve their relationships with Lin Fan, so they reposted his post as well.

At the Chinese Arts Association, the workers in charge of managing their website started crying out in the shop.

“Quick! Come take a look. Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly visited our website.”

“Oh f*ck! It’s starting to crash. What on earth is going on? Why are so many people visiting our website?”

“In the past, the highest amount of traffic we’ve gotten was around ten thousand. Now, it’s like seeing a ghost. Why are there so many people?”

At that moment, a number of comments appeared in the website’s comments section.

“Awesome. Look at the second prize, third prize, and the merit awards. They’re all from Shanghai. And aren’t they all from Nanshan Children’s Welfare Institute?”

“Yeah! That’s amazing! And look at those artworks. These children have all improved. There’s a huge improvement from last time.”

“That’s scary. It’s amazing!”

…

The Internet workers cried out in shock, “F*ck, where did all these people come from? For our Youth Chinese Arts Cup to attract so much traffic, that’s too scary, isn’t it?”

To them, this was simply beyond their imaginations. Since the establishment of their website, they had never received so much traffic before.

Simply astounding.

Wu You Lan looked at Lin Fan, wondering what his intention was by making such a move. Could it be that he had admitted defeat and didn’t want to say anymore?

However, judging by Brother Lin’s personality, that was simply not possible. Brother Lin was the type of person that would never let his own people lose out. Especially in the face of such injustice, he would fight until the end.

Suddenly!

Another Weibo notification came.

When she saw Brother Lin’s Weibo post, Wu You Lan instantly smiled. Brother Lin had begun to make his move.

Two pieces of drawings.

Lin Fan: Everyone, please tell me, out of these two drawings, which one looks better? Those who think the drawing of water is better, vote 1. Those who think that the drawing of flowers and birds is better, vote two.”

“1”

“1”

…

“Even though I don’t understand Chinese arts, anyone who’s not blind can tell that the water drawing looks better.”

“I’ve learned Chinese arts for a period of time before in the past. Although the lines drawn in the water drawing aren’t that beautiful, the drawing feels unique. It is very ingenious. As for this drawing of flowers and birds, it’s not that great. The lines aren’t the best and it doesn’t give that dazzling feeling.”

“D*mn! Well said.”

…

Lin Fan saw that it was about time and sent yet another Weibo post.

“As you all have seen, the drawing of water is superior but it’s a shame because this superior drawing only won the second prize. Meanwhile, this drawing of birds and flowers won first prize. I feel that such corrupted judging must be exposed. Could it be that all those teachers from the Chinese Arts Association who assessed this are all blind? They can’t even tell good from bad. If the Chinese Arts Association is made up of this kind of people, I suggest that it be disbanded to save it from misleading the younger generation and shaming our Chinese culture.”

When this post appeared, the people who were eating their melon seeds and spectating understood.

“F*ck. I see now. Master Lin is disputing against the unfairness of the Chinese Arts Association.”

“This is corruption?”

“Do you even need to use a question mark? If it’s like this, it is definitely corruption. I just went to see the website. The drawing of water had indeed gotten the second prize and that drawing of birds and flowers has indeed gotten first prize. This artwork that was awarded the first prize is about the same as some of those that were awarded the second prize. What helped it receive the first prize?”

“Corruption. This is clearly corruption.”

…

Fraud Tian said excitedly, “Beautifully done, kid. This kind of unfairness should be exposed. But aren’t you a member of the Chinese Arts Association? Will there be a problem if you scold them like that?”

Lin Fan chuckled, “So what if I’m from the Chinese Arts Association? This corruption has affected me directly, how could I stand it?”

“Awesome.”

Xiao Chen had been in front of the computer the whole time, receiving calls. He was in charge of this matter and many investors had called asking if he could organize another Adult Chinese Arts Cup. However, he rejected them all.

This matter had to be taken slowly.

Suddenly!

An employee rushed hastily into the room. He said with an anxious look on his face, “It’s bad, Director Chen. Something has happened. There are people saying that we were corrupted in the organization of the Youth Cup. We’ve been exposed.”

“What?” Xiao Chen was startled. Then, he thought for a moment. “F*ck, it must be that guy’s doing.”