The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 745 - 744. Really went on a killing spree

Big Brother She’s "Gallop Horse Painting" was strikingly marked with the number "1".

Moreover, the entire painting was placed in the first position of the works’ area, indicating its extraordinary nature everywhere you looked.

"Damn, it’s true!"

"Big Brother She actually got first place? Is this some kind of fantasy plot???"

"I just want to ask, is she really that good, to have beaten all the masters?"

"Yes, if you take a look at the ten paintings in the competition, you’ll understand. I can only say that this ranking is well deserved; there’s hardly any fluff."

"I also looked into it, and to be honest, if I were there, I’d also pick ’Gallop Horse Painting’ and ’Charming Landscape’ first."

Many netizens who had seen the works left comments about which paintings they favored, and the results were obvious—the top three indeed had the highest number of votes in the manual voting. This made many people who had just tuned in shout in praise of the national heritage.

"Damn! I can already imagine the shock at the event!"

"It feels like a big drama, such a pity I missed it—"

"Eeeemmm, regret it now, why did I save that little bit of travel expenses and not go in person?"

"Sob sob sob~~~ Bro, my home is only 2 kilometers straight from the competition venue, and I freaking didn’t go either!"

"The guy upstairs missed a fortune, hahaha~~~~"

"Laughing my ass off, shouldn’t you be shocked that the bro upstairs lives inside the third ring road of the capital?!"

"???"

"!!!"

...

Without the audience at the scene needing to say it, these netizens relied solely on their imagination to come up with a dramatic event. At the same time, they also deeply realized a fact.

Everyone was right, Big Brother She truly went crazy!

This jury member who participated in the national painting contest for the first time had faced a lot of doubt a few months earlier. However, during this competition, he did not show the slightest consideration for the seniors’ feelings and went all out, showing no mercy!

"Having no martial virtue ah—"

"Is this what a person does?"

"Uncle She is so wild!"

"What’s magical is that he actually has the capital to do so—"

"When masters compete, a miss is as good as a mile. I guess Uncle She was shocked as well?"

"Pfft! Accidentally got first place, what the hell..."

The association members fell into a life crisis, not yet fully ready to accept this baffling news when they suddenly found the comment section, which had been quieting down, burst again with a wave of exclamation marks.

"What’s going on? Why is the army of exclamation marks back?"

"Are these people having internet issues, only just now realizing that the jury participated in the competition?"

"Can’t be right, it’s been an hour, whose internet is that slow?"

"Those brothers who posted a string of exclamation marks, you should change your internet provider; it’s just a few hundred bucks—"

"No, I have a bad feeling..."

"I always feel like something big is about to happen. What else am I unaware of?"

"Maybe, perhaps, probably, something really did happen; this feeling of others knowing something I don’t is really annoying."

People didn’t have to wait long before someone came out to clear up their confusion.

And the news that caused several people to post a string of exclamation marks was indeed significant—the rankings on the traditional Chinese painting list had changed.

"After I finished looking at the paintings just now, I casually refreshed the traditional Chinese painting rankings on the side. I wasn’t really expecting it to update, after all, the first page of the list hasn’t changed in four or five years."

"But just now, it, changed!"

Yes, the national painting ranking list was updated.

Actually, since the start of the national calligraphy and painting competition, whenever there were discussions about elimination rounds, both ranking lists would have corresponding adjustments, with Uncle She also securing a place for the first time in the Challenge Beyond One’s Level.

Most of the top ten names on the first page of the ranking belonged to the industry titans, and as seasoned masters typically did not participate in the competition, their rankings would not be updated, with only the names further down experiencing changes.

However, today was an exception.

Because the judges also took part in this national painting competition!

As soon as the commentary was released, the netizens were all momentarily stunned, and then it dawned on them.

"Damn, why didn’t I think of this just now?"

"Logically, it should be updated indeed, the judges’ works’ rankings came out too—"

"But, wasn’t it a friendly match?"

"Bullshit friendly match, a contest between masters, how could there ever be a friendly match? Even if others call it that, they wouldn’t allow it themselves!"

"Right, the masters have their pride too, and this is a major competition, naturally, you’ve got to do it by the book, I’m just curious what the ranking list looks like now..."

And so, a wave of traffic rapidly flowed into the association’s webpage and into the rankings on the right; the top ten names, which hadn’t changed in years, were indeed updated.

Elder Li, Master Xue, Dean Wang, and others had all shifted, moving up or down by a few ranks, but they were still within the top ten, while most others were spread between 11th to 20th place.

Only Uncle She, from his original position beyond 15th, quickly took over the spot formerly held by Elder Li, ascending to the fourth position on the list!

"I feel like I’m going blind, don’t ask me why..."

"Good heavens, did Uncle She just climb up by 30 ranks?"

"This move is just too damn enviable, is he taking a bullet train or what?"

"Who was it that said climbing the rankings isn’t easy? How come that doesn’t seem to apply to Uncle She at all???"

"Tsk tsk, now I truly understand what ’going crazy’ really means."

"This ain’t ’going crazy,’ this is straight-up reckless!"

"Respect, respect, I won’t call you Uncle She anymore, from now on you’re Big Brother She."

"Big Brother, absolutely a Big Brother, knocking down everyone in one go, if he’s not the Big Brother, then who is!"

...

Yes, Uncle She’s name appeared in the fourth position on the national painting ranking list.

The reason he was fourth was that it used to be Elder Li’s spot. As for Elder Li, who was originally fourth, he’d dropped to fifth, and Master Xue had fallen from fifth to sixth.

Unsurprisingly, the changes in the rankings sent shockwaves through the entire calligraphy and painting community.

That night, when Tang Shu found her ranking had rapidly climbed, the calligraphy and painting competition was nearing its end.

In the national painting competition, Xue Mingxi took first place, Ye Xiaohui came in second, and Tang Zhou, who was slightly off his game, was in third.

At the scene, it was Master Bai who personally presented the three of them with their honorary certificates and prize money.

Tang Shu gave Ye Xiaohui a hand heart, who then stuck her tongue out at her; her cheeks were flushed with evident joy.

***

In the association’s conference room, backstage after the competition.

In a corner, Tang Shu glanced at the names of the top three on the ranking list, then in the next instant, she looked towards Bai Chenxi beside her.

"Do you know these two masters?"

Yes, she was intensely curious about the top three on the national painting ranking list.