1840Indian rebirth

The essay contest is in full swing, and almost everyone who is literate has to come up with an article to submit.

Within ten days, a total of 5,300 articles poured into the submission mailbox.

However, among the more than 5,000 submissions, at least 3,000 can be described as "young", and their vocabulary is obviously not up to par. A person with a vocabulary of several hundred can write a thousand-word article, and the content is difficult to read.

Others are even more like the "Peace Sutra", full of nonsense, as if they were randomly generated by a computer.

After seeing these articles, Mashao couldn't help but regret the setting of the essay rules.

If he had known this, he should have only solicited essays from people who had attended upper-grade classes and mathematics and science classes. Now a large number of people from lower-grade classes and literacy classes came to join in the fun, making the review work extremely difficult.

However, he still decided to review the manuscript himself.

Although the number of submissions is as high as 5,000, reviewing them is not too troublesome.

First, he ordered people to divide the submissions into two groups, one group from students in lower grades and literacy classes, and one group from students in upper grades and advanced mathematics and science classes.

For the former, Mashao's review speed is about ten seconds to half a minute. A few glances at the beginning and end are enough to end the review, and a thousand articles are reviewed every day.

This reminded him of the high school Chinese grading in his previous life. Although he was a physics teacher in his previous life, he had also witnessed the Chinese teacher's assembly line grading, and the speed was just like his.

Although the thousands of articles in the lower grade group are generally not very good, there are a few good ones.

I say it’s good not only because the content is really good, but more importantly because of the author.

These articles for the lower grade group that were praised by Mashao were all written by children under ten years old. Although the content was not top-notch, the potential was commendable, so Mashao decided to set up a "Special Encouragement Award" for them. How much is the prize?

book.

It took more than ten hours to deal with most of the submissions that were just for fun, and I had to read the remaining articles more carefully.

Ma Shao will read articles for senior groups for at least half a minute, and some will read them all.

Anyone who allows him to read the entire story will basically receive an encouragement award of ten dollars.

The review and submission of manuscripts are carried out simultaneously. People submit manuscripts every day, and Mashao also takes time to review manuscripts every day.

As time approaches the deadline, the number of articles sent to Mashao every day continues to decrease.

However, the quality of the articles has significantly improved.

These unhurried writers obviously have more patience and have carefully polished their articles.

It’s December 31st, and on this night, the Apache News Agency’s essay contest will end and it will stop accepting submissions.

However, until the evening, there were still people in Sleeping Bear City immersed in writing.

A man had a pipe in his mouth, the room was filled with layers of smoke, and a piece of paper was placed in front of him.

The entire article is written in unusually neat letters, and it almost looks like printed matter.

There were also many scrap manuscripts piled nearby, all of which were twisted into paper balls and scattered on the table and the floor.

"You haven't eaten yet?" A woman walked in.

The man frowned, his eyes still fixed on the manuscript: "I always feel that there is something missing..."

The woman came over and looked at it for a while: "The Great Famine in Ireland - your title doesn't look attractive at all. It's like nothing."

"Then what title do you think we should use?" the man asked.

The woman thought for a while, then did not answer. Instead, she directly took the quill and wrote words before and after the title.

The original title was "The Great Famine in Ireland", and the revised title was "Shocking! The truth about the Great Famine in Ireland is...".

The man was a little annoyed: "The words you added are not aligned!"

"Why don't you copy it again? It's almost dark, why don't you hurry up and submit it?" the woman said.

The man looked at the sky outside the window, sighed slightly, took the manuscript and went straight to the notice board, and stuffed the article into the submission mailbox.

Not long after, the soldier next to the notice board tore off the call for papers notice to signify the end of the call for papers, then picked up the mailbox and entered the chief's hall.

"Great Chief, High Priest, this is the last batch of submissions." the soldier said.

"Okay, put it on the table." Ma Shao said casually, while immersing himself in writing.

After the soldiers left, he took the key to open the mailbox, took out dozens of submissions, and sorted them out.

Rainy day next to him took the manuscript written by Ma Shao and flipped through it: ""Thermodynamics"... Is this the new textbook you compiled for the mathematics and physics advanced class?"

"Yes, but not yet. Students in advanced mathematics and science courses do not have the ability to learn it yet." Mashao said, "Strictly speaking, this is a new textbook for physicists around the world."

"worldwide?"

"Yes, all physicists must read this book written by American savages." Ma Shao said.

Then he looked at the last batch of submissions, and one of them caught his eye almost immediately.

"Shocking! The truth about the Great Famine in Ireland is..."

When he saw this title, he couldn't help but stare. He felt like he was back in the mobile Internet era.

I originally wanted to ask about thermodynamics on a rainy day, but I was attracted by this title and started to read the submission.

The shock department of U certain C is regarded as the master of clickbait parties in the 21st century.

There is no doubt that this was a transcendent invention for people in the 19th century, and it was difficult to resist its temptation even on rainy days.

Although Ma Shao had been so commonplace in his previous life that he never even looked at it, this was the first time in the 19th century that he saw the title of the Ministry of Shock. He couldn't help but feel fresh and read it carefully.

Facts have proved that there is no inevitable connection between headlines and content.

There can still be heavy content under the exaggerated title, and there can also be nonsense under the serious title.

This article is a typical example. Although it has the title of a later marketing account, the content is quite superb.

It combines narrative and discussion with news to discuss the man-made disasters during the Great Famine in Ireland, criticizes the feudal royal power, the exploitation of the people by capitalists, and denounces colonialism.

Moreover, the article is very contagious in expression, eloquent and passionate, just like an essay.

This stance is very common in Sleeping Bear City. It is not the most popular one, and it is so popular that it can be described as extreme.

However, it is almost the only one that can be written in such a detailed and powerful way.

After reading this article, Dangmashao and Yutian agreed: "This should be the first prize."

"That's right." Ma Shao nodded, then looked at the author's name, "Thick smoke."

"It turns out it's him." Yutian said.

"What?" Ma Shao had no impression of this person.

Rainy Day explained: "He was an Arapaho war criminal, but a few months ago, he successfully read through the Oracle, and I gave him his freedom."