Chapter 2614: Consciousness Exchange, Awarding Prizes

After Lawrence finished speaking, it was time for the translation work.

Seeing this situation, Xia Duo quietly exited the venue again; he hurried back to the Tower of Time to requisition a batch of Spirit Thought Network connectors and set up an exclusive Art Exchange Network.

Returning to the venue, Xia Duo sent a message to Lawrence to pause the exchange for a moment, then mentioned the Spirit Thought Network proposal to the elves; if it had been the Cormanthor or Yierlan elves here, they perhaps would not have agreed to such an exchange of consciousness involving the mind.

But the Acorla elves actually did not have much confidence to challenge Xia Duo, and furthermore, the proposal Xia Duo put forward was just right for the current situation.

Of course, given Xia Duo's status, it was impossible for him to pull any tricks on them.

Thus, after a short break, both sides returned to the venue; at this time, the exchange between elves and humans no longer required translation, though this kind of exchange meeting specifically discussing artistic attributes was rare even among elves. Those few members of the Silver Leaf Family did not leave, but instead applied to Xia Duo to stay and listen in.

"No need to just listen in; as members of a former Upper Family who have experienced the rise and fall of a family, your viewpoints are also very inspiring. Why not stay and exchange together?"

This remark seemed to be exposing their shortcomings, but at this time, the Silver Leaf Family had mostly integrated into human society, and they did not miss their past in Cormanthor, even feeling some disgust toward it.

Receiving Xia Duo's invitation at this moment, these young elves of the Silver Leaf Family agreed to stay and participate in the exchange meeting without the slightest hesitation.

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With the assistance of the Spirit Thought Network, the exchange between elves and humans completely bypassed the need to consider differences in language and cognition; the consciousness information itself carried a self-decoding attribute, and any Wisdom being could easily interpret it.

Originally, Xia Duo only intended to listen in, but under such circumstances, he also had to state his position:

Art belongs to everyone; whether Elite or mass, everyone has the qualification to discuss art, learn art, and practice art!

Of course, the further it went, the lower the intensity became.

And with the exchange meeting ending ahead of schedule, the awards ceremony originally planned for two days later was also brought forward; however, Xia Duo was already full of thoughts about the consciousness information left behind by the ancient elves, so he handed the task of presenting the awards to Niya.

With the layer of translation removed, the current exchange became incomparably intense; on the human side, Lawrence and the others, influenced by Xia Duo, firmly believed that art is for the masses, not the Elites.

With Xia Duo's statement, the exchange meeting proceeded even more intensely, and in the collision of thoughts, one consensus after another was soon condensed—

The duty of an artist, besides pursuing higher levels of artistic attainment, also requires making due contributions to the improvement of mass aesthetics.

The Formal Award consists of one trophy provided by the Tower of Time, one Commemorative Badge, a certain amount of prize money, and corresponding Document proof; the trophy is a fine Magic Item, while the Commemorative Badge is an ordinary Magic Item.

Benefiting from the high-efficiency consciousness exchange of the Spirit Thought Network, the originally scheduled two-day exchange meeting was finished in just half a day; of course, it was not to say there was nothing left to talk about, but that the collision of thoughts also requires accumulation.

There were a total of twelve Formal Awards, among which ten were for the New Wind Art Exhibition, one for the Linshui Theater New Play Tour, and the remaining one for the Magic Shadow Exhibition.

Under Xia Duo's Indication, Lawrence chose to end the exchange meeting early, but the Cultural and Arts Festival would not end early, instead continuing until the end of the month.

"Hey, don't say it, you are really something now!"

"Continuing the previous discussion, aesthetics certainly have high and low levels, and art certainly has layers, but I insist that only the art of the masses is true art; in other words, art should be for the masses, for the people, and not for the Elites."

"What the old crocodile said is right; just heard the elf lord say art is about appreciating beauty, I think anyone, even a Slave, has the right to appreciate beauty and yearn for beauty, right? After all, even if you control the heavens and the earth, can you still control what is in other people's hearts?"

Although the exchange meeting had a set theme, it was like a debate competition; in fact, there was no need to distinguish a specific winner or loser, as it focused more on the process of exchange and the collision of thoughts.

On the 18th of the 10th month of Nese Li 839 Nian, the first Cultural and Arts Festival of Great Xia Territory concluded successfully, and some elf artists began to return to their countries one after another.

Of course, the premise is sufficiently strong and clear Conscious Mind information; Subconscious Information is too obscure and secretive, and not everyone can interpret it.

Of course, the exchange meeting also had a prize, and it was one that you got just by participating, so it was a Participation Award.

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"It doesn't matter if you talk about me; the Great Xia Code does not stipulate that residents are not allowed to talk about the lord. I actually hope everyone says more; if there is anywhere I haven't done well, everyone can point it out in time, and I can adjust in time."

If a happiness survey were conducted throughout Netheril, then Great Xia Territory would definitely rank in the top tier, a top tier you could count on one hand!

And the Participation Award for the exchange meeting was just one Commemorative Badge, the same as the Formal Award.

The winners of the Formal Award were all decided by Xia Duo, members of the Territory Culture and Education Department, and the scores of the residents up to the time the exchange meeting ended; the three types of scoring corresponded to the three perspectives of theme, artistic attainment, and popularity.

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"Uh, Lord Territory Lord, I am not talking about you; I am talking about those evil lords in the play."

"Although I still don't understand what art is, I like singing, and I also like Minister Lawrence's new play. If someone told me I am not worthy of possessing all this, then I would resolutely not agree."

This was not empty talk; he had always done so, it was just that in the current era, the residents' tolerance for various situations far exceeded his imagination.

But Great Xia Territory instead welcomed another wave of tourists, the liveliness showing signs of surpassing the previous half-month; it was in this atmosphere that the consciousness information left by the ancient elves opened its doors to Xia Duo bit by bit.

This time it was used up, and the rest could only be used to chat about things without nutrition, or to change the topic.

Many problems were not discovered by the residents first, but by Xia Duo first, and then he adjusted them directly.

Some resident representatives, although still a bit confused, had their own insights into the theme of this exchange meeting after listening until now; not to mention that it was now a consciousness exchange, there was almost no threshold for understanding the content of the exchange between the two sides, so they also bravely expressed their own thoughts—

Although the weight of the three types of scores differed, all the winners were well-deserved, and there was no lack of substance; after all, it was the first Cultural and Arts Festival, if at this

But aesthetics also have high and low levels, and art itself still inevitably divided into Elite art and mass art, but this classification was not directly related to the high or low level of aesthetics, but related to the status of the upper and lower classes.

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