On the ninth day of September, the governor hosted a square banquet at the King Teng Pavilion. Beforehand, he had ordered his son-in-law to write a preface about the pavilion and boasted of it among the guests. He also prepared brushes and papers, seeking other contributions from the guests, but, knowingly, no one took the job except Wang Bao. Exasperated, the governor excused himself for a natural call but sent his men to peek at what Wang Bao was writing and report back to him. After hearing a couple of reports, the governor was more and more awed by the marvelous words and sentences springing out of Wang. Excitingly, the governor hailed, "He is a genius!" and then asked Wang to finish the work.