Chapter 258: Keep quiet, don’t fight, don’t grab
Tonghai University, 129 Sports Ground.
The "Opening Ceremony for Grade 06 Freshmen" is being held.
There were two rows of leaders and guests sitting on the stage, and the audience was full of students lined up neatly.
Xu Chen and a few boys were standing in the back row, and they could still run away.
The host was a certain vice principal. He first briefly introduced the leaders and guests present.
In addition to the secretary, principal and school leaders, there are more than a dozen "academicians" important guests, which also shows the importance of Tonghai University in the domestic science and engineering field.
The principal spoke on behalf of the school and staff. The content of his speech was sincere, but also a little dull.
The boys standing in the back row began to look forward again, focusing mostly on the beautiful girls from various departments.
"Brother Xueba" Jiao Tianbo looked serious and was still standing in the back row.
Hong Xiaoqiang said in a low voice:
"Don't you still want to recite poetry? Why are you still standing here?"
Jiao Tianbo: “It’s still early, I’ll wait until later.”
Xu Chen looked up and found that Jiao Tianbo had indeed "dressed up" carefully. His hair was carefully combed with hair mud. The upper body should be a uniform cultural shirt, and the lower body should be dark jeans and brand new white sneakers.
And at the far front of the team, Huo Dashan stood there as expected, holding a sign for "School of Creativity and Media" in his hand.
……
The principal's enthusiastic but somewhat lengthy speech ended, and the vice president read out the scholarship list for the 2006 undergraduate freshmen.
Jiao Tianbo straightened his back slightly and raised his chin slightly.
Only then did Xu Chen and the other three people in the same dormitory remember that when they got up in the morning, "Brother Xueba" had accidentally mentioned that in addition to going on stage to recite poems, he was also the winner of the freshman scholarship and was going to go on stage to receive the award...
Looking at the proud posture with his neck high, he looked as if he was about to rush onto the stage.
The sonorous voice of the vice-principal echoed in the sports field:
“A total of 180 students received Tong Hai University’s 2006 undergraduate freshman scholarship.
Now read out the list of twenty-five students who have won first-class freshman scholarships...
They are Chen Qi, Xue Yue, Yang Haihong..."
But when the list of the twenty-five people was read out, the word "Jiao Tianbo" did not appear.
Hong Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but poke the "student brother" in front of him:
"Why didn't I hear your name?"
Xu Chen was a little speechless and wanted to tell Hong Xiaoqiang: Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask...
Jiao Tianbo raised his eyebrows, but said in a low voice:
"I am a second-class scholarship."
Hong Xiaoqiang had a wonderful look on his face and said "Oh~" with a long final sound.
Xu Chen: "..."
Jiao Tianbo turned around, and looking at his back, he knew he was still a little disappointed.
He was probably already prepared for his name to be announced and to go on stage to receive the award.
But who knew that the vice-chancellor only read the list of first-class scholarships...
“Congratulations to the above students who won the first-class freshman scholarship, as well as the second-class and third-class freshman scholarships!”
After a burst of applause, the vice-principal then read:
“A total of twenty-two students received Tong Hai University’s 2006 Star Admission Scholarship.
They are Zhao Haijun, Xu Chen..."
Before Xu Chen could react, several boys turned their heads and looked over:
"Fuck! Is that you Xu Chen?!"
Even "Brother Xueba" Jiao Tianbo turned his head and looked at Xu Chen with a strong questioning look on his face.
Xu Chen didn't have time to speak, so he could only smile honestly.
After all, he couldn't show off his winnings in advance like Jiao Tianbo.
At this moment, he did not expect that Jiao Tianbo's name was not read, and Xu Chen himself seemed even more abrupt and eye-catching.
Others were actually a little confused and suspicious. After all, Xu Chen was not as high-profile as Jiao Tianbo and seemed to be quiet and uncompetitive.
Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Xu Chen......
It sounds like an ordinary name, and there are many people with the same name.
Seeing that Xu Chen seemed a little confused, the boys thought they just had the same name.
Unexpectedly, the head teacher Shi Dinghai came over from the back row, patted Xu Chen's shoulder gently, and whispered:
"Xu Chen, prepare to go up and receive the award..."
Xu Chen: "..."
Everyone: "!!"
Jiao Tianbo: "????" "!!!" "??!!"
……
The head teacher was still here. Hong Xiaoqiang and the other boys couldn't express their surprise, but their eyes nearly popped out when they looked at Xu Chen.
Xu Chen looked helpless and said with his lips:
"I'll treat you to milk tea at noon..."
……
On the rostrum.
The vice president finished reading out the list of "Star Admission Scholarships" and then read out the list of "Undergraduate Freshman Subject Competition Scholarships".
……
Class teacher Shi Dinghai told Xu Chen again:
"When all the names are read out and the vice-principal calls to come on stage, just run up quickly."
Xu Chen nodded in response and said, "Thank you, Teacher Shi."
Shi Dinghai turned and left.
Several other boys looked over with shocked expressions.
"Okay, Boss Xu!"
"Star Admission Scholarship, what kind of award is this?"
Xu Chen thought for a while and explained in a low voice:
“It happened that there was an associate professor from the College of Creative Arts who went to our city to recruit students.
He happened to bump into me again and wanted to get me to apply for our college, so he gave me this scholarship...
This should be regarded as an award for which professors from each college have relatively strong "personal will", so it has little credibility and value. ”
He glanced at Jiao Tianbo's towering eyebrows and added:
“It’s still a first-class or second-class ‘Freshman Scholarship’, which is completely based on college entrance examination scores and rankings, and is more valuable and persuasive..."
Jiao Tianbo's complexion did not look better.
Others still looked excited:
"How much is the bonus?" "Boss Xu, just inviting you to drink milk tea is not open enough?"
"How about adding another barbecue?"
……
Xu Chen whispered: "A treat, a treat! You choose the place!"
On the rostrum, the vice-principal finally read out the list:
"Please invite the students who have won first-class scholarships for freshmen, star admission scholarships, and subject competition scholarships for freshmen to come up to the stage to receive their certificates!"
In the rows of teams in the field, people were seen trotting towards the rostrum one after another.
Xu Chen smiled helplessly and walked quickly towards the podium.
When passing through the crowd in the front row, there was still some discussion.
"It turns out there are people from our college. I thought they were all from the top colleges like architecture and mechanics!"
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"Which major is it?"
"Look at those boys, they all seem to be from the advertising department..."
……
……
Xu Chen quickly walked to the podium.
A teacher in charge of on-site arrangements ordered the approximately fifty students who came forward to be divided into four or five rows.
Then they lined up to take the stage.
Several school leaders on the stage awarded them certificates in turn.
Xu Chen was quickly queued up. When he got the certificate and looked at it, he realized that the certificates were all the same.
There is no distinction between the three awards, so naturally there will be no names.
It seems that the on-site award ceremony is just a symbolic form to facilitate taking photos and publishing press releases.
This arrangement is actually more efficient and reasonable and will not affect the progress of the on-site process.
At the same time, this is a "scholarship". If the money can be sent to the students exactly, it is a proper arrangement.
Of course, Xu Chen's "Star Admission Scholarship" is somewhat special, as it directly exempts four years of college tuition.
……
After stepping down, Xu Chen quickly returned to the end of the college team.
Hong Xiaoqiang and others turned their heads and said "congratulations" seriously.
……
The award ceremony is over.
Another teacher representative, an academician of the Academy of Engineering, and an alumni representative, an alumnus who was studying for a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree, took the stage to give a simple speech.
Even a master chef from the canteen came on stage and gave a speech on behalf of the "Logistics Group", which indirectly promoted the fine tradition of "food in the same sea".
After that, the outstanding student representatives spoke.
So across this distance, Xu Chen met "Senior Bai Miao" again.
Of course, for Xu Chen, she has another identity:
Xie Bingran’s national team teammates, roommates, and defeated players...
"We invite outstanding student representatives, sophomores, and national track and field teammate Bai Miao..."
There was thunderous applause in the room.
The enthusiasm is even stronger than that of previous principals, academicians and other big leaders.
It seems that Senior Bai Miao has a high reputation among the freshmen.
It is logical to think that nearly half of the freshmen are probably local students from Shanghai.
Bai Miao has been a sports star in Shanghai since middle school and has been reported by major local media.
In addition to his sports achievements, Bai Miao also has a fresh and cute image, which has won a large number of fans like Huang Hao.
After all, this world is all about appearance, and being good-looking is a powerful advantage in itself.
Xu Chen couldn't help but smile as he thought that my family's ice recipe has even more obvious advantages...
When Huang Hao saw Bai Miao come on stage, he stood on tiptoes and clapped wildly, looking like a little fanboy.
The applause paused.
Bai Miao's soft and waxy speech voice came from the loudspeaker.
The manuscript was probably written by someone else, and it was all official and routine.
But after all, it came from Bai Miao, so the students below listened carefully and looked carefully...
Xu Chen looked at the situation, and it seemed that there was no chance to talk to Bai Miao in the morning.
Fortunately, Bai Miao will still appear at the college's orientation meeting in the afternoon as a senior.
In the small-scale interaction in the lecture theater, there should still be a chance to talk and hand something to Xie Bingran to her.
……
Bai Miao bowed and stepped off the stage, and as expected, there was another round of applause and applause.
Xu Chen looked up and saw that Bai Miao was wearing the same national team uniform as Xie Bingran.
……
After that, there was the somewhat weird "poetry recitation" program.
"Brother Xueba" Jiao Tianbo has gone up a long time ago and is now standing side by side on the podium with several other outstanding freshmen representatives, each holding a manuscript in their hands.
The sonorous and melodious tone was amplified through the loudspeaker.
Xu Chen felt a little embarrassed for them...
It's moving but pretentious, comparable to the Pingyang primary school student's speech praising the "great general".
Tear-jerking, touching, thought-provoking, touching...
Excessive force.
Jiao Tianbo is worthy of the title of "Brother Xueba". His sensationalism and devotion are the best among the six.
While he was reciting with great emotion, Hong Xiaoqiang, who was in the same dormitory in the audience, seemed to have some physical discomfort and trembled all over.
Goosebumps all over the place...
(End of chapter)