Chapter 124 What a grand!
“What’s going on? Why haven’t the clothes come off yet?”
“I go to the toilet when I’m nervous, and I go to the toilet when I’m nervous. Can you be more mature?!”
"I emphasize the gestures again! For male students, make a fist with your right hand inside and your left hand outside. For female students, put your right fist on your left fist. Don't make a mistake in the order."
"Teacher - we made it sour and spicy. Isn’t there too little lemon chicken feet? It’s only four or five pounds.”
Wait, every society has its own troubles, but these feelings are not the same. Gu Lu can only "gloat" because he doesn't need to do anything.
He is not a core member of the basketball club, so he does not need to guard even the netball activities. Gu Lu is just like an ordinary student, visiting everywhere as a "tourist".
“Tourists” also include parents of registered students and members of the public. The latter are journalists invited by the school, people in the field of culture and education, or outstanding alumni who have graduated.
The foreign reporter of "Young Pioneer News" is still the reporter Wang we are familiar with, and he is accompanied by Miao Photography. Reporter Wang occasionally shoots his own news interviews, but his more accurate position is text editing, and he is not good at shooting.
"Although No. 8 Middle School holds a school celebration every year, this year is extra grand - is that Chairman Mo?" Miao Photography saw a big shot.
It’s cumbersome to call the two reporters, so let’s call them Miao She and Wang Ji for short.
"Brother Wang, what are you looking at? Look here." Miao She noticed that his companion was looking away and immediately shouted,
"What is Chairman Mo?" Wang Ji When he came to his senses, he seemed to have seen a familiar person just now, but there were too many people in the school today, so he couldn't see him clearly.
“Vice Chairman of the Fog City Writers Association, Mo Huaiqi!” Miao She said.
Wang Ji reacted as soon as the name came out. He is currently ranked among the best writers in Wudu. He is even more famous in the Jiangnan area because his essay "Walking" has been included in the textbooks of Jiangsu and Shanghai Education. The content is that a family of four goes for a walk. Sometimes, differences arise over whether to take the big road or the small road.
There is a very classic sentence in it, "My mother is old, and she has long been accustomed to obeying her strong son; my son is still young, and he is still accustomed to obeying his tall father; as for my wife, outside, she always listens to me. "
"No. 3 Middle School and Bashu Middle School are watching closely behind. In order to maintain their leading position, they must show the school's excellence in all aspects." Miao She gave a comprehensive analysis of the reasons, "The emergence of the Internet lets parents know. They have learned about what prestigious foreign schools are like, so they not only have requirements for the admission rate, but also pay attention to students’ hobbies and interests.”
This seems to make sense, but Wang Ji disagrees. This conclusion is from a bird's eye view. Ordinary parents only value the admission rate and try their best to get their children into a good high school. As for other talents and hobbies, they don't care at all.
However, the family conditions of his partner were good since he was a child, and what he knew was only within the scope of his own knowledge. Wang Ji did not argue with him. This school anniversary is grander than the entire ten-year school anniversary. It is also the vice chairman of the Fog City Writers Association, and it is "Tiantian 630". It is more like showing off...
"Come and try our baseball, as long as If you can hit the ball of our bowler, you will get a reward.”
Whether it is the indoor gymnasium or the playground, there are many kinds of club activities.
“No, no.” Dad Xiao quickly refused the baseball club’s invitation to the event.
“The atmosphere in No. 8 Middle School is really good, and the admission rate is also high.” Gu’s mother murmured.
"Yan Fei, I didn't expect that your child is quite good and can go to No. 8 Middle School." Dad Xiao said, "I often heard you say before that Gu Lu is very naughty and doesn't like to study. I think this Isn’t he excellent?”
“I only found out when the No. 8 Middle School called me to invite me to participate,” Gu’s mother sneered, “Besides, he only writes well in essays, so he may not be able to pass the exam after graduation. A good university.”
"Jiayu can also work hard to get into this school in the future." Dad Xiao said.
"Yangyang didn't pass the Bashu Middle School, and Jiayu certainly can't do it either." Gu's mother said, "He's just a little clever."
Xiao Yang is Xiao Yang, and Gu Jiayu is Gu Jiayu, too. They cannot be compared together. Dad Xiao changed the subject, "What shift is Gu Lu in? Let's go and see."
What shift is it? Mother Gu really doesn't know. "The whole school is holding a school anniversary now. You can't see it in class. Let's go shopping."
The person involved has no idea that Principal Liu's "good intentions do bad things". To be more precise, Gu Lu At present, it has not reached the level of status that requires the principal to ask questions before doing something.
Gu Lu planned to go to the animation club first. It was said that this club worked together to create an original comic.
Walking to the classroom of Grade 3 (2), I saw posters all over the wall as soon as I walked in, such as "Cloud Bread", "One Piece", "Naruto", "Lucky Five Rats", "Gintama", etc. In recent years, There are all popular anime.
The concentration of the two-dimensional element exceeds the standard!
However, some familiar characters are missing from the poster. Not only does there not be "Detective Conan" in the parallel world, there is not even "Kindaichi Boy's Casebook". Without the two Shinigami in Tokyo, the comic industry really lacks a lot. lively.
The names of Edogawa Conan and Mori Kogoro come from Edogawa Ranpo, as well as the character Akechi Kogoro. Although Kindaichi said that the setting is Kindaichi Kosuke written by Yokomizo, in fact this comic was also influenced by Ranpo novels. The prototype of the villain Takato in the comic comes from Phantom Thief Twenty Faces, and needless to say, the gold medal supporting role Kengo Akechi , also from Akechi Kogoro.
Gu Lu thought, if he draws more Edogawa Ranpo works and translates them into Japanese, will two Tokyo Shinigami be born in this world? When I thought about it again, I felt that I had thought too much. Now I have not even stepped out of my hometown, let alone exerted influence overseas.
"Brother Zhulu, you came here specifically to see me, right?" Tian Xiao greeted him warmly, "The original comics from our comic club are guaranteed to be good-looking."
Tian Xiao took out a club book The comic book I copied is called "The Legend of No. 8 Middle School". It is a martial arts comic, in which teachers and influential figures from No. 8 Middle School are adapted into people in the world.
Just like Zhou Lin, the freshman representative, the character in the comics is the genius heroine of Famous Sword Villa! The main villain of the comic is Principal Liu...
"I don't know how happy it would be if Gu Jiayu was written as a heroine." Gu Lu flipped through it for a while, and the fighting scenes clearly imitated the style of Akira Toriyama. But it’s still a bit far behind, and there’s nothing new in terms of plot.
"How about it? Is it a martial arts comic comparable to "The Legend of Daolong"?" Tian Xiao asked confidently.
According to Gu Lu's understanding of the new world day and night, he has an almost clear understanding of the changes caused by the flapping wings of the butterfly effect.
"The Legend of Daolong" is the most popular Hong Kong comic in the world. It has been made into a TV series, and the influence of the comic has even extended to the mainland and Neon.
There is only one Daolong difference from the Legend of Daolong. Gu Lu changed the subject and asked, "Why not me? Am I not standing high enough?"
To tell the truth, As far as his former deskmate's record in writing is concerned, he can at least play the role of a highly respected master in "The Legend of No. 8 Middle School", right? But other people in the comic club don't know how tough he is.
"Our "No. 8 Middle School Chronicles" was written based on the students interviewed by Time Radio." Suddenly a male voice came.
"President Guan." Tian Xiao greeted, "This is Gu Lu from our class. He wrote very good essays and won an award."
Guan Qian, the president of the comics club Zhuo doesn't look like Zhai Zhai at all. On the contrary, he has a sunny face full of vitality, just like the kind of bad guy who uses sugar-coated bullets to lure fat Zhai out of his nest, and then kills Zhai Zhai with cruel truth!
"Oh." Guan Qianzhuo said, "There are many outstanding students in our school, and there are not that many characters in the comics, so there is no way to take care of them all."
This is the truth. .
"What we have completed is "The Legend of No. 8 Middle School" is only the first part, there is also a second part." Guan Qianzhuo said with consolation, "It is expected to be completed next year. As long as we can be interviewed by Time Machine Radio, we will definitely give it to You arrange a handsome character.”
“There is indeed an interview with Time Radio. Zhang Liwan came to interview him before, but he refused,” Tian Xiao, a former deskmate, immediately added.
"Then it would be best if you don't refuse next time. After all, it is a rule set before. Even if I am the president, I can't break it." Guan Qianzhuo smiled gently, "If If you have any suggestions on the plot, be sure to tell us and watch it slowly.”
Guan Qianzhuo didn’t explicitly say that he didn’t believe Gu Lu refused to be interviewed by Time Radio. He just asked Tian Xiao to greet his classmates, and then he went to work on the club. Something else.
The family is either in business or politics. Gu Lu made a preliminary judgment about the president's family.
"I should have agreed if I had known it earlier. President Guan accepted an interview with Time Radio because he was a top student in Sha District in his second year of high school." Tian Xiao said, but he didn't see that the president didn't believe what he just said.
In his opinion, the most interesting plot of "Eighth Middle School Jianghu Feng Yun Lu" is that the villain Jianghu Judge asked people from the martial arts community to take exam papers, but most of them failed to pass the exam and were burped by the judge.
According to Tian Xiao, the prototype of the judge is Guan Qianzhuo’s class teacher.
"Some plots are interesting, and some plots are lengthy. Was this story written by one person?" Gu Lu asked.
"Of course not, we have three story writers." Tian Xiao coughed twice and said loudly, "I'm sorry to say that I am one of them."
Gu Lu gave a thumbs up in cooperation. Not long after, he also left the comic club. After all, there were still so many interesting clubs in school that he didn't want to read.
“The school anniversary of No. 8 Middle School is very close to the Neon Academy Festival. Before I came to No. 8 Middle School, I watched Kaguya-sama, Hyouka and other anime. I always thought it was just the foreign version of Neon, but I didn’t expect it. This time I got the real deal!”
Gu Lu walked around and came to the astronomical club.
The Astronomy Club is rather boring.
Several planet models were made and hung on the ceiling, and then members of the astronomy club were nearby to give some popular science explanations.
In the classroom of Grade 2 (5), the Chinese Little Master's Cooking Club captured pandas Wei Jiao and Zhou Lin. The former was to support his good friends in the cooking club, while the latter was just greedy for the food of the two.
"Is there any progress with the Model United Nations?" Gu Lu asked slightly, also wanting to know whether his reputation was good or not.
"The president is unwilling to follow me to register for the Fog City Model United Nations Conference. I am going to wait for the holiday this week and prepare the materials to go alone." When Zhou Lin spoke, she did not forget to bite the chicken feet in her mouth.
Why is the president of Model United Nations unwilling? Obviously, I am afraid of failure. Don't do things that even adults know will fail, let alone students. But Zhou Lin showed the momentum of never looking back without hitting the wall.
"Xuanrou, you are actually in the cooking club! What is it that people cannot be judged by their appearance? This is that people cannot be judged by their appearance. Your elbows are wider than spatulas. If you are in the cooking club, you will eat up the club. Damn it." Zeng Jie happened to be passing by, and as a substitute, he spoke out what Gu Lu was thinking.
After all, Ma Xuanyou, who practices shot put, is so big that he doesn't look like he can cook at all. He is so big and thick that he looks like a pot-breaker. "In the comics, does the little boss Liu Pleiades' mother, Fairy Bei, drive the Juxiang Tower? In reality, the prototype is the Juxiang Tower at Chaotianmen in the foggy city." Ma Xuanyou said, "Do you know who opened the Juxiang Tower?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present including Gu Lu, Zhou Lin, Zeng Jie, Wei Jiao and others were stunned. Is it possible?
“I don’t know who opened Juxianglou.” Ma Xuanyou gasped as he spoke, “But my grandfather used to learn skills at Juxianglou, and this skill was passed on to my father, who in turn passed it on to Me."
Real or false? It feels a little unreliable.
The food prepared by the cooking club is very simple, because complex food cannot be prepared on site. French fries, fried chicken tenders, vegetable salad, spicy and sour lemon chicken feet and braised chicken wings. Among them, the marinade for the braised chicken wings was prepared by Ma Xuanyou, and it tasted really good, adding some credibility to Ma Xuanyou's previous words.
From one to three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the free time for "tourists" to experience all the activities prepared by the club.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon is the time for stage performances and leadership speeches. Even the core members of the club preparing for activities should come over to watch the performance.
Suddenly the small auditorium was bustling with activity——
“It’s really amazing, today’s students can actually play the flute.”
"I saw our dog. Although he is a coolie from the Kendo Club pushing a dummy, he is quite handsome."
"I saw many reporters taking photos with their cameras. Will we go up? TV?”
“Not only reporters, but look at the front, there are also leaders.”
Students and parents came first to sit, and then they only had to stand, so they could watch anyway. Just understand the stage. They chatted with each other in dialect mixed with Sichuan Mandarin. The word "gou'er" means "good boy" in some places in Sichuan and Chongqing, and it is a very affectionate name for children by parents.
The invited public figures and school leaders have arranged their seats. The first two rows are the best viewing seats and must be reserved.
Sitting next to Principal Liu were Mo Huaiqi and the leaders of the Education Bureau, and next to him was Wu Du. As an instructor, he was able to sit in the front row because he was able to invite the vice-chairman of the Wudu Writers Association to guide him.
The "Tiantian 630" reporter team set up the camera, and the on-site host found the lens and prepared to start recording news materials.
Other print media reporters also took a lot of photos in the previous few hours, and the pictures are enough.
"Unfortunately, Xiao Gu was not found..." Wang Ji whispered.
"Brother Wang, what did you say? Louder, the small auditorium is too noisy and I can't hear you." Miao She said.
"It's okay, take good photos and capture more exciting shots of the students." Wang Ji said, and then Miao She made an OK gesture.
Actually, Wang Ji was still looking around, but Gu Lu hadn’t even reached the small auditorium yet.
With the two sound checks of the microphone, the speech in the small auditorium also began.
“Welcome all teachers, students, and ladies and gentlemen, welcome to No. 8 Middle School to participate in the 74th founding celebration of No. 8 Middle School.”
Onsite The master of ceremonies is Yan Ting, a sophomore in high school who is the vice president of the Etiquette Model Club. She is very articulate and her Mandarin does not have a Sichuan pepper accent.
"Now, I would like to invite Principal Liu to give a speech for this school anniversary event."
The master of ceremonies left and the principal came to the stage.
Principal Liu’s speech: “This year is the 74th anniversary of the founding of Wudu No. 8 Middle School, and the mission is on our shoulders. First, students must bear in mind the growth history of No. 8 Middle School and be the inheritors and practitioners of the spirit of No. 8 Middle School. A practitioner and a promoter..."
"Second, to be a No. 8 Middle School with firm beliefs and dedication to the times..."
I don’t know why, but leaders’ speeches always seem to have a magical power that can It makes people drowsy, just like before Principal Liu went up, the small auditorium was very noisy with people talking, but now there is only silence.
After the principal, it is the education leaders who speak. Why are the leaders still behind the principal? It's definitely not an arrangement error. For events like the school anniversary, let alone educational leaders, even the top leaders of the district always speak at the back of the queue. It can also be regarded as respect for the school. Even if he is the city's top leader... let's talk about it later.
“There are so many people.” Dad Xiao found a place in the cracks.
Mother Gu nodded. Originally, the small auditorium could only accommodate a small thousand people, but now it has at least doubled.
“I watched a lot of club activities, but I didn’t see Gu Lu.” Dad Xiao said.
"Social activities mainly rely on communication skills. Gu Lu has not had many friends since he was a child, and he is not as good as Yangyang." Gu's mother said.
Dad Xiao frowned. If this was the case, he felt that Gu's mother had not educated Gu Lu well at all. Since Gu Lu was such a good writer and must have good expressive skills, how could he not have any friends?
The people below were whispering and chatting, and the loud and grand speeches above had ended. The master of ceremonies came up to join in. The first club program was "Qin, Chess, Calligraphy and Painting" by the Hanfu Society.
"诱辘, walk faster, we are running out of time." Li Guyuan became anxious when he saw Gu Lu who was not hurrying. According to the time, the activities in the small auditorium had already started ten minutes ago.
“It’s too late, it’s just right for us to go now.” Gu Lu said.
More than ten minutes later, the two of them arrived at the school auditorium at a trot. Good guy, there was a sea of people, and they were rubbing shoulders... To be honest, Gu Lu had trypophobia, and so many people were a little put off, mainly because I feel like I can't squeeze in.
"Here, Brother Zhulu, Tangyuan, come over here." Fortunately, I have acquaintances who can help. Several people from the comics club grabbed a seat in the west corner of the small auditorium. Tian Xiao raised his hands and shouted.
Gu Lu and Li Guyuan squeezed past, mainly glutinous rice balls in front. Because he is strong and tall.
“Which program is this?” Li Guyuan asked as soon as he stood firm.
“The first one, the leader just finished speaking.” Tian Xiao said.
"Look." Gu Lu knew that at such a large-scale event, if the leader speaks for less than twenty minutes, it means that the leader's throat is inflamed and is not in good condition.
After saying hello to everyone in the comic club, Gu Lu and Li Guyuan stopped talking and concentrated on watching the show of the Hanfu Club. This show was a bit like a dance and a bit like a stage play. Anyway, they were wearing Hanfu to display four items of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, among which The painting is a "fake painting" that makes an action, and the first three items of the person playing the piano, writing calligraphy, and playing chess are all real.
The Kendo Club is a sword dance.
Etiquette Model Club is on the catwalk.
The dance club is a hot dance.
In the Language Arts Club, two students performed a cross talk with a large section of English. Unfortunately, it was not funny at all, but it successfully showed that their language talents are very good, and they also won a lot of applause at the scene.
The dance club that received the best feedback from students is worthy of being the club that has won the school anniversary gold medal for seven consecutive years, vividly demonstrating "I am invincible, you are free to do whatever you want".
"Why doesn't Qi Caiwei come on stage? I remember she specializes in dancing?" Tian Xiao didn't understand, but added, "It's a zebra, but I didn't notice it at all. In the end, she did somersaults and fell drunk. "It's really amazing."
"Is the last girl in your class?" Guan Qianzhuo asked.
“Yes, he is our monitor.” Tian Xiao nodded, “I don’t talk much in the classroom, so I never expected that I can dance so well.”
“We in Class 10 still don’t talk much. There are so many big guys." Li Guyuan sighed, and the big guys in his mouth naturally included Gu Lu and himself.
The concerns of students are different from those of adults, and even adults are different from adults.
The parents were discussing the cross talk that blended English just now, and how to practice fluent English.
“I have a good understanding of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and a good understanding of classical culture. The club activities are still very worthwhile.” said the education leader.
"Old Wu, the performance you asked me to watch is the finale?" Mo Huaiqi asked.
"It must be the finale. They have been training for a long time." Wu Du said.
Behind the Musical Instrument Club, the last guest is the Shu Humanity Club, but the venue needs to be prepared.
Several students moved all the background boards and props to the stage. After all preparations were completed, Yan Ting began to announce:
"Now let's enjoy the performance brought by the Shuren Literature Society. Original story "Yesterday's Park""
Behind the scenes, President Wan Bai and Vice President Zhang Liru cheered up several people.
It’s just that Zhang Liru’s words didn’t sound like encouragement, but more like a threat: “Come on, there are only a thousand people in front of you, don’t be nervous.” “It’s useless to be nervous. If you fail, the whole school will be famous.”< br>
"Okay, stop talking." Wan Bai hurriedly told him to shut up, and then asked the actors on stage to calm down.
It is impossible to say that you are not nervous. There are so many people and a few reporters. Once you step on the stage, you are stepping on a single-plank bridge. You can only move forward without turning around or stopping. .
Performance——
(End of Chapter)