Chang Li, the head teacher of Class 96, frowned as she looked at the two names at the bottom of the monthly exam score sheet.
A passing teacher took a glance and said with a smile: "It's Zhang Ziyi and Liu Hua again on the countdown."
Chang Li held her forehead, feeling a little troubled: "The ranking doesn't matter, there are always high and low, but the key is that these two have never been able to figure it out. Compared to their classmates, they are a bit far behind."
"Take your time."
Another teacher consoled him: "Compared to the freshman year, these two have made great progress. Maybe they feel that they have slacked off after passing the screening period, so they can just go back and hammer it out."
In order to urge students to study hard, the Chinese Drama Department has specially set up a one-year screening period for freshmen, and those who fail to pass the exam after one year will be eliminated.
There are a total of nineteen students in Class 96, and three of them were eliminated during the screening period. The ratio is astonishing.
Zhang Ziyi and Liu Hua, who have always been poor students in the class, although they passed the test in their freshman year, their professional performance has not improved much, making them a worry for their class teacher Chang Li, and they give them a headache just talking about it.
Dong Dong——
While they were chatting, the office door rang. Chang Li glanced at her and said, "Come in."
Hu Jing came in with a smile and greeted her sweetly: "Hello, Teacher Chang, Hello, Teacher Zhang, Hello, Teacher Wang, Hello, Teacher Bai."
"What's up?"
Chang Li habitually pretended to be dignified in front of her students, but Hu Jing was not afraid of her at all.
For the Chinese Opera Performance Department, Class 96 is a relatively special existence, because during the recruitment of this class, the person in charge, Chang Li, strongly advocated breaking the previous ban on recruiting new students with backgrounds in dance and drama.
It is precisely because of Chang Li's persistence that Class 96 gathered the eight golden flowers of four dances and four plays.
Mei Ting and Zhang Tong are professional dancers from the military art troupe, while Hu Jing and Zhang Ziyi dance from elementary school. The former studied at the Middle School Affiliated to the National University of China for 6 years, and the latter studied at the Middle School Affiliated to the Beijing Dance University for 6 years.
Zeng Li and Yuan Quan, who sang Tsing Yi, were members of the Hubei Province Peking Opera Troupe before applying for the Chinese Opera. Qin Hailu, who sang Daoma Dan, once performed in RB, and Li Min also had an opera background.
Therefore, as the Bole and mentor of the Eight Golden Flowers, Chang Li looks serious on the surface, but in fact she loves and cares for these girls very much.
Especially Hu Jing, I don’t know if it’s because she is fair and cute, but she is very popular with Chang Li, and she is recognized as the most favored student in Class 96 by Chang Li.
If there are any difficulties in the class, most of the time it is not the squad leader who comes forward, but Hu Jing and Chang Li are recommended to communicate.
Over time, there were more exchanges between teachers and students, and the relationship between Chang Li and Hu Jing became better and better. In private, Hu Jing even called Chang Li Chang's mother.
"Mother Chang, I have something I want to discuss with you."
"What's going on? It's not like you guys did something else in private, right? Last year, the school only criticized your class through a whole-school announcement."
Chang Li thought of the previous situation where Hu Jing was pushed out for negotiation, and she suddenly became vigilant.
"No, no, it's me who has trouble with you. No, it's me and Zeng Li who have trouble with you."
Hu Jing shook her head and hurriedly explained, but Chang Li became more and more confused as she listened: "What nonsense? If you have anything to say, just tell me."
"A friend wants me and Zeng Li to perform in the MV, and I would like to ask for your approval."
The girl Hu Jing was also stunned. Chang Li asked her to speak, so she confessed completely without any foreshadowing.
After hearing this, Chang Li's face turned serious: "No."
"Why, my seniors who were juniors and seniors were offered roles when they were sophomores. Why can't we do the same?"
"Because your first priority now is to study."
Chang Li raised her voice, but looking at her favorite student in front of her, she slowed down and explained.
"It's not that you are not allowed to take roles, but that you go to those big directors or regular crews, so that you can get training and learn.
On the other hand, it is also for your safety.
This world is too chaotic, especially for a beautiful girl like you. As long as she goes out, she will be easily targeted by people with evil intentions. If something happens, how will I explain it to your parents?"
"Mother Chang, I know you are doing it for our own good, but this time you are really my friend. He is in a very difficult situation right now. I want to help him and nothing will go wrong."
Hu Jing tugged on Chang Li's sleeve and acted pitifully. However, the trick that had always been successful in the past had no effect this time.
Chang Li still firmly opposed: "No, absolutely not."
"Then how about we not take up study time? We can shoot on Saturdays and Sundays, or take winter vacation."
Hu Jing was still not discouraged and made another suggestion. Chang Li still shook her head: "No need to say it, Hu Jing, this matter is non-negotiable. I have to be responsible for you. If you dare to secretly take photos during the winter vacation, I will call and tell you."
Your parents."
Chang Li insisted not to let her go, so Hu Jing slowly worked with her, coquettishly and reassuringly, and she also provided the synopsis of the story that she obtained from Cao Xuan, proving that this MV was not a joke.
Thanks to Hu Jing's unremitting efforts, Chang Li's attitude became somewhat relaxed and she made some concessions.
It's okay to shoot a MV, but the script must be approved by her, and she will personally follow the team to protect the students.
Hu Jing happily called Cao Xuan, and Cao Xuan fully agreed to Chang Li's request.
There is a professor from the Department of Chinese Opera and Performance who oversees the whole process. This is not the kind of treatment that ordinary people receive. It is too late for him to be happy...
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Hu Jing and Zeng Li got the opportunity to shoot a music video, which caused a sensation in the entire class of 96. In addition to being envious, everyone started a "resistance" against Chang Li and wanted to go out to take roles.
As a result, Chang Li suppressed her. She only asked the remaining students three questions, and everyone was silent.
① When they go out to pick up a play, can the crew fully cooperate with the students' schedules without delaying school studies?
② Can students’ safety be ensured and teachers be allowed to follow the group or visit the class at any time?
③ Can the quality of the script be ensured? If there are any inappropriate issues and negotiations between the two parties fail, students can freely choose to withdraw from the crew?
If they can do it, Chang Li won't stop them.
If you can't do that, then shut up. According to the old rules, informal crews and big directors won't let people go.
The students of Class 96 who were suppressed by Chang Li spread their "anger" on the two lucky ones, Hu Jing and Zeng Li.
Hu Jing and the others had no choice but to promise to treat the guests to dinner with their film wages to escape the disaster.
However, although the two heroines have been confirmed, there is still a long time until filming. Cao Xuan is currently busy arranging and recording songs, and will not have time to shoot the MV until at least the Spring Festival.
On November 12, Zhang Yusheng, a Taiwanese singing star who had been in a car accident, was seriously injured and suffered from aspiration pneumonia. Rescue efforts failed and he died, which caused a sensation in the entire entertainment industry.
As a representative figure in Taiwan's music scene, Zhang Yusheng's status is no less than that of Li Zongsheng, who is known as the "Godfather of Chinese pop music".
Before his death, he single-handedly made Zhang Huimei famous and became the most popular female singer in Taiwan Province.
His untimely death is a huge loss to the Chinese music scene...
November 13th is Cao Xuan’s birthday, and it is also the day when [Fanxing Studio] was officially established.
Cao Xuan, who originally planned to open the business happily, saw the news in the newspaper and deliberately simplified the opening ceremony.
We canceled the procedures such as setting off firecrackers and fireworks, just hung a piece of red silk on the studio sign, and then took Jiang Yue and Zhang Chong, the only two employees of the studio, to have a meal.
In the evening, Cao Xuan sent away Zhang Chong, who was about to celebrate his birthday, and walked downstairs to the Zhongxi Opera dormitory and called Hu Jing.
After a while, Hu Jing, who was wearing a white duck down jacket, ran downstairs. Cao Xuan pulled her to a corner sheltered from the wind and took out a small box from his pocket.
"Here, birthday present."
"I thought you forgot."
Hu Jing happily took the small box, and Cao Xuan smiled: "We have the same birthday, so no one can forget you."
Opening the small box, Hu Jing took out the gift inside, which was a diamond-encrusted crystal silver bracelet. It shone brightly under the light of the street lamp and was very beautiful.
"This bracelet is very expensive, I can't have it."
When Hu Jing saw the bracelet, her eyes lit up at first, then she reacted and quickly rejected it.
"There's no reason to refuse a birthday gift. Besides, you helped me so much with the MV, so I have to express my gratitude."
After that, Cao Xuan grabbed Hu Jing's hand, forced her to wear the bracelet, admired it in front of the street lamp, and said with a smile: "It looks so beautiful, take it with you."
Hu Jing hurriedly withdrew her hand, her face flushed, but she did not refuse the bracelet from Cao Xuan.
Immediately afterwards, Hu Jing took out a men's wallet from her down jacket and handed it to Cao Xuan.
"That day I saw that your wallet was a bit old, so I went to the mall and bought one. It was not as valuable as your bracelet, but it also cost me a week's living expenses."
Cao Xuan took the wallet. The material was made of cowhide, the whole body was black, and the shape was fashionable and elegant. It was obvious that it was carefully selected.
Looking at Hu Jing who was looking at him expectantly, Cao Xuan took out his old wallet from his pocket and stuffed all the money and documents inside into the new wallet Hu Jing bought.
"The style is good, I like it."
Hu Jing's pretty face showed a bright smile: "I knew you liked it, Cao Xuan, I wish you a happy birthday!"
"You too, happy birthday!"
At the corner of the Chinese Opera dormitory, Cao Xuan celebrated his 22nd birthday amidst the girl's blessings and was about to embark on a new journey...
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PS: This is not a forced plot. Book friends who are familiar with me know that all the protagonists in my works have birthdays on this day. It can only be said to be fate∩_∩
