Chapter 320 (1/2)

Beethoven Virus

When Su Li urgently contacted Zhao Youyue, she was busy rehearsing again and again in the school auditorium.

Zhao Youyue initially felt that it would be interesting to be the host of the New Year’s Eve, but as time went on, when the novelty of that position wore off, all that was left was the insipidness and how unbelievably boring it was.

In such a situation, she could only activate the “Xu Jing” card to let Xu Jing replace herself, in order to maintain the initial patience that she had. Otherwise, she would have soon given up halfway, due to how torturous it was.

This made Zhao Youyue’s partner, who was also the student chairman, Huang Zongchao admire her. He respected Zhao Youyue’s perseverance, as she was even able to fully immerse herself into being the host, so much so that she did not even need the script anymore.

In actual fact, it was not a must to memorize everything. The hosts were allowed to hold placards as well as the event schedule for reference. However, with the focusing power of the “Xu Jing” card, Zhao Youyue had already remembered everything by heart.

When Huang Zongchao saw that even Lady Zhao could memorize everything impeccably, he knew that he could not afford to lag behind. As the school officials attached great importance to this event, the preparation time allocated for the New Year’s Eve was particularly long. This was to rule out any chances of anything going wrong, all in the pursuit of perfection.

Huang Zongchao decided that he might as well memorize the script. In the beginning, he would still stumble from time to time. However, as the number of rehearsals increased, he got better at it, and was now able to perfectly match Zhao Youyue. This made him feel a great deal of satisfaction.

Deep down, Huang Zongchao was an extremely arrogant person, but the more he understood Zhao Youyue, the more he could not help but become attracted to her excellence.

He was not someone who was easily attracted by good looks, therefore Zhao Youyue’s appearance did not really affect him in any way. What that caught his attention was Zhao Youyue’s profound upbringing, talent, and meticulous attitude.

At this point, Zhao Youyue was sitting behind the stage, looking at the performances on the stage in utmost boredom. She had watched it so many times, to the point where she was nearly sick of it.

She also happened to meet someone familiar. It was “Hang Yongming,” an acquaintance that she had previously crossed paths with during the provincial competition. It was the same guy who wanted to teach Zhao Youyue what ‘real music’ was.

Hang Yongming was already a third-year art student. However, he was more well-known in school for playing the violin, compared to Zhao Youyue.

This was because he had already showcased his violin skills countless times during the school’s New Year’s Eve. The tunes that he played were all his personal adaptations of songs that all the students were very familiar with.

When it comes to classical instruments like this, it is a known fact that to resonate with everyone, one had to play tunes that everyone is well acquainted with. If he were to play tunes that were specifically meant for competitions, nobody would be able to truly understand and appreciate them.

However, if Zhao Youyue was to learn from Hang Yongming and adapt those popular songs, they would appear shallow and mediocre.

This did not mean that Zhao Youyue was inept in adaptations, as a matter of fact, this was her specialty. Do not forget that she is the live streamer “Ah Yu,” and many viewers loved her violin tunes. She could even use the violin to play various trendy songs, or even square dancing songs. The tunes she played would often give the viewers an incredible feeling, which made them laugh out loud as they admired her music. As a result, various gifts had been sent to her, one after another.

Many people were attracted to the way she played the violin. When paired with popular songs, they produced great power. This inadvertently promoted the instrument as well. Many viewers of her live stream channel were impressed with her violin skills and had even decided to allow their children to start learning the violin.

However, this time, Zhao Youyue was not planning to be so casual. She had prepared something really grand, instead. She was going to perform a song from a novel, an original by Chu Luoxun, named “Beethoven Virus”!

This particular violin song was adapted from Rondo Allegro, the third movement in Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8.[1]