Chapter 333 (1/2)

: Praise

Unsurprisingly, such a grand New Year’s Eve party would be filmed by the school as promotional material for the school’s anniversary celebration. Some students had recorded the whole process from the start with their mobile phones.

Many more had recorded Zhao Youyue’s performance. They considered it to be the star of the show. No matter how you chose to look at it, Zhao Youyue’s performance had caused the greatest ripple among all others.

Zhao Youyue’s performance could be described as no less than a professional’s level. A symphony orchestra could easily be assembled around her. The performances by the other students, even those by specialized Arts students, greatly paled in comparison to hers..

With such a vast gap of levels, all else would lose meaning. Even jealousy would be stripped of all meaning. The only available option would be to drop to your knees and worship this entity.

Take Hang Yongming, for example. Before New Year’s Eve, he had contemptuously gazed at Zhao Youyue through the corners of his eyes. He considered her music tasteless and dead. Yet, he eventually realized that he could not have been more mistaken. How was she without taste? The moment she cut herself free, she went far beyond his wildest fantasies of freedom!

Her specially arranged song overflowed with spirituality. Her performance was so extreme that she spirited the audience away into her musical world. He could never get such magic out of his mind, having heard it only once.

Hang Yongming wholly bowed before Zhao Youyue’s music talent, due to her performance. He apologized to Zhao Youyue backstage before New Year’s Eve ended, saying that he had been too quick to judge. He did not realize that she genuinely understood music as he did. She certainly played her cards better than he did, knowing how and when to please the judges during competitions.

Hang Yongming knew that he was just blubbering out some excuses. He knew that his current level could only earn him a provincial bronze award. He was just an average guy who knew how to play some music. The moment he realized that he would never be able to get a gold medal no matter how much effort he puts in, he started to find another way. He wanted to get involved in something else to prove himself

The attempt backfired. Big time. As if an ordinary student who pursued the academic path. It only demoralized the student even further, and the student chose to abandon himself by writing an essay with 0 marks. The student cursed the essay question for being rubbish. Then, he severely criticized the examination-oriented education system and everything else related. These people were all losers. If one day, they chose to harshly criticize the education after giving them a pass with flying colors, it would be downright ridiculous.

Hang Yongming was such a loser. He knew that he might never attain the higher level. Therefore, he chose to cripple himself.

A person who knew how to win prizes, while being flexible enough to please the audience like Zhao Youyue, was just too cunning. She was the master of all trades, jack of none. All the benefits, with no drawbacks!

After New Year’s Eve ended, Zhao Youyue had a meeting with those great alumni. It as suggested by a certain writer, Ou Yang.

This great writer, Ou Yang was impressed by Zhao Youyue’s performance. He wanted to know more about this talented girl.

He even felt that Zhao Youyue’s music sent a cascade of inspirations raining upon him