Chapter 289 - Third Cousin’s Poem Stolen! (1/2)

It was the half hour mark.

15th Junior High’s New Year’s Party officially kicked off.

The opening was a female host standing on stage. From the students shouting off stage, “Teacher Li, you are really beautiful”, “Teacher Li, you’re too cool”, it was obvious that the host was a guest appearance from the school’s teacher. There were no outsiders today, so most of the programs were performed by the students.

The female host ignored the students howling and smiled, “Dear Leaders, guests, parents, and students, Happy New Year. Welcome to the 15th Junior High’s New Year Talent Party. Next, let’s invite Princ.i.p.al Qian to make his opening statement.” This was a standard opening.

The host stepped down.

The princ.i.p.al stepped onto the stage with a smile. He was an old man, and looked like he was in his sixties. His hair was all white. He picked up the microphone and smiled, “I actually told them to cancel this segment, but they still added it in. For me, I won’t be giving a long speech. Let’s enjoy the exciting performances put on by our students. I’m already eagerly antic.i.p.ating it. This way, I request the parents to witness the children’s talented performance.”

His speech was short, winning the applause of the students and parents.

The parents were all waiting for their own child’s performance, so naturally they couldn’t be bothered to hear the school’s Leader’s speech.

The moment the princ.i.p.al left the stage, the female host announced, “We officially begin the New Year’s Talent Party. The first program will be the second cla.s.s of the second year high school students bringing us an opening dance. Everyone, please welcome them!”

Bba Bba Bba!

A round of applause echoed!

The parents of the students were on full focus!

After a while, about fifteen boys and girls appeared. The background music was an American song with a fast tempo. These high school students danced to the music and from their actions, it was obvious that they had practiced for a while. Although they did not do so neatly, as amateurs, they were pretty good.

Zhang Ye could not help but be amazed. The junior high schools these days were increasingly open. They were beginning to follow international standards, and were no longer as strict as before. For example, back in junior high, his New Year’s Party was just him singing a song with his cla.s.s, or playing some games. There wouldn’t be things like foreign songs and dances. Back then, they did not have any concept of this. Besides, their teachers would not approve of it. Back in his schooling days, there were three catchphrases to his school that never changed in his three years there. Anti-fire, anti-theft, anti-love. It was not like the atmosphere in the school now, where even love songs and poems could be performed in public? Ai, they sure had it good. Just thinking about it, Zhang Ye really suffered during his schooling days!

The opening dance came to an end.

There was applause and constant kudos from the audience.

“Alright!”

“You danced so well!”

“That’s my daughter. Did you see her?”

“Haha, my son danced really well too!”

The second program was a junior high student in her first year. She chose to sing a song which was Zhang Yuanqi’s song to fame. It was also her first song in the music industry, called “I don’t Believe”.

The female student began singing.

“After all the work, all I could do was return in failure. After all the fighting, all I could do was tear while watching my dreams. After all the thinking, why is my life so lowly? After all the lamenting, why is my voice turning haggard!”

“I don’t believe, that my life is worse than others!”

“I don’t believe, that I have not one bit of talent!”

“I don’t believe, that I’m destined to be a lowly person!”

“I don’t believe, that my songs will be left unanswered forever!!!”

Upon hearing this song, the atmosphere from the audience warmed up. Compared to the English song and foreign dance, the parents were more accepting of such songs. Everyone knew who Heavenly Queen Zhang was. Everyone had basically heard her songs. Many parents and children began to hum along with the song.

Even Zhang Ye got gooseb.u.mps listening to it. Although this was the earliest work of Zhang Yuanqi from many years ago, and was not as mature as the many works she currently had, the energy and expression in the song was very impressive. Zhang Ye had only spent a couple of months in this world. This was also not the first time he had heard this song. It was often used as background music on TV or variety shows or parties. He had heard it several times, and it was covered by many people. However, every time Zhang Ye heard it, he felt that the song was full of energy. It was an expression of a singer’s thoughts.

There was a story behind it. When Zhang Yuanqi entered the music industry, she already was somewhat accomplished on TV and other arenas. However, many people criticized her for entering the music industry, as her voice was not as clear and beautiful as the traditional singers of that period. Her voice was somewhat husky, so people were unaccepting of such a voice. They criticized Zhang Yuanqi for not being able to sing, and was not suited for singing. They urged her to go back to filming movies. However, with the advent of “I don’t Believe”, which Zhang Yuanqi first sang on a variety show, the final line, “I don’t believe, that my songs will be left unanswered forever” stirred the audience. This was the opening song to Zhang Yuanqi’s dominance of the music industry. From then on, no one doubted Zhang Yuanqi’s ability to sing!

A good song!

A cla.s.sic piece of work!

From a while ago, Zhang Ye did not dare underestimate this world’s literary level. For such a cla.s.sic song, if it was used in Zhang Ye’s world, he dared to guarantee that it would be extremely popular.

After the song was done, the girl received a warm round of applause!

“Alright!”

You sang well!”

“Haha, it’s sung not worse than a Heavenly Queen!”

Parents were more lenient towards children. Regardless if they sang well, everyone would support them. All of them gave their encouragement, making it very lively.

The third program was also singing. It was a high school boy singing rock.

The fourth program was choral music. They sang a traditional repertoire, “Ah, My Motherland”. However, Zhang Ye had never heard of it because it had not existed in his world.

The program carried on one after another.

The New Year’s Party was almost half done.