Chapter 341 - Professor Yans Opening Address! (1/2)
The gala was about to begin.
The auditorium was extremely lively.
”Mengmeng.” A girl called out to her.
”What?” Cao Mengmeng said with a giggle.
The girl blinked and asked, ”Is your bro having a show today?”
Cao Mengmeng's eyes twinkled. ”I don't think so?”
”Most surely not.” Teacher Leng, who was leading them, smiled and said, ”Today it's the Primary and Secondary School New Year Gala. The programs have long been rehea.r.s.ed and fixed. There will be no other programs.”
Another middle school boy said, ”What a pity. I wanted to listen to Mengmeng's cousin compose another poem. The 'To The Oak' Mengmeng recited last time is really a cla.s.sic amongst cla.s.sic love poems. It's almost the same as the great poet, Teacher Chen Tianmo's ’Autumn Snow’. It was awesome.”
Cao Mengmeng said proudly. ”Of course. Who do you think my bro is!?”
”Aha? Your bro is Zhang Ye? The host from our Shanghai WebTV?” A Shanghainese female student said from the side.
Cao Mengmeng was extremely pleased. Pointing towards the front, ”That's right. There, in the third row. That's my bro!”
In the front.
A few people were preparing for their speeches. Today's opening speech was done by an official from the Education Bureau, before a Peking University professor delivered his.
”Where's the President?”
”The President isn't feeling well.”
”Hmm? Then what about the closing speech today?”
”Let me make another phone call. The President should be able to come.”
”Right, there's still more than an hour. There should be time.”
Wu Zeqing and a few school leaders began talking.
There was an empty seat in the first row. Peking University's President was absent today as he suddenly did not feel well that morning and had gone to the hospital for an IV drip. After asking about the situation, it did not seem to be anything serious, so he could still rush to get here in time. The gala was not as important as other galas. However, it was, after all, a national level gala. They had to show their respect and how highly they thought of it. It was customary for the President to deliver the closing or opening speech.
The curtains were drawn!
The gala officially began!
Upon seeing this, the reporters began their video recordings. However, one could tell that the quality of their recordings from their positions would not be too good. The job of recording mainly rested on Peking University. There were four or five cameras either on tripods, or hanging in the air. It was very professional.
On stage, two hosts walked out one after another.
It was a man and woman duo. Zhang Ye did not know the man, but the woman looked familiar.
”Dear leaders, guests, teachers, and students, good evening!”
”Let me welcome everybody to this year's National Primary and Secondary School New Year Gala. Let us introduce our guests and school representatives.”
Fifteen Middle School...
s.h.i.+dafu Middle School...
Yucai Middle School...
Shanghai Primary School...
Jins.h.i.+ 2 Middle School...
et cetera. There was a long list of names.
Zhang Ye leaned his head over and asked, ”Is this female host a teacher from our department?”
Su Na smiled and said, ”That's right. Yan Jin from the Chinese department. She teaches Chinese and is in the second office across from ours. You should have seen her before. The guy is a staff of Peking University's public relations. His name is Zhao Xuan. They are a couple, and have also been the model couple of our Peking University for years. Back then, they graduated from Peking University, and began working in Peking University.” With a pause, Su Na said, ”The school actually wanted you to be the host.”
Zhang Ye shook his hands. ”I have never hosted such a gala before.”
Broadcasting hosts may all seem the same to others, but Zhang Ye, of course, knew that hosts were not that simple. There were many different kinds. For example, broadcasting announcers. These hosts basically read from a script, and there was little spontaneity involved. However, for a television host like Zhang Ye, there was a need to be more reactionary and spontaneous as there was more unpredictability in variety programs. As for a host for a gala, the focus was on seriousness and stage control. This sort of gala host needed to have a strong ability to control the atmosphere. They had to be able to let the audience applaud, laugh, or remain silent when needed. There could not be any mistakes, nor could the host become the highlight of the show. If you made a very funny performance, causing the audience to keep laughing, then how would the next performance be able to proceed? This was definitely inappropriate, hence this kind of host needed to be a very good facilitator. It was all not easy.
Professor Zeng was clearly an unprofessional. ”Aren't you a host who majored in this? This is hard for you?”