446 Graduation (1/2)

Music was a medium for emotion and ideas. Through music, even if one couldn't completely guess the composer's full intent, they would still understand parts of it.

The audience had no way of knowing what exactly Fang Zhao was thinking about. However, they could seemingly comprehend why Fang Zhao would completely donate away the many billions he had received for discovering the Alkaid.

But, understanding was only one part. Not everyone would be able to do the same.

Not everyone in the concert hall had come for Fang Zhao. There were some who also wanted to personally witness exactly what kind of people could get into this god-leveled ”HuangArt Twelve Tones advanced course”. This unconcealable radiance that shone through wasn't something that marketing ploys could compare with.

The graduation concert entered the evaluation grading phrase, so there was a longer break. The evaluation committee needed to give a comprehensive evaluation for these seven songs which would also be the final overall grades for Fang Zhao's graduation concert. This too pertained to his overall graduation results.

Lan Jing heard some discussions in the row behind him.

”A piece worthy of being created by a Galaxy Award winner. I thought I saw a little kid crying while listening to it. Actually, I also nearly teared up. I felt as if some ineffable feeling washed over me, as if the music was talking about me.”

”…When people are pretentious, everything sounds like it's about themself,” someone else retorted.

”It's not being 'pretentious'. It's called a narrative.”

Lan Jing then heard an electronic music producer in the row ahead express, ”Just look at his electronic music. We all produce electronic music, but look at him! He is able to make it both penetrative and elegant. He can also bring out such dynamics as well as such tease such lavish momentum. It's so freely interchanging yet enigmatic. There's no choice but to respect him! Fortunately, Fang Zhao isn't the same as us. Otherwise, our own careers would be under threat.”

All the people around had very high opinions of Fang Zhao's graduation concert. Meanwhile, Lan Jing was quite confident that the evaluation committee would settle on an A+.

Just as Lan Jing had expected, the evaluation committee gave an overall ”A+” grade.

An evaluation committee member lamented as he watched the display grade, ”Fang Zhao's learning ability is too impressive. From these graduation concert pieces, we are able to see the elegance of classical music as well as the unconstrained flexibility of present day contemporary music. It might not be at the pinnacle, but these works are really brimming with talent. The graduation pieces have different melodies, rich layerings and magnificent scenes. The creative concept is distant, yet doesn't lack the connection of a story or picture. Every single note seems to contain a sort of emotion that tugs at the senses ever so slightly.”

”There were a few portions that didn't have a heavy rhythm yet could still make listeners all fired up. It was truly a majestic atmosphere, and the music seemed to brew with power.”

”These are the works of someone from Yanzhou, but characteristics of other continents can also be found. This isn't easy.”

Suddenly, an evaluation committee member said, ”Actually, these seven songs can entirely be made into an examination question for this year's Year One freshmen's initiation examinations.”

This resulted in a unanimous approval by the few other evaluation committee members.

There were two sentences HuangArt welcomed new students with——

The first sentence was: ”Welcome new students!”

The second sentence was: ”Exam time.”

HuangArt was adept at pouring cold water on their new students.

They would first display the works of outstanding students to the newly enrolled freshmen. This would let the freshmen experience the ability of their outstanding schoolmates as a reminder.

Don't assume you are awesome just because you made it through the entrance exams. Forget about being big-headed. Take a look at your seniors. Do you have time to waste in university?!

In the past, they rarely used the works from the Twelve Tones Advanced Course to set initiation examination questions since the age gap between advanced students and freshmen was considerable. However, things were different this year. Fang Zhao wasn't that much older than the freshmen.

Having decided to turn Fang Zhao's graduation works into a set of examination questions, the evaluation committee members all flashed the ”devilish grins” that only veterans in HuangArt could see through.

Thus, in the same year, Fang Zhao singlehandedly dealt a massive blow to a whole cohort of HuangArt freshmen.

HuangArt's cold water bath was really discouraging.

Of course, all of this came later on.

After announcing the final evaluation, the graduation concert ended. In a sense, Fang Zhao had already graduated smoothly. The only thing that remained was a ceremony. However, that would have to wait until the others in the advanced course completed their graduation evaluations. A formal graduation ceremony would be held for them to receive their graduation certificates.

When Fang Zhao thanked the evaluation committee, the old professors of the committee all had gratified smiles.

A professor patted Fang Zhao on his shoulder. ”Well done, well done. Continue to maintain your passion for music and learn more techniques and skills. Oh, right, we have an important performance activity some time later. Perhaps we might also invite you then.”

Fang Zhao gave his thanks and remembered these words.

Important performance activity?