Rebirth 2004: A lone figure in the literary world

Chapter 12 "Your Answer" Detonates No. Middle School

Zhang Chao looked up and found that it was already 1:45, so he quickly made way and let Song Shiyu play the song.

Lan Ting was relentless and asked, "Zhang Chao, this is only your second time here and our radio station has had an accident... Shiyu has never made a mistake before. Tell me, did you harass her because you were attracted by her beauty?"

Zhang Chao quickly denied it, and Song Shiyu smiled and helped explain: "Zhang Chao just hummed a song, it was very nice, I asked him to write it down."

After saying that, he handed the lyrics in his hand to Lan Ting.

After reading it, Lan Ting said in disbelief: "You just wrote this? You can write songs?"

Zhang Chao replied: "You are just humming nonsense... You know, ever since Liu Xuyang hit me on the head..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking! You're taking me for a fool again, aren't you?" Lan Ting couldn't bear Zhang Chao's nonsense, so she changed the subject: "The lyrics are very meaningful... I heard that you only scored over 300 in the first mock test?"

Zhang Chao thought that it was useless to bring up this issue, but since the news had probably spread, there was no point in avoiding it, so he simply admitted generously: "Yes."

Lan Ting's beautiful eyes turned and she laughed, "So you wrote this song to cheer yourself up? You are quite self-motivated!"

Zhang Chao was speechless now, and then he saw Song Shiyu next to him also had an expression of sudden enlightenment. He thought to himself, you can interpret it as you like, I'm not going to take the normal college entrance examination admission route anyway.

At this time, Song Shiyu said, "Zhang Chao, can I sing your song? I think it's very inspiring and can encourage many students who didn't do well in the exam. By the way, this song doesn't have a name yet, what should it be called?"

Zhang Chao said: "I just hummed this song. If you want to sing it, just sing it. The title of the song is "Your Answer." In his heart, he silently apologized to the original songwriter and singer.

Song Shiyu burst out laughing: "If someone can write such a song and lyrics just by humming, how can we who have studied music for more than ten years survive? "Your Answer", this name is concise and straight to the point - thank you!"

Lan Ting looked at him in confusion, not knowing why this best friend, who was always so cold towards boys, would smile so warmly towards Zhang Chaoyan.

However, the bell for the afternoon class rang soon, and it was already 1:55. The three of them had to quickly turn off their computers, close the door, and return to their respective classrooms.

After class in the afternoon, Zhang Chao hurried to the cafeteria to eat dinner, went back to the dormitory to wash his face, and waited until the radio station was about to start playing the regular songs before going to the station to write the article.

But Lan Ting was there this time, and Song Shiyu was holding a guitar, practicing the song "Your Answer" that she had just gotten at noon, occasionally modifying one or two notes and rhythms, and scribbles on a blank sheet of musical score.

Lan Ting was listening to the song with fascination. She didn't expect that the lyrics she saw this afternoon were not poetic enough and even a bit vulgar at first, but they turned out to be so moving after being matched with the melody.

In fact, for a song to be a song, the lyrics must be matched with music. Although Lan Ting has a lot of literary knowledge and can recognize simple musical notation, she is not a music major after all. If she only sees the lyrics, she will not be able to match the melody.

The more I listened to this song, the more addictive it became. After the third time, even Lan Ting started humming along:

the light of dawn
will transcend the darkness

……

The sound is good, crisp and pleasant. But Song Shiyu's singing is undoubtedly better. Song Shiyu's singing voice is completely different from the soft and gentle voice when she speaks. Instead, it is more mezzo-soprano, quite powerful and penetrating, which is quite suitable for the style of this song.

Zhang Chao completed the article while the two were singing, copied it into a floppy disk, and then deleted the document on the computer.

During this time, Lan Ting did not even look over to see what he was writing. Lan Ting had her own pride, and since she had promised not to read it, even if she felt itchy inside, she would not glance at Zhang Chao.

At night, the answer sheets for each subject were finally handed out. Zhang Chao quickly stuffed all the other subjects into his schoolbag, leaving only the Chinese language sheet on the desk.

After checking the reference answers, he confirmed that of the 5 points deducted this time, 2 points were due to dictation, and he also got a 3-point multiple-choice question wrong, and the remaining subjective questions were all full marks.

Soon his Chinese answer sheet was borrowed by Shen Ming, and then circulated among the whole class. Even Liu Xuyang read it carefully. There were exclamations one after another. After all, they had never heard of such miracles as answering questions and getting full marks in essays.

In previous years, the first place in the city's Chinese language college entrance examination was around 140 points.

It is not uncommon to get all the dictation and multiple-choice questions right - in other words, if Zhang Chao was more "serious" and "luckier", he could have gotten a full score in Chinese?
This is even more incredible than his score of 145.

It was not until the end of the get out of class that the answer sheet was passed back to Zhang Chao. It was Chen Huan who handed it to him with both hands. There was only one message in his eyes: Boss, I kneel down...

Zhang Chao himself was actually a little surprised. He expected that he would lose one or two points on the subjective questions, but the examiner generously gave him full marks, which exceeded his original best expectations. The full marks for the composition were also unexpected.

Zhang Chao, who had been selected twice to participate in the college entrance examination paper marking, knew that there must be a story behind this score, but he didn't know it now.

That night, Zhang Chao did not sneak into the computer room to post the article, but decided to post it on Tuesday. Two or three articles a week would be enough.

Early Tuesday morning, Zhang Ting brought him another unexpected news: the county TV station was coming to interview him.

It turned out that the results of the first and third middle schools in Changfu County were very good. Although they were not as good as several famous schools in the city, they were among the best in the county. Therefore, the county education bureau contacted the county TV station to report and make a special film. The first middle school was scheduled on Tuesday, and the third middle school was scheduled on Wednesday. The interviewees included not only several students who ranked high in total scores, but also students with high scores in individual subjects like Zhang Chao.

Teacher "Tingmei" specifically explained that her performance in Chinese was good alone, and that she must avoid the question of total scores so as not to give the audience the impression that we are promoting a biased approach.

Zhang Chao naturally knew it and agreed without hesitation.

Time flies, and it's Wednesday. In order not to disturb the teaching order, the TV station staff arrived at the school at 10 o'clock, and set up the interview site at 10:. Shen Ming and Zhang Chao and several other students were approved to skip the last two classes in the morning to come for the interview.

However, the interview did not go smoothly. The students in 2004 had never experienced such a scene before, and they were very nervous in front of the camera. They spoke incoherently, stuttered, and twisted their hands like twisted dough sticks.

This made the reporter Ye Zhuoying who was interviewing on the scene very helpless. He had to guide the interviewer again and again before he could barely get enough material.

Zhang Chao was the last one to go, and it was already 11:50. Ye Zhuoying thought that the recording would probably last until 12:. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chao's performance was far beyond her expectations.

"I think the most important thing in learning Chinese is daily accumulation. Mr. Zhang, who teaches us Chinese, gradually infiltrates knowledge points into the classroom during the first and second year of high school. At this time, what we need to do is to take good notes and memorize them by heart."

"During the review in the senior year, these basic knowledge points were sorted out and explained again by Teacher Zhang, and the content of the connection and connection between the knowledge points was added. What we need to do at this time is to follow the teacher's thinking, draw inferences from one example, and review the old to learn the new." "In terms of accumulating composition materials, Teacher Zhang will lead us to excerpt materials every week, including famous sayings and people's deeds. What we need to do is to use these materials in the exam."

……

Zhang Ting, who had no classes, happened to be sitting nearby and was in a daze when she heard what he said: "Did I really teach like this?" Although Zhang Chao was talking about the progress content arranged by each senior high school preparation group, the effect was very different because he presented it in such a clear and focused manner.

In less than ten minutes, Zhang Chao's interview material was overflowing, and Ye Zhuoying had to stop Zhang Chao, who was still not satisfied.

Zhang Chao reluctantly closed his mouth. Coming from 2024, he certainly knew how rare media resources were in 2004. Even if it was just a county TV station, they would not easily point the camera at you.

In his original time and space, he had a video account that was not updated frequently. He would record some teaching videos for himself from time to time to promote his enrollment. However, the number of views was very small.

However, he did not forget that Zhang Ting was still beside him, and introduced her to Ye Zhuoying: "This is the teacher Zhang I mentioned. She is really an excellent Chinese teacher. You can also interview her."

Ye Zhuoying turned around and saw a beautiful woman with a nice face and a curvy figure. She immediately invited her: "Teacher Zhang, are you willing to be interviewed?"

Zhang Ting hesitated for a moment, but still rejected Ye Zhuoying's kindness, saying, "I think the students' grades are the most powerful words of teachers. You can just interview Zhang Chao, I won't steal the show."

Ye Zhuoying secretly sighed, "Students' grades are the most powerful words of teachers." What a brilliant sentence, why didn't they say more? News should not only be authentic and timely, but also spreadable - having such a beautiful woman on camera will undoubtedly increase some exposure. I just don't know why she refused to show her face in front of the camera.

By this time, the interview was officially over, and the school bell rang. Ye Zhuoying and the photographer were packing up their equipment, and the vice president and the director of the academic affairs office who were accompanying them invited them to have a simple meal in a small private room in the school cafeteria.

At this time, the sound of the school broadcast came in. A clear and crisp female voice was heard, and it was Lan Ting at first glance:
"Good afternoon, students. Today our radio station is bringing you a special program, the song "Your Answer" was originally written by Zhang Chao from Senior 2 (9) and sung by Song Shiyu from Senior (). It is dedicated to all of us who are preparing for the college entrance examination, and also to all of us who are at the lowest point in our lives but are unwilling to be mediocre. Please listen..."

A low, intermittent guitar sound came from the loudspeakers throughout the school playground, teaching buildings, library, and laboratories, and immediately captured the hearts of all the listeners. Zhang Ting, Ye Zhuoying, and the teachers and leaders present couldn't help but look back at Zhang Chao in surprise.

After a short prelude, Song Shiyu's magnetic mezzo-soprano voice began to sing:

Maybe the world is like this

I'm still on the way
no one can tell
Maybe I can only be silent

Tears moisten eyes
Lower your head and look forward to the day

Hearing this, many people began to be moved, especially those students who did not do well in the first mock test and were feeling depressed, who could relate to this even more.

But soon, the singing voice rose from the lowness and began to sprint upward from the valley:

accept all ridicule
Embrace the rainbow to the wind

go forward bravely
the light of dawn
will transcend the darkness

I can break all fears

Find the answer
Even if you have to go against the light

Just dispel the darkness

Throw away the burden of desire
no longer alone
no longer alone
……

Song Shiyu sang passionately, and the entire No. 3 Middle School listened in silence. Time seemed to stand still.

It was not until she played the last note that the teachers and students recovered from their deep immersion and great shock.

Is this really created by us three middle school students?
The dense discussions made the whole school like a pot of boiling water with fine bubbles. The school was restless everywhere. Everyone wanted to say something, but seemed unable to say anything.

But soon, the sound turned into waves of young cheers. The students were finally excited, and they expressed their excitement in the most simple way possible:

Take the spoon and hit the aluminum lunch box in your hand!

The empty aluminum lunch boxes were like small drums, and the sound of beating them gathered into a huge wave, sweeping across the entire campus.

At this time, no one knew who took the lead, but the students started shouting "Come on" to the classmates around them, whether they knew them or not. Even the most reserved and shy girls mustered up the courage and shouted "Come on" to the unfamiliar male classmates around them.

The sounds of knocking and shouting "Come on" echoed over No. 3 Middle School, as if it was a declaration, or as if it was for the upcoming separation.

Ye Zhuoying was shocked by the scene. When the sound gradually faded, he came to his senses and looked at the photographer next to him, but found that he had disappeared. While looking for him, he saw the photographer running back with the camera, panting. When he saw Ye Zhuoying, he said, "We got the shot. It's more than 2 minutes. It may not be enough."

Ye Zhuoying said, "It's okay, we'll make it up now." He immediately turned the interview microphone to Zhang Chao: "Student Zhang Chao, did you write this song? Can you talk about why you wrote such a song?"

Zhang Chao had no choice but to talk for a few more minutes before Ye Zhuoying put down the microphone with satisfaction. Then he asked the vice-president beside him, "Do you mind lending us the girl who sang just now? She sang very well, but the effect of the radio speaker was too poor. I want her to go to the recording studio at the station to record it again as the background song for this documentary."

The vice-principal naturally wanted it very much and agreed readily.

Ye Zhuoying then interviewed more than a dozen students on campus and asked them about their feelings about the songs. Then he went to the radio station, met Song Shiyu, and personally invited her. After lunch, he took Song Shiyu back to the station.

Before leaving, Ye Zhuoying found Zhang Chao again and said to him, "I remember who you are. You wrote the copy for the Qingyun Mountain promotional video three years ago, right? I also interviewed you after the competition."

Zhang Chao had a headache after hearing this. Looking at the reporter who was full of intellectual beauty, he really couldn't remember what happened during that encounter "twenty-three years ago". However, since the reporter showed goodwill, he certainly wouldn't refuse and responded politely.

Ye Zhuoying smiled and said, "You are very good. I hope I will have a chance to interview you again in the future."

(End of this chapter)