The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 120 Tickets Are Hard to Come By

Perhaps because his memory had become exceptionally good after his rebirth, Yang Muye felt that the young man who had just brushed past him looked somewhat familiar.

Wang Niulang and Zhang Guangzheng both greeted Yang Muye warmly.
"Mr. Yang, you're back."

As he entered, Yang Muye casually asked:
"What's up with that young man who was talking to you just now? Was he asking for directions?"

Zhang Guangzheng, who helped Yang Muye open the glass door, paused for a moment before replying, "He's here to look for a job. He just graduated from high school and probably ran away from home alone. He looks quite pitiful."

Yang Muye nodded, because he couldn't remember where he had seen that young man in his previous life, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

After Yang Muye went inside, Wang Niulang scolded Zhang Guangzheng: "You earn more than three thousand a month, and you're already pitying others?"

“Master, I don’t pity him, I pity my past self.”

"This world is beautiful and worth fighting for. I only agree with the second half of that sentence. This isn't my own saying; it's a line from a movie. Keep going!"

Wang Niulang patted Zhang Guangzheng on the shoulder and said.

Yang Muye returned to his hotel room, turned on his computer, and as soon as he logged into QQ, he heard a continuous "beep beep beep" sound.

Several friends' avatars in the bottom right corner are flashing.

When you click on them, most of the messages are just questions like "Are you there?" or "Have you eaten?", with only one message actually containing any content.

It was sent by Chen Xiaozheng, whom I added yesterday.

"I've already edited the video footage you gave me, and the MV for 'Plastic Brothers' is also ready. I'll send it to you together when you go online."

Yang Muye immediately replied with an "okay".

A few seconds later, two compressed video files were sent to the chat box.

The transmission speed is a bit slow; it takes more than twenty minutes to receive the data.

Yang Muye took a shower first, and when he came back, he found that the two videos had been transferred. Chen Xiaozheng had sent another message two minutes earlier.

"Let me know if you have any questions after watching it."

Yang Muye opened the first video file, which was a daily vlog by Cheng Feng and Wu Di.

A Taste of University Cafeterias (Yan University of Economics and Business Edition)

This video was filmed by Yang Muye himself, and the plot was inspired by various food review videos from his previous life.

At the beginning of the video, Cheng Feng and Wu Di are on their way to the cafeteria. They start by saying that they will show everyone the only joy that students at Yanjingmao University experience after class.

After they finished talking, the two started arguing about which cafeteria they should eat at that day.

Each side has its own version of events, and neither can convince the other.

So we decided to randomly interview ten groups of students on the street, and go to whichever cafeteria they recommended.

Cheng Feng approached seven girls in one go, but Wu Di couldn't stand it anymore and picked three boys himself.

In the end, Maple Tree Cafeteria received the most votes, so the two of them went to the second floor of Maple Tree Cafeteria and found the pork trotter rice stall with the longest queue.

With the restaurant owner's permission, Yang Muyi went inside and filmed the entire process of making the braised pork trotter rice.

Ordering, swiping your card, and picking up your food are all done in one go.

Finally, there's showing off your food.

At Yang Muyi's special request, the two in front of the camera wolfed down their food, praising it as they ate.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the two interviewed several classmates who had also eaten at this restaurant in the dining area.

Following Yang Muye's instructions, Chen Xiaozheng only included the paragraphs where the students praised the pork trotter rice.

After shooting over two hours of footage, the final edited video was only eight minutes long.

The editing is decent, and the runtime meets Yang Muye's requirements.

Then Yang Muyi opened another video file.

A nonsensical version of "The Lone Warrior".

The video uses a pixel-level replication method to "perfectly recreate" the music video for Old Boys' "Lone Warrior".

The music video for "Old Boys" was filmed in a spacious room with mirrors and a recording studio.

All the scenes for "Plastic Brothers" were filmed in the dormitory.

The scene of Cheng Feng and Wu Di sitting back to back in front of a mirror in the Plastic Brothers video is replaced by Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai sitting back to back in the middle of the dormitory, each holding a mirror in their hands, fiddling with their hair and striking poses.

The original scene in the music video, where Cheng Feng and Wu Di were singing into a microphone while wearing headphones in the recording studio, was changed to Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai wearing headphones while playing games on a computer.

The audio used is the original voice of Old Boys, and the lyrics of the nonsensical version are pieced together word by word, making it completely disjointed.

It imitates the parodies of the Back Dorm Boys and incorporates elements of later-era meme culture.

After watching the two videos, Yang Muye typed a reply to Chen Xiaozheng:
"Plastic Brothers' nonsense version of the 'Lone Warrior' MV can be released directly, but Old Boys' food Vlog still needs some additional material."

Chen Xiaozheng replied with a question mark immediately.

The video footage provided by Yang Muyi was all edited into the video.

Chen Xiaozheng checked it repeatedly, so there couldn't be any omissions.

"The material I'm referring to are famous scenes from movies and TV dramas, such as Stephen Chow's 'One word, amazing' scene in the elevator in Hong Kong movies, Uncle Da's 'I haven't gotten on the bus yet,' Li Yunlong's 'Second Battalion Commander, where the hell is your Italian cannon? Bring it here,' and even Teacher Tang's line 'I have never seen such a shameless person' from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Find more similar film and television materials and add them to appropriate segments of the video to enhance the effect."

Yang Muye replied with a long string of words in one breath.

About half a minute later, Chen Xiaozheng replied with a single word.

"it is good."

However, collecting video footage takes time.

Chen Xiaozheng didn't say this, nor was there any need to say it.

Chen Xiaozheng is planning to work through the night to collect and organize all the video materials as requested by Yang Muye.

I'll finish the video and send it to Yang Muye tomorrow.

Yang Muye closed his laptop and checked the time: 9:40.

Go to bed and sleep!
At 10 p.m., Lin Shaotao, the newly appointed president of the Business School Student Union, pushed open the dormitory door with a tired look on his face.

As expected, Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan were playing on their own computers again.

But Lin Shaotao immediately noticed the first anomaly.

In the past, Zhou Yiming would play Warcraft III on HaoFang using his own computer, while Jia Kuan would sit on a stool and watch.

But today it's the other way around; Jia Kuan is using the computer, and Zhou Yiming is watching from the side.

"What are you two doing?"

Lin Shaotao asked as he changed his shoes.

Zhou Yiming turned around first.

"Oh, Chairman Lin is back. He's finished with everything in the courtyard."

Lin Shaotao looked at Zhou Yiming with curiosity.

"Did I come to the wrong place today, or did the sun rise in the west? Why aren't you playing World of Warcraft?"

"Always winning is boring, and I've been playing for two years already, I'm tired of it. I'm planning to start playing Dota soon, do you two want to play together?"

"talk later."

Lin Shaotao glanced at Jia Kuan, who was intently watching a video on the computer, and then asked Zhou Yiming, "What is he doing?"

"We're supposed to be singing 'The Lone Warrior' on stage at the welcome party, right? Now he spends all his free time watching videos of people singing along to the 'The Lone Warrior' music video online. He's practically obsessed."

That's it.

Lin Shaotao nodded.

He had just wanted to talk to Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan about the welcome party. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yiming spoke first: "I heard that admission to the welcome party this year requires tickets?"

"Yes, Auditorium No. 1 only has 1500 seats in total. Freshmen and sophomores alone take up half of the seats. There are 50 seats for school and college leaders, 100 seats for college teachers, and 600 seats left. At least half of the remaining seats need to be reserved for student union cadres from other colleges. The remaining 300 seats are then divided among the college's Youth League Committee and Student Union. We also need to reserve 5 friendly tickets for each performance. Juniors and seniors don't have any tickets this year."

Zhou Yiming was somewhat surprised.

"So popular?"

In previous years, the welcome party was designed to make sure you didn't come; freshmen and sophomores were required to attend and even sign in.

Many people simply sign in and leave, or have someone else sign in for them.

Zhou Yiming did the same thing a couple of years ago.

This year is different; freshmen and sophomores are no longer required to participate. Now, if you get a ticket, you have to go, or you won't get a ticket.

In Lin Shaotao's words, when participation was mandatory in the past, everyone complained and was too lazy to participate.

This year, despite the requirement for tickets for entry, tickets were in high demand and difficult to obtain.

There were 1500 tickets, not enough for the college to distribute, while other colleges were still trying to find out if they could get any extra tickets.

There's no way around it, Old Boys' "The Lone Warrior" is incredibly popular online right now, especially on university campuses where it's extremely widely sung.

Especially now that most universities are still conducting military training, "The Lone Warrior" has almost become a must-sing song during singing competitions.

In the end, he still followed the same path as in his previous life.

It didn't become a battle song for elementary school students, but it became a battle song for college students' military training.

When someone suggested adding "The Lone Warrior" to the welcome party program, the entire student council unanimously agreed.

However, all people know is that this song became popular online, coupled with Cheng Feng's previous heroic deeds, so they wanted to ride the wave of popularity.

Who would have thought that the current surge in popularity would put the organizers in such a precarious position?

If we clarify this now, it will definitely provoke public outrage.

If they don't clarify, all the pressure will fall on Lin Shaotao and the other two who covered "The Lone Warrior".

Everyone was scrambling to buy tickets to see the Old Boys sing "The Lone Warrior," but it turns out that someone else was actually singing the song.

It's like replacing Jay Chou with Zhou Binglun (a popular Taiwanese singer); it's no wonder people feel cheated.

On his way back to the dormitory, Lin Shaotao was still thinking about this matter.

The current situation is a dilemma.

Let's just grit our teeth and go for it.

When the audience boos, it's a minor issue if Lin Shaotao and the other two are embarrassed.

Most importantly, because of this incident, I've become famous and will have to wear a mask whenever I go out, otherwise I'll be recognized and face serious consequences.

Not going is even worse.

Lin Shaotao had just become the president of the college's student union.

When Lin Shaotao first heard the song "The Lone Warrior," he insisted on singing it despite opposition, and even obtained the consent of the original singer, Old Boys, immediately.

As a result of his last-minute retreat, will Lin Shaotao still be able to work at the academy?

Things have escalated to this point, with danger looming ahead and an abyss behind.

Either way, it's certain death.

Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan were not outsiders, so after Lin Shaotao changed his shoes, he told them about his difficulties and situation.

Finally, he laid his cards on the table: "It was my idea to sing this song in the first place. Now that things are like this, neither of you should come on stage with me. If you're going to embarrass yourself, then I'll be the one who loses face, okay?"

"Of course not! Listen to your own words! Are you even human? We share the good times, but you're the only one who suffers. What kind of people do you take us for?"

Zhou Yiming was the first to disagree.

Jia Kuan also took off his headphones and hung them around his neck, turned around from in front of the computer, and joined in persuading Lin Shaotao:
"There are so many people covering the song 'The Lone Warrior' online now. I've watched so many videos, some are good, some are just average, but very few of them get criticized."

Lin Shaotao sat on the stairs between the bunk beds, covering his face with his hands, and said dejectedly, "Everyone online knows it's a cover, and our college's welcome party deliberately misled everyone when it was first promoted. We just wanted to make a harmless joke, but no one expected it to backfire."

"How about this, Jia Kuan, you don't need to go up. Shao Tao and I can go up together and help him share some of the firepower. I don't mind at all," Zhou Yiming suggested.

Jia Kuan would definitely not agree. He had received a lot of help from Lin Shaotao and Zhou Yiming. Would it be reasonable for him to back down now?
"Can you two stop acting like you're going to your execution when you go on stage? Is it really that serious?"

Lin Shaotao shrugged: "In the current situation, going on stage to sing 'The Lone Warrior' is like a public execution, a social death. Isn't this just like going to the execution ground?"

Jia Kuan waved his hand, telling Lin Shaotao not to rush to say that.

"Take a look at this cover video first before you talk."

Jia Kuan stood up and made room for Lin Shaotao to sit down.

Lin Shaotao stared at the computer screen:

"What cover video?"

"A nonsensical version of 'The Lone Warrior,' which was shared by Cheng Feng and Wu Di of Old Boys on their school's intranet."

Jia Kuan moved the mouse and clicked on the video he had just watched.

At the very beginning of the video, Lin Shaotao was stunned by the sight of Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai sitting back to back, each holding a small mirror and styling their hair.

What the hell is this?

The key thing is this dormitory; it looks so much like my own school.

"No doubt about it, this is our school. Zhou Yiming and I have just checked it carefully."

Jia Kuan's voice followed.

Lin Shaotao is a very detail-oriented person.

When the words "Lone Warrior" appeared at the beginning of the music video, Lin Shaotao immediately noticed a red cross on the words "Old Boy" next to it.

Below are four handwritten characters in white ink:

Plastic brothers!

The four characters were written in two different handwriting styles, both crooked and awkward, raising serious doubts about the mental state of the two people who wrote them.

At first, Lin Shaotao thought it was because he was too meticulous about the details, but he was stunned when the first line of lyrics came out.

"All courage is courage!"

"The wound on your forehead, your wound, on your forehead."

"Hide, there's no need to hide!"

"You've had your fill of the worn-out stuff; your dolls are very old and worn."

Lin Shaotao pressed the pause button on the video and turned to stare at Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming.

"Are you two okay? You can actually listen to this kind of cover song?"

Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming exchanged a glance.

They both clicked on the video link because Old Boys shared it, wanting to see how amazing the cover was.

result--

Thunder is rolling!

Zhou Yiming is just like Lin Shaotao now; he can't stand listening to more than a couple of sentences.

Jia Kuan listened to it with a forced smile, but then felt he couldn't let his ears suffer alone, so he dragged Zhou Yiming to listen to it again.

Unexpectedly, it was this second visit that led Jia Kuan to discover a new world.

(End of this chapter)