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

Chapter 149 The Rehearsal Broadcast Live
Xu Yao was among the first in the business school to realize that Yang Muye was "extraordinary".

As early as the first class meeting after the start of the semester, Yang Muyi demonstrated exceptional execution skills when the 203 dormitory team ran for class committee.

By the time Xu Yao realized it, it was too late.

This is also why Xu Yao chose to "leave" the school's student union.

With Yang Muye, such a monster, emerging from the business school, everyone else is destined to live only in his shadow.

Looking at Du Ping now, Xu Yao sees himself as he did when he first started school.

Although Du Ping is one grade older than Xu Yao.

After standing aside and looking through the newly released rehearsal program, Xu Yao suddenly spoke up.

"I heard from Ding Ning that Cheng Feng and Wu Di's show invited outside help, you four, right?"

The Old Boys' show was scheduled as the second to last.

This was indeed beyond Xu Yao's expectations.

However, Xu Yao immediately felt relieved after seeing that the final performance was Yang Muyi's Barbarian Band.

And that's not the point.

The key point is that the introductions for Old Boys and Barbarians were handled by Xu Yao and Du Ping.

This unusual arrangement made Xu Yao immediately guess that Xu Hongdou and the other three girls were going to participate in the Old Boys program.

"It's not just the four of us; students from the art academy will also be here to support us this time."

Yang Zixi deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

Upon hearing the name of the art academy, Xu Yao's first thought was that the people coming to support him must be beautiful women.

Du Ping, who was standing to the side, was also there.

How many beautiful women did Old Boys' show invite to help out?

This was a question they both had in mind.

At the same time, Xu Yao had a bold guess in his mind.

The new song by Old Boys might just be a smokescreen; the real bombshell is the beautiful woman they invited to help them out.

On the other side, Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan found Lin Shaotao with the rehearsal program list.

Seeing that the two men were also dressed in suits like him, and even had their hair styled with hair wax, Lin Shaotao was quite surprised.

"Didn't you say you were going to change clothes at night? Why are you two getting dressed up early?"

Just as Jia Kuan was about to explain, Zhou Yiming spoke first.

"It's a double standard, 'Only officials are allowed to set fires, while commoners are forbidden to light lamps,' right? You wore it before the rehearsal, so why can't we wear it? Wearing formal attire shows how much we value the rehearsal."

"Don't give me that!"

Lin Shaotao glared at Zhou Yiming and Jia Kuan with annoyance: "I put on my performance clothes in advance because I had a lot of things to do at the student council and was afraid I wouldn't have time to change clothes tonight. Why are you two joining in the fun?"

Jia Kuan explained, "This was my idea, don't blame Yiming."

Lin Shaotao was about to ask Jia Kuan if he had lost his mind today, since he was usually a very clear-headed person, so why was he suddenly acting so confused?

The words were on the tip of his tongue when, as if suddenly remembering something, he abruptly turned around and looked at the seats behind him.

Lin Shaotao quickly found his target.

A girl with a long ponytail.

Lin Shaotao turned around and jokingly teased Jia Kuan, "So it's Liu Yingxia. I was wondering why you were so eager to get dressed up."

Jia Kuan blushed slightly and reminded Lin Shaotao, "Don't expose people's hardships."

Lin Shaotao immediately apologized to Jia Kuan and promised that when it was their turn to rehearse on stage later, he would give up the lead singer position in the middle to Jia Kuan and help Jia Kuan hold up the stage.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yiming shoved the rehearsal program into Lin Shaotao's hands.

"Did you put together this program?"

"The student council discussed it together, and of course, I made the final decision. Our performance will be the third to last, which is kind of like a mini-grand finale. What, are you still not satisfied?"

"Old Boys are only ranked second, so who is this Barbarian band that's really headlining the show?"

Lin Shaotao pointed to the sponsor banner hanging above the stage and asked Zhou Yiming:
Do you know why they all have the word "wild" in their names?

Zhou Yiming paused for a moment, about to speak.

Lin Shaotao interrupted directly, saying, "That's right, just as you think. And don't be unconvinced. The lead singer of this Barbarian band is the art and literature committee member of Old Boys' class, the lyricist and composer of 'The Lone Warrior,' and they're even singing an original song. Even Old Boys didn't object to them closing the show, so who would dare to object?"

Zhou Yiming was completely speechless at this point.

The combination of financial power and copying ability—are you scared yet?
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In a coffee shop on Wangfujing Street, Xia Qing, who had clearly dressed up carefully, sat in a window seat.

There were two cups of coffee on the table in front of me, but the seat opposite me was empty.

A short while later, Yu Tu, who had gone to the restroom, returned to his seat.

"I just checked QQ, did you see the message in the high school class group?"

"No, what's wrong?" Xia Qing asked curiously.

Yu Tu handed over his phone.

“Zheng Peipei visited your school and even posted pictures in the group to live stream her progress, and she specifically mentioned you.”

Xia Qing immediately took the phone, opened the high school class group, and scrolled up to see the group message history.

The earliest picture posted by Cheng Pei-pei was around 11 a.m., showing her standing in a long queue on the second floor of the Maple Tree Cafeteria.

A few minutes later, she posted a second picture, which showed a bowl of braised pork trotters with rice.

After that, a photo would be posted every ten minutes or so, showing various scenic spots on the Yanjingmao campus.

A classmate in the group asked if Zheng Peipei had gone to see Xia Qing.

Cheng Pei-pei did not respond at first, but half an hour ago she posted a photo of herself in the auditorium, with the caption that she had come to find Xia Qing.

Then, after a while, another photo was sent.

On stage, six hosts, two men and four women, stood in a row.

Because the photos were taken with a mobile phone and the distance was too far, the faces in the photos look very blurry.

A bunch of people in the group are guessing which one is Xia Qing.

Zheng Peipei then sent a crying soybean emoji and explained that she had made a wasted trip because Xia Qing was not there.

Someone else was found to replace them at the last minute during the rehearsal.

However, the girl who replaced Xia Qing is also very pretty.

As expected of someone who studied journalism, Cheng Pei-pei quickly found out the girl's background.

Jiang Nansun.

The most beautiful girl in the architecture department of Tongji University in Shanghai
You could actually call her the school beauty.

Soon, a kind classmate helped Zheng Peipei find a photo of Jiang Nansun and posted it in the group.

This made the group chat even more lively.

After reading all the messages, Xia Qing immediately typed a message in the group chat on her phone.

"Peipei, why didn't you tell me you were coming to our school?"

After sending the message, Xia Qing realized that it was Yu Tu's phone.

The QQ account logged in was also Yu Tu's account.

He immediately returned the phone to Yu Tu, took out his own phone, logged into QQ, and sent another message in the group.

"Yu Tu and I were in a coffee shop outside, and we accidentally used the wrong phone."

Cheng Pei-pei replied to the message quickly:

"No wonder I couldn't see you at the rehearsal. Turns out you went on a date with Yu, the academic genius."

Xia Qing was about to type an explanation when she saw Yu Tu reply in the group chat: "We just came out for coffee and a chat. I didn't know Xia Qing was rehearsing during the day."

Cheng Pei-pei replied to the message immediately:
"Hey Yu, you're coming to the business school's welcome party tonight?"

This time, Xia Qing was the one who replied to the message first:

"Yes, I've already spoken to Yu Tu about it."

"Great! See you tonight!"

Cheng Pei-pei replied.

Xia Qing held her phone with both hands, her thumbs flying across the keyboard as she typed.

“But Peipei, our college’s welcome party requires tickets to enter, and this year’s tickets are especially sought after. I only have two tickets, just enough for me and Yu Tu.”

"It's okay, I've already gotten the tickets from Cheng Feng. Tonight I'll go to the cafeteria for Yangzhou fried rice first, and then go to the welcome party."

Xia Qing was stunned when she saw Zheng Peipei's reply.

Cheng Feng and Zheng Peipei have always been at odds and have often argued in the group chat.

They haven't been arguing much lately, but when did their relationship become so good that Cheng Feng even sent Zheng Peipei tickets?

Before Xia Qing could even start typing on her phone, someone in the group had already asked the question for her.

Cheng Pei-pei immediately clarified that she and Cheng Feng had just reconciled recently.

As for the reason, Cheng Pei-pei explained that Cheng Feng has now become an internet celebrity and can be considered a public figure, so of course he needs to maintain a good relationship with her, a future reporter.

It sounded plausible, but Xia Qing still felt that Zheng Peipei wasn't telling the truth.

Xia Qing didn't know Zheng Peipei, but she knew Cheng Feng.

Even if Cheng Pei-pei had become a reporter, Cheng Feng wouldn't be so eager to curry favor with her.

Not to mention proactively sending tickets to Cheng Pei-pei.

However, Xia Qing didn't ask too many questions in the group chat.

Seeing that Xia Qing had put down her phone, Yu Tu asked her if she wanted to go back to school first.

Xia Qing actually wanted to go back immediately to find out what was going on, but Yu Tu had finally agreed to come out for coffee with her today.

After hesitating for a long time, he shook his head.

“It’s okay, anyway, Zheng Peipei is at the rehearsal site, she will post any news in the group as soon as possible.”

Right after she finished speaking, Cheng Pei-pei posted another picture taken with her phone in the group chat.

"Rehearsals for 'The Lone Warrior' have begun, but the band performing it isn't Old Boys, but a band called Three's Company."

The picture is still not very clear; you can only see three boys in suits standing on the stage.

Cheng Pei-pei continued her live text updates in the group chat.

"The guy in the middle of this band is just average-looking, but the other two guys are quite handsome."

"They're about to start singing."

Seeing this, Xia Qing looked up and explained to Yu Tu, who was also looking at his phone, "The Three-Person Band is a band formed by the president of our college's student union. They changed the lyrics for this cover, but they should be singing the original version during rehearsals."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Cheng Pei-pei sent another message.

"They sang very well, especially the two handsome guys. In terms of singing skills alone, I think they were even better than the original singers, Cheng Feng and his group."

This statement immediately sparked heated discussion in the group.

Most people don't believe what Cheng Pei-pei said.

Some people even joked that Cheng Pei-pei had just said she and Cheng Feng had reconciled, but then she was "smearing" Cheng Feng here.

Cheng Pei-pei immediately followed up with a message explaining:

"To be frank, I was only talking about singing skills. The reason why Old Boys' 'The Lone Warrior' was so successful was largely due to the emotional boost brought about by the He Yueyue incident, which is something that no other cover version can surpass."

Xia Qing also sent a message in the group.

"Cheng Feng and his partner's singing skills are indeed average. Besides the reason that Pei Pei mentioned, the main reason why this song became a hit is that the lyrics and music of 'The Lone Warrior' are so well written. Anyone could have made the song a hit if they sang it."

The argument in the group chat only came to an end when even Xia Qing sided with Zheng Peipei.

Just as Xia Qing was about to put down her phone, Yu Tu's voice came from the other end.

Do you know the lyricist and composer of "The Lone Warrior"?

"I know him. He's in the same dorm as Cheng Feng. Starting with the He Yueyue incident, everything was orchestrated by that guy behind the scenes. Among our peers, he's the most capable I've ever met."

none of them!

However, Xia Qing did not say this to Yu Tu's face. Instead, to be considerate of her boyfriend's feelings, she changed it to "except for you".

Yu Tu didn't say anything, he just silently picked up his phone.

In the group chat, Cheng Pei-pei continued to update the rehearsal progress.

"The Three-Person Band has finished their performance, and the applause from the audience was very enthusiastic."

"I saw that Cheng Feng was the next performer in the rehearsal program, and it was actually two male hosts who came up to announce the program. That was a bit strange."

"Oh no, it turns out Cheng Feng and his team aren't rehearsing today, they're performing directly tonight. I see a lot of audience members are quite disappointed, some have already started leaving."

At this moment, Xia Qing suddenly sent a message in the group.

"Pepe, you must persevere and watch the final performance. Trust me, you won't regret it."

Immediately, a bunch of people in the group asked Xia Qing for the reason.

Some people also asked why Old Boys' show wasn't the finale.

Even Yu Tu, who was sitting opposite her, couldn't help but look up and curiously look at Xia Qing after reading the messages in the group.

"The closing act is the one featuring that guy you mentioned?"

"Yes, that's him."

"Original song?"

"Yes, it sounds very nice."

The conversation between the two had just ended when Cheng Pei-pei sent a string of exclamation marks in the group chat.

"Wow, the lead singer of the band that went last was so handsome!"

Then she posted another photo, still blurry and with her face obscured.

Three men and one woman stood on the stage. The male lead singer in the middle was very tall, but not thin at all.

Judging by his physique, people would believe he's a basketball player or a sports student.

"Qingqing, this guy is probably more than just the most handsome guy in your department; he's definitely a campus heartthrob, right?"

Upon seeing Zheng Peipei ask such a fangirl question, Xia Qing immediately put down her phone, not wanting to reply anymore.

After taking a couple of sips of coffee, and estimating that three or four minutes had passed, Xia Qing picked up her phone again to take a look.

Surprisingly, Cheng Pei-pei did not send any messages in the group.

Someone asked what song I sang and how well I sang it.

Cheng Pei-pei did not respond to any of them.

"Maybe he hasn't finished singing yet."

Yu Tu replied in the group chat.

As soon as the message was sent, Cheng Pei-pei finally posted a photo in the group.

The entire audience in the auditorium stood up and cheered, raising their arms towards the stage.

Cheng Pei-pei then posted a tearful soybean emoji.

"It's such a pity! I just shouted 'encore' with everyone and my voice is hoarse, but the lead singer of the band said see you tonight!"

"They sang an unreleased original song, it's so good, I want to listen to it a million times, what am I going to do?"

(End of this chapter)