The fact that there is a Christmas ball in a university is so westernized that even college students in the 21st century cannot imagine.

But during the honeymoon period with the United States and Japan in the 80s, this situation could not be more real in China, at least in the top universities in Beijing.

In the early years of opening up, the whole country needed a vigorous posture to sweep away the closure that had accumulated and was difficult to return.

In the shortest possible time, we will send a signal to the Western world that it is safe to invest in China and build international credibility.

The first initiative among them is the Foreign Affairs Academy, because it occupies the name of opening up to the outside world.

Every girl here will be required to take ballroom dancing courses in the future, to be precise, according to the technical requirements of ballroom dancing. In addition to this, most of them will also take Latin as an elective.

As for boys, they also have to learn theoretically, but they don't have to be as strict as the national standard, they can just jump and jump casually.

After all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mainly needs to train East Asian women who conform to the aesthetics of Western dignitaries to avoid being rude in foreign affairs - who made all Western dignitaries of that era, except for Margaret Thatcher, all men.

Therefore, it is not so important whether Chinese male diplomats learn or not, the country does not waste state money to teach them how to enjoy, but only to teach them how to serve.

Everything is elevated to the height of political tasks for the motherland, and it is very just.

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It is precisely because everyone treats this matter as a serious matter, so after Han Ting parked the car, she sincerely suggested despite her exhaustion:

"You've been working hard lately, and the school will give you a vacation. Now that you've caught up, don't miss it and relax. Tomorrow is a good night's sleep. ”

"But I won't. Gu Biao refused in a low voice, but he could only represent himself, not others.

As a native of the 21st century, his "can't dance" may be a major disadvantage compared to today's natives.

There are countless interesting entertainment activities in later generations, who is impatient to ask girls to dance, this is a unique product of the era of scarcity of the spiritual world.

"There is a teacher teaching live tonight, don't worry about making a fool of yourself. Han Ting Wenyan explained, "The mentality should be correct, this is also a serious study, and there will be nothing to be ashamed of." ”

The other three classmates were actually eager to try it for a long time, and Gu Biao was no longer hypocritical, and followed them into the auditorium.

Walking into the door, Gu Biao glanced at it slightly, and saw that in the auditorium, which can accommodate thousands of people, there were more than 300 dancing men and women crammed in, which was very lively. (Dancing requires much more space than sitting there for a meeting)

The total number of students in this school is only 120, plus some who can't stay up late and have something to go out, at most less than 100 people attend.

Han Ting said that nearly 20 faculty members and a few foreign guests also participated.

That means that the remaining 200 people came to the dance party from Beijing Normal University.

At first glance, almost all of them are beautiful women.

At least according to the aesthetics of this era, it is considered a beauty.

"Why are they all girls?With such a good opportunity, won't boys come to dance?" Gu Biao blurted out subconsciously, and he didn't know who to ask, maybe anyone could answer.

Ye Kun, who was standing beside him, observed more carefully, and analyzed coldly in a low voice: "There are three or four times more female students than male students in Normal University. Besides, the school should be to better serve foreign guests, and to ensure the ratio of men and women - the sign at the door says that formal attire is required to enter. ”

Gu Biao took a look at the discipline of the prom and found that it was indeed the case.

And the detailed rules say that men's formal wear must be suits, and you can't jump in tunics.

Girls just can't wear green army pants or anything like that, just wear whatever skirt you want.

When it was first opened, nylon socks were rare in China, and until 80 years, they were only available in eastern Guangdong. So it's impossible to see black silk or something.

In the winter, most of the girls in the house endure the cold and wear skirts with bare legs, and only a few put on cotton socks. Fortunately, the boiler room was on fire all night, and a whole circle of radiators on the inner wall of the auditorium offset part of the winter night.

"Gao Ming! He actually used such non-discriminatory means to control the ratio of men and women without any traces. After observing the current situation, Gu Biao secretly praised the organizers for being smart.

Nowadays, there are very few boys with suits, and even if they know this temporary rule and want to buy a suit quickly, they have money and nowhere to buy it.

No wonder when the car came all the way just now, Gu Biao vaguely saw a handful of decadent boys, kicking the beer bottle caps and walking back.

Gu Biao thought to himself that his polemical article was published in the "Renren Daily", which was what only happened today.

And students in places like Beijing Normal University, especially female students, may not care too much about current affairs.

Therefore, I should not be surrounded by strangers, at most acquaintances will come to congratulate me.

Besides, the articles in the newspaper only have signatures, and there are no photos of the authors, and strangers don't know who is who.

However, he was wrong, a group of girls with eyes as green and gloomy as hungry wolves had long been on the side, and as soon as he had a tendency to end the game, there were seven or eight people surrounding him.

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Xu Mengrou and Ren Yuqin are typical literary and artistic young women, freshmen in the School of Literature of Beijing Normal University, who are secretly observing on the edge of the dance floor at the moment.

The two of them think that they are also beautiful and outstanding in the department, even in the face of a one-to-five ratio of men to women, they can be scrambled by several boys to stuff small notes.

So today, after I heard that the Foreign Affairs Academy had an all-night dance party on Christmas Eve, I came together.

At first, they were also a little timid, and asked boys to come on the expedition together, but unfortunately they were persuaded to quit because they didn't have suits.

The girls don't look like there are bad people who can get in here, so they are reluctant to give up.

I gave my student ID card to the security uncle for inspection, gritted my teeth and paid the admission fee of five cents, in exchange for a small ticket and a flower arrangement, (students from other schools need to pay it, and students from this school are free, which is considered welfare), and the two successfully entered the dance hall.

At first, they were quite distressed about the five cents, but after a little observation, their psychology was balanced.

With a small ticket for admission, you can receive a small glass of domestic Lu Province red wine and small champagne tonight, as well as unlimited orange water and Arctic Ocean soda.

After serving the red wine, they have not been willing to drink it, and only learn from others to elegantly hold a goblet and pose.

Then, the two soon discovered a problem - the boys of the Foreign Affairs Academy, even on the dance floor, choose to speak a foreign language to communicate with their female partners!

As a result, the girls of the Foreign Affairs University have gained the advantage of choosing dance partners. And a large number of foreign language girls from Beijing Normal University, especially the sophomores, are also stuck in a good position.

Xu Mengrou and Ren Yuqin have low self-esteem because their spoken language is too poor, and in a field where there are three times more girls than boys, they can only be cute and trembling, watching those foreign language sisters who are not as beautiful as them snatch away their male companions.

"I should pay five cents to drink a self-service drink! No, I'll go get another bottle of Arctic Ocean, and I'll drink enough tonight!" Xu Mengrou observed for a while and said indignantly.

At this moment, there was a slow sound of the car braking at the door, which was very stable, so that Xu Mengrou, who was hiding at the door, noticed it for the first time.

"Look at the light rain! There is a car again, it can't be that the foreign guests are late. She hurriedly beckoned her best friend to secretly watch the foreigner together.

It's a rare animal.

"Foreigners won't take domestic cars, right?" Ren Yuqin looked at it for two seconds and pointed out keenly.

"Yes, too...... But whatever. Anyway, it must be a big shot, and if you don't look at it, you don't look at it. Xu Mengrou said crisply.

The people who came in the car tonight were either foreigners or those who had positions in the ministry, and it can be said that there were no students.

Two people in their 20s got out of the car first, it was Huang Xun and Liu Siyan, and Xu Mengrou was naturally a young teacher.

But the one that came down from the back surprised them.

"Wow, this guy is so young...... At most as big as us, right? Surely this is not going to be a ministry official. ”

Most of the girls find a partner on the dance floor or dance on their own. There are not many people like Xu Mengrou who waste time hiding at the door and watching, after all, everyone doesn't think that there will be newcomers coming to the dance party so late.

This gave them a chance.

Seeing that Huang Xun was accosted by several senior sisters from the foreign language department, Xu Mengrou gritted her teeth and approached Gu Biao, and said like an obstacle to inferiority: "This classmate ...... Can you do the third or fourth dance?"

Gu Biao was stunned when he saw it.

The legendary line "Can you dance the seventh dance with me" for boys in Tsinghua University was plagiarized by beautiful women when they arrived at a place like Normal University, where female men gathered.

"Why the third one?" he asked subconsciously.

Although this does not mean that he has agreed, it is just curious.

"Oh, don't you already have two female companions, and we won't cut the line. Xu Mengrou looked at Han Ting and Ye Yunnunu.

Gu Biao's face turned cold: "Don't be rude! That's the teacher!"

Ren Yuqin on the side shrunk her neck slightly: "Teacher, so young?"

Gu Biao could only apologize to Han Ting on behalf of those daredevils: "Teacher Han, don't mind, the students from other schools don't recognize you, look at their nonsense......"

Han Ting was very self-assured, and said gracefully: "It's okay, I also thank this classmate for saying that I am young." Since it is expected by everyone, I will teach you to dance first, Xiaoye, you are also learning on the side. ”

Han Ting's tone was not harsh, but the order seemed unquestionable, and Ye Su was inadvertently arranged.

Ye Su silently walked to the side of the running water bar, gently took a bottle of orange water, took a straw and twisted it a few times, and then drank it.

Xu Mengrou next to her thought that she was blowing directly at the glass bottle, and her face was suddenly full of shame, and she hurriedly took a straw secretly and twisted it in a Western-style way like Ye Kun.

It's a pity that she soon found out that drinking like this was so slow and not pleasant at all.

Xu Mengrou: "Xiaoqin, how old did you say that female teacher? ”

Ren Yuqin: "Who knows, why don't you go and secretly ask the classmate who drank orange water." ”

Anyway, there is no one here, Xu Mengrou, who is a little bolder and more cheerful, was instigated by her best friend, so she went:

"Classmate, I'm really sorry just now, we can't dance, I'll learn from you for a while. Meet me, my name is Xu Mengrou, her name is Ren Yuqin, and they are both from the School of Liberal Arts of Normal University. ”

Ye Kun, Chinese as a foreign language. ”

The concise and clean answer can be called the chat terminator.

Xu Mengrou could only be cheeky and forcibly change the topic: "Can you take the liberty of asking, how old is that teacher? ”

"Teacher Han, she's 30 years old. ”

Xu Mengrou patted her chest and said happily: "Then it's no wonder that we mistook us for being senior sisters—there are 30-year-old girls in our class." ”