Chapter 42: Preliminary Round (1st Update)
The preliminary round is coming up this Tuesday, and it's too late to squeeze a place on the catwalk, Chen Lan said deflatedly: "Anyway, I am also the director and screenwriter of the stage play, and they have won awards, and I have an honor." "But I'm still very unwilling, swollen?!
Zhang Jiajia glanced at her sympathetically, "I went to the wholesale market yesterday, got the goods with the boss, and I have already paid the deposit, and I will go over to get the goods on the weekend." ā
Zhang Jiajia is talking about the stall at the cultural festival next week, two days ago the weekend just in time for the opening of Chen's mother and daughter's clothing store, Chen Lan was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and he had no time to accompany Zhang Jiajia to see the goods.
"By the way, you didn't help me go to the photo studio and ask about the rental of the clothes?" She thought that the last time her mother rented the photo studio venue to take pictures of Jiajia, she had seen Qing Dynasty costumes in the props and costumes room of the photo studio, such as robes and horse coats, watermelon hats or something, and the kind of cheongsam worn by the aristocratic princess Gege in the TV series, so she asked Jiajia to ask if she could rent props and costumes from the photo studio.
Zhang Jiajia said: "You can rent, but the rent is more than 30 a day, you should first ask your life committee members." ā
Every semester, the class has to pay the class fee, and after the class fee is paid, it will be under the management of the life committee, if you rent the props and costumes of the photo studio, the expenses can not be paid by Chen Lan herself, but with the stinginess of the life committee, it is not so easy to let her pay the class fee.
Chen Lan decided, "I won't rent it on the day of the preliminary round, and I will rent it on the day of the finals. ā
Zhang Jiajia replied to her, "Ten sets for men and women, do you say enough?" ā
Seeing that several other people in Zhang Jiajia's dormitory had returned, Chen Lan should almost go up, and as soon as she stood up, she remembered the recipe for making beef jerky, since Jiajia was in the same class as Ding Yuan, it was just right, let Jiajia hand it over to him.
"This is for Ding Yuan." When Ding Yuan's name was mentioned, Chen Lan's voice couldn't help but soften when he saw the girl who liked Ding Yuan walk in the door.
Zhang Jiajia saw her take out a piece of letter paper folded in a square, and glanced at Chen Lan suspiciously.
Chen Lan was afraid that Zhang Jiajia would misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained, "This is the method of making beef jerky that my mother copied, so who doesn't like it very much, and robbed me of a can of beef jerky." ā
Zhang Jiajia glanced at her, "I didn't say anything, you are in a hurry to explain what to do, there is a saying that 'explanation is cover-up'." ā
Chen Lan couldn't say anything about Zhang Jiajia, and soon ran away.
After doing recess exercises, Chen Lan approached the life committee to talk about renting props and costumes from the photo studio.
The life committee member said impatiently: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I just started talking about asking for money now, I don't know how many things I bought on the catwalk, you need so much money to do those shows, this semester is less than halfway through, and there are still 100 class fees left." ā
Chen Lan thought, which event didn't need money to buy props, she didn't come to be angry.
"The catwalk side is on the catwalk side, my side rents props on a daily basis, I told you what is the use, if you don't give this money, it's okay, after the preliminary round, let them all wear school uniforms to perform on stage, in case someone laughs at our class so poor that they can't even afford to rent props and uniforms, then you can only bear it."
Hearing this, the life committee member blushed with anger, and forced a few words out of his mouth, "How much?" ā
Chen Lan said: "Thirty a day. ā
The life committee member said disdainfully: "I don't know if I can enter the finals, and I will ask for money when I enter the finals." ā
In fact, Chen Lan is also very sympathetic to the difficulties of the life committee, the class has to use money for everything, renews newspapers every month, buy basketball and other sports equipment, and last month the class also bought a new water dispenser, which costs money like flowing water, no wonder the life committee has a bad attitude.
It's just that understanding is understanding, her tone made Chen Lan's diaphragm panic, if it weren't for the sake of the three good students, Chen Lan would not have done this kind of thankless thing.
The preliminary round was held in a small conference room, and in order to preserve the mystery of the show, only a few judges were present except for the students who were going to perform, and the rest were waiting in line outside.
Starting from the first class of Shi yĆ n, Chen Lan waited for two groups of people to enter and come out, Ding Yuan was late, he carried a violin, and when he passed in front of Chen Lan, he glanced at her, and then hurried into the conference room.
The sound insulation of the conference room is very good, and the sound inside can hardly be heard from the outside, Chen Lan scratched his heart at this time, and wanted to know what music Ding Yuan would play.
After more than five minutes, Ding Yuan came out, and Chen Lan stood a few steps away from him, looking away from him. Ding Yuan didn't seem to notice Chen Lan, as soon as he came out, the classmates in their class surrounded him and whispered something, the voice was too low for Chen Lan to hear clearly.
Finally, he heard Ding Yuan say clearly, "Go out, don't disturb others here." ā
Soon it was the turn of the third class to perform, on the side of the fashion show, Zhou Tingting and Jiang Xiaoyun went in to apply to the jury before they finally went in to perform, and the teachers of the jury saw the name of the program they wanted to perform on the list, so they agreed to their application. The catwalk was moved to the end, and the next one was Huang Lang's solo performance, seeing her carrying the guitar inside, Chen Lan thought that Ding Yuan was also playing solo just now, and the two had similar programs, so it was very likely that one would be brushed down.
There are one to three programs in each class, there are twenty classes in the upper level, and only a few classes in the second year of high school participate in the performance, but only fifteen can enter the finals, which shows how fierce the competition is, and those programs that are not outstanding will be brushed down, especially the programs of the same type are more likely to be brushed down.
Huang Lang didn't come out until three or four minutes later, she nodded to Chen Lan and left first.
The following is the stage play, Chen Lan is just the director of the stage play, it stands to reason that he can't go in to watch the game, so he can only wait outside the door, even if she is confident in her script, she still can't help but be a little nervous, plus they don't wear prop costumes, they will definitely suffer, if they fail to enter the finals because of these, Chen Lan will definitely die of depression.
In just ten minutes, like a long day, when the door of the conference room was opened, Chen Lan first met Yu Xiaowei's bright smile.
Chen Lan breathed a sigh of relief, although the results had not yet been released, but looking at the relaxed expressions of several of them, he could guess that their performances were very smooth, which at least amused the judges.
You can't make loud noises outside the conference room, so after walking out of the teaching building, Yu Xiaowei said excitedly: "I think we will definitely be able to enter the finals, the first act has not been performed yet, several teachers are so happy, Chen Lan, you are really amazing!" ā
If Chen Lan had a tail, she could see her proudly cocking her little tail.
After the preliminary round, it is enough to rehearse a few times occasionally in the next week, and several people can play the role to the fullest, as long as they don't forget the words at that time, maybe they can still win the championship.
On Wednesday afternoon, they received a notice that the three programs had passed the preliminary round, and Hu Fangfei happily closed her mouth and praised her classmates.
Chen Lan was wondering if Huang Lang's entry into the finals meant that Ding Yuan had been brushed off.
I wanted to ask Zhang Jiajia, but I was afraid that she would find something, so I had to endure it, and when the orchestra rehearsed that afternoon on Thursday, she secretly pulled Ding Yuan's sleeve.
Ding Yuan looked back at her, his brown and black eyes full of doubts.
Chen Lan asked, "Have you played solo?" ā
Ding Yuan replied to her, "It's over." ā
Chen Lan was surprised, "You've also passed?!" ā
Ding Yuan was puzzled, "Is there any problem?" ā
Chen Lan shook his head, "No, no." ā
"I'm talking about you, what are you whispering?!" Ouyang looked at it curiously.
Some other people in the orchestra laughed out loud, many of the orchestra are seniors, and they are very kind and tolerant to the juniors and sisters in the first year of high school, and they also vaguely saw the little ambiguity between Chen Lan and Ding Yuan, but they would not poke the window between them with much mouth. Sometimes hazy ambiguity is the best, for them early love is not a good thing, but it is not a serious crime, just let it be.
Chen Lan, who thought she was hiding well, didn't know that her careful thinking had already been seen through by a group of seniors, and she took a break and started to play again, and now Chen Lan can basically keep up with the rhythm of others, although the program in the class can't be performed on stage, but she values the performance of the orchestra more.
The atmosphere of the orchestra has always been very harmonious, the seniors are very gentle, and the other members of the same level are also cheerful and generous, there are no contradictions in the orchestra, there are no messy troubles, Chen Lan is more and more fond of staying in the orchestra.
After the rehearsal, Chen Lan went to dinner with several seniors and sisters Ouyang, and of course, Ding Yuan also followed cheekily.
Chen Lan asked Ouyang, "By the way, what about the senior who played the violin when the orchestra recruited new students?" Why haven't I seen him all this time. ā
Ouyang looked at her with a pair of good-looking peach blossom eyes, "You are asking Xu Zhizhou, he is a senior in the third year of high school, and he rarely appears in the club, so you should not see him, but this time he will speak as a student representative, and you will be able to see him then." ā
After entering the third year of high school, they have basically retired, and they will not appear in the club unless it is a special circumstance, and when the orchestra recruited new students, Ouyang begged for a long time to get Xu Zhizhou to agree to play a few tunes to attract new students to join the club.
No wonder I haven't been able to see that senior, it turns out that he is already in his third year of high school, Chen Lan only paid attention to Ding Yuan in his last life, and he didn't have much impression of Xu Zhizhou, now when he thinks back to the day the orchestra recruited, he saw the handsome side face, and his elegant movements when he played the piano, but unfortunately none of the freshmen who were attracted by him could succeed in the interview, because Chen Lan hadn't heard this person mentioned by his classmates in the first year of high school for so long.
The weekend came soon, and at noon on Sunday, Chen Lan made an appointment with Zhang Jiajia to go to the wholesale market to pick up the goods, so he returned to school early and met Zhang Jiajia at school.
Zhang Jiajia wholesaled two boxes of stationery, Chen Lan was a big lazy goods, directly dragged the suitcase over, stuffed the stationery into the box, and the two took turns to transport it back to school.
Zhang Jiajia didn't tell the people in the dormitory in advance that she was going to set up a stall, so no one knew what was in the suitcase and locked, so she was not afraid of being stolen by others.
On Monday, the atmosphere of the school changed, with ribbons and red banners hanging on both sides of the school road.
The big red banner reads: Warmly celebrate the 55th anniversary of our school!
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