Chapter 156: The Adults Behind the School Garden
The duel came to an end when the knife was inserted into the guitar and the strings were cut, and although there was no guitar, Prin Coco could sing and bring out a spare instrument, but the momentum of the stalemate had been broken and the fiery emotions were interrupted.
The victory was decided, and Pullen held the broken guitar in her hand, watching the snowflakes gradually fall in the sky, and the bridge deck that was still hot gradually melted, and then the evening breeze blew.
"It's growing so fast, Tilan." She untied her guitar and raised her palm to the levitating autonomic unit in the distance, admitting defeat.
Fireworks rose on both sides of the bridge and burst into the sky, followed by the scattering of small five-colored stars to announce the end of the competition.
"Victory,Edes Academy,Congratulations! Congratulations to the new singer on stage, let's chant her name! β
"Hehia Tilan!"
"Hehia Tilan!"
"Hehia Tilan!"
When the host finished announcing, a series of calls sounded in the audience seats on both sides of the strait, and people stood up eagerly, looking at the slender figure on the bridge from afar, and the sound covered the waves and resounded in the night sky.
The hovering self-discipline unit, which was broadcast live, recorded this unforgettable scene until the time progress bar reached the end.
After the game,The reporters from all sides who were waiting rushed to the girl who walked off the bridge,Try to get first-hand interview information,But Eddes Academy has already arranged special personnel to protect and isolate,Although Tilan has officially stepped onto the stage of the Federation,But this is not the time to introduce yourself rashlyγ
"No comment.,Please wait for the official press conference organized by the school park later.γ This is the answer of the school staff that night.γ
Although there is no official response for the time being, countless curious and good people have begun to search for the name and identity of the black-haired girl, but unfortunately, because of the layout and cleanup of the Federal Trial Court in advance, there is almost no information about her on the Star Network now, and even if someone searches, they will be directed to the specially cleaned search results.
"Although this can be kept secret for a period of time, if you keep ignoring it, it will attract all kinds of speculation, and the result will not be beautiful."
After the end of the game, in the car that picked up Heshia, Ameranda of the Federal Inquisition reminded the girl that at this moment, around this reinforced military hovercar were six white high-level sequence 6 mechs, and their shells were floating with light blue indicator lights, isolating the world around them.
"I know, trouble Ameranda." Ti Lan looked at the bustling night scene of the city outside, and then looked at the screen displayed on the personal terminal in his hand.
In just half an hour after the end of the game, the jade skirt, or the star network in the four-leaf crystal star field, there are related topics about her identity, which can be described as a lot of noise, even people who didn't pay attention to this competition before were also involved in a large number of people, almost the whole network was frantically searching and looking for her information and origin, this momentum, even she couldn't help but be surprised.
Seeing Tilan's little scared look, Ameranda smiled in the front row, and then spoke: "Don't worry too much, I guess Edes School has already been prepared, just wait for you to go back to the press conference, I guess even the manuscript has been written for you." β
The two talked again, and Amelanda told her what to look out for, and soon the convoy arrived at Edestus Academy.
Tonight's campus is very different, almost brightly lit, and a transparent light curtain barrier rises around the school area, and then there are self-discipline units patrolling the sky from time to time, and when Ti Lan stepped out of the hovercar, two teams of heavily armed security personnel escorted her until she entered the central building of the school park.
"Welcome back, Tilan."
When the girl stepped out of the elevator, several acquaintances stood not far from the door to greet her, including Fernandi, N and other teachers, and then led her into the huge conference room in the middle of the building.
On the ground is a high-definition display screen projecting satellite images of the planet Emerald Skirt, above which the oceans and continents rotate quietly, and the mountains and coasts are faintly visible.
When Ti Lan walked into the meeting room, the directors stood up and applauded, which made her a little restrained, after all, these people in front of her were all from a very young background, and they were generally over forty or fifty years old.
"Hehe, everyone, don't scare Tilan." One of them let the applause gradually stop, and then called a staff member to guide Tilan to her exclusive seat.
"It's been nearly a year since I've been enrolled, but this should be the first time Tilan has seen us old guys." A man in a trench suit, epaulettes, and a medal on his chest spoke, he looked about fifty years old, but his real age may be longer, after all, transcendents generally age slowly.
"After tonight,Ti Lan will officially debut as a singer.,It's time to get in touch with some of the core things of the school.,Because the road ahead,We need to work more together with each other.γ
"Please allow me to take your place and introduce Tilan one by one."
"First of all, Chairman Aode, he is the deputy head of the Star Domain of the Four Leaf Crystal Star Field, and now he assists Governor Temachi and manages the highest body of the Star Domain's government." Under his guidance, the eyes of the audience converged on a man sitting in the main seat of the ring, he had short dark blue hair, his expression was capable and solemn, and he nodded slightly.
"The second is Ms. Lian Xin, who is the vice chairman of the 'Southern October Star' organization, which is a business alliance with 27 giant enterprises and 379 large enterprises, mainly dedicated to the economic revitalization of the seventeen star fields in the southwest of the Federation, and to achieve unity and cooperation between the star fields." A lady with plain black hair nodded slightly to Tilan.
"Then there is Mr. Edmund, who is the chairman of the 'planned military-industrial complex' under the Federation, the predecessor of which was 400 years ago, led the deployment and arrangement of the tasks of many military industrial groups in the Federation, and was also the promoter of the decision to fully produce the Sighing Dragon-class battleships in the four-leaf crystal star field, after the war, the agency was disbanded, but a large number of its personnel were also retained, and now it has been transformed into a well-known third-party organization that coordinates cooperation and discussion between military-industrial enterprises."
"The above three are the three highest-ranking members of the school board of directors,But because of busy affairs,Most of them won't stay in the school park.,The rest of the few I'm going to talk about,Ti Lan may be familiar with some.γ
"First of all, Director Gilkoy, who is a member of the highest research institute of the Federation, specializes in matrix crystallography, and is also the scientific leader of our university, responsible for the development of plans and projects with a number of companies." A somewhat thin man with thick glasses stood up, his hair thinning, his own white coat, his lenses streaked across the data, as if he was paying attention to the results of the lab even in the middle of the meeting.
"The second is Director Hayden, who is the president of the 'Emerald Skirt Marine Association', an organization dedicated to restoring the Emerald Skirt marine environment and guaranteeing the exploitation of fisheries and marine resources." A slightly diminutive old man stood up, nodded slightly to Tilan, and then sat down as well.
Although Tilan is not familiar with him, it was the director of Hayden who helped Fernandi eliminate objections and allowed Heshia to enter the Edest Academy smoothly, and he and Mrs. Isabel are also old acquaintances, and in the subsequent negotiations, they agreed to a joint training plan with the Iris Academy.
"Next up is Mrs. Ursula, who is the chairman of the board of directors of the 'Seven Green Mountains' and the chairmen of the 'Emerald Skirt Environmental Governance Committee', which is a company with many orchards and mountains, and is famous for its extraordinary fruit 'Seven Green Fruits'." A woman with dark purple curls and a light gauze on her shoulders stood up, nodded slightly to Tilan, and sat down.
"Then there is Mr. Song Xue, who is a senior member of the 'Federal Artists Association', who specializes in architectural design and sculpture, and served as the chief designer of the 'Dancing and Flying' project in the Flying Feather Star Field forty-two years ago." An old man dressed in simple clothes, with gray hair and a kind appearance, stood up and smiled at Tilan and nodded, then sat down.
"After that, there are Hobson, Mindick, Xu Yan, and Mr. McGee, who are respectively shareholders or directors of 'Tianwei Technology', 'White Gravel Materials', 'Feika Power' and 'Mingfang Plants'." The four of them got up one after another, although they were a little funny and helpless about such a simple introduction, but compared to the big people in front, they didn't dare to say anything dissatisfied.
"And Senterai, Fairline......"
After that, he introduced more than 20 board members, among which the names and the companies and organizations they represent are dizzying, and Ti Lan can only try her best to remember these names and faces, and wait for the opportunity to get to know and familiarize herself with them carefully.
"Finally, I'll introduce myself." When everyone else had finished speaking, the man with the medal on his chest looked at Tilan.
"My name is Amennon, and I am now a retired soldier, who served as the commander of a detachment in the 5th Southern Cruise Fleet, and the highest medal I received was the 'Triangle Dragon Medal', which is not inferior to my colleagues, and now I am at home at leisure, and occasionally serve as a military professor and honorary instructor at the 'Leap Star Academy'."
In today's federation, once a soldier holds the position of commander, if he does not continue to be promoted within eight years, he will be directly retired, and the advantage of this is that the commander-in-chief and subordinate commanders of each fleet are kept in a state of constant flow, preventing the accumulation of power by individual military personnel, and the continuous flow also gives hope to middle and lower-level officers and prevents the generation and accumulation of resentment.
After the presentation, Amenon asked Lower Tilan about the press conference that followed.
"Regarding my sister's identity, it is estimated that I can't hide it, and I don't have to deliberately avoid it, as for the identity of my parents, it's better to keep it a little secret, since my father left alone, I also respect his thoughts."
Later, on behalf of the directors, Amenon discussed with Tilan about her future security arrangements and the various help services that the school could provide.
"After taking the stage this time, it is estimated that within a few days, the Federal Central Assembly will send someone to pick you up." At the end of the meeting, Amenon told her.
"Is there something going on?" The girl was curious.
"Don't worry about this, whenever a new singer appears or officially debuts, she will go to the Central Council of the Federation to make a comprehensive record, verify her identity and talent, engrave voices, images, and other materials, and then give you the rights and protection that singers deserve."
"Roughly speaking, after this procedure, you can be regarded as a singer officially recognized and awarded the title by the Federation, and you can also attend various official occasions with this status in the future."
"I see." Ti Lan nodded, her slender figure sitting in her seat, her back straight.
Although she has now gained the identity and recognition of the singer, she is inevitably a little nervous in the face of these directors present.
"Okay, that's the end of today's formal meeting, and then there's a short dinner, Ti Lan can communicate with the directors, I think you are very interested in everyone, and many people present also have something to say to you." With that, Amenon clapped his hands, and the group got up, and then the meeting ended.
The tables and chairs on the ground slowly converged and sank into the ground, and then a brand-new banquet round hall emerged, and self-disciplined robots pushing food carts entered one by one, and within a few minutes, the hall was arranged into a sumptuous banquet scene, and then relaxed and soothing music sounded, and six semicircular stages were poked out on the half-empty walls of the hall, and a retro mechanical puppet dressed in a black and red gorgeous dress walked out and began to dance.
The core of this banquet is naturally the black swan-like girl standing in the middle, but the big people present did not rush to the top, but tacitly talked to each other first.
Just when Ti Lan thought that she was isolated, a lady with plain black hair came over, she was dressed in a special and high-end satin fabric, with a black plum pattern on the corners of her snow-white clothes, although she looked old, she was still decent and dignified.
"Hello Tilan, I'm Lianxin." Despite being much older than the girl, the noble lady greeted her politely.
"Hello Mrs. Lianxin, I'm Tilan." The girl also returned the standard and decent salute, and then the other party invited her to sit at the round table on the side.
"Chairman Odd is a man, and he was the first to come over for fear of scaring you, so let me take the lead." This lady Lianxin's accent is extremely standard, but with a sense of kindness, which makes people unconsciously relaxed.
"Let the elders take care of it." Tilan expressed her gratitude, and the original tension in her heart dissipated a little.
"Hehehe, from a closer look, Tilan is really as beautiful and cute as described, no wonder Hayden mentioned you repeatedly in the contact." Lady Lianxin told her of what she knew about Tilan.
"It should have been October before, that is, some time after you entered the school, that Hayden mentioned your name during a cross-star meeting of the Ajika in the Gravity Well Field, attending a local business alliance meeting."
"After receiving the news, I was very surprised, and I also felt a little hard to believe, after all, such a good thing is still too rare, it is already a very rare thing that two singers have appeared in a row in the entire Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain in the past forty years, plus you, it is three." Mrs. Lianxin said that it was rare for a singer to be born.
"In the early days of the Federation, because I didn't have a deep understanding of the principle of singers' talents, and there were almost no means of inspection, at that time, unless I happened to be interested in music, or engaged in a career in a related field, this talent would be revealed, so there were only single digits in the Federation all year round, which was very rare."
"Then, with the understanding and research of the singer's talent, as well as the emergence of various detection methods, many buried singers were slowly excavated."
"Since then, the number of singers in the Federation has remained in the range of 40-80, and they are assigned to various star fields, and even less."
"Now that the Federation is registered, there are about 76 singers who are still alive, except for those who retired due to aging, injuries, and various reasons, there are only 63 singers who are still active, and only 11 singers who have reached the level of the moonlight."
Mrs. Lianxin introduces Ti Lan to the current situation of the Federation and the value of the singer's identity, so that Ti Lan gradually understands her identity and position.
"Two years ago, when 'Flame Sugar' Pulin Coco debuted, many star fields were very envious, although the previous singer 'Green Snake' Yulan Duojia retired from the four-leaf crystal star field, but within a few years, a new singer substitute appeared, which made people in other star fields very surprised and jealous, you must know that there are now more than 230 star fields in the Federation, and most of them are less than a singer."
"The probability distribution of reality is as uneven as a drought or flood, but this is also something that cannot be helped."
"Your appearance this time is estimated to set off news among the various star fields of the Federation, so don't worry about fame, there must be a lot of media that will help you publicize." Mrs. Lianxin hid her face and said with a chuckle.
"Huh?" In fact, Ti Lan doesn't want to become famous so quickly, but it seems that reality doesn't allow her to be as low-key as she used to be.
"Get ready for a new life, Tilan."
"If you have any questions or want to do anything in the future, you can also ask us adults for help, I think everyone will be very happy."
"I almost forgot, this is my business card key fob, you can contact me through this in the future, even if it is cross-star field communication, you can do it."
After speaking, she pushed over a white and small card, with a plum blossom pattern on the front corner, and a sophisticated circuit interface on the back, which can be inserted into the Ai Ji card immersion system for ultra-long-distance exclusive communication, and the confidentiality effect is excellent.
"Okay, let's stop for today's conversation, otherwise the people behind will be in a hurry, hehe~" As she spoke, she stood up and said goodbye to Tilan, and half a minute later, another director sat in front of Tilan.
(End of chapter)