Seeing the eagerness on Yan Jiayi's face and the wariness hidden in her eyes, Feng Mingshu knew that the other party was not sincerely inviting her.

But she smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

Yan Jiayi almost lost her smile, but she still held her hand and told her about her experience as a broadcaster during her school days, and asked her if she had a similar experience.

Feng Mingshu laughed and said, "When I was in school, I focused on my studies and didn't really participate in any extracurricular activities."

Yan Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and then said some more affectionate words to her, and then made an appointment with her to go to the radio station to take the exam together tomorrow.

When Zhou Jinshan returned in the evening and learned that she was going to take the broadcaster exam the next day, he did not object.

The next morning, Feng Mingshu left home wearing an ordinary collared shirt and black trousers.

Upon seeing this, Aunt Qin grabbed her and asked, "Little Feng, are you going to take the broadcaster exam? Why don't you dress up a bit? Look at that one over there on the west side..."

Before Sister-in-law Qin could finish speaking, Yan Jiayi from the west came out.

The island wasn't very warm in March or April, but Yan Jiayi looked quite pretty in a red dress with white flowers and her curly hair was carefully styled.

Yan Jiayi smoothed her curly hair with her hand, looked at Feng Mingshu and smiled, "Mingshu, your outfit is a bit plain, but this broadcasting test is on Mandarin, so it has nothing to do with what you wear. Besides, we're running out of time, let's go."

Feng Mingshu nodded in agreement, greeted Sister Qin, and then left with Yan Jiayi.

As Qin's wife watched their retreating figures, she sighed, "That Xiao Feng is still too naive."

When Feng Mingshu arrived at the broadcasting station, she found that there were quite a few people applying for jobs, including military wives like herself and children of military personnel who had grown up on the island.

The first exam involved reading aloud a prepared text provided by the examiners in front of a crowd. Whether the reading was good or bad was immediately apparent, and scores were given on the spot, ensuring true transparency in the exam.

Then, Feng Mingshu heard broadcasts with various accents, and very few of them were pronounced clearly.

Yan Jiayi usually speaks with a slight Suzhou-Shanghai accent, but when she reads a script, that accent almost disappears, and her tone becomes softer and sweeter.

Unsurprisingly, she received first place in the on-site scoring.

Yan Jiayi looked at Feng Mingshu, who was making her final appearance, with a hint of smugness in her eyes.

Feng Mingshu smiled slightly at her, took the manuscript and walked to the front of the stage. As soon as he started speaking, the whole room fell silent.

Some of the tired proctors perked up, while Yan Jiayi's expression gradually darkened.

Because if you don't see the person and only listen to the voice, you will assume that it is a broadcast from a radio, without any flaws, full of emotion, and uplifting spirit.

After Feng Mingshu finished reading her script, the proctors were silent at first, then they all applauded for her.

This prompted others to applaud as well, and the applause was thunderous.

Just as the proctor silenced the applause and was about to announce something, Yan Jiayi raised her hand and asked loudly, "Teacher, according to the procedure, we have a second exam, right?"

The other candidates were also watching eagerly.

After exchanging glances, the proctors nodded in approval for the second exam and explained the rules: "The top ten students in the second exam will participate. You will have one hour to write a short essay of no more than one hundred words on the spot, and then you will go up on stage one by one and broadcast it without a script."

These words caused an uproar, with many complaining that the demands were too high.

Feng Mingshu also frowned. She raised her hand and, after the examiner nodded, asked, "Teacher, do broadcasters need to draft scripts for daily broadcasts?"

The examiner replied, "Normally it's not necessary, but there are special circumstances where the broadcaster needs to draft the script themselves. The broadcasting station will review the script after it's drafted."

Hearing this, many candidates were excited. Who doesn't have a little vanity? If their own script could be broadcast, the whole island could hear it.

Feng Mingshu sighed, "In this day and age, anyone who dares to write articles is a brave soul."

She was a coward.

So, when the proctor handed out the blank paper, Feng Mingshu whispered something to the proctor and left the examination room.

She was unaware of the commotion inside, but two hours later, Yan Jiayi excitedly came to her house to tell her that she had passed the exam and would earn thirty or forty yuan a month.

"Ming Shu, why did you leave before the second round? The examiner mentioned that you were still quite regretful." Yan Jiayi touched her curly hair with her hand and asked with a smile.

Feng Mingshu also showed a hint of regret: "I am most worried about writing articles. I can't write an article in an hour, so I won't stay here and embarrass myself."

Yan Jiayi covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Oh, I see. But it's such a pity. Besides you, there are nine of us left, and five or six of them can't write scripts. Their scripts are full of errors and omissions. They even stumble when they broadcast without a script. In the end, I was the only one who successfully completed the exam."

"You're really great, congratulations."

Feng Mingshu sincerely congratulated her, and Yan Jiayi covered her mouth and laughed for a while before saying, "I have to go to work tomorrow, so I need to prepare today and won't chat with you for now."

"Okay, I'll take you."

Feng Mingshu escorted Yan Jiayi out of the courtyard gate and they ran into Sister Qin. Yan Jiayi raised her chin even higher and her waist swayed more gracefully, like a willow swaying in the breeze.

Qin's sister-in-law was so annoyed that she grabbed Feng Mingshu and said, "I've heard about your exams. How could you be so stupid? No matter how you did in the second exam, you got first place in the first exam, which is a tie with the Wang family. It's still uncertain who will be selected in the end."

Feng Mingshu shook his head and laughed, "It's because I'm not as skilled as others, so please don't feel sorry for me, Sister-in-law Qin."

"Sigh, I just can't stand seeing the Wang family showing off to me."

Aunt Qin wanted to continue complaining, but then her kids came over, all complaining of being hungry. Aunt Qin grumbled and went home to cook.

Feng Mingshu chuckled, turned and stepped into the courtyard, when a voice sounded behind him.

"Is this Comrade Feng Mingshu?"

Feng Mingshu turned around and saw that the other person was an elderly man with white hair. She quickly walked out of the courtyard and came up to the old man, saying, "I am Feng Mingshu. May I ask if there is anything I can help you with, sir?"

The old man smiled and nodded: "I have something to ask you. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Yao, and I am the principal of the middle school on the island. Starting last year, the foreign language course in the middle school was changed from Russian to English, but we don't have any teachers on this island who are proficient in English. So I came to ask you to work as an English teacher at the middle school."

Feng Mingshu was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Principal Yao, is it really true that we can't find an English teacher? There aren't any on the island, but there should be some outside the island."

Principal Yao's expression was somewhat somber: "This island isn't a place that just anyone can come up to. Comrade Feng is a military family member, so he doesn't have this problem."

Feng Mingshu understood. Those from outside the island couldn't pass the censorship and couldn't come in; and among those from within the island who were fluent in English, she was probably the only one.