Before the college students' mental health education class was over, Xiaoqi received a text message from the school music club, informing her that her demo had passed. She was required to rehearse at the indoor gymnasium at 2 p.m. on Friday and to start the performance at 8 p.m. During the rehearsal, a draw would be held to arrange the order of performance. A total of 20 people were selected.
Xiao Qi felt the schedule was too tight. Luckily, she'd already considered what songs she'd sing the day she saw the Top Ten Singers poster. But she was still quite nervous. She was performing in an indoor stadium. With all the excitement, who would show up? It was such a large venue, Xiao Qi wondered, "Don't let it be empty."
As a result, after class, the group from Xiaoqi's dormitory, plus one more person, Rong Jiaojiao, walked out of the Datang Comprehensive Building. It was not yet dark outside, but they felt that the road was different. There were red flags and posters flying everywhere, and on the large electronic screen on the outer wall of the Datang Comprehensive Building, there was actually a promotional video for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
There are also some clips of singers singing, including one of Xiao Qi singing "Invisible Wings" in the dormitory... Although it's only two or three seconds long, it's still hard to describe, because it was just a casual shot. Xiao Qi was wearing a T-shirt, the dormitory window was in the background, and his hair was not combed and was messy. The screen was also a little dark, and the lights in the dormitory were not very bright, so it was not suitable for photography. Generally, strong lights are used for good-looking photography, but fortunately the singing was relatively clean and clear, and one or two sentences floated out, which felt okay.
She also saw Wu Xinyue from the English major in the promotional video, because it happened to be after Xiaoqi's demo. Compared to Xiaoqi's dark image, she was simply radiant, with glowing skin, playful and cute expressions, and coordinated dance moves. She made people feel moved at first sight. She seemed to be singing an English song, but her voice was a little soft. Xiaoqi didn't pay attention and just looked at her.
Rong Jiaojiao couldn't help but sigh: "Her skin is so white, I wonder what kind of mask she uses?"
The few of them continued walking, but they didn't expect that there were promotional advertisements on the big screen at the entrance of the cafeteria.
The efficiency is really great.
This time, Xiaoqi saw a white-haired old lady singing bel canto by the lake. It turned out to be their calculus teacher Lu Ruxue, who was also participating in the Top Ten Singer Competition. She was really amazing.
There is only a short clip in the demo, which shows Mr. Lu’s side profile, but his singing is very loud and clear, and it feels like he is warming up his voice on a daily basis, which is quite professional.
In addition to the singing clips, there are even introductions from the mentors... It's so serious that it doesn't seem like a school competition, but more like a talent show.
Mentor, Xiao Qi actually knew one of them, who turned out to be the owner of the horse farm, Xiao Shengzhou.
When Mier saw one of the old ladies appearing on the screen, she excitedly gave her some scientific knowledge.
"It's Ms. Su, the school director."
It was said before that the actual manager of this school is the secretary of the school founder, who is also the second wife. Anyway, it is a historical issue. The founder of Enhua is Chinese and settled in Southeast Asia, where polygamy was still a practice at that time.
She is the aunt of Su Li, a student in Grade 7. She has black hair, wears a purple shirt, a small silk scarf, black trousers, and has deep wrinkles around her eyes. But she is still very beautiful, a very decent and pretty lady.
I feel that Su Li’s lips are a bit like her aunt’s, but not as pretty as her aunt’s.
When Xiaoqi heard Ms. Su, she felt strange at first because her last name was also Su.
I wonder if anyone will call her that in the future.
I didn’t expect that the school board would attend such a small competition. It suddenly felt like a much more grand event.
Xiao Qi originally thought that the competition for the top ten singers on campus would not be fierce, as she was quite confident in her singing. However, after seeing the content of the promotional video, she found that there were not only contestants with good singing skills, but also those with good looks, such as Wu Xinyue from the English Vocational School. Xiao Qi had also met her in the dormitory. She didn't look particularly outstanding in appearance, but every time she saw her, she was almost always wearing makeup and had been beautified. Moreover, she must have a good stage presence and performed very naturally.
Xiaoqi is far inferior to her in this aspect. It is too difficult for her to dance and sing on the stage because she does not have the foundation... The only stage she has ever been on was at her high school anniversary celebration, where she was chosen as a prop. When others were singing and performing, she wore a green skirt and waved it behind them, acting as a tree.
Xiaoqi was preparing for the basics of Marxism the other day and came across a quote from Chairman Mao while looking for information: "Despise it strategically, and take it seriously tactically."
This sentence seems to be applicable anywhere, and it is the case right now. Xiaoqi is not very nervous about participating in the Top Ten Singer competition, but she needs to analyze specific issues specifically. If she takes it lightly, it will be difficult to win.
In addition to contestants like Wu Xinyue who are tall, have a good figure and can dance well, there are also elegant and ageless beauties like Teacher Lu, who is a professional and powerful bel canto singer. It feels that it is still a bit difficult and inadequate for Xiaoqi to win the first place.
After dinner, Xiaoqi did not go back to the dormitory directly, but asked Mier to accompany her to Student Street.
"What are you going to do?" Mi'er was quite excited because she had a rare opportunity to act alone with her deskmate.
"I want to rent some clothes. I remember seeing a sign in the dormitory saying there's a dress rental shop on Student Street."
Mi'er has inherited the family's knowledge. Although she is only a half-baked one, she is much better than Xiaoqi and the others. She can even tell what kind of material a piece of clothing is when she sees it. She sounds quite professional.
"I know this. The student union often has activities, and the seniors all have to rent clothes." Mi'er took Xiaoqi to the end of Student Street as if she was familiar with the place. After turning a corner and going up a big slope, Xiaoqi discovered that there was another street behind it. She had thought that this was the building.
The two of them came to the dress rental store together. The sign at the door of the dress store was bright and shiny. I didn't know what kind of store was next to it. The doors were all black. When I got closer, I saw that it said "coffee" on it, but it didn't look like a place for drinking coffee. The door was closed and there was a password on it.
Xiaoqi just took a quick glance and went into the clothing rental store with Mier.
There were a few embroidered clothes hanging at the door, which looked like wedding dresses at first glance.
After asking in, I found out that this was indeed a wedding dress. The shop not only rents clothes to school students, but also provides wedding dress and makeup services for local young people getting married.
It is definitely not appropriate to wear a wedding dress, and it does not match the song that Xiaoqi chose. It would be more appropriate for someone to sing bel canto like Teacher Lu, and wear a wedding dress. Xiaoqi originally planned to sing English songs, because she has been practicing English and singing a lot of English songs and Japanese songs during this period. She feels that it may be amazing, but now it seems that if she wants to take first place, English songs or Japanese songs will not have enough audiences.
Although there are many foreign teachers in the school, and there is even a male foreign teacher participating in the competition, these foreign teachers who come to China to teach seem to love Chinese-style things. The male foreign teachers in the promotional video are all wearing Chinese-style clothes with double-breasted cloth buttons.
Singing a foreign song might attract attention. Her English is good, but certainly not as good as her native language. It is still risky to go against her goal of winning the first prize. In order to perform at her best, Xiaoqi chose a Chinese song. Moreover, her singing ability was learned from the famous prostitute Liu Rushi in the book, and she has reached the professional level+. In order to perform at her best level, Xiaoqi chose an ancient style song.
She was originally very confident about this song, but now she feels that she is still lacking in details. Since it is an ancient style song, her own clothes, whether T-shirt or skirt, are not perfect. She can't dance, and she just stands there and sings stupidly. Her stage presence is definitely lacking.
In addition to wedding dresses, the store also sells some performance dresses in red, green, blue and other colors. They are all relatively cheap. After all, they are rental performance costumes and are not well maintained. Some of the hems are even torn.
And most of them are low-cut, off-shoulder and backless.
"I want the kind of costumes that are worn in ancient operas." Xiao Qi didn't want any of these. She had no breasts and couldn't support them, she told the boss.
"We have that kind too. Our store has a complete range of items. We rent everything from the new and old areas here." The boss proudly advertised.
But she didn't say that because the top ten singers, the good dresses had been ordered a few days ago, and now these were actually clothes for the backup singers and dancers.
Moreover, it is easy to make money from Enhua’s students. Students don’t bargain. The clothes are just newer and only cost a few hundred yuan wholesale, but you can make hundreds of yuan by renting them to students.
The volume is quite large. Enhua has many student activities, including various evening parties and dances from time to time.
Although the dresses in her shop are not good and are counterfeit, truly wealthy students are not the customer group of this store. If you are truly wealthy, you can customize them yourself and buy them yourself instead of renting theirs.
When Xiaoqi and Mier went in, Su Li was already upstairs in the coffee shop next door.
Neither she nor Li Wei Jin attended that damn health education class. It was a waste of time to attend such classes. They had experienced it during the preparatory period. There was no pressure at all to skip classes.
Although it was the class monitor who called the roll, he was a smart man and just said hello. Anyway, some well-behaved students went, so it didn't matter if they didn't go.
Of course, people don’t come to the cafe just to drink coffee, which is quite boring anyway. However, she observed that Li Wei Jin seemed a little abnormal recently. He used to be lively and energetic when he quarreled with his parents and brother, but recently he seemed to be in a bad mood and often ran to the horse farm in the new district.
The few of them were chatting idly. Su Li looked down and saw two familiar figures downstairs. They were two girls from the dormitory opposite her.
She never paid much attention to others. The reason she noticed that girl was because of Chu Yu from their dormitory. He always mentioned Su Xiaoqi in a roundabout way. He openly praised Su Xiaoqi for her excellence, but in fact it seemed like he was saying that Su Xiaoqi was a show-off. Su Li didn't care about that kind of slander at all, so she noticed Su Xiaoqi instead.
Li Weijin also saw the two of them, and actually saw Su Xiaoqi earlier than Su Li. It's funny to say that he is the young master of the Li family, a real estate tycoon in Mengshi. He drives a sports car and likes to hang out in bars, and he looks like a life of debauchery, but in fact he has never been in a relationship, not even when he was in kindergarten. He has always been aloof since he was a child, and he would ignore other children when they gave him gifts.
Then, when Su Xiaoqi appeared in front of him holding the hand of the girl next to her, his heart started pounding and he didn't hear what the people around him said at all.
Seeing her walking downstairs, he even thought that Su Xiaoqi was going upstairs. His heartbeat felt like it was stuck in his throat. Even his legs were shaking. His palms were a little sweaty. He also looked at the mirror opposite to see how he was dressed today.
Very good, white shirt, cropped pants, very clean and neat.
As a result, Su Xiaoqi just went to the store next door.
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