After the meeting, Xiang Ling was actually a little worried that no one would sign up. If all six people couldn't get together, that would be really embarrassing.
So in order to avoid embarrassment, Xiang Ling quickly grabbed Wang Baiyi after the meeting.
"Since it was your idea, why don't you also take part in the role?" Xiang Ling said, "I just looked at the situation in the club, and I don't think many people will sign up. You will have to be drafted."
Wang Baiyi: “…”
Wang Baiyi said earnestly: "Boss, I'm just a writer..."
Xiang Ling said, "Don't talk about those nonsense. Pick a role you want to play before tonight."
Wang Baiyi blinked his big eyes and said pitifully: "President... I'm tone-deaf!"
Xiang Ling studied Wang Baiyi's face thoughtfully and said, "Can you speak Hungarian or Spanish? I think your temperament is perfect for Little Swan."
The Little Swan, as Xiang Ling refers to her, is the only one of the six who doesn't speak English. In the original play, she was falsely accused of murdering her husband and is the only poor girl in the series who was sentenced to death despite not having killed anyone.
In the scene where she was hanged, she wore a white ballet skirt and fell to the ground from the high platform in the most elegant posture.
It's breathtakingly beautiful.
"No." Wang Baiyi said, "President, I'm only a freshman this year, and I can't even speak English fluently..."
Xiang Ling said: "Our script definitely needs to be revised. I am considering whether to change it to a Chinese version, and then have Little Swan use English, or a completely incomprehensible dialect."
Wang Baiyi was stunned. "Cantonese? Ah, many ethnic minorities have their own languages. There are several students from Tibet and Xinjiang in our class, and I can't understand them at all when they speak Uyghur and Tibetan."
Xiang Ling said, "We do have a few members from ethnic minorities in our club, and a few who can speak Cantonese."
"But isn't it too late to change the lines now? We still have to rehearse and memorize the lines, and time is too tight," said Wang Baiyi.
Xiang Ling smiled and patted Wang Baiyi on the shoulder: "You underestimate your team and your team leader. Besides, the script can be changed at any time. As long as it is finalized before the last three days, three days is not enough time to memorize it."
"If the script needs to be changed, then I will definitely have to help our team leader. I will be busy and won't have time to rehearse." Wang Baiyi reminded Xiang Ling.
"Don't try to hide. You have to go this time no matter what. They'll be responsible for revising the script. Just practice dancing with me." Xiang Ling said, "I'll discuss the specific changes with them later. Send me the role you've chosen tonight. I have something to do and I'm leaving now."
Wang Baiyi sent Xiang Ling away with a sad face.
In fact, Xiang Ling really didn't mean to embarrass Wang Baiyi. He really thought Wang Baiyi was a good seedling. Xiang Ling still remembered the song Wang Baiyi sang at the welcome party. His voice was clean and clear, like he was telling a story, slowly telling the song.
Moreover, Xiang Ling had seen Wang Baiyi standing in the audience countless times, looking at the performers on the stage with longing eyes.
Xiang Ling knew that Wang Baiyi just couldn't get over this hurdle. He felt shy and thought he was not good enough.
In fact, there is no such thing as success or failure. Even if you can't do it well, so what? University is a place that allows people to grow through setbacks.
Xiang Ling’s English teacher told them on the first day of class not to be afraid of speaking English or making mistakes. If they don’t make mistakes, how will they know what is right?
Be a brave person who dares to try. Everything you do now, whether good or bad, will be the most beautiful and incomparable memory in your life.
Xiang Ling didn't know whether Luo Ruixue would push Wang Baiyi to the stage in the future, but since he was still here, Xiang Ling hoped that he could let Wang Baiyi take this step.
The musical is really fun and you won't regret it.
After that, Xiang Ling spent time discussing with the management team whether the script needed to be modified, what language to use, including costume design and prop design.
The video on Bilibili is actually very well done, but they can’t just copy it completely; they also need new content of their own.
This discussion lasted another whole afternoon. When it was time for dinner, Xiang Ling took everyone out for dinner. After that, they hadn't finished talking yet, so they simply went out for some skewers.
During this time, Su Luyang called and Xiang Ling asked him if he wanted to eat skewers together, but Su Luyang refused.
Su Luyang has been getting busier lately. Ever since the professor learned that Su Luyang was preparing for postgraduate studies, he's been treating him like a graduate student. However, Su Luyang's foundation isn't solid enough yet, so the professor gives him tons of practice every day, keeping him in front of the computer almost all day.
Xiang Ling thought, Su Luyang said he had gained weight, but in fact Su Luyang himself might have gained weight too.
I have to find time to let Su Luyang get up and move around, otherwise he will become a big fat man, and I might not be able to say that I don’t like him anymore, hehe.
Xiang Ling thought very badly.
When they returned to the dormitory, Xiang Ling still packed a portion of barbecue skewers for Su Luyang.
Looking at Su Lvyang eating happily beside the computer, Xiang Ling touched Su Lvyang's head and said earnestly: "Eat, eat more, I will still love you no matter how fat you get."
Su Luyang: “…”
Su Luyang: "I won't gain weight."
Xiang Ling nodded perfunctorily: "Yeah, you're not fat."
Su Luyang glanced at the skewers in his hand, and after a long internal struggle, he finally ate them: "This is the skewers you packed for me. I'd rather get fat than not eat it."
Xiang Ling's mouth curled up wildly, and he said in an exaggerated dubbing tone: "Oh my God, my old Lu Yang, I bet you must have fallen in love with me!"
Su Luyang also replied in the same tone: "Oh, you stupid man, stop pretending to know nothing. You know very well that I love you madly!"
Ji Qiulin Jiang Yuanhai: "..."
Oh please stop irritating my sensitive nerves...
The next day, Xiang Ling and his team conducted a small audition based on the number of applicants. As Xiang Ling expected, not many people came to apply.
But this is normal. There are only more than 20 boys in their club who can go on stage. Half of them have already participated in "Chicago". They are completely grateful that the remaining six can be gathered.
After the candidates were decided, Xiang Ling prepared to start rehearsing the dance.
After discussing it yesterday, they decided to change it to the Chinese version, with the Little Swan segment replaced by a dialect version. Coincidentally, among the people they chose, there was a Shanghainese, a freshman boy who spoke in a baby voice, like a glutinous rice dumpling, very cute.
But this boy was only 190cm tall, with dark brown skin and a world-weary face. As long as he didn't speak, his expression was so cool that it kept people at a distance.
When Xiang Ling heard him speak for the first time, he was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted.
It's simply a great treasure from somewhere.
The script has been given to Zhang Yun and the others to revise. Xiang Ling has studied dance for many years and has experience in choreography. In addition, since he has the original content, he simply teaches the six-member group the dance part first.
Ji Qiulin also wanted to participate in this program, but she had a role in the club's musical and could not do two things at once.
Among the six people finally selected, only Xiang Ling was a junior, and the others were freshmen.
But the junior brother also has the advantage of being a junior brother, he is obedient.
The "Cell Block Tango" segment involved both singing and dancing, with numerous and complex dance parts. Crucially, it was very physically demanding, and it was especially easy to find themselves out of breath by the end, singing and dancing simultaneously. To everyone's relief, even when Xiang Ling repeatedly corrected their movements and forced them to rehearse late into the night, these younger students were willing to comply, exceeding everyone's expectations with their hard work and perseverance.
The days that followed were spent by Xiang Ling in rehearsal and study.
During the process, Xiang Ling found some time and told Jingzhe and the president of the drama club, Meng Han, about the science column activity, and planned to work with them to complete the science column activity.
Things went smoothly, and it was finally decided that Xiang Ling would ask the school leaders for permission. The musical club would be responsible for the text content and promotion of the popular science, the photography club would be responsible for the poster layout and photography, and the drama club and the musical club would jointly provide the models, costumes and makeup.
On the final day of the event, the three clubs worked together.
Everyone was busy around the clock, and Christmas Eve arrived in the blink of an eye.
The School of Foreign Languages and Literatures at University A holds a costume party every Christmas Eve. Students of the school can invite classmates from their own school to form a pair, or they can invite students from other schools.
There are many singles and couples in their college. In order to take care of everyone, there was an unwritten rule for this costume party many years ago.
In addition to inviting people of the opposite sex, you can also invite people of the same sex.
When this regulation was first introduced, most people in the country did not understand homosexuality very well, and no one thought much about it. They just thought of it as inviting good friends together to pick up girls and flirt with boys. Moreover, a big purpose of the masquerade was to give strangers and unfamiliar people an opportunity to get to know each other and communicate.
As the times progress, this regulation unexpectedly gave homosexuals the opportunity to get along with each other.
Nowadays, those who invite same-sex people to parties are either good brothers and sisters who are flirting with girls or homosexuals who are using the name of friends to openly enjoy physical contact in front of everyone.
Everyone hugs and dances, and no one thinks it's weird who you hug.
Ji Qiulin and Jiang Yuanhai make plans to get together every year, while Xiang Ling has been dragging fellow single Lensman Xu Jing to eat with him for the past two years.
But this year is different.
This year! Our comrade Xiang Ling!
I have a boyfriend!
The masquerade ball at University A is very formal, and all participants must wear formal evening attire. Whether to wear a mask is up to personal preference.
Many people wear a mask in pursuit of excitement, but of course there are also many who feel it is cumbersome and choose not to wear it.
Xiang Ling originally wanted to wear something different at the party. Ever since he wore a skirt once, Xiang Ling felt addicted to it and wanted to wear it from time to time, but he didn't have many opportunities to wear a skirt. This time he had already thought about what to wear, but three days before the party, the hospital gave him a sudden notice.
He was asked to sing the music for the Frist dance at the masquerade ball.
Wearing a tuxedo.
Xiang Ling had no choice but to give up his plan and spend some time every day during these three days playing music with the school's designated band.
Xiang Ling was actually a little unhappy. He had originally wanted to dance the first dance with Su Luyang at the Christmas Eve dance, and then hide in the corner for a true love's kiss at the end.
It was exactly like a fairy tale. Xiang Ling had wanted to do this for a long time, but now there was no way.
It’s all because of the school, Queen Mother, crying.
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