Chapter 545: The Diva's Dilemma
In April, the weather gradually warmed up. The ocean monsoon from the south brought warm water vapor across the sky and brought continuous drizzle.
The dripping raindrops fell on the umbrella, making a slight sound. As the fingers turned slightly, the top of the umbrella also rotated, bringing spiral water splashes. An accidental glance back allowed people to see the face of the girl under the umbrella.
A few bangs fluttered in the breeze, and the blue eyes were also a little hazy in the water vapor. With a black dress, it gave people a faint sense of coolness.
In this way, the girl held an umbrella and walked through the stone path in the campus. She came to a small Western-style building, put away the umbrella, put it in the storage area, and then walked in.
"Tilan is here." As soon as she entered the door, the girl heard someone calling her name.
Looking up, it was the familiar Diva classmates, Shui Yanqing and Blanche. The two were doing handicrafts in the empty classroom, with the prototypes of the kneaded cookies in front of them.
"Are Orles and the others not here yet?" The girl shook her hair slightly, dropping a few ice particles, and her hair became refreshed.
"Not yet, Orles seems to have a joint press conference to attend this morning, so she will be here later." Shui Yanqing explained.
"Where are Pulin and the others?" Tilan walked to the side, washed her hands in the sink, and then sat next to them.
"Pulin should be here soon. She lives quite far from here, and so does Odney."
"It's rare that everyone has time today, so Blanche and I are working together to organize this party." Shui Yanqing explained.
This year, the several singing girls have been quite busy. Like Tilan, they have also started to form their own star groups and deal with the ensuing solicitations and investments from all parties. In the past few months, they have rarely gathered together. At most, they would take time out to have a meal, and even then, the number of people was often uneven. As
the assessment confrontation time stipulated by Arnansha approached, everyone pushed aside other schedules, and only then did they have a unified free time.
Tilan, Blanche and Shui Yanqing were kneading cookies together. They first put the fillings in the middle of the small dough, then pressed them with a special mold, and then put them on the plate.
"That's almost it." About 20 minutes later, the three of them finished kneading the cookies. Tilan and Shui Yanqing put the trays into the oven one by one, and then turned on the timer.
While cleaning up the things on the table, the three of them chatted about their recent daily life.
"Some time ago, I filmed the first album with everyone. They said it will be on the shelves next month." Blanche was a little happy and expectant.
"What style is it?" The two were curious.
"It should be a fantasy adventure style. The whole album is a clear story line, telling the story of a country boy who embarks on a long journey to find his childhood sweetheart and finally becomes a world-famous hero. By the way, I play that childhood sweetheart in the album." Blanche sat on the stool and shook her legs with a little joy.
"It sounds good." Although it is old-fashioned, it is kingly and classic.
"Speaking of the new album, I'm only busy with one song recently." Shui Yanqing thought about it.
After listening to this, Tilan tilted her head slightly, remembering that she had not prepared a single song, and suddenly felt a little ashamed.
In order to maintain her popularity and influence, the singer would release new songs every once in a while, and when these songs were released, it was often a time for fans to discuss and exchange ideas.
There were many music companies that provided her with music, but she was not satisfied with most of the styles, so she kept dragging it out, and later she was busy with work and forgot about it.
"Before everyone arrives, I'll show you." Shui Yanqing was still very relieved about Blanche and Tilan.
After saying that, she took out her personal terminal and clicked on the play. A burst of three-dimensional light and shadow was projected, and then some splashing sounds were heard, and the three of them seemed to enter the bottom of the deep sea.
The light and shadow around them changed, becoming deeper and darker, until a few seconds later, a blue gap appeared at the bottom, and then the line of sight continued to expand. This "gap" with light came closer, and its true form was slowly revealed. It turned out to be a long train traveling on the seabed.
The camera enters the carriage. Among the gray figures, the girl with blue hair sitting in the crowd is particularly eye-catching. She
is surrounded by office workers carrying briefcases, but she is the only one wearing a dark blue princess dress and a gorgeous hair bun, sitting on a horizontal chair, like an exquisite doll.
The car body sways slightly, ticking with a regular sound as it moves forward, and the office workers beside the girl also sway with it. The ordinary scene is a bit dull and difficult to get rid of the ordinary and vulgar. Only the girl sitting in the middle of the camera has bright colors and fairy-tale atmosphere that are incompatible with the surrounding environment.
Then the girl opened her mouth slightly, and a slightly sad voice sounded, telling the sorrow in everyone's heart, that is, the pure ideals are constantly collided in the real world of fame and fortune, and finally shattered all over the ground with sorrow and gloom.
In the song, the girl recalled her innocent childhood. Various bubbles floated in the train. In each bubble, there was a simple little girl, laughing with her father, mother, friends, and small animals.
As the song reached its climax, all the bubbles were dispersed, and the carriage returned to a cold and gloomy color. Only outside the glass window behind the girl, some fish from the seabed slowly floated by. There were still some colors on them, but they were not obvious, like creatures trapped in the window frame.
Finally, the song ended, and the camera came out of the carriage again and slowly pulled away.
This shining train was still moving forward on the seabed. The body of the train was covered with steel, solid and cold, and the passengers were gray and indifferent.
However, at the end of the shot, a large number of fish passed through the field of vision. They had various colors and shapes, so smart and free.
Is it the fish trapped in the window frame, or is it the human trapped in the cage set by himself? A hidden sigh came from the darkness.
…
After the song ended, the light and shadow gradually faded, and Blanche's eyes were already filled with tears.
"Oh, so touching."
"Thank you."
Soon after appreciating Shui Yanqing's new song, the others arrived one after another. They sat together and first enjoyed the baked cookies and snacks, and then gathered together to play chess games.
"If it wasn't raining, I would like to go out for a walk." Odney looked at the weather outside.
"Big white geese like water." The girl said jokingly.
"Even if I'm a big white goose, you're a little black goose." Odney couldn't help but want to grab Tilan and pinch her face, but unfortunately the girl easily dodged it.
After the two of them played for a while, they returned to the coffee table. The game was coming to an end, and it was Shui Yanqing vs. Orlesi.
"I invested 54 resources to summon the 'Cloud Mist Water Dragon', and let the water dragon use 'Rainfall' to cover the field." Shui Yanqing picked up the card with two fingers and inserted it into the card slot beside it. A majestic cloud mist water dragon appeared on the chessboard.
"I can also use the 'Sacred Tree Oath' in my hand to summon the 'Guardian Golden Dragon' from the elves' allies, and use Lightning Breath to attack your 'Cloud Mist Water Dragon'." Orlesi's eyes flashed with excitement.
"Because the electric attribute attack of Lightning Breath has a double special effect on the water attribute, you can't beat it now, hum." Orlesi said happily.
"That's not necessarily true." Shui Yanqing answered calmly.
"Use the 'Heavenly Dragon Gate' ritual card. All fish, Jiao and dragons can roll the dice once. If the number is greater than 3, they can advance once and transform into a higher-level dragon creature." "
But if the number is less than 3, half of their health will be deducted." Ores looked at it and added.
"That's right. Now there is not much HP left. In other words, if I fail, I will die. But I am in a desperate situation, so I don't care." Shui Yanqing pressed the dice thrower.
Then a golden dice was thrown, spinning rapidly in the transparent sphere, and then fell back to the center.
"The result is -4."
Then the 'Cloud and Mist Water Dragon' on the chessboard burst into light and turned into the majestic 'Ancient White Dragon'. Because the Ancient White Dragon has the dual attributes of electricity and water, it no longer suffers double damage from the lightning breath, so it has the upper hand against the 'Guardian Golden Dragon'.
"I'm so angry." Ores looked at her own 'Guardian Golden Dragon' on the chessboard, which was badly injured and about to fail, and she felt unwilling.
After a while, because of the death of the golden dragon, Ores no longer had a powerful creature that could fight against the 'Ancient White Dragon', so the situation slowly declared defeat. In the end, this small battle ended with Shui Yanqing's victory.
On the other side, Pulin, who was listening to music and reading a magazine, took off her headphones when she saw them stand up. "Are you done?"
"Yeah, it's over." Odney came over and looked at the magazine she was reading. It was a military magazine about new weapons.
"Pullin likes these things very much."
"Things used in war are always cooler." Pulin threw down the magazine and stretched her body.
"Let's go eat. We have to meet Teacher Arnansa tonight. It is said that she will make a pre-match pre-match preparation."
"I can't wait, Pulin." Odney thought of the previous confrontations with Pulin, in which she was often at a disadvantage. She didn't know how this time would be arranged.
"Let's go." Seeing someone start, Orles also wanted to leave the embarrassing game of failure. She stood up, looked around the classroom, found Tilan standing by the window looking at the scenery, took her hand, and wanted to leave quickly.
Orles was still so childish. The girl followed her and thought to herself that it was a little funny.
The group left the mansion for a small gathering and went to the school restaurant for dinner. Then they arrived at the school's exclusive battle training ground. Arnansa was already waiting for them.
There was a crisp applause first, and then she walked towards the crowd with a light scepter made of pomegranate gemstone in her hand.
"This competition will be held in three days. Although the process will not be shown to the public for the sake of your public image, whoever leads the team that wins first place will have the opportunity to submit a proposal to the Central Council."
"Unlike ordinary proposals, proposals submitted with this opportunity will most likely be passed unless the Central Council gives clear and convincing reasons for rejection."
"In short, in order to appease the recent surging public opinion and divert attention, the group of people in the Central Council asked you young singers to give a suggestion. As long as the suggestion you give is not too outrageous, they will agree to it, so as to show that they are listening to the voice of the public and working hard to solve difficulties and contradictions." Arnansa bluntly expressed the thoughts of some parliamentarians.
"Where is the stench of politics..." The following singers complained to each other.
"I know you may be dissatisfied with this situation, but this is reality. You can either adapt to its rules or overturn everything and recreate a look you like."
"If I were a powerful color-level singer like Aimura Lin, I would definitely choose the latter. Unfortunately, there is not even a Sunday-level singer in the Federation now." She waved her hand, saying that she was mocking the Federation, but also mocking herself in a way.
"Okay, after talking about the champion's reward, let's talk about the specific process and rules." She clapped her hands to quiet down the few people.
"Lead your team to the designated location in three days. At that time, a large transport plane will take you to a special location. There are venues and various facilities prepared there, allowing you to let go and do a great job. Let go. Don't worry, there are strict surveillance and excellent medical personnel in the venue, and no one will die easily."
"I can say that this is a small military exercise, which you will use in the future." Her eyes swept across the singers present one by one, and finally stopped at the black-haired girl at the end.
"Let's adjourn."
Then she boarded the landing shuttle, waved to everyone, and disappeared into the sky.
"Listening to what Senior Arnansa said, I always feel that she is very dissatisfied with the current Central Council."
"That's no wonder, because Senior Arnansa is very close to the military and is not liked by the people in the Central Council."
"Why is she not liked by the Council because she is close to the military?" Blanche asked puzzled.
"Because the singer has the support of the people, and the military has the force. Once the two sides unite, it is easy to form an independent force, which is a more dangerous thing." Orles raised her finger to explain.
"For example, we elves, because we joined the Federation the earliest, we have many asset advantages. If we get involved in the military fleet, we will be feared by the human side and be excluded by the Federation. Therefore, the current tacit understanding of the top leaders is that we elves can make money and run various industries, but it is best not to touch the military." "
Politics is so complicated." Blanche was a little confused.
"Alas, so it's best for Blanche not to get involved in these things. It's easy to be used as a gun by others." Orles rarely cares about others. It seems that she herself is also tired of politics.
"I've heard from my elders that the fastest growth of a singer is when she is young, and she tends to stagnate after that." Orles added.
Because Orles was born in an elf family, she knew a lot about the history of singers of all generations, and the rules she summarized were also very valuable, so when she said this, the other people also pricked up their ears.
"Hey, do you care so much? Well, I'll just say it directly. It's not a big secret."
"People's emotional experience is limited. The first time is the most profound, and the second time is much less. So, when you have experienced a lot, it is difficult to be moved as easily as when you were young."
"The same is true for singers. When it is difficult for you to have emotional fluctuations, forcing others to be moved will also have a bad effect."
"So, if you want to be a great singer, you can't let the flame of your ideal in your heart go out. You must be like a child full of innocence, hoping and longing for this world, so that you can burst out with great power."
"But reality is not that simple." Shui Yanqing shook her head.
"So I say that as she gets older, the more blows and failures she encounters, the more she will become decadent and compromise, and eventually her strength will stagnate or even regress."
"If she herself becomes desperate and no longer believes, how can she convince others to believe?"
"Perseverance and not forgetting one's original intention are qualities that are rare even among singers."
After saying this, Orles lightly pressed her chest, indicating that she was on the right path as a singer only if she maintained such an innocent and straightforward character.
"So, although Orles' body is already a mature older sister, is she still a 15-year-old girl in her heart?" Shui Yanqing asked seriously.
"Can you keep quiet? If it weren't for Tilan's persuasion, I would have wanted to hit you a long time ago." Orles clenched her fists in anger.
"Okay, Shui Yanqing is just joking." Tilan didn't know whether to laugh or cry but inserted herself between the two of them.
Although they looked tense, she could actually feel that the two were in a good mood at the moment. They were not really fighting, but were used to bickering, as if they would feel uncomfortable if they didn't say something at this moment.
Perhaps this is how they get along.
(End of this chapter)
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