Chapter 11 The 1st Yau Tsim Mong Secondary School Singing Competition
Chapter 11 The 1st Yau Tsim Mong Secondary School Singing Competition
April 2004, 8.
The new semester has just begun at Trinity College.
The students had just finished a long and pleasant vacation and could not wait to share interesting stories about their summer vacation.
Unlike silly old Fan who almost completely let his son go and just hoped that his son would stay alive and not starve to death, some students took advantage of the holidays to travel abroad and visit some top prestigious universities. Some students were busy taking extra classes to improve themselves and participated in some social welfare activities to make their academic resumes more substantial and exciting.
The middle schools in Hong Kong are still using the British education system. It takes seven years of middle school before one can proceed to a three-year university. This is a little different from the "three-three-four" curriculum in the north.
Fan Wumian is currently studying in Form 7, which is roughly equivalent to the last year of high school in mainland China.
First day of school.
The male classmates were busy chatting about various things, while a group of girls noticed Fan Wumian wandering around the school after getting his hair cut.
I have to say, being handsome does have its advantages.
Even though his grades were so bad that they made his teachers' scalps tingle, even though he didn't have a distinguished family background and was just a small gangster, he still couldn't stop many girls from being crazy about him. They talked about him all the time and felt that Fan Wumian was so good-looking that they found him pleasing to the eye.
In addition to Fan Wumian, another focus of their attention is Zhuang Muxi from Taiwan.
Seeing that Zhuang Muxi suddenly turned into a fairy-like goddess, some gossips even made up a malicious story, saying that she must have taken advantage of the holiday to go to South Korea.
That's right.
As early as this era, South Korea's "witchcraft" had already become famous, and along with the rapidly rising "Korean Wave", it spread to all parts of Asia.
These gossipy women didn't dare to provoke Zuo Ziyan, who had a wealthy family, but they started talking about Zhuang Muxi, who had little presence before, with full fire and no mercy at all.
In the final analysis, it was simply because the ugly duckling turned into a white swan, which made them so jealous that they became deformed.
Secondary 3 () Class.
Zhuang Muxi is not blind, of course she knows that she has been beautiful since she was a child.
It’s just that I suddenly grew canine teeth during puberty, which slightly affected my appearance, so I have never dressed up deliberately.
Since she moved to Hong Kong and had her canine teeth removed, she accidentally got the nickname "braces girl" at school during the braces treatment. In fact, she was uncomfortable and autistic for a long time, so she chose to go all out on the first day of school, and even wore contact lenses specifically to completely unlock her sealed beauty, trying to wash away her classmates' stereotypes of her.
The effect is surprisingly good.
Ever since she stepped into the school gate today, countless boys and girls have been staring at Zhuang Muxi. After arriving at the classroom, countless classmates who had been with her day and night for nearly two years were stunned.
Zhuang Muxi has a close friend who is short and has a watermelon-like haircut. Her name is Xu Xin.
At this moment, Xu Xin came to her desk, his expression was even more excited than Zhuang Muxi himself, and he said excitedly:
"A lot of people in the hallway are talking about you, and they're running from other classes to see you. You're really popular! I told you last week when I accompanied you to get a haircut that you'll definitely shock many people when school starts. If you meet a handsome guy pursuing you in the future, remember to give me some of your leftovers."
All Zhuang Muxi wanted was a little confidence, and she didn't care too much about other people's eyes. At this moment, she was holding a piano club brochure in her hand and said:
"It's not like we're eating dessert. How can I share this with you? I don't have time to care about them. The 14th Warsaw Chopin Piano Competition is about to begin. My teacher, Ms. Huang Chunlun, hopes that I can win the championship in this competition. I still need to practice hard."
Xu Xin, with a watermelon-shaped head, lay on the desk and held Zhuang Muxi's hand, shaking his body and saying:
"You are so pretty and so talented at playing the piano. If you become famous in the future, don't forget me~"
Zhuang Muxi smiled sweetly and said with a smile: "Of course not, we want to be good friends for life~"
Her smile made many male classmates in the corridor outside the window and in the classroom feel sweet. Many of them fell in love with someone else on the spot and made winning Zhuang Muxi their goal in their last year of high school. Compared with her, Fan Wumian's change of hairstyle had a relatively limited impact.
After all, even if he had "Chen Haonan-style" long hair before, it couldn't hide his handsomeness. Now it's just icing on the cake.
After visiting the small church that was converted into an auditorium and the stadium that was so shabby that it seemed a bit pathetic, Fan Wumian finally stopped in front of the school bulletin board.
There was no other way. There was a newly posted poster with large red fonts highlighting the words “Bonus 50000 Yuan!!!”
It seemed particularly tempting in the eyes of Fan Wumian, who had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket and owed the hospital a large sum of medical bills.
After going to the bulletin board and taking a closer look, Fan Wumian was surprised to find that what was written on the poster was the "1st Yau Tsim Mong Secondary School Singing Competition". The competition covered more than 9 secondary schools in the entire Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok areas, and the competition date was set for Saturday, September 11th.
The first place prize is as high as 50000 Hong Kong dollars, the second place is 25000 Hong Kong dollars, and the third place is only 10000 yuan, plus ten winning prizes as consolation, and the winning prize is only 300 yuan.
After reading it, Fan Wumian became excited on the spot.
I feel like I am indeed the protagonist on the stage of life. Just as I was feeling sleepy, someone brought me a pillow. It was like a timely relief!
however.
The rain just fell a few drops and then stopped again.
Because he heard a conversation behind him. A short, thin, bespectacled boy was talking to his friend:
"It's really good to be rich. The boss of Wangcai Capital actually paid out of his own pocket to sponsor a competition in order to make his youngest son Mai Shuli famous. Mai Shuli and I are friends. I heard during the summer vacation that his father was going to sponsor such a singing competition. At that time, people from the record company will help support it and invite reporters to the scene to hype up and make Mai a star. No one else will have a chance of winning."
"Isn't Wangcai the name of a dog?" a classmate asked.
"Don't talk nonsense, you are crazy! The Mai family washed their hands of the business and expanded their assets. They have at least 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Be careful that Mr. Mai will bring people to beat you up. No one will be able to protect you by then, and it will be in vain if you beat them up."
Fan Wumian actually had some impression of the young man named Mai. He was the "big brother" of the private high school next door, Kowloon Guangming College. He drove a supercar to school every day, and then asked his bodyguards to drive the car home at the school gate. And there was more than one car.
Girls never cared about the boy or what color Ferrari he drove. Even at Trinity College, there were many girls who were obsessed with and worshipped Mak Shu-lai.
In the past, one of Fan Wumian’s dreams was to punch the guy named Mai in the face. It wasn’t that there was any conflict between them, it was just envy and jealousy.
Because the man surnamed Mai was in the same circle as Zuo Ziyan, and there were rumors that the two families were well matched, and the elders hoped that they could get married.
Hearing the two classmates behind him praising Mai Shuli for being so awesome, Fan Wumian was affected by some residual emotions and turned around and said:
"What's the point of relying on your parents? I started from scratch, relying entirely on my talent to support myself."
When they realized it was Fan Wumian, the two classmates were so scared that they didn’t dare to say a word.
Only after he left did the skinny boy with glasses whisper:
"Eh? Without the support of my family, is there anything to be proud of?"
"Yeah, and I don't think this gangster has any outstanding talents. He can only scare us."
(End of this chapter)