"To be honest, Ye Siren is a good strategist and assistant, but he doesn't have the talent to be a leader."
Lin Xuerou began to agree with Li Mo's words.
Indeed, Ye Siren was very capable and took the initiative to take on many things that she should have been responsible for. However, she had observed him getting along with the team members several times, which proved that he did not have the talent to be a leader.
In fact, during the rehearsal just now, she felt that Ye Siren should directly drive out the troublemaker Liu Qiqiang, which was the best and fastest way to deal with the dispute at that time.
She also deliberately allowed them to make noise to test Ye Siren's leadership skills.
It's a pity that Ye Siren let her down.
"I know! You want to stay in the trumpet club, and you want to avenge Jiang Nanmei and Chen Dongsheng. However, Typhonium is not a tool for you to use for revenge. I hope you can put the overall situation first and continue to stay. , run the band with me. After all, without you, I wouldn’t be able to get to this point."
In physical education class, while practicing running three thousand kilometers, Siren carefully controlled his pace and heartbeat while recalling what Xuerou said to him during the morning meeting. This sentence has been lingering in Siren's mind for a long time.
"Although you want to turn the trumpet into a minor. But... look! This is the Full Moon Unicorn. This is the best and most amazing instrument since Chen Nanfang was founded! Even my father, Schubert, wants to see it. It's impossible. However, you can use it in public! It's not a loss."
After that, Lin Xuerou asked him to return to her the trumpet that was assigned to him and used by previous captains.
But at the moment of handover, the two argued for a while.
"Let it go! Ye Siren, you are eighteen years old and are no longer a child. Stop making trouble, okay?"
Xuerou grasped his hand tightly and separated him from the instrument case finger by finger.
Ye Siren was still so reluctant to leave. It took a lot of effort for him to reunite with his "first love". Unexpectedly, they were about to be separated again before they even warmed up.
"Thank you for taking the first place in the exam on National Day. However, considering that you have the ability to substitute for all positions, you must stay in the big team during the parade that day. I or Chen Dongsheng will attend the flag-raising ceremony on your behalf. On that day, although your title is Trombone Minister, but since you are leading the team, I will temporarily lend you the captain’s strap. Understand?”
Siren was silent for a long time, not knowing how to answer.
"Understand?" Xuerou shouted.
"Yeah." Siren nodded calmly.
"Louder! I can't hear you!" Xuerou roared again.
Siren clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and loudly echoed: "Yes, madam!"
Thinking of the morning meeting, Siren wanted to run hard to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, but due to his collar, he could not move too strenuously.
It took others 14 minutes to run the 3 kilometers, but on Siren's side, it took almost 30 minutes and was not even halfway done. Finally stopped by the teacher.
"Second 4 3km physical fitness test: 4A Li Xiaojing, first place among girls; first place among boys, Ye Siren. Sorry! I mispronounced it, Ye Siren is the last one!"
The physical education teacher deliberately made a joke and made everyone happy.
Ye Siren couldn't get angry anymore and punched the ground with his fist, which made his fists bleed.
"The first place among boys in 4E is Gao Wenjian."
After Xiaojing came on stage and accepted everyone's applause, she noticed Ye Siren who was in a depressed mood.
After he got off the stage, he approached him and asked: "Brother Ren, what's wrong with you..."
"I'm fine. This collar made me lose too much." Siren said with a smile.
"Is it because of my senior sister?"
"how do you know?"
"Let's all guess together..."
Siren nodded and said nothing.
"Brother Ren, how many years have you been studying trumpet?"
"Almost ten years!"
"Wow!" Xiaojing said in surprise.
Most of the members of the Silver Band, who just joined, have white backgrounds. First, primary school students are not fully developed and find it difficult to practice. Second, parents would rather let their children learn mainstream instruments instead of brass horns. Even like Chen Dongsheng and Jiang Nanmei, they only started learning the trumpet when they were in the fifth grade, but because they have already learned mainstream instruments such as piano, violin, and cymbal since they were young, and they have Schubert's younger brother as a private teacher , learning the trumpet is effortless.
"I attended the military school in primary school, Form 1 and Form 2, and was already a member of the honor guard at that time. Later, I came to Hong Kong with my father, dropped down to the second grade, and studied in Form 1 at Wang Xian'an."
"Oh...so Brother Ren has always liked the trumpet since he was a child, right?"
"Well, when I was a child, I loved watching anti-Japanese war movies. Whenever I saw soldiers blowing the attack horn, my blood boiled with excitement!" Siren said excitedly, and then suddenly became cold: "It's not that I don't like the trombone. But my master said that learning other wind instruments would also be helpful for the trumpet, so I learned all 8 instruments in the Silver Band."
"Brother Ren is very powerful... It would be great if I could be as powerful as my sister."
Xiaojing has admired her sister Mo Yan since she was a child. She is beautiful and strong. When their parents ran away due to failure in stock trading, Li Moyan, who was only 16 years old at the time, supported the whole family by herself. While working as an assistant to Schubert, she also shouldered the responsibility of taking care of her sister, who was 10 years younger than herself.
Because they had to repay their parents' stock debt, Mo Yan became a musician. Although they did not become rich, they could still make ends meet.
"Fool, you must have something that even your sister can't do."
In order to prepare for the concert, everyone bought bread for lunch at the canteen during the break. Although it was only a small concert, everyone was a little nervous.
Especially Huo Jianting, he was so nervous that his face turned blue and his hands were shaking violently. There was an unsatisfied hunger in his soul, which made him open the locked drawer.
"Just a little bit... If I come to power in this state, I will become a burden to everyone..."
In the end, he couldn't resist the devil's temptation and opened the door to the curse.
After the spark, a wisp of light smoke filled the entire student union room. Huo Jianting relaxed his body and sighed deeply.
Suddenly, Gao Wenjian rushed in hurriedly: "Senior, everyone is waiting..."
The scene in front of him shocked him.
"Are you going to quit smoking if you don't promise us? Why are you smoking again! No, I'm going to call the police. I can't let you continue to do this."
"No! No!" Huo Jianting held his hand and begged: "I promise you, I will definitely quit. I will just take this small bite so that I can feel more relaxed when I go on stage."
Seeing that Gao Wenjian was a little shaken, he added: "When the concert is completed, I will surrender."
Gao Wenjian was still stunned in place.
"Wen Jian! Wen Jian! I beg you to pull! "
At this time, Tan Qingli also came.
"You two grown men, stop dawdling and go to the auditorium quickly. Everyone is waiting."
"Okay! Let's leave now."
After that, the three of them picked up the instrument case and returned to the auditorium.
But I saw that the stage was decorated like a high-end Western restaurant. The VIP seats near the stage were made up of 4 to 6 tables into one large table, covered with tablecloths and decorated with flowers. A cheap and good lunch was provided by the cooking club.
The seats on the upper level of the auditorium are open to everyone to enjoy music for free.
With the cooperation of Siren and Jianting, the concert was a great success, and with the help of the cooking club, the concert was promoted. Lunch tickets for the concert sold out quickly.
According to Ye Siren's original schedule, everyone warmed up for a while, and while the classmates were waiting for their meals, the concert started.
However, during the warm-up period, Siren felt something was wrong. No matter how he blew it, the Full Moon Unicorn was like a wild horse that had escaped from its frontier and was difficult to control.
After Yi Tian's song, Zhou Guodong pointed at Siren with his baton and shook his head.
"Ye Siren, be respectful." Zhou Guodong said.
"I'm sorry, I'll be careful."
Everyone started playing again, and Siren slightly increased his efforts. Suddenly, there was a bang, and everyone looked at him.
"Ye Siren!" Zhou Guodong clicked his tongue.
"I'm sorry, it's no problem now!" Siren fine-tuned the state and the tone became slightly smoother.
He had used high-end musical instruments before, but he had never used an instrument like this that was specially customized for someone.
When using this instrument, it is like roping a horse. He must use all his strength to fight against it and obey it, so that it can perform accordingly. If you are not careful, the tone will be completely off.
In Ye Siren's opinion, its effect is even far inferior to the second-class musical instrument sent by Wang Xian.
Seeing that Siren looked a little embarrassed, Lin Xuerou guided him after the song ended: "Don't try to fight it, relax and follow its wishes."
"It's so easy for you to say it. I was too relaxed at the beginning and let my voice go astray."
"It is not an ordinary musical instrument. It has a soul. It will choose its own master. If you respect it, it will naturally obey you." Lin Xuerou said softly from the side: "It seems that it does not recognize you."
"You are kidding me. There is no musical instrument in the world that I cannot control, no matter if it is a wild horse or a unicorn horse!"
For the second song, Siren tried his best to control it. After just one song, he was out of breath and his face turned a little purple.
"Ye Siren, if it doesn't work, don't force it..." Lin Xuerou said.
"Don't worry, it's no problem."
Soon, other students and teachers were attracted by the sound of music and slowly gathered on the upper floor of the auditorium.
Soon, Qiu Wensheng was also attracted by the sound of music and followed the flow of people to the auditorium.
"Who's playing the trombone?"
Since there was no coach, the trombone section had the most serious fault. But when he heard that the trombonist had pops from time to time, his tone had a transcendent beauty. He was also curious about who would hold him up. A piece of the trombone section.
Seeing that the upper level was already overcrowded, he went downstairs. Unexpectedly, the people downstairs started to sell lunch ticket scalpers.
"100 for the back row! 200 for those in the front! VIP 500"
"Give me a VIP ticket," he said calmly.
The scalper was surprised. The person asking the price was actually Wensheng Qiu, the school's top student: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Lin Xuerou said that I can't sell the ticket to you." He said.
"There's no way this makes sense."
So Qiu Wenjian went to several more houses and asked, but the result was the same answer.
"Lin Xuerou...what do you want to do!" He sighed helplessly.
Suddenly, a girl with a scar on her eye approached him in a sweet voice and said, "Senior! I have a ticket, how about we eat together!"
