Who doesn’t know that Commissioner Peng once served as the commander of the honor guard of the People’s Liberation Army Garrison in Hong Kong? Although the Chinese style of the honor guard cannot be compared with the Western style of the Unicorn Band, Commissioner Peng couldn't help but bring back memories of the past when he saw the enthusiastic young people now.
Of course, he didn't come empty-handed.
He clapped his hands, and his assistant immediately brought out a set of mouthpieces and drum sticks.
"Commissioner Peng, are you serious?" Zhou Guodong said in surprise.
"Of course. I heard that there is a nearly all-around team member among you. I have to meet him." Commissioner Peng said, "If he is willing, I will take off my button and give it to you if I lose. On the contrary, You have to give me the button."
"If the commissioner wants buttons, we still have many..." Zhou Guodong said.
"It would be meaningless if we don't have to use legitimate means to win the button back."
Commissioner Peng put these words here, and he really wanted to see the strength of Ye Siren, the legendary all-around player second only to Jiang Nanmei. On the other hand, he wanted to personally test the average strength of everyone in the band.
After all, this performance is not only about Chen Nanfang, but also the face of the entire country. Over the years, Black Dragon has been responsible for announcing performances. Their strength is unquestionable, but Typhonium… has been a band that has always been at the tail end of the bandwagon for more than ten years…
"It would be great if Ye Siren was here!"
"But if he talks, he may not be able to win."
At this time, everyone began to have different opinions.
Just when everyone was confused, Lin Xuerou shouted from inside the square formation: "Okay!"
Everyone stared at her.
"It's just that one of our team members is away for something. So, I hope that we can change to a 1 to 8 format, with Commissioner Peng taking turns challenging our eight music department directors." After Lin Xuerou said this, she took the lead to stand up from the crowd. .
"Let me take the lead!" Lin Xuerou said.
"As expected of the captain, he is very impressive."
Commissioner Peng said, took out the trumpet from the mouthpiece box, took the trumpet provided by the team, warmed up a little, played "The Heroes of the Empire", and the excerpts from the arena came out.
This latter section describes one fight to the death. The male protagonist Maximus will challenge different opponents, and finally defeats his enemy Commodius and avenges the murderers of his wife and son.
But this song is also one of the most popular duel songs among bands more than ten years ago, used to fight each other privately to seize each other's buttons.
Back then, Zhou Guodong also relied on this song to kill many opponents and became the final button king.
It wasn't until Commissioner Peng started playing that Zhou Guodong noticed that he was left-handed and had only four fingers on his left and right hands.
"Could it be..." The more Zhou Guodong thought about it, the uneasy feeling suddenly surged into his heart.
There was no extra time for Typhonium to consider tactics, Xuerou just called the minister, and those who were confident could go ahead.
Commissioner Peng's fingering was obviously a bit unskilled and he had not practiced for a long time. When Xuerou butted against each other, he was instantly decisive.
"Interesting." He nodded and then changed to the trombone.
Seeing this, Qiu Wensheng was also ready to warm up.
Lin Xuerou (trumpet), Qiu Wensheng (trombone), and Li Xiaojing (tuba) all successfully held the line, but when it came to Huo Jianting (french horn), his addiction to cigarettes broke out and he couldn't produce any energy, and Lun Jingqing ( saxophone) were lost.
When Xu Xiaoyao (drums) responded, Commissioner Peng shook his head in disappointment and said: "I thought you guys were okay, but with such strength, I have to hand over such an important exchange activity to your third-rate music team. I'm really worried." Commissioner Peng said frivolously.
"Qingli, be careful." Xuerou patted her shoulder and said.
Unexpectedly, when it was Commissioner Peng's turn to play the drums and start playing, his bullet-like speed was as fast as lightning, and Xu Xiaoyao was completely overwhelmed by him.
"Peng Guohua is left-handed. When our instruments are all right-handed, he can force us to this point... How kind he is to us." Zhou Guodong said in surprise.
"Teacher, do you know Commissioner Peng?" Xuerou asked.
"More than just knowing him, he is also a formidable opponent..."
It turned out that Peng Guohua was Zhou Guodong who encountered a strong opponent in the Asian Cup that year.
At that time, the development of domestic silver bands was far behind that of Hong Kong, Macao and abroad. They still used domestic instruments with very poor workmanship and quality at that time. These instruments were very poor in terms of timbre and fluent operation. inferior. At that time, the teams in Hong Kong, Macau and developed countries, such as Japan, South Korea, India, Russia, and Singapore, at least used Bach or Yamaha instruments.
But in the Chinese team, which uses extremely inferior instruments, there is a legendary musician, Peng Guohua, who was born in the military academy. He used his absolute strength to make up for the gap in instruments and has been intimidating all the bands.
Although, it was already a certainty that Chen Nanfang, who represented Hong Kong at that time, won the first place in Asia.
But before everyone returned, a small episode occurred.
The third-ranked Japanese team made rude remarks to the Chinese team. At that time, the energetic Peng Guohua, unwilling to accept the provocation of the Japanese team, borrowed a better left-hander from Harry Schubert, the coach of the Unicorn Pony at the time. musical instrument, he used it to defeat the Japanese team in a private fight.
The Japanese team was not convinced and mobilized teams across Asia to send people to challenge Peng Guohua. However, Peng Guohua lived up to expectations and swept the teams from all over Asia. His popularity was unprecedented.
It even alarmed the organizer, the World Marching Band Association. Under the pressure of public opinion, they had no choice but to send the best soloist in Asia, Zhou Guodong, to challenge him, and finally defeated him.
Zhou Guodong lived up to expectations and defeated him.
But for Zhou Guodong, he would never forget this terrifying opponent who was second only to Mo Warren back then.
If it weren't for that year, Zhou Guodong and Peng Guohua were both in the sixth form, both in their last year. No one would dare to imagine that if the Chinese team was given the same equipment, who would win the next year? Moreover, everyone also noticed that if Hong Kong Returning to the national team, then there is the possibility of competing in the World Cup.
Later, it was because of this incident that the Red Dragon was born. (Red Dragon: With Wang Xian’s Black Dragon Band as the core, it is a national team composed of all Chinese regions to compete in the World Cup)
Zhou Guodong's right eyebrow was always twitching and uncomfortable. He always felt a little uneasy, so he secretly approached Commissioner Peng's secretary and asked: "If we lose this competition, it should be nothing. We will just lose a few buttons. Is that right?" Bar?"
"No!" The secretary said loudly, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally: "Before coming to Chen Nanfang, we have already gone to Wang Xian'an. If you can't even fight against Commissioner Peng, who has had no practice for almost several years, for the sake of the country Glory, we will find Wang Xian'an to pretend to be you. Of course, all the funding he promised to help Chen Nanfang and obtain from the Education Bureau will not count."
"Isn't this just... avenging private revenge?" Zhou Guodong said disdainfully.
"Yes, this is public revenge." The secretary took off her glasses, and Zhou Guodong recognized her... It was the vice-captain of the Chinese team when a team accompanied Peng Guohua to compete with top trumpeters in Asia.
"Senior has always wanted to have another duel with you, but... his current situation is no longer what it used to be." The secretary said.
It turns out that at that time, the domestic training of trumpet players was not as mature as that of other popular musical instruments. Many breathing and playing methods were actually not suitable for Asians' physical constitution and ergonomics. As a result, Peng Guohua had been suffering from chronic diseases due to long-term wrong training. He knew that Zhou Guodong had not stopped studying the French horn. Now he knew that it was impossible to defeat Zhou Guodong, so he had no choice but to focus on the players.
Everyone panicked when they heard that the outcome of this game was related to whether they could go to Japan.
"If Ye Siren is talking... maybe he can stand up to Commissioner Peng alone." Qingli said nervously.
"Don't be like this. His skills alone are not as good as yours. He just has good experience on the spot and doesn't have stage fright." Xuerou reassured.
Obviously, Xu Xiaoyao lost, and Qingli, as the seventh, was preparing to play under huge pressure.
"Now only Xia Yu is responsible for the euphonium." Lin Xuerou said.
"That's really bad. The musical instrument that Peng Guohua majors in is exactly the euphonium."
After Zhou Guodong finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Xia Yu.
At this time, everyone realized that they did not know much about Xia Yu's own strength.
"Go and encourage Xia Yu!" Zhou Guodong said to Xuerou.
"Scared?" Xuerou nodded with difficulty.
She rarely walked over to Xia Yu.
How should I put it, the two people who were the most hated by Chen Nanfang, who once hated each other and swore that they would never be friends, actually stood together. This situation was a bit embarrassing.
Xuerou didn't know how to speak. She saw that the posture of Xia Yu's euphonium was different from everyone else's, so she said, "Xia Yu...could it be...that you are also left-handed?"
"Yeah." Xia Yu said calmly.
Only then did Xuerou notice that her instrument was obviously newer and more exquisitely crafted than other people's instruments.
"This brand is Zuo Xianyue?" Xuerou asked in surprise.
This is a company that specializes in custom-made musical instruments for left-handers. Their instruments are authoritative in the industry. An entry-level bass horn costs more than 40,000 yuan.
"Yeah." Xia Yu said calmly.
"It's impossible... our band, except for the full moon unicorn, doesn't have such expensive instruments..."
"I don't need to explain it to you!" Xia Yu said coldly.
Xuerou and Xia Yu were already having a bit of a feud, so communicating was really difficult and difficult...
Although Xuerou had lowered her body, Xia Yu's expression seemed to be indifferent.
"Xia Yu, do you want to go to Japan?"
"Please, if you can't speak, then just don't speak, okay? Do you know that every word you say makes me feel embarrassed, do you understand?"
Xia Yu scolded her coldly, and Xuerou was so drunk that she flinched a bit.
"I want to warm up, please don't disturb me."
Xia Yu said, Xuerou was stunned and a little confused.
At this time, Guo Dong came over and took Xuerou aside.
"Guo Dong, why is Xia Yu so angry..."
"Of course, the eldest sister is older than her, so she can't go to Japan at all. There is no need for her to fight for us."
Guo Dong said calmly.
At this time, Xuerou knew that Xia Rou's crime was very serious and it was impossible for her to be released on bail.
While everyone was happy about going to Japan, she was the only one who could only look at her with envy.
