Chapter 158: Blooming Flowers ②
“Alright, alright, let’s not talk about these things anymore,” Bai Ya pushed them, already moved by their words, and said with a smile, “Let’s go to the small store to buy something to eat, and then quickly go to class.”
The group chatted and laughed as they entered the small store together.
After school in the afternoon, Huang Yan walked to the lectern. Without looking at Li Kai, who was sitting at his desk, she clapped her hands and said with a smile, “Everyone, everyone, listen to me. I chose several programs online yesterday. I need everyone to help me choose the programs you like to perform at the art festival. At noon, I borrowed the key to the multimedia classroom from the director. Now, please come with me to the multimedia classroom, okay?”
The classmates who were packing their schoolbags did not refuse and followed Huang Yan to the multimedia classroom. After everyone was seated, Nie Qiu and Peng Yu Yang stood up and walked to the lectern of the multimedia classroom. On the lectern was a dungeon embedded in the desk. Peng Yu Yang held a disc and inserted it into the computer host. The projector in the multimedia classroom displayed the content from the disc.
The three dances were surprisingly similar, leaving the classmates unsure of how to choose. Finally, by raising hands to vote, they ultimately selected 《Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu》.
Nie Qiu stood on the lectern. “As you’ve all seen, no matter which song’s dance, it’s performed by those seven girls. So, we still need to select five female classmates and seven male classmates.”
“Seven male classmates?” Peng Yu Yang was surprised and looked at Nie Qiu. “There are no men in the MV!”
“There are too many programs online and on television now. It’s not enough for us to just go up and dance,” Nie Qiu said. “This group became popular in universities, and many universities have also established similar groups. However, most of them are too imitative and lack novelty. To the teachers and judges, they won’t give very high scores because it’s too common.”
“Also, in these MVs, many of them are singing, not just dancing scenes. We don’t have choreographers, so we must find a way to fill these gaps,” Nie Qiu said, looking at the classmates in the multimedia classroom, and then fell silent.
“Are there any classmates willing to volunteer to participate in this performance? If not, we will directly select from the class.” Although this was very democratic and voluntary, the Art Committee Member had this right to select people to participate in performances. Huang Yan said this naturally. “I’ve asked the Teacher, and it’s the same as the year before last. People who participate in the performance can invite their family members to watch the art festival performance. Now, let’s select the girls first.”
“I, I want to participate.” As soon as Huang Yan finished speaking, a girl raised her hand, looking a bit shy, with her head down, not daring to stand up.
Nie Qiu was responsible for recording the names. She took out a notebook and a pen from her schoolbag and looked at the girl. Since they were in the same class, even if they weren’t close, their faces were familiar. This girl’s physique was also suitable for dancing. She remembered that this girl’s name was Wei An Hui.
After Wei An Hui, two more girls volunteered, and they were also quite suitable. Nie Qiu and Huang Yan exchanged a glance, and Nie Qiu smiled as she wrote down the girl’s name.
A plump girl looked around and then looked at Nie Qiu, raising her hand. “I… I… can I go dance?”
As soon as she said this, most of the boys and girls in the class burst into laughter. They had just watched those dances, and it was only thin, tall girls who looked good dancing this kind of dance, with a blend of Chinese style and modern street dance flavor. This girl was a bit overweight, so how could she look good dancing this?
Huang Yan was also a bit surprised. She looked at Nie Qiu helplessly. They were all classmates. As a decision-maker, Huang Yan couldn’t bear to let this person refuse too harshly, but if they really let this person dance on stage, wouldn’t it ruin their program?
Nie Qiu looked at the girl whose face was flushed red with shyness. She pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked, “Zhao Bao Cui, are you sure you want to dance? The training is very tough, can you handle it?”
The laughter of the surrounding classmates made Zhao Bao Cui even more shy. She wanted to give up several times, opened her mouth, but couldn’t speak, yet she nodded.
“Alright then, you can dance.” Nie Qiu unhesitatingly wrote her name in the notebook.
As soon as Nie Qiu’s words came out, the classmates in the class were stunned. Only Zhao Bao Cui, touching her round, red face, smiled happily.
Peng Yu Yang and Huang Yan were both a bit at a loss. Huang Yan stepped forward, shook Nie Qiu’s hand, and couldn’t help but call out, “Nie Qiu.”
Nie Qiu leaned down and whispered something in Huang Yan’s ear. Huang Yan glanced at Zhao Bao Cui and nodded. Then she said, “We still need one more girl. Who else wants to participate in the art festival performance?”
Bai Ya glanced at Zhao Bao Cui with disdain, put the mirror in her hand back into her schoolbag, picked up her schoolbag, and stood up. Without saying goodbye to anyone in the class, she walked out of the multimedia classroom.
The classmates in the class were used to it; she had done the same thing this morning.
Nie Qiu ignored it. Instead, Huang Yan, as the Art Committee Member, felt angry and stomped her feet. After being angry for a while, she stopped caring and looked at the classmates. “Are there any more people who want to participate? If not, I’ll start calling names!”
“I, I want to participate.” A slightly tall girl stood up and said with a smile, “I want to participate too.” She had never performed before. If she performed once, her parents would be happy to see it. Besides, this dance looked quite good.
Huang Yan smiled and nodded at Nie Qiu. Nie Qiu lowered her head and wrote down the girl’s name.
“What about the boys? The program still needs seven boys,” Huang Yan said again.
Nie Qiu smiled and looked at Peng Yu Yang. “How about it? Do you want to join?”
“Count me in!” Peng Yu Yang glanced at Nie Qiu, then said to Huang Yan.
Li Kai stood up. “Count me in.”
“Me too, me too!” Zhang Haiyang said with a laugh, also raising his hand. Boys are not as fussy as girls. Even if girls want to dance, they hesitate for a while. Boys are different. Even shy boys will overcome their shyness in a short while, because shyness is never a long-lasting emotion for boys. Overly shy boys will only make people think they are effeminate or sissies.
Since they were in the multimedia classroom, everyone sat casually. Ma Xin and Wang Chao Lei, who were sitting with Luo Xu, looked at each other for a moment, then stood up. “Count us in.”
“We still need one more person.”
“Me too!” a boy who usually played well with Peng Yu Yang said with a laugh. “I also want to know how we guys are supposed to dance this dance, haha!”
