Tokyo University Art Headquarters, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
It rained heavily, and the early morning rain shrouded the entire Tokyo in a deep blue. The weather forecast said it was a late spring cold, and the warm and humid air from the Pacific Ocean was covering Tokyo like a storm along the equator, and the entire city was crumbling.
One black car after another drove slowly along the viaduct. The drivers looked serious and drove steadily like turtles. This was a special car dispatched by Dongda Art. There were people sitting in the back seats of each car.
The senior leaders of Dongda Art Group were listening to the report on the phone while quickly signing the new application documents.
Today is the day for the monthly meeting, and it is also the day to determine the list of students for the April Starlight Awards. The principals of each campus of Dongda Arts are in danger. They got up early and repeatedly confirmed the pre-selected students.
The list is put into the packet together with the student performance report for the entire past year.
There will be a tug-of-war and bloody battle today, which is definitely not a good day. The rain is falling so hard, which adds a touch of sadness.
For ordinary people, this is an ordinary day. They have breakfast and go out to play under an umbrella, or stay at home and play games. But for the children on the list, this is a day that determines their destiny. And today the principals
Effort will determine whether they can compete or be removed from the roster.
The total quota for the NHK Starlight Awards qualifiers is 200 people.
Only one person can win the Starlight Award in the end.
A total of ten prestigious schools under the umbrella of Tokyo University of Arts, Hokkaido First Art, Waseda Talent Club, Keio Private School's Research Institute, etc., will provide top talents for this all-Japan carnival entertainment event.
On average, each college can only provide twenty student lists.
There are six campuses under the Tokyo University Art Group, which are located in Chuo, Shinjuku, Chiyoda, Edogawa, Sumida, and Western Districts in Tokyo. Each campus has its own S class with unique cultural training.
The total number of students in Class S totals 93.
However, Dongda Art will only select 20 from these 93 people. Only these 20 students can stay on the final list and then submit them to the NHK Starlight Awards review department for review. The remaining students will never be considered again.
There is a chance to participate.
What determines whether students should stay or go is based on their achievements in the past year, which account for 70% of the selection criteria. At the same time, family economic reasons and family social background are also taken into consideration. In the selection,
Occupying thirty percent.
The orthodox principals of each campus are very nervous. After all, there will be quarrels at this time of year. After all, no one thinks that the students in Class S under them will be worse than other campuses, but the cruel fact is right in front of them, so they can only fight to get it.
I want to use the materials to prove how great my students are, so that I can squeeze out other students from Class S from the list of twenty.
It was raining heavily, and the windshield wiper in front of the car kept shaking. The red route lights on the iron-gray building of Dongda Art were flashing in front of the gray car windows, illuminating Sawano and Shu.
s eyes.
"How should I put it? I feel like Principal Sawano is not very nervous today." The driver suddenly laughed and chatted, "I remember when I came to pick you up last year, your eyes were red and bloodshot, and you looked like you hadn't slept all night.
I also heard that you had such a heated argument with Principal Owada of Shinjuku Ward last year that they almost started fighting."
The old uncle Sawano Kazuki smiled and shrugged: "I wasn't nervous last year either. His eyes were red and bloodshot because he was drinking. As for the quarrel with Principal Owada, it was entirely because of the scores of his own students.
Students who cannot compare with me still insist on clamoring for a competition."
"He meant a competition between students, but you misunderstood it and thought it was a fight between two principals, right?" the driver smiled.
"I drank too much. In fact, I didn't use it last year. The student scores of Narita campus last year were very brilliant. The scores of all students were far above the standard, so they were all selected. What was decided in advance will not be changed."
, so I drank the celebration wine in advance." Kazuki Sawano said.
"What about this year?" the driver asked.
"If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to get seven places." Sawano Kazuki said, "But if something goes wrong, I don't know. I'm not worried about the senior management of the school board, but the collective voting later is a bit uncertain.
This student is a bit special."
"Seven?" The driver was stunned and counted with his lips, "Akagi Ryosuke, Okagi Giyu, Kirima Hiiragi, Kurobuto, Fujiwara Chie, Natsume Qingone... Class S from Narita Campus
Aren’t there only six elites? Are there new students joining Class S this year?”
"It's considered added, but it's not considered added. That child is very special and can always do unexpected things. So when I invited him to join Class S, he rejected me ruthlessly."
Sawano Kazuki smiled bitterly, but his smile was a little proud.
"Rejected Class S?"
The driver's eyes widened in disbelief. He even looked back at Sawano Kazuki, thinking he was joking with him, but Sawano Kazuki didn't look like he was joking. Anyone with a discerning eye could see the disappointment in his eyes.
"Yes, this is the only student who has refused to join Class S in the years since Dongda Art established the S Class system. The reason why he refused me is a bit ridiculous. He said that he has no ideals and just wants to be a student in the Zhou Dynasty.
I can have time to go fishing on Saturdays and Sundays.”
Sawano Kazuki's tone seemed to be talking about his own child.
"What a special child. I'm really excited to see what he looks like." The driver was inexplicably excited. "Will I tell the senior management of the school board about this at the meeting today? I'm really looking forward to the expressions on their faces.
"
"Then I would definitely say that the hidden seventh person sounds so exciting and exciting." Zeye and Shuzui both smiled crookedly, "And not only this, I also brought them a wonderful gift.
.”
"Wonderful gift?"
"A videotape." Sawano Kazuki patted his briefcase, which contained, in addition to the report cards of Kurobutou's students, a videotape.
Originally, this video tape should have been sent to the Tokyo University Art Headquarters three days ago, but Sawano Kazuki stopped it. Instead of letting the school board of directors watch it, it would be better to wait until the principals from all campuses arrived to watch it together.
, especially those principals who clamored about "learning art for free", I really look forward to the changes in the expressions on their faces during the play.
Maybe I was even more surprised than I was that day.
But, will that child participate in the Starlight Awards? He can't go out fishing in such weather, right?
Sawano Kazuki doesn't seem to be worried that the child will not be selected. The only thing he is worried about is that if the child is selected, what should he do if he is unwilling to participate? Should he be allowed to waste his talents talking to the fishes? What if he can
The only people who can hear his singing are fishing rods and grass, so what a pity this is for the star-chasing girls from Tokyo to Osaka.
Anyway, let’s cook the rice.
The phone vibrated. Sawano Kazuki took out the phone from his trouser pocket and turned it on. The moment he saw the text message from Dongda Art, he was stunned. The originally evil expression froze on his face, and then became
Became depressed.
"What's wrong, Principal Sawano?" the driver asked.
"I just received the news that the boy from the Shenhui family has decided to compete this year." Sawano Kazuki sighed, "I feel so sad, my children are going to enter the hellish fight again."
"Shen Hui Ling?" The driver's lips trembled, "But he has won the Starlight Awards for two consecutive years. Isn't he planning to win three consecutive championships to show to the whole of Tokyo?"
The information of Shen Huiling is called up in the background of the mobile phone.
Kame Rei, the youngest son of the Kame family, is studying at Keio Private School's Graduate School. His sister is Ruri Kame, a national-level figure skater.
This pair of siblings are firmly in the top ten in the entire Tokyo rankings, with the elder sister ranked ninth and the younger brother ranked tenth. The year before last, no one in Tokyo knew the name "Shen Huiling".
The initial ranking assigned to him in Tokyo was also outside the top 10,000, but no one could have imagined that this boy would actually win the Starlight Awards for two consecutive years, jumping from outside the top 10,000 to the top ten in Tokyo. His daughter recently
He is obsessed with chasing stars, and he is chasing this young man named Shen Huiling. His pictures are plastered all over his room.
If that boy wins the Starlight Awards for the third time this year... his ranking in Tokyo will definitely surpass his sister's. Shen Huiling has long ago declared to the media that only by reaching the top spot in Tokyo, can he
Only then will he give up playing this game with everyone.
Is such an important competition just a game to the boy from the Kameiya family?
Sawano and Shu sighed, suddenly feeling tired.
The car stopped, and the driver walked out first, pulled out his umbrella and opened the door, and then held the umbrella over the head of Sawano Kazuki who came out. The principals around him also arrived one after another, nodded to each other and walked quickly.
Enter the building.
"Don't you want to go in? Principal Sawano?" the driver asked.
"I haven't looked at the scenery for a long time. Let me look at it for a while."
President Sawano is looking in another direction. Next to the Tokyo University Art Group Building is the main campus of Tokyo University of the Arts. It covers an area of more than 5,000 acres and has a construction area of 3 million square meters. This is unimaginable in Tokyo where land is at a premium.
precious.
On both sides of the campus road, there are blooming cherry blossoms that have just bloomed. Their delicate flowers are trembling in the rain. Young girls wearing white stockings hold umbrellas and walk on the campus road, stepping naughtily into puddles and wearing black windbreakers.
The young people were busy walking and hurried towards the library with their notebooks in their arms.
A couple of college students were standing at the bus stop on campus, waiting for the bus. The rainwater was sliding over their heads. The girl was standing on tiptoes, stuffing the straw of breakfast milk into her boyfriend's mouth, laughing.
Happy and sweet.
These are all students who graduated from Dongda Art University a few years ago. They have gone through all kinds of difficulties to enter this palace-like art university. Every day and every year, they are using their talents to transform the world and influence the world.
this world.
"I think you're a little sentimental," the driver said softly.
"It's a bit sentimental. I'm thinking about what the kid who likes fishing will be like when he grows up in the future. Will he enter this university, or will he really be willing to go to an ordinary liberal arts university? The day he enrolls,
Will it rain as hard as today? What will the girl waiting for him with an umbrella look like in the future? Will she bring him breakfast?"
Sawano Kazuki's eyes were dazed. He had never felt that life passed so slowly. How happy it would be to be able to see the future of that child across time.
"I will definitely do it." The driver said with a smile, "Let me take you up. Principal Sawano, don't forget that you still have a bloody battle today. Defeat them well and write all seven names on the list of entries for the Starlight Awards.
.”
"Yes, there is still a bloody battle." Sawano Kazuki smiled.
At this moment, the old man was full of youth, and his whole temperament changed from head to toe. He was no longer so cynical, but like other principals, he hugged his briefcase tightly and hugged the children's arms.
future.
Including the unknown that he couldn't determine.
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