Pampered by the School Bully
Chapter 409 - 401. Red May rehearsing to win over Sangzhi! (1)

Chapter 409: 401. Red May rehearsing to win over Sangzhi! (1)

While Pu Sangzhi and her group were rehearsing the drama featuring Zhuge Tieniu and Wang Cuihua at the student activity center, Huo Feng and his 10 underlings were also diligently rehearsing their class’s song and dance performance in another classroom on the opposite side.

The classroom where he was located was about five classrooms away from Pu Sangzhi’s classroom, which could be said to be at opposite ends of the floor, a considerable distance apart.

Therefore, Huo Feng was unaware that Pu Sangzhi and her group were also rehearsing a play here.

If he had known, he would definitely have been interested in going to see it, to gauge the level of the opposition.

Of course, if Huo Feng had seen the type of program Pu Sangzhi and her classmates had prepared, he would likely have lowered his guard.

Since he hadn’t seen the garbage program that Pu Sangzhi’s class was rehearsing, Huo Feng, leading a group of underlings in dance practice, was exceedingly serious!

Because it was a major program that was going to be performed on stage, just Huo Feng and his 10 brothers would definitely not be enough.

To make a grand impression, a big spectacle was required!

And a big spectacle had to be supported by numbers!

Thus, at this moment, inside the activity classroom, there were not only Huo Feng and his 10 underlings but also their classmates, forming a team of 21 people in total.

Of course, as the one who loved to show off, Huo Feng was necessarily the leader and had arranged for himself to be at the center of this performance! Most of the focus was on him!

This time, the song and dance performance Huo Feng prepared used a background track that was recently very popular on TikTok called "Rare Words."

This song was not only popular but also carried profound significance and was a song filled with positive energy and ethnic characteristics.

After all, as the name suggests, it promoted the profundity of the Chinese written word!

To highlight the meaning of this song, Huo Feng specifically arranged for a live demonstration using a large brush to write on a massive cloth during the interlude of the song.

Of course, these were just intermittent highlights.

In order to secure first place among the various programs, Huo Feng had to carefully plan every element of the entire song.

And right now, Huo Feng was arranging the formation, teaching 20 young men to dance in formation.

"Everyone, pay attention!"

Huo Feng clapped his hands, standing in front of everyone, "Form two lines, from left to right, extend your left arms and keep an arm’s length distance between each other. Stagger the two lines, the front line must not obstruct the back line, begin!"

At this moment, the leadership aura he exuded easily drew everyone together.

It didn’t matter whether they were his 10 underlings or the 10 boys from the class, everyone listened to him, everyone followed his instructions.

Soon, his 10 underlings and the 10 boys from the class were properly arranged in two lines, his underlings in the front line and the others in the back.

The lineup was staggered, alternating one-to-one, separated by an arm’s length between them.

Luckily, the Street Dance Club’s classroom was spacious enough to accommodate all 20 of them standing in formation.

"Leave a space for me in the middle," he said.

Huo Feng gestured with his hand, and his brothers obediently cleared a spot in the middle for him.

"I taught you all the dance moves last week. These moves are simple, but to have everyone move in unison and not interfere with each other, and to keep the formation neat, we need more practice!"

Huo Feng stood in front of everyone, his presence commanding, "I expect 100% completion from you! Once we are on stage, there can be no mistakes!"

The 20 young men in front obediently followed Huo Feng’s commands.

Thus, Huo Feng began the detailed arrangements...

"Now, let’s start the first rehearsal. I’ll play the music, and, no matter how chaotic the formation gets, just follow the flow according to the music. Everyone spread out, get ready!"

Huo Feng clapped his hands, then stepped back and turned on a phone that was connected to a microphone.

Soon, the intro of "Rare Words" began to play...

The music was as abruptly awkward as the song title, with only a 19-second intro, so Huo Feng planned for all the members to initially remain still on stage, performing a slow head-raising movement.

Once they were on stage, Huo Feng would arrange for a spotlight to slowly fall on their heads, creating a gradually unfolding effect.

"Our Chinese characters, inked into paintings, leave behind 5000 years of history, making the world recognize..."

As the first line of the song officially began, the 20 team members on stage also officially began to dance!

Aligning with the strong lyrics, the dance that Huo Feng choreographed didn’t carry much street dance flavor, instead incorporating punches, leg raises, and other supple martial arts movements!

But since he was trained in street dance, every dance move he designed hit the musical beats!

For instance, when the lyric ’recognize’ was sung, the punch had to be powerful!

To accomplish a musical transition with effort, even the simplest dance moves appear clean and refreshing.

During the first trial performance, Huo Feng did not blend in with the 20 team members but stood at the forefront with his hands behind his back, watching every move of the 20 team members like a guidance counselor.

It proved that each of his ten brothers’ dance moves were precisely executed and the musical cues perfectly timed; even in school uniforms, they could bring out a rhythmic feel.

However, the other ten members of the class could not bring out this feel.

Huo Feng stared intently with his eyebrows tightly furrowed and reminded everyone, "Pay attention to hitting the musical cues! It doesn’t matter if the movements aren’t perfect, timing is crucial! Dance cleanly!"

Afterward, the 20 people danced even more earnestly!

After the first musical transition, taking advantage of the interlude that followed, Huo Feng stepped forward into the group to make temporary arrangements.

"At this moment, the two of you at the back, take care of bringing out the white cloth, the large brush, and ink and place them here."

"While I dance and step back, you two naturally handle passing me the large brush, then lift up the backdrop... Good, just like that, hurry and continue..."

Since the music was still playing, Huo Feng quickly made arrangements and immediately stepped back, leaving the stage to the 20 boys to dance.

Later, there was also a plan for 20 boys to crisscross the stage, each holding a scroll with rarely used characters from the lyrics written on it...

Such as the idioms "forlorn and helpless," "blending vapor," "walking alone," "enlightenment pouring down," etc.

Of course, this lyric-driven interlude would only last about ten seconds, covering just two lines of lyrics.

Though it might seem chaotic on stage, if done neatly, the performance would appear impressively majestic!

"Good! Start running, no matter how chaotic, run through it once first!"

Under Huo Feng’s command, twenty boys earnestly ran through the procedure.

"Our Chinese characters, with their stresses and tones, compose into poetry, the beautiful tunes from the five musical notes, people often say they are embodied in the phrases..." These were the final lyrics.

At the end of the lyrics, Huo Feng joined the team demanding everyone lift the scrolls with rarely used characters they had prepared!

As several smaller scrolls were lifted, the team member in the very center also had to lift a large scroll with the words "China" written on it!

With this, the performance came to its concluding finale.

After a preliminary run-through-like rehearsal and observing the overall style of the program, Huo Feng nodded in satisfaction.

Overall, the program appeared impressively grandiose, with the central theme of promoting Chinese characters, making it a promising candidate for first place!

"Okay, the first rehearsal went smoothly; next, I’ll start delving into the details!"

Huo Feng clapped his hands and said to everyone, "Everyone, back to your starting positions!"

Everyone immediately obeyed, forming two rows.

Thus, their rehearsal proceeded meticulously and earnestly.

The atmosphere in the entire classroom vastly differed from that of Pu Sangzhi’s class!

Here, it exuded a strict and serious style.

In Pu Sangzhi’s class, they were still hesitating over the script.

Of course, neither Pu Sangzhi nor Huo Feng knew about each other’s rehearsal situations.

It was only around six o’ clock that both teams ended their rehearsals at almost the same time, each emerging from classrooms across the hallway to face each other.

At that moment, Pu Sangzhi was with a group of girls from her class, and of course, Chen Mo was also there.

Huo Feng and a group of boys from his class gathered from both sides of the hallway toward the middle...

Both had already seen each other from a distance, but that day, Huo Feng didn’t run excitedly towards Pu Sangzhi. Instead, he led his team with heads held high and marched powerfully!

Because now, they were competitors!

Huo Feng had to face her with an overpowering presence!

At the central staircase, both groups officially converged...

Only then did Huo Feng motion to Pu Sangzhi with a beckon of his finger, "Come here."

Pu Sangzhi walked towards him unsuspectingly, and then, her neck was hooked by Huo Feng, successfully leading her away.

Huo Feng said, "Let’s walk together; I’ll treat you to dinner."

By the way, he wanted to inquire about the rehearsal situation of Pu Sangzhi’s class...