Serious Case Tracking

Chapter 37 A farce

Hua Si Art Institute is the only private university in H City that mainly focuses on art majors. Although it is not outstanding compared with similar domestic institutions, it is second to none in H City.

In the trophy showroom of Wentz Art Institute, there are many trophies and certificates obtained in art competitions. Although it is a bit confusing, judging from the names of the trophies, most of them are from some provincial and municipal art competitions. One of the best results is the third place in the National XX Painting Competition.

However, these trophies and certificates are already in the past tense. They are more like a foil to set off the heaviest trophy that is about to usher.

The date of "December 2008, 12" is written under the largest display box on the top of a display shelf in the center of the showroom, and "Gold Award of National College Drama Competition" is written below the date. From the time point of view, the winners Just a few days ago, this trophy was undoubtedly the most dazzling in the whole showroom.

However, compared with the auditorium in the school, the showroom at this time is very deserted. Outside the auditorium, the three floors inside and outside are surrounded by students in the school. The school's alumni who have won honors have the demeanor, but there are a few security guards standing at the door of the auditorium, and all the students can only explore the inside of the auditorium through the windows.

In the auditorium, although there were only teachers and students, school leaders, and reporters participating in the drama performance, the school had spent a lot of money for this honor, and the scene was so grand that it almost caught up with international stars on the red carpet.

On the stage, more than a dozen students who participated in the competition and finally won the championship trophy were naturally the focus of attention, and the most eye-catching ones were Zhi Zhi Zhi Feng Yongbo and Yang Ling, the leading actors and actresses in the award-winning drama.

Although Feng Yongbo has a pretty face, but unfortunately he has a taste of a young boy who is not favored by girls, so naturally he cannot be paid too much attention by reporters.On the contrary, Yang Ling's glamorous appearance and generous temperament, under the background of the spotlight on the stage, added a star flavor to her. Naturally, the reporters of all media did not hesitate to use the storage capacity of their cameras, desperately Press the shutter, for fear of missing every subtle movement of her.

The school leaders sitting in the front row of the auditorium, especially the principal Hao Longbin, from the moment they entered the auditorium with a smile on their face, to the speech they spoke on the stage just now, they were so happy that they never closed their mouths. The hard-won honor, on the other hand, is that he can finally not worry about the enrollment situation in the coming year.

"Principal, basically I have invited all the influential media reporters in the city. How is it? Isn't it good?" Vice-principal Guo Qiang asked obsequiously.

"Well done, well done!" Hao Longbin smiled with great satisfaction, "These days, nothing can be separated from the hype, as long as you are willing to put down capital, even if it is a fart thing, you can make it happen overnight. It has become the focus of everyone's pursuit, and the old era of "the smell of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley" has long passed. Especially for private schools like ours, we have to make such a lot of troubles to ensure the number of students."

"That's it. Fame and fortune are always linked together. I believe that with such speculation, next year's enrollment will definitely not have to worry about the lack of students." Guo Qiang echoed.

As the host's voice came from the auditorium's audio system, the conversation between the two came to an end.

"My friends from the press, it's time to ask questions. Feel free to ask any questions you have."

"I would like to ask Ms. Yang Ling, this time you are the heroine of the drama, and the drama award must be inseparable from your excellent acting skills, so have you ever thought about developing into the entertainment industry?" an entertainment magazine The reporter first raised his own question, but this question was a bit gossip.

"I still have one year to graduate, and I don't want to think about such long-term issues right now." Yang Ling replied softly with a smile on her face.

Following the questions raised by the entertainment magazine reporter, some of the following questions were also very gossip, such as asking whether the hero and heroine have their own partners?What is your standard for a partner?Will boring questions be asked one by one because of this competition coming together? Of course, all of this has been planned in advance. After all, the purpose of inviting these reporters is to hype, and hype is naturally inseparable from The sensitive topic of these gossips.

"Miss Yang Ling, is the story of the drama "Repentance" that you performed this time your original work?" A reporter finally asked a normal question.

"Yes, it is because this is an original story, coupled with the excellent performance of our entire team, that we finally won the competition." Yang Ling raised the golden trophy in her hand, "This honor is not only for standing on stage. Everyone in the world also belongs to the teachers who have been cultivating us carefully."

"Then who is the original author of this story?"

"Of course it's all our teachers and students who participated in the performance! Otherwise, how could it be possible to create such a good script?"

"But as far as I know, the original author of this story is not all your teachers and students participating in the play, but a student named Du Yuhan! And she was originally the heroine of this play."

As soon as these words came out, the entire auditorium immediately fell silent, and the camera flash did not flash again. All the reporters turned their heads to look at the reporter who asked the question, and then they all turned their eyes to Yang Ling. Urging her to answer the question.

"This one……"

Yang Ling was obviously stunned by this question, staring blankly at all the people off the stage, not knowing how to answer for a while.

And the reporter who asked the question didn't care whether Yang Ling answered the question, and continued to ask new questions.

"And Du Yuhan is dead, she committed suicide on the stage where you are standing, right?"

"This...I..."

"The reason why she committed suicide was because you used some despicable means to force her to death in order to replace her in the role of the heroine? If there is no script written by her, it is impossible for you to hold this trophy like you are now. But you didn't mention her contribution after winning the award, don't you think such behavior is shameless?"

Looking at Yang Ling who was standing on the stage with an embarrassed face, the reporter who asked the question didn't mean to stop, but instead asked new questions one after another. A series of sharp questions seemed to be bombarded in the auditorium. Explosions happened one after another, followed by the voices of all the reporters talking.

Just when Yang Ling didn't know what to do, the flash of the camera flashed again at the same time, and the sound of pressing the shutter of the camera resounded throughout the auditorium, as if urging Yang Ling to answer the question just now. answer.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you end this meeting and send all the reporters away!" Hao Longbin yelled at Guo Qiang, then got up and left the auditorium angrily.

"Alright, alright, friends from the press, these kids have just finished the competition, and they are already very tired due to the long-distance travel. This is the end of today's meeting. If there is any problem, we will talk another day." Guo Qiang ran quickly On the stage, took the microphone in Yang Ling's hand, and said to the reporters in the audience with a smile on his face.

"Miss Yang Ling, why don't you answer the question?"

"Are those questions just now true?"

"Aren't you afraid to answer?"

"Is Du Yuhan's death related to you?"

Obviously, Guo Qiang's words had no effect at all at this time. It can be said that the reporters simply ignored his existence. They crowded onto the stage and surrounded Yang Ling, as if they had discovered a great treasure, trying to dig out more shocking things. news.

Seeing this, Guo Qiang hurriedly called the security guards. After a long time of effort, Yang Ling and all the participating students were taken out of the auditorium.

The conference room was surprisingly quiet, the air seemed to freeze. Yang Ling and all the students participating in the drama performance lowered their heads and sat in a row of chairs against the wall without saying a word.

Sitting on both sides of the conference table are several teachers who participated in the creation of the "Repentance" drama: He Hong and Lan Xueying, who directed the performance, Chen Jian, a music teacher, Hu Jia, a fashion design teacher, and Chen Mengyao, a model design teacher. Of course, everyone is just like the students, just sitting with their heads sullen, not daring to breathe out.

The principal, Hao Longbin, paced back and forth in the conference room, smoking one cigarette after another with a livid face.

"Those reporters are still refusing to leave at the school gate. It seems that this matter has become a big problem." Guo Qiang ran into the conference room panting and said.

"You said you were looking for these people." Guo Qiang's words were like adding fuel to the fire, making Hao Longbin furious, "How did I explain to you in advance? I told you to find a trustworthy media, and you must not go out." Any mistakes, how did you assure me? If it’s positive news, it doesn’t matter even if it’s a scandal, but now? You actually made negative news for me, and even pulled out the suicide case of a student a few months ago Now, if you, the vice principal, don't want to do it, just tell me!"

"I don't know how this happened! If I had known earlier, I would never have let that reporter in." Guo Qiang said with a mournful face.

"I knew it earlier, I knew it earlier, if you knew everything, you would be a god! I would have given you my seat!" Hao Longbin roared angrily.

"I..." Guo Qiang was at a loss for words after being scolded.

"Do you know which media the reporter belongs to?"

"No, I don't know. The scene was chaotic just now, and I didn't notice the identity of the reporter." Guo Qiang said timidly.

"You, you, what do you want me to say about you? You found the person, and now you can't tell me who the reporter is. You are a bastard." Hao Longbin cursed angrily, and then he vented his anger on In response to everyone present, "Hold your heads up for me!"

Hao Longbin slapped hard on the meeting table, this momentum also made everyone's hearts tremble, they all raised their heads and looked at Hao Longbin uneasily.

"Is what the reporter said just now true?" Hao Longbin scanned everyone and questioned.

Hearing this, all the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to speak first.

"You don't want to say it, do you? Well, all the teachers will write me a resignation letter tomorrow, no, now, and immediately pack up and leave me. All the students will be punished once for a serious demerit." Hao Longbin said angrily.

"Don't! Principal, please speak up if you have something to say!" Music teacher Chen Jian hurriedly said.

"Speak well? Don't you all want to say it? If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Get out of here immediately, lest I take the blame for you. I can't afford to lose that person." Hao Longbin said.

"It's not that we don't want to talk about it. The main reason is that we don't think it's important, so we didn't tell you about it at the time. Who knew the reporter would bring it up today!" dance teacher Lan Xueying explained.

"Stop talking nonsense to me, what's going on, tell me right away." Hao Longbin said angrily.

"Actually, the thing is like this." Lan Xueying continued, "After signing up for this drama competition, we started writing scripts, but the stories we created have never been very ideal. It was a bright feeling, until later, Du Yuhan found some of our teachers and showed us the script she created, which is the final award-winning "Repentance". After reading this script, we made a decision at that time It's decided, and Du Yuhan is naturally the best choice for the heroine of the drama, but I didn't expect that she committed suicide on the stage of the auditorium just three months ago. Seeing that the competition is coming, we have no choice but to let Yang Ling replace it. As for the screenwriter, because of Du Yuhan's death, we don't want to be affected by this unfavorable news, so when filling out the entry form, we filled in the screenwriter column of all teachers and students, Du Yuhan's name I didn't write it down."

"That means what the reporter said just now is true!" Hao Longbin said with his brows furrowed.

Several teachers did not reply, but nodded slightly.

"Then besides the people sitting in this conference room, who else knows about this matter?" Hao Longbin asked.

"After all, this is not something disgraceful. During the rehearsal, basically all the teachers and students participating in the performance knew that the script was written by Du Yuhan, so most of the students should be aware of this. .” He Hong said.

"That means that the teachers and students of the whole school may disclose this situation to the reporter, and then make us make a fool of ourselves on this occasion?" Hao Longbin asked.

All the people looked at each other again, and they didn't know how to answer Hao Longbin's question.

"If you let me know who is planning this behind the scenes, I will definitely want him to look good. But the important thing now is to prevent the spread of rumors as much as possible. You teachers will go back and be responsible for me to settle the students. If anyone makes rumors If you expand the campus, don’t blame me for turning my face and being ruthless.” Hao Longbin said angrily, “Guo Qiang, you hired the reporter today, and you will take care of the reporter’s affairs. Anyway, I don’t want to see any news in tomorrow’s newspaper. Regarding the negative impact of our school, otherwise you, the vice principal, will pack up and leave me immediately."

"Yes, yes, I will do my best to calm this matter down." Guo Qiang said with a bitter face.

Fortunately, there were no other students in the auditorium when the incident happened, and the students outside the auditorium did not know the details of what happened in the auditorium due to the noisy surroundings. Most of the students don't know the real reason, which also makes the teachers breathe a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)