Courtyard House: A Great Musician! Red Songs Resound Worldwide

Because he found that although the phrase was a bit old-fashioned, it seemed to work quite well...

The workers below were so excited that their faces were flushed as they looked at the stage.

If Teacher Qiao hadn't been speaking, these people probably would have started chanting slogans right away...

Seeing that Qiao Shuhua had already stirred up everyone's emotions, Li Chaoyang felt relieved.

Joshua did not continue with his lengthy speech.

Instead, he talked to everyone about the upcoming training and selection process.

Yes, these 300 people will be eliminated again.

Previously, it was about selecting the tallest among the short; basically, anyone who wasn't tone-deaf was chosen.

The next step, of course, is to select the most suitable one from among the best.

Ultimately, of these 300-plus people, it is estimated that only one-third will remain in the workers' choir.

Of course, it is also necessary to take into account the male-to-female ratio and to make reasonable combinations of high, medium, and low tones.

However, these professional matters will have to be handled by Teacher Qiao.

As mentioned before, Li Chaoyang didn't want an outsider to lead an expert, resulting in a complete mess...

The more than 300 workers were all eager to try out when they heard that there would be another selection process.

Everyone wanted to stay and represent the steel rolling mill in the final performance at the Great Hall of the People!

Contrary to Li Chaoyang's earlier expectation that these people would be full of complaints, this did not happen...

.......

And so, the choir officially began its training.

However, Qiao Shuhua did not immediately bring out Li Chaoyang's newly written song "We Workers Have Strength".

Instead, he practiced using his well-known song, "We Are Walking on the Road"...

This was something Li Chaoyang had discussed with Qiao Shuhua that morning.

For no other reason than to maintain secrecy...

After all, there's no intellectual property law protecting this kind of thing these days...

If this new song gets out and becomes popular, it might just be used by other organizations.

It would be fine if it were used by a performance troupe from a government agency.

But if it gets requisitioned by some performing arts troupe, then even if Li Chaoyang was the lyricist and composer, he'd be left with a bitter pill to swallow...

So, they plan to practice with other songs first.

We'll bring out this song when it's time to officially register.

......

Everything about the choir was proceeding smoothly under Qiao Shuhua's arrangement.

Li Chaoyang simply returned to his office to drink tea and read the newspaper, becoming a hands-off manager.

To his surprise, Old Joe was wearing glasses and looked kind and approachable.

But once they get serious... they can be incredibly strict!

Not long after Li Chaoyang left, the old man had everyone stand in turn on the steps in front of the cultural center.

I listened to everyone sing "We Are Walking on the Road" together from below.

After listening to it once, he taught everyone to sing it together word by word.

Then everyone sang it over and over again...

At first, it was fine; although he frowned, he didn't react much.

But when it came to the tenth time... he missed a note, and immediately stopped him with a dark face!

Moreover, he berated the more than three hundred workers until they were utterly ashamed...

But something is strange...

These workers, who usually dared to argue with their superiors in the workshop, didn't dare to stand up and cause trouble for Teacher Qiao...

Because this old man was able to tell from a chorus of over three hundred people which row and which number was singing incorrectly.

And who was just pretending and didn't say a word? That's amazing!

A girl with a very good voice was scolded by an old man for constantly singing off-key, and she burst into tears...

They practiced like this over and over again... and it wasn't even noon yet.

Qiao Shuhua eliminated more than forty people from these three hundred or so on the spot...

The selection process is incredibly efficient!

Even Li Chaoyang was stunned when he found out...

He thought that Teacher Qiao would select each of the three hundred people one by one, just like they had selected.

But I never expected that Old Joe's selection method would be so simple and brutal!

.......

As a result, by the end of the day, the choir, which had over three hundred members in the morning, had dwindled to just over two hundred...

Moreover, the remaining two hundred-plus people were all incredibly enthusiastic...

It was already past closing time, but they were still practicing...

They seemed afraid that if they didn't perform well tomorrow, they would lose the opportunity to perform at the Great Hall of the People...

There, you can still see the same impatient look on their faces as they usually are, waiting for the get off work bell to ring...

Since Qiao Shuhua didn't leave, Li Chaoyang naturally stayed with her.

But seeing these workers still diligently working in front of the building, he couldn't help but be secretly amazed.

This is only the first day...!

The workers in front of me looked like they were possessed.

Li Chaoyang had reason to suspect that these people had been manipulated by Qiao (Qian's) Shuhua...

This situation continued until Sister Li arrived.

Seeing his wife come to pick him up, Qiao Shuhua left somewhat reluctantly.

After seeing them off, Li Chaoyang also went home from get off work.

Today, because Old Joe stayed late, he got home much later than usual.

By the time we arrived at Qingyun Hutong, it was already dark.

Li Chaoyang, whose stomach was growling with hunger, was too lazy to cook anymore, so he simply went to a restaurant again.

Having filled his stomach, Li Chaoyang leisurely returned to the courtyard.

But as soon as I pushed my bicycle into the courtyard, I found it packed with people.

What's going on now?

Li Chaoyang stood on the steps, looking towards the crowd...

In the center was a square table, with one old man in the middle and two other old men in charge on either side...

Wow... did we run into a departmental meeting?

Li Chaoyang's brows furrowed again...

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Li Chaoyang remembered what his third uncle had told him before.

Second Uncle Liu Haizhong wanted to help Jia Xudong raise some donations in the courtyard.

It seems... this college-wide meeting today is probably because of this matter.

It was really unfortunate that I came back by myself.

This is a direct confrontation... Li Chaoyang had originally intended to ignore this whole college-wide meeting.

But now that I've unexpectedly barged in, I can't just pretend I didn't see anything.

Furthermore, as the Third Uncle had mentioned before, the person who wanted to hold a hospital-wide meeting to raise funds was the Second Uncle, Liu Haizhong.

But the person sitting in the middle hosting is an old man named Yi Zhonghai...

After thinking it over, Li Chaoyang decided to observe the situation discreetly for the time being before making any further moves.

What if it's not what I think...?

However, Li Chaoyang's height of over 1.8 meters was already conspicuous enough.

Standing on the steps at the entrance of the Intermediate People's Court, he stood out like a crane among chickens... immediately conspicuous in the crowd.

At that moment, Sha Zhu was standing at his door with his shoulders slumped when he saw Li Chaoyang. He quickly waved and greeted him, saying with a joyful expression, "Section Chief Li, you're back?"

"You've come at just the right time!"