Amidst Xu Wannian's uncertainty, the opening ceremony of the National University Martial Arts Festival started on time. First, the Songda Symphony Orchestra played, and then the youthful and lively dance troupe showed their beautiful appearance.
"You can sleep after watching the dance." Cai Zongming yawned with experience.
Lou Cheng also made a fearful expression on purpose: "During the opening ceremony, the principal talked nonsense for an hour and a half. If he continues to behave like this today, will he be beaten?"
"I don't know if he will be beaten or not, but he is not the only one who talks a lot of nonsense today. I looked through the opening ceremony video of last year a few days ago, and I still remember the long nonsense of the president of the Martial Arts Federation, which almost hypnotized me . " Cai Zongming said "generosity".
In the front row of the guest seats, where the Martial Arts Club of Shanbei University is located, Xu Wannian listened to the speech by the president of Songcheng University, his eyes were obviously tired, he wanted to sleep but didn't dare to sleep, today there is a live TV broadcast!
"Too good at talking..." The freckled handsome young man next to him twitched the corners of his mouth, "Senior Brother Xu, can you tell the old man 'Crow's Mouth' to make him forget his words, lose his manuscript, and do something about high blood pressure. "
Xu Wannian was silent for a moment, then sighed, "I think so too, tm is too far away!"
As he said that, he looked at Peng Leyun next to him: "At times like this, I envy and admire Junior Brother Peng the most. No matter whether there are people *force*force** nagging around, he can think about life and wander off. I doubt that, in fact, he Has the ability to sleep with eyes open!"
"I'm also envious of Brother Le Yun, who can stay on the spot while talking." Another member of the Martial Arts Club echoed.
"Keep your voice down." The instructor of the Shanda Martial Arts Club sitting in the front row turned around and said, he was middle-aged with white hair, sunken eye sockets, and an old-fashioned temperament. His prestige in the Martial Arts Club seemed to be pretty good, and everyone immediately fell silent.
Half an hour later, Cai Zongming's eyes were dull, and he was drowsy:
"Chengzi, let's have a chat, otherwise I'll sleep standing up and roll down the steps, and I'll be the laughing stock of the whole country!"
"I think the principal is almost finished speaking. There are so many guests today, everyone has to say a few words. If he takes too long, the opening ceremony won't last till dawn?" Lou Cheng comforted himself.
The atmosphere created by the dance and music just now has dropped to freezing point.
Lou Cheng had just finished speaking, and it seemed that there was a time limit for his speech. The principal stopped abruptly, and forced it to the end.
Clap clap!
There was sincere and enthusiastic applause in the venue, almost toppling the roof.
Lou Cheng and Cai Zongming also applauded vigorously, as if they had escaped a catastrophe, thanking the principal for "keeping his mouth open"!
"Next, Mr. Fang Jinjue, President of the National University Martial Arts Federation, will give a speech." The host invited the next guest.
"..." Cai Zongming opened his mouth slightly, "Chengzi, let's chat."
Lou Cheng looked ahead, looked at the cameras in various positions, and said to himself:
"What should we talk about?"
"Do you know that there is a special system for martial arts competitions where teams fight?" Cai Zongming chatted wholeheartedly.
"I didn't crawl out of the grave, how could I not know? Under normal circumstances, each side has three fighters, and they play in order, single-player confrontation, the winner stays, and the loser goes down. Elimination is considered a loss, but sometimes, you can apply for a special competition system in advance, and the three of them will play in groups at the same time, so as to take advantage of certain martial arts and join forces." Lou Cheng listened to President Fang Jinjue's eloquence, and said casually With a special competition system.
Cai Zongming smiled: "Then do you know the allusion about the special competition system?"
"What allusion?" Lou Cheng suddenly became interested.
Cai Zongming smiled and said: "It is said that when the professional martial arts competition was first established, the Xuanwu sect found the leader of the martial arts at that time, that is, Mr. Lin Zhongxun, who has the titles of martial arts saint and king, and said that this competition system is unfair. Our sect Establishing a sect with sword arrays, and what he is good at is the "three-element fixed light sword array", so splitting one-on-one isn't using one's own shortcomings against others' strengths?"
"Uh, that's right. Some sects are better at forming formations rather than fighting alone. The normal competition system is indeed unfair to them." Lou Cheng agreed.
Cai Zongming let out a hey: "Mr. Lin thought the same way, so he set up a special competition system. As long as you apply in advance, you can let three disciples play at the same time and set up a sword formation. The opponent can be a three-person combination to break the formation. , can also allow the three warriors on the bench to go up together, and there are many people facing the sword formation."
"It's fair. Letting a sect that is not good at formations take advantage of the numbers, how funny is it?" Lou Cheng looked at Cai Zongming suspiciously, why are you laughing
Cai Zongming suppressed a smile and said, "No, after hearing about this incident, the head of the Kongtong Academy couldn't sit still, and went to find Mr. Lin, saying that we should not treat one more favorably than another. Our Kongtong Academy is good at 'five directions and five elements formation' ’, the three disciples couldn’t arrange it at all.”
"Also..." Lou Cheng hesitated.
Cai Zongming continued: "The Kongtong Courtyard said so, and the Shang Qingzong next to him will not do it anymore. Why do you have to wrong yourself? Senior Lin, you have to consider our Shangqingzong's 'Big Dipper Sword Formation', you Say, does this embarrass Mr. Lin?"
"This difficulty is very specific, we have to think of a good and comprehensive competition system..." Lou Cheng frowned.
"At this time, the abbot of Daxing Temple followed him in, looking eagerly at Mr. Lin, benefactor Lin, this, this, five hundred arhats... Cai Zongming clapped his hands, "Okay, Mr. Lin said something at that time, you all give it to me." I go! "
Lou Cheng also couldn't help but laugh: "Sure enough, there is no such thing as everything in this world."
When the two chatted in low voices, they kept their eyes on each other, and the smiles on their faces seemed to emerge because of the speech. They talked and laughed, and finally finished with one guest after another, watched the songs and dances interspersed in between, and waited until the "Quiet Night Light" Liang Yifan came on stage.
Without Yan Zheke and others taking the lead in cheering and applauding, the entire Budokan seemed to be blown apart by sound waves.
This is not only Liang Yifan's personal charm, but also the "effort" of the previous guests!
"I'm not very good at talking, and everyone is eager to see the results of the lottery, so I just want to say, I wish the National University Martial Arts Association will be better and better, so that martial arts will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This is a chance for you to make progress!" Liang Yifan said succinctly with an expression of "I understand".
"Good!" Cai Zongming, Xu Wannian and others took the lead in applauding, and they all smiled. The enthusiasm of the atmosphere was enough to show people's hearts.
The projection was turned on, and a screen appeared behind Liang Yifan. On it was the matchup table for the divisional competition, but the two teams were still blank.
According to the competition system, there will be four groups in this district. The top four in last year's division will be the seed teams and directly enter the group stage. The rest of the schools will enter the corresponding group after two or three rounds of single elimination. They will be drawn to the left side during the draw. have home field advantage.
The group stage adopts a single round-robin format. Compared with last year's results, the home team will be determined. The top two teams will enter the quarter-finals.
At this time, the master of ceremonies and the host placed two boxes, one large and one small, on the speech table in front of Liang Yifan, and asked him to draw out the seed teams of each group from the small boxes.
"Group A." Liang Yifan reached into it, took out a note, spread it out, and said loudly, "Shannan University Martial Arts Club."
It was third last year.
"Group B... Shanbei University Martial Arts Club!" As soon as Liang Yifan finished speaking, the coaches on the field looked at each other in blank dismay. This group could only compete for second place.
"Group C... Sanjiang College... Group D... Haiyuan College." Liang Yifan finished drawing the seeds of each group, and then left the field, and other guests drew the teams for the knockout rounds of each group.
Lou Cheng raised his heart slightly, he already cared a little about the honor of the Martial Arts Club.
He felt a little regretful that Songcheng University Martial Arts Club was not selected in the knockout team of Group A. Compared with Shanbei and Sanjiang, the other two martial arts clubs were not so daunting.
"Group B, the third knockout round, the home team..." The guest pulled out a note, "Songcheng University Martial Arts Club!"
I went, it turned out to be the most difficult group... Lou Cheng was a little depressed.
"It's okay, maybe the other opponents are weaker? Let's fight for the second best hope." Cai Zongming thought about it.
Next, the guests selected Songda’s opponent—Neihai Shifan.
"It's not bad." Seeing that the team was recognized as weak, Lou Changcheng heaved a sigh of relief.
The opponents in the second knockout round will be produced from Qin Yang and other two less strong schools, so it is quite hopeful to enter the group stage.
After the lottery was drawn, the night was dark. After they returned to the dormitory, they had no energy to pay attention to the news and fell asleep one after another.
At noon the next day, when he returned to his dormitory, Lou Cheng had time to browse the forums and websites, looking for news related to the opening ceremony of the National University Martial Arts Association. Due to Liang Yifan's attendance, everyone was still paying attention.
In the "Dragon Tiger Club" forum, he found related posts at the bottom of the page, which contained video news and a special feature made by Songcheng TV Station.
"Special feature?" Before he had time to read the comments below, Lou Cheng browsed through the news video first, and after confirming that he and Cai Zongming were not talking and laughing happily, he was relieved. But it was his own face!
"I'm very excited, um, I'm honored." With a blank smile, he said silly words.
Uh, this is an interview I received as a melon-eating crowd outside the Martial Arts Club during the orientation meeting... Lou Cheng recalled the past, quickly opened the door of the small dormitory, and shouted to the opposite side, "Mouth King! Xiao Ming! Come and see, we It's on TV!"
After the interview was over, the two of us were still looking forward to showing our faces on TV, watching the news of Songcheng TV from time to time, but we didn’t wait for it, and gradually forgot about it. The opening ceremony of the Budokai was edited and broadcast.
"Really?" Cai Zongming ran over and motioned for Lou Cheng to pull back, "Yo, not bad, I have a really handsome smile, not like someone who is dumb and stupid, check the comments, see if there are any People praise me?"