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"If we don't speak up soon, someone will definitely take over Kitahara-sensei's little room!"
"So what if we're first...?"
"send!"
"Woolen cloth?"
Like a frightened bird, Takahashi Kami snatched her phone and, as expected, discovered the message sent by Eto Kana.
"Kami Takahashi would like to have Kitahara-sensei teach her. Does she have time recently?"
I've read it!
Kami Takahashi nervously tried to type "It's a joke," but soon, Hakuba Kitahara sent her a message.
"No problem, come find me after your afternoon practice."
Then, just as Kana Eto had said, Hakuba Kitahara sent an address that looked like a musical instrument shop.
"Chana!"
Kana Eto smiled at her, gave her a thumbs up, and said:
"Don't worry, you'll improve."
Kami Takahashi scratched her hair. It wasn't that she didn't want to improve, but she was just a little uncomfortable being with Hakuba Kitahara.
In her mind, Kitahara Hakuma was already a guy who "would make you sick of love if you met him." She observed the girls in the club most carefully, especially the seniors who were in their third year.
The girl's sixth sense told her that Kitahara Hakuba could only be contacted in groups, and she should never interact with him in private, otherwise something unexpected would definitely happen.
Because group contact should have amazing effects; if it's done privately, it will definitely be a disaster.
And now her best friend is pushing her into a fire pit!
"Ai-yi"
Takahashi Kami sighed, her chest rising and falling slightly beneath her thin uniform. "Kana, I think you're just silly and don't understand anything..."
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"What do you know?" Kana Eto blinked, then realized what she meant after a moment. "I'm not stupid!"
Takahashi Kami's gaze fell to her feet, where her own black stockings came into view:
"You can go, but you have to come with me."
"why?"
"What do you mean 'why'? You just said that on your own, didn't you?" Takahashi Kami patted her back lightly, her outstretched palm pressing against Eto Kana's body through her clothes.
"I'm doing this for your own good, aren't I?"
"Ah~ here comes this, this kind of talk that's almost like passive-aggressive behavior."
"What kind of passive-aggressive behavior is this..." Kana Eto said with a wry smile.
Takahashi Kami glanced at her, her probing gaze making the girl hold her breath.
"what happened?"
"Chanel, are you...::..wearing a back-clasp style today? I just felt it."
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"I object!"
Sayaka Akamatsu's voice involuntarily rose to a high pitch, and she raised her hand high, and even felt that it wasn't high enough, so she stood up.
Inside the first music classroom, the officers of the brass band were having a small meeting, and Kitahara Hakuba sat to the side listening.
"What else is there to object to?" Sakurako Yukawa tilted her head in surprise.
"Of course. Last year, our cultural festival ticket price was two hundred, because we were a nobody back then. But it's different now. We're a top wind instrument school in Hokkaido, and two hundred is no longer worthy of our performance."
"I wouldn't call him a waste, but with his current skill level after being taught by Teacher Kitahara, he certainly has very few tickets to the 200-question performance," said Yu Shou.
Kitahara Hakuba stood to the side, looking down at his phone, thinking to himself, "Back then, in the eyes of geniuses, you were indeed no different from trash."
In the past, the performances were held in the auditorium, and the ticket price was 200 baht per person. Usually, the band could earn more than 400 baht in revenue during the entire cultural festival.
"Well, but I think that more important than making money is letting everyone in Shenxu feel the unique playing style of the brass band."
Sakurako obediently placed her arms on the table and rubbed her fingers back and forth as she spoke.
"Furthermore, cultural festivals are for entertainment purposes, not primarily for making money."
"One price! One thousand!"
Sayaka Akamatsu spread her hands, speaking with great confidence.
"Twelve minutes of the lesson and the free verse, plus nearly ten minutes of pop music—it's a win-win situation for them no matter how you look at it!"
Sakurako Yuukawa's eyes widened, her lips pursed, and her voice was taut:
"Too expensive, absolutely not. The maximum is three hundred bar, that's my bottom line."
Akamatsu Sayaka frowned, then finally sighed and said:
"Two hundred is too little, the Gold Medalists won't agree, um... eight hundred!"
We really need to consider the needs of our members.
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Sakurako Yukawa clenched her fists tightly, slowly stood up, and looked at her with a resolute gaze, saying:
"No, the maximum is four hundred bar. As the minister, I will absolutely not compromise any further."
What are you doing? Haggling at the market? Kitahara Hakuba couldn't help but think to himself.
And Minister, your bottom line is so easily crossed! You're practically a customer benefit for the vendors at the market!
As expected, Sayaka Akamatsu said with a smile:
"Alright, let's go with what you said, within 400."
Seeing that she agreed so quickly, Yukawa Sakurako realized that she had been tricked, and her face turned bright red.
She looked at Kitahara Hakuba with a pitiful expression, hoping he would say something.
Don't look at me like that; I was the one who got ripped off at the market too.
“Let’s make it four hundred bars. Everyone’s hard work deserves this ticket price. Besides, it’s not expensive. If it’s too cheap or free, some people will feel that nothing has changed,” Kitahara Hakuba said.
Even if it were priced at two thousand bar, there would definitely be people who would buy it, after all, people's curiosity is endless.
Yu Shou nodded in agreement without even realizing it.
Sakura's ears felt hot, and she felt bad for Shin-ah's classmates, so she raised her hands to rub them and said:
"Alright, since Kitahara-sensei has said so."
"By the way, what about the commander this time...?" Akamatsu Sayaka looked over curiously.
Sakurako Kawakita held up her face and said:
"Teacher Kitahara can't participate. This is a matter for the brass band. The conductor this time will be either the principal conductor or one of us. If Teacher Kitahara really participates, with his overwhelming popularity among the girls in the school, the tickets will definitely be sold out."
“Being an audience member is also good; it might be a different experience,” Kitahara Hakuba said with a smile.
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"So how should we decide on the performers for this cultural festival? Should it be based on voluntary participation or should we choose them?" Sayaka Akamatsu continued to ask.
Sakurako Yukawa pondered for a moment and then said:
"Personally, I think it would be best to have the first and second year students perform. The third year students have already experienced it twice, so it's for enjoyment, not necessarily for them to perform well. Moreover, from the perspective of preparing for the competition, the third year students are the main force of the national competition, and they can have more time to practice."
"But this is before the audition, isn't it? That's not fair to the first and second year students."
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Sayaka Akamatsu directly raised her objections.
"What you said makes sense, but in reality they will only think that we are in the third year of the program, giving these people more time to deal with auditions."
As she spoke, she glanced at Kitahara Hakuba, as if asking, "Should we move the audition date forward?"
Kitahara Hakuba, arms crossed, leaned against the podium and stated bluntly:
"With me here, there's no way things will go wrong. As for the issue of auditions for the national competition... Actually, I think it's better to let everyone enjoy this cultural festival rather than keep you on edge. But if you really feel it's difficult, I can audition you ahead of time."
From his words, Yukawa Sakurako could vaguely sense his distress.
Since the national conference was at the end of October, he felt that the members who had been working hard and made great progress in the past few months should be given some time to relax, rather than starting to slack off with the students.
Sayaka Akamatsu continued to be the first to express her opinion:
"Personally, I think it's necessary to do a sound check in advance. It's more reassuring to finish the sound check early. Otherwise, during the cultural festival, everyone will be thinking about starting the sound check after it ends, and they won't be able to concentrate on having fun."
Sakurako Yukawa didn't say anything, she just kept nodding.
"What's Rain Guardian's opinion?" Kitahara Hakuba asked.
Yu Shou subconsciously tensed up and said, "I will follow Kitahara-sensei's arrangements completely."
"Actually, the arrangements within the wind instrument department should all be decided by you officers."
Kitahara Hakuba's hands moved aimlessly in the air, like playing the organ.
"If you want it to be earlier, then I will be earlier; if you want it to be later, then it will be later."
“How about earlier? For example, a week before the cultural festival, and then the members who didn’t get into Division A go to prepare the scores for the cultural festival, while Division A continues to practice for the national tournament,” Akamatsu Sayaka said.
"Hmm, I have no objection." Sakurako's legs were swaying slightly, and you could vaguely feel the flesh of her calves trembling.
"Then I have no objection," Yu Shou said.
Kitahara Hakuba said, "Then it's settled. The audition for the national tournament will be held on... September 7th."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sakurako Yukawa got up, picked up a pink marker from the table, went to the calendar hanging on the wall, and drew a circle on the day "17".
Upon closer inspection, she had written the words "National Audition!!!" in large characters.
"These are words that would never appear in the Divine Ascension Calendar," Akamatsu Sayaka said with a touch of emotion, resting her chin on her hand.
"Ah."