Chapter 208: Crash the Place? Suona vs. Piano? Heh…

"Su Meng's vocal prowess... is actually this strong?"

Deng Ziqi's startled exclamation left Duan Jiangping and Qin Jie completely dumbfounded.

The two exchanged a glance, and Qin Jie said slowly.

"How did I not know Su Meng could actually sing?"

"How on earth have you been doing your job as his manager?"

Duan Jiangping couldn't help but grumble inwardly.

You've been Su Meng's manager for two whole years and you didn't even know—I've only been doing it for a few days!

But he didn't dare talk back.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a failure on my part."

"And from the sound of Deng Ziqi, Su Meng's vocal prowess is a bit out of the ordinary?"

Qin Jie nodded, then suddenly broke into a beaming smile.

"Now that Su Meng has lost his domineering-CEO persona, we still don't know how to develop him."

"If he could transition into a singer, that wouldn't be a bad choice."

"Right, right, right." Duan Jiangping nodded frantically.

"And you heard that half a song of 'Shanhe' too—his songwriting ability is no joke either."

"He can write and he can sing—it's just too perfect!"

At the mention of songwriting, Qin Jie's brows suddenly furrowed.

"But he can write a song as grand and sweeping as 'Shanhe', and then turn around and write a song like 'Five Rings Song' that's at kindergarten-math level."

"Isn't that... a little unstable?"

Duan Jiangping, however, was unconvinced.

"So what? It's probably because he never got any professional training."

"Doesn't he have a pretty good relationship with Yinyuexue Academy?"

"If nothing else, he could find time to go study there for a while."

The moment his words fell, Su Meng's voice came through the screen.

"Then tomorrow I'll take you to do something fun... how about I take you to crash the piano department at Yinyuexue Academy?"

What? The two of them leaped up in shock.

Qin Jie's face instantly turned green, and she squeezed a few words out through clenched teeth.

"A pretty good relationship?"

"This is what you meant by... having a pretty good relationship with Yinyuexue Academy?"

"Huh?"

……

"How about I take you to crash the piano department at Yinyuexue Academy?"

Deng Ziqi was instantly dumbfounded.

I didn't hear wrong, did I? Go crash the place?

Forget her—everyone at the scene and in the livestream was completely dumbfounded.

Are you serious?

You're actually going to crash the piano department of the highest musical hall in Dragon Country?

Liu Huan dug at his ear and asked uncertainly.

"Su Meng, you didn't misspeak, did you? You're going to crash the piano department? Why?"

His question voiced the thoughts of everyone present.

Su Meng let out a sheepish chuckle and said nonchalantly.

"Today is the first day of recording for this season."

"I'm planning to hold a concert on the last day—that is, the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."

"To officially release a few pieces."

"But after the folk-music department sent out the invitation, almost every teacher in the academy accepted."

"Only the piano department refused to give face and turned it down outright."

"And they even put out an internal notice forbidding piano-department faculty and students from attending."

"You tell me—isn't that not giving face?"

"If that's the case, why on earth should I give them face?"

……

Holy shit! Nearly every viewer in the livestream leaped up from their chairs in shock.

Hold a concert? Release pieces?

Those hellish pieces you just recorded—and you're going to release them this formally?

And just because they refused to show up, you're going to crash their place?

Is that something a human being would do?

"Holy shit holy shit holy shit, I didn't hear wrong, did I? Su Meng is going to crash the piano department?"

"Th-this... just because they won't listen to his funeral-dirge pieces, he's going to show up at their door and play them for them? Isn't that a bit overbearing?"

"Damn, does Su Meng have some kind of obsession with crashing places? What he didn't finish at the Deyun Society, he just has to wrap up at Yinyuexue Academy?"

"Hahahaha, do it, do it—sunflower seeds, peanuts, and beer are all ready, sitting tight waiting for tomorrow's showdown!"

"Odds are open, odds are open—guess tomorrow Su Meng will use the suona, or the erhu, or the guzheng? Huh? Su Meng knows so many."

"Need you even ask? It has to be the moment the suona sounds, the entire Piano Department bursts into tears!"

"So you're saying… tomorrow the Imperial Capital Academy's Piano Department is going to turn into a grand memorial service?"

"Go for it, Master Su~~!"

……

In the office of the Piano Department's department head at the Imperial Capital Yinyuexue Academy.

An elegant, refined female teacher said softly.

"Department Head, the folk music department's music showcase on the other side—if we don't attend, it wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"

Department Head Wu Guangren shook his head and said calmly.

"Our exchange event with Berkeley Yinyuexue Academy is about to begin—when would we have so much time to waste?"

"You know perfectly well how important this exchange event is."

The female teacher furrowed her brow and went on.

"But if we just refuse like this, there are people in the school saying we're at odds with the folk music department, and that does affect unity somewhat."