Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Charismatic Personality
Countless students lined up to enter the auditorium through the main entrance, while teachers, professors, and media personnel entered through the side door.
Fifteen minutes later, the celebration started. Jiang Cheng was arranged to sit next to Major General Xiang Dong, in the front row.
At this moment, the host took the stage, lights converging, and said with a microphone: "Welcome professors, students, and everyone attending Huaqing University’s celebration. Leaders and guests, good afternoon.
Some media reporters and cameramen had already set up their equipment and were busily filming.
The first program after the opening performance was a poetry recital, reciting a short poem.
"When I was young, nostalgia was a tiny stamp. I was on this end, mother was on that end.
"As I grew up, nostalgia was a narrow boat ticket. I was on this end, the bride was on that end."
It was Yu Guangzhong’s poem ’Nostalgia’.
This is a modern poem, expressing the poet’s deep emotions toward his hometown and country, also embodying his wish for the early reunification of the Chinese nation.
Aside from the present media reporters and photographers, everyone present was either a student of Huaqing University or scholars and professors with cultural literacy, so naturally, they understood the poem. Moved by the student’s passionate recitation, even some elderly individuals shed tears.
The program ended, and naturally, it was time for applause. The student also performed exceptionally well, so everyone spontaneously applauded vigorously, with thunderous claps.
The next piece was a speech, centered on the Huaxia Dream once mentioned by a primary leader, constructing a beautiful blueprint of future Huaxia in the speech. Although somewhat exaggerated, it still highly stirred emotions, bringing a great round of applause.
As time dragged on, the subsequent programs failed to capture much attention. Many students or professors found them somewhat dull and spiritless, with some even closing their eyes to rest.
Though it’s at Huaqing University, and the students present are nationally outstanding talents, not all programs or speeches could resonate with their emotions. Such collective activities like university celebrations often fail to move young hearts domestically, and many find them quite boring.
The celebration continued, and many started mumbling below.
"What kind of program is this, still singing, and the singing is not good at all. It’s those old songs that I’ve never heard of, what’s the point?
"I thought the earlier speech was even worse, I couldn’t even tell what the theme was, all I heard was the professor chattering, too boring."
"The university celebration is like this every year, nothing exciting to watch. If there were a couple of celebrities, I’m afraid the program effect would improve much."
Many students felt very bored, as the program quality of the celebration was just mediocre. The first two programs might have been worth watching attentively, but as time passed, the programs became as tedious and tasteless as old women’s foot cloths, naturally making them feel very bored.
Some students started playing on their phones below, viewing the Huaqing University’s official forum.
Nowadays, many university students have already switched to the Elf MINI phones launched by Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company, and Huaqing University was no exception. Within the campus, aside from some poverty-stricken students from remote areas who were not into smartphones, almost everyone was using transparent phones.
At this time, the official forum already had some comments regarding this celebration, more or less expressing the same sentiment towards the celebration’s program content as lacking interest.
But one post drew the attention of these students who were playing on their phones during the celebration.
"According to some insider information, the chairman of Cosmic Umbrella Technology, Jiang Cheng, will be delivering a speech at our university’s celebration. The program is set as the grand finale!"
The title of that post was quite eye-catching, and it was accompanied by some photos showing Jiang Cheng and Major General Xiang Dong walking side by side at Huaqing University, instantly drawing a lot of students’ attention. Who is Jiang Cheng?
To the students of Huaqing University, this name is not unfamiliar! Not only because the transparent phones they are using are produced by Jiang Cheng’s Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company, but also because Jiang Cheng’s achievements in the academic field are truly remarkable!
Qing Tengsu theory, Graphene Preparation Technology... as well as that grand visionary speech about the future world, in the eyes of these Huaqing University students, although Jiang Cheng might be younger than them, he seems like a deity, high above!
In the current university circle, Jiang Cheng has already become the dream man of many female university students, with traits like a domineering CEO, famous scientist, youthful ambition, and high attractiveness... Jiang Cheng seems to possess one after another of these traits that attract women.
You could say, if Huaqing University really managed to invite Jiang Cheng, even if he just sat there smiling for five minutes without doing anything, these female students at Huaqing University would probably gaze at him foolishly!
That’s the charisma of Jiang Cheng!
So, upon hearing the news of Jiang Cheng coming to deliver a speech at Huaqing University’s celebration, these university students’ spirits were immediately ignited, each standing tall and serious, watching the program closely.
Originally, within Huaqing University’s main auditorium, the students’ mood had already dropped to a low point.
Because the programs weren’t that appealing, and several speech themes didn’t interest them much, they only gave courteous applause after each program ended.
The school leadership was of course aware that the students’ spirits were not high, but they were also quite helpless. For years, Huaqing University’s celebrations had been like this, and it seemed the students didn’t appreciate the programs arranged by them very much, so during each celebration, the students always appeared listless~.
"Ah, look at the students these days, during the celebration, they all look like this, and some even play with their phones. It really makes one sigh, each generation worse than the last," Principal Wu said to Vice Principal Qiu beside him, his tone full of helplessness.
"Nowadays, most students prefer those South Korean stars. Our celebration, besides recitations, skits, and cross talks, only has speeches and singing, how can it interest them," Vice Principal Qiu responded, also with a helpless look.
They truly have no way regarding the content of the celebration, after all, Huaqing University is such a prestigious institution, so inviting famous stars and professors is quite a normal matter. But if they were to invite the teen idols who are popular in the youth circle, it might just make headlines on all major newspapers and websites tomorrow, and what kind of image would that project?