Chapter 257: Fame (Representative Competition·End)

Fujii Itsuki never expected that when he brought his students to participate in the competition, he would be blocked at the exit and surrounded by people.

This group of people in front of me, should be reporters, right?

Why do they act like zombies seeing living people?
Although Hokkaido doesn't usually have any important news, they wouldn't rush to report even such a small thing, right?
A woman wearing glasses squeezed out first.

She smoothed her collar first, then handed the microphone to Fujii Itsuki.

"Excuse me, are you the instructor of the Tachibana North Wind Ensemble?"

"Yes."

"Teacher Fujii, the performance of the Taisho Tachibana Kita First Academy that you just led was amazing! Especially those solos, which exceeded everyone's expectations. How did you train such high-level students in a short period of time? Can you talk about your preparation and rehearsal process for this competition?"

Before Fujii Itsuki could answer, another reporter asked:

"You chose a very bold arrangement this time, especially adding multiple solos, especially the violin part in the second movement, which everyone was very surprised! What kind of inspiration or consideration did you base this arrangement on?"

"My sense of self."

Another young female reporter was more concerned about the emotional aspect of the performance: "Teacher Fujii, do you think today's performance achieved the effect you expected? The performances of several soloists were very outstanding, especially the violinist with a teardrop mole. The performance was very touching. Can you talk about her background and your guidance to her?"

At this time, Sato Shinichi finally came out from the crowd and immediately followed up: "That's right! The performances of the trumpeter and violinist are both professional. Did you educate them, or did they already have a very high level before this?"

"Her background, I'm not in a position to disclose the student's personal information."

"Teacher Fujii, could you introduce some soloists in your club?" someone else shouted from the back.

"Teacher Fujii!"

"Teacher Fujii!"

Reporters rushed to ask questions.

Everyone wanted to know more about the story behind the competition from Fujii Itsuki, especially about the members of the band and the details of the performance arrangement.

Fujii Itsuki spent almost an hour answering various questions. He was so exhausted that he left the group of reporters under the pretext of going to train his students.

Damn, as a reporter, don’t you have any professional ethics? Can’t you see that people are already exhausted by your questions, and yet you still ask?
By the time Fujii Itsuki escaped, Akai Muzi had already organized everyone to get on the bus back to the hotel, waiting for the results tomorrow.

Now Muzi is the only one waiting for Fujii Itsuki outside the competition venue.

It was almost evening, but because the game had not yet ended, there were still many stalls and mobile vendors gathered around, making it like a night market.

As soon as Akai Muzi saw Fujii Itsuki appear, she smiled and waved at him, teasing:

“How does it feel to be a star for the first time?”

"Oh, stop talking. It's exhausting. Those reporters are asking questions. Everyone wants to ask. By the way, is the wind music in Hakodate so lively?"

"There are only two places in Hokkaido that hold wind instrument competitions of this level. One is Sapporo and the other is Hakodate. What do you think?"

"What's wrong with those reporters?"

Akai Muzi put one hand on her waist and waved her hand to explain, "They are all local or Sapporo newspaper companies. The Hokkaido representative competition is a very high-level event. There are about 4,000 high schools in Japan participating every year. The three departments of junior high school and university add up to 800,000 participants. Hokkaido has at least 80,000 to 90,000 participants. Our performance today gave the circle a surprise, which is equivalent to another hope for Hokkaido in all these years. We haven't won the championship in nearly 20 years. Do you think they will be anxious to find someone to interview?"

Generally speaking, it is because the wind music in Hokkaido has been stagnant in recent years, so the reporters immediately gathered around when they saw the slightest fluctuation.

".Then why are you looking for me instead of you?"

"I dodged it in advance!"

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Fujii Itsuki was quite speechless.

The two began to rush towards the place where they were going to get the bus. On the way, Akai Muzi suddenly patted him on the back and said, "Teacher Fujii, Teacher Fujii, you are going to be famous tomorrow! Don't forget me when the time comes."

"It's not that exaggerated." Fujii Itsuki knew Muzi was joking, "At most, it will be reported and there will be no follow-up."

"It's really that exaggerated!" Akai Muzi said seriously, "Ashu, you know how beautiful the skills that Xinchun showed in the competition today were! I was shocked when I heard it before, not to mention the judges on the stage!"

That's true
Now even he has to praise Xinchun's performance just now
Let’s take jadeite rough stone as an example.

It turned out that she was indeed a woman of good quality, and anyone could tell that she was a very attractive woman.

The value is indeed very high, but not too high, and most people can accept it.

And now?

When cut open, it turned out to be imperial green worth 200 billion!
Thick, positive, positive and even.

Any knowledgeable musician could tell from her performance in the competition today that she is a genius after just one listen.

Akai Muzi teased again: "After tomorrow, there will probably be people from other schools trying to poach you! And they will poach your people!"

Fujii Itsuki smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later."

There is no doubt that this competition was a great success.

It's not in vain that I trained so long before, and I even went to Okinawa to play! Let's go to the training camp!
As soon as Fujii Itsuki and Akai Muzi got off the car in front of the hotel, they saw the students of the Tachibana Kita Wind Orchestra waiting at the door.

The performance today was great and everyone was very confident. And everyone saw the reporters flocking to the door when they left.

They were all so excited that when they saw Fujii Itsuki, they gathered around him and bowed to him happily:

"Good evening, Mr. Fujii!"

For a moment, Fujii Itsuki was a little overwhelmed by everyone's enthusiasm.

"Teacher Fujii, did many people interview you this afternoon?"

"Did you ask us?"

"how's it going?!"

"Are we going to be on the news tomorrow?"

"Maybe we can defeat the Saint this time!"

"Everyone calm down first, calm down!"

As a teacher, Fujii Itsuki still needs to calm everyone down and pour a bucket of cold water on everyone first.

He put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice, "Ahem, the results of the competition will be announced tomorrow. Don't be anxious. Let's talk about it after the results come out tomorrow."

But his words could not extinguish the girls' excitement.

"I think we can definitely defeat the Saint!"

"Yeah, yeah! Kokoharu, Chitose, Yue, and Juizawa-san all performed so well! No one made any mistakes!"

"Yeah!"

"Hey, don't say that. Pride will make people fall behind."

Seeing everyone so happy, Fujii Itsuki decided not to dampen their spirits, so he raised his hand and made a decision:
"Anyway, we are in a good mood today! How about we go out for dinner together tonight?"

The club teachers we met in the past would never take students out to dinner late at night. No matter how happy they were, they still had to sit in the dormitory at night.

After Fujii Itsuki said this, everyone became even more excited.

"it is good!"

“Okay, great!”

"Long live Mr. Fujii!!"

"Long live!!"

"Let's go, call the students, we'll do a headcount and leave now, teacher, I'll treat you!"

When they heard that the teacher was treating them, they were extremely happy and hurried back to the hotel to grab some of their friends who were still inside and tell others about it.

After seeing everyone disperse, Akai Muzi came to Fujii Itsuki and said with a smile:
"Ashu, if you do this, these students will probably remember you forever. They will probably brag about you in college, saying, 'Our club teacher always pays for us to have a big meal every time we have a competition!'" Fujii Shu smiled knowingly, "Isn't this great?"

"Can you get a fanny pack?"

"There are more than 50 people. It's a bit overwhelming. We still have to go and get the money."

"Shall I help you with the cushion?"

"also."

In less than five minutes, all the students gathered outside the hotel.

Fujii Itsuki wanted to laugh and shook his head when he saw this. Why weren't you so proactive when I asked you to move the musical instruments?

He and Muzi counted the number of people, discussed with a large hotel that they had chosen in advance, and immediately led everyone there on foot.

He is happy today too.

Because the club has indeed achieved results.

If he hadn't had to take the students back to the hotel, he would have had a drink with Muzi.

After eating and drinking to their heart's content, it was already 11:30 in the evening. Seeing that everyone had eaten and started to rest and chat, Fujii Itsuki paid the bill with Muzi and organized everyone to rush back to the hotel.

Muzi was leading the team in front and Fujii Itsuki was watching from behind, until he was suddenly spoken to by someone.

"Teacher Fujii!"

Fujii Itsuki heard the voice and turned around in confusion, "Who are you?"

Shinichi Sato, who was wearing a suit, immediately handed over his work ID, and Fujii Itsuki took a look at it.

"Hello, Mr. Fujii. We met this afternoon. I am a reporter from the NHK Hokkaido branch. I came to see you this time to learn more about the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble. I think you were taking your students to a restaurant for dinner just now, right?"

"Well, that's right. I was planning to take the students back with another teacher."

"I have to say! The performance of the wind band you led this afternoon was amazing!" said Shinichi Sato, naturally giving a thumbs up.

Don't hit a smiling person, Fujii Itsuki couldn't bear to see him send him away:

"Tell me what you want to ask."

"Ah! Nothing much. I just wanted to ask how you lead the wind band. Under your leadership, the Tachibana Kita Wind Band must have undergone a reorganization, and what events it had gone through?" Seeing this, Sato Shinichi's face lit up, and he immediately took out a small notebook to prepare to take notes.

Fujii Itsuki thought about it and said something selectively.

"Hmm. Hmm. Then I would like to ask Mr. Fujii if you would be willing to share the information of the three soloists in your club today?"

Fujii Itsuki smiled and said, "In the end, you came to inquire about my students' information."

Sato Shinichi quickly explained: "Teacher Fujii, don't worry! I'm not a detective sent by other schools. You just saw my work ID. I'm just a reporter who wants to ask for information for a report tomorrow. You said that if we publish a report, it would be difficult to publish it if we don't even know who the soloist with the amazing performance is, don't you think?"

".That depends on the students' wishes. Never mind, I'll ask them for you."

“Thank you so much!”

Fujii Itsuki took out his cell phone and asked a few people about this matter individually.

All three responded quickly and said there was no problem.

Fujii Itsuki put away his phone.

"Okay, no problem."

Seeing this, Sato Shinichi's face lit up, "That's great!"

"But I have a request."

"Please tell me what you want. I'll do my best to satisfy you."

"You are going to publish the photos, right? Can you use a group photo of the entire club?"

"Just this? Mr. Fujii, you are joking. Of course it is possible."

"Well."

Fujii Itsuki talked about the information of Jiuhuayue and Yangkui Chitose, and when talking about Matsumae Shinharu, Sato Shinichi muttered the word "Matsumae".

“This is Matsumae.”

"It's the Matsumae you were thinking of."

"Hey, that's really a famous family!"

Fujii Itsuki didn't say much, just asked: "Any other questions?"

"No more! By the way, Mr. Fujii, if nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to see the relevant report in the newspaper the day after tomorrow."

"After the results of the competition are announced?"

"Correct!"

"Quite fast."

The rise of digital and social media has changed the way news is disseminated, but newspapers still play an important role in the news industry in Japan.

The reason is that many people don’t read news on their mobile phones, and there aren’t that many channels.

Following the old habits, everyone now likes to read it in newspapers.

Being able to appear in NHK's newspaper is indeed a very honorable thing.

When my students go home, they will proudly tell their parents that their participation in clubs was even reported in the newspaper!

I believe that everyone’s parents will also support everyone’s activities in the club.

There is no need for me to spend so much time persuading their parents to spend more time on training their children.

Fujii Itsuki continued along the road, caught up with the end of the student group, and hurried back to the hotel.

Shinichi Sato put the collected information into his waist bag. It was almost dawn, but he did not go home. Instead, he rushed to the editorial office to write the electronic version of the news for tomorrow.

Coming to his workstation, Sato Shinichi's fingers almost subconsciously began to type rapidly on the keyboard:
"Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble: A new star shines in Hokkaido!"

【When the performance of the Jubei Wind Ensemble resounded throughout the venue, it was as if a crack had been torn in the northern sky, and the dawn shone down. As an audience member, I not only felt the power of music, but also saw their desire for the future. The whole performance was flawless and full of emotion. From the beginning to the end, every note was gripping.

【The Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble not only demonstrated excellent techniques, but also injected soul into the music. The solo performance led by the first violinist, Matsumae Shinharu, brought an extraordinary auditory feast, and the performances of members such as Jiuhuayue and Yangkui Chitose were not inferior. With their unparalleled tacit understanding and excellent performance, they raised the level of Hokkaido wind music to a new height!
[As this year's No. X seed, they will represent Hokkaido in the national competition together with the Holy Maiden Wind Ensemble!
[At this moment, they are no longer just the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble, but the pride of all of Hokkaido! ]

Shinichi Sato quickly typed the last sentence, his heart filled with passion and joy.

He had never thought that a performance could make him so excited. He is still immersed in those three solos. He couldn't believe it before, but the Tachibana North Wind Ensemble did it.

He knew that this report would definitely be seen by industry insiders or more wind music enthusiasts, and would set off a wind music craze in Hokkaido.

The Jubei Wind Orchestra is sure to shine in national competitions!

This is a newly reorganized society!

Amazing!

Shinichi Sato suddenly felt that this was not going to work.

This is not legendary enough, we need to add some exaggeration and make up some small stories.

Didn’t Mr. Fujii just now talk about the difficulties in establishing a club?

There is distrust between members and between teachers and students. This is a big issue!
Yes, just do it!

Shinichi Sato worked late into the night, and he gave Fujii Itsuki's experiences some classic dramatic descriptions, which neither strayed from the facts nor made the readers believe them.

After finishing writing it, he read it carefully and exclaimed, "What a wonderful work, wonderful!"
Sato Shinichi's face was already full of smiles. By the day after tomorrow, this news would definitely be a big seller!
(End of this chapter)