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Standing in the auditorium on the second floor, Duanmu Huai said nothing while looking at the people in the wind band club below who were holding their heads and crying.

The wind band competition is not like football and basketball, where there are group stages, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The selected schools gather together and complete the performance within one day, and then the national competition ends.

After all, this is a music competition, and there are only three representative schools in each county. One school plays two pieces of music, which adds up to one day.

To be honest, I really don’t feel nervous. If it’s like football and basketball, I might have a little bit of a sense of entering the national competition, but for wind instruments, I qualified for the national competition in the last round, and the next round is directly the finals. Duanmu Huai felt a little unable to adapt.

Of course, the wind band club’s final result was a silver medal.

How should I put it? It was not beyond Duanmu Huai’s expectation.

 According to the comments written by the judges, the ensemble of Mari and Reina Kosaka in the self-selected piece was excellent and received high praise. However, the problem lies in the prescribed songs - after all, the self-selected songs can bring out the best advantage of the wind band club's ace, but the prescribed songs need to consider the overall strength of the entire wind band.

 In this regard, the wind band club lacks precipitation and is not strong enough, which shows its weakness.

This is like a match between two football teams. Your own wind band club is like a team with two forwards who are both international superstars, but all other players are of domestic standards. We are facing a team with bright stars, from forward to goalkeeper, all big-name stars. Of course, football is round, and it’s hard to say until the last moment. But music still depends on talent and strength. The upper limit of the wind band club is here. It is obviously impossible to compete with those stronger school bands.

  After all, the performers in those schools are stronger and more talented - the more famous the school, the more talented students it will attract to join. The wind band club of my school has not been well-known before, but still expects to win the national championship?

Hangbei entered the national competition for the first time and was quickly eliminated.

But for things like sports, at least there are clear standards. But for something as ambiguous as music, Duanmu Huai couldn't do anything about it.

Some people are still arguing about the rankings of famous songs on the website, because there is no standard that everyone can believe in, isn't it?

 Whether it is based on reviews or sales, some people are not convinced.

Winning the silver medal is considered by Duanmu Huai to be an achievement beyond the standard. Perhaps the members of the Wind Band Club themselves know this, but it does not prevent them from crying.

At this moment, Duanmuhuai’s cell phone vibrated in his pocket. He took it and glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and walked out of the concert hall.

"Hello."

“Ah, is it Mr. Duanmu?”

"Yes, it's me, Professor Gao Shan. What do you want from me?"

Since he has already planned to go to Antarctica, Duanmuhuai will naturally go. Of course, with his previous experience in Mary's World, it will be much easier for him to go through this process now. Direct money to open the way, go to the university to find scholars or research teams studying Antarctica, promise to sponsor them, and let them take you and others to the Antarctic... This path has been used by Duan Muhuai and can no longer be used.

  After all, money can make the world go round.

Professor Gao Shan is one of the people Duanmuhuai contacted, and he is also very interested in Duanmuhuai's sponsorship plan. Unfortunately, he is currently old and has no research topics in Antarctica. However, Duanmu Huai also asked him to help inquire.

"That's it... Regarding sponsorship, I would like to ask Mr. Duanmu, have you changed your mind?"

"No."

"It would be great."

 Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Professor Gao Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Actually, there is a plan that is encountering difficulties..."

 According to Professor Gao Shan, there was an Antarctic research base that was planned to be transferred to a civilian expedition team together with its icebreaker. At that time, the two parties had already reached an agreement, but they encountered difficulties in raising funds for maintenance and activities, and the sponsoring companies that had promised to invest also withdrew their funds. Seeing that this plan was about to be abandoned halfway, it happened that Professor Gao Shan had a student in the observation team and approached his teacher for help. The latter thought of Duanmu Huai. In Professor Gao Shan's view, since the other party was willing to sponsor the Antarctic scientific expedition, it must have funds for this. That's why he called specifically to inquire.

“Is there a scientific research station that can be transferred?”

I have to say that Duanmuhuai's eyes lit up when he heard this. After all, this kind of scientific research base is generally national and ordinary people will not sell it to you. Last time Duanmuhuai was in Mary's world, it was also a scientific research base in other countries. And if you can buy this base now, it will be completely yours!

Then you can just do whatever you want?

 “I bought it! How much did it cost!”

 For Duanmu Huai, problems that money can solve have never been a problem.

"Aha………"

Lying on the desk, Naruse Mio couldn't help but sigh.

I really didn’t expect that I would go to Antarctica...

 Recalling the notice Duan Muhuai proudly gave them a few days ago, Naruse Mio was dumbfounded. She originally thought that even Antarctica would not be accessible so quickly. Even to some extent, Naruse Mio felt that this was a bit unreal. It’s understandable to talk about vacationing in a foreign country, but Antarctica? To be honest, in Naruse Mio's mind, it is no different from the moon and Mars.

I don’t know how uncle managed it...

“Naruse-san, what are your plans for the holidays?”

Just when Naruse Mio was lying on the table and sighing, the classmate in front of her spoke to her. When she raised her head, she saw Kumiko Huangmae looking at her curiously. Next to her were two of her friends. These three were all from the wind band club. Originally, Naruse Mio only knew them, but because Duanmu Huai became the consultant of the wind band club, they became more or less familiar with them.

 “It’s a holiday... I may not be able to wait until the holiday.”

 “Hmm? What do you mean?”

 “Because I have to take a break from school.”

 “Hey? Are you taking a break from school?”

　　Hearing Naruse Mio's answer, Kumiko Huangzen and others were immediately shocked.

"What's the matter? Naruse-san? Did something happen?" "If you want to say something, it can't be said that..."

 The schedule for traveling to Antarctica is fixed, because it depends on the climate and season at that time, so it is definitely not possible to follow the holiday schedule. So I had to take a leave of absence in advance. Originally, this kind of thing would not be approved by the school, but because this school is Rias's territory, it was readily approved.

Of course, the premise is that you have to earn enough credits.

 “We are going to Antarctica.”

 Naruse Mio thought about it for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth. After all, if she had to leave school early, others would definitely suspect her.

 “Huh? Antarctica?”

Hearing this, Kumiko Huangzen suddenly screamed.

“Naruse-san, are you going to Antarctica?”

"Of course I'm not the only one, mainly Teacher Duanmu will lead the team, and then Mary, Minister Rias and others will also go together..."

“Does the school organize such activities?”

　　“Well…it’s considered a private event…”

Mio Naruse can’t be too specific in this regard. After all, running to the Antarctic to investigate monsters sounds too unrealistic.

“Because Uncle...Teacher Duanmu’s family seems to be sponsoring a private Antarctic expedition team, so he invited us to participate.”

 This is the tone externally.

“Ah, Xiao Lu also read the report, the news about the civilian expedition team going to Antarctica. I didn’t expect that Teacher Duanmu’s family still has such ability.”

 “That’s great, I want to go to Antarctica too…”

“Then next time we win the gold medal in the national competition, let’s see if we can ask Teacher Duanmu to take us to the Antarctic?”

“Hahaha, will the Wind Band Club go to Antarctica to play? I’m afraid it’s too cold to use instruments there...”

“But no pipe band has played in Antarctica before, maybe we can break the record?”

 “Does anyone really want this kind of record?”

“Yes, yes. Wouldn’t it be very romantic if you played it at the South Pole?”

 “I just think everyone will freeze into ice cubes...”

 Seeing the girls in front of her happily talking about irrelevant topics again, Naruse Mio also showed a smile. Of course she also knew about the national competition. Although in Naruse Mio's view, it was great that the originally inconspicuous wind band club could go nationwide and even win a silver medal, but everyone in the wind band club seemed to be dissatisfied with this. Somewhat frustrated.

 At least they were quite listless in the days after the competition, but now they seem to have regained their energy.

 But Naruse Mio thinks they are already very powerful, at least during this period, many people outside said so. In the past, Naruse Mio didn't feel that the wind band club had any sense of existence, but it turned out to be so brilliant all of a sudden, which was really unexpected.

 Of course, this kind of thing cannot be hidden from other people. After all, Naruse Mio, Maria, Mari, and Rias are all students of this school, and they all have to take a break from school to prepare for the trip. So soon, the whole school knew that they were going to Antarctica. Everyone was envious and jealous of this, but they didn't say much.

Because it is claimed that this is a sponsored trip by the Duanmuhuai family, it is normal for them to find a few of their own people. Naruse Mio, Maria and Mary are all relatives of Duanmuhuai, and Rias is a member of the Occult Research Society. Joined in the name of. Everyone also knows that Duanmu Huai and Rias have a good relationship. Since it is a family event, it will naturally depend on Duanmu Huai himself.

However, I am still a little bit envious and jealous.

“Teacher Duanmu, you are going to Antarctica!”

Sure enough, when Duanmuhuai walked into the music classroom, everyone in the wind band club was also uncharacteristically cheering him.

 “That’s great, we want to go too!”

“Hahaha, want to go to Antarctica? Then try hard.”

Facing the complaints from everyone in the wind band club, Duanmu Huai also laughed.

“As long as you can get the gold medal in the national competition, I can take you there at any time!”

 “Are you serious? Teacher?”

 Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, many people's eyes lit up.

“Of course, maybe you can also hold a concert in Antarctica, but the prerequisite is that you can get the gold medal first. I will cover all the food and accommodation by then!”

Now that Duanmuhuai has an Antarctic base, his words are much tougher.

“As expected of Teacher Duanmu, you are so generous!”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's affirmative answer, everyone in the wind band club also cheered - of course, they were just joking at this time.

 But it won’t be long before they know that Duanmuhuai is serious.