Chapter 307: Incoming Call (Part 1)

Faced with this sudden situation, the principal had no good solution.

To speak of powering up the auditorium with such a large electricity demand, the small generator was simply a drop in the bucket.

The school’s budget was insufficient, and moreover, a large generator was not an essential piece of equipment. Ensuring the continuous operation of the laboratory or other critical projects was enough.

Therefore, after a five-minute discussion by the school leaders, it was decided to terminate this Mid-Autumn Festival evening event, “Old Zhang, notify the students to go on holiday immediately, and pay attention to safety when dispersing.”

Director Zhang immediately prepared to make the announcement.

But just as he was about to stand up, Zhao Qingfeng suddenly came over, “Principal, Director, wait a moment, the electricity will definitely be back within twenty minutes.”

Gao Shuai was listening on the side.

He had just been laughed at by his classmates and was very dissatisfied, challenging with a question, “Zhao Qingfeng, what nonsense are you talking about? Haven’t you heard it will take 24 hours to fix? Twenty minutes, are you joking? Even if someone lends us one, and a vehicle transports it, including communication and travel time, it will probably take more than twenty minutes, right?”

Not only did he not believe it.

The principal and the director also didn’t believe it.

Indeed, as Gao Shuai said, just the transportation of a large generator would take a significant amount of time, not to mention communication, preparation, connection, and other factors. How could it possibly be done so quickly?

The principal waved his hand, “Little Feng, don’t talk nonsense. Old Zhang, tell the students, the evening is over!”

Director Zhang stood up for the second time, and Zhao Qingfeng pulled him to sit down again, causing the principal to be slightly displeased, “Little Feng, aren’t you being too willful? I know you want your girlfriend to perform on stage, but you can’t let so many people wait with you until tomorrow, can you? It’s not too late now, and the auditorium can still see some sunlight. If it gets completely dark later and a stampede occurs, who will take the responsibility?”

Zhao Qingfeng was very anxious, especially since Shen Lingyao’s matter always made him unable to not hurry.

Seeing that the principal insisted on dispersing, he had no choice but to use his trump card, “Principal, there’s about half an hour left before the deadline for withdrawal from the competition, right? Give me twenty minutes. If the electricity doesn’t come, I will withdraw immediately. That should be fine, right?”

The principal was overjoyed.

Being able to withdraw meant not losing face among the university community across China.

“Okay!”

He was certain that the electricity would not come back within twenty minutes, quickly stood up, went to the stage, and loudly announced to the students, “Everyone, please wait a moment. The school is actively looking for a solution, and Zhao is also actively communicating. Please wait patiently for twenty minutes. If the electricity doesn’t come back within twenty minutes, we will officially end the event. After all, organizing an evening party is not easy, and there are so many programs we haven’t seen yet, so I hope everyone can understand and bear with us!”

With the principal speaking, no one dared to say more.

But the students’ negative emotions couldn’t be suppressed.

“We also want to see the upcoming programs, but twenty minutes is just nonsense, isn’t it?”

“Last time the lab had a power outage, it took us an hour just to carry over a small generator. Now, even if we borrow from outside, it’s not realistic within twenty minutes, right?”

“Forget it, let’s not argue anymore, it’s just twenty minutes.”

“What else can we do but wait? The principal has spoken, and we can’t just not listen, right? Too bad, I was looking forward to hearing how disappointing Shen Lingyao’s ‘original’ song really is…”

The scene became somewhat chaotic, and Director Zhang immediately instructed the teachers of each class to maintain order.

Li Manrou was also very anxious, seemingly more eager for the electricity to come back than Shen Lingyao, because the first place in the singing competition had not yet been announced.

“Gao Shuai, think of something.”

“Manrou, what can I do? There’s too little time, and it costs a lot of money.”

“How does Zhao Qingfeng have a way?”

“Hey, he’s just bragging. He’s gambling that the electricity will miraculously come back, just like how the electric power bureau says it’ll be a few hours but then comes back soon. Don’t listen to his nonsense.”

Except for Shen Lingyao, no one believed that Zhao Qingfeng could restore the power within twenty minutes without electricity from the power bureau.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Qingfeng himself didn’t believe it.

But after calling Deputy Mayor Gao Hu, the other side immediately promised that it could be done.

Zhao Qingfeng believed that Gao Hu was not joking, which gave him confidence.

Ten minutes flew by, and less than three minutes remained until the agreed time.

The atmosphere gradually became tense, and some students couldn’t wait any longer, starting to get up, wanting to go home. The scene turned into a mess, with the teachers busy to the point of being overwhelmed, and the principal holding onto Zhao Qingfeng, just waiting for the three minutes to pass and then immediately call the competition organizing committee to announce Ji Province University’s formal withdrawal.

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