Chapter 148 Congrattions on Your Promotion
Suddenly, Ang whisked herself off the seat and stood above the seated audience. Her face turned
red with embarrassment as she shoved Arvin''s shoulder away. "Go away! I don''t want to sit with you!
You''re nothing but a bad guy!"
Despite her outburst, Arvin still felt a deep attraction for this woman, enough to disregard her entire
uncouth reproach.
...
About ten minutester, it was Ang''s turn onstage, so she got up and left Arvin to his own devices.
She power-walked to backstage in a fit watching Arvin, who removed himself and sat back at the front.
From his re-positioning, Nita got to see who Arvin had been sitting next to, and she was not pleased.
She had danced for his reciprocation, but now she wasn''t sure if he had even deigned to watch her
performance.
People gradually lost their interest in the show since there were too many song and dance numbers.
The host noticed their fatigue and hopped up onstage with renewed vigor in his tone as he announced
the next act. It was just in time, too. "Next is Ang, from the Research and Development Department.
Her show is entitled Little Chips Light Great Fires!"
Being that Ang was the gossip subject of the whole hospital right now, as well as Chuck''s daughter,
the room awoke in a stir of anticipation.
Ang sighed upon hearing the name of her show. She was not a talented girl and had spent a lot of
timeing up with the name of the show!
Ang donned her white coat, dusted off her cap and mask, and traipsed onstage with all her
equipment.
Two desks had beenid out onstage. The audience were rapt, if not a little confused.
What was Ang doing? they wondered.
The options were do a song or dance, and it was usually an excuse to wear one''s most expensive
dress; instead, Ang just wore her work clothes.
It could be her low-key personality, her independent spirit, or... her dedication to work.
That''s what people like Nita would think, but in reality, Ang didn''t actually think much about what to
wear; the performance, instead, would speak for itself.
All the chemical solutions she prepared were very special. It was aborious craft, but she would focus
simply on how to extract each of them.
The ambient music began to y from somewhere deep behind the stage. Ang poured out one of
the test-tubes onto both desks, and then poured out another beaker in a simr fashion, all the while
holding the audience transfixed.
Then, she added one drop of the liquid which she herself had invented. Once she did this, something
amazing started to happen.
Something, oozing around in the puddle she''d created from the two solutions, began to congeal.
Something like a film of exquisite lotion, or a picture, was reflected on the white curtain at the top of the
stage. The color became darker and darker and finally turned dark blue.
This had thoroughly captured the imagination of the audience. Ang took another beaker, and spread
its contents on the table. Stars and moon appeared on the curtain. The audience were attentive,
craning to see the spectacle.
Being looked at as a whole, the curtain was an illumination of night with stars and the moon.
Noputer special effects were crafting this image. Nosers or stage-show trickery. It was only the
result of some specially selected chemical solutions. People who were able to understand the chemical
principles couldn''t help apuding.
But it was not over! Ang went to the front of the stage and spread something on each side of it.
Suddenly, out of the puddle on one side, a lick of mes burst out! But it was controlled, tamed, as if on
strict radius.
Most of the audience bolted in fright at the first sign of danger, including Arvin; they thought she had
miscalcted and that Ang had made a mistake.
But it wasn''t. Subsequently, something began toe to shape within the pale red mes. A line, and
another, and another, until a clear sentence was read across the fire. It caught Arvin''s attention.
"Congrattions on your promotion, Director Gu!"
Before Arvin had a chance to apud, Ang was taking out another beaker which she mixed in a
transparent ss jar.
She added what looked like simple syrup, and the liquid in the jar began to boil and hiss with bubbles.
It shot out of the jar in a pole. When it was about two meters high, Ang stepped on thedder and
poured another chemical into its vase-like opening.
Another sentence materialized before their eyes. "Wish you a happy life".
The structure was limited to presenting only five words.
A storm of apuse broke out! Ang got down from thedder and asked others to move away the
ss jar.
The big fire totally frightened the audience, but Ang didn''t notice it. She continued the performance.
In the end, the fire spread over the whole stage and it seemed that the stage was burning! Ang
stood behind the wall of fire so that no one could see her now.
The performance was extremely breathtaking!
On the top of the stage, it was still the picture of a beautiful starry sky.
But most of the audience couldn''t calm down because they didn''t understand what was happening.
The directors in the front row were excited and appreciative; they knew it was not real or harmful fire. It
was a phantom fire serviced by some ingenious chemical concoction.
Arvin gave a deep look at Ang. What a surprise she was!
Dancing and singing? They could go to hell. The real performance was the ingenuity of the human
brain.
At the end of the performance, two words appeared, and it said "Thank You". The fire finally died out
with a sizzle of smoke.
Everyone appeared relieved. The staff cleared everything off stage to prepare for the next act.
Ang took out one bottle and spread it on the desk. Suddenly, fireworks appeared to scale the night
sky in luminescent colors.
With real stereophonic style sound effects! It seemed the fireworks really came to life on this small
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curtain.
When the picture disappeared, Ang finally finished her performance by taking a long-standing bow.
She wiped everything away from the curtain and the night sky dissolved.
The performance was officially over.
When the light was turned on, there were only two desks and a suitcase prepared by Ang.
"Thank you all!" Ang walked down the steps of the stage to a standing ovation which had been
ringing since the fireworks had started.
When all the shows were finished, the voting began.
Unsurprisingly, Ang won first ce.
She hadn''t expected such a result, though, because her performance didn''t express any significant
meaning; to her, it was all simple chemical calctions, and routine. But to the audience, it represented
so much more. The visual impacts brought about by her show were great and conducive with the
theme of innovation. It expressed the element and spirit of the Research and Development
Department.
Arvin went to the stage and presented the award to Ang.
She stood in the center of the stage and watched Arvin walking to her.
Under the arrangement of the host, Arvin took the trophy and stood in front of Ang.
People knew the affair between Ang and Arvin, so they became excited when Arvin gave the award
to Ang and hugged her.
"Ang, you are the best!" He kissed on her hair secretly.
Ang smiled, "It was just a trick! I feel embarrassed to take the first prize."
It was just a chemical effect, after all.
Arvin released her and told her in low voice, "I''m crazy about your performance. You are so special to
me!"
At that moment, his eyes were full of happiness and love. Ang stared at him directly...