"Awesome! Awesome! Mr Chang! You have an excellent piano program here in this school!! Well done!" Mr Walza shouted excitedly. "I will recommend for your school budget to be increased by 20% immediately!"
"Ah? I have a piano program? Hahaha awesome! Thank you sir! Thank you very much!" Mr Chang was ecstatic and simply agreed with the Mayor even though there was absolutely no piano program in Baltech High School.
However, Jordan Lin wasn't done yet.
"This next song… is called Fur Elise." Jordan Lin spoke softly into the mic in front of him and instantly silenced the crowd.
He closed his eyes and fully immersed himself in the beauty of Beethoven's masterpiece for beginners.
The piano's strings thrummed out Fur Elise's solemn introductory notes, leading the emotions of all listeners into what seemed like the vast, lonely tundras of the north.
And then as the song shifted into its middle section, it was like everyone was transported into springtime in the beautiful lakes of Switzerland, surrounded by brightly coloured flowers and a cheery atmosphere!
Alas!
It didn't last very long.
Just like a fleeting midsummer's dream, the light musical notes of the middle section were gone just like that.
And then the lonely notes of the introduction repeated itself!
Again and again!
Life is a grind! The notes seemed to say.
And when the song ended on the last lonely note, the whole crowd was silent for a few seconds.
And then a massive roar of sheer emotion rolled out from the crowd!
They had never heard music played like that.
They had never thought that the piano could express such powerful and complex emotions!
Awesome!
Super awesome!!
The hall was filled with thunderous applause.
It went on and on for two whole minutes before stopping.
Everyone was that emotional after listening to Fur Elise for the first time.
But… it wasn't the end.
Jordan didn't give them much time to rest.
He had to strike while the iron was hot and while their emotions were running high.
Let me show you just how awesome I am!!
"Ladies and gentlemen, respected Principal Mr Chang and our esteemed Mayor Mr Walza. My third and final song… The American March." Jordan Lin did a last minute change to the name of the song to remain patriotic to his country.
Why call it Turkish March when American March works just as well?
Jordan Lin decided to play the "American March" at a slightly faster speed than usual to create a powerful feeling of having pure talent.
He remembered the first time he listened to his piano teacher play the Turkish March.
She played it at a slightly faster speed as well and completely took his breath away!
The only thing he could think of as he watched her play the song was - Damn it she is super duper super duper super duper cool! Her piano skills are top top top toppppp notch!"
And being a complete show off, of course Jordan Lin wanted everybody to think that way about him as well.
He took a deep breath, calmed his nerves, and then…
Begin!
This time, the crowd did not wait for Jordan Lin to finish playing before shouting out in amazement and clapping.
As soon as his hands began to fly across the keys at high speed, they all stood up and started to shout and scream in admiration!
"Ahhh!! Talent! This is pure talent!"
"I had no idea! I had no idea! I had no idea that Jordan Lin is a piano prodigy!"
"Damn it! He is so cool!"
They were all supremely excited!
Even though Jordan Lin had lived for 28 long years, it was still his first time experiencing the applause and admiration of so many people.
A surge of emotion unlike anything he had felt before arose in his heart.
"So this is how it feels to be a star!" Jordan Lin's eyes shined with excitement. "I want more of this!"
Reputation + 455
Reputation + 310
Reputation + 529
"It's also earning me more and more Reputation Points as the impression I am making in the hearts of the audience grows stronger and stronger. Perfect!"
Jordan Lin had only managed to amass a measly 99,997 points throughout his 28 years of life as a righteous and highly skilled and super innocent doctor.
But in 10 short minutes, he had earned almost 5,000 points.
It was incredible.
Very, very incredible.
And it was only the beginning of the day.
Jordan Lin still had over 5 hours of luck remaining!
"This 5,000 points is probably just a one off thing due to the event that has placed me in a position to perform in front of many people. It would probably be unrealistic to expect the same rate of growth for the rest of the day." Jordan Lin sighed in regret.
If only there was a way for him to reach a lot of people at once, all the time.
"Eh? If I become a famous celebrity, wouldn't my reputation points be increasing endlessly all the time? There are many ways to become famous! A youtuber, a social media celebrity, a professional athlete… Hey I definitely can be a singer! I can sing all the epic songs in my previous world! Oh… Oh yeah that's right! Let's do this!"
Jordan Lin's excitement spurred his playing to greater speed and he blasted through the notes with great fervor.
The audience's roar grew louder and louder as the song approached its glorious end.
Bang bang!
The final two notes resounded through the air and ignited the audience into another round of thunderous applause!
"This is better than the concerts my parents forced me to attend last week!"
"Yeah! I'm absolutely tone deaf and I don't like listening to music of any sort! But this… this… I'm so touched! I'm so charged up by these music! It's like my soul is transported to different places! It's beautiful! It's magical! I can't describe it!"
"You just described it very well, dumbo!"
But of course not everybody agreed with them, especially the third years who were pissed off with Jordan Lin for sending their idol and the school icon into detention.