It was almost nine o'clock in the morning.
On the playground, over 9600 students were already grouped by department and class, lined up facing the podium.
On the podium.
Principal Ding Yue, Support Director Huang Youjie, and Administrative Director Xu Bin of Mist City Arts and Science University were sitting before a table, impeccably dressed.
The table was set with bottled water, nameplates for the school leaders, and other items.
All these arrangements were made by the school's support staff.
In front of this row of tables stood a slightly taller lectern, where a staff member was adjusting the microphone.
The sky over the sports ground began to echo with the familiar "March of the Athletes."
When he heard "March of the Athletes," Ding Yue couldn't help but recall his own college military training, also accompanied by this familiar music.