Seeing Georgie's defiant look, Connie shook her head in disappointment, then joined the audience in jeering from below the stage.
Yes, Damian's impulsive behavior had severely backfired.
From the moment that bold boy threw a shoe, the audience, whose ears were equally tormented, immediately protested Damian's song performance.
Amidst escalating protests, Damian's song performance naturally couldn't continue.
He put down the microphone, picked up the shoe on the stage, threw it back at the boy, and then Damian raised the microphone again, announcing with a slight pout, "Next, please enjoy the rap performance by the 'Cool Boys' group!"
Watching Damian walk off the stage in disarray, the audience, who had won this protest "war," immediately erupted in cheers.
From the looks of it, although Damian's impromptu song performance was unsuccessful, he inadvertently played a good role in warming up the atmosphere.
At the backstage entrance, Janis, seeing her friend booed off, went up to her and said with concern, "As an announcer, why did you go out of your way? You might become the school's laughing stock because of this…"
Janis's words, though not pleasant, clearly showed her concern.
"Damn it, I sang so well, yet no one appreciated it!" Damian said indignantly, not caring much about becoming a laughing stock.
Anyway, could it be worse than his nickname?
Seeing that her friend wasn't disheartened by the failed performance, Janis also relaxed.
Then, when she saw the faint shoe print on her friend's face, she suppressed a laugh and teased, "If you wipe off the shoe print on your face, your words will be more convincing."
At Janis's teasing, effeminate Damian grunted in dissatisfaction, then pulled out a small mirror from his body and began to wipe off the mark on his face.
Actually, Damian was quite depressed that his carefully arranged impromptu song performance didn't receive audience approval.
It was just that to avoid looking too awkward, he didn't show that depressed emotion.
On the other side, the "Cool Boys" group, standing by the entrance, waited until the jeering outside had significantly quieted down before preparing to go on stage for their performance.
Although Damian had warmed up the atmosphere earlier, it was clearly a bit overheated.
It would have been unwise to force a performance when the audience was still jeering.
The "Cool Boys" group's approach of waiting for the audience to calm down before going on stage was very smart.
"Hey, buddy, you're blocking our way!" Kevin, dressed in a hip-hop style, said to Janis, who was blocking the entrance.
"Are you blind?" Janis, who had just finished teasing her friend, turned with an ugly expression, staring intently at Kevin for his ill-spoken words.
At the same time, she deliberately puffed out her chest, making herself look more feminine.
Although Janis always dressed neutrally, deep down, she was still a little princess. Being mistaken for a man for no reason naturally made her very unhappy.
What's more, on such an important day as Christmas, Janis had also specially untied her dreadlocks and put on her prettiest clothes.
All signs indicated that she actually wanted to be a lady.
Here, Kevin looked back and forth at Janis several times, then said seriously, "Sorry, this lady who looks like a man, can you move out of the way?"
Seeing Janis about to explode, Kevin didn't dare to tease her anymore and, along with two members of the Math Olympiad team, quietly squeezed past Janis.
"Don't let me see you at school again!" Watching the "Cool Boys" group walk towards the stage, Janis angrily raised her fist and waved it twice.
Beside her, effeminate Damian, who had been a bit depressed earlier, couldn't hold back his laughter after seeing such a good show, repeating, "A woman who looks like a man…"
As he spoke, he also suppressed his laughter and mimicked Kevin's earlier look, glancing at Janis several times.
It proved that laughter does not disappear. It merely transfers from one person's face to another's.
On the stage, Kevin, a member of the "Cool Boys" group, struck a cool pose with one hand pointing to the sky, then began his rap performance.
However, as the captain of the Math Olympiad team, he had no talent for rapping. Moreover, his raps not only lacked rhyme, but their content consisted of self-praising phrases like "I'm cool" and "I'm infinitely charming."
"Enough, Kevin. That's enough…" The boy who had thrown the shoe earlier took advantage of a pause in Kevin's rap to remind him loudly.
Apparently, this boy knew Kevin; otherwise, for such a terrible rap performance, he would definitely not be able to resist throwing a shoe again.
Kevin also noticed that the audience below didn't seem to appreciate his wonderful rap very much.
So, he knew when to quit, waved handsomely to the audience, and then returned backstage with his two team members.
…
"Next, please enjoy the Christmas song performance by The Plastics and Mike…"
After the rap performance ended, Damian came to the stage and continued to announce, "Oh, it's worth mentioning that this Christmas song is a new song written by Mike. The single is currently being released on the market…"
Without his strange antics, Damian could be said to be a quite competent announcer.
For example, right now, with just a few simple sentences, he successfully piqued the audience's anticipation.
Mike and the girls from The Plastics were already popular figures at school, and now with the added gimmick of a new song release, they were destined to become the highlight of tonight's performance.
"Cady, good luck!" Damian, who had returned after announcing, met Cady and the others who were preparing to go on stage at the entrance.
Cady, although successfully integrated into The Plastics, still maintained close contact with her two good friends, Damian and Janis.
"I will!" Cady smiled and nodded, greeting her first friends.
"Alright, it's our turn to go on stage." Queen Bee Regina, standing nearby, was already eager to start her performance.
She had prepared for so long, wasn't it precisely to make a splash at this moment?
"Let's go!" Mike also immediately called for everyone to go on stage.
Seeing Mike and Regina's confident appearance, the remaining three girls in The Plastics immediately felt full of energy.
Everything was ready!
Amidst the audience's cheers, several figures holding instruments appeared under the stage's spotlight.
Against the light, Mike saw the Cooper family in the first row, enthusiastically waving their arms, and June in the aisle, holding a camera.
Of course, there was also Cady's mother in the middle of the audience, almost crying with emotion as she watched her daughter go on stage, while Cady's father was comforting his wife beside her.
At the same time, seeing Mike and The Plastics go on stage, many Medford School students excitedly stood up, radiating their enthusiasm.
It was clear that such a combination of handsome boys and beautiful girls like Mike and the others was very popular.
Then, as the music began, the venue slowly quieted down.
Next, accompanied by the electronic keyboard, the girls began their singing.
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
On such a special day, the girls' beautiful voices, combined with the fitting song, quickly immersed the audience.
Compared to the previous two performances, which were like farces, Regina and the others' Performance was clearly more satisfying.