Chapter 23

  This art competition directly led to Bruce Lee's premature birth. Bruce Lee really liked the choir, he was most fascinated by the symphony orchestra and the conductor, Baton Hiroshi, who not only didn't run away but also listened to his requests. Moreover, the conductor is the only profession that can gain maximum respect with their butt facing the audience all the time. How much Bruce Lee hoped that one day everyone would applaud for him, shout his name, and let him do something. When this moment arrived, he must not disappoint the crowd under the spotlight.

  Da Shuai's days seem to be spent in a daze, Zuo Xiao Long has already defined this person - content with the status quo, not thinking of advancing, afraid of changes in life, and will not have too much achievement. In short, it's a waste of his name. Fortunately, he is surnamed Mo. Zuo Xiao Long likes and trusts Da Shuai's lack of ambition very much, and cooperating with such a person also doesn't worry about being usurped one day.

  When Zuo Xiaolong went to see the opening of the printing factory, Da Shuai had already quietly brought a primary school student. When Zuo Xiaolong returned to the sculpture garden, he suddenly saw Da Shuai pulling the primary school student in a piece of sculpture, and the primary school student was sitting on a stone horse. Zuo Xiaolong was overjoyed, admired for half a day, and asked, are you a boy or a girl?

  The little student paid no attention and continued to imagine himself riding a horse, his buttocks swaying on the horse's back. Suddenly, he let out an "ah" and then remained perfectly still.

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng smiled and said: So you're a boy after all.

  Mo Da Shuai asked: How did you know? I've always thought it was a girl, she looks so gentle.

  Zuo Xiaolong turned his head and glanced at Da Shuai, saying, "Didn't you see his expression just now? A typical masculine expression."

  Da Shuai continued to ask foolishly: What expression?

  Zuo Xiaolong looked at Da Shuai, shook his head and said: Is it the expression of stepping on one's own eggs with one's own legs? Observing, if you don't pay attention to observing in society, it's easy to get hurt.

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng picked up the student from the stone horse and asked: What's your name?

  The elementary school student remained silent.

  Zuo Xiaolong pushed Da Shuai and asked, "You brought him, you ask him."

  Big Brother said, I couldn't ask him out either. I was walking on the road and saw a junior high school student asking him for money. I went up and scared that bastard away. I said, little brother, you're a weakling, come join our gang! After joining our gang, no one will dare to bully you again. He came over.

  Xiaolong said slightly angrily: You don't fully understand my approach, this is the underworld. I'm talking about a chorus, this is art, it's an artistic stage...

  Left Little Dragon said that at this point, he suddenly felt that he had listened to too many official speeches recently and started to like setting up a stage. But no matter how he thought about it, it was all about artistic setting up a stage for the black society to sing opera, but isn't that just Hong Kong?

  The little student still didn't speak. Bruce Lee thought he shouldn't scare the kid, so he said gently: Little brother, don't be afraid, from now on your big brother will protect you. You have an organization now, it's called the Tinglin Town Chorus, and I'm your conductor, my name is Bruce Lee, and the one next to you is your team leader, his name is Mo Dashuai.

  "Big General interrupted Left Xiao Long and said: 'Xiao Long, this isn't quite right, is it? I'm the team leader, my position is even higher than yours.'"

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng said: Don't worry, I am the team secretary.

  The little student stared at Zuo Xiaodong and Mo Dashuai with wide eyes, looking confused. Zuo Xiaodong decided to start by encouraging him, so as to win his heart. He said: Great! Your expression is very good, in our future song and dance performances, you should have this kind of expression, pure and innocent. Okay, little brother, let's sign a contract, and you'll join the Tinglin Town Chorus, you're our first member! Congratulations to you! We welcome you!

  The big marshal applauded on the side, and Little Dragon took out a piece of paper from the room and said: "Little brother, write your name and information on it, write a simple application letter to join the gang, and then sign and draw a picture."

  Da Shuai poked Zuo Xiaolong with his elbow and said: "Isn't it not very good to draw a picture, they are nervous."

  Bruce Lee said: "Don't worry about it, are you a bad guy?"

  The general shook his head beside him.

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng Dào: You see, you're not a bad person, which means we're both not bad people. What's there to fear? I'm afraid that if our chorus group has too many people, others will gossip and say things about us, and this way it'll be more formal.

  The primary school students next to them were still looking up at them.

  Bruce Lee said: Sign your name.

  The little student picked up his pen and wrote crookedly: You are one.

  Zuo Xiaolong was overjoyed, slapping the paper and saying, "Look, look, your surname is Er, this is an artist's name. Look, you're called Erl Yi, I'm Zuo Xiaolong, our names are almost identical. This way, you're my younger brother!"

  The general was thinking hard beside them about where exactly the two people's names differed.

  Left Xiao Long said: Come on, little brother, draw a seal.

  The student next to him gnawed on a pencil for half a day before slowly starting to draw a duck on the paper.

  Zuo Xiaolong and Dashuai stared at the duck, stunned for half a moment. Dashuai said: Forget it, Xiaolong.

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng folded up the paper and put it in his own pocket, saying, "Xiao Yī ah, would you like Little Dragon Brother to teach you a song?"

  The elementary school student still didn't speak.

  Xiaolong took out a joss stick from the house and said, "From today on, we are sworn brothers. We'll burn incense to seal our oath. Come on, follow me."

  Three people shuttled back and forth in the sculpture garden for half a day, finally arriving at the statue of Confucius. This Confucius is over one meter high and belongs to the miniature sculptures in this garden. Zuo Xiaolong and his two companions walked up to the statue of Confucius, stood side by side, and lit incense. He said: Today, we are sworn brothers in front of my idol Guan Gong. In ancient times, there were three peach garden oaths, now there are three sculpture garden oaths. Guan Gong is a man with feelings and righteousness, he is the person I admire, this statue I like even more. Guan Gong does not hold a knife, which means he no longer wants to fight and kill, we should be the same. Guan Gong, also known as Guan Yu, what touches me most is... The King's Farewell to His Concubine.

  Having said that, Bruce Lee led the way by inserting incense into the cracks on Confucius' body, then retreated three steps and bowed. After bowing, Bruce Lee said: Then let's start training from now on.