Feeling sentimental, it’s been seven years, yet there are still parents of students who remember me as their music enlightenment teacher. Let's refer to one such student from my hometown county city as ‘Little V’. When I met him, he was around five or six years old; his tanned, Guang-style skin appeared even darker against his off-white shirt, his husky voice speaking in indifferent Cantonese, and his hairstyle was quite cool – it was similar to the trendy sky-reaching kind. Most memorable was how abstractly he held the C chord on the ukulele... But he thoroughly enjoyed my classes, to the extent that after I moved to Beijing, he talked about coming to find me by bike (or train?) from Guangdong. In the blink of an eye, he’s now been admitted into high school. Just the other day he came to share the good news with me – he was doubly admitted, one in Changsha, Hunan, and the other in Nanning, Guangxi, seeking my opinion. Naturally, I suggested the former based on my own thoughts; after all, Changsha has the support of the Mango TV channel, and my personal investigation into the city showed that its music and entertainment environment is more vibrant than that of the Guang regions. After all, the wheel of fortune turns, and the glory days of Guangzhou – the mainland Southern hub of pop music over 20 years ago – is hard to reclaim. Overall, I recommended moving northward rather than westward. Before receiving the acceptance letter from an art school, Little V’s mom was extremely worried. In our county city, the art school admission rate set a new record, with the high school demanding a minimum of 600 points, but he only had around 500. He could only aim for an art school, and although previously extra points for playing musical instruments could add up to 50 points, now it only amounted to about 20, which means there was a shortfall of over 20 points. Furthermore, basic exams in sight singing, ear training, and vocal music were also required. Although he played the ukulele splendidly and was excellent at the drums, his congenital tone-deafness meant his fundamental scores were insufficient, forcing him to look for art schools outside the province. Fortunately, he managed to find one, majoring in percussion.