On September 11, 2026, at night, Ningbo University's new students' opening ceremony was suddenly hit by heavy rain, and the principal, Cai Ronggen, put down the original 3300+ words of the speech, only quoted the lyrics of “Water” and said “Welcome everyone,” and then blessed the new students to study hard and live well, the whole speech ended in 40 seconds. The school's public account later published the complete speech, and netizens praised the principal's decision to shorten the speech due to the rain.