pianist from the sea

Chapter 229 Revisiting the old place, things are different and people are different

The dean of the department glanced at Jiang Ruijia, and immediately said with a smile: "Little Jiang, your sheet music is on the piano, just take it yourself, and you will practice this piece for this week's work, did you hear that?"

"Listen, I heard..."

Jiang Ruijia nodded slightly, walked to the corner of the room, picked up the music score that was put aside, stood at the door, bowed to everyone, and carefully closed the door.

Looking at the closed door, everyone in the room couldn't help but glanced at each other, and burst out laughing.

"Fu Tiao, hey... I really didn't expect that you could win the Chopin International Piano Competition. My God, it's really amazing. Hey, to be honest, our school was really good at that time. You are not particularly optimistic about it, but who would have thought, Huo! You really slapped us all in the face, really, Fu Diao, you are this!"

The dean of the department looked more and more happily at Fu Tiao, gave Fu Tiao a thumbs up, and nodded his approval vigorously.

"Who the hell would have thought, huh? Our Haicheng Conservatory of Music could still produce a champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition? Hehehe, just kidding. Looking back at the exchange at the Conservatory of Music, we can be considered to have grown faces." , when the time comes, let’s see who else dares to say that our Haicheng Conservatory of Music is slowly degenerating? Who else?”

Fu Tiao looked at the head of the department and smiled, without saying a word, just nodded slightly.

The others also nodded in approval.

"Yes, yes, Fu Diao, you are really good. At that time, many people on our side were analyzing the Chopin International Piano Competition in this place, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each player, such as the one who just went out, that one Xiao Jiang, right? I remember that she seemed to be doing analysis on the Internet. I think she did a very good job. She listed all the advantages and disadvantages of each contestant, and then gave points according to the personal preferences of the judges. Evaluation, this is incredible."

"However... I feel that Xiao Jiang's performance is not very accurate, huh? Take a look, look at the Chopin International Piano Competition in front of us. Who would have thought that Fu Tiao would win the championship? Isn’t that right? Look at what Xiao Jiang made for you, I remember saying that it would be good for you to make it to the second round, but you’re fine, hey, it’s amazing to win the championship directly!”

"Director Tang is right. I also think you are great, Fu Tiao. As the saying goes, although tens of thousands of people will go to you, in the words of young people, even if everyone thinks that you are not good at Fu Tiao, you still think you can do it, Fu Tiao. Just want to slap other people in the face, slap, oh, this hurts."

"You are not good at it. You see, I am different. From the very beginning, I thought that you are very good, Fu Tiao, and you are as good as Mr. He Shen. You see, it is exactly as I said, Fu Tiao you take You won the championship of the Chopin International Piano Competition, look at it, and now you have concerts all over the world, this is not ordinary excellence, yours is excellent enough to hang on the wall!"

"Hey, you said this, what is hanging on the wall? You said it as if Fu Tiao died. He is still young, so he is called a promising one, right? Still hanging on the wall?"

Everyone burst into laughter immediately, and the person who said he wanted to hang Fu Tiao on the wall scratched his head embarrassedly and agreed, and then he said to everyone after the laughter was over.

"But everyone understands what I mean, just look... When will Fu Tiao be hung on the wall of our honorary alumni? Fu Tiao, look at it..."

"No rush, no rush."

Fu Tiao was just listening happily to them praising him, but he didn't expect that the teacher would burn himself directly, and immediately waved his hands and shook his head.

"As for the wall of honor, let's talk about it later when there is free time, for example, after my concert in Haicheng is over. Don't be so anxious."

"Look at it, this little comrade Fu Tiao is very ambitious. He never cares about these false names, and puts his mind on music completely. This is called being thoughtful, moral, and standard."

"Okay, okay, Principal Wu said it well!"

Everyone immediately applauded vigorously after hearing this, and then laughed.

Fu Diao didn't know if they were smiling for real or fake.

The head of the department next to him waited for everyone to finish laughing, then asked Fu Tiao.

"Oh, by the way, Fu Tiao, I just want to ask, what are your plans in the future? For example... Do you have a teaching position or something?"

The head of the department pretended to be concerned and asked insinuatingly.

Although Fu Tiao may not be able to reach the level of teaching in their school now, after all, who would let a person under 20 years old be a professor?

But it is still necessary to have a good relationship with Fu Tiao.

Then, by the way, see if there is any shameless school that plans to lower its status and hire Fu Tiao to work as a lecturer or associate professor in their school.

After all, Fu Tiao has won the global championship at such a young age, even if he doesn't give him a lecturer position, it's not a problem to give him a Ph.D.

So the head of the department wanted to test Fu Diao a little bit to see what Fu Diao thought.

If Fu Tiao wants to return to China for development, they must give priority to wooing them.

If you can't reach an agreement, then discuss other things, and there is no need to make things so rigid.

However, Fu Tiao didn't understand the sharpness in his words, he just shook his head and said casually as the head of the department was concerned.

"Not yet. I'm currently discussing with Deutsche Grammophon about the future performance arrangement. After the performance arrangement is confirmed, but before that, I should go to Berlin first. I have passed the audit of the piano department of the Berlin University of the Arts. In a few days, we will be preparing for the summer semester in March and April."

"Oh, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin University of the Arts is good, many of us here after graduating from the Haicheng Conservatory of Music, went to the Berlin University of the Arts to study. If you need it, for example, if you met in Berlin If you encounter some difficulties, you can ask them for help, after all, you are also from Haicheng Conservatory of Music, everyone is a classmate, and it is also necessary to help each other."

"Yeah, okay, if necessary."

Fu Tiao smiled at the head of the department and agreed.

The head of the department didn't know if Fu Tiao understood what he was saying, so he could only add.

"If you don't know who you should look for in that place, you can also come to me, do you have my WeChat?"

After that, he took out his mobile phone and said to Fu Tiao: "Let's add a WeChat or something first, and we will contact each other for practice later if we have problems."

The eyes of the other people around suddenly lit up, and they also took out their mobile phones, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, if you can't find the right person, you can come to us and we will help you, there must be no problem After all, it’s not easy to be alone in a foreign country.”

"Okay, okay..." Fu Tiao honestly added WeChat with these leading directors, thought for a while, and then added: "But my English is not bad, and there shouldn't be any problem living alone abroad. After all, before The tour in Europe was done by myself, without the help of Deutsche Grammophon, and the teacher at the Central Academy also gave me a lot of contact information..."

"Ah, is that so? It's not bad, it's good, it's good! It's good to have one more person and more strength."

The head of the department's face was about to cramp, he cursed secretly at the group of old men in the central courtyard, and grinned again.

"Anyway, please contact me later if you have any questions."

"Hmm, there must be no problem."

After adding everyone to WeChat with a smile, Fu got up and relieved his muscles.

"So, I'll walk around the school alone first, take a rest later, and go to the concert in a few days?"

"All right, all right! No problem, just go shopping! Anyway, you are familiar with these places, so we won't show you one by one."

The head of the department stood up and opened the door, smiled at Fu Tiao, and then asked.

"Oh, by the way, Fu Tiao, you really don't think about the things I asked you before? It's about the master class. You really don't think about it? After all, compared to those students in the school, you can still be considered You are a master. I saw your speech at the Royal Conservatory of Music before. Didn’t you say it very well? After thinking about it for a while, it’s no problem to modify it and bring it to the Haicheng Conservatory of Music. "

"This, or not."

Fu Tiao shook his head and refused without any hesitation.

"I still need to continue to settle down and make my music more refined. It is not suitable for me to focus on giving speeches everywhere now."

"Look, I said that this little comrade Fu Diao doesn't love vanity, is loyal to music, is noble, pure, and out of vulgar tastes, am I right? If it was someone else, he would have given master class speeches everywhere , Then I went to participate in some variety show to make money, and Fu Tiao in our school just played music and wanted to study all the time, it was not easy, it was really not easy!"

The principal who was holding the water glass, or the vice principal, nodded at Fu Tiao and praised him a few words.

Fu Tiao couldn't say anything, so he nodded, and after agreeing with everyone, he walked outside, leaving the teachers in the room to continue discussing something.

He just arrived in Haicheng in the early hours of this morning. Because of the jet lag, he couldn't fall asleep.

He has a great tool for beating jet lag, and that's staying up late.

Yes, just stay up late.

Stay up until you're too sleepy, just sleep with him, and you'll be amazed.

Your jet lag is mostly normal.

Maybe you will go to bed after ten o'clock in the evening and get up after six o'clock in the morning, which is much more regular than ordinary young people, even a bit like the work and rest of the elderly.

But this schedule is also very regular and normal, at least not getting sleepy in the afternoon and waking up in the middle of the night.

So not long after Fu Tiao woke up, he went home and took a look, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong at home, he went directly to Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

At first, he wanted to see if He Shen's piano room was still there, but after he went there, he found that He Shen's piano room had already been used by other people.

And his previous dormitory has been completely torn apart.

He went to Europe to participate in the competition alone, and then did not come back for more than half a year.

But it is to go to the beautiful country, the Manhattan Conservatory of Music to study, and now the grades are not bad, and participate in small competitions everywhere to mix prizes.

The remaining two people in the dormitory cannot occupy the positions of four people. In addition, the relationship between the two is not particularly harmonious, so the two are directly assigned to other three-person dormitories to form a four-person dormitory. dormitory.

At this point, his dormitory was completely disbanded, and he became four people who didn't know each other at all.

Fu Tiao stood outside the door and waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for the two people he knew, and instead waited for some people he didn't know. Only then did he realize this.

Therefore, before those people recognized him, Fu Tiao left the dormitory first, came to the school side, and was about to go to the piano room to see if he knew anyone, but was caught by the head of the piano department. I have to drag him to his piano room for a chat.

As a result, while chatting, not only the head of the piano department, but also other professors, the dean, the deputy dean and others also came.

This is great, the originally relatively intimate conversation suddenly became polite and full of official language.

Obviously they all praised Fu Tiao, but for some reason, there was always an inexplicable sense of incompatibility.

But fortunately, in the end Fu Tiao escaped from the siege of those teachers and professors, rejected their invitation to speak, and finally could continue to hang around in the Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

After all, when I revisit my hometown and return home, I always think about whether I can see my former teacher.

He wobbled to the previous jazz piano room and looked around.

It's not much different from what he thought, there are no classes, no students here, and no teachers here.

Still as clean as before.

"Well, it's almost the same as before, there is no difference."

Fu Tiao groped for his chin and shook his head slightly.

It would be fine if everything had changed, as it would break many old memories.

But now the previous decoration is still there, but the feeling that people have completely left is not a person, which makes Fu Diao feel not particularly comfortable, and there is always an inexplicable sadness in it.

A classroom is still a classroom, just people...

"Fu Tiao?"

A voice sounded behind Fu Tiao. Fu Tiao turned his head and found that the previous jazz teacher hadn't changed. He was still standing in front of the concert hall with a lot of music scores. Looking at Fu Tiao, he couldn't help being extremely surprised.

"Fu Tiao? You're back? I heard you're giving concerts all over the world, and you... are you back?"

Fu Tiao was taken aback, looked at the teacher behind him, and couldn't help laughing; nodded slightly: "Well, come back and have a look, after the last concert here in Haicheng is over, I will probably go on and study at the Berlin University of the Arts , read the virtuoso diploma."

"Performer diploma? This is amazing. If you return to China, you can be certified as a Ph.D. I remember, good guy, now your classmates are all undergraduates, and you are going to finish your Ph. D., even if you don't need a Ph. D. for you." Extra points for certification, but it's still very powerful."

The jazz teacher, who was clearly well versed in this, nodded thoughtfully.

"But having said that, you still need to practice jazz. Although I know your jazz is very good, you must not stop this thing. Once you stop, it will be difficult to pick it up."

"Well, I know, I have been practicing." Fu Tiao smiled, "At least I practiced during Christmas and after the concert."

"Okay, okay, that's good, I know you are good at playing classical music, but I think your jazz talent is better than your classical music. It's really good."

The jazz teacher wanted to extend his hand to encourage Fu Tiao, but when he raised his hand, he found that he was carrying a lot of documents, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, I'm going to class here. If I meet you after class, I will definitely have to chat with you, but I have to go to class here, so I can't help it. Oh, it's a pity. I still remember the way you demonstrated to me when I was in class with you, I haven't found a second student or even a teacher who can match you..."

As he spoke, he lifted the key out of his pocket with his little finger, shook it, reached out and grabbed it to open the door, threw all the documents in, clapped his hands, and said with a smile.

"Now that you're back, to be honest, I really want you to be a teaching aid again, to have a class with me, but it's a pity that you're already the champion of Xiao Sai, and it's really a waste to have a class with me."

"You can, if you want to."

Hearing what the jazz teacher said, Fu Tiao couldn't help joking, "I don't really care about these things."

"No, no, you don't care, but I do. I'll spread the word later and let Champion Xiao Sai be my teaching tool. Compared with saving face, I think I'm more likely to be sprayed by others. That's not fun. gone."

Ding!
As he was talking, the alarm clock on the jazz teacher's cell phone rang. After a quick glance, he waved vigorously at Fu Chao and hurried away.

"Okay, okay, I have 10 minutes to go to class. If you don't leave, it will be too late. If students come back, they will probably surround you and ask for your signature. I don't want you to give up my teaching environment. Destruction, it makes me feel uneasy in class here, okay, okay, get out, remember to say hello to He Shen for me, say that Haicheng Conservatory of Music is pretty good, those people are not as bad as you think, they Just involuntary."

"Okay, then you go to class first, I will continue to look around this school, and I will leave later."

"Okay, okay, go quickly, and be careful not to cause too much disturbance. After all, this place is still a place for teaching, not a place for you to show off. It would be good not to cause a sensation in the school."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand again and let Fu Tiao do his own thing, then turned around and entered the room, and began to prepare for today's teaching in advance.

And Fu Diao glanced around again, then walked away.

He came to the school's library, found the place where he used to sit, and looked at the empty seats around him with a relaxed smile.

He went back to room 1903 of the piano room building, which was a place he used frequently before, but it had already been used by others, so he could only stand outside the door and feel the atmosphere of that year.

Finally, he stopped in front of the sign of Haicheng Conservatory of Music. For some reason, the sense of loss in his heart dissipated a lot, replaced by a little bit of freedom.

Revisiting the old place, visiting all the places he has been to, and seeing what he has experienced before, what he has done, and what is going on now.

Things are different, maybe all the traces are still there, but the people who use it, the people who experience it, have completely changed.

"Anyway, I still have to say goodbye, although..."

Fu Tiao sighed, looked at the big characters "Haicheng Conservatory of Music" in front of him, shook his head helplessly, turned and left.

So far, there is no half-way involved.

　See if there is a chance to update another chapter later today!I will update you to vote, and the division of labor is clear!

　　
　
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