Please, come home and practice the piano

After lunch, Xu Li packed her luggage and walked out of the gate of Norton Manor accompanied by her son and Li An.

"Listen to the teacher."

While waiting for the bus, Xu Li warned Wang Xiaohu again, "Don't act alone when you go out to play."

Wang Xiaohu didn't know that his mother suddenly wanted to go to Chengdu. He just thought it was something urgent. "Don't worry, Mom."

Although he said it lightly, Wang Xiaohu was actually very reluctant to give up. In order to prevent his mother from telling him, "Don't forget to remind grandpa to bring me the complete scores of Beethoven's symphonies."

"Grandpa has already written down what you want in his notebook," Xu Li said as a white online hailing car drove away.

"The car is here." Wang Xiaohu stepped forward and took the initiative to help his mother get the suitcase.

Xu Li turned around: "Teacher Li."

Li An nodded and gave the other party a reassuring look: "Be safe on the road."

Xu Li nodded and said nothing to Li An. Watching Wang Xiaohu struggle to put the suitcase into the trunk of the car, she said, "Come on."

Wang Xiaohu nodded, Xu Li turned around and got in the car.

The master and apprentice looked at the car leaving, and Wang Xiaohu waved his hand.

After a while, "Let's go back."

As Li An said this, he turned around and walked towards the door. Wang Xiaohu followed him in two steps, "Teacher, do you miss Chengdu?"

"A bit." Ang Lee replied.

"Me too." Wang Xiaohu said with emotion, "It's good to have school started."

Ang Lee: "What, have you had enough fun?"

Wang Xiaohu scratched his head: "Not really, I just feel like there are a lot of things to do when I go back. I can't describe that feeling. I'm looking forward to it."

Li An: "Yes, there are still many things to do when we go back, Xiaohu, you have to work hard."

Wang Xiaohu: "Yes!"

The master and apprentice parted in front of the hotel, and Li An returned to the classroom alone. After a while, the first wave of children who came to class arrived in the classroom one after another.

"Hello Mr. Li."

"Hello, who comes first?"

A girl named Tang Ruiyang volunteered to raise her hand first.

"Come!" Li An waved his hand, "Play the piano."

With the start of one-on-one intensive classes, there are more and more children in the classroom.

There are more and more teaching points floating in front of Li An's eyes.
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Three hours passed by in a flash, and after sending off the last child, Li An's voice was fine, but his legs were a bit unsteady. He didn't get a good rest last night.

"teacher."

Ji Yang handed over a bottle of mineral water again, and Li An took it and sat on the chair in front of the piano.

At this moment, only the children in Piano Classroom No. [-] were left in the classroom. Li An looked around and said, "How is it? Is it any different from giving you lessons?"

Xiao Liu: "Yes."

Ang Lee: "Say."

Xiao Liu: "I feel like you are more gentle when teaching others."

Li An laughed: "Nonsense."

Xiao Liu pouted: "Xiao Bei, tell me."

Xiaobei hesitated: "A little bit."

Ang Lee: "Marco."

Marco: "Ahem, a little bit."

Ang Lee: "Wang Xiaohu."

Wang Xiaohu: "Uh."

Li An: "Che Lin."

The car bared its teeth.

Li An nodded and pretended to say: "It seems that I am usually too strict with you."

After a while, he said, "In this way, I will give you two days of freedom. I will leave in a while and will not come back until the day after tomorrow."

Children: "Huh?"

Everyone knew that the teacher was leaving today, but they didn't know that the teacher would be gone for two days.

Li An warned: "Tomorrow I have to accompany Teacher Chen to participate in the third round of the competition. You should listen to your senior sister carefully these two days, do you hear me?"

The children nodded: "I heard it."

Li An: "Okay, Xiaobei, you have to perform well tonight, and Xiaoliu, don't be nervous tomorrow night, don't think about anything when you go on stage, just play and it's over, okay?"

Xiao Liu Xiaobei: "Okay!"

Li An: "If you have nothing to do, just go. The concert is still early, so you can take a nap or play for a while."

The children stood up and left in unison without even saying hello.

Li An was wondering what was going on when Wang Xiaohu, who was walking at the end, closed the door behind him.

The few little things walked away easily. At this moment, the door suddenly rang again, and then Wang Xiaohu's voice came from outside the door: "Teacher, I forgot to take my things!"

Seeing Ji Yang standing beside him without moving, Li An helplessly shook his head and wondered what was going on. He stood up and walked over to open the door. What came into view was a "weird-shaped" bouquet of sunflowers.

"This?"

Xiaobei held the flowers and smiled brightly: "Teacher, thank you for your hard work!"

Li An was stunned. As soon as he took the flowers, the children turned around and ran away.

"Slow down!"

The children's laughter echoed in the corridor. Li An looked down at the flowers in his hand again, feeling warm in his heart.

These little things.

"Surprise or surprise?"

At this moment, Xiao Ji's voice came from behind. Li An turned his head, with a smile that couldn't be hidden on his face, "Who's paying attention?"

Xiao Ji: "Linlin and Wang Xiaohu's idea."

Then Xiao Ji told the story of the bouquet of flowers, and Li An found out that it all went back to the day of his concert, when several children did not prepare flowers for him.

Xiao Ji: "At that time, I thought I would prepare a big bunch, so I included them all, but in the end they still wanted to give you another bunch."

Li An is happy. The children are so thoughtful. They carry their handicrafts all the way from Chengdu to here. They work so hard every day and have to make flowers for him: "Don't let them do this again in the future. I accept your kindness. I can do it next time." do not."

Xiao Ji spread his hands: "It's none of my business."

Li An: "You too, don't buy flowers in the future. It's really not worth the money. Ang, be obedient."

Xiao Ji hehe: "Let's talk about it again, teacher, what else do you want to see me for?"

Li An: "The lessons tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are all for children, so you don't need to listen. I said hello to Teacher Chen and prepared a piano room for you. You should take the time to practice for two days. After saying this, I went back immediately. You If I go back and pay a lot of things, I probably won’t have much time to practice anymore.”

Xiao Ji pursed his lips: "Yeah."

Li An: "Let's reorganize the music for the review at the beginning of the school year. Teacher Chen will give you another lesson tomorrow afternoon."

Xiao Ji: "Thank you, teacher."

Li An waved his hand: "Did Xiaobei and the others ask you about Xiao Sai?"

Li An heard many children talking about this matter this afternoon. It is estimated that other teachers have told the students, and he has not bothered to tell a few children.

Xiao Ji: "I heard Meng Yanxi talk about this during lunch, but he didn't make it clear. What's wrong, teacher?" Li An: "I plan to let Che Lin participate."

Xiao Ji: "I also think Linlin should participate."

Ang Lee: "Well, I'll send you the competition regulations. You can read it and then give them a general outline of this category and the repertoire requirements to see how they react. Don't tell Che Lin about me yet." I want her to participate.”

Xiao Ji: "Understood."

"Let's go, let's evacuate too. I have to prepare to leave." Li An stood up, took out his cell phone and sent Xiao Sai's charter to Ji Yang.
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Back in the room, Li An placed the bouquet made by the children by the window.

Then entered the bathroom.

Facing the rain, he called up the system panel. The value on the teaching point had reached 2674, far exceeding 2500.

The exciting moment came when he opened the language catalog. Under the Indo-European language catalog that had been unlocked, he decisively chose German.

‘Would you like to pay 2500 teaching points to unlock German proficiency? ’

"Yes."

After making his choice, the only thing that happened in front of Li An was that there were only 174 teaching points left.

I tried to say something in German, but what came out was "I'm handsome."

Ang Lee:?
Immediately afterwards, a progress bar appeared [German proficiency is being unlocked, countdown to 23:59:58]

Ang Lee:~
Decisively turning off the panel, Li An began to take a shower seriously while humming a Bach tune.

After taking a comfortable warm bath, Li An came out and put on new clothes that Chen Xuan specially selected for him.

He had never worn the artistic outfit in the mirror once, just to wait for tonight's meal.

After packing up his clothes, he put the meeting gifts for the two parents into his bag, went out and got in the car and sent a message to Chen Xuan.

"Teacher Yuan, how many years have you been driving?"

"Guess."

"It looks like he must be an experienced driver for at least five years to be proficient."

"Haha, I've only driven less than [-] kilometers."

"Okay, okay, did you buy the car at the beginning of the year?"

"I placed the order in July last year and took delivery of the car in August. I haven't driven it much since it's close to the school. Plus, I don't drive it much. It's inconvenient to take the electric car back to my hometown. I thought it would be troublesome to charge the car midway."

“When I bought it, I didn’t even consider long-distance travel.”

"I struggled with it for a long time, and finally decided to buy it because charging is cheap."

"Yes, what's the difference in driving compared to a petrol car?"

"I've never driven a gas-powered car, so I don't have any say. Anyway, I personally think electric cars are easy to drive. Do you want to experience autonomous driving?"

"No, no, no, no, teacher Yuan, I'm scared."

"Hahaha, I didn't dare to do it at first, but after using it twice, I thought it was okay. Do you want to buy a car?"

"Wait and see."

"That's right, the car prices have dropped significantly this year, and my teacher said they will have to drop again next year."

Li An was wondering if he and Chen Xuan could consider getting a car first. When the school opens, and next year's work and performance work will start in full swing, he can't always take buses, subways, and taxis, and sometimes it is convenient to have his own car.

On the way to Jige Hotel, Li An was thinking about the scholar and thinking about opening a school.

As for the book writer, he also had a chat with Xu Li at noon. The two of them have reached an agreement on the preliminary work, and it depends on the result of Xu Li's side.

He basically understands the various conditions required to open a school. He thinks there should be no big problems with the procedures. The most troublesome thing about running a school is Wei Fangyuan and his wife. As for other procedures, let's listen to what the couple has to say.

The problem that bothers him now is something he never considered at the beginning—whether or not to offer wind instrument courses.

Ang Lee had no plans to open it at first. If he opened it, he would at least wait until he had completely matured Piano Classroom No. [-] before he would consider it.

His thoughts at the time were based on practical considerations.

First, cost.

Starting from normal logic, if an institution has all kinds of courses, then the probability of parent consumption will increase. The reason is very simple, I have whatever you want to learn.

But actually? The accompanying costs will also increase. The storage of various musical instruments, the inventory of teaching materials, the division of teachers, etc., all need to be more refined. These are all intangible costs.

As a scholar, he will have a teacher for even a subject that only one child studies, because there is no other way.

But in his own institution, there is no need for him to cause trouble for himself. At least in his self-perception, for his current comprehensive ability, doing everything must be a trap unless he has a large number of students.

Second, product specialization.

The strengths of him and Chen Xuan are piano and flute. Although they only offer two majors, based on their experience, they can develop different products in the vertical musical instrument teaching category to match the needs of different types of students.

Take piano as an example. Ang Lee has already made detailed course planning.

Music Enlightenment for Children: For children who have not yet reached the age of learning piano, the course uses his self-developed fun and easy-to-understand musical notation and is taught in a small class format.
One-on-one for children: one-on-one piano lessons for beginners according to the Fieber or Big and Little Soup systems

Professional one-to-one: advanced courses for professional students and art candidates

Adult one-to-one: Different from the popular adult piano teaching on the market, privately customized course plans are based on the specific needs of students.

Develop vertically, make the piano subject more refined and stronger, create a reputation, and add value to each course. The subsequent benefits it can bring will naturally increase as the reputation of the institution increases.

But what happened with the scholar disrupted his thoughts. If he wins the scholar, it means that he has a huge potential source of students, which means that the cost of setting up multiple courses will be greatly diluted.

If it is not opened, a large number of wind band students will be lost, which is heartbreaking to think about.

Moreover, with Chen Xuan in charge of the wind music, it’s not like they don’t have the conditions to do well.

But then came a new problem, how large a campus he needed.

Is it necessary to recalculate costs?

Hey, I will carefully examine the market when I get back to see where the school site is more suitable.

As he was thinking about it, Li An couldn't help but start fighting, then his vision went dark and he fell asleep.
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Norton Manor.

3006.

After several children played "Who is the undercover agent in Wuquan", they found it a bit boring.

The main reason is that everyone is so familiar with each other. As soon as they speak and look at their expressions, they can tell whether it is true or false without having to listen too much to the description.

"Don't play, don't play."

It was another round to find the undercover, and everyone found it boring.

"Aren't you going to play?" Senior Sister Ji Yang looked around, "Then let's have a chat."

As soon as we talked about chatting, everyone's interest was revived.

"There will be a Xiaoxiao competition next year. Do you want to participate?" Ji Yang asked.

Marco: "Sister, is the Xiao Xiao Competition a small Chopin Competition?"

The Chopin Competition teacher told everyone.

Ji Yang: "The Xiao Xiao Competition is the Junior Chopin International Piano Competition."

Wang Xiaohu: “It sounds very high-end.”

Ji Yang: "That's right. Then I will have the opportunity to go abroad and compete with players from all over the world."

"Wow," Xiaobei grabbed the car's arm and shook it, excitedly saying, "Linlin, go and join in!"

Everyone's eyes came to Xiao Che's face, and Xiao Che nodded: "Yes."

Seeing that Xiaoche easily agreed without asking anything, Ji Yang smiled and asked, "Linlin, do you want to participate?"

"I want to participate." Xiaoche responded with an extremely positive response.

Because the teacher asked her to participate in the Chopin Competition that morning. Although this was a small Chopin Competition, it was still a Chopin Competition, so she had nothing to hesitate.