Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 939 199. The courage to overtake on a curve

[The teacher-student index of Gaoshen dropped to 21]

Another five minutes passed, and there was no movement in front of him. Li An took out his cell phone with a smile.

Not bad, 21 points left.

In less than ten minutes, following Wang Xiaohu, Li An once again experienced a cliff-like limit down scene.

It’s okay, at least there are still 21 points left.

'Teacher, Teacher Tang is here'

"Got it. You guys can chat first. Gao Shen is here. It's okay."

After replying to Ji Yang's message, Ang Lee @ed Lao Tang and Mu Xin in the group: Tell them about their stage status.

Then he put away his phone and looked at Gao Shen.

Looking at Gao Shen who was sobbing in front of him, Li An took out another cigarette.

Crying is not the only way to relieve stress, but it is helpful in getting rid of emotions in a short period of time.

Through the conversation with Gao Shen, Li An believes that no matter from which angle, it is necessary for Gao Shen to vent his emotions.

Considering that he had to take the exam early the next morning, he made Gao Shen cry.

It was also his fault. If he had cared more about Gao Shen and discovered it earlier, he might not have to solve the problem in this way.

Because he could hear and see that Gao Shen was a child with deep affection and loyalty.

How much emotion is condensed in these words from a big boy who usually behaves steadily and steadily, who wants to prove through his own efforts that his teacher is also capable of sending a student to a music school.

The more emotions are concentrated, the more pressure will be generated.

It is these pressures that have caused Gao Shen to perform unstable all the time.

Gao Shen wanted too much to prove himself, or to prove something for his teacher.

Ang Lee can understand this very well. As a student of Lao Wei and a teacher of these children, he has experienced it to a greater or lesser extent.

He saw it in himself and in his children.

In fact, this is a positive emotion that can stimulate potential.

But even positive emotions have to have a limit. If you exceed that limit, the emotions will backfire on you and you will become a puppet of your emotions and be controlled by them, just like what is happening now.

You can play the piano well. As long as you perform normally, it may take a lot of luck to get into the piano department of a music college, but there is basically no problem if you are below a music college.

To be honest, Li An was a little shocked when he learned that Gao Shen had only followed such an "amateur" teacher before.

He was shocked by teacher Gu's teaching level.

Gao Shen is talented, but is far from being able to learn independently without a teacher.

In other words, if Gao Shen did not lie and he had indeed only studied with Teacher Gu, then the handling of details, musical thinking and playing techniques that Gao Shen demonstrated in the selection exam all came from the teaching of Teacher Gu.

This can fully explain many problems.

There are not many teachers who are good at teaching but not very good at playing themselves, but they do exist.

Teacher Gu is number one.

As a colleague, although they have never met, Ang Lee has already expressed his great admiration for him.

At this time, [the teacher-student index of Gaoshen rose to 32]

Oh wow, I'm finally recovering.

After stepping on the cigarette butt, Li An turned and looked at the gloomy sky.

moment.

"During the rehearsal the day before yesterday, I was not in good shape. I knew I was not in good shape."

Gao Shen raised his head slightly when he heard the voice.

"In fact, every one of us who plays the piano is aware of our own state. State cannot deceive people. When we feel great pressure, we can't play the piano well."

"The reason is that stress distracts us from being able to fully focus."

"If you can't concentrate, how can you play well?"

"It is said that pressure can generate motivation, which is true. Pressure can make us constantly stimulate our potential for a goal."

“But when the performance is going on, the pressure just becomes a burden on us.”

"I think you should understand this very well."

Gao Shen nodded slightly.

"I feel stressed because this performance is too important to me. If I don't play it well during the official performance, I may never have the opportunity to participate in such a performance again."

Gao Shen swallowed, as if he didn't believe what was said. He couldn't imagine how Teacher Li couldn't play the piano well.

"On stage, anything can happen. You can go and see the performances of famous artists who made mistakes, many of which are even incomprehensible."

"If there is no such thing as a stage accident, then what is the point of all this video material you can find?"

Gao Shen suddenly felt some balance.

"No one can avoid stage accidents."

“All we can do is try not to let it happen. If you have mastered a piece of music, then all that remains is to adjust your state when playing it as much as possible.”

"Don't you think it's just a general principle?"

Li An turned around and said this. Before Gao Shen could lower his head, the teacher and student met each other's eyes again.

After a moment, Gao Shen wiped the corners of his eyes and shook his head.

"Then you have to understand that there are differences between playing on and off stage. Playing well off stage does not mean you can play just as well on stage. Of course, if you don't play well off stage, you will definitely not play well on stage."

"This is the threshold for the stage. If you want to perform well on the stage, you have to be good enough off the stage."

"If you replace the stage with an exam room, the same principle applies. The upper limit of what you can play in the exam room will not exceed the best performance you have ever given in the practice room."

"But the lower limit is definitely not just the worst performance you gave in the practice room before entering the exam room."

"It could be even worse."

Although Teacher Li was only stating a fact in a low voice, Gao Shen felt at a loss.

Ang Lee: "Honestly speaking, based on your current condition, you will definitely not be able to show your best side tomorrow."

Gao Shen nodded.

"If I'm being honest," Li An paused and said reluctantly, "even if you can perform at your best in the practice room, I'm afraid you'll still need a lot of luck to get into the schools you're targeting."

Seeing Gao Shen opened his mouth but didn't say anything, Li An laughed: "If you dare to cry, what else can you not say?"

Gao Shen was stunned, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment: "Teacher Li, I have actually made up my mind. If I fail to be admitted to the music school this year, I will repeat my studies for another year."

This time it was Li An who was stunned: "Repeat a grade? Do your parents and Teacher Gu know what you are thinking?"

Gao Shen shook his head: "I don't know. Teacher Li, please keep it a secret for me. I want to be admitted to the music school no matter what."

Ang Lee: "I have to go to a music school."

Gao Shen: “Yes.”

Li An: "Then I'm confused. Since you've already made such a decision, why are you still putting so much pressure on yourself? You can just come back next year."

Gao Shen sighed: "I'm worried that my dad won't agree. I know he's already working very hard."

It turns out there is a bend here as well.

Li An smiled bitterly. Is he saying that this child is sensible or not?

After a moment, "What on earth was the reason why you asked for leave to go home in August?"

Gao Shen: "Teacher Gu is ill and in the hospital." Li An: "Tell me about you and your teacher Gu. I want to hear it. You are in this state right now. I don't expect you to perform well tomorrow. If you insist on applying to the music school, then let's study next year. Tell me about it. Maybe I can give you some good advice."

Gao Shen: “Thank you.”

Li Anle: "What are you thanking me for? Didn't I just make you cry?"

Gao Shen: "I know you didn't mean anything else. You just said that to wake me up."

Li An: "Look, you know your own situation best, right? You know you are in a dangerous situation."

Gao Shen: "Yeah."

Ang Lee: "Tell me about your piano learning story"

Gao Shen: "Teacher Li, can I start from the beginning?"

Li An made a gesture of invitation.

Ten minutes later, Li An took out another cigarette.

When he heard Gao Shen say that he had lived in Teacher Gu's house since the first grade of junior high school and did not move out until he entered high school, he seemed to understand something.

But unlike the small car, Gao Shen is another situation.

"Teacher Gu was very ostracized at the time. People at the Children's Palace and the piano store said he couldn't play the piano."

Li Ang can understand this very well. Charging only fifty yuan for a class is already a serious threat to the "market order".

"Not only did they spread rumors, they also joined forces to maliciously suppress Teacher Gu. As long as it was a competition organized by them, we would not be able to get a place."

"Teacher Gu always tells me not to care about these things."

"The result is that fewer and fewer people come to him to learn piano."

Ang Lee was not surprised by this, as this is the reality.

In today's piano education market environment, Gu Guoliang's existence is an outlier.

But for the vast majority of parents, they have no way to judge the market.

He is a small home-based piano teacher with no professional academic certification, no performance experience, no business license, and no good social reputation, so parents have nothing to say.

If you have to compare, choosing any music store at random is the best decision.

Hey.

Li An: "So you want to apply to a music school. You want everyone to see that your teacher Gu is a capable piano teacher."

Gao Shen: "Yes, Mr. Li, Mr. Gu has been kind not only to me, but also to our family. I want to repay him."

Li An nodded. He was a little eager to help Teacher Gu.

The profound story is actually not complicated.

My connection with piano came from a tenant who moved in downstairs.

This tenant is Gu Guoliang.

When Gao Shen was a child, his family was relatively well off. His father ran a mountain products business and his mother was a full-time housewife. Those were the most carefree years for Gao Shen. He would run downstairs whenever he had some free time every day.

After Teacher Gu bought a house and moved out, he had to ride his bike to visit Teacher Gu three or four times a week.

As a result, when he was in sixth grade, his family business ran into big problems.

Gao Shen described how he was so frightened for the first time by someone collecting debts outside his bedroom door that he dared not utter a word. Li An felt depressed listening to him.

As soon as Gu Guoliang learned about this, he extended a helping hand to the family.

Gu Guoliang himself had just bought a house not long ago and had no way to financially support the couple who lived upstairs. All he could do was to take Xiao Gaoshen away temporarily.

At that time, Gao Shen's father did not want to trouble Gu Guoliang. Another option was to put Gao Shen at Gao Shen's grandfather's house first, but Gu Guoliang insisted on taking Gao Shen away.

This absence lasted three years.

During these three years, my musical performance level improved rapidly, and my family gradually recovered.

In Gao Shen's eyes, all of this was because Teacher Gu extended a helping hand to their family when they were in the most difficult times.

But good people don't always get good rewards.

He was obviously a serious and responsible teacher, a teacher who was unwilling to charge high tuition fees, and a teacher with a sense of justice, but in the end he was stigmatized. Just because this teacher did not have a professional degree, people said that this teacher could not play the piano, could not teach, and that this teacher did not dare to charge more tuition fees because he could not play the piano or teach.

When Gao Shen heard this statement for the first time, he was furious.

At that moment he made up his mind, don't you want that academic degree?

I will take the test to show you. You say Teacher Gu is not good enough, but if I pass the test, does it prove that Teacher Gu is better than you?

So far, no one has been admitted to the piano department of the music college. Gao Shen vowed to be the first one, for his teacher Gu, and for himself and his family.

As Ang Lee guessed at the time, when Gu Guoliang learned that the Blue Sky Art Examination Department was going to recruit students, he told Gao Shen that he must seize this opportunity, because Gu Guoliang knew that Ang Lee was in the Blue Sky Art Examination Department.

In Gu Guoliang's eyes, Li Ang is a real, excellent teacher with dual experience. If Gao Shen is lucky enough to study with Teacher Li Ang for a period of time, it will be of great benefit to his future piano learning, not to mention the current progress.

Li An: "What did Teacher Gu say?"

Gao Shen: "Well, he said that there are two piano teachers in the whole city of Chengdu that he admires the most."

Ang Lee: "I would like to thank him first. Who is the other one?"

Gao Shen: "It's Professor Wei. Teacher Gu said that without Professor Wei, piano education in Chengdu would not have developed to the level it is today."

Li An nodded. He guessed it, although he was far from qualified to be compared with Teacher Wei.

"Gao Shen, listen, Teacher Gu is also an excellent piano teacher. I say this from the bottom of my heart."

Gao Shen: “Thank you!”

Li An: "You are lucky to have met him. As for what you want to prove, I also take back some of my previous views. Your reasons are sufficient in my opinion. And putting aside the exam, I give you a thumbs up. In the words of Teacher Mu Xin, you are awesome."

Gao Shen scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed about what he said.

"But I suggest you think about this carefully again and think about whether you have to repeat your studies if you fail to get into the music school."

Gao Shen interrupted directly: "You don't have to persuade me, I'm sorry."

Li An waved his hand: "No, no, I didn't advise you anything. I said suggestions, purely personal suggestions. My suggestion is that you think about it carefully."

"Look, if it were me, if I were you, I would just give my bachelor's degree from the music school to repay my mentor. I have no other intentions, but to be honest, it means nothing."

Gao Shen’s head buzzed.

Li An: "Is your teacher only capable of training an undergraduate student from a music school? I think this is definitely not the upper limit of his ability."

"That's right, right? Now let's go back to the beginning. I said that your thoughts just reflected that you didn't approve of your teacher. You got angry with me at that time."

"Am I wrong? You want to prove that he can train an undergraduate from a music school, and then what?"

"You should at least get a master's degree to repay him, right? Is his kindness to you and the hard work he put into you only worth a bachelor's degree?"

"So, I suggest you think again about whether you really have to get into the music school right now in order to continue your studies."

“Stories that follow a routine approach never contain inspirational elements, because only overtaking on a curve can demonstrate true skill.”

"Gao Shen, you have the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, but do you have the courage to move forward bravely?"

"Think about it."

As Li An finished his words, the sophisticated teacher-student index in front of him soared rapidly like overtaking on a curve.

Just then, the sound of piano came from the direction of the concert hall on the eighth floor, and before I knew it, the sky seemed to clear up.

It only took a few seconds.

"Teacher Li, I've thought about it."

Li An nodded and smiled, "Then let's go to the concert hall and hear what you think."

Gao Shen exhaled lightly and followed, his steps seeming lighter than ever before.