The world's number one pianist

He Shen has been in a daze these days.

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Since he perfected his ten Chopin polonaises to Lv8 last time, his progress has fallen into an extremely slow stage.

His understanding of Chopin's works soon reached a bottleneck, which is the level of Lv8 to Lv9.

Now, he can only rely on the time to slowly polish and increase his foundation. When the foundation is almost there, does he still need a big boss to teach?

The big boss's teaching may not be of much use at present. He has to wait a little longer. When his bottleneck reaches the peak, when he is just a little bit short of feeling, he can cooperate with the big boss's class and maybe he can break through.

Therefore, he temporarily gave up constantly polishing his works and chose to just play badly.

Every morning, he came to the grove in the school, closed his eyes and basked in the sun, thinking about the melody in his head.

Then when the sun was almost done, he went to the cafeteria to eat, thinking about harmony in his head.

After eating, he returned to the office to rest, half-closed his eyes and blew the breeze, thinking about the form structure in his head.

Just like this, he didn't practice the piano, and his life of pure laziness was slowly increasing his understanding of music.

What? You said that thinking about music every day is not laziness?

No, no, no, if it was an outsider, they would definitely think that He Shen was laziness.

How could a piano teacher not practice the piano all day long, just basking in the sun and sleeping?

Isn't this too leisurely? Too leisurely!

Take Qu Shi for example, she thought so.

"Hey, hey, hey! He Shen! He Shen, are you there? He Shen, I have good news for you!"

Bang!

The door of the office was pushed open by a small figure, and Qu Shi rushed over quickly, waving a thick book in her hand, and said excitedly.

"Guess what I'm holding? You won't be able to guess. I'll tell you, this is the Sound of the Yellow River!"

"Guess what I want to do with this Sound of the Yellow River? You won't be able to guess! I'll tell you!"

"Our article was included in the Sound of the Yellow River! Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Hahahaha!"

Qu Shi put the book in his hand on He Shen's desk, not giving He Shen any chance to guess the answer, and slammed out everything he wanted to say.

He Shen slowly woke up from the breeze, looked at Qu Shi who was yelling in front of him, and nodded.

"Oh..."

"Oh? What? What are you saying? Aren't you excited? Unhappy? Not excited? This is the Sound of the Yellow River! It's the top music journal in China, not comparable to ordinary music journals!"

Qu Shi looked at He Shen's salty face and couldn't help but get angry.

"Open your eyes and take a good look. This is "The Sound of the Yellow River"! Please be happy and don't be so rude. You make me look so stupid!"

"Hmm..."

"????"

Qu Shi looked at He Shen blankly and hummed. The key point was that she hummed only after she had just said that she looked stupid.

She didn't react for a while...

When she reacted, she was so angry that she almost jumped up. She grabbed He Shen's collar and pointed at the "The Sound of the Yellow River" in front of her, saying indignantly.

"You, you, you! You actually said I'm stupid?"

"What, sorry, I was a little confused just now and didn't hear clearly."

He Shen frowned and pulled himself away from Qu Shi's hand, then looked at the book in her hand and asked.

"What is this?"

"..."

Qu Shi almost lost her breath for a while. She held the book in her hand, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Finally, she sighed and pointed at the content on it and said.

"This is the paper we wrote before, about Chopin. It is now published in the magazine "Yellow River Voice". This magazine also gave us more than 100 royalties. Do you want it?"

"..."

He Shen didn't say anything, just looked at Qu Shi. Qu Shi's original excitement gradually slowed down. Looking at the "Yellow River Voice" magazine in front of her, she didn't know what to say for a while.

After being messed up by He Shen, her original excitement was gone, and she felt a little bored for a while.

He Shen suddenly asked.

"What's the use of publishing this magazine?"

"Well, it can probably be used to evaluate professional titles and earn royalties. If you are in need of this more than 100 royalties..."

"..."

The two looked at each other again and were silent for a while.

The more than 100 royalties are basically a bonus. There is not much difference between having it and not having it. The most important thing is that it is published in this magazine.

If it can be published in the magazine, you can use it to apply for a professional title and see if you can get a promotion.

This can be regarded as a type of article, which is basically useful.

However, music papers are useless in most cases except for the evaluation of professional titles. Most of the results depend on your personal performance.

Qu Shi also thought of this and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

He Shen looked at Qu Shi, hesitated for a moment, and nodded reluctantly, forcing a smile.

"Not bad, very good, congratulations."

"No, congratulations to us, and then, if you don't want to laugh, you don't have to laugh. It's scary to smile like this."

Qu Shi was unable to complain, waving the hundred-dollar bill in his hand and asked He Shen.

"Let's go? Do you want to have a good time? Now that the royalties have arrived, we can naturally be a little more chic!"

"Although it's only a hundred yuan..."

He Shen thought for a moment, stood up from his chair, and nodded to Qu Shi.

"OK."

After that, He Shen took some of his clothes, and after Qu Shi tidied them up, the two of them walked out of the office.

As a result, before He Shen had gone very far, he heard a panting sound.

The sound came from downstairs. He Shen and Qu Shi looked downstairs at the same time.

At their first glance, they saw a white and shiny scalp, surrounded by gray hair.

A very visible Mediterranean.

The two people looked at each other, and a name came out of their hearts at the same time.

Wednesday!

Zhou San climbed up the stairs panting and found a dark figure in front of him. He was about to avoid it, but he felt something was wrong. When he looked carefully, it was He Shen standing in front of him...

"Xiao He, it's you. I was just planning to find you, but I didn't expect you to..."

"Hello, Principal Zhou!"

Qu Shi didn't wait for He Shen to speak, and immediately shouted sweetly, which shocked Zhou San. He quickly looked around, and finally saw Qu Shi at the edge of his vision, and couldn't help but scratch his Mediterranean. said awkwardly.

"Ah, Qu Shi, you are here, where did you come from? Don't show up suddenly next time, it's so scary!"

The smile on Qu Shi's face froze for an instant. She looked at Zhou San with an expression full of resentment and whispered: "Principal Zhou, I have been..."

"Ah? Is that so? Hahahaha, I'm sorry, my eyes are not very good and I can't see people clearly. I'm sorry."

Zhou San laughed at Qu Shi without any hesitation, said sorry, then looked at He Shen and said.

"He Shen, I was planning to find you, look..."

"Principal Zhou, why don't we go to dinner together?"

He Shen interrupted Zhou San's speech, pointed at Qu Shi, and said.

"Qu Shi helped me write a paper and published it in "Voice of the Yellow River". "Voice of the Yellow River" paid her more than 100 royalties. We plan to go out to have a meal together."

"Huh? "The Sound of the Yellow River"?"

Zhou San was stunned, and suddenly forgot what he wanted to say just now, and couldn't help but froze in place.

Seeing that Zhou San was silent for a while, He Shen couldn't help but frowned and repeated.

"Principal Zhou? We plan to go to dinner together, you..."

"Ah, go, go, let's go together."

Zhou San immediately came back to his senses, grabbed He Shen's hand, and then found Qu Shi at the edge of his sight. He also reached out and grabbed her, pulling them downstairs, talking as they walked.

"Ah, you just said "The Voice of the Yellow River" and I didn't react for a while. I'm sorry, sorry, but... I didn't expect you to start thinking about publishing a paper. Are you planning to get promoted?"

He Shen followed Zhou San and shook his head.

"No, it was only when Qu Shi reminded me about it that I realized that a paper was required for promotion. She helped me with all these things."

"Ah, that's it, Qu Shi, you did a good job!"

Zhou San immediately encouraged Qu Shi and praised him.

"Let me tell you something. In our piano department, the person with the strongest writing skills is really you, Qu Shi. You are such a good penman, tsk tsk, amazing!"

"hey-hey……"

When Qu Shi heard Zhou San's praise, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment and couldn't help scratching her head.

"It's all Principal Zhou who teaches me well."

"What are you talking about? This is the success of the joint efforts of the two of you. What does it have to do with me? Today is a double happiness. Let's go celebrate together! I'm treating you."

Zhou San waved his hand and led He Shen and Qu Shi around behind the school until they arrived at a barbecue stall.

The name of this barbecue stall is very interesting, it's called "BBQ, feed me~".

"Barbecue, feed me?"

Qu Shi looked at the sign and asked with confusion.

"This brand is so strange. Why is it called this?"

"because……"

Having said this, Zhou San felt a little embarrassed and said sheepishly.

"This was prescribed by a violin major in our school, who obtained the violin transliteration..."

"Violin student?" Qu Shi's eyes suddenly widened.

"Well... he's a little older than you guys. He was from the class about ten years ago. He went to be a violinist and lost hundreds of thousands. Then he went to work as a teacher and opened a music store, and was defrauded of hundreds of thousands more. Ten thousand……"

"Then, then..."

Zhou San hesitated and couldn't say anything, and Qu Shi said with a strange expression.

"Then you changed your career to barbecue?"

"right……"

"..."

"But he has paid back all the money he owed by cooking barbecue! It's quite inspiring!"

"So...it's better to do music than barbecue?"

Qu Shi stared at Zhou San, the two of them stared at each other, and the scene was extremely awkward for a while.

But soon, the embarrassment was resolved. A young man came out from the kitchen backstage. When he saw Zhou San, he immediately waved his hand.

"Hey, Principal Zhou, why are you here to take care of my business again today?"

He walked to the table, looked at He Shen and Qu Shi who were sitting around Zhou San, nodded, took out the clean towel beside him and wiped his hands, stretched out his hands to He Shen and the two of them.

"Hello, I am a student of the 10th grade, my name is Kang Yun, you are..."

"Qu Shi, a lecturer in the piano department..." Qu Shi cautiously shook Kang Yun's hand, and then looked at He Shen and Zhou San.

"He Shen, assistant teacher of the piano department." He Shen looked at Kang Yun, nodded in the same way, stretched out his hand, and shook it with him.

"Ah, nice to meet you. It's your first time here. Don't be nervous. Eat and drink well."

Kang Yun's hands were rough, but clean and not greasy.

Especially the calluses on his hands are extremely thick.

It should have been left over from a previous piano practice.

Kang Yun shook hands with the two people and asked Zhou San with a smile.

"Principal Zhou? Is it still the same as before?"

"Okay, you can figure it out, we have a lot of money today!"

Zhou San waved his hand, and Kang Yun immediately returned to the kitchen and began to prepare their dinner for today.

He Shen looked at the cheerful Zhou San and suddenly asked.

"Principal Zhou, you said before, double happiness, what do you mean?"

"Double happiness, what a surprise!" Zhou San said about this place, and suddenly laughed for some reason.

"What does surprise mean?" He Shen didn't understand.

"Surprise, it's just a surprise. Come on, Xiaoqu, please translate to the translator. What is a surprise?"

"???"

Qu Shi was even more confused, her teeth pressed against the plastic cup, her little eyes rolled, and she didn't dare to say a word.

Zhou San felt a little bored when Qu Shi didn't answer his words, so he spread his hands helplessly.

"What a surprise. The surprise is that an honorary professor from Sichuan Conservatory of Music will join us!"

"???"

He Shen was even more confused.

Zhou San looked at the two people and couldn't understand what he was talking about at all, so he couldn't help but frown.

"How come you two haven't even watched the movie? Do you understand that I'm making fun of you? You can't pick up the conversation with me."

"..."

"..."

The two were silent.

Zhou San rubbed his temples helplessly.

"Okay, okay, I won't make any cold jokes. This is too embarrassing. To put it simply, the Sichuan Conservatory of Music negotiates with us, but Professor Yi will come to us regularly to give open classes. You understand. ”

"But but but but but...Professor Danyi??? Is it Professor Danyi?"

Qu Shi's eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately jumped down from the chair. Her teeth were trembling and she asked in disbelief.

"Yes, yes, which one from the Chuanzhou Conservatory of Music? The one who has just been to our Jiangzhou side recently, Dan Yi, Professor Dan? Principal, did you tell me the wrong person?"

"Ah, yes, yes, that's your favorite Professor Dan Yidan. He is coming to our school to give regular open classes, once a month!"

Zhou San rolled his eyes and continued to talk to He Shen.

"Moreover, they have made a decision that you, He Shen, must be a guest performer and be responsible for the performance of the works, which are basically Chopin's works."

"Relatively speaking, as a price for letting Professor Danyi come to our side, we must be responsible for Professor Danyi's daily life and travel."

"What they mean here is..."

Zhou San shrugged his shoulders. At this time, Kang Yun had already brought a large plate of barbecue.

"Here we go, grilled beef tongue, grilled pig snout, grilled brains, grilled fish dip..."

"You guys eat first, there will be more later."

After that, he put down the barbecue, quickly returned to the kitchen, and continued to tinker.

Zhou San immediately picked up a piece of roasted pig snout, put it in his mouth and swung it suddenly, showing a look of satisfaction, and then greeted He Shen and Qu Shi.

"Eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold. These are their specialties, which we rarely eat in Ningcheng. The techniques he learned from other places are very good."

He Shen and Qu Shi each picked up a barbecue stick and started eating, but their eyes were fixed on Zhou San, waiting for his explanation later.

Zhou San looked at the two people and couldn't help but scratch his own penis.

It seems that if I don't finish talking about this content, the two of them will not be able to eat.

Thinking of this, he looked at the barbecue on the table with great distress, and then said.

"Well, actually it's nothing. To put it simply, Professor Danyi thinks that you have a chance to compete in the Chopin International Piano Competition, so they plan to come over as your instructor and help you organize and integrate the performance of Chopin's works. Secure your edge at the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"Basically, this is it. When I came here this time, Professor Danyi had already given me a list in advance, which listed the works he hoped you could complete. The works he wanted to see this time when I came here were Chopin's Polonaise…”

"Hey, I don't think I've ever heard you play this piece before. Is it enough for you to do it for a month?"

When He Shen heard this, he slowly felt relieved, took out a piece of grilled fish pickle, and nodded to Zhou San.

"That's enough. I've already mastered this piece of work to an advanced level of expertise. I'm just shy of reaching the peak of expertise. One month should be enough."

"Hiss...you, a high-level expert and a peak expert, are acting like you're playing a game. Do you really have no problem?"

"No problem."

After He Shen finished speaking, he was too lazy to pay attention to Zhou San and concentrated on dealing with the fish bubbles in his hands.

The fish foam is sticky, but it can still maintain full elasticity under this taste, and the pepper and cumin powder on it are especially well sprinkled.

Although it is not as delicious as a lollipop, it is not bad!

He Shen nodded involuntarily, while thinking about his Chopin Polonaise, he slowly ate the skewers.

Zhou San looked at He Shen and said that there was no problem. Even though he was still a little worried, he didn't say anything.

He Shen, especially He Shen's music, he has always been very reassured.

However, Qu Shi, that's it...

Qu Shi continued to ask Zhou San about the details of Dan Yi.

Zhou San painfully perfunctorily answered the extremely excited Qu Shi, looking at the skewers that were gradually decreasing and getting cold, with a look of despair in his eyes.

Why did he mention Dan Yi at this time? Wasn't he looking for trouble?

Unfortunately, there was no turning back after starting work. He could only watch He Shen slowly finish everything on the table, and then finish the next plate...

And he could only watch He Shen eat.

But...

He looked at He Shen and suddenly fell into deep thought.

Professor Dan Yi said that next year would be very difficult, and they could only do their best and leave it to fate.

So...

He Shen, can you lead us to become the best in the world?

He Shen ate the barbecue slowly, not noticing Zhou San's expectations at all.

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