The world's number one pianist

Zhao Zitong stood in front of the staff responsible for drawing the works, handed over her admission ticket and ID, and looked at the tablet in front of the staff. Read М

On the tablet was her personal identity information and the music to be played.

Zhao Zitong, female, 17 years old.

Student of Ningcheng No. 1 Middle School.

Subject: Piano

Music: Chopin's First Piano Ballade.

Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata, first movement.

To the right of her name, there was her headshot, an expressionless ID photo.

It can't be said to be very good-looking, but it can only be said that it is not ugly, after all, ID photos are like this.

The staff responsible for drawing the works took the ID card handed to him by Zhao Zitong, looked at it carefully, and then looked at Zhao Zitong again. After confirming that it was correct, he immediately nodded to Zhao Zitong.

"Okay, identity verification is complete, you can draw your work. Click the draw button in the middle of the screen, and the system will randomly draw a work. See what it is."

"Well, OK."

Zhao Zitong nodded honestly, stretched out her little hand, and clicked on the work to be drawn in the middle of the screen.

Swish!

Without any animation effect, an extremely ugly pop-up window written in VB language immediately appeared in front of her.

[Hint: The piece you are taking the exam for is Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata, the first movement. 】

After the staff took the tablet over, they took a close look at it, looked at the content on it, and nodded silently.

"Well, the piece you are going to play later is Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata, the first movement. This information has been entered into the computer and sent to the examination room. If you play other works, you will not get any points. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Zhao Zitong nodded again, took the admission ticket and ID card handed back to her by the staff, and trotted to the door of the B examination room.

While she was entering the information, the people in front of her had already started to play, so when she walked to the entrance of the examination room, there were only three people at the entrance.

And the third candidate was changing clothes and preparing to enter.

The fourth candidate, looking at the third candidate preparing to enter, showed a nervous look, and his eyes kept scanning the surroundings, as if looking for a place where he could distract his attention.

Soon, the fourth candidate noticed Zhao Zitong. Although his eyes were still scanning around, the time he stayed on Zhao Zitong increased significantly.

Zhao Zitong glanced at the fourth candidate inexplicably, but ignored him, nor did he stop him from looking at her. He just sat on the chair at the door and waited quietly.

The time before the exam was fast and slow for every candidate...

Fast for nervousness, slow for anxiety.

I wanted to finish the exam early, but I was afraid that I would be the next one.

After all, this kind of exam is conducted in a whole room. In the whole room, I am the only one taking the test, and no one can help me.

This kind of loneliness is very scary. Some people with weaker psychological abilities are easily afraid and dare not compete.

However, Zhao Zitong is not afraid. Her mentality has gradually calmed down. She began to have confidence in this exam.

It's just an ordinary exam. What's there to be nervous about?

No, there's nothing to worry about!

After all, my teacher has said that I don't have any problems, so I don't have any problems.

If I don't even believe my teacher, who can I believe?

Therefore, Zhao Zitong's eyes are very clear, without much emotion.

"No. 228 enters, No. 230 is ready!"

The staff in the room suddenly came out, knocked on the cardboard in his hand, and reminded the two people at the door.

"Okay..."

No. 228 stood up from the chair tremblingly, unbuttoned his black down jacket, took two deep breaths, and then clenched his fists hard, trying to calm himself down.

After he calmed down a little, he immediately stood up, glanced at Zhao Zitong, pursed his lips, and finally shook his head and walked towards the examination room.

Zhao Zitong watched him walk into the room, then stood up and stood at the door of the room, waiting for her turn.

The students behind her were also taken to the examination site by the staff at this moment for registration.

The little girl who was very nervous before and wanted to talk to others to relieve her nervousness was standing very honestly in the middle at this time, looking around nervously, her eyes kept turning.

She wanted to open her mouth and say something, but she didn't know what to say, so she had to close her mouth and continue looking around.

Suddenly, she found Zhao Zitong standing in front of her, and she breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes immediately lit up, and she waved hard at Zhao Zitong and whispered.

"Hey, sister, come on!"

Zhao Zitong also saw the little girl who had just come over from behind. When she was about to wave, the performer in front had already walked out dejectedly. The staff walked to the door and knocked on the cardboard in his hand again.

"No noise allowed in the examination area, no one is allowed to talk to each other!"

"Candidate No. 230, enter the examination room, candidate No. 232, get ready."

After saying that, he glanced at Zhao Zitong standing in front of him and was obviously stunned for a moment.

Many of the candidates who came today were very good-looking and beautiful, but Zhao Zitong was still rare.

Especially when they all wore very large black down jackets, while Zhao Zitong was only wearing a light brown coat.

This light brown coat made Zhao Zitong stand out from the other candidates.

However...

The staff member only took a glance and then retracted his gaze.

Dressing well is one thing, but whether you can play well is a serious matter.

He is used to seeing people who dress gorgeously but play badly.

If she plays badly, no matter how good her clothes are, it is impossible to add one or two points to her score.

So, the staff member glanced at Zhao Zitong up and down, and said to Zhao Zitong in an extremely calm tone.

"Are you No. 230? Come in."

"Okay."

Zhao Zitong walked into the examination room very obediently, took off her coat, revealing the pure white cashmere sweater inside, nodded to the staff, and put the clothes in the frame at the door.

Then, she put all the sundries such as bags and books aside, took only her ID card and admission ticket, walked to the staff in the examination room, and handed all the documents in her hand to the staff.

The staff responsible for entering the information quickly checked Zhao Zitong's information, confirmed that it matched her, and nodded.

"Okay, you can start playing. Before you start, remember to remind us to say start, and shout end when you end. If you don't shout end, you will bear the loss caused by starting."

"Okay!"

Zhao Zitong nodded, without any hesitation, walked to the piano stool in the examination room, and quickly adjusted the height of the seat.

Let your arms hang naturally, reaching a height that can be easily placed on the keys of the piano.

Adjust the front and back of the seat.

Make sure the distance between your body and the piano is neither too close nor too far, to ensure the most comfortable playing state.

Put your fingers on the piano keyboard and press down slowly without making any sound.

Feel the strength and quality of the piano keyboard's feedback to her.

After everything was done, she nodded immediately and prepared to speak to the staff next to her, asking them to prepare for recording.

At this moment, Zhao Zitong suddenly saw a person standing in the corner from the corner of her vision.

He Shen...

He Shen was standing in the corner, with his arms around his chest, his body leaning against the wall, and a lollipop in his mouth. He seemed to be in a daze.

But...

Just when Zhao Zitong was about to look away, He Shen seemed to wake up and turned his gaze to Zhao Zitong.

The two looked at each other, and He Shen nodded slightly at Zhao Zitong, his mouth shaking slightly.

Although Zhao Zitong didn't understand what He Shen was saying, she could clearly understand what He Shen meant to her.

Come on!

Zhao Zitong immediately felt the warmth coming from He Shen, nodded abruptly, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

What am I afraid of now? My teacher is standing over there, encouraging me.

Others are isolated and helpless here, but I am not, I have my teacher here!

Although the pressure in my heart will be a little greater, I will feel that if I can't play well, I will let my teacher down...

But!

Zhao Zitong's eyes gradually became firm, and she moved her eyes away and put them on the piano.

Everyone else is like an isolated island, feeling lonely in this room.

And I am taken care of by the teacher, and my teacher comes to cheer me up in person!

So, in this case, when I have such a big advantage over others...

What else should I be nervous about? What else should I worry about?

No, there is no place to worry about here!

Behind her, there is He Shen!

So...

Zhao Zitong immediately nodded very seriously to the staff standing aside.

"Start!"

Click...

The staff pressed the finger, and the recorder started working immediately.

At this moment, Zhao Zitong also raised her hand and said lightly to the piano in front of her.

"Beethoven, Pastoral Sonata, first movement..."

After the voice fell, Zhao Zitong raised her hand and placed it on the left side of the keyboard, about one centimeter high.

The hand stopped in the air, and after waiting for a while, the wrist fell down with a slight rebound while relying on the gravity of the arm.

The sound rang, and the sound, like the pulse of the earth, slowly vibrated.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

Three vibrations sounded, and the earth began to wake up.

The spirit of the earth burst out at this moment!

Zhao Zitong's right hand, the melody of the treble part, emerged from the piano under the background of this earth spirit.

Bang... Bang... Bang... When...

While the main melody was extremely clear, the bass part also did not disappear, but stayed in the bass part stubbornly.

This sound...

The two staff members standing over there, and the staff member in charge of calling numbers, were originally playing with their phones with their heads down.

When they heard this music, they were suddenly stunned, raised their heads with a little doubt, and looked at Zhao Zitong.

This beginning...

Interesting...

No, not interesting, but very interesting!

This kid...

Standing here, most of them are students, college students.

When they look at students who haven't been admitted to college, they will naturally look down on them.

But!

The person in front of them, Zhao Zitong's performance, made them completely unable to feel any condescending emotion, they were not worthy of looking down on this work.

So, they began to look at Zhao Zitong squarely, and looked at Zhao Zitong with an equal attitude!

Her performance was amazing.

The feeling of this music is completely up!

The pastoral land, in the morning, the ground air just rising, the extremely cool air.

The feeling of the rising sun in the distance...

It is obvious that she can already play a little bit of the picture.

At this age, this strength...

Several staff members looked at each other and didn't say anything, but continued to watch.

Now it's just the beginning. If you only play well at the beginning, then it's useless.

If you can also play well later, then it can be considered as really playing well!

So, keep watching.

Everyone waited quietly for Zhao Zitong to continue playing, and Zhao Zitong did not disappoint anyone.

Her hands pressed on the piano keyboard.

Although it was not particularly large, it was pressed very firmly.

All the sounds were extremely steady.

Bang...

The chord sounded, and everyone was stunned again.

This chord...

No, this is no longer a chord!

Zhao Zitong used her four fingers to press four completely different forces and four completely different timbres!

This is...

The timbre of a string quartet!

Buzz...

The timbre changed quickly, and everyone was stunned again.

Wait, the string quartet in this place has become a wind quartet? ?

This place...

Everyone didn't know what to say for a while, and their eyes trembled.

The timbre changed very naturally, and this change in timbre deserves special praise.

Then the content behind, especially the sense of the band, is simply amazing.

At the beginning, it was the plucking of the double bass, plucking out the low bass.

Then came the string music, creating the sound of the rising sun.

Then, the string quartet created a pastoral scene.

The wind quartet described the beauty of the pastoral scene.

This is just a piano, it is obviously just a piano!

Why... it actually created the sound effect of a symphony orchestra!

Is this the legendary, she is a band by herself?

Everyone was silent, but their bodies were completely stiff, staring at Zhao Zitong, not knowing what she could achieve.

The previous straight look gradually turned into looking up, they could only look up at Zhao Zitong!

Looking at her straight? I don’t deserve it...

At this level, if there is no one in the school, let others have it!

Many people have heard this pastoral piece by Beethoven, and even many people have played it.

However, not many people can play this piece very well.

Therefore, their most normal attitude towards this piece is to stay away from it.

If you can avoid playing Beethoven, then don’t play Beethoven.

In school, people who play Beethoven very well are all top-notch talents.

Is Liszt good at playing? He is just a technical talent, although he is a great master, that's just the way it is.

Is Chopin good at playing? He can barely be considered a great master, after all, the musicality of Chopin's works is much better than that of Liszt in the early period.

Music, music, if it is just pure technology, where does the music come from?

So, if you play Beethoven well, then you are definitely a great master!

The technical difficulties in Beethoven's works are a little less than those of the later romantic period, but at the same time, they pay more attention to musicality.

Now, the song in front of everyone, Beethoven's "Pastoral" Sonata, is like this.

The musicality is very strong.

The sense of picture is very strong.

The technical ability is very strong.

A small, probably seventeen-year-old girl, can actually play like this?

Seventeen years old?

Everyone was a little speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

There are seventeen-year-old big shots, but shouldn't big shots in this situation prepare for the exam abroad?

Why are they still struggling in this small pool in China?

Really...

Everyone felt a little aggrieved for a while, not knowing what to say to Zhao Zitong.

Zhao Zitong didn't know what others thought. Her expression was very serious, and she focused all her attention on her music.

Feeling everything brought by her music.

Music must make everyone feel beautiful, this is called music...

So...

Zhao Zitong's momentum gradually rose. Although it was still very weak, like a candle in the wind, she had begun to have a little momentum.

As she played very seriously, everything in the music became more and more beautiful under her performance.

Exposition, development, recapitulation...

The three major parts of the sonata, each piece of music looks particularly beautiful.

And there is a hint of Zhao Zitong's unique flavor in it.

Just like He Shen's music, as long as He Shen plays, those who have heard He Shen's performance will know that this piece is played by He Shen.

Now, Zhao Zitong also has this tendency.

Her momentum is integrated into her music, thus forming...

her unique music!

The people around her began to feel a little numb, looking at Zhao Zitong, they really didn't know what to say for a while.

There is actually such a person who can play music of this level.

This is too...

Too foul, right?

Why? She is an ordinary student who came here to take the art exam!

Why does this big guy come to China to compete instead of fighting foreigners? China is already competitive enough, why is it still competitive?

The three students wanted to cry but had no tears, but soon, they returned to normal.

Students like this are unlikely to go to Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music to compete with them, but will go to other conservatories, state-level conservatories.

At that time, let the freshmen of those state-level conservatories taste the fear of being wildly rolled by the big devil!

Thinking of this, they couldn't help laughing, as if they could already imagine the freshmen being beaten beyond recognition by Zhao Zitong.

However...

They only saw the strength of Zhao Zitong's current level, they had no idea...

Four months ago, in August, Zhao Zitong was a student who hadn't even memorized the piano score completely.

No matter which teacher was given this kind of student, no one would be willing to teach her.

But He Shen taught her, and also helped Zhao Zitong gradually get out of the family relationship.

Thus, her suppressed talent was gradually released.

Coupled with her nearly ten hours of practice every day, she naturally achieved such results.

If talent, coupled with efforts that exceed almost everyone else, still cannot succeed, then it is too involutionary.

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong's performance and nodded silently.

As far as the many students he had just listened to, Zhao Zitong's level was already the most dazzling one among these students.

It's not because Zhao Zitong is his student that he said this, but Zhao Zitong is really about to reach this level.

If she comes to Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music, she might be the second Ji Mengting!

Even, she might be stronger than Ji Mengting!

Thinking of this, He Shen couldn't help shaking his head, got up, carefully pushed open the door of the assessment room, and walked out.

However, as far as he felt, even if Zhao Zitong wanted to study at Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music, Xi Shuwen would not agree.

I don't know why, it's just a feeling...

He Shen staggered back to his piano room, sat on the sofa, his eyes gradually emptied, and played music in his mind.

And Zhao Zitong played the piano more vigorously, trying to make all the music perfect!

Finally!

She came to the end.

After two chords, she didn't just let go of her hands, but closed her eyes.

Feeling the music dissipating in the air.

After the music completely faded, she let go of her hands and nodded to the person in charge of recording.

"The performance is over."

Click...

The recording stopped, Zhao Zitong stood up and looked at the corner.

He Shen had left at some point.

Looking at the empty corner, Zhao Zitong couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but soon, she put away the disappointment, walked to the staff, and took her ID card and admission ticket.

She returned to the door, put on her clothes, picked up her belongings, bowed and said goodbye to the staff in the room, and left the examination room.

At the door, the extremely nervous girl saw Zhao Zitong coming out, and immediately waved her hand vigorously, covering her mouth and whispered.

"Hi, how is it? How do you feel about your playing?"

Zhao Zitong did not answer, but looked at the corridor leading to a building opposite, as if she could see He Shen in the piano room through the wall.

For some reason, a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she nodded to the girl.

"Feeling, not bad?"