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He Shen probably guessed what the director was thinking, so after it was over, he followed Xu Yuqi and took Ji Mengting and the two unlucky children directly back to the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University .

A few days later, Xu Yuqi also returned to the Music College of Jiangzhou Normal University and studied with other teachers in the school.

She originally wanted to come to He Shen and take piano lessons with He Shen, but found that He Shen had stopped taking any lessons.

According to information provided by the school, He Shen has now fully entered the preparation stage for the competition.

This is the news given by the school, and it is also He Shen's idea.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is getting closer and closer, and in a few months, the pre-selection video will need to be submitted to the Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee.

Although He Shen already has enough tracks to submit videos for the pre-selection round, but...

He is still a little short of the repertoire for the competition...

Still missing are all Chopin's etudes, as well as barcarolles, scherzos, mazurkas, grand waltzes, and other types of works.

These things look like a lot, but in fact they are not much, because He Shendu has already brought them all to Lv5 level.

But unfortunately...Lv5 is not enough.

If it were just an ordinary school level competition, Lv5 level works could basically kill everyone instantly.

There is simply no one who can compete with him.

After all, in the past, for example, in the music higher education competition in China, the strongest freshman was my own student, Ji Mengting.

Her strength is barely at Level 5, and she can get first place even with this kind of performance.

It would be easier to beat those people if I were to use a Peak Level 5 piece.

However, if this competition were to be held nationwide, and Lv5-level works could reach the finals of the competition, there would be no possibility for others to go further.

Just like the Golden Piano Award that I participated in before, those who can enter the finals can basically touch the edge of L9, and may enter L9 at any time and perform master-level works.

For example, Yue Li, Pei Qi, and Fu Tiao.

These people definitely have Level 9 works in their hands! After all, these people are all beings cultivated by the entire school!

And if you put this, only Lv5 work, into a world-level competition...

So I'm sorry...

Level 5 works are basically designed to be embarrassing.

None of those people were at Level 7 or Level 8, so they were too embarrassed to take action.

That is the highest level one can achieve, the top level below the master.

Basically this is what it looks like.

It's not that He Shen has never heard those people play the piano, but from the audio, he heard the level of the champions last year.

In the younger years of competition, the championship level is basically around Lv9, ranging from Lv9 to Lv10.

But if it’s a big competition year…

The strongest pieces played by the champions were basically all at Level 10, without any surprises!

If your own works, newly prepared works, no matter what, at least they need to reach a very high level.

Level 6 is a must, and level 5 is basically a stable elimination, with no hope of advancement at all.

Lv6, Lv7, Lv8, you must reach this level in the shortest possible time!

He Shen was sitting on the sofa in his piano room, looking through the glass at the campus of Jiangzhou Normal University.

It's beautiful in school, as spring draws to a close and summer begins.

The green in the whole school looks more and more vivid.

This also means that the game is getting closer and closer, and his time is getting less and less...

He Shen touched his chin with a serious look.

He stood up and walked to the window, stretched out his hand to open the window, breathed in the cool breeze outside the window, looked outside the room, and kept thinking about music in his mind.

Unconsciously, he took out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

Then quickly, he threw it into the trash can with an ugly look on his face.

This lollipop actually smells like coriander that I left on my desk before. I don’t know when or who put it back in my pocket again?

Really, this coriander-flavored lollipop is really strange. It has a mouthful of coriander flavor and no trace of sweetness at all, just like eating coriander.

It’s not even as good as the aloe vera juice that the boss’s daughter at my doorstep sold me before!

That aloe vera juice flavored lollipop is at least sweet!

And this thing has no sweetness at all!

In addition, He Shen is the kind of person who refuses to touch coriander. If there is coriander in the food he eats, he will pick it all out and put it aside.

Thinking of this, He Shen took out all the lollipops, picked out the coriander-flavored lollipops, threw them into the small basket on the piano, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At the very least, you won’t end up with weird-flavored lollipops.

He Shen looked at the pile of lollipops in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he randomly picked a yellow lollipop and put it in his mouth, then he forced a smile.

Kumquat lemon flavor, sour and sweet, a more traditional flavor...

But it's much better than the coriander-flavored lollipop!

He Shen nodded silently, blowing the cool breeze outside the window, looking at the music score he just bought, his face continued to return to calm and calm.

The work in his hand now is a very famous work by Chopin, the Hueco.

The most important thing for him now is to make this Hueco first.

This Hueco is not difficult for He Shen, so He Shen plans to make it first and use it when he enters the second round.

He Shen has decided on his repertoire for the first round of the competition.

First of all, there are two Chopin etudes. He Shen plans to use these two works directly after his memory is unlocked.

Now his Chopin etudes, several more famous works, such as Dongfeng Jiliu, have been practiced by himself before, and they seem to be Lv6-Lv7, which are his own forte.

The other works are Lv5, waiting for the memory to be unlocked.

After unlocking his memory, no matter which Chopin etude he has, it will be at the level of Lv9.

Then, after practicing for a while, he can reach Lv10!

Therefore, these Chopin etudes will never fail.

Then there are two more works in the first round. He Shen decided to choose a nocturne and a narrative song.

These are very simple things. He Shen only needs to practice them hard and pick them up again, and he can basically complete what he needs for the first round.

The time for the first round does not need to be too long, basically half an hour is enough.

If there is not enough time, he can add some other works to fill the time a little.

These things he has are basically part of his repertoire.

At least, they are all Lv10.

Therefore, He Shen has no worries about this.

Then there are the works for the second round.

The works for the second round are all very difficult, and it is difficult to get them out in the first time.

Now he can take out another narrative song or two narrative songs in the second round.

Chopin's nocturne and Chopin's polonaise can also be taken out a little bit.

However, there was not enough time, and the repertoire was too thin!

He now needed to prepare other works to cope with this competition!

The first one He Shen chose was Chopin's Scherzo, which was the one He Shen was holding now.

This Scherzo was not unfamiliar to He Shen.

In fact, He Shen had practiced it a long time ago, and practiced it many times.

When He Shen was still in Wuzhou Conservatory of Music, this piece was He Shen's previous masterpiece.

After all, works such as Scherzo are basically compulsory courses for He Shen and his classmates.

And He Shen also won awards in the school with Scherzo.

Therefore, picking it up again and playing it again is not a very difficult thing for He Shen.

He Shen just read it a few times and directly restored this piece to the state of Lv5.

Then... He Shen was stuck here.

It was too long ago. He Shen usually practiced Chopin's etudes, which were the Lv7-level etudes he had practiced before. Those were the ones he practiced often.

Even if this piece of work had reached the level of Lv6 before, it is completely useless now...

The most critical problem, which is also the most difficult problem, is how to restore this piece of work from the state of Lv5 to the state of Lv6.

As long as he can restore it to Lv6, then it will be extremely easy for him to upgrade from Lv6 to Lv8.

All of this is told to him by existing experience. It didn't take too much time for He Shen to upgrade the Chopin prelude and Chopin's polonaise that he played before from Lv6 to Lv8.

In this way, He Shen just sat on the sofa, enjoying the wind, basking in the sun, eating lollipops, and looking at the score.

It looks very leisurely, but He Shen's brows are tightly furrowed...

Trying to analyze every trace of the composer on the score.

From time to time, his fingers run on the piano a few times.

Let himself feel the flow of music in his hands very clearly.

These are all very important things.

Just when He Shen was looking at the score, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and it was a very familiar name.

"Professor Dan"

When He Shen saw this name, his eyes lit up. He immediately stood up from the sofa, walked to the window, closed the window, and then answered the phone.

As soon as the phone was connected, Professor Dan Yi's voice came directly.

"He Shen, hahaha, I watched your video, and your playing is okay. How do you feel? Did you have fun?"

Professor Dan Yi laughed at He Shen a few times, not caring about He Shen's previous performance at all, which was just a very ordinary, Lv6 level performance.

This kind of performance, as long as it is slightly close to the top, will not care, but Dan Yi said this, probably to express with He Shen.

I have been paying attention to He Shen.

After exchanging a few words with He Shen, Professor Dan Yi did not wait for He Shen's answer, but continued to talk to He Shen.

"He Shen, let me tell you, you can just play this concert for fun and improve your own influence in China. This is good, but it must not be regarded as your main job at the moment, you know? Your current goal , not here.”

"Um……"

He Shen nodded to the phone, and suddenly thought that Danyi could not see him nodding, so he changed the phone from his left hand to the other hand and said to Professor Danyi.

"Well, I know, so I declined their request for a later concert and went back to school."

"Yes, you have done a good job in this. After all, your main goal now is the Chopin International Piano Competition. If you cannot enter the Chopin International Piano Competition and win the prize, all these reputations will be in vain!"

But Yiyu said earnestly: "How have you been preparing for the recent competition? How is the repertoire? I haven't been to Jiangzhou recently, so I don't know much about your situation."

He Shen glanced at the sheet of music beside him and said, "We've almost prepared the music. We're just missing a few pieces now."

"I have already prepared the works in the first round. The works I chose are two Chopin etudes. Don't worry about the etudes. The other two remaining pieces are Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 and Chopin's Ballade No. 1. One song.”

"The works in the second round are similar, but I am missing a little bit..."

"A little less?"

Dan Yi was stunned for a moment, his voice obviously hesitant. After thinking for a moment, he asked He Shen.

"What works do you lack?"

"The second round lacks Chopin's Scherzo, Chopin's Mazurka, and Chopin's Waltz. It lasts 45-50 minutes. I'm not sure yet about the specific repertoire and which works I should choose."

"The works for the third round... I haven't decided yet."

When He Shen talked about the third round of works, he hesitated a little.

Now in his third round, the best thing he can use is a full set of preludes.

There is definitely no problem with this, he can use this work.

However, apart from this work, he still lacks many works...

For example, other works by Chopin.

Your own ballade should not be used in the third round, and your own polonaise cannot be used either.

In the third round, the works that basically need to be performed are usually mazurkas, supplemented by Chopin's preludes and Chopin's sonatas.

If a repertoire was arranged for him, He Shen's first reaction would be to let himself play Chopin's mazurkas and the complete set of Chopin's preludes to make up enough time for an entire work.

The third round, takes a full hour...

In one hour, He Shen can guarantee that his prelude can occupy half an hour, but what about other works?

What other works can you use to fill your repertoire time?

He Shen couldn't help but feel a little heavy when he thought about this place.

He found that there seemed to be a lot fewer works that he could produce.

It's Chopin's scherzo, Chopin's sonata, Chopin's mazurka...

These things...

He Shen hesitated for a moment, looked at his phone, and spoke slowly to Professor Danyi on the other end of the phone.

"For the third round of works, I decided that the repertoire would be Chopin's Prelude. However, I still have some work to do. I still need a lot of mazurkas. I may not have enough time."

"But I'm ready for the Chopin Concerto in the fourth round, but..."

"But I don't know if I can advance to the fourth round and successfully enter the final..."

"Um……"

Dan Yi on the other end of the phone was obviously a little silent, and he suddenly discovered this.

He knew He Shen well, and he naturally knew the work He Shen had in his hands.

All of Chopin's polonaises, all of Chopin's preludes, all of Chopin's ballades, one of Chopin's nocturnes, one of Chopin's concertos.

Everything else is gone...

These works are basically He Shen's strongest works, so powerful that even he cannot see through He Shen's realm.

It’s already a master-level performance!

Although it cannot reach the level of the master's most perfect recording, his performance is already at the level of those masters performing concerts under normal circumstances.

He doesn't need to worry about these works at all.

So here comes the question...

How did He Shen survive the first three rounds and reach the final?

In the first round, as well as the qualifying round, I don't have to worry. Chopin's two etudes, plus a nocturne and a ballad, are enough. There is no problem in entering the second round.

But in the second round, problems began to arise.

The repertoire should be as diverse as possible.

He Shen's current works can include a ballade, a polonaise, and a required waltz in the second round, as well as a set of required mazurkas...

There are already fewer works in the second round...

The third round, let alone...

He Shen could only produce half of the repertoire, and for the rest, He Shen could play a polonaise within the regulations.

Fantasy Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 61.

What’s next?

What piece will you play next?

No more...

The most important things for He Shen now are mazurkas and waltzes.

It would be best to add a set of Chopin's scherzos.

It’s impossible for He Shen to play all of Chopin’s polonaises for the judges, right?

This is completely impossible!

So, the mission…

Extremely heavy...

Dan Yi looked at the phone in his hand, pursed his lips hard, and after a long while, he spoke to He Shen.

"He Shen, you must remember what I will tell you next!"

"It is April now, and you have to submit the video of the first round of preliminaries in June. This is a rule, so I won't say much to you about this. Just do your best to complete it. I know several very powerful recording studios in Haicheng. I will give you the address later, and you can go to them, but these are all details, don't worry about it."

"Then, in May, I need to see you give me two works, a waltz and a scherzo, you need to prepare them quickly for me, and I need you to be able to do it to the extent that you showed me the polonaise before! Is that okay?"

"If not, then Then we can only make other plans..."

"For example, give up some works, let some works become the score-pulling items, and get in with a relatively low score. "

"This is very dangerous. If you do not do it well, you may be eliminated directly. I don't want us to choose this..."

"So, please finish your works as soon as possible and as much as possible. I will also prepare things to help you improve. "

"Therefore, I will come to you in May. May is the last deadline. It can't be delayed any longer!"

"He Shen, is it okay?"

"He Shen looked at the phone next to his ear, nodded slowly, and said to Dan Yi very seriously.

"Well, I will do my best!"

"Try my best..."

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