The world's number one pianist

All the foreigners in the concert hall fell silent. They looked at He Shen and didn't know what he wanted to do.

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Why should we give a speech to everyone before the performance?

Foreign media don't know, but those Chinese media should know!

All of them were excited.

What did they come for? They just came to see what He Shen wanted to say about the recent events.

Now He Shen is going to explain to everyone, so what are you waiting for?

Why don't you go to the front and wait for the big news?

After a few noises, a group of media from China quickly squeezed to the front, looking at He Shen with great expectation, waiting for his speech.

And He Shen looked at the group of media under the stage and was silent.

For some reason, he suddenly laughed.

He Shen looked at the people in front of him, especially the group of media, and spoke helplessly.

"Seeing you guys so active, I feel like laughing"

"Is it interesting? Like this?"

"?" Everyone looked at He Shen in confusion, not quite understanding what He Shen meant.

Why did he suddenly ask the people in the audience if it was interesting?

And he asked in Chinese.

If the staff beside him hadn't translated, the foreigners really didn't understand what He Shen was saying.

He Shen looked at the group of reporters in the audience and asked very seriously.

"You think what you did is... interesting, right?"

"You think I'm an ordinary pianist and easy to bully, right?"

"Because I rarely speak on social media, I don't care much about my reputation outside, because I've been playing outside."

"Is it because I haven't spoken all the time, so... you all think I'm easy to bully?"

"Using the students I once taught to slander me?"

"Is it... interesting?"

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes immediately lit up.

Especially the group of foreigners around, they looked at He Shen, and the light in their eyes was particularly strong.

The award ceremony, which had been stable before, has now turned into this.

And, it seems to be related to his students?

He Shen looked at the group of people in the audience, chuckled, and spoke casually.

"I admit that Zhao Zitong and I used to live together. We rented a three-person apartment together and lived with another roommate."

"Then what? Just because I have no money, I will be accused of having sex with my former student?"

"Very interesting, if so, can I think that you mean that all international students, as long as they live with the opposite sex, are a pair? There are some not-so-good deals between the two people? Can I understand it this way?"

"So, you are discriminating against most international students? Discriminating against all people who live with the opposite sex, right?"

"You... do you really think so?"

The group of reporters in the audience instantly felt that a big hat was put on them, and their faces changed slightly.

The group of international students is now growing larger and larger, and more and more people from ordinary families choose to study abroad in various places.

The slightly poorer ones go to Japan and South Korea.

The middle class will go to European countries, especially Germany and the White Flag.

Only the rich will go to the Eagle Country and the Beautiful Country!

Even in the Eagle Country and the Beautiful Country, not all of them are rich, there are still some poor people.

No, not just a little, but a lot of poor people!

Most of the international students don’t have a lot of money. They are reluctant to spend money to rent those single apartments, live in a very large place, and enjoy life in Europe and the United States.

Most of them choose to share a house and live in an ordinary room.

Moreover, they don’t care who the tenants around them are, whether they are men or women.

They just look for a place to live seriously, and then start studying, and study seriously outside.

Those who go out for vacation are a minority among the minority!

If these reporters admit this matter and admit that all the people living together have a relationship, then they will directly become the opposite of the majority of international students.

Many international students and art students have already been disgusted by the previous abuse, and they must not continue to aggravate this disgust!

Therefore, the group of media responsible for recording He Shen immediately fell silent and did not engage in any debate with He Shen for the time being.

Just wait for He Shen's speech to end, and then talk after it ends.

He Shen looked at the silent media people in the audience, smiled again, looked into the distance, and shook his head slowly.

He didn't know what he thought of, sighed, and spoke lightly.

"Speaking of which, you may not believe it, I may be the poorest among all the pianists present!"

"I have about tens of thousands of RMB left in my personal assets now, which is the money I will pay for the rent later."

"The money I can get from each concert of my European tour is also very small, about a few hundred euros per concert."

"Although there are many people who come to listen to my concerts, and almost every concert is full, but in fact, after removing the operating costs, everyone is a musician, and everyone should know."

"You can't make any money from holding concerts."

"Some people may say, He Shen, didn't you sell your own records? A record worth one dollar almost reached the top ten of the best-selling list! Can't you make money from this?"

"You should know that if you remove other miscellaneous things from one dollar, I may only get a few cents in the end."

"A few cents for a record, even if there are tens of thousands of records, it's only a few hundred yuan, and my final income may be less than 10,000 euros!"

"And this, my current company has not settled my account, plus I have never received any GG, business orders, so it is obvious that I am very poor!"

Speaking of this, the group of people in the audience immediately laughed kindly.

Not the group of media people, but the other group of musicians and artists.

Everyone knows that what He Shen said is indeed reasonable.

The concerts they hold are different from those held by those big stars.

The concerts held by those big stars can be held in large venues with tens of thousands of people, and they can have fun at will in that place.

There is no need to care about people far away.

As long as the speakers are big enough, they can put another speaker in the distance.

But what about this group of people?

If the venue has more than 2,000 people, they need to think about whether such a performance can bring out the most important things in the music and put them in front of the crowd, so that they can clearly hear the emotions in the music.

Hear what they want the audience to hear.

It is difficult to make money from concerts, and most concerts are lost money.

It is just spending money to gain fame.

There are not many people in the world who can make money from concerts.

Lang Liangyue standing next to He Shen is one of them!

What about releasing albums? It's almost the same.

There are not many people who really like to listen to classical music albums now. Most people just listen to them occasionally for fun.

It's just the kind of place that looks elegant at home.

This kind of people accounts for the majority, and they will not spend a lot of money to pay attention to who plays well and who plays badly.

As long as this is classical music, it's enough to be able to pretend to be stupid!

Therefore, the sales of records really all depend on the fame of the performer himself.

If a performer is not particularly famous, it is easy to produce a record that is well-received but not popular.

Loss is almost certain.

Most of these classical music performers make money by teaching their students or being trained by those big companies.

They don’t make much money, but they can keep themselves alive.

If they can get an endorsement or something, it would be great!

Just like Lang Liangyue.

And He Shen, obviously, he doesn’t have any endorsements.

He is really poor, very obviously poor.

He Shen looked at the people laughing below and continued to speak.

"To be honest, I am not poor now, but I have been poor from the beginning!"

"You may not know what I did before I successfully entered the field of classical music?"

"Tutoring in a piano store!"

"Not a tutor in a large piano room, but a tutor in a small piano room!"

"I used to think that as a tutor, what I needed to do was to lead my students to feel the music and the beauty in the music!"

"Let them know music, understand music, and understand the logical lines and melodic characteristics in music."

"Then, reality gave me a hard blow."

"I was wrong. What they need is not a teacher, but a nanny!"

"A nanny who plays with children!"

"Every time I have a class, they tell me, teacher, teacher, I am really too busy recently and need to take an exam, so I didn't practice the piano."

" Okay, if you don't practice the piano, then practice in class. "

"Then if I assign them too much homework, they won't say it on the surface, but they will follow my superiors to react. "

"They say I don't teach well, that I play with my phone during class, that I abuse them!"

"Even though... I put my phone in the front desk in advance during class."

"Even though I have been very gentle to them..."

"Even though I only assign three or four very short works every time."

"But I was still fired, living alone in a basement with less than 20 people, practicing the piano in the basement."

"Every day I look at that window where I can't see the sun at all, thinking about my music and feeling the music."

"Waiting... starving myself to death..."

Speaking of this, He Shen couldn't help but smile, then pointed to Zhao Zitong sitting on a chair in the distance, and spoke.

"But it seems that God doesn't want to listen to classical music. He didn't want to take me away. He gave me a chance, a chance to live!"

"He sent a 'little princess' who is willful, self-centered, spoiled by her parents, self-righteous, and thinks she sees through everything. She talks nonsense to everyone and is full of the attitude of wanting to save the world."

"That's the student you are talking about, Zhao Zitong!"

When it comes to this point, everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Zitong, revealing a hint of curiosity.

And Zhao Zitong's face turned red, and she wanted to get into the ground.

It's not because of the little princess that He Shen said that she was shy.

After all, no matter who it is, as long as they are Chinese, they can hear it.

This little princess was completely mocking her.

Put her dark history in front of everyone and publicize it in public.

This is too embarrassing!

Zhao Zitong wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it to avoid this award ceremony.

He Shen pointed at Zhao Zitong without any hesitation.

Now that you have already stood up and proved it, let’s prove it seriously!

He did not avoid putting Zhao Zitong in front of the public. He just took Zhao Zitong out and put it in front of everyone, giving a serious explanation and rebuttal.

"Zhao Zitong's mother gave me a chance. In four months, I taught Zhao Zitong from a little kid who didn't know anything, played the piano randomly, and had only a little bit of foundation, to pass the art exam."

"What I have to face is not only Zhao Zitong's weak basic skills, but also her hostility towards me. She feels that I have taken away her father's teaching position!"

"So, for money, I signed a contract and became her contract teacher for four months!"

He Shen typed out a copy of the contract in his hand and threw it to the reporters in the audience without flinching at all.

"This is what you call teacher-student love, this is what you call, I am Zhao Zitong's teacher!"

"I taught Zhao Zitong for four months just to survive, so I became Zhao Zitong's teacher, and then you slandered me. Is there an abnormal relationship between me and Zhao Zitong?"

"And after I sent her to the University of the Arts in Berlin, I never had any contact with her again!"

"It wasn't until I returned to Berlin after winning the first prize in the Chopin International Piano Competition that I re-established contact with Zhao Zitong."

"My teacher also took her with me. After she saw me, she introduced a house to me who was still anxious to find a house."

"I taught her just because I didn't have money..."

"I have no money, so I work as a teacher for Zhao Zitong."

"I have no money, so I have to find a regular job!"

"I have no money, so I want to win the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"I have no money, so I can only rent a small house shared by many people and live in the house to reduce unnecessary expenses as much as possible!"

"You may think that since I study music and play the piano, I have already made a name for myself, so I can make money unscrupulously!"

"Playing a concert? 100,000 yuan! Teaching students? 1 million yuan. Isn't this easy?"

"But I can tell you very clearly!"

"You...are dreaming!"

"You not only insulted my character, you also insulted the character of all the artists present!"

"For me, I work to make money just so that I can make music more stably!"

"I don't hope that I will almost starve to death because of those inexplicable things, such as money, and I won't be able to continue to be immersed in music!"

"I have been practicing piano since I was a child. I practice piano for more than twelve hours every day! Apart from eating and sleeping every day, I spend most of my time on the piano!"

"I wasted almost all my life for piano and music."

"Almost separated from the world!"

"But I have no regrets. I am willing to devote the rest of my life to music!"

"But! Do you think I would attack the students I had only taught for four months?"

"Are you... too underestimating a piano player and a person who is serious about music?"

He Shen looked at the group of judges below with a more serious expression.

The laughter around him also disappeared, and everyone could see that He Shen was in a very bad mood now.

He Shen picked up the trophy that Lang Liangyue had just handed to him, looked at his name on it and the circular logo symbolizing the Echo Award, and spoke with an extremely heavy tone.

"Lang Liangyue told me that we were all public figures and had been slandered. After responding positively, we would endure it and it would be over."

"If you can't bear it and want to go against the public, then it will be difficult for you to get ahead!"

"It's good to make money, don't shiver!"

"I know what Lang Liangyue said is right. He is also a person who is often smeared by everyone in China. Many people don't like him very much."

"Even though he won the title of the world's top pianist!"

"Even though his strength is almost among the best in the world!"

"Even though he is much, much better than me."

"But there are still a lot of people who think he is not good at playing the piano, and think he is just a showman..."

"Lang Liangyue advised me not to take it to heart, and the agency behind me also advised me not to make too many statements. The current statement is enough."

"Let those people scold me. It doesn't really matter. At worst, I will be regarded as a black spot. Who would like a perfect person?"

"I'm not a perfect person, but I can control myself!"

"I don't want money to put me in trouble, so I work hard to make money, play the piano seriously, teach, and use my abilities to make money!"

"I like lollipops, I hate sports, I would rather stay alone in the piano room and play the piano by myself."

"I'm a very lonely person and don't like to communicate much with other people, so I rarely talk under normal circumstances."

"My EQ is very low, and my IQ is not top-notch. I am just an ordinary person."

"I am still a little stubborn. Apart from music, few other people can shake my mind! Once I set a goal, I will keep moving towards it and will not stop!"

"There are too many disharmony, just like a stone that is incompatible with this world."

"So I can stand in front of you very calmly and will not hide myself."

"I am just a lousy pianist. The skill I have is just ordinary piano playing to show the music."

"It is precisely because of this that I can't stand it. I didn't do anything. Why do I have to accept those false accusations?"

"Since you insist on saying that I attacked my students, please show your evidence instead of writing a short essay with specious evidence for everyone to see."

"I know that it is stupid to do this. I may not make money and will ruin my reputation."

"But! I am happy!"

"There is no so-called innocent in this world. I know very well that if I don't If I can defend myself, how can others defend me? "

"When I shut up, those who slander me will only say that I am guilty, I am afraid, I have committed a crime, they don't care whether I really did it or not. "

"The truth is not important to them, but! The truth is very important to me!"

"So, if you have follow-up evidence, instead of a photo with a bunch of essays, then bring it out!"

"I'll stand here, waiting for your evidence!"

"We are facing each other head-on, you stand up, and I stand up too."

"All those who continue to slander me, I ask you to take me to court!"

"You bring out the evidence to prove that I did it, and I will accept all the punishments!"

"But if you can't bring it out, then I think... shouldn't you also pay a little price?"

"A little... the price I once paid?"

He Shen paused, the surroundings were extremely quiet, and everyone was looking at him.

He Shen raised the Echo Trophy in his hand, looked at the lines on it, shook his head, turned around and walked to the piano, placed the trophy on the edge of the piano, looked at the people under the stage, and spoke very seriously.

"I'm right here, I won't avoid it, I can tell you very frankly."

"For everything you slandered..."

"I have a clear conscience!"

Boom!

He Shen's hand suddenly raised, without giving everyone any time to think, and smashed it down.

The music poured out instantly, and the other pianists around them instantly showed very serious expressions on their faces.

Godovsky's adaptation, abnormally difficult enhanced version.

The most extreme technical flow etude.

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