The world's number one pianist

"Okay, please follow me. This way, please fill out this paper and hand it to your trial teacher."

The front desk staff took out an information collection form and handed it to He Shen, then took He Shen to the aisle of the Symphony Piano Shop.

Perhaps because they received so many guests every day and He Shen did not dress up specially, they did not recognize He Shen.

So, they took He Shen to a piano room with a very serious working attitude and turned away.

He Shen stood in the piano room, looking at everything around him, his eyes widened slightly.

The piano room of the Symphony Piano Shop is much larger than that of other piano shops.

Or it can be said that it is... much larger!

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The piano room of the Symphony Piano Shop is at least ten square meters at a glance, or even nearly fifteen square meters.

The window facing him is a huge floor-to-ceiling window, but there are railings in the window, and the scenery outside the window can be clearly seen from the window.

Obviously, for the teaching environment of teachers, Symphony Piano Shop has made great improvements and adjustments.

There are two upright pianos in the piano shop. He Shen just glanced at them and was stunned for a moment.

The piano used for trial lessons is not an ordinary piano, but a piano under Steinway.

Boston piano.

Although the workmanship of this piano belongs to the offline brand, it still has a little bit of Steinway's meaning in it.

Many people in small places like to sell this piano as Steinway, saying that this piano is similar to Steinway.

This piano is not cheap. Although it is an offline brand, the price and feel of this piano are not particularly bad.

For example, the piano used in the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University before was this kind of Boston piano, and even during the art examination, this kind of Boston piano was used.

He Shen looked at the Boston in the piano room and didn't know what to say for a while.

Symphony Piano Shop did not equip all rooms with two Steinways.

But these brands under Steinway are almost the same.

It is from this place that we can clearly see the strength of Symphony Piano Shop! The power of money!

It is from these details that we can see that Symphony Piano Shop is definitely a very powerful chain piano shop in Jiangzhou.

He Shen walked to the piano stool in the room and sat down, looking at everything around him, looking at everything that was completely different from a few years ago, and couldn't help but feel a little bit like a world away.

It was still a small piano shop a few years ago, but I didn't expect it to be so big?

He just sat here, looking at the scenery outside the window, waiting for the teacher to come.

Not waiting too long, the teacher of the piano shop came over with the previous staff.

After knocking on the door twice, the teacher slowly opened the door and smiled at He Shen in the room.

"Hello, I am the teacher who came to take you for a trial class. You can call me Teacher Wen. It's our first meeting."

Teacher Wen is a man, not particularly tall, about 1.7 meters.

He is thin, and the whole person has a feeling of a weak scholar, but the artistic atmosphere is still quite strong.

Obviously, even if his piano level is not the top one, it can still be considered as good.

It can't reach the teaching level of major music colleges, but it can also reach the high-end level of piano stores or studios.

Teacher Wen pushed the glasses on his nose, walked into the room, looked at He Shen, and couldn't help but smile.

"Hello, um... what should I call you?"

"Just call me He." He Shen shook his head.

Teacher Wen nodded immediately: "Okay, classmate He, it's nice to meet you. Before starting our course, I want to ask, do you... have a foundation?"

He Shen thought about it and hesitated: "A little, not much. Normal level, right?"

The normal level among the world's top pianists, not the world's first, but definitely the backbone.

Teacher Wen obviously didn't hear the meaning of He Shen's words.

He just smiled gently: "It's very good to have a little foundation, so let me introduce you to the content of our piano store."

"Our piano store has specially set up adult piano teaching for you adults, which is divided into modern piano teaching and traditional piano teaching. Simply put, there is a fast class for quick learning and a slow class for laying the foundation."

"According to individual needs and different teaching directions, we will have special staff to tailor teaching for you. However, for most adults, we will recommend them to start learning from the fast class, so that they can quickly learn their favorite works."

"If you complete a course and the completion of the work reaches a very high level, we will arrange for you to enter our recording studio and record a set of albums for you separately, so that you can give it to your friends or leave a souvenir for yourself."

"Student He, do you want to start learning from the fast class? Or from the slow class? This class is a trial class. You can start learning from anywhere."

"But I personally suggest that if you start from the fast class, you can meet your requirements faster."

He Shen looked at Teacher Wen in front of him, stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Why don't you recommend the slow class? Isn't laying the foundation a very important thing?"

"Huh?" The teacher had obviously been asked this question many times and said without any hesitation: "That's true, but do you really want to start learning from the slow class?"

"Isn't it possible?"

"Yes, yes, but..."

Teacher Wen's face remained as usual, and he smiled gently and said, "But for us teachers, most adults learn piano as a hobby, and just play a few works that you like to play."

"I'm not afraid that you'll be angry. I'll tell you the truth. If you want to learn piano at your age, unless you are particularly talented, there is really no need to start from scratch."

"Because if you start from scratch, although you can lay a solid foundation, you will have to endure it for a long time, and you will not be able to immediately play the work you like."

"And learning from the beginning is actually equivalent to a period of aesthetic cultivation. Although our curriculum here tries to add as many works as close to modern aesthetics as possible, many works still require a long period of immersion before one can understand the beauty in them. ”

"This is actually very boring."

"So, if you just want to play some of your favorite works, we can give you individual tutoring on those popular works. These fall under the category of adult piano teaching."

"Many institutions will directly ask you to learn slow classes in order to make money, regardless of your wishes. We will not defraud you of money, and deliberately let you learn slow classes. This will continue to erode your enthusiasm for the piano and give up the piano."

"So, if you just want to learn music, we recommend you take the fast class instead of the slow class."

"Of course, the prices of these two courses are exactly the same. It's up to you how you choose. We are just giving you a vaccination in advance."

"So, Mr. He, you... still decide to start from the basics?"

When He Shen heard this place, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said helplessly: "Sure enough, it is very similar to what Wang Pei said."

"Huh?" Teacher Wen felt something was wrong. He couldn't help but twist his body, making his originally loose body sit up straighter. He hesitated and said, "Wang Pei? You... know President Wang Pei?"

"Yes, I am an old acquaintance of his and a college classmate." He Shen nodded: "My name is He Shen. I don't know if you have heard of me."

After saying that, He Shen handed the information collection form to his hand.

Teacher Wen in front of him looked at He Shen in front of him and couldn't help but raise his head and use his brain to think through his thoughts.

Then his eyes suddenly opened wide.

What is the last name of President Wang Pei’s college classmate, old acquaintance, and friend?

How deep?

Vice dean of the Piano Department of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, winner of the Golden Piano Award? The winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition? One of the world's top pianists? The No. 1 bestseller in classical music? The Echo Award for Best Pianist of the Year...how deep?

Countless names of He Shen flashed through Teacher Wen's mind, and he thought of what Wang Pei said during the teacher training with them.

His face couldn't help but turn red, and he opened and closed his fingers, feeling at a loss.

"Who are you, He Shen? You are...that He Shen? The winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, He Shen? I, I, I..."

Teacher Wen didn't know what he should do for a while. He kept touching his clothes, not knowing what he was looking for.

His train of thought was completely stopped, and his original idea of ​​persuading He Shen to learn the fast class disappeared instantly.

How can such a person learn fast courses? He just came here to play!

Teacher Wen didn't have the slightest idea of ​​being teased by He Shen, because if he could bring He Shen in, he would get a commission.

If you don't take it in, there will be some compensation in class, so you won't waste time.

So, it doesn’t matter whether you go to school or not.

Teacher Wen immediately said awkwardly: "Well, I'm sorry, He Shen, I didn't recognize you at first, and I called you Classmate He so many times."

"Well, He Shen, do you want me to call Principal Wang Pei for you? And... can you sign your name for me?"

"No, just tell me about the development of the symphony piano store. There is no need to call Wang Pei. He is already the president. There is no need to call him. If you want to sign, where do you want to sign?" He Shen stretched out his hand to refuse, and He took a pen from the side and asked.

He hasn't signed many autographs yet. Apart from writing his own name on the welcome curtain at the Echo Awards, he hasn't signed anything for anyone.

Oh yes, there are also corrections for Zhao Zitong and the others' homework.

Apart from these, there are no signatures.

Unexpectedly, I met someone who wanted his autograph now?

Teacher Wen immediately got up and searched the room for a long time. He found his music score, closed it, pointed to the cover at the beginning, and said respectfully to He Shen: "Well, just sign it here."

"OK."

He Shen nodded and wrote his name seriously on the music score.

His handwriting has not been designed with any signature, so it is just a somewhat ugly regular script.

The words are connected together, crookedly, and they are trying to write in the regular script of flowers.

Looking at his name, He Shen hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should go back and learn his signature?

After he wrote it down, he realized that his signature was really ugly.

Unexpectedly, Teacher Wen in front of him looked at the signature on it, picked up the book as if he had found a treasure, and was so excited: "Thank you, thank you Shen He!"

"It's okay." He Shen put the pen aside as if nothing had happened. After coughing to cover up his embarrassment, he said, "Can you tell me now how Wang Pei is doing lately? I haven't been back for a long time, so I'm a little curious."

"Okay!" Teacher Wen put away the book and said seriously: "Actually, I didn't come to the Symphony Piano Shop from the beginning, but came to the Symphony Piano Shop later, but I can also tell you about the Symphony Piano Shop. Approximate situation."

"President Wang Pei, according to our private discussions, it seems that after he made this symphony piano store big, he was given a small amount of shares, and he became a member of the board of directors from an ordinary wage earner."

"I'm not sure what happened next, but it seems that President Wang Pei gradually took control of the board of directors and became the general person in charge of the Jiangzhou Symphony Piano Shop. He has the highest say in the Symphony Piano Shop."

"Of course, the Symphony Music Store was not that big at that time. Although it was a chain music store, it always followed the mid- to low-end route. There were only two or three chains in other states. The most important chain was only in Ningcheng, Jiangzhou. ”

"After President Wang Pei took the highest say in the symphony piano store, he carried out thorough reforms, including the teacher's treatment and division of labor. There are dedicated teachers responsible for each direction."

"For example, the sales of musical instruments are specialized sales of musical instruments, and the classes are dedicated to teachers. There are dedicated teachers for teaching adults and children, whether teaching classical, jazz or popular music. As much as possible, each teacher is only responsible for his or her own work. That part.”

"He regards this as the most important rule of the symphony piano house and resolutely implements it."

"At the beginning, there was a slight problem of unclear division of labor. Later, as the symphony piano store grew bigger and bigger, the division of labor became clearer and clearer."

"Coupled with President Wang Pei's talent in satisfying parents and students, Symphony Music Store immediately became the largest and most high-end piano store in Jiangzhou."

"Ours is the main store here, and there are more than 300 branches in Jiangzhou, all over Jiangzhou."

"The most attractive thing about our head office is the recording studio in the basement of our music store. It is now the most high-end recording studio in Jiangzhou. Countless celebrities choose to come to this place to record."

"in addition……"

Teacher Wen glanced at He Shen and couldn't help but hesitate a little. He tentatively said in a low voice: "President Wang Pei, he often talks about you to us."

"Huh?" He Shen glanced at him in surprise. He didn't expect that it had something to do with him. He asked curiously: "Did you mention me? Do you want to promote it?"

Teacher Wen immediately waved his hand: "No, it's not! Wang Pei never allows us to use celebrities here for publicity, whether it is Heshen you or other celebrities."

"He mainly kept talking to us, saying..."

Teacher Wen cleared his throat and said, "Let me tell you, my brother is He Shen! My brothers have now become the world's top pianists, so we must also become the world's number one piano shop!"

"Well, being number one in the world is a bit exaggerated. If we can't be number one in the world, we must at least be number one in China!"

"From being No. 1 in Ningcheng, to being No. 1 in Jiangzhou, to being No. 1 in China, we will move up step by step! We want He Shen to be able to see the steps we are following on the way forward!"

"Just think of it as...for my dream! Let's work together and we won't treat you badly!"

After saying that, he looked at He Shen, not sure what He Shen was thinking.

He Shen looked far away, as if he could see the envy and jealousy welling up in Wang Pei's heart when he saw himself climbing up step by step.

When he was in school, everyone was in the same dormitory, and Wang Pei often wanted to compete with himself for first place.

Especially when I was a freshman, Wang Pei’s piano was the best in his dormitory! But I am only at the middle level.

After being overtaken by himself, Wang Pei never gave up the idea of ​​fighting for first place and always wanted to rush forward.

Unfortunately, he didn't rush forward until the end.

He Shen couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this place, stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window, sighing.

"Things are different and people are different..."

"However, he seems to be the same as before..."

He Shen reached out and patted Teacher Wen on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't tell Wang Pei that I'm here, just pretend I've never been here."

“I was just, in everything I was going through, finding my own music.”

He Shen waved his hand to Teacher Wen, ignored Teacher Wen's gaze, and walked out of the concert hall.

When he reached the front desk, he turned his head and glanced at the locked door behind the front desk, and spoke to the front desk.

"Hello, I want to ask, have the locks in your recording studio been changed?"

"Huh?" The front desk staff looked confused and shook his head: "No..."

"That's it..."

He Shen nodded, dug into his pocket, and took out the key that Wang Pei had given him before.

He had always carried the key with him and had forgotten about it.

Now he suddenly saw the recording studio behind him, and He Shen remembered the key Wang Pei had given him before.

So, He Shen walked to the front desk, took out the key, put it there, and said.

"Return this key to Wang Pei, the others..."

He Shen hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and finally shook his head: "Forget it, there's nothing to say. He should be able to understand when he sees the key."

After that, He Shen turned and left.

At the entrance of the piano store, He Shen glanced at the Symphony Piano Store behind him, smiled, and said nothing more. He walked to the bus stop in the distance and took the bus to leave.

The front desk staff looked at the key in his hand, then looked at the door behind him, tentatively inserted the key, and twisted it gently.

The door slowly opened, revealing the stairs leading to the underground recording studio.

Looking at the key in his hand and the lock in front of him, the staff's eyes were full of shock. He had never thought that the key to his own recording studio was in someone else's hands.

Just when she was at a loss, a voice came from outside the door.

Wang Pei walked back to his piano store with a group of people talking and laughing, but saw the staff from the day before open the door of the recording studio, and couldn't help but smile and say.

"Xiao Zhao, what's going on? Did someone come to use the recording studio?"

"No, no, it's..."

The staff member named Xiao Zhao held the key in his hand, walked quickly to Wang Pei, handed him the key, and said.

"Just now, a man came over and asked if the lock of the recording studio had been changed. I said no, and he gave me this key."

"Then he said, let me give you this key, you will understand."

"Key?"

Wang Pei hesitated to pick up the key in his hand, and then a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but muttered: "Is it... He Shen?"

"Boss Wang, what's wrong? What happened?" Someone behind him looked at Wang Pei standing there and couldn't help asking.

Wang Pei immediately clenched the key in his hand, smiled and said to the people behind him: "No, it's okay, I just thought of something."

"Come on, let's go to the meeting room first."

"Xiao Zhao, keep this key, don't lose it, and then pour us some water, thank you."

After that, Wang Pei returned the key to the front desk, waved to the people behind him, and asked them to follow him and walk towards the meeting room.

His steps seemed to be much lighter than before.