After the recording, there is still post-production work, and the record cannot meet Jiang Chao for a while.

Old John invited Jiang Chao to lunch, and at the same time tentatively scheduled the signing ceremony for next month, and Jiang Chao happily agreed.

In this way, Jiang Chao's affairs in Kyoto will be completed. At this time, Judy also received Guan Tian. The three of them got together for a while.

Guan Tian didn't have too many surprises about Jiang Chao and Judy being together. She is very happy, Jiang Chao is Jordan's good brother, and Judy is also her best friend, this relationship is really wonderful. Guan Tian proposed that the wedding must be held together in the future, which made Judy blush: "Oh, say this so early!" Jiang Chao was also a little embarrassed, and Guan Tian giggled.

A few days later, just as he was about to go back, Jiang Chao received a call from Guo Decheng.

"Brother, I have something to discuss with you. ”

Jiang Chao asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

Guo Decheng began to explain in detail......

After listening to this, Jiang Chao fell into deep thought.

Here's the thing, Guo Decheng's grandfather is a high-level leader in Donghai City. Over the years, he has taken a back seat and quietly waited for retirement. The work in charge has also become a relatively idle literary and artistic work.

Recently, Tokai will hold a major forum for cooperation and exchange of world-class metropolises, which will be visited by the mayors of New York, London, Canberra, Tokyo and Seoul. At the reception, theatrical performances will be prepared. Originally, the program of the theatrical performance had been decided, but the performers of the piano program were unable to perform normally due to accidental finger injuries, which caught the organizers off guard. At this time, I couldn't find a schedule to contact other internationally renowned pianists in China, so I could only cut this show, Guo Decheng happened to hear my grandfather about it, and suddenly thought of Jiang Chao.

Hearing this, Jiang Chao couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Guo Decheng recommended his good brother Jiang Chao to his grandfather. First, Jiang Chao has just won the grand prize in the German Prize Competition and has a certain reputation in the world, and secondly, the theme of this forum is "the rebirth and vitality of the city", and choosing a young pianist is more suitable for the theme of this forum.

Guo Decheng's grandfather, that is, Zhou Ziran's grandfather, patiently listened to Guo Decheng's reasons, thought about it for a while, and said that he wanted to meet Jiang Chao.

So here, Guo Decheng immediately called Jiang Chao.

Where a pianist has played, this will also be a label that follows him for the rest of his life. Outstanding performance experience is like a military medal. For example, Lang Lang has toured the 100th anniversary celebration at the Great Hall of the People and held a solo recital at the White House...... These are all resumes that he can use to make people look up to for the rest of his life. It was with this in mind that Guo Decheng wanted to give Jiang Chao this opportunity.

Jiang Chao said thank you to his good brother, and Guo Decheng smiled nonchalantly: "Don't blame me for making my own decisions." ”

Jiang Chao's heart was extremely warm. Some people are really worth dating for a lifetime!

Jiang Chao said: "Cheng, you have helped me win this opportunity, then I must take advantage of it! You tell the old man, see when he is free, I will visit him!"

Guo Decheng smiled: "Don't be free when, time is urgent, and my grandfather is not too busy." Tomorrow weekend, I'll ask him to wait for you at home! Can you go back to Donghai City today?"

Jiang Chao was slightly stunned. He also wanted to take the high-speed train back with Judy, but it seems that there is no way. He said, "No problem." I'm going to book a plane ticket for the afternoon. ”

After hanging up the phone with Guo Decheng, Jiang Chao told Judy what happened.

Of course, Judy didn't have any opinions, and nodded: "This matter is important, listen to you!"

After Jiang Chao returned to Donghai City, accompanied by Judy, he went to the mall to buy a few high-grade and more solemn clothes. Guo Decheng's grandfather is also an elder in Jiang Chao's eyes, the first time he saw Guo Decheng's elders, Jiang Chao had an inexplicable sense of nervousness, and after thinking about it, he also called Zhou Ziran, and Zhou Ziran happily agreed to come down and accompany Jiang Chao when the time came.

The next day.

Jiang Chao, under the leadership of Zhou Ziran, drove to Guo Decheng's grandfather's house.

Guo Decheng's grandfather's name is Zhou Zhicai, who is nearly 65 years old this year, wears glasses and always has a kind smile on his face. Guo Decheng once said that his grandfather liked to read history, especially the history of the Ming Dynasty. Because the Ming Dynasty was a period of unprecedented development of national strength and science and technology in the history of China, and it was also the period when Chinese civilization led the world for the last time. In Zhou Zhicai's view, Nurhachi killed civilization with barbarism.

When Jiang Chao came to Zhou Zhicai's house, the old man was like an ordinary person, wearing a thin coat and watering flowers on the balcony.

Zhou Ziran hurriedly wore Jiang Chao, walked up to his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, this is Jiang Chao." ”

Zhou Zhicai said unhurriedly: "Greet the guests to sit first." ”

Zhou Ziran nodded, asked Jiang Chao to sit down on the sofa, and went to make another cup of tea and brought it over, before whispering: "Don't be restrained, just treat it as your own home!"

Jiang Chao nodded.

Only then did Zhou Zhicai put down the watering can and came over.

Jiang Chao hurriedly got up: "Hello Grandpa Zhou!"

Zhou Zhicai said with a smile: "Sit down, sit down, you are so tall, stand up and ask me to look up at you!"

Jiang Chao sat down a little embarrassed. In the face of a high-level official like Zhou Zhicai, no matter how amiable the other party is, the invisible temperament on his body will make people a little nervous, and Jiang Chao is no exception.

Zhou Zhicai picked up his cup, unscrewed it and took a sip of tea, and then said slowly with a smile: "First of all, I want to welcome you to the house as a guest." Even if you don't talk about business, I often hear Decheng and Ziran mention you, don't be restrained when you get home, just treat this place as your own home. ”

Jiang Chao nodded. Among the people Jiang Chao has seen, Zhou Zhicai is undoubtedly the most heavyweight, but because of Guo Decheng and Zhou Ziran, Jiang Chao told himself over and over again that he should treat him as his elder, and forced himself to adapt to chatting in front of this old man.

Zhou Zhicai did not directly talk about the piano recital at first, but asked Jiang Chao a lot of common questions, such as what his parents do, what hobbies he usually has, and so on.

Gradually, Jiang Chao didn't start to be so nervous.

While asking questions, Zhou Zhicai also talked about the interesting stories of Guo Decheng and Zhou Ziran when they were children, and the atmosphere became very harmonious. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set off, Zhou Zhicai said with a smile: "To be honest, I don't know much about classical music, and I can even be said to be a layman. So when Decheng recommended you to me to complete this piano performance task, I had a hard choice, so I wanted to meet you. ”

As soon as he heard Zhou Zhicai talk about business, Jiang Chao suddenly cheered up.

Zhou Zhicai took another sip of tea, put down the teacup and said slowly: "This forum is very important. In fact, Donghai City, as China's largest window to the world, is very important every time we engage in such activities, and we are showing the world our image. ”

"It took us many years to move from a chaotic, decadent, backward, beaten and despised country step by step towards modernization, step by step towards the world, step by step towards greatness. Every time we engage in such an activity now, it is on behalf of 140,000 Chinese people. Once there is a little bit of a difference, the face will be the face of all the people. ”

"When it comes to national honor, there are no small things. So before you came here, I actually asked the relevant experts about how you are capable of doing a good job this time. After meeting you, it strengthened my mind. ”

Jiang Chao's expression became serious, and he didn't know why, Zhou Zhicai's words actually made him feel agitated.

After a pause, Zhou Zhicai smiled and said, "So, I want to ask you two questions first, one is that this performance may not be able to give you a high appearance fee, are you willing to perform this time?

Jiang Chao actually had a feeling of enthusiasm for a while, and did not hesitate at all: "Grandpa Zhou, don't worry! I promise to complete the task!"