Chapter 780: Long Time No See
On the first day of the May Day holiday, Yang Jingxing accompanied his friends to eat, drink and sing, and played until midnight before he had the face to ask for leave the next day.
Early in the morning of the second day, the Jiuchun Gang organized a group to meet netizens Xiaoxiao, and Yang Jingxing went to the school to prepare to receive guests.
Near nine o'clock, someone from the International Exchange Office called the president's office and said that someone had arrived. The streamlined greeting team set off, with the principal, Li Yingzhen and Yang Jingxing.
The principal stood at the gate of the office building with the teachers and student representatives, and when he saw the guests coming from a distance, he greeted them politely.
They are all people who are adapted to the occasion, giving each other warm and polite smiles, and the director of the communication office is in the center, and the formality is a little contrived: "Mr. Green, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Marcus, please allow me to introduce, the principal of our school ......"
The headmaster first shook hands with the Penguin Guide writer and BBC presenter Green, an old man in his sixties and snow-white hair, who was also dressed as a gentleman in this obviously hot weather.
Then there was Anderson, editor-in-chief of Gramophone magazine, who was very young, estimated to be forty years old at most, and dressed a little more casually.
The last one is Marcus, the author of "The Urumai Elves", a somewhat fat man in his thirties, who does not seem so temperamental compared to his two companions.
The president was followed by Li Yingzhen and several guests, Li Yingzhen was obviously more respected, and Green looked like she almost kissed the back of her hand: "Professor Li, please allow me to pay the highest and most sincere respect to your outstanding contributions, I am deeply honored......"
Anderson also said something about the same thing: "Professor Li, I beg your pardon, I don't know how to express the excitement and honor of this moment......"
Li Yingzhen could bear it, smiled slightly, looked light, and slightly appeased the last Mr. Marcus, which should not be the restrained and unnatural acting. Looking at the text, this Marcus should be more tough and emotional, and now he is acting more like an otaku.
Then it was Yang Jingxing, Yang Jingxing took the initiative and went up to shake hands by himself: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Green." ”
Green looked at Yang Jingxing and wanted to say something.
Yang Jingxing was rude, so he let go and went to find Anderson again, which also saved the other party's time.
Regarding Marcus, who once questioned the superficial contrivance of the "Piano Sonata in G major" in his music criticism, Yang Jingxing did not hold a grudge: "Hello, welcome. ”
Marcus has a serious face, but he is also contrived: "It's nice to ......"
Yang Jingxing nodded and said to Green, "Mr. Principal wants to introduce our school to a few important guests, what does Mr. Green think?"
The guests were a little surprised, but honored.
Principal, please, let's take a walk......
The newest and largest building is the teaching building, where there is a very good piano room, and Yang Jingxing, like the students, practices here...... The principal is also a qualified and gracious tour guide.
Yang added that there are many outstanding students who continue to improve their skills here, and everyone communicates with each other, and he is also one of them.
Green looked up at the school building and sighed, "People who can communicate with you, they should be grateful for their good luck." ”
Yang Jingxing nodded: "I think everyone cherishes the opportunity to learn from each other." ”
There are also historical buildings, which have been used for many years as a place of activity for Europeans.
Green was able to contact Yang Jingxing again: "Have you ever been to Europe or England?"
Yang Jingxing nodded: "Once, traveling, about half a month." ”
Anderson simply regretted: "What did we miss!"
Li Yingzhen and the principal did not disclose it, and Yang Jingxing was not a fart at that time.
He Luting Concert Hall, this composer, although several guests are not very familiar with it, but if you talk about representative works, you have heard of it.
There will be a student-organized concert here tonight, and I hope that a few guests will enjoy it.
The guests nodded again and again, not only did they have to ask, will Yang Jingxing take the stage?
The principal said that Yang Jingxing would not, but he could play a song for a few guests to pay his respects.
Green doesn't hide it at all: "Actually, forgive me for saying that, I'm a little worried...... You know, there are a lot of musicians, and their live performance is going to be a little bit different from recording...... I am very reluctant to question Mr. Yang Jingxing, I am just worried that it will be difficult to bear such a thing, and it will be a heavy blow to me. ”
Li Yingzhen hehe, and the principal said: "He has not disappointed any of us. ”
Yang Jingxing said in his native language: "I understand this sentence." ”
Li Yingzhen immediately became stern: "It's here again, isn't it!?"
The headmaster haha, and then he has to explain to the inexplicable and even panicked guests, but the British don't accept it, what does this mean?
It doesn't make sense to talk about chickens and ducks......
Although the campus is small, the teachers and classmates have shown their backbone and do not look at foreigners, as if they do not pay attention to the record guide and gramophone at all.
Another advantage of a small campus is that after taking a little time to walk around, the principal can say to the guests, "Let's go to the concert hall, Yang Jingxing will play that composer?"
Green asked for it as if it were his own turf, and Marcus tidied up his clothes......
The specifications are not low, entertaining such a few people in the performance hall, in fact, Anderson does not have to apologize for his dress, because Yang Jingxing is also dressed very casually.
The three guests and the four hosts sat each other in the first row of the audience, and Yang Jingxing went directly to the piano and asked before sitting down: "To show respect, may I ask the guests what they want to hear?"
It seemed like a conundrum, the Englishman looked at each other, Green made eye contact with Anderson, and Marcus seemed to know that he couldn't speak, and could only look forward to it.
Anderson shook his head a little helplessly: "I don't have an idea......"
Green still asked, "Any tracks?"
The principal was more conservative: "Basically, I don't think you will choose something that you can't evaluate in depth." ”
Green also probably understood: "There won't be too many opportunities like this?"
The principal apologized: "I'm afraid it's only at this moment, he's very busy." ”
Green still nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, I completely understand...... It's too hard, how about Mozart, no, no...... Bach, if there was only one composer left of my life to listen to, I think so, I would choose Bach...... No, everyone will play Bach...... I'm definitely not going to choose what was already on that record!"
Anderson pinned his hopes on the esteemed Professor Lee: "...... Definitely give us the best advice. ”
Li Yingzhen shook her head.
Green suddenly decided: "That's it, Bach, please play Bach...... Please forgive me for not being able to pick specific tracks anymore!"
The audience all accepted Green's decision, and Yang Jingxing sat down and reported the program: "Bach, Goldberg Variations, the whole piece." ”
The principal took the lead in applauding the students, and the shocked guests quickly chimed in.
This piece Yang Jingxing took nearly seventy minutes, which was fast, but fortunately it was not a heavy physical repertoire, so after playing continuously for so long, he was still calm, got up and bowed to a few listeners, and then turned around and walked up the edge of the stage and got off the audience.
Several listeners must have been numb from sitting while keeping their postures unchanged for so long, and Green stared at Yang Jingxing until he walked in front of him, and the top music critic got up with great difficulty but didn't seem to know what to do.
Yang Jingxing took the initiative to shake hands again: "Thank you, Mr. Green, I hope that today and tomorrow night, you can feel more from the classmates and teachers outside, their efforts, and their love for music." ”
Anderson and Marcus also stood up, both staring at Green, you're the boss, you have to say something.
Green continued to shake Yang Jingxing's hand and obviously brewed hard, after a while, the principal was embarrassed, Li Yingzhen smiled stiffly, and Green finally spoke: "...... Excuse me, what did you just say?"
Yang Jingxing repeated: "I hope that today's and tomorrow's concerts will relieve the auditory fatigue caused by this hour. ”
Green hurriedly denied: "No, no, my ears...... As I said, my ears have entered heaven in advance!"
Yang Jingxing said: "Don't you think that life on earth is more wonderful and rich? Heaven must be boring, I guess." ”
Green nodded: "Yes, yes, I know what you mean...... But I love heaven and it has never been so deep. ”
Yang Jingxing smiled a little helplessly: "Please here, the weather is very good today, you should enjoy the sunshine." ”
Green refused to move, but turned his neck to look at the concert hall, wondering: "There must be some kind of angelic magic, there must be ......"
The principal also invited: "Let's continue walking." ”
Green still turned a deaf ear, still holding on to Yang Jingxing: "I have listened to music for thirty years, all kinds of music, I think everything is the same, it is difficult for your love for her to last for thirty years, unless a miracle happens......"
Yang Jingxing reminded: "Mr. Green, we have already discussed this topic on the phone before. ”
Green nodded and remembered, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry...... Forgive me for not being able to say anything new, though I was prepared. ”
Yang Jingxing invited: "I can talk about the lecture, we are all looking forward to it." ”
Green nodded: "Yes, yes." ”
The group walked out of the concert hall, the atmosphere slowly returned to normal, and went to the living room to have a discussion, and tea was served.
The principal was high-end, and told Green that he had also been shocked by Yang Jingxing, but he soon calmed down, as long as you realized that Yang Jingxing was actually an ordinary person: "...... He also has his dreams, and like all our students, he works hard for them, and he doesn't want to be treated as a special individual, just like we are friends with gentlemen, friends connected by music. ”
Several guests looked at Yang Jingxing's appearance but it was not ordinary, it was simply impolite.
Yang Jingxing will talk about the school's arrangement, tomorrow's lecture will have some news activities, hoping to spread Mr. Green's wisdom and insights more widely, and then two concerts, hoping that a few guests can encourage the students, or have a basic understanding of Puyin's faculty.
Yang Jingxing doesn't know whether to be modest or shameless: "Music needs to be fully and widely communicated, not a miracle that becomes a talking point." ”
Everyone agrees that music needs to communicate, but miracles don't hurt.
Yang Jingxing felt uncertain: "...... I don't want to be ignored because of me, and so many other very good classmates. ”
It is simply a noble character, and the British people admire it very much.
Yang Jingxing and the principal cooperated to bring back the topic, and still hope that you gentlemen can help more for the exchange of Chinese music and the world......
We shook hands and said goodbye at noon, and we'll see you tomorrow.
Miracle Yang Jingxing discussed the follow-up arrangements with the principal and teacher, and then rushed to Eyang to accept the decoration project. The matter of 50,000 yuan, the construction party has been procrastinating, and now Yang Jingxing is not happy, this is not good, it has to be changed.
When Yang Jingxing rushed to meet his friends, the netizen party had already dispersed, and he didn't even see the face of little Li Yue.
Lu Lin was not afraid of embarrassment, and explained the situation to Yang Jingxing. After the friends met with Li Yue in the morning, they had a happy chat, but Zhang Rou called Lu Lin as if she was secretly spying, but Lu Lin didn't answer, and Zhang Rou called Li Yue again.
Lu Lin didn't even know that Zhang Rou had Li Yue's phone, and was completely stunned. But Li Yue didn't seem to understand the situation, so she answered the phone defenselessly, and then her face changed, and then she rushed away.
Lu Lin called Zhang Rou, but Zhang Rou didn't answer, called Li Yue, and was hung up directly.
Since Lu Lin himself is shameless, Zhang Yang laughed unceremoniously, is this a love triangle drama? The four masters are not so powerful!
Lu Lin was very distressed and wanted to drink.
The friends were very righteous and fully satisfied Lu Lin, and almost didn't kill him at lunch, and then threw him in the hotel, and the rest continued to be chic.
At two o'clock in the afternoon of May 3, the world-famous music critic Bert Green's special lecture on "Listening to Music" was held in the Puyin Old Concert Hall.
Renming Music Gramophone and People's Music are two respectively, each with its own reporters and representatives. Renliu sent Hu Lihui, who interviewed Yu Xinting at the beginning, and she didn't look at Yang Jingxing with colored glasses, and greeted her like a friend.
The students of the composition department also came, and Peng Yiwei also came to say hello to Yang Jingxing, saying that his violin concerto had begun rehearsal, and invited Yang Jingxing to help when he went.
Yang Jingxing cheekily agreed: "...... Have you seen Qi Qingnuo in the past few days?"
Peng Yiwei shook his head: "No, I haven't seen you for a long time...... Didn't show up today?"
Yang Jingxing: "I didn't see it." ”
Peng Yiwei said: "I guess I am also rehearsing, and I don't seem to have seen any of them...... I'll go back and stand here in a panic, ha. ”
One of the biggest problems of the lecture is that Bert Green does not know anything about Chinese, and "Hello" is estimated to have been learned in the past few days, so Bert Green only spoke for more than half an hour, and the people in the audience listened seriously, but I don't know how many people understood. But then it's Q&A time, and there's an interpreter.
The host of the lecture first talked to the students and teachers about the precautions for asking questions, respecting the guests, and asking in-depth questions...... Also, it's best not to ask Mr. Bert Green what he thinks of Yang Jingxing, Mr. Green is now facing everyone, not Yang Jingxing alone.
The Q&A session was a success, with students and young teachers asking honest questions and Bert Green answering attentively, doubling the planned hour.
At the last moment, Bert Green also encouraged everyone, using Yang Jingxing as an example, saying that he is not special, from the perspective of the essence of music, Yang Jingxing's piano performance is not the ultimate, and music has no ultimate. Everyone was amazed by Yang Jingxing, just because he did the best possible on his own basis, and everyone can challenge himself.
The students applauded Green.
But in the end, Botgreen still didn't control himself, and said something affectionately, and the translator next to him seemed to be a little unbearable, and he didn't have much confidence to work: "Mr. Green said that it is fortunate to be a genius and a genius is a contemporary, and many have been missed in human history.
Not many people applauded now, but they laughed a little too much, but it was probably because Yang Jingxing bent down and hid in his knees.
After the discussion, there was a short press conference, which was to change to the break room, where a dozen reporters or editors gathered around Green and asked a few questions.
The reporters asked if it was the first time they had come to China? Do you like the city of Puhai? What do you think of Puyin? Why do you have a high opinion of a student? Is there anything special about him?
Bert Green said that Yang Jingxing is extraordinary, what balabala......
People engaged in classical music listened to this kind of talk and watched more, but the reporters did not respond enthusiastically, and no one mentioned that they wanted to visit Yang Jingxing.
In the evening, it was a student concert, Yang Jingxing and a few teacher leaders sat upstairs with Bert Green, and then saw Qi Qingnuo and Nian Qing coming downstairs, and then some of the three hundred and six also came.
After making eye contact up and down the stairs, Yang Jingxing raised his hand and shook Qi Qingnuo, Qi Qingnuo smiled and nodded, and then sat down and stopped looking up, as if he was still laughing with Nian Qing regardless of the occasion.
Li Yingzhen gave Yang Jingxing this white eye, completely ignoring who was around.
Even after witnessing the "miracle", Bert Green and the others still said sincerely that Puyin's students are very good, and every program is very good, regardless of Yang Jingxing, just from this concert, it will also make people look at a music school that they have not heard much about before.
"Wind and Rain on the Same Road", composed by Yang Jingxing, is obviously not as miraculous as Yang Jingxing's performance for those who have listened to music for decades, but the guests also expressed a considerable degree of recognition.
Li Yingzhen didn't care about the comments, as if she was looking at the reaction of Qi Qingnuo downstairs.
After the concert, Yang Jingxing threw down the people upstairs and ran, running down to see 306.
Except for He Peiyuan, Chai Litian, and Gao Pianpian who didn't come, the other eight people in 306 had already gathered, and discussed whether they could go to supper while walking.
Yang Jingxing caught up from behind: "It's all so beautiful, just leave?"
Several girls seemed to be startled, and didn't dare to turn back immediately, Nian Qing moved the fastest, and turned her eyes close to the old look of a few months ago: "Yo, long time no see." ”
Yu Feifei also turned around: "Strange uncle......"